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'Thoughts'

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7:00 AM

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP-

CRASH

"Ughhhh," mumbled a certain hanyou as he got up to take a shower. After five minutes in the shower, Inuyasha could hear a, "Inuyasha? Dear, are you up- Oh, you've got to be kidding me. Inuyasha! This is the third alarm clock that you've destroyed in the past week! Now, you better stop throwing them into the wall or you'll just have to start paying for them yourself! Okay?"

Inuyasha sighed while the water pounded on his head, "Fine, mother!"

He could hear his mother, Izayoi, leave his room just as he finished up his shower. After drying himself off with a towel, he changed into his baggy jeans, tight red shirt, and tennis shoes. He heard a knock at his door.

"Inuyasha, honey, hurry up! If you don't get a move on you'll be late for school!"

"Okay, mother," he responded. He looked at his desk to see what time it was on his alarm clock, but, "Oh yea, I broke it, didn't I?"

He ran downstairs and out the door, not even bothering to tell his mother goodbye. Once outside, he spotted his two best friends, Sango and Miroku, out by the curb.

"Hey, 'bout time! We were just about to leave ya here," Sango yelled at him.

Miroku spoke up next, "Hey, dude, get your ass down here before we're late! If I'm late again I'll get suspended. And that would not look good on my permanent record!"

Sango turned to him as Inuyasha ran towards the curb, "Permanent record? Since when do you care about what's on your permanent record?"

"I don't know, I was just looking for a good reason to get him to hurry up."

"Oh okay..." she trailed off as she felt something on her butt. Realizing that it was Miroku's hand, she yelled, "PERVERT!" And slapped him across the face. Miroku smiled as he rubbed the handprint on his face, "Sango, you know my hand is cursed! I can't help it!"

"UGH! Hey, Inuyasha, get your-! Oh...you're here. Well, come on, both of you! We're gonna be late!"

Inuyasha and Miroku looked at each other then back at Sango. "Alright," they both responded. After that they all piled into Miroku's purple pickup truck and went on their way.

Meanwhile...

A raven-haired teenager was dead asleep on her bed. Her alarm clock was beeping over ten minutes ago, but she simply threw it at the wall. So at the moment, she was just sleeping peacfully, wrapped up in her jet black comforter. That is, until...

"KAGOME! HURRY YOUR ASS UP AND GET TO SCHOOL ALREADY!"

The black haired beauty finally awoke due to her father, Naraku's, annoying outbursts. She slowly pulled herself off of her bed until she was in a weak standing position. She didn't bother taking a shower because she took one the night before, knowing that this was going to happen. So, she slipped off her pajamas and stalked over to her dresser before taking out a pair of black skinny jeans and pulling them on. Once she finally had them fastened, she walked over to her closet, now fully awake. She tugged a shirt off a hanger and threw it on. She looked around the room, searching for her shoes. Once she finally found both of them she pulled them onto her feet and tied them. She stood up straight and walked over to her cracked full-length mirror. She stared at her reflection for a long time, trying to decide how to cover up the cut on her forehead. She went into her bathroom and pulled out her makeup and dabbed some on it, wincing as she did from the pain. Once that was done, she took her bangs and set them over her cut, just to make sure no one noticed. She went back to her mirror and figured that she was good for the day.

"Well, at least this was an easy one to cover up. It's usually a lot worse," she said to herself.

She then noticed that the bruises on her arm from the other day still weren't fully healed. You can't even notice them, she thought, As long as they go untouched for the day, I'll be fine.

And with that, she grabbed her backpack and slowly walked out of her room. She was being as quiet as she could, in hopes of avoiding Naraku.

No such luck.

"Where do you think you're going?" He asked her from the kitchen door.

She replied nervouly, "School. Uh, can't be late for my first day!" She tried to walk out, but he had already gotten to her side of the room and grabbed her arm. She winced from the pain.

"You're already late. Now, listen here, bitch. I want you to know that if you tell anyone about how you got those cuts and bruises, I'll be sure to make it a lot worse."

She turned around slightly and looked at him, "I wasn't thinking of telling-"

"Yes, you were. Now...get a move on. Wouldn't want you to be late on your first day," he said mocking her, "and be back by 4:00. Or else."

He finally let her out of his grip, and walked back into the kitchen. She stood there for a moment, but soon came to her senses and walked quickly out the door.

She was walking across the street, not really paying attention, when a purple pick-up truck raced down the street toward her. The truck came to a screeching halt when the driver finally took notice of the girl in the middle of the road.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!" Inuyasha yelled out at the poor girl.

