Summary: Kagome Higurashi is 17 years old. She has waist length silky raven hair and bright blue/grey eyes. She is the oldest of five children, two younger brothers and two younger sisters. Souta Higurashi is 13 years old, Shippo Higurashi is 9 years old, Akari Higurashi is 9 years old and Sky Higurashi is 6 years old. Their father beat their mother to death. The only one to witness it was Kagome. It's been five years since their mother died and Kagome has had enough of their father's beatings to her and her younger siblings. One night she gets her brothers and sisters into her car and drives them to their aunt's house on their mother's side. Kagome only hopes that her aunt won't take her back to their father's house. While going to her new school, Kagome falls for Inuyasha Taiyoukai. Will he be able to help Kagome through these tough times, or will she bear her heavy burden alone? InuKag! R&R plz! Rated for language and Lemony goodness! Pairings also include MirSan, SessKagu, RinShip.
Author's Note- In this fic there's no demons or Miko's or any of that kinda stuff. It's just a fic that I came up with and thought that I should write it. Hope y'all like it!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and I never will. I don't own anything really…besides the plot and the characters that aren't in the show. Man, THIS SUCKS!!
Inu- Do you hafta scream?
Me- Sorry Inu, forgot about the sensitive ears for a sec…heh
Kag: Poor Inu-chan!
Me: You actually feel bad for him?!
Kag: *ponders* hmm…Inuyasha…
Inu: *gulps* I didn't do anything wench!
Kag: SIT!!!
*WHAM*
Me: True, what did he do?
Kag: He called me a wench
Me: Ah…touchy…Now…ON WITH THE FIC!
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From Hell to Heaven
Chapter One
Moving Out
A twelve year old Kagome walked through the halls of her house. She had heard her mother's cries and being the curious girl that she is, she went to investigate. She tip-toed quietly to the kitchen and peeked over the shelf so she could look into the kitchen. Her mother was backed against the wall, cuts and bruises on her delicate body. Her drunken father was advancing on her mother. Kagome gasped silently as she witnessed her father hitting her mother, causing her mother's body to slide across the cold tile floor. Her mother got up painfully, a large streak of blood across the floor.
"Damnit Rick! Get a hold of yourself!" her mother cried.
"Get a hold of myself Gracie?" Rick sneered, "I have a perfect hold on myself!"
Kagome shut her eyes and turned her head away but couldn't block out the sickening 'crack!' of her father's hand against her mother's cheek. Grace fell to the floor, whimpering in pain. Rick stood over her, amusement in his eyes. He kicked Grace in the stomach, hard. Kagome almost cried out, her father was probably killing the child inside her mother! True she already had four brothers and sisters, but she wouldn't have minded another. It was her, Souta, Shippo, Akari and Sky. Kagome looked up just in time to see her father push her mother to the ground.
"You're going to hurt the baby Rick!" Grace sobbed.
"Screw the baby! We already have five of those little bastards running around this fucking house!" Rick yelled.
Rick grabbed Grace by the neck and lifted her off the ground. Grace gasped for breath and Rick threw her across the room. She hit the wall and slumped to the ground in a bloody heap. She lifted her head and glared daggers at her husband. He had never acted like this before, so why was he starting now? Rick moved towards the counter and grabbed a cloth then a knife. Grace screams filled the kitchen as Rick stabbed her countless times. Kagome stared at the scene in horror, her father had just murdered her mother! He threw the knife in the sink and stood over his wife's body, laughing like mad. Kagome whimpered as tears filled her eyes. Rick heard her and looked sharply at her.
"Did you see the whole thing?" he asked.
Kagome nodded, "Y-yes…"
Rick walked out of the kitchen and towards the young girl. Kagome cowered from her father in fear. Rick grabbed Kagome roughly by the wrist and threw her into the kitchen. She hit the counter and fell to the floor crying. Rick walked over to her and picked her up roughly, smacking her across the face.
"If you tell anyone about this, you'll end up having the same fate as your mother," Rick spat, "Now clean up this mess!"
Rick let go of Kagome's wrist and she fell to the ground once more. She watched as her father walked out of the room and she crawled over to her mother's dead body. Taking a cloth off the counter she wiped the blood off her mother's beautiful face and sobbed. She cleaned up the floor and threw everything away. She went to her mother's body again and cleaned out the wounds, to make sure her mother's wounds weren't making anymore of a mess. When she was done, she collapsed on the floor beside her mother and cried herself to sleep.
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Kagome woke in a cold sweat as she relived that horrible night over…again. She stared at the ceiling as she tried to block her mom's screams out of her head. She was only glad that the kids slept in the guest house. The only reason Kagome saw was because she wanted a glass of water. Kagome rolled over and looked at the clock. 2:37. she groaned, it was way too early in the morning for this. Kagome was jolted out of her thoughts by multiple screams. Shit! He was at it again Damnit! Quickly she got out of bed and threw a robe on over her silk PJs and ran out of the room. Her younger siblings were in the living room, running from their father. With all the strength she possessed, she hit her father with a frying pan. She took little Sky into her arms.
