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Boppatsu: Z-Day	By : SugaMama09 Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1183 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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My eyes widened as the officer raised an arm & all of the surrounding offers raised their guns & pointed it directly at us. I hadn't even noticed I was breathing hard, my lungs feeling like there was a heavy weight pulling it down, until Naraku glanced at me.

"You trust me, don't you?" he asked quietly.

I stared at him for a while; I already knew my eyes were big with uncertainty but eventually I nodded slowly. "Yes...I trust you" I whispered.

"Naraku..." Kagura started, her voice rising at the last syllable, panic keeping her vocal chords tight.

"It's fine Kagura" Naraku said, his eyes still on me, "Put Inuyasha's & your own seatbelts on, get down as much as you can & protect Inuyasha's head"

"B-but...w-w-wha...Naraku, I'm scared..."

"I know. I know. Just get down"

I'd never heard Naraku speaking this calmly, nor have I ever seen him with such a tender look in his eyes...like he knew something bad was about to happen but he'd already accepted it. Strangely, that calmed my heart down & my shoulders relaxed even though I knew my eyes were still wide & curious. I had no idea what he was about to do but I had a feeling I was really not going to like it.

He blinked & took a deep breath, a very slight smirk gracing his lips. "Are you ready?"

Just as I inhaled he slammed his foot on the gas & we rocketed forward. It felt like I'd left my heart behind; it thudded slowly & strong against the back of my ribcage as I started to breathe so fast I was becoming light headed.

"What are you doing?" I asked breathlessly, my eyes on the S.W.A.T. team & their SUV's. At first they stood there with unbelieving open-mouthed stares & then they began firing & I flinched as the bullets hit the car.

"You said you trusted me" Naraku said in a low voice.

"That doesn't mean whatever you have planned is not going to scare the shit out of me!"

He glanced over at me quickly, acceptance taken over by determination in his features. "I wouldn't let you get hurt, Sesshomaru"

Did I hear that right? I could've sworn he said...but if he said that then that means...what does that mean? I felt an uncomfortable fluttering in the pit of my stomach as I realized just how tender that sentence sounded, like I...like I was important to him or something. But I actually was too afraid to answer these questions that kept circling in my mind; I simply stared at him with my mouth open. Who was Naraku? What were his intentions?

It seemed like everything just slowed down: shots zing'ed off the hood of the car & cracked the windshield. I cringed when I noticed a bullet had pierced through the thick glass near the top. Naraku's body tensed as he prepared to make impact with the SUV's. A thought zipped through my mind about how the hell did he plan to break through the gates but I lost that train of thought as Naraku seemed to reach out in slow motion & pushed my head down into his lap, yelling something that I couldn't hear. It sounded like he was talking while we were both underwater.

Since I couldn't see what was going on I had no idea how close we were from hitting the line of SUV's, much less the gate & the hairs on my body raised as I tried to see through my mind's eyes. We'd be hitting any moment now...just a few more seconds...wait for it...I felt my heart hitch & my breathing stop for a moment as I anticipated the impact but nothing happened. Then dread slid its cold fingers down my spine: I didn't have my seatbelt o-

There were bright lights, disorientation & sharp pain in my right arm before my body jerked forward but an arm wrapped across my shoulder & chest securely & I heard a grunt. I was surprised I heard the grunt, considering all the other defeaning noises that invaded the car. The gear shift dug uncomfortablly in my stomach as I jerked forward repeatedly until I was crying out in pain. What the hell was going on? I tried to sit up but Naraku's strong arm held me down though he pulled me closer to him.

There a moment when everything quieted & I heard Naraku make a strange noise, like a soft grunt in the back of his throat but when I tried to sit up he held me down.

"Naraku...what's going-" I started

"Just stay down" Naraku interrupted & the car took off again.

