Darkest Desire

Chapter 1: Tragedy

Summery: AU: Kagome can't take life anymore; it is too much to bear. She's willing to do anything to just make all the pain go away. Will Kagome take the final step to end suffering or will someone be able to save her before it's too late.

Lightening shot through the sky lighting up everything in its path. It spread out through the sky claiming everything it could touch. In a flash the lone tall tree holding so many memories went up in flames. The dark sky was filled with red as the massive tree spread the fire to everything near it. Even the pouring rain from the crying clouds couldn't stop the raging fire as it claimed what the lightening could not. It swept through the shine burning everything. The once quiet house went down in flames trapping every person inside it. Screams from the suffering were all that could be heard over the clash of thunder.

A dark figure stood in the shadows smirking as he watched the place be destroyed. It being the middle of the night, there was no help coming until it would be too late. The souls inside were doomed to death. All of their unresolved problems, never-ending; trapping them from freedom and peace, a true hell.

The figure laughed menacingly as he retreated to the shadows. Revenge was dark, but oh so sweet.

As the shadow disappeared, the storm calmed leaving the sky to cry in sorrow for the devastation it caused.

"Stop! Someone help! Please!" cried a young raven-haired girl as she struggled to push the guy off of her. "Don't do this to me! Please!" she begged as tears fell down her face.

"Ssssh, Kagome. You'll thank me when it's over. I promise." He said as he finished undressing her. "Just relax and let me take you to a place you will never want to leave." He whispered darkly into her ear.

"No… please…" She cried out in all patheticness as she struggled against the restraints he had around her hands and feet. Her hands handcuffed to the middle bar of his bedpost. Each foot was tied with rope to one side of the bottom bedpost giving the man an unwelcomed opening between her legs. "Please…"she gave as a final plead.

Her begging went unheard as the man forced himself in her. He groped her chest painfully as he gave her 'pleasure' in her lower regions. He teased her neck to leave a mark she wouldn't soon forget. Kagome screamed out in pain as he forced his whole self into her opening earning herself a warning slap from the man on top of her. "I said be quiet!" he yelled as he continued on forcefully. "You'll take it whether you want to or not!"

Kagome began to sob as she was now helpless to stop the rough rape. She couldn't believe how naïve she was to trust her boyfriend so willingly. She was oblivious to his true desires of her. It was so obvious now that it was happening. She never should have trusted him. She never should have given her heart out so willingly. She never should have loved him.

He finally pulled himself off of her. "Heh heh, I can't believe you were a virgin. You dirty whore." He said as he smirked at her. He got up and started getting dressed. "Well wench, this was fun, but I have much better things I need to do. After that I feel that I need to find someone more experienced. Sorry Kagome, but I just don't think it'll work out between us. We're over, but I'll be sure to spread the word about how open you really are. You'll have another 'lover' in no time. So everything works out." He said before he turned and left never bothering to untie her. She would figure it out eventually, as long as she didn't starve before then.

Kagome continued to cry. She was losing everything. She lost her boyfriend making her feel like half her heart was gone. She lost her virginity making her feel like she would never be clean again. She knew that as soon as her friends heard 'his' tale, they wouldn't be her friends anymore. They were more of his friends than hers in the first place; they would never believe her story. She would be alone. At this rate, she was better off dead, but she had her family. She might not have had her beloved father anymore, but she still had her mother and little brother to help take care of. They were all she had left, and all she had to continue to live for.

As long as she would still live, she would never trust anyone again.

Kagome woke from her light sleep, if you could call it that. Whenever she went to sleep, it was always that moments in her head, never letting her have peace from the past. It had been years ago, but every detail was clear in her head.

Stretching in an attempt to wake herself up, she looked at the clock. It was 3am, hardly a time to be awake. Kagome got up from bed and went to her computer to see if any of her friends happened to be online at this time. She usually could find someone to talk to when she had nothing else to do. Sleep was out of the question, but she could go without sleep.

Kagome jumped hearing the phone ringing again. She guessed that was the cause of her waking up earlier. She yawned what sleep she had left in her as she picked up the phone curious on who would call so early in the morning. "Hello?" she asked quietly before she yawned again.

"Is this Miss Higurashi Kagome?" Asked a strange male voice.

"Yes… who is this?" Kagome asked getting really confused on what was going on. She was going to kick some ass if this was a prank phone call.

"Well, this is hard to say." He began before he paused and used choice words. "I'm sincerely sorry to inform you that your house has been burned down."

Kagome's eyes widened hearing the news. "W-what…?" she managed out completely shocked. She shook her head getting a grip on herself. "What happened?! Was anyone hurt!? Is there anything left?! What about my family?! Are they all right?!" she yelled as she started to panic and a pool of sadness and knowing flowed over her. The last moments before she left started running through her head.

Flashback

"I can't stand you any more! I'm not some child! I can take care of myself!" Kagome yelled as she packed all her belongings into a bag. "I'm 18 years old and I will go where I want to go to and nothing you can say will stop me!" She yelled as she threw the bag over her shoulders and tried to walk out. "I have a future somewhere other than this rotting place. It's not very often you get accepted to college at my age. So give it a rest. I'm breaking free from here!"

