Summary- Kagome, an abused schoolgirl, meets a family that may be able to save her from her merciless father.
Pairings- Sess/Kag Inu/San Mir/Kagura
Rating- R
WARNING- DARK FIC.
THE DAMAGED ONE
By Nya
She used to have a loving family. But they died. Well all of them except her father. Shortly after the crash that killed her mother and her little brother her father began drinking heavily. At the time she had been twelve years old, and her father would go out early and come in late. Then he began 'punishing' her for her sins.
He called her a cursed whore, a bitch, and all different kinds of profane names. He would tell her to go outside and get a strong, fat switch off the tree. Then she knew she would be 'punished.' If she ran, he would beat her harder when he caught her, so she went through with it. She would pick a strong branch off their willow tree and walk inside, tears streaming down her face. He would take the branch and beat her until she was unconscious.
Her grades dropped at school, and her 'friends' wouldn't be caught dead around her. It was bad for their reputation, hanging out with the freak. They wouldn't risk their own names to help her. Slowly she faded into the shadows, going unnoticed by everyone except the few people that teased her. She learned to deal with the pain of her father's blows, and how to cover up her bruises and scratches better.
She would where eye shadow, put foundation on, and wear long pants and sleeves. Teachers dared not speak to her about it, though they knew. Nobody dared help her, for fear of the wrath of her father. Soon she was in high school. Her daily ritual went on, wake up, put on dark, long clothes to cover her wounds, put her make up on, go to school, come home, get beaten, and so on went the cycle.
But one day, by some strange twist of fate, her cycle was broken.
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It was a normal day; she pulled her dark clothes on slowly, wincing at the pain when the fabric of her clothes brushed a tender area. She picked up her half broken brush, untangling some of her hair and pulling it into a ponytail. She grimaced and smeared on her foundation, biting her lip to keep from crying out.
She put on her eye shadow, gazing into the mirror and looking into her broken eyes. Suddenly a shot of panic raced through her, she looked at her clock, praying to god it wasn't seven o'clock. The neon numbers read 6:58. She had to hurry or her father would wake up and catch her being late to school.
She grabbed her backpack quickly and rushed out of her room, running faster when she heard her father's bedroom door open.
"Shit!" she muttered,
"Kagome, you son of a bitch, you better not still be in this house or I'll be sure every bone in your body!" he yelled, walking slowly to where she stood frozen in the living room.
Kagome began to panic, glancing around to find her escape routes. Of course she had to go through the kitchen to get to the door, and he father was coming from that direction.
He finally came into view, his arms crossed over his chest.
"Kagome, get your ass over here."
'Fuck...'
She slowly walked towards him, before sprinting past him into the kitchen, running desperately for the door. She fumbled with the lock, praying to Kami it'd open. Her father snarled, coming towards her.
The lock finally clicked open and she quickly turned the brass handle, flinging open the door and running out of the hell house.
Once she was far enough away she turned and looked back at her house.
Her father stood on the stoop, yelling, "I'll get you when you come home, you whore!"
She hoped the day would be really, really, really, long. She began walking down the sidewalk, glancing at the other side of the street. The popular rich kids who consisted of Inuyasha, Kikyou, Kouga, Hite, Manten and Yura were standing in their little group watching her father walk inside.
Then they turned their gaze towards Kagome, looking at her questioningly. Kikyou snickered, and soon the whole group started laughing.
"Daddy a little mad at you, sleaze?" Kikyou asked, beginning to walk across the street to her side of the sidewalk.
"If you can't figure that out yourself, you're stupider than I thought you were," Kagome said, beginning to walk.
Kikyou's face turned beet red and she began running towards her.
"Kikyou, you can't bruise me more than I'm already bruised," Kagome said, using her shirtsleeve to wipe a little of the foundation off. The small spot was black and blue, a little dry blood crusted over it. Kikyou stopped mid-step, snarling at her.
"Whatever, bitch, I wouldn't waist my perfect nails on you anyway." Her group laughed and began walking down the street again, Kikyou running to catch up with Inuyasha and drool all over him.
Fear settled in the pit of Kagome's stomach, knowing tonight would be hell. No, worse than hell.
She arrived at school shortly, her backpack slung over her shoulder. She walked up the concrete steps towards the school. It was like any other high school, geeks standing in one group, discussing infinitesimal calculus, the popular group of girls asking one another if their was a zit on their perfect faces, and the popular guys, beating up those lesser than them.
Kagome attempted to enter the school building, but was stopped by Kikyou and her army of whores.
"So, Kagome, how's mommy doing?" she asked sweetly, before feigning a look of innocence, "Oh sorry, I forgot, she's de-" Before she said another word Kagome punched her in the mouth.
She gave a sweet smile, her voice dripping with honey, "Oh, sorry, my hand slipped."
Kagome sauntered past her into the building, leaving a shocked Kikyou and army of whores in her wake.
She heard a yell before she completely entered the school building,
"THIS MEANS WAR, BITCH!"
She glanced over her shoulder and saw Inuyasha and several other preps shaking their fist at her. Yura was tending to Kikyou's face, who was saying over and over again, "My face, my beautiful face, ruined!"
Great, she had the preps on her.
Inuyasha was running after her, and skidded to a halt next to her.
"You're gonna pay big time for that," he said cracking his knuckles.
"Guess what Inuyasha," she said, turning to face him, "I DON'T GIVE A SHIT!"
She turned away calmly walking away from the disturbing hanyou. She nearly rolled her eyes to see Kouga, Hiten, Manten, and every other preppy guy in school standing in front of her.
"Ganging up on me here?" she asked, raising her brows at them, "I don't care, beat me up if you want."
Thank Kami it was only the sophomore preps ganging up on her, if the seniors were to help them...she shuddered at the thought. She'd probably be dead if the seniors were here, considering their 'leader,' Sesshoumaru, was probably the most beautifully dangerous demon on earth.
Speak of the devil.
'Great.'
The senior group was walking towards them slowly.
"OH MY GOD, IT'S JOHNNY DEPP!" Kagome screamed pointing towards some random direction. They all turned sharply to look. Kagome scrambled towards the girls bathroom. Of course, she had missed the yellow warning sign that said WARNING SLIPPERY FLOORS- DO NOT RUN
And of course, she slipped and fell head first into the seniors, knocking over their 'leader.'
"This is NOT my day!" she screamed, sitting up and sliding away from Sesshoumaru.
Her backpack was somewhere off to the sidelines, and she heard Inuyasha and his gang laughing their asses off.
In front of her she heard Sesshoumaru growl at her, and his gang getting ready to beat the shit out of her.
She hunched up her shoulders and brought her knees to her chest and burying her head in them.
"Damn father, damn school, damn life, damn me, damn everything to hell..." she mumbled.
Kicks and punches came from behind and in front of her, bruising her worse than she already was. A blow connected with her spine and she jerked her head up sharply.
She started to stand but Kouga pushed her down roughly, saying "Stay on the ground, bitch, and learn who your leaders are."
Like hell!
She stood up quickly, and spat at Kouga.
"You can bend me, bastard, but the likes of you could never break me."
She noticed there was a small crowd around them, and that the seniors had pulled back. Inuyasha's group was momentarily shocked, and she took that opportunity to push her way through the crowd to her abandoned book bag.
She snatched it up and limped past the group, towards the exit.
She refused to stay at school. She opened the fire exit, triggering the alarms and sprinklers, walking out into the brisk morning.
She ignored the muffled screams and yells and kept walking. Well, rather, limping. She arched her back, hearing the bones pop back into place.
She sat on the curb of a street, hunching her shoulders and wrapping her arms around her. Small, cold raindrops began to drop from the sky. She leaned her head on a signpost, closing her eyes.
The rain-washed away her make-up, leaving her bare. It showed her real face.
Her face was black and blue, a large scratch going across her forehead and dribbling a little blood. A dark blue circle made it's way around her eye and her split lip had opened again.
Soon she was asleep, letting her worries be washed away for the time being by the rain.
Kagome woke with a jolt, her eyes wide open. It was still raining and she was soaked. She saw kids making their way home from school. She must have slept a long while...
Her back hurt like hell and so did her legs. She couldn't go home yet, not to that monster she called a father.
She coughed a little, sniffling. Fear seemed omnipresent today...
She decided to go look at her fantasy homes in the rich neighborhood. She could always dream she had a loving family living in a large house, right? Right.
She let her tired and bruised legs lead her towards the bench that sat across from the three most wonderful houses in town.
Once she arrived, she plopped down on the brick bench, staring longingly at the beautiful mansions.
Suddenly one of their large oak doors opened revealing an old demon with a jolly face. The scary thing was he looked just like Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha mixed into one.
Then beside him came a plump middle-aged woman, smiling softly at her husband.
'Wow...what a happy couple...'
Suddenly they both jerked their heads towards her.
She probably looked like shit. The rain had washed off her make-up. She probably looked like a plum.
Quite suddenly the woman began walking towards her. 'She better not be coming over here to kick me out,' Kagome thought stoutly.
She didn't want to go back to her father; he would surely revile her and beat her until she was dead.
She was too young to die, damnit! The woman plopped down next to Kagome, peering at her face.
"What happened to you child?"
Well, she couldn't exactly say she fell...
"My father happened...and the school preps happened..."
Kagome shied away from the woman, scooting to the edge of the bench and standing up. She began limping away slowly, when the woman said urgently, "Please, please come in and dry off. It's the least we could do!"
She stopped and turned to face the woman. She nodded her head uncertainly and began following the woman towards her beautiful mansion.
Hell, who'd pass up a chance like that?
She gave a small bow to the man, cracking her back in the process. He grimaced at her. Probably from sheer disgust. She winced.
He seemed to notice the wince, somehow, and was immediately apologizing.
"Forgive me, I should not treat you in disrespect, you didn't do that to yourself."
Damn straight.
She nodded her head, trailing into the house and stopping at the rug, not wanting to ruin their perfect floor.
The woman seemed to notice her distress and said gently, "You can take your shoes off right there and hang your jacket up on the rack next to you."
She did as she was told, putting her jacket up on the elegant rack and slipping off her shoes and socks. She padded quietly after the kind lady into the kitchen.
And boy did she get the shock of her life when she saw the two people sitting in there too.
A/N- Oh whatever, I'm just going around trying new ideas. --v Yeah, I know, this was pretty pitiful and I won't update if I don't get a lotta reviews.
P I'm evil.
Anyhow, R&R this and I'll see if you guys want me to continue this. I have it plotted and everything, but it depends if I have the inspiration to write. So click that review button down there!
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