A few shots from the guards on top of the wall pinged off the car but most missed. Naraku began to mutter under his breath & from the way it sounded like he was gritting his teeth, I concluded he was angry about something. I tilted my head up & saw the night sky begining to pinken through the windshield, the stars twinkling faintly. For some reason, seeing the stars blink out felt like a goodbye, like I wasn't going to see them again. Does that mean I was going to die? I didn't have that feeling (not yet) but I did take that as a sign-

The car bashed into something & a dark shape flew over the top of the car. I jumped, feeling a weird sort of panic. I could hear Kagura gasp as well & she began shifting around.

"Naraku, what the hel-oh...shit!" she shouted.

I sat up too fast for him to catch me & I stared out the windshield before my mouth fell open. The horde had now offically arrived. There had to be thousands of them, stumbling slowly towards the gates, some of their legs & arms broken, flesh hanging [quite literally] off of their bodies & some even had open wounds on their faces, their strange yellow eyes regarding the car lazily. I was so shamed to admit even to myself how afraid I'd become now. I was literally trembling, my restless hands rising to cover my mouth in horror. I wanted to scream. Where do we go from here?

Kagura gripped Naraku's shirt & he flinched, his foot still lying heavily on the gas pedal. With every zombie that we hit my eyes travelled to the cracks in the windshield & I was starting to become nervous as some of them stretched.

"Naraku you might want to try not hitting them" I said in a low voice, trying to hide the tremble, "The cracks..."

He swerved around a few, still hitting them but since it wasn't head-on they didn't hit the windshield.

"Oh what the fu-Sessh! Sessh!"

Everyone jumped at least three inches in their seat as Inuyasha woke up & began to shriek like a banshee. I turned quickly, afraid to find a zombie grabbing him but he was staring out the window, his eyes the biggest I'd ever seen, gripping Kagura's arm in a death grip & jumping everytime we hit a zombie.

"Yasha, it's alright-" I stopped when my voice trembled & shook & I swallowed as he looked at me, fear written so clearly across his face. That was the most crushing look he could ever give me, considering I was supposed to be protecting him. Of course now he wasn't in immediate danger but in his mind he was only a thin peice of glass away from a horrible, excruciating death.

He reached for me like he was a child & I grabbed him, holding his head to my chest while I kissed the top of his head.

"Sessh I'm so fucking scared"

"I know" I whispered, "We all are"

There was a tap on my shoulder & I looked up to find Kagura looking at me with a gentle expression. She jerked her chin towards my seat & I nodded, sliding into the back seat while she climbed over me to get to the front seat & Inuyasha hugged me to him, his face buried so deep into my chest it was a little uncomfortable.

I hummed Inuyasha's favorite lullabye to him while the thuds & bumps from hitting zombies continued for a good hour, running my hand over his hair gently. His trembling stopped after the first five minutes & his breathing evened out five minutes after that. Kagura turned & gave him sympathetic looks every once in a while, smiling a little to herself. It made me wonder what she was thinking about. I'd never seen her face in such a relaxed state.

I guess we'd gotten used to hitting the zombies. At one point Kagura & Naraku began to make a game out of it, Kagura challenging Naraku to swerve around several zombies to hit one & they laughed when he failed, cheering the few times he succeeded. The horde was begining to clear up; I couldn't believe how many of them there were. It made me wonder how the hell all of them knew to come here.

At one point, Kagura looked over at her brother & gasped. "Oh my God, Naraku, your shoulder is bleeding!"

I leaned around the driver's seat to get a better look & sure enough, there was blood dripping from a small hole in his shoulder.

"You've been shot" I stated unecessarily but I couldn't believe it.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Kagura snapped

I saw one of his eyebrows raise in the rearview mirror & he glanced down at his shoulder. "I did feel a little pain there, kind of like I had been stung by a bunch of wasps or something but I didn't really pay attention to it"

Kagura fretted, her hands fluttering over the wound as she rolled his sleeve up to get a good look at it. She hissed. "It's deep. It's going to be a pain to get out"

"Don't take it out right now" Naraku said quickly, gripping the steering wheel.

"I'm not"

I noticed that now there were only a few isolated zombies around but there was also a seemingly endless stretch of desert ahead of us.