Kagome looked up and finally noticed them. "Oh, sorry, I didn't notice you coming down the road-"

"You didn't notice a bright purple piece of junk rolling down the street right at you?"

"Hey!" Miroku yelled at him, after hearing the comment about his truck.

"Shut up," Inuyasha said back.

Sango then felt that she had to speak up, "Why don't both of you shut up. Listen, you in the road, sorry we almost ran into you-"

"Whatever," she said, interrupting Sango. She turned and walked the rest of the way across the street.

Everyone was silent until Sango said, "Oooookaaayyy. Well, let's get to school, shall we?"

The boys in the front groaned as Miroku began driving to their destination.

Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha had barely gotten into class on time. They sat down right as the bell rang.

"Wow. Holy shit, that was a close one." Inuyasha whispered to his two best companians.

"Sure was," Miroku whispered back, "that girl in the road almost made us late. But it wasn't really her fault."

Inuyasha looked back at his friend, "Suuuurrreee it wasn't her fault."

"You two, in the back, shut up before I kick your asses out of class." Myoga, the English teacher, yelled. They both turned their attention back to the teacher, mentally groaning.

"Now that I have everyone's attention, I would like to introduce a new student."

All of the teens looked up at him once hearing the news about a new kid.

"Her name is Kagome Higurashi and I want everyone to be kind to her. No bothering her, no teasing her," he looked straight at Miroku for his next point, "and no groping her. Got it?"

Miroku pretended to look hurt at the accusation, "Myoga-sensei, I am appalled to know that you would even think I am capable of such lechery!"

Myoga looked at him and said, "Cut the crap. Just don't even think about harming her," he looked at the whole class now, "Kagome has had a hard life and I want her to feel welcome-"

"Ahem." A small voice spoke by the door.

Everyone turned their attention to where they heard the voice and saw a girl wearing mostly black. Her shirt said 'Don't piss me off, or I'll set my zombies on you.' She was also wearing skinny jeans and black combat boots, and her long black hair cascaded down to her middle back. Her bangs were covering half of her face, and she was holding a few books in her right hand by her side.

"Um, hi." She said to the class.

Inuyasha instantly recognized her. He leaned over towards Sango and Miroku, "Hey, isn't that the emo chick we almost ran over this morning?"

Sango looked up at her, "Yea, I think it is. But don't call her emo, stereotypes are stupid." (A/N I seriously believe that. Stereotypes are stupid)

Inuyasha looked at her and rolled his eyes, "Yea, yea. Whatever. But what's she doing here?"

Miroku turned towards Inuyasha, "She's the new student, idiot. Did you seriously not get that? Obviously that's Kagome Higurashi."

"Feh. Whatever."

Myoga turned to Kagome, "Oh! I didn't see you there, Kagome. How are you today?"

She responded, "Uh...okay, I guess."

"So, Miss Kagome, is there anything you'd like to say to the class?"

"...Not really."

"Are you sure? No hobbies that you would like to share? Or any movies that you like to watch? Or-"

"I highly doubt they care."

Myoga looked at her for a moment, but finally gave up, "Fine. You don't have to say anything. Let's see, you'll need a seat, won't you? Uh, let's see..."

Myoga searched the room for a seat that Kagome could be placed in. "Hm...let's see now...Oh! There's one right next to Inuyasha. Inuyasha, raise your hand." Inuyasha looked up when he heard his name. He finally figured out that she was going to sit next to him. He mentally groaned and raised his hand. "Why do I have to sit by the emo chick..." he mumbled to himself as Kagome walked over to her new desk. When she finally got there she sat herself down and looked over at Inuyasha.

"You can put your hand down now, dog boy."

He then noticed that his hand was still up and quickly put his it down and glared at the girl. "Who are you calling dog boy?"

She stared back at him before pointing up to his white, fuzzy dog ears that were at the top of his head.

"Oh...still. You shouldn't be judging me when you're a stupid goth wench."

Her stare turned into a glare(A/N Heh. That rhymed...) as she said, "Excuse me?"

He smirked, "You heard me...emo wench."

"Well at least I'm not a mutt."

"MUTT? WHO ARE YOU CALLING A MUTT, YOU-"

"INUYASHA! SHUT THE F*CK UP BEFORE I SEND YOU TO THE OFFICE!"

