Hi! And Welcome! I am sorry I haven't updated my other stories, but life got pretty rough for a little while there. Now everything's back to normal and I'll be writing as often as I can. This is obviously an AU, and I don't own anything but the plot. Also there is a rape scene in this chapter, I'm pretty sure it will be the only one but I will warn other wise. Its not too detailed, but if you wish to skip its only Two paragraphs. Please Review, if I get a lot of reviews I will update faster. ALSO I do not have a beta reader, so I am sorry for any confusing parts or mess ups. Just politely comment in a review and I will do my best to fix it. Thank you and Enjoy!

Chapter One: New Beginnings

Those last few days were a nightmarish blur, she spent most of the time that she was spared curled up on the hidden side of the bed hoping and praying to a god that she never believe in, she might be safely tucked away from him. Everything was becoming increasingly worse over the course of a few months; before he might just stare at her longingly with disgusting eyes, then he began sneaking gropes here and there when her guard was down, finally he shoved her down and took her. Although, she never told anyone, how could she? No one would believe that the perfect doting father would commit such a crime on as troubled a child as she. She wasn't even his real daughter, and many took pity on him, him.

After a while her grades started dropping drastically and when the bullying began she only closed more inside herself. She wasn't completely alone, but her only friend was two years older than her and about to graduate, so she was rarely ever there to help make the bullying stop. With no other option she stopped going to school in order to avoid the name calling, the pushing, shoving her into tall lockers, among other cruel jokes. Staying home all day where he could get a hold an have his way with her wasn't any better. When no one else was around he treated her as though she was nothing more then a toy to mess with, no more then the scum on his boot, like she wasn't even human.

She had to do every little thing he asked of her in order to escape his fist which came anyway. The hitting, the yelling, which lead her to stop speaking, worsened to forced sexual intercourse when she displeased him. However it was not always just sex, she was sometimes force to get on her knees; then he would curse and hit her shouting she was terrible at everything she did and punish her for her lack of talent. A talent he only wished her to have and she hoped she never gained in her life.

On this particular morning, she woke early and locked her door sticking a chair under the handle. She wasn't going to let him get her today. She couldn't handle any more of this torture. If she suffered another night she was sure she'd kill herself. Currently she had the blanked around her body hiding on the other side of the bed, so when the door opened, though she was sure he would get it open, she'd be slightly hidden from sight. Not that she thought he was stupid enough to think she wasn't there. It was just the last ditch effort she could think of to save herself.

It wasn't even 9 in the morning and he was already banging hard on her bedroom door screaming for her to unlock it.

"Rin! Open this God Damn door or I swear I'll kill you!" He pounded harder on the door. She tried to pay no mind to what he screamed at her for what felt like an eternity, he had screamed those words before and nothing worse of a beating had happened. Though she might wish for death more times than was normal, she was terrified of it. As she was terrified of him, as he yelled awful words to her she shook under the blanket. How did it get like this? She just wanted a normal life with parents that cared for her. Her foster parents that had taken her in years ago where never kind to her, only in the presence of people they thought were important. She was treated more like a servant to the mother than a daughter, and the father, before he started sexually harassing her, ignored her very existence. That was until her foster mother passed away and he began looking to her for his release.

She covered her ears with her hands and tried to drift off into a inner space of nothing inside herself, but his fist broke the handle on the door he then flung the chair against her bed. There was a quiet moment as he looked around the room before spotting her and practically lunging for her. He grabbed her hair and dragged her onto the bed. Her mouth opened in a silent scream of pain.

"Rin, why would you do this to your father? Locking him outside, that's no way to treat the man who loves you. You've been a bad girl.." He grabbed her wrist holding them above her head with one hand using the other to pull up her pajama t-shirt. She shook her head violently trying to struggle out of his grip. His face curled in an angry scrunched ugly mess. He raised his free hand and slapped her hard across the face.

Rin froze in fear.

The next few minutes happened per normal accounts. She laid there lifeless as he lifted her shirt and fondled her exposed small breast. Leaving painful bite marks, causing her to cry while making her nipples bleed, down her body before ripping off her pants and panties. Always he penetrated her without any preparation causing great pain to shoot through her small fragile body. She arched her back and bit her lip hard trying not to give him the satisfaction that he was ruling her body in the most disgusting way possible. Not that she could scream if he wanted her too.

