A/N: No I didn't leave this story to rot, I just had acute writers block until now.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
Chapter 6: The Subway
The group proceeded cautiously and wearily down the stairs. The two eldest of the group constantly flashed their lights in every direction, only slightly illuminating the dark space.
"It's so dark down here" the youngest said aloud
"That's why we have flashlights toots" Kouga told her still surveying the area
"Yeah but they still aren't doing much" Kagome told him from behind
"Great job Mutt giving us useless flashlights" Kouga told Inuyasha
"If that's how you feel then give me the damn flashlight back" Inuyasha reached to snatch it
"Cut it out" Kagome cut in "Let's just move quickly so we can hurry up and get out of here, its creepy" she looked around at the piles of bodies occupying the floor "And there are so many bodies down here"
"People probably dumped them here after they died, or the infected killed them" Inuyasha mused
"Yeah and if you get too scared you can just grab onto me" Kouga winked at her causing her to roll her eyes
"Didn't you hear her when she said to knock it off" Inuyasha told him with a sneer
Kouga sneered back before starting another needless argument.
As Kagome began mediating Rin began looking around frantically. Noticing this Kohaku finally spoke up "Something the matter Rin"
"I hear" she listened again "Crying"
Kohaku rose an eyebrow "Crying"
"Yeah" she replied "We have to help her" she snatched Inuyasha's flashlight away from him and ran off in the direction of the crying
"RIN" Inuyasha and Kohaku both screamed and took off after her leaving Kagome and Kouga alone
'Oh God now I'm stuck with the jerk' she thought to herself "I wonder what's up with Rin"
"She's like a bloodhound" Kouga mused aloud "She has like a sixth sense of this shit or something"
Kagome just shrugged as she began hearing moans and groans so loud that you wouldn't need a sixth sense to know that a horde was coming.
"Fuck" Kouga said checking the Uzi "I was hoping there would be more rounds in here, how can the kid fire so many shots and miss them"
"Don't worry about that now" Kagome told him raising her single pistol
"Where's your other pistol" he said in alarm
"Gave it to Kohaku" she said sheepishly
"YOU WHAT" he screamed "The kid can't shoot and now we're gonna be outnumbered"
"We'll be fine, I'm sure they'll be back soon." She smirked "And what's this the great Kouga sounds scared"
He blushed "Hey I'm not scared, it's just a scrawny wench like you might get overwhelmed"
She rolled her eyes as she made sure she was fully loaded "Whatever just get your ass ready"
He ignored the comment and raised the Uzi, firing rounds into the quicker of the horde. She hated to admit it but he was a good shot and if he wasn't around they might have all been dead by now.
'I guess it was good that Kouga joined us' she thought as the horde continued to grow
"Goddamn it Rin slow down" Inuyasha yelled to her
"We have to help the girl Yasha" she yelled back
"Damnit" he mused to Kohaku "And I thought Kagome was fast"
Rin finally slowed down in front of a busted train car. "She's in there" she said to the two
Inuyasha raised his shotgun as Rin began shining the flashlight around the car. They began to creep to the back and Rin shined the flashlight madly before landing on a lone figure in the corner.
"There she is" Rin exclaimed moving closer
"Rin stop" Kohaku tried to tell her to no avail
"We won't hurt you" Rin began talking to the figure "We're a group of survivors, we can help you" the light remained on the figure
The figure lifted its head and immediately recoiled at the sight of the light.
The three of them paled the figure had pale gray skin and glowing red eyes, with fingernails that could cut through steel.
"WHAT THE HELL" they all screamed as the figure continued to convulse before standing to chase them
They fired some shots but nothing seemed to take the screaming mad woman down. They tripped out of the subway before running in the direction they had come with the woman screaming behind them.
Kagome and Kouga weren't having too much luck either. Several times they were almost overwhelmed, but a few lucky key shots would aid them along the way.