"Do you know where we are?" I questioned Naraku.

"I know the general direction. With luck on our side we'll just wind up in front of some gated city"

"Naraku we don't have a full tank of gas, you know"

Automatically all of our eyes (minus Inuyasha's, since he was asleep) fell to the gas tank guage & sighed a little in relief. It was only on the three fourths mark; it wasn't on F but it was good enough.

"Hopefully we can swing by a gas station" Kagura grumbled, "I'm hungry"

"There are sandwiches in the trunk" I said helpfully.

"I am not getting out of this car to get to the trunk & get a damn sandwich"

"You could always climb out on top of the car & hope to God I don't swerve & cause you to fall off" Naraku said, the side of his mouth twitching into a smirk.

"Oh fuck you"

I chuckled quietly & leaned back against my seat.

After a long stretch of silence (minus Kagura & Naraku's occassional bickering), I grew bored with the scenery & my mind began to wander. A few thoughts flew through my mind about what the hell were we going to do now. That was a simple answer: get to the nearest gated city, hope they haven't heard about Inuyasha's shenanigans & stay there as long as possible. But the last part of that thought made it sound like I was anticipating packing up & moving on fairly soon after we arrived & my thoughts began to rush by so quickly, I couldn't catch on to anything. God knew the next gated city was forty eight miles away but there was no telling how far the next one after that would be. I shrugged it off; that's a bridge we can cross when we get to it I guess.

Once the zombies stopped appearing it had to be noon (the clock on the dashboard read 8:13pm so it was unreliable). Kagura convinced Naraku to pull over so she could look at the gunshot wound. Inuyasha had woken up & though he was still a little shaken, he was almost recovered, looking around cautiously before daring to take a step out of the vehicle. I grabbed some napkins & some rubbing alcohol I found in the glove compartment & handed it to Kagura. She glanced at Naraku warily as he leaned against the badly damaged hood of the car.

"This is going to hurt" she warned.

He nodded, bracing himself. "Go on"

The moment the napkin-soaked alcohol touched the edge of the bullet wound he tensed & hissed, top lip curling back. Kagura hesitated but then continued quickly & I flinched when she dove her finger into the wound, searching for the bullet. Naraku cried out & growled, his hands clenched into fists so tight, blood began to seep from his palms.

"Almost got it..." the vixen whispered, biting her bottom lip in concentration. She looked so beautiful doing it, I found myself anxious for the moment I could get her alone & pick up where we left off.

"Oh fucking hell, Kagura!" Naraku snarled.

"I almost got it, I can feel it. Stop bitching" she muttered, closing her eyes & frowning.

I saw where her finger curled & began to pull back & Naraku threw his head back & roared before something dark popped out of the hole, bounced off the hood with a metalic thunk & fell to the ground.

"There, all better, you big baby" Kagura said & cleaned up the wound while Naraku glared at her, flinching & hissing when the alcohol got too close to the wound.

I relaxed against a boulder, my legs crossed at the ankles. The sun was hot & beating down on us like a slave master, which was weird considering it had to still be fall. Maybe global warming wasn't bullshit after all.

Kagura approached me, looking at me expectantly.

I raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"Let me see your arm"

"Why?"

She nodded at it & I glanced down to find a glash on my bicep that wasn't too deep but needed to be treated to prevent infection.

'So that was the pain I felt right before we left the gates...'

I sighed & held it out for her & she swabbed it, causing me to flinch.

"Shit..."

She grinned, her eyes on her work. "You men are such big babies. The bullet just grazed it"

"How about I cut you & put alcohol on it?" I murmured.

"Don't even try it, rookie" Naraku growled as he passed us to go behind a little mountain of rocks off the the side. Kagura & I chuckled; who knew Naraku would be the overly protective brother?

"I found myself wondering...how our relationship would be had this outbreak not happened" she said quietly, ripping her shirt tail to wrap around my arm.

I frowned. "Relationship?"

"How far would we had gone? Would you make me yours?"

She looked up at me as if she expected an answer. I felt a bit like I was being put on the spot. "Kagura..."

"How do you even feel about me?"

I blinked. "I...I don't know. You're beautiful, Kagura, it's just a relationship is really not on my mind at the moment"

"Had this not happened & we weren't running for our lives, what about then?"

What was with her & these questions? "I don't know, Kagura"

She shifted her weight from one foot to the other, crossing her arms. "You said a relationship is not on your mind but what about friends with benefits?"

I smirked without even thinking & she smiled as well; we came to an unspoken agreement.

"No strings attached, no feelings. Just sex" she said simply.

I couldn't help the wolfish smile that stretched my lips. "Was the last time so good you want the whole thing?"

"Watch yourself" Naraku growled, walking by again & Kagura burst out laughing.

"Naraku mind your business!" she said, chucking a rock at him playfully.

He side-stepped it without even turning around.

"What do you really want from me?" I asked her.

She looked at me a long time, her eyes traveling all over my face & down to her hands, before she answered me. "I've always wanted to have this awesome guy to get married to & he'd throw me this huge wedding & I'd have the most beautiful dress & everything. I wanted him to pamper me & call me his queen & tell me he'd never leave me. But at a certain point in my life I realized I'm better off not being in a relationship & that maybe I should try just casual sex. I figured...you were the perfect guy for that"

"Why? Because I put you in your place?"

"Because you're the only one that has put up me for this long!" she snapped, re-crossing her arms.

I sighed. I was never really the one to deal with these female emotions. All my ex-girlfriends knew I wasn't going to be the one to fawn over them when they had their little mood swings during their times of the months; that's what their gay guy friends were there for. Their emotional distress made me uncomfortable, like I was supposed to hug them & tell them I'd always be there when I knew that was highly unlikely. Not that I couldn't be commited but they'd always do something to cause me to push them out of my life.

Kagura sighed & rubbed her forehead. "Let's just...leave out all the emotional bullshit, yeah? We don't need that headache"

She turned & walked back to the car slowly, her hands on her hips. I was still a bit confused, like she hadn't answered the question. Why the hell does it have to be me? All women that said they just wanted sex with no strings attached would eventually add some strings into the mix & then things would get so complicated. Lord knows I didn't need complications right now.

I sighed & walked over to the car to pop the trunk & pulled out a bottle of water & a sandwich. It wasn't great but it was something to keep the edge off of my stomach. I noticed Inuyasha hunched over, sitting in the car with his door open.

"Hey" I said, jerking my chin up, "What are you doing?"

He looked up from his lap, still chewing, a bit of mayo on the corner of his mouth. "Nuffin'. Eatin' & thinkin'. Wha' 'bout you?"

I shrugged one shoulder, smirking. "About the same. Nice weather, eh?"

It was his turn to shrug. "It's 'ight. Ain't like it makes me wanna run through a field of wild flowers-" he stopped to swallow, " & run in slow motion to Kagome or anything"

I chuckled. "You're sweet on that girl, huh?"

He looked down bashfully, smiling. "Yeah she's great. I miss her..."

I reached forward & ruffled his hair before finishing my sandwich & bottle of water. "She's probably missing you too kid"

"Hey, I ain't no kid!"

I looked over to see Naraku walking back towards me, his hand raised to shade his eyes. "So where to now?"

"I think it'd be wise to find some weapons" Kagura interjected, coming from around the front of the car.

"There ain't no more zombies around are there?" Inuyasha asked nervously.

"No but we could quite possibly run into some more & we currently don't have any means of protecting ourselves with long range weapons" she replied.

"That's going a little out of our way, Kagura..." Naraku muttered.

"It is not. It could potientially save our lives"

"What's wrong with hand to hand combat?" I asked.

"That's too close for comfort. If one of us gets bitten..."

"But what if we're careful not to be bitten?"

"It could still happen!" she snapped, annoyed.

"Long range attacking is best but the sounds draws more zombies" Naraku said.