Rin had lost her voice, a mental condition, after all the bullying got worse; she was picked on severely for every word she said at school and when at home she got beat for talking back to him. Not hearing her scream like she used to infuriated him further and ensued more beatings and bruises on her body, not that she didn't have enough.

He flipped her over painfully and continued his angry thrusts inside her penetrating both entrances that were meant to stay pure for more years to come; however all she could do was cry and hope it would end. Why was she put through this? What did she ever do wrong? God, it hurt so bad, she could already feel the blood dripping down her leg. He moved faster and harder while she gripped the bed sheet until her knuckles turned white and bit her lip until it bleed as well. Keeping as quiet as she could until he finished.

He got off her body pushing her to the side leaving her to lay lifeless on the bed as he exited the room buttoning up his pants. She listened as his steps carried down the hall and up the stairs to his private study that she was never allowed to disturb no matter the cause. Although Rin ever doubted she'd go calling for him from the stairs for many many reasons. She heard the lock latch then she curled up into the fetal position as the terrible burning in both areas increased, she cried. Why was she forced to endure this? A girl her age should be getting her first boy friend and squealing to her friends about holding his hand. Rin hadn't even had a boyfriend yet, and she doubted if she ever would. She was just 'starting' her second year of high school. Even though she only attended a few days before the hazing got to harsh for her when she quit going.

She hugged her pillow and cried the next few hours away waiting for the numbing to come upon her.

Late afternoon was settling in, Rin could now move without too much pain but she had dared not to. The whole time just laying there hugging the pillow to her chest staring out her curtained window with dead eyes. She couldn't stop thinking about her life meant nothing, and how no one would ever care if she wasn't here on this earth. She longed for death, she was scared of the pain it meant, but she wished so hard to just disappear from the world. At least then she could be free. That's when the noise echoed through the first floor of the house and into her bedroom. At first she thought she imagined things. Still she moved no muscles.

The knock on the door only sounded again, yes that's what it was, she thought, someone is knocking. Still she was in too much pain to sit up, get dressed, and attend to the guest. She hoped they would just leave if she failed to answer. After a long minute or two of silence, when Rin had thought who ever it was had done just that, the front door opened. Why wasn't it locked? She went into a panic thinking this was it, someone would find her and somehow this whole ordeal would be her fault, and her foster father would go free while she was judged.

A familiar voice said her name out loud. Kagome, Rin thought, but she only hugged her pillow tighter. Her only friend in the world knew nothing about what she suffered at home, plus they hadn't seen each other since the school year started months before. So why? And what would she do after seeing Rin like this.

Immediately her only friend was out her bedroom door. Kagome gasped at the still, but dried, bloody site of her friend was curled up on the bed.

"Rin?! What happened?!" She rushed to her friends side and tired to move her so she could see, but Rin let out a gasp saying what ever Kagome had touched hurt her greatly. Kagome had at least known about her not talking issue, so she didn't bother asking any other questions, she just rummaged into her school uniform pocket and pulled out her phone dialing emergency help.

Help was there 5 minutes later.

Rin wasn't sure exactly what happened, she was growing weak from lack of eating, but she heard the sirens and saw a bunch of people in white coats help her onto a bed taking her to large truck where Kagome held her hand the whole time. The last thing she saw before blacking out was her father in hand cuffs arms behind his back pressed against a police car shouting that he was innocent. Rin was glad it was over.

She slowly opened her eyes to look up at a blinding bright ceiling of white tile. It took her a few blinks to get comfortable with the shine of all the white. White walls white curtain white tile floor white blanket and pillow. The only thing that wasn't completely white was the hospital gown. She had no clue how long it had been. There was an IV in her left hand and a tray with a water and a pudding to her right. She didn't feel much like eating though.

She sat up in her bed which wasn't too comfy at all, she looked out the window and wondered what would happen to her. A few seconds later Kagome walked through the automatic door smiling at Rin walking over with what smelled like oatmeal. She put the bowl down on the tray and pulled up a chair to sit next to the bed.

