I Am Here For You

Rated: M(Mature)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the 'InuYasha' characters. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi. (However I do own the rights to the names that don't belong to the cast. Since this story is written based on the Modern Era, I do have my own characters that I will be placing in the story.)

Chapter One: Memories.

It was raining outside as Kagome sat on her bed against the wall with her knees pulled up to her chest and her chin resting on her arms which sat on her knees. Tears fell down her red cheeks. 'I still remember the day we met. It was perfect and so was he...I never would of imagined that day led to this...' She thought as she closed her chocolate brown eyes and remembered how it all began 2 years ago.

Flashback

It was the first day of High School. First day of being a sophomore for Kagome. She was the new girl in town having just moved to Tokyo with her mother, younger brother, and grandfather. Her shaking knees was proof alone she was nervous about starting at a new school with new people. Her raven black hair was in a high pony tail, she wore a blue skirt that went to her knees along with a yellow blouse, and white shirt underneath. Her black slip on shoes revealed her silver anklet that had a 'K' charm on it. Around her neck was silver chain to match the anklet with a charm that read 'Kagome' with a few pink beads before and after the charm which sat in the middle. 'Alright Kagome. Its just a new school, you're going to be fine.' She thought positively as she would walk through the school gates and see all the other student. A nauseated feeling suddenly appeared in the pit of her stomach. 'Just find the office...Just find the office...' Kagome thought as she saw the main entrance at last and slowly made her way through the crowd to get to the doors and finally got inside. She instantly paled seeing more student inside than out. Looking from left to right she saw the office on the right and carefully pushed her way through to get inside. Once in she shut the door and took in a deep breath to calm herself before walking to the secretary and smiled softly. "Excuse me?" Kagome spoke in a quiet voice.

The secretary stopped typing on the keyboard and looked up from her desk at Kagome. "May I help you?" The secretary asked in an annoyed voice. Kagome bit her lip nervously at her annoyed voice but just chalked it up to the fact it was the first day of school and was very busy getting things in order before the bell rang.

"M–My name is Kagome Higurashi...I–I'm the new student. My letter from the school said to come here to get my schedule for the year." Kagome told the secretary trying to keep her nervousness down. The secretary gave a curt nod as she turned around to the stack of 5 file cabinets behind her and opened up the 3rd one from the top and began shuffling through the folders which Kagome could only assume were the records of all the students in the school. After 3 minutes she pulled out the folder with Kagome's name on it and began flipping through all the forms that had previously been filled out and sent in by her mother. Towards the end the secretary pulled out a white sheet of paper and stood up closing the folder. She walked over to the copying machine and copied the paper, coming back she placed one copy in the folder and handed the other to Kagome. Putting the folder back in the respected draw of the cabinet she sat down once more.

"Your first class is in 10 minutes. I will call for someone who has all your classes to show you around for today." The secretary stated as her hand went for the phone on the desk. Just as she was about to dial a number, a student came rushing in to the office and up to the desk causing Kagome to move to the side in fear of being knocked over. She studied the male from the side. He had silver hair! And amber eyes! Then the most shocking feature, Dog ears on his head. Kagome was forced in to a state of confusion. "So nice to see you join us on the first day, Mr. Taishou. What can I help you with?" Asked the secretary.

"Lost my schedule. Need a new one before first period. I'm only here because my father forced me and my brother dragged me here...Plus...I don't need to get grounded from dad and detention from school for ditching." Came the male's irritated tone. Again the secretary went through the file cabinet and found the males name. Kagome glanced over out of curiosity. 'InuYasha?' She thought reading it before the secretary pulled out a white sheet, copied it and handed him one. The male now known as InuYasha was about to leave when the secretary stopped him with her hand up.

"Just a moment. Mr. Taishou. I was going to ask your brother, however you and our new student have the same schedule as well. Would you care to be her escort for the day? Show her around and to her classes?" Asked the secretary. InuYasha sighed as he turned to face Kagome now then instantly his irritation seemed to dissipate. Kagome looked down nervously as she held her schedule against her chest.