Kagome's mother held a look of depression on her face. "Kagome, dear, please listen to me. Hear me out. This shrine is all that is left of our family. It might not be the dream job that you want, but it's in your blood. It's in all of ours. We held this shrine for centuries. Please don't turn your back on it so soon without thinking. Remember your father!" she pleaded as a last hope to stop Kagome from leaving.

Kagome froze at the mention of her departed father. She held back tears in a will to look strong. "Stop this now. I don't want to hurt you." She dropped her bags and turned to her mother with her cold brown eyes. "Father would have wanted me to be happy. He would have wanted me to do this. You just don't understand. I'm not staying here to become senile like my grandfather. This ensnaring shrine is not the place for me. You just can't let me go. You're just really thinking of yourself. You're so selfish!" She yelled as she grabbed her things and headed out to her car parked in the back. She quickly threw her things in the backseat.

Kagome's mother chased Kagome out. "Please, Kagome, dear. It's you that isn't listening. I love you. You are my daughter and I want the best for you! I know that here is where your happiness truly lies. Please believe me." She begged hoping her words would reach Kagome.

Kagome paused before she finally shook her head. "I don't believe you. I know what happened to father. What really happened to him." She said as she turned and started on her mother. "I know when you were pregnant with Souta, which wasn't even father's son, you made him believe it was his and made him do everything you wished to be done until he worked himself sick. Even when you knew he got sick, you still made him do everything so you could lay around and do nothing all day. After Souta was born you threw him out even though he had done so much for you and even though that would mean death for him. You took advantage of his kindness and love for you. I can't forgive someone like that. You should be happy that I'm leaving before I tell Souta the truth. You're an evil monster and I won't stay here and end up like father. I'm not going to be your toy anymore. I hate you, so leave me alone!" She said before she went back to her car and got in slamming the door.

"Kagome! Wait, you have it wrong!" She begged wanting Kagome not to blame her for everything. "You have to listen to me! It's not like that at all." She begged as she approached Kagome's car. But her words fell on deaf ears as Kagome pulled away and from the shrine leaving her crying mother behind.

End Flashback

By the time Kagome had reached her new apartment and got settled, she had time to think about what happened. Looking back at the event that happened last week, she knew that she should have at least given her mother a chance to at least explain. She had never bothered to get her mother's side of the story. She had let her story of what happened become truth. And now it might be too late to ever find out.

"Answer me!" Kagome yelled when she didn't get an answer to her questions. "What happened to my family!?"

"I… I'm sorry, but there was nothing that could be done. They were dead upon arrival."

Kagome dropped the phone as her last words to her mother repeated in her head. Tears quickly formed in Kagome's eyes knowing that her family was dead. She had no family left. Her dreams of the past came back to her in a flash reminding her that she now had nothing to really live for. Kagome shook her head not believing that this was happening. She quickly picked up the phone. "Ha ha ha. I get it. This is some sort of prank! This isn't funny you know! You shouldn't do such serious pranks."

"I know you're in shock, but this is no prank. I'm sorry. The fire has done a number on their bodies and I do need you to get down here and identify the bodies." He said as he gave her the address and a final farewell before leaving Kagome to accept reality.

Kagome sat there in quiet thinking everything over. It began to all settle in. Kagome closed her eyes to stop the tears. "Fine." She laughed as she stood up and got dressed. "I'll go along with this for a little while." She said as she quickly got into her car as she forced reality back.

It took about a half hour for Kagome to make it to the hospital. She came in with a half smile trying to convince herself that it was just a prank or a way her mother would try to get her to stay. She walked up the receptionist. "Excuse me, I was called down here. My name is Higurashi. Higurashi, Kagome."

"Over here Miss Higurashi." Said the same man that was on the phone before.

Kagome froze as she looked at the man. He was older, too old to be pulling pranks. He looked very official as well. Kagome frowned as she held back tears. "T-this is real…?" she quietly asked herself as she walked to the man. "Yes?" she asked hoping that there was a misunderstanding.

He bowed politely, "This way." He motioned as he walked through the hospital.

Kagome focused mainly on him and not paying attention to her surroundings. She stopped when they reached the coroners office. She bowed her head as she walked in with him. She hated dead bodies ever since she saw her father's dead body that cold day.

"Please, can you tell us that this is indeed your mother and brother?" he asked as he revealed the two bodies.

Kagome let out a choked cry as she saw them both. She closed her eyes as her tears broke through her barrier. She nodded weakly to the man since she lost her voice. Kagome turned from everything and ran. She couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't see them. They were burnt to a crisp, but held their unique personalities. Kagome shook her head trying to forget the look of torture bestowed on their faces. Their dead faces only brought out more tears. Kagome tried to run home, but she had no idea where she was heading. She couldn't even figure out how to get out of the hospital. She hit continuous dead ends and sincere people that questioned if she was all right. She did look a wreck.