Inuyasha became quiet and stared at the teacher. "Feh. Whatever." He crossed his arms over his chest and slouched in his chair. Kagome had been looking down at her books when she whispered, "Good thing you stopped, or else they might have called the kennel on you."

"Why you little-!"

"Inuyasha!" Myoga yelled across the room. Inuyasha slouched back into his chair, mumbling, "Stupid emo wench getting me in trouble..."

A few more whispered insults and name-calling later and English class was finally over. Everyone walked out of the room in a hurry, trying to get back to their lockers. Kagome walked a little before finding her assigned locker. She looked at it for a moment, pleased that it was a top locker, and she soon opened it and threw the contents of her backpack into it. She was so busy looking for the things she needed for her next class that she didn't notice someone behind her.

"Hey!"

Kagome dropped some of her books from being startled by...who was it? She picked up her books then looked to see who the one that scared the shit out of her was. When she turned she saw a medium height girl with very long brown hair that was tied in a pony tail. She looked strong but at the same time very fragile. She was wearing navy skinny jeans and a green and pink striped shirt with a collor. She had bangles on each of her wrists that were mostly gold and silver. (A/N Sorry, I'm not very good at making up outfits, so bear with me)

"Oh, I'm so sorry! Did I freak you out?"

Kagome blinked, "...Uh, no...I'm, uh, fine. I'm sorry, but who are you?"

The girl looked at her, "I haven't even introduced myself, have I? Sorry, my name is Sango. And I already know that yours is Kagome. I believe me and my stupid ass friends almost ran you over this morning."

Kagome thought for a moment, "Oh yea, I remember you. You were the one that told them to shut up, right?"

Sango nodded her head, "That would be me."

"Ah, I see. Well...uh, nice meeting you?" She started to walk away, but she heard Sango calling her back.

"Hey, wait a second!" Kagome turned around and waited for whatever Sango needed to tell her. "Yea...?"

"Well...since you're new here, I thought you might want to sit with me and my friends when lunch comes around. Because...well...okay, you seem like a cool person to be friends with. I hope you don't think I'm weird, but seriously, sit with me and my friends?"

Kagome thought about it for a second, but then remembering something. 'Naraku told me to not make any friends, because he's afraid they'll find out...but, she seems nice and I don't have any other plans. So...maybe one lunch wouldn't hurt anyone...'

"Okay...I don't have any other plans for lunch so I guess I might as well..."

"Yes! That's awesome, dude. Well, see ya at lunch." Sango said to her as she left Kagome behind. Kagome was slightly worried for a second, but soon just let the feeling subside. 'It is just one lunch...it's not like I'm saying that we'll become best friends for life or anything...' she thought to herself on her way to Math class.

Math and Art were fairly uneventful, so we'll just go ahead to lunch.

Kagome walked into the cafeteria not really sure what to do, until she saw Sango waving to her from across the room at a small lunch table. Kagome picked up her lunch and walked over to the table. She sat down in the available seat next to Sango, and looked around the table. Which, much to her surprise, everyone was looking back at her.

"What are you looking at?" She asked.

Everyone just sat there and diverted their eyes a bit. She sighed at their lame attempt at not looking like they were staring at her.

Sango then spoke after a few moments of silence, "Okayyy. Well, Kagome, let me introduce you to everyone! This is Miroku," she pointed to a boy with black hair that was pulled into a small ponytail at the nape of his neck. 'I think that was the driver of the car that almost ran me over.' Kagome thought to herself. "this is Ayame," Sango pointed to a girl who had red hair pulled into high pigtails with an iris in one of them. She was wearing mainly fur for clothes, which Kagome thought was odd, but she let it go. Sango continued, "This is Koga, Ayame's boyfriend," she pointed a guy next to Ayame, who was also wearing fur, except his was brown and Ayame's was mostly white. "Okay, this is Shippo, he's a little hyper but he's okay as long as he isn't on a sugar high." She pointed to a boy who was wearing baggy jeans with a orange shirt and blue vest on. He also had his orange-ish hair in a ponytail. He looked about 2 years younger than everyone else. "Oh, if you're wondering why he looks

younger than us, it's because he skipped a few grades." Kagome looked back at Sango then at Shippo, "Okay..." she responded.