"Sure..." InuYasha seemed to be in a daze of Kagome but he shook it off and crossed his arms over his chest then looked to his schedule. "Well. Come on then. First class is History." InuYasha said as Kagome nodded and picked up her backpack and followed him out of the office. As they walked in silence InuYasha decided to be the one to break the ice. "I'm InuYasha Taishou." He introduced holding out his hand to her. "You got a name?" He added looking at her while walking.

Kagome nodded as she went to shake his hand with hers. "K–Kagome...Higurashi." She muttered nervously. InuYasha shook her hand then released and placed it back in his pocket.

"You don't talk much do you?" InuYasha asked as they reached their first class, he opened the door for her and she walked in seeing that it was partially empty made her feel somewhat better. InuYasha closed the door and stood beside her. "Well this is History, I'll see ya after class ends." He said then went to sit in the back of the room with a few of his friends. Kagome sighed as she calmed herself down by taking in a deep breath and releasing it then she found a desk by the window and sat down. Putting her bag on the hook of the desk she pulled out her pencil, pen, and notebook. Kagome looked over her schedule again. "History 7:30am - 8:25am. Language Arts/Reading 8:30am - 9:25am, Study Hall 9:30am - 10:25am, Science 10:30am - 11:25am, Phys-Ed/Health 11:30am - 12:25pm, Lunch 12:30pm - 1:25pm, Math 1:30pm - 2:25pm, Home Ec 2:30pm - 3:25pm." Kagome sighed. 8 hours of school was ridiculous but what could she do about it? Nothing. She put her paper away as more students began to come in and take their seats. Of course none of them failed to notice Kagome sitting by the window and wondered who she was.

"So that's the new girl? Kind'a cute man." Said one of InuYasha's friends.

"Back off, I saw her first Kouga." InuYasha said still staring at her.

"You are with Kikyou dude." Kouga said looking at him. InuYasha shrugged.

"So? I'm planning on leavin' her anyways. To clingy." InuYasha said. The bell ringing brought him out of this thoughts. Everyone took their seats as the teacher walked in and put down his briefcase and folders.

"Take your seats students. I am Mr. Hayashi. I will be your History teacher and your Study Hall advisor. So at 9:30am you will all be back in here with me. Lets begin with roll call shall we?" He said pulling out his planner and getting a pen. "You don't have to say here, I will just look around. Most of you are familiar from last year when I was your Science teacher. So...Lets see. The Taishou brothers? Yes good. Kouga, Hakkaku, Ginta? Now...Kagura, Rin, Naraku, Kanna? Yes. Sango, Miroku, Yuka, Eri, Ayame? Finally...Akina, Kikyou, Rizu, Ryoko, Yoshimi, Yorukage, and Natsumi? Very good, all here." Said Mr. Hayashi as he would check off names then close the planner and place it in his briefcase. He suddenly looked up again and saw Kagome. "I'm sorry, I don't believe I recognize you. Are you new here?" He said walked over to her. Kagome only nodded. "Can you give me your name please?" Mr. Hayashi asked.

Kagome stood once more and bowed her head respectfully, she didn't know the rules at this school but in her old one she would bow before a teacher before speaking. "Higurashi, Kagome sir." She said loud enough for him to hear.

"May I see your schedule please, Kagome?" Mr. Hayashi asked. Kagome nodded as she walked over to him and handed him the schedule. He glanced over it and smiled with a nod. "Well, I will make sure the office has you added in the system by tomorrow. Kagome. Would you care to tell the class anything about yourself? No need to be shy, I did this with all the students last year." He asked with a cheery smile.

"Where are you from? How old are you? What types of things do you like to do?" Asked several students. Kagome hated this. She hated to speak in front of others, Kagome liked to keep to herself and not be the center of attention.

"I'm 16...I–I moved here from Okinawa with my family. I..like to write, draw...listen to music..." Kagome stuttered out.