"Follow me," she demanded of the younger children.
They nodded and followed their sister outside. She unlocked her car and put the kids in the back. She buckled them in and turned to Souta, the oldest of the four.
"Don't open this door for anyone unless it's me, got it?" Kagome said.
"Hai," Souta nodded.
Kagome locked the car and shut the door. Running back into the house, she made sure her father was still unconscious and packed all of their clothes into six large suitcases. Carrying out the luggage two by two, she stuffed it in the trunk of her car. It held five people, which was enough for her. Three in the back and two in the front. It was a white Toyota Camry, but it didn't matter to her, a car was a car. She quickly got in the drivers seat.
"Everyone buckled?" she asked.
"Yep," was the reply.
"Good," she said.
She put her car in reverse and backed out of the driveway. Hitting the brake and changing it into drive, she took off down the street. She planed on going to her Aunt Kaede's house. Kaede was her mother's sister, the only place they could really seek refuge, or so Kagome hoped. Every time they went to someone on their dad's side of the family, they would take them back and insist that they were hallucinating and that their father would never beat them. When Kagome showed them the bruises, they had always called it, "reckless playing around the house".
"Where are we going 'Gome?" Akari asked.
"Away from Daddy," Kagome answered.
"But why are we leaving Daddy?" Shippo asked.
"Do you want to get beat again?" Kagome snapped, eying the three children in the back.
"No," they replied.
"Ok then," Kagome paused, "We're going to Aunt Kaede's."
The Car fell silent once more and one by one the smaller kids drifted off to sleep. Kagome turned on the radio and put in her Good Charlotte CD. She turned the volume down so it wasn't so loud and sang softly to the music. She had fresh bruises on her body and it hurt like hell to even move, but she had to bear it. She wouldn't let any of them know that she was suffering worse then they were. They didn't know that she was beat nightly over and over again until she couldn't move and they wouldn't know. It was around 5 o'clock by the time they got to their aunt's house. Kagome parked her car and made sure she had her wallet; she got out of the car and locked the doors. She walked up to the house and knocked on the door. There was slight movement inside and lights turned on. The door opened to reveal a girl around Kagome's age with silky shoulder-length dark brown hair and bright blue eyes.
The girl's eyes narrowed. "Who're you?" she asked.
"Kagome Higurashi, I'm looking for my aunt Kaede," Kagome said.
"Kikyo!" said a voice from inside, "Be nice to her, she's your cousin!"
Another woman walked up to the door. She had thick dark brown hair and brilliant green eyes. Her hair was pulled back into a loose pony tail and she had a smile on her face. Kagome's aunt was known for almost always having a smile on her face; it was one of the things she loved about her aunt. Kaede pulled Kagome into a hug then stood back to look at her.
"My, my, ye have grown child," Kaede said.
"I was twelve last time you saw me," Kagome answered.
"What brings you here child?" Kaede asked, "Is it your father?"
Kagome frowned, "Yeah, I've had enough of the beatings; the other four are out in the car."
"Do you need any help?" Kikyo asked.
"Yeah, it would be nice," Kagome said, "I can wake Souta and have him carry Akari, I can carry Sky and you can carry Shippo."
"Alright," Kikyo said.
Kagome walked outside with Kikyo. Kikyo lifted Shippo out of the car and walked back inside. Kagome took Sky out of the car and went around to the passenger side. She gently shook Souta and he looked over at her and smiled sleepily.
"Hey sport," Kagome said, "Do me a favor?"
"Sure," Souta said, sitting up.
"Carry Akari into Aunt Kaede's house for me?" Kagome asked.
"Ok," Souta said.
Souta got out of the car and picked Akari up and followed Kagome into their aunt's house. The two girls stayed in one guest room and the two boys stayed in the other. Kagome slept in Kikyo's room on the extra bed. Kaede had two more kids. Kikyo's twin sister Erika and their little brother, Ginta. Kagome made sure her four siblings were tucked in and asleep before she retreated to bed herself. She lay down in bed and placed her hands behind her head, starring at the ceiling. Her mother's dead body flashed before her eyes and she shivered slightly. Turning to face the wall, she closed her eyes and forced sleep upon herself, hoping the nightmares wouldn't haunt her.
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Author's Note- So…how do you like so far? Is it a good start? Bad start? Don't worry, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, Koga, Sango, Miroku, Rin and all the others will come in by the second chapter, if not third. Yes, Kikyo is a good person in this story…she is currently dating…no one! *gasps* lol. She does have a crush on our Inu, but don't worry, Kagome will get him first! Read and Review please!!
