I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA!

Inuyasha was in his apartment sleeping peacefully when his wonderful rest was disrupted by a text message alert on his phone. He awoke with a growl in his throat and angrily opened the message; eyes squinted from the bright glare on his phone.

"Can you please help me? I'm scared."

"What…the…fffuck?" He wondered out loud, further drawn from sleepiness due to the disturbing message.

"Who is this?" He replied. He lied in his bed with one eye open, stomach turning from the message.

"Kagome. I know we haven't spoken in a long time but I'm totally blasted and the only girl out here. I don't wanna get raped. Please help? I'm begging you."

"Kagome? Who the hell is that? I don't know any girl named Kagome." Just as he was about to respond and tell her he didn't know her, she sent another message.

"I'm by the WacDnalds near the strip mall. Please. I won't bother you again if you just come pick me up."

Inuyasha shook his head and put down his phone. He tried to get comfortable in bed and ignore the message but his conscience was eating away at him. Even if this girl was a stranger, she seemed to be in trouble. He sat up, put on some pants, grabbed his car keys and walked towards the door.

"What am I doing? This could be a joke." He thought, stopping as he took the chain off the door. "But I'd feel like shit if I hear about this girl on the news and I'm the last person she spoke to." He quickly made his way to his car and took the ride to pick up a stranger.

"I must really be a fucking idiot. I still don't know why the hell I'm doing this. She could be a killer! It may not even be a she for all I know." Regardless of what Inuyasha had told himself, he couldn't stop himself from going…as if he needed to go.

"Uh…I'll just check out the area."

Inuyasha slowly pulled up by the strip mall and saw how dead the streets were. This wasn't the nicest part of the city. Actually, it had to be the worst. There were a few homeless people laid out on the sidewalk and some others doing what looked like a drug trade. As he stopped by WacDnalds he saw a young—really young looking girl leaned up against the gate. 'Nah, she's no killer.' He thought, rolling down the window. He noticed how frail and innocent she looked. He wouldn't have been able to live with himself if he left the poor girl out there.

"Hey, are you Kagome?"

She lazily turned her head in his direction and slowly wobbled over to his car. He could tell she really was blasted. Off what? It was anyone's guess.

"Hi. Um…who are you?" She asked, brushing her hair off her face.

"I'm the guy you texted. Get in. It's really dangerous over here."

Kagome was so high, she and didn't really have the wherewithal to handle her own self so she just got in his car without question. He could have been a killer or a psycho kidnapper, but she couldn't help but trust him.

His amber eyes met her dilated brown ones. He looked sleepy and displeased and she looked high and disoriented.

"So…you…got my text?"

"Yeah. I don't know who you were looking for but you had the wrong number."

"You came for me not knowing who I was? You really didn't have to do that." She smiled.

"Keh! I know I didn't. I wasn't going to either but I would've felt bad if you died and I was the last person to hear from you."

"I see." Kagome slouched in the seat and continued to stare at him, unable to look away.

"Your ears…" She said in a low voice. "You have cute dog ears." She reached out to touch them.

"Yeah, thanks for pointing that out." He said sarcastically, pushing her hand away. "Now where do you live?"

Her mouth fell open slightly as her eyes began to close and she slouched in the seat more. She was extremely inebriated and couldn't keep her composure one bit.

"Hey! Where do you live?" He nudged her, getting a little annoyed. He had class in a few hours and this was really cutting into his sleep time.

"Huh?" She opened her eyes and looked around, scratching at the marks in her arm from shooting up. "Oh, hi."

Inuyasha rested his head on the steering wheel. 'Just my fucking luck.' He sighed, trying to regain his patience. "Where. Do. You. Live?" He asked for the third time, hoping he'd finally get an answer so he could go home.

"At the Higurashi shrine. I thought I told you already but I must have thought it and not said it out loud." She covered her mouth as she giggled.

Inuyasha gawked at her like she was out of her mind. Kagome definitely was out of her mind.

He ignored the drugged up girl's behavior and took off in the direction of her home. 'Damn, how could someone from a line of shrine keepers be caught up in a drug life?'

Kagome tried to keep her eyes open and looked at the time on her phone. It was 3:47 AM. "Oh no. I hope I can get up for school in the morning."

"You ain't the only one!" Inuyasha said. "My professor gets pissed whenever one of his students is late."

"You're in college?" She asked as she raised an eyebrow. "I'm still in middle school. It's my last year."

"So you're like 15, right? What the hell are you doing out this late? Don't you have curfew or something?"

"No! My mom lets me do whatever I want."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Yeah, seems like it's working in your favor." He said, sarcastically.

Kagome scoffed and crossed her arms. "I was with some friends and I lost track of time, that's all. Usually, I'm not out this late."

"Whatever. It's your life." He said apathetically as he pulled up at the shrine. "Well…here you are. You alright?"

Kagome nodded slowly and opened the car door. "Thank you."

"Just go home and stop getting in trouble."

"Kay." She got out and headed up the steps to her shrine.

Inuyasha stayed long enough to watch her struggle up to her house when she fell on the steps and lied there without movement.

"Oh shit." He quickly hopped out of the car, rushed up to Kagome and lifted her into his arms as she breathed heavily.

"M-my chest hurts…really bad. I c-can't breathe." She panted out as tears slowly flowed from her eyes.

"Do you wanna go to the hospital?"

"No, no, no I can't." She quickly responded in a scared voice as she shook her head. "This happened before and m-my ex used to bring me in the house and bring me some water."

Inuyasha sighed. 'This girl is such a headache.' "Come on." He lifted her with ease and carried her towards her house."

"You're…such a kind person. You have a heart of gold."

"I'd rather be in bed right now." He said as he slid the door open.

Kagome smiled and rested her head against his shoulder. "You can bring me upstairs. The door at the end of the hall to the right is my room."

Inuyasha held Kagome tightly as he brought her up the stairs. He started to feel feverish and woozy. 'The lack of sleep must be getting to me.' He thought as he brought to the top of the steps.

He opened her door and set her down on the bed. "I'll go get you some water."

As Kagome waited for Inuyasha to return, she slipped off her clothes and put her nightgown on.

Inuyasha came in and brought her a glass of water.

"Thank you." She said as she brought the glass to her lips with her shaky hands.

"So…you okay here? Can I go?"

Kagome nodded and put the glass down on her nightstand. "Just…tell me your name before you go?"

"It's Inuyasha."

Kagome smiled and pulled the covers over herself. "Inu...yasha. I'll remember that." She slowly closed her eyes and began to fall asleep.

He took one look at her and shook his head. 'She looks too innocent to be caught up in all of this.'

Inuyasha rushed downstairs and let himself out. As he got in his car and put the key in the ignition, he mulled over everything that just happened. 'What a weird fucking night.' He thought as he drove off.

Once Inuyasha got home, he dropped his pants on the floor and got back in his bed. His mind turned back to Kagome and how bad she looked. He wanted to feel like a good person for picking her up and getting her away from danger, but he had a feeling she'd get into trouble again.

"Why am I even worrying about that girl? Whatever she decides to do with herself is her business."

He continued to lie in bed and try to fall asleep, but he couldn't shake the thought out of his mind. Kagome was three years younger than him and she was caught up in the life of drugs. It bothered the hell out of him.

Inuyasha decided to call his girlfriend, Kikyo. He knew she'd be awake since she worked the night shift at the hospital.

"Hi, hun, what are you doing up?"

"The craziest thing happened to me not too long ago."

"Really? Tell me about it."

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