Sango went on to introduce Kanna, Kagura, and Kirara. (A/N I know she's an animal in the series, but I wanted to make her human for this story, so just go with it)

Kanna was wearing mostly white and also had white hair. She looked like she kept to herself, which Kagome didn't mind, because she also liked to keep to herself. Kagura looked tall and thin, unlike Kanna who was skinny but fairly short. She wore her black hair in a bun with a feather sticking out of it. She had on a blue jacket with a plain purple and green shirt under it. She also had on navy skinny jeans, like Sango's, with a yellow belt around it. She looked like she was the toughest girl of the group, and Kagome guessed that she was into sports. Then there was Kirara,(A/N That is how you spell her name, so don't try to correct me) who had white-ish hair in pigtails that laid on her shoulders. Her hair had a black streak down the side, and her eyes looked almost like that of a cat's. Her outfit was fairly plain, with a jean mini skirt and a plain red T-shirt. Kagome found out that, like Shippo, Kirara was younger and had skipped a few grades. She looked like a hyper one, so Kagome was glad she was on the far side of the table. Then, there was Inuyasha. The rude, obnoxious, self-centered bastard that Kagome knew would be her pain in the ass of the year. She glared at him for a moment before looking back at Sango, who was apparently still talking.

"So, that's our little group. And you guys already know that this is Kagome." she stated.

"Hey Kagome" everyone except a certain hanyou welcomed.

Kagome looked around the table, "Uh...hi."

It was silent for a moment, before Kirara asked Kagome in a hyper voice, "Hey, so where did you come from? Why did you move here? Why are you wearing almost all black? Are you goth?"

Kagome sat there for a moment, thinking 'Well, I can't tell them the truth...so, I'll just fib a little about the moving part.'

She finally answered, "Uh...well...I come from Michigan-" she stopped when she heard a snort coming from Inuyasha. She glared for a moment, before continuing, "and we moved here because my dad...uh, he got a promotion and we were relocated here. And, uh, what was the last question?"

Kagura spoke up, "She asked why you wear so much black, Kagome."

Kagome thought for a moment. 'Oh no, what do I say? Um...' "It's, uh...because...," she looked down, "I don't know..."

Sango turned to Kirara and whispered, "You shouldn't have asked her that, Kirara!"

"How was I supposed to know she didn't want to answer? I can't read minds!"

"Well, you should've thought about-"

"It's okay..." Kagome said, breaking up the small argument between the two friends. They both stared back at her for a second, making Kagome feel a little awkward. "Well...uh, sorry, but I have to, uh...go." With that said, she got up, threw her lunch away, and walked out of the cafeteria.

It was silent, until Miroku said, "What was that about?"

Sango looked back at him, "I have no idea."

"You think she's upset?" Shippo asked.

"Who knows?" Koga spoke.

"You think we struck a chord with her asking why she dresses like she does?" Ayame asked looking up at Koga.

"Who cares?" said Inuyasha after being silent the whole time.

Everyone looked at him then back at the door that Kagome used to leave the room.

'Hmmmm...' Sango thought as the bell rang.

All of the students picked up their lunches, threw them away, and went to their lockers to get ready for their next class.

Sango's POV

I was walking down the hall towards my locker when I noticed Kagome at hers. I decided to apologize for Kirara asking that question. I walked over to her.

"Hey, Kagome."

She looked startled for a moment, but slowly turned back to face me. "Um...hey..."

"Listen, sorry if we upset you during lunch, Kirara was just-"

"It's okay. I'm not upset." Man, she gets a kick out of interrupting me, doesn't she?

"Well, as long as you're okay... Hey, you want to hang out with me and the girls after school? We were going to go to the mall for awhile, if ya want to join us."

She looked a little sad, and said to me, "I'm sorry, but I can't..."

"Oh. Well, maybe some other time." I tried.

"Yea...some other time...," she spoke so quietly I had to strain to hear her, "I have to get to class now, Sango, bye."

She quickly walked away from me.

Okay...that was a little odd. There's something wrong with her, I just know it.

I turned around and headed to my locker.

Regular POV

The rest of the day was fairly uneventful, until after school. Kagome had just left her last class of the day and went to her locker. She was quickly packing her stuff and constantly checking the time to make sure she wouldn't be late. Inuyasha was turning the corner when he noticed Kagome at her locker. 'Ugh. There's that stupid goth chick. You know, she actually is kind of pretty if you can get past her shyness and stupid insults.' He thought. He continued walking-he had stopped before when he saw her- but immediately stayed where he was when he noticed how much of a hurry she was in. She was looking at the wall clock every five seconds. 'What is she rushing for?' He thought. He walked over to her and said, "Why are you in such a rush, Kagome?"

Kagome turned around to see Inuyasha. 'Great. Just what I need.'