"Well there will more time for questions in Study Hall class. Kagome you can return to your seat now." Said Mr. Hayashi. Kagome silently thanked God and returned to her seat rather quickly. As Mr. Hayashi began to talk about the year and what they would be covering, Kagome seemed to zone and look out the window. She felt the questioning stares from other students, she tried to ignore it but she couldn't. The class went by smoothly as finally the bell rang and InuYasha was at her desk waiting for her.

"Ready?" He asked. Kagome nodded and gathered up her things walking with him out of the room now. "You'll get used to everything. You won't be the new girl forever." InuYasha told her in a calm voice putting a hand on her shoulder. Kagome for the first time that day smiled nodding to him.

"On Inu baby!" Came a very high pitched female voice. InuYasha's ears flattened to his head as he stopped and turned to see who had called him. Kagome looked as well be just leaned on the lockers and waited for him. "You didn't meet me today." The female pouted some.

"I had to get a new copy of my schedule and then the secretary asked me to show the new girl around for today." InuYasha told her.

"Oh. I see." The female said in a very sudden change of her happy tone. "Anyway. Are you still coming over after school?" She asked.

"Yes Kikyou." InuYasha said rolling his eyes. Kagome could see he was irritated or annoyed with this female but she assumed they were boyfriend and girlfriend so she stayed out of it and quiet. Kikyo suddenly pulled him in and kissed him deeply then released him and waved.

"See you later Inu baby." She called as she vanished in to the crowd of students. InuYasha sighed and started walking again. Kagome followed silently.

"A–Are you ok?" Kagome asked breaking the silence between them. He nodded and kept walking. After another minute they arrived at the next classroom. Kagome made herself known to the teacher right away so she wouldn't have a repeat of History class then she sat down in the back corner away from others. InuYasha went and sat on the windowsill quietly. The bell rang and the same as before with explaining the class for the year, the rules. Kagome knew it all already. Her mind stayed on InuYasha, wondering if he was ok. The bell rang at 10:25am and they all left once more. Only this time, Kagome didn't see InuYasha, he left with the others. 'He must of forgotten that he was supposed to be escorting me...Oh well.' Kagome thought as she gathered her things and returned to the room she was in first for Study Hall. As soon as she walked in she saw InuYasha with his friends at the back of the room, she decided not to say anything about forgetting her in the Language Arts/Reading class. Kagome took her seat from before and sighed putting her head down but lifted it once she sensed others around her.

"Hi! I'm Yoshimi Foxkith! And this is Natsumi Konishi, Rizu Haruko, Ryoko Kawata, Sango Taijiya, Akina Kobayashi, Eri Fujiaka, Yuka Matsuda, and Ayame Mizuno."Said Yoshimi now out of breath and taking a seat panting. The other girls giggled and smiled looking at Kagome.

"Its nice to meet you all." Kagome said with a small smile.

"We're hoping to all become friends!" Said Rizu happily clapping her hands together. Kagome smiled nodding, what could it honestly hurt. Kagome studied them all as they talked by themselves for the hour of Study Hall. Yoshimi had orange hair with green eyes. Natsumi had black hair and blue eyes. Rizu had black hair with light blue eyes. Ryoko had black hair and bright green eyes. Sango had black hair and brown eyes. Akina had black and purple hair with light blue eyes. Eri and Yuka both had black hair and brown eyes. And Ayame had orange hair with brown eyes. "Rin should be along soon. She had to meet with her older brother." Added in Sango. This day was turning out great. Towards the end Kagome had learned about the people in her class. Her 9 new friends helped her to understand who was who.

Kagome learned that InuYasha, Sesshoumaru, and Rin were siblings. Kagura and Kanna were sisters. Kikyo was InuYasha's girlfriend. Kagura was Naraku's girlfriend. Ginta and Hakakku were brothers and best friends with Kouga. Yorukage was a watcher of everyone and always silent. Finally Miroku was a school pervert but his heart was set on Sango. It wasn't complicated but still a lot to understand on the first day. As the bell rang Kagome had gotten all of her friends phone numbers in her cell phone and hers in theirs. Afterwards they all headed to their Science class. An hour later is was Phys-Ed, in there it was explained that the second half of the year would be their health class. Lunch soon followed and that was promising indeed.