"Do you hear that" Kouga grunted in between shots
"Yeah" Kagome breathed erratically "It sounds like screaming"
"RUN" the sound of Inuyasha screaming resonated through their ears
"Inuyasha" Kagome said in alarm as they ran towards them
"Where the hell have you been" Kouga started on them
"Less talky more runny" Rin rushed pass them offering only a couple of shots
"What's wrong" Kagome asked them alarm as she and Kouga took off running after them
"Rin ran us into a crazy bitch that's what" Inuyasha said frantically
"And you ran" Kouga laughed "You're a softy mutt" Kouga stopped and turned around
"What the hell are you doing" Kohaku asked him
"Shut the hell up Kid" he turned to the others "You take care of the horde and I'll take care of the bitch"
They looked to each other and nodded as Kouga ran around the horde to face the screaming woman. However much to his confusion she ran around him and in the direction of the other four.
"Damnit" he said to himself before raising his gun and firing at her "Come here you ugly bitch"
The woman stopped her tirade and turned to face Kouga. "That's right" he said before firing another shot causing her to chase him.
"What's he doing" Inuyasha asked them as they tried to take down the horde
"Saving our asses" Kagome replied cutting into them
Kouga continued to run backwards as the woman chased him. He fired shots into her shoulder, stomach and leg before having to reload. "Damnit" he attempted to quicken his pace without falling.
She neared him and began slashing her claws to kill him. Sidestepping her he slammed the trap shut before firing the rest of the magazine into her head.
She crumpled to the floor and he watched, before grasping his shoulder, he had no idea she slashed it. "Goddamn" he said between clinches of his teeth. 'Now I gotta fix this' he thought
Screams snapped him out of his thoughts and he turned to help the lightweights.
"Kouga your shoulder" Kagome noticed when he joined them
"Don't worry sweetheart its nothing I can't handle" he grunted before taking down the remaining few and dropping to his knees.
"KOUGA" Kagome yelled kneeling next to him
"It's just some skin" he breathed erratically
"Like hell" Inuyasha also kneeled "It looks pretty deep"
Kouga scoffed "What do you know about wounds mutt"
"I know enough" he surveyed it again "Do any of you have any alcohol or anything"
"Don't worry about it" he grunted again jerking away "We'll handle it later"
"Are you crazy" Kohaku asked in exasperation "You can't just walk around with a wound like that"
"I'm going to have to kid" he looked at him "We can't stay down here where another one of them can come"
"But-"Kohaku protested
"He's right Kohaku" Kagome agreed "But we have to hurry or it can get infected"
Kouga scoffed again "I'm too strong for that bullshit"
She rolled her eyes again "You say that now"
"I'll be saying it later too" he straightened "Now let's go"
The group continued through the subway stopping periodically to check the maps to make sure they were going in the right direction.
"We're coming up on the last stop" Rin said as she finished checking "So what do we do next"
"We'll go up and immediately find a sewer" he checked the map as well "Kagome do you know the way to the mall from where we are"
"Sure do" she nodded
"I still say we just stay above ground" Kouga mused with a scoff "Did you see that crazy woman, it could be more of them in the sewers"
"You can't be scared are you Kouga" Kagome laughed
"Hell no it's just" he paused "She looks like my ex-girlfriend"
"Your ex would turn into a raging bitch after dating you" Kohaku laughed darkly
"The fuck you say kid" he pointed the Uzi at his head "I still don't like any of you" he snarled "Especially you"
"I haven't given you a reason to not like me" Kohaku protested
"You're fucking useless" he pointed again "At least the rest of us have some worth, even the mutt"
Kohaku gasped and Kagome cut in "Cut it out Kouga and apologize"
"I aint apologizing for telling the truth" he cast glances at the others "And don't act like all of you haven't been thinking that"
The others said nothing and Kouga replied "See what'd I tell ya" he holstered his weapon "Now let's go"
The remaining walk through the subway was uneventful and silent. They would constantly steal glances at each other waiting for one of them to say something.
Finally the oldest spoke up "Oh hell no"
The others shared his sentiment as they neared a blocked off section of the subway. "There's no way we can get around this" Kagome mused darkly
"She's right its way too high" Inuyasha cosigned
"So we're gonna die down here" Rin panicked
"No we're not" Kouga spoke up again "Just turn around and walk up at the last stop, it's a useless detour but we gotta take it now, aint no way around it"
The other four nodded and turned around, heading for the last set of steps they saw. After another fifteen minutes of walking and an additional five of step climbing, they neared the top.
"I see light" Rin said excitedly
The other four also smiled grateful to finally see the outside. They each quickened up their pace, that is until the youngest stopped again.