"Nothing. I just...I just wanna get outta here, that's all."

She quickly grabbed her backpack and started walking, but stopped when she felt someone grab her arm. Inuyasha held her arm where her worst bruise was still healing. She flinched and bit back a yelp, and then asked in a choked voice, "What do you want?"

He had noticed the pain in her voice and slowly let go. She checked the clock again and noticed that it was 10 till 4:00.

"Oh shit, how did it get so late?" She said out loud by accident.

"Late? It's only 3:50, I would hardly call that late." Inuyasha told her in a mocking tone.

She glared at him, "Shut up!" And with that, she ran off, trying as hard as she could to get back home before she was late.

Inuyasha blinked, and thought, 'What was that about?'

He shook his head and walked out the door, noticing Kagome running as fast as she could down the street. "What could be so dam important?" And with that, he walked to Miroku's truck and jumped into the front seat next to Miroku.

Kagome ran down the road, looking for the street that her house was on. Once she finally spotted the street sign for Bone Eater's Drive, she increased her speed. She turned into her driveway and burst in the front door. Everything seemed the same, and she didn't see Naraku. So she sighed in relief, until...

"Where have you been?" A dark, menacing voice asked Kagome.

Her eyes widened as she saw Naraku appear on the other side of the room, glaring at her.

"I said... Where. Have. You. Been?" He said stopping at each word as he walked closer to her.

"I-I was at school, Dad."

"LIAR!" He yelled as he slapped his daughter across the face. She fell to the ground and looked up, "I-I c-couldn't help it. School g-gets out a-at 3:45...it was a-almost impossible to-to get here on t-time." she stuttered, trying to save herself from another beating.

"Well... you're about to get your rightful punishment, little brat." he spoke cracking his knuckles.

Inuyasha's POV

We were driving down the road searching for the street sign for Sango's house. We had to talk to her before she left for the mall. I noticed the sign near the end of the road.

I spoke up, "Hey, hey, there's her street. Bone Eater's Drive. Turn, turn!"

Miroku turned like I told him to and I looked out the window searching for Sango's house. We were close to where she lived when I heard a scream.

"Miroku, stop!" I yelled at him. He did as I asked.

I got out and looked around, searching for the place that I heard the scream. Suddenly the scent of blood came to my nose, something was wrong.

"Hey, man, why'd you get out?" Miroku asked.

"I heard a scream...didn't you hear it?"

"No, I didn't hear anything."

Inuyasha stood his ground for a moment, but then decided that it was probably just his imagination. He climbed back into the truck and they went a couple houses down before finding Sango's.

Kagome's POV

I was on the ground, covered in my own blood. Naraku had hit me repeatedly with a vase that was on the table near us, then he took one of the jagged pieces of the vase and cut my leg with it. Now he towers over me, yelling at me.

"Why did you scream! One of the neighbors could have heard you! Then I would have gotten in trouble, which in turn, means that you'd be in trouble. How could you be so stupid?"

I struggled to sit up. "I-I'm sorry, Dad..."

"Don't call me Dad! You're no daughter of mine!" He kicked me in the stomach repeatedly until I was coughing up blood, but luckily not enough to break my ribs.

"Stupid brat..." he mumbled as he grabbed his beer and walked upstairs.

I slowly got up and limped to the kitchen. I had put an emergency kit under the sink a few days ago when we had moved in. I grabbed the gauze and wrapped it around my stomach after I had put antibiotics on the cuts. I grabbed a paper towel and wiped the blood off my face, then I picked up the kit and walked slowly up the stairs. I don't want Naraku catching me cleaning my wounds, he'd just hit me more. I got into my room and immediately locked the door. I sighed with relief that I didn't run into him in the hallway, and I limped into my bathroom. In there I cleaned the long cut on my leg with a wet rag. Then I bandaged that up and walked up to the mirror. I saw that there was another cut on my cheek. Great, this is gonna be hard to cover up...

"I'll just say that I accidently cut myself...but how? Let's see...I could have cut myself with scissors! No...how would that have happened? Um...I could say that I ran into a door. That could work...I'll just say that. But I have to make sure the other wounds stay covered. I can't blame them all on a stupid door." She said to herself.

After all of her wounds were cleaned up, she went over to her desk and did her homework, which wasn't much since it was her first day. So after she finished, she slowly walked over to her bed and fell onto it. She grunted as she felt the pain of one of her wounds on her stomach. She got under the covers and hoped that the next day would be better. Kagome then quickly fell asleep.