A/N: Okay, here's a new story. I probably shouldn't be writing or posting it now, but I had to get it down, or it'd eat at me till it drove me crazy. So please, let me know what you think. Read and Review!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the following InuYasha characters, or any of the cars, explosives, or heavy artillery mentioned. Do NOT forget that.
Summary: A.U. Kagome, just like her missing father, is a genius. Racing was in his blood, and it's in hers too. In meeting InuYasha, new roads are opened up to her. But does Kagome really like where they're headed?
Placing First
Prologue: No Strings Attached
By: ancient-relic
"Shippo, have you locked in on the coordinates?" Miroku demanded, looking at the gangly teen with dusty orange hair.
"Give us a second…aaand yes!" the boy said, his eyes snapping up from the laptop that sat on his lap. "The armored truck is moving down the freeway at 120 km/h, and will be over the middle of the bridge in about three minutes and twenty-seven seconds."
"Did you get that Jaken?" Miroku said into a headset, one identical to the one that the boy Shippo was wearing. He shut the door, and headed over to where the other cars were lined up, waiting.
"Yeah, yeah." The little thing grunted. "Sesshomaru, the explosives are in place, right before the third suspension of the off ramp."
"Good." A deep voice replied. "Sango, are you in position?"
"Did you think I wouldn't be? I am, right out of the line of fire, safe with the detonator." She replied smugly.
"Sesshomaru. Read across from Sango with the smoke screens and machine guns." InuTaisho said, before his son could say anything.
"And InuYasha?" Sesshomaru questioned into his headset, sitting in their getaway cars.
"Ready with the 'road closed' signs. The 'construction ones too." He replied, watching the truck approach from the shoulder of the ramp, his car parked a little further down.
"Miroku, the truck has picked up speed." Shippo said, alerting everyone that was listening.
"I can see that too." InuYasha replied, looking at the grey studded vehicle. "This is gunna be a tight fit."
"All right." Sesshomaru said, rubbing his temples wearily. "Miroku, pick up on the police wavelengths, and Shippo, jam the stoplight frequencies by the station. If we can avoid it, we're going to be long gone by the time the cops even get close. Everyone know what's happening? You better. This is it."
Shippo started the count. "10… 9…"
"8…" Miroku chimed in, looking at his camera that were following the cops around town.
"7…" Jaken squawked, placing a hard helmet on his head and standing next to Sango.
"6…" she added, giving the thumbs-up to InuTaisho.
"5…" InuTaisho said.
"4…" InuYasha warned, dragging his sign back into place and dashing for his car where Shippo was waiting.
"3… 2…" Sesshomaru surmised.
As the great truck pass almost directly overhead, Sango nimbly pushed the button, sending a chain reaction of explosives off and the truck screeching to a halt as the bridge around it crumbled.
Smoke and debris went flying everywhere, and everyone took that moment of confusion to move. "Go!" Sesshomaru yelled.
And though no one needed the command, they went on swiftly. InuTaisho launched a little smoke bomb through the front window of the truck, knocking out the drivers.
InuTaisho then proceeded around the back, where Sango and Jaken were pulling on gloves, as to leave no fingerprints behind. "Stand back. Don't want to be on the receiving end of the ricochet." He informed them, cocking the gun. Then, holding one arm out and taking careful aim, he sent a few rounds flying at the lock, successfully breaking it open.
On cue, Sesshomaru, Miroku, and InuYasha came ripping into the little area under the bridge, and spun dangerously so their trunks were to the truck. InuTaisho burst the doors open with force, and they were met with dozens of silver cases, just as they had been informed of.
"Grab them and let's go! The cops are on their way!" Miroku yelled, sticking his head out of the window. "I don't know how, but I think that someone tipped them off!"
"It was probably why they sped up… the drivers I mean. Someone figured out something…" Shippo stated, more to himself, but everyone heard anyhow.
"All right them. Here, toad. Don't drop these." Sango said, dumping three of 36 silver cases on his little head.
In mere moments, all of the cases were loaded into the respective cars, 12 to a vehicle. "All right!" The cops are going to be on us in about thirty seconds!" Shippo screamed into the microphone.
