Summary: When she was 14, Kagome was raped and became pregnant. She gives the baby up, but tells the parents to name her Rin. 8 years later, Kagome is beaten and raped again by a group of thugs, so she is taken home and has a doctor look up on her to analyze the damage. Dr. Sesshomaru Takahashi is a stoic bachelor who is virtually emotionless, he is also the adoptive father of Kagome's little girl. What will happen when these two opposites start to warm up to each other? Will Kagome find happiness with her daughter and Sesshomaru? Or is she Fated to always be alone and abused?
Prologue:
"A deserted street is something that is usually peaceful and tranquil, lest it be used for the typical Tokyo street fight. But on a night like September 11th, that was not the case."
"Panting could be heard through the ear-piercing cries for help from a poor unfortunate girl who just happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Kagome Higurashi was only 14 on that cold, hard night. Parents and neighbors formed search parties for the missing child as she ran helplessly to the back of a deserted ally. That terrible night, the night when I was conceived out of desire, hate, and pain; was the night that my mother was damaged, her soul torn from her very being."
"My mother was the prize of the city, a true beauty to behold at such a young age. If it hadn't been for my father, she would be lost forever to darkness. He was her light, her everything…. That is…. After they met"
Fate: Chapters: 1, 2, 3, and 4
"Oh noooo, I'm lost! …again!" Kagome complained as she tried to figure out how to read the upside down map in her hands. She was about to turn 15 and she didn't even know how to read a map! ... How pathetic. 'Let's see…I follow the red squiggly line and turn at the blue ocean and… head... straight… into…it?' She thought sarcastically. "Great! Nice to I have a sense of humor when I'm lost…. Grrrr! STUPID MAP!" she yelled out, frustrated.
She threw the useless thing on the pavement and stomped on it, hoping that when she looked at it again, she wouldn't get confused. This was Kagome's first night out by herself, and she needed a map to tell her which way to go to get a teen's club called C3.
A noise from behind a trash can caught Kagome's attention, she was instantly afraid of what could be lurking behind it. She started to walk hastily towards the end of Sunflower drive, hoping to escape the creepy scenery. She remembered those horrible news reports about helpless girls being killed by some psychopath who skinned them to make a female body for himself. She shivered involuntarily, just thinking about it. She sincerely wished that her boyfriend was with her right now.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here boys? A pretty little doe" said a deep masculine voice from behind her, scaring Kagome half to death. She turned around to see who was talking. Her breath hitched, 'Wow! He's really cute!' She thought, seeing the silver haired man looking straight at her.
"Hey babe, what's your name?" the handsome man asked, giