8Goodbye to you
By: x shadow
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha or any other copyrighted material that may be held herein. Thank You.
A/N: Hey everybody! Thanks to all those who gave me feedback on chapter one. Hope ya'll enjoy installment two! Sorry it took so long.
Key: -sounds- thoughts
Goodbye to You
Chapter Two: Drive By
-What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK-
-thump- Were the only sounds emanating from the room of Kagome Higurashi until...
"Oh SHIT! I'm late!" She screamed jumping out of bed. Wait- Oh, Damn, it's Saturday! Not that I'm complaining. Hmmm... She thought looking out the window down at the people a few stories down, then up at the morning sky. Perfect day for a jog! she decided.
A little while later Kagome could be seen running through the crowded streets of New York with a huge smile across her face.
It's been for ever since I went running. Hmm... I think I'll stop by Starbucks near the park and then go sit in the sun, since it's such a nice day out.
It didn't take long to reach her destination seeing as how there was a Starbucks on practically every street corner. As she walked into the coffee shop her senses were instantly bombarded with the smell of rich mocha and biscotti's.
"Kagome!" A voice from behind the counter called out.
"Hojo? HI!" she said, Hojo means well but he has some pretty obnoxious tendencies.
"I had no idea you were back in town!" She exclaimed in a falsely chipper voice. I was hopping you'd stay in Europe.
"Oh, I got back a while ago. I tried to look you up but I guess your unlisted, ne? What can I get for you Kagome?" Hojo asked.
"I'll have a chocolate malt please, Hojo. I am unlisted sorry." It's too warm for steaming hot coffee. And besides I'm hot from my jog. Ack! I probably look awful! She thought in humiliation.
"Well that's okay maybe we'll get together sometime, huh?" He asked, hop gleaming in his brown eyes.
"Yeah, maybe."
Once she got her coffee Kagome headed to West Park, it was just a couple blocks away. Since it was early and none of the little kids were there she decided to sit on one of the swings. The morning sun was warm and inviting as it beat down on her tank-top. While Kagome sipped on her malt she leaned her head on the chain that held the swing up as the words to Black Eyed Pea's 'where is the love' played in her head.
"What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love
It just ain't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone
So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin'
in
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover
The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' our wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema
Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
Instead in spreading love we spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
Now ask yoursel
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)..."
I love that song, damn, lyrics are so true too. Kagome thought as she finished her malt and stood up. As she walked over to the trash she heard someone call out her name. Oh god not Hojo again, not Koga either, please not Koga! She silently pleaded, but as she spun around to meet the face that went with the voice she could have sworn her heart skipped a beat. Standing not two feet from her was Inu-Yasha.
"Hey Inu-Yasha! Sup?" she said.
"Not much, considering the last time I saw you was only a few hours ago." He replied with a smirk.
To this she did nothing more than roll her eyes.
"Listen Kagome I was wondering ...just how much do you know about Naraku and Koga?"
"Umm...I- not t-too much why?" She replied nervously. Crap, crap, crap! I can't get involved again, not in anyway. I'm still repenting for past sins! ...ok no I'm not, but it sounded good.
"How much is 'not too much'?" he asked taking a step forward.
"None a' your damn business, that's how much!" Kagome nearly yelled, talking a defensive step backwards. "I- ... Sorry, I don't mean to raise my voice at you since we practically just met but my business is my own."
"This is my fucking business too, girl! When some nobody-wanna-be-gang banger comes around and has dirt on Naraku and Koga it becomes my business!" He yelled at her, gaining the stare of a cyclist near by, who was apparently the only other person in the park at the time.
"Look! I'm not gonna put my ass on the line for a guy I just met and his gang!" She yelled back, no longer caring about being polite. "Beside's who said I actually have 'dirt' on them anyway, huh?"
Just as Kagome turned to leave a sound echoed through the small park, it was the unmistakable sound of tires squealing around a corner, followed shortly by the blasts of a gun.
A blinding pain shot through Kagome's side near her hip as she tried to run and crack in the cement caught her foot. But before she hit the ground two strong arms grabbed her around the waist and lifted her up.
Kagome barely had time to realize what had happened when she felt the unfamiliar weightlessness of fly. Wait, flying? Looking down Kagome's blurry vision made out the car that held their previous attackers and two faces she had never forgotten and never would forget. The 'Thunder Brothers' Hiten and Manten. Damn you... Na-ra-ku...