"Unless we have crossbows" Inuyasha spoke up.

"Like we'll find that anywhere around here" Kagura said, rolling her eyes.

"Hey we did find rubbing alcohol in the glove compartment! Who keeps that shit in there?" Inuyasha snapped back, frowning.

"Alright, alight" Naraku said, making hand motions to calm them down, "We'll keep an eye out for a cross bow"

He looked over his shoulder to see the sun was at an angle; we'd been here long enough. There was no telling how far we had to go before we could find a safe place to sleep before nightfall.

"Do we have to sleep in the car?" Inuyasha whined.

"Let's hope not, you're snoring will bring all the zombies to the yard" I murmured & Naraku chuckled.

"Your snoring brings all the dead to the yard & we're like get out the car, damn right, get out the car. We'd protect you but we have to reload" he sang & Kagura started dancing, clapping her hands in rythmn while Inuyasha shot them murderous glares & I laughed.

"You guys are assholes!" my brother snapped, "That shit is not even funny, especially since it didn't rhyme!"

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Naraku stopped the car & we stared at the house in front of us warily, wanting to go in & just sleep but afraid at the same time. It had to be somewhere around one in the morning & the cold had really seeped in, making us wish we had jackets or something to keep us warm. Inuyasha shivered beside me, barely awake but even he could feel the tension as we sat in front of the two story house. Because of the damage to the front of the car from Naraku ramming into those S.W.A.T. SUV's & the gate doors, the headlights were shot but the moon was bright enough to lend sufficient light. Still, the shadows it threw around kept us on edge.

"I bet there are blankets in there...& warm beds" Kagura whispered dreamily.

"There's probably still some zombies in there lurking around as well, just like in the horror movies" Naraku said just as softly.

"Oh fuck you dude" Inuyasha grumbled, curling himself tighter as a violent shudder ran through his body.

"I'm sure we'll find weapons in there though" I spoke up, putting my hand on the door handle, "Let's have a look"

We all got out slowly, leaving the doors cracked so the sound of them slamming shut didn't attract attention (even though we were pretty much in the middle of nowhere). Inuyasha was close behind me, Naraku walking to my right & Kagura slightly behind him.

When we reached the door Naraku rung the doorbell.

"You're so lame" Kagura said, rolling her eyes.

"Well maybe someone's living here" her brother said, "It'd be rude to just barge in"

We listened for a moment before he knocked hard on the red wood door, the sound echoing. Our breathing was so slow it was almost as if we weren't breathing at all & after a few minutes of no response, Kagura swallowed, the action so noisy it made Inuyasha jump.

"Try the door" she whispered.

Naraku pushed the latch down, nudging the door open hesitantly & it creaked open. It was dark & musty-smelling on the inside, as if it hadn't been lived in for a while. There was also a strong smell that made my nose wrinkle but I couldn't put my finger on what it smelled like. It just smelled awful. Naraku stepped in first, followed closely by Kagura & then I stepped in after her with Inuyasha now gripping my shirt tail.

The room we'd walked into was a living room with beige carpet, complete with a large flat-screen TV, an L-shaped brown leather couch & a marble coffee table in the middle. Whoever had been here last left a plate of food on the coffee table, which was so molded over I couldn't tell what it was. From there, we walked into an open kitchen with a little window-like ledge that faced the living room.

"I'll look in here for a knife or something" Kagura whispered softly. I felt her step off to the side & I walked forward to lightly hold on to Naraku's shirt.

There was a soft clicking & we all stopped walking.

"The lights are out" Kagura reported.

"Go figure" Naraku's deep voice rumbled, "There's probably no one to run the electric company anymore"

"How do the cities get it then?" Inuyasha asked just as I was about to.

"Large generators. The cities have several in stock & each lasts almost two years"

We began walking again & from the way the hair on my arms raised slightly we were in a more closed area, most likely a hallway. My eyes had gotten used to the darkness now; I could see Naraku running his hand along the wall, searching. When he came to a doorknob he stopped, turning his head towards it.