"What's wrong now" Inuyasha asked her
"You guys don't hear that" she yelled "It sounds like growling"
"No we don't hear it" Kouga said with a face palm "Just like we didn't hear the first guy or the creepy bitch, how do you hear all of this stuff"
She shrugged "Years of music lessons and stuff, gotta have good hearing"
"Actually guys I hear it now too" Kagome muttered "It's coming from over there" she pointed to an overturned train car
"So let's go around it this time so we won't come across anymore creepy bitches" Inuyasha said mocking Kouga
They nodded as they attempted to creep around the train car. They stiffened as the growling got louder. It had sounded much more sinister than they had heard before and Rin began to silently cry.
"Shh Rin" Kohaku told her "It's not going to get us"
"Both of you lower your voices" Inuyasha said at a whisper as the growling grew even louder.
When they thought they were home free as they approached the top of the steps they let out a sigh of relief.
"My God I thought we were going to die" Kagome said with a laugh
The other four laughed loudly along with her, until the growling continued and grew closer. Their faces immediately fell as the train car was knocked out of the way and a pinkish-brown monster the size of the hulk bounded up the steps.
"AHHHHH" They all screamed and scrambled up the steps quickly
"RUN OR SHOOT, RUN OR SHOOT" Kohaku asked Inuyasha quickly
"BOTH" he screamed back attempting to run backwards and shoot
The others began shooting frantically hoping to take it down, to no avail. It kept coming with a force greater than they had ever seen before
"OH MY GOD" Rin yelled now in tears
The hulk began thrashing his arms, sending several cars and pieces of rubble there way.
Kagome sidestepped the attack and attempted to shoot before having to dive again and dropping the gun. The hulkish monster then decided it would be the perfect opportunity to come after her and bounded towards her.
"KAGOME" Inuyasha yelled attempting to save her by shooting and running.
"Goddamit" Kouga said in frustration "This weak piece of shit doesn't do anything" he ran after Inuyasha and snatched the shot gun away from him
"What the hell are you doing" Inuyasha asked him as Kouga took off to save Kagome.
Kagome just continued to stare at the monster in fear, her face frozen in shock. As it neared her it lifted one enormous arm to come down on her before being dealt three shots – Inuyasha's last, into the back of the head and crumpling to the ground in a heap.
Afterwards she looked up at Kouga who by this time was on his knees, holding his injured shoulder. Her face went from one of shock, to admiration, to fear as she stood up and bounded for him.
"BAKA" she yelled almost in tears "Why'd you do that" by this time the other three had joined them
"You dropped your gun" he replied "And the dumbass over here was missing most of his shots" he turned to look at Inuyasha "It's empty by the way"
"You can't be serious" Inuyasha asked in a huff, taking the gun back
"Yeah, but it was the only way to save the princess here" he nodded towards Kagome as she took out her bottle of alcohol – their last one.
"We're going to have to get supplies soon" she mused "And by soon I mean now"
"I'm pretty sure there are some stores we can check" Rin said to them
"Yeah hopefully they'll have something" Kagome said taking out the cotton balls and pouring the alcohol onto them "It's going to hurt" she said softly
Kouga shrugged his shoulders as she began dabbing it on, causing him to grimace.
Inuyasha watched as she tenderly began applying more and more and secretly grew jealous, although he wouldn't show it. "You know something" he addressed Kouga who looked up at him "Even though you're a scrawny bitch, with no intelligence whatsoever." He softened "I respect you"
"I respect you too, worthless mutt" he laughed and the two shook hands as Kagome finished dressing the wound.
Standing up Kouga faced the others "Alright let's find this damn sewer and hurry up and get out of here"
They shook their heads before Kagome reminded them that they needed supplies "We'll have to find ammunition or something first"
"Then let's go" Inuyasha said as the older three took off to find any kind of store.
Rin turned to face Kohaku "Are you alright"
He nodded "Fine"
"Kouga didn't mean what he said, he's just frustrated." She smiled "So don't let it get to you"
He smiled back with a nod as she took off after the others. 'If only you were right Rin' he mused darkly before following along, spirits dampened.
Alright so here's the sixth chapter. I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for all the reviews, follows and favorites and a special thanks to everyone who stuck through this story with me, I appreciate it. Read and review please.