"So how are you feeling?" Kagome smiled a wary smile at her. It was obvious that she now knew, or at least figured out part of the truth. "You hungry?" Rin shook her head. She didn't really feel like eating although that oatmeal smelled really good.

"Alright, but it'll be there for you when your ready. The doctor said you should be okay." She moved some of Rin's black hair behind her ear. Rin had a large purple bruise on her face that was still slightly swollen, but the nurse had informed Kagome that the swelling would go down soon. They also informed Kagome, seeing as she seemed to be the only other connection that the girl had, what other wounds she had and the possible causes of them.

Kagome let them know what she already knew about Rin and her circumstances. She knew that Rin and her foster father didn't get along all that well but she had no clue that he was doing horrible things like this to a 16 year old daughter he boasted about to other parents. Kagome was never sure if what Rin would tell her was the truth and now she hate herself for doubting her young friend.

"Well since you can't go back home, they arrested your father." A strange relief came over Rin and she slowly nodded but only barely slightly waiting for her only friend to continue. "Any way, I was hoping you would come to live with me. I know its a little further from the school, but your not going anyway right now. So how about it? The shrine is huge and we have plenty of room for one more person. Even if you don't wanna sleep alone you can share my room I don't mind." Kagome had not realized she was rambling and when she looked back up at her friend there were tears streaming down her face with a small smile.

"Oh, I'm sorry! Did I say something wrong? Is it about school?" She put her arms around Rin and Rin shook her head no. She was actually extremely happy right at this moment. She knew Kagome was a kind, but stubborn, girl however hearing her say that it was okay for her to live with her best friend. All she could do with the tears flowing happily down her face was nod her head frantically.

Kagome smiled in turn patting her on top of the head. "Well then its settled. Once they can let you go we'll get some of your things and you'll stay with me until your ready to go back to school. OOH its going to be so much fun!"

Kagome stood and began joyously talking off all the things they would do together that neither ever got to do because neither had a sister. At first Rin was smiling at the notion, then a coldness swept over her. Was she ready? She just spent months doing nothing but trying to hide or fallow orders from her worst nightmare. Now she'd be moving in with Kagome who had a whole loving family.

A mother, father, and little brother, a grandfather, and she had once told Rin of the few other people staying there who either paid rent or helped around the large shrine. Rin always hear of how much of a joyful place it really was. Could Rin willing go into an environment like that without feeling completely and totally out of place. Could she take it knowing that her life had been so terribly different. Did she have a choice?

Before Kagome could comment on Rin's sudden change of mood the nurse walked in holding a chart. She smiled somewhat seeing that young Rin was finally awake.

"Ah good, I see you've joined us. I'm just here to check your vitals." The young woman, a few years older than Kagome who had just turned 18, went about the few machines that Rin was hooked up to checking them all. She wondered why she was hooked up to so many. She heard her heart rate machine constantly beeping in the distance and one other she had no clue what it was doing, but she did see another IV going to her belly.

Kagome noticed the quizzical look on Rin's face and spoke up for her. "They said that you were suffering from malnutrition and needed help fast or else you might have gotten sick and not have gotten better.." There was a sadness in Kagome's eyes. Rin knew she had lost quite a bit of weight the last couple of months but she didn't think it was that bad. She was eating once every day, or every other day. Perhaps more, it was hard to separate those blended days of pain together. Most of the time she just wanted to sleep the pain away.

The nurse nodded confirming Kagome's statement. " You were very sick dear, but your in the clear now. A few more days of rest with us and you can go home with ms Higurashi. The paper work is already done, but if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask." Rin just stared at the nurse as if expecting her to say more; however the nurse was the one expecting Rin to reply with words instead of silence. Kagome had notified them all that Rin had not been talking for quiet some time and that she didn't think it was a medical problem, but the doctors checked just to be sure. Sure enough it was out of her own free will she did not talk. The nurse sighed.

"Well you need some rest dear. It is getting late and visiting hours are almost up." If that wasn't a hint for Kagome to leave then Rin had no clue what was. Surprisingly for just waking up, she was getting rather sleepy. She smiled at her friend to let her know she was okay.

Kagome gave her a hug saying her short goodbyes then left the room turning the lights on low so Rin could better sleep.

Chapter One: New Beginnings End

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