"Okay people, you heard the midget genius. Time to go!" Sesshomaru barked, as Jaken and his father slid into his car. Sango slipped into her own car that Miroku was currently driving, and they were off, InuYasha leading the way. Shippo had the GPS, after all.
"Sango! You're at the rear… the cops are armed! They were most definitely expecting this!" Shippo proclaimed, using the little speeding camera's that all cop cars had on them to scope out the officers.
"It's okay, you guys. I'll handle this… I'm glad we're not carrying the ammunition!" she replied, shuffling around into the back seat.
"Who is?" Sesshomaru demanded.
"InuYasha!" Miroku replied, as Sango was busy, her head and upper torso stuck through a hole that connected with the trunk. "Make sure he doesn't take any short of any kind!"
"On it. Is it just gunpowder?" Sesshomaru replied, taking a quick look in his review mirror, then his side mirror, and switching gears.
"No. I'm pretty sure there's a few small gas bombs and I50 hand grenades too." Miroku said, swerving around some construction, also switching gears.
"Why the hell did you decide to load me up with the most frickin' dangerous cargo?" InuYasha yelled, taking a sharp right through a parking lot. They were now entering the business neighborhood, and had to be more careful about pedestrians.
"Watch out, Sango dear." Miroku said, warning her about the turn. "Because InuYasha, you're one of the most dangerous drivers here, and we can depend on you not to take a bullet. Your driving would throw our pursuers off completely." Miroku said honestly.
"Okay guys, I'm going to fire off a couple of rounds, and when I signal, I need to switch places with Taisho, so that he can drop a couple of smoke screens." Sango said.
"All right, you have about thirty seconds. Tops." Sesshomaru said, calculating the useable distance that they had along the end of this little deserted road.
"You got it!" Sango smirked, opening the sunroof, and clicking open the silver case that she had wrestled out of the trunk.
With nimble hands, she assembled a 22mm sharpshooter rifle, and seconds later, she was hanging out of the sunroof, aiming for the windshield of the nearest cop car.
"Fire One!" she muttered. Squeezing the trigger with expert fingers, one bullet went flying, hitting her target of the windshield. It was only to send a frenzy of cracks cris-crossing along the surface, damaging visibility.
"Fire Two!" was carefully aimed at their right tire, sending the car careening into a pile of trash that they had passed.
"You've got about ten seconds…" Sesshomaru warned, looking at the warning signs that were flashing about the bridge preparing to rise. "Miroku, take the stairs on your left."
Sango shot her last bullet, into the left tire of the second car. It hit dead on, causing the car to skid as it's driver hit the brakes. Quickly ducking back into the car, Miroku took the little flight of stairs, sending him flying and landing in between Sesshomaru and InuYasha. "You're on!" Sango yelled against the wind, her hair whipping around her as she popped out the sunroof to give Sesshomaru the thumbs-up.
InuTaisho mimicked her position at the sunroof, taking his last smoke bomb and shooting it out of his gun, creating a thick wall of smoke that provided effective cover.
"Here we go!" InuYasha said, pressing his foot down ever further, the car speeding up dramatically. "Over the bridge we go!" he laughed, and it was soon joined by his comrades.
"Get In!" He yelled, his car careening over the split in the bridge.
"Get Out!" Miroku and Sango echoed, as they too went zooming over the increasing gap.
"Get Even!" Sesshomaru, InuTaisho and Jaken chorused, skidding on the other side of the bridge and coming to a rest with the other two cars.
"Yes!" high fives were passed around, and InuTaisho chuckled. "You did well, son. I think you're stepping into the position of my job well. That worked out well, no strings attached."
"Thank you, father." Sesshomaru said, a smirk resting lightly on his face. "Lets go into town for a drink. The cops aren't going to catch us now!" Sesshomaru said, revving up his engine again.
Everyone cheered appreciatively, and followed his car through little streets into town.
To Be Continued...
A/N: Well, there's my sad attampt at writing something action-packed. It totally tanked. However, let me know if you agreed, or if you disaggreed. In a review!
Until next time (In the next chapter)
ancient-relic