"Do you really want to risk going in there?" I whispered to him.

"Most people keep their guns in their bedroom closet; we might find one in here" he responded.

"Hey, I can use my flashlight app on my phone" Inuyasha suggested & after a moment Naraku nodded & held his arm out for it. My ex-boss turned the phone on, scrolled through the apps & pressed the ultra-bright flashlight app & the high squeal that indicated it was starting up sounded before the screen turned into a blindingly white light, causing Naraku to grimace & turn it towards the doorknob. He turned the silver knob slowly & stepped in the room.

"Wait here" he whispered to me & I nodded though I felt like a sitting duck out here.

Inuyasha's shaky breathing brushed against my arm everytime he exhaled, minus the few times he looked over his shoulder, & though at first it kept me on edge, I got used to it & eventually ignored it. Whatever Naraku was doing, he was doing it silently & I began to worry a little. I'd seen too many movies where the main characters went into a dark, abandoned house & there was something there, just waiting to jump out at them & scare them shitle-

"Oh shit!"

Inuyasha grabbed my arm roughly & darted up the hallway a bit, dragging me along with him. It'd happened so fast I didn't even feel the initial panic but after a minute I felt my heart in my throat & turned suddenly to where we'd been standing, where Kagura was looking at us, one of her eyebrows raised.

"Shit, Kagura!" Inuyasha snapped, "Don't sneak up on us like that!"

"Scared much?" she asked sarcastically, then without waiting for a reply, "Where's Naraku?"

I swallowed around the lump that was begining to dissolve in my throat & nodded towards the door Naraku had disappeared past & she frowned.

"It's so quiet in the-"

At that moment Naraku walked quickly out of the room, startling us.

"W-what did you find?" Kagura asked, her hand over her heart & she took deep, steady breaths.

He shook his head once, not looking at her. "Nothing. Let's look for more weapons or something else useful"

Something about his shifting eyes & the way he kept running his large hand over his face made me wary. Not necessarily did it make me distrust him but I knew he wasn't telling us something. We fell back in a line, Naraku in front, Inuyasha bringing up the rear & the flashlight app still running. There was another room on the opposite wall that Naraku only glanced in before continuing on after shutting the door.

"Aren't you going to look in there too?" Inuyasha asked softly.

Naraku shook his head, continuing on. No one wanted to get left behind in the darkness so I snuck a quick peek, noticing it was a nursery, before catching up to Kagura. The hallway curved to the left & led into something that was either a den or another open room. There was a love seat, another large flatscreen TV & a mini-bar off to the right.

"Ooh, I wonder does it have alcohol?" Inuyasha wondered cheerily.

"Even if the world has gone to shit you're still too young" I muttered & he groaned irritably.

Naraku walked slowly to the other side of the loveseat & groaned, covering his nose & turning around.

"What is it?" Kagura asked, her body jerking like she was about to walk over to him but decided not to at the last minute.

"Dead body. Just stay over there" the man muttered, shaking his head sadly.

He walked over to the opposite wall & slowly opened what I figured was a closet. Something came tumbling out & lunged at Naraku, snarling & growling. Because he was holding the light & currently flailing to avoid the zombie it was hard to see where the creature was so helping was not an option. A strange noise left Inuyasha's mouth & the grip he had on my shirt went to my arm & squeezed it almost painfully. Kagura backed up until her back was against the wall, her hand held firmly against her mouth & her eyes huge. My heart rate escalated until it felt like I was about to have a heart attack. I absentmindedly wondered if the body on the couch had been bitten by the zombie.

Naraku skipped out of the zombie's reach before slamming its body on the bar, which stunned it long enough for him to grab something long in front of the bar & repeatedly hit the creature until it stopped moving. There was a long pause as everyone panted in relief, half expecting the zombie to come back alive. Naraku ambled back over to us, his face bloody but thankfully, not with his blood.

"Let's get out of here" he whispered, gripping the weapon he'd just used & we all agreed, practically running out of the house, not caring that we hadn't found anything else useful.
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