All Kagome wanted was to be alone. She needed to find a place where there wouldn't be anyone to bother her. Pity was hurting her more than anyone could know. She found a staircase at the end of the hall and ran up the stairs until they dead-ended at the top. She ran through the steal door that lead to the rooftop and stopped. She took in a deep breath to clam herself. She closed her eyes again and looked up letting the rain hit her face. She felt the sorrow of the clouds.

She looked forwards and walked to the edge of the building. She calmly walked over to the edge and looked over. It was a long drop. She could easily walk over the edge and end her life right then. She sat down on the edge as she looked at what could await her. She thought about everything terrible that had happened to her in the past years. She could make it all go away. It was so simple and easy. She would just have to let go.

"What the hell are you doing here?" asked a cold strained voice.

Kagome jumped at the sudden intrusion and nearly fell from the side. She tightened her grip hearing the male behind her. She kept her look at the ground below not wanting to look back at whomever it was that managed to find her. "None of your business. Don't even bother to stop me." She said coldly in an emotionless voice.

"Keh, I wasn't planning to. Go ahead and kill yourself. See if I care."

Kagome's eyes widened at how he didn't care. Sure he had no idea who she was, but any decent person would try to stop someone from killing themselves. She turned around to chew him out, but froze when she saw him.

Poking through his long silver hair were two fuzzy dog ears that were slightly drooped probably from why ever he was here or simply the cold rain. He had small fangs showing from his top lip. It looked like he had claws to go along with that. He wore a red muscle shirt that showed everything the eye of a girl wanted to see. To match, he wore slightly baggy black pants with the stitching in the same red of his shirt. But what was the most stunning about this demon before her were his piercing golden eyes. She was so captured by them she never realized that she had accidentally loosened her grip on the edge that she was holding herself up on until she was falling.

Before she knew what happened she was hanging off the edge of the building. Something sharp stabbed her wrist as she regained herself. She looked down seeing that she had a long drop below her. It didn't look like a very satisfying ending. She looked up at what held her wrist so painfully. She gasped seeing that the demon that had said he didn't care a minute ago was now holding her life in his hand.

"Don't just dangle there stupid! Give me something!" He yelled as he tried to pull her up with one arm. Gravity wasn't being friendly and the slick water wasn't on his side. "Hey! Don't you dare faint on me you stupid girl!" He yelled when her head started to droop and her eyes closed. He quickly reached down and grabbed her arm with his other hand as soon as he was able to. After a minute of struggling he finally pulled her back over to his side of the edge. As soon as she was safe he let go and sat down panting slightly.

Kagome coughed and held her wrist realizing how close to death she had come. She closed her eyes as she suppressed her fear. She glared over at the man. "I thought you said that you didn't care if I died." She said coldly to him.

His eyes widened at her response. "What kind of thank you is that!?" He yelled at her as he pushed himself up. "I go out of my way to save you and that's all I get."

Kagome frowned, but ignore it. She sat up as she looked at her wrist. The punctures from his claws weren't too bad, nothing that wouldn't be gone by tomorrow. Strangely the pain from her wrist disappeared and relief took over her. She felt truly calmed and at peace. She looked over at the man. "Thank you…" she paused realizing that she didn't know his name.

"Inuyasha." He filled in for her as he went to the edge again to look at what might have been.

Kagome nodded, "Thank you Inuyasha." She said quietly before she looked down at her wrist. "But don't think that because you saved me I owe you anything." She said in her cold voice again.

"Keh, like I want anything from some ugly wench like you." Inuyasha replied as he turned and walked back towards the door. "Just make sure that I never have to see you again." He said as he opened the door and slammed it behind him.

Kagome glared at the door for a few moments. "Fine with me." She finally said before she looked over the edge and jumped away from it. "No way in hell I'm doing that again." She said to herself as she stood up and left.

Kagome finally made it out of the hospital having enough sense to read the signs that showed the exit she wanted. She found her car and started driving back to her apartment. Kagome slowed down as she came back to her new home. She parked the car and went into the apartment. She looked around as if she was in a foreign place. She made it to her bed and saw she left the computer on. Her wrist was healed already. She couldn't feel any pain from it, or the relief that she had gotten from it. She sat down at the computer and poured all her emotions out on her account. It was a fast way to let her friends know what happened without having to repeat it. She conveniently left out Inuyasha and the painful release she got from the cuts in her wrist.

She turned off the computer and laid down in the bed feeling completely numb. She closed her eyes blocking out everything that had happened to her. "I don't care what it takes or what I have to do. But I will get rid of everything." She promised to herself before she passed out from emotional overload.

AN: Well, yes, it's a new story and will be more than one chapter since the summary kinda sounds like a one-shot to me, but it's not. Sorry to my readers, but until I get this emotion out of me, the other stories will be on hold for a while. I am attempting to continue writing them, but I'm really struggling. Also I'm still recovering from surgery and will be for at least two more months. Let's just hope that everything will work out and my laptop hard drive wont crash again, which is another factor why it's been taking so long. Sorry again, but try to understand. I will get the second chapter of this up today, I hope. So more to read.