During lunch Kagome learned everyone sits in groups according to their level in high school. The groups were the geeks, the populars, the borings, and finally the normal people. Others just sat wherever. Kagome however got to sit with the labeled group of the Normals. She sat down with her tray of food and began to eat but was soon interrupted by InuYasha approaching her. "Kagome. Hi, sorry I kind'a abandoned you today. Had a lot on my mind." He apologized to her.

"Its alright, InuYasha. I made some friends and they have all helped me." Kagome smiled happily placing her hand on InuYasha's shoulder. However she wished she hadn't because like a cat to catnip, Kikyou rushed over to demand to remove her hand from InuYasha's shoulder.

"Don't touch my boyfriend!" She yelled gathering the attention of almost everyone in the room. Kagome immediately removed her hand leaving Kikyou with a look of victory on her face as she linked her arm with InuYasha's and tried to pull him back to their table. InuYasha stood like a wall staring at his girlfriend. "What's the matter Inu baby?" Kikyou asked. InuYasha removed his arm from hers and stepped back.

"Why do you have to be so mean, Kikyou? Kagome wasn't doing anything wrong." InuYasha said now defending Kagome who had her head down. The last thing she wanted was to have enemies on the first day.

"You're my boyfriend, no one else is allowed to touch you..." Kikyou stuttered now. InuYasha glared at her.

"She is my friend. Its not like she was trying to kiss me." InuYasha argued back. Kikyou seemed to hate that answer and placed her hands on her hips angrily.

"If she tried she would have her ass kicked. No one touches what's mine." Kikyou said shooting a warning glare to Kagome.

"That's it. I can't do this anymore, Kikyou. You are nothing but mean and treating me like I'm your personal property. It's Kagome's first day, she's just trying to make friends and I am one of them. You are always doing this when I have female friends, even with the guys you get defensive and jealous because I'm not with you 24/7." InuYasha told her. Kikyou stepped back.

"B–But you are mine...You said so last night after we finished having–..." InuYasha cut her off with a hand.

"And there you go again talking about our sex life. I'm your boyfriend, not your property. There's a difference. I hate that I can't have friends because of you." InuYasha said pointing at her. Kikyou backed up with tears in her eyes now.

"W–What are you saying?..." Kikyou asked.

"I don't want this anymore. I don't want to be with you. It's over." InuYasha said to her in an emotionless tone then walked away leaving Kikyou standing in the middle of the cafeteria. InuYasha walked outside, not long after a few of his friends went after him. Kikyou glared at Kagome which forced her to freeze up with fear.

"This is your fault...Better watch your back Kagome...Because I will have revenge for you taking him from me..." Kikyou warned. As she was about to walk away Natsumi stood up and turned Kikyou around.

"You leave Kagome alone. She didn't take InuYasha away from you, he left you because you're a mean, spiteful, hateful, jealous, bitch." Natsumi said defending Kagome. Then Sango and Akina stood beside Kagome their arms crossed over their chests.

"Kagome doesn't need to watch her back. We have it for her." Sango said sternly. Akina nodded. Kikyou made a hmph noise and walked away from the table.

"You girls didn't have to do that..." Kagome said as she played with her food.

"Don't be silly Kagome. Kikyou has had that coming to her for a while. Besides...Its what friends do." Said Rizu as they all formed a circle and did a group hug. Kagome was speechless but happy. She knew everything was going to be just fine now. The day continued until last period at 2:30pm. Their Home Ec class. It was different things split in to sections. Cooking, Sewing, Childcare, and First Aid. First section was cooking. The teacher split them in to groups. Kagome was in a group of 4 with InuYasha, Yuka, Rizu, and Ginta. Their first assignment, make cookies. Kagome thankfully was a great cook and knew the perfect recipe right away. As the hour ticked away, the cookies had been made and were baking. The group was impressed and happy to be nearly done so fast. The rest of the groups were still mixing and preheating the ovens. Kagome noticed InuYasha looked pretty upset and she knew why.

