Inuyasha looked through the window of the car staring at the ground as they drove down the road. Closer and closer to home. He thought about Kagome mostly and how long it had been since he last saw her. Three months. Three months in a juvenile rehabilitation center where he spent most of his days facing the corner of a wall for insubordination. He thought about calling her whenever they had a chance to talk on the phone but then he thought 'what could I say?'sorry for almost getting us both killed in a car wreck. sorry for loving you?' he couldn't even come up with a decent apology. Somethings you couldn't just make go away with those two simple words:I'm sorry.
"Long time no see man! Whats up,how was juvie?" Inuyasha's best friend Miroku asked. "It was like three months of detention. I've never been this sober in my life." he half joked knowing that wouldn't stay true for long. He was going to fall into his old habits again and wind up back in that place. His parents could careless where he was so they wouldn't have a problem shipping him away. Inuyasha had always been a problem child and then things got worse when he started high school. He became an alcoholic at fifteen and started stealing money and selling drugs on the side. The car wreck had sent his parents over the edge especially since he endangered the life of another child. He couldn't even forgive himself. "Me and Sango did it." Miroku smiled as he handed Inuyasha the dwindling joint that they were sharing. Inuyasha busted out in laughter. "You fucking lier! Sango wouldn't go anywhere near your dick." he hollered back at him not feeling buzzed at all. Miroku could still get high off of joints but he couldn't anymore. "I swear to god. We fucked." Miroku laughed trying to roll another joint in his dazed state. It was quiet for a long time after that then Inuyasha spoke up. "So how is she? Kagome?" he asked huffing a cloud of smoke over his shoulder. It took a second for Miroku to answer. "She's not really herself anymore. Not after you left." he whispered looking over at him. Thats all Inuyasha needed to hear to make him hate himself even more.
...three months earlier...
Miroku had dragged Inuyasha out of the house and to Naraku's party, only because he needed a ride. He was devastated because he had found out that Kagome and Koga were a couple. He didn't even hear it from Kagome herself he had to see them together in school. He would see Koga's car in her driveway when her mom wasn't home and it broke his heart. He stood back against the wall and had his eyes stayed focused on the couple. They slow danced to every song even if it wasn't a slow song and he couldn't help but follow when Koga led her upstairs. He saw the way she looked at him,like she was in love or something. He hung around the closed door and occasionally held his ear to the door. He heard faint voices. Then he heard Kagome's cries and pleas, she was saying no. That creep was hurting her. He tried the door but it was locked so he rammed his body into it until it swung open. "Get the fuck off of her!" he hollered punching Koga in his head and getting him down. "Inuyasha." Kagome breathed as she sat up and wiped her face that was covered in tears. In his drunken state Inuyasha was ruthless and pounded Koga's face until he bled Kagome wilted into a corner and cried. "If you ever go near her again I will fucking kill you. And I mean that." Inuyasha's voice was gravely serious. He scooped Kagome up in his arms and carried her out of the party. "Can you just take me home Inuyasha? Please." she begged as he buckled her in. he didn't say a word and that scared her. His jaw was firmly clenched and his eyes were murderous. She sniffled and sobbed and that made his heart sink to the car floor.