"InuYasha...are you alright? I'm sorry about you and Kikyou. I feel like its my fault..." Kagome said looking down sadly.

"Its not your fault, Kagome. Kikyou and I have been over for a while. I just needed the right moment to do it. When she and I are alone she acts like the Kikyou I met...but when there is a crowd, I don't even know her anymore." InuYasha said with a half smile but he was still upset. Kagome and InuYasha talked for another 15 minutes before the ding on the over timer went off. Ginta was the first to the oven to turn it off and open the door. Yuka handed Ginta an oven mitt and took out the cookies as Rizu closed the oven door. Kagome and InuYasha were standing next to one another when Ginta lost his balance because the hot cookie sheet touched his harm. As he began to trip he bumped in to InuYasha who in turn fell forward and leaned in to catch himself but as he turned his head his and Kagome's lips met and they kissed. Kagome's face turned a bright red as this happened. A second later the kiss broke and InuYasha turned from her with a faint blush as well. Kagome went weak in the knees as she sank to the floor while Ginta put the hot tray down and smiled relieved that the cookies hadn't spilled.

"Kagome, are you ok?" Yuka asked bending over to check on Kagome. Rizu did the same.

"Y–Yeah, I'm ok. I just need a minute..." Kagome said as she grabbed the hall pass and rushed out of the room and to the bathroom on the corner. Once in the bathroom she splashed her face with cold water and tried to calm her pounding heart. It had been such a rush, a burning fire with butterflies to loop-de-loops in her stomach. Kagome grabbed a paper towel and dabbed her face to dry off then stared at herself in the mirror, her blush had lessened but was still there and very visible. "What are you doing Kagome?! The guy is only an hour of being single and here you are falling for him!" Kagome yelled thought she hadn't meant to. She thought she was thinking it but apparently not. Just as she had yelled it her two friends Yuka and Rizu walked in gasping.

"You like him, don't you Kagome?" Yuka teased some. Kagome held her head low with a sigh.

"I shouldn't be. I can't. I refuse...I can't do that. Kikyou already hates me...U–Us kissing was an accident..." Kagome forced herself to say. But was it? Sure the kiss was an accident but she didn't stop him, she didn't push him off immediately. She couldn't do this. InuYasha had been too nice to her for her to come in and take him away. She shook her head. No, she refused to get involved with him. Besides, he didn't like her like that anyway. Right? Kagome shook it off and sighed. She would just ignore it. "I'm fine. Lets go back for our grade on the cookies." Kagome said as she composed herself and then left the bathroom, returning to the classroom and sat down at her spot quietly. InuYasha tried to get her attention but she didn't respond. She couldn't talk to him right now. Everyone in the class saw that kiss, she was never going to live this one down. 'Please just let class end soon...' Kagome pleaded staring at the clock as the teacher was going around and tasting the cookies.

"Kagome!" InuYasha said again for the 100th time. Kagome refused to look at him. Ginta elbowed him in the side forcing him to look over.

"I think she is still embarrassed man...Give her some time to calm down then try to talk to her." Ginta suggested as the teacher reached their groups table and picked up one of the cookies, tasting it.

"These are remarkable! Group 3, A+ for you all." The teacher said cheerfully as she moved on to the next group. InuYasha nodded to Ginta's advice and decided to wait until after the last bell rang to talk to her. Finally after the longest 10 minutes ever it seemed the bell rang and they were done for the day. Kagome packed up her bag and took some of the cookies for her family then headed outside to begin her walk home. InuYasha quickly caught up to her.

"Kagome. Why were you ignoring me?" InuYasha asked her.

"Its nothing, InuYasha. I have to get home." Kagome said walking a bit faster now.

"Don't lie Kagome. Come on, I'll walk you home and we can talk about what happened." InuYasha offered still staying right beside her.

"There's nothing to talk about. It was an accident because Ginta was being clumsy...Wrong place, wrong time..." Kagome told him. InuYasha frowned some. "Just leave it alone InuYasha...Its...its not like it meant anything to either of us." Kagome said as she kept walking. InuYasha didn't want to make her mad at him but that's not how he felt about what happened.

"It meant something to me." He said just loud enough for her to hear. She froze and turned to face him slowly.

"What did you say?" Kagome asked him. InuYasha marched right up to her and took her hand in his.

"It meant something to me, Kagome. I don't want to let this go. I want to explore it." InuYasha told her now. Kagome was shaking, this was just to much she backed away from him.

"InuYasha...I...can't. You can't. We can't do this. You...just broke up with Kikyou and she already hates me for it...We can't...be in a relationship. Its just to soon. For you and for me. You don't even know me..." Kagome argued with his statement. Of course she wanted it, but she couldn't. Not right now she couldn't.

"You are right. So I will get to know you. We can hang out, maybe go on some dates. Then will you consider it?" InuYasha asked. Kagome bit her lip but smiled softly and nodded. InuYasha smiled back and took her hand in his. "Now, can I walk you home?" InuYasha asked her.

"Yes you can InuYasha." Kagome said smiling now. And it was that moment that started it all for them. 6 months later they began a relationship together. Kagome didn't have a care in the world. Their relationship was perfect for two years. Together they kept their grades up, went on dates every Friday or Saturday. Kagome had 10 best friends who she wouldn't of traded for the world. And InuYasha, he was perfect in every way to her at least. Kagome never thought anything would go wrong. But she was sorely mistaken. Kagome had no idea just how bad senior year was going to be for her. Nothing could of ever prepared her for it.

End Flashback

Kagome had burst in to tears after remembering everything they shared in the two years. But something had happened to InuYasha, and the stinging on Kagome's left cheek was all she needed for confirmation. Kagome now had the incident replaying in her mind like a movie.

Flashback

It was only a week in to their Senior year of High School. InuYasha and Kagome had one class together and that didn't seem to sit well with InuYasha. During their lunch period InuYasha seemed to shy away from her, he even sat at the popular table with Kikyou, Sesshoumaru, and some of their other friends. In the middle of lunch, InuYasha left and so had Kikyou but Kagome hadn't noticed it until the bell rang. She shrugged with a heavy sigh and left the cafeteria to go to the bathroom. As she entered he heard faint moans and assumed it was someone having a little to much fun. She walked in and she instantly froze at the sight before her. In plain sight was Kikyou held up against the wall while InuYasha was shirtless and pants around his ankles having sex with Kikyou. Kagome put a hand over her mouth and found herself unable to move as she watched them finish.

"What do you want?" Kikyou smirked at Kagome. InuYasha huffed and faced her as he dressed himself.

"W–Why InuYasha?" Kagome found her voice.

"Because you refuse to. I waited 2 years. Never pushed it on you. I'm a guy, I need relief sometimes." InuYasha said as he cracked his back. Did he even care that he just cheated on her and is acting like its cool.

"You're my boyfriend and your cheating me with that whore!" Kagome yelled at him. InuYasha raised his hand and slapped her right across the face. Kagome put her hand to it and backed up. "H–How could you?" Kagome said as tears brimmed her eyes threatening to fall.

"I just did and if you say anything Kagome...I swear you'll regret it. Now you're going to sit in here until that mark fades, then your going to walk out of here and act like nothing happened and you're still happy with me. I'm still your boyfriend as far as everyone knows. Got it?" InuYasha demanded her. Kagome had learned over the two years they dated that InuYasha was a half-demon and in fear of her life she nodded. InuYasha left the bathroom first, then Kikyou. Kagome fell the floor crying her eyes out. InuYasha had just slapped her and if she told anyone she was the one who would be in trouble. Vowing to keep her mouth shut she placed some cold water on the slap mark and after 15 minutes it faded but the pain hadn't. Cleaning herself up and looking like nothing was wrong she put on the best fake smile she could and left the bathroom to go to class. Once school ended she took off in a run to get home. She threw herself on her bed after locking her door and cried for 2 hours.

End Flashback

'What do I do?' Kagome thought as she began to cry again. She didn't have a choice, if she told InuYasha would hurt her again. She had no way out. She was trapped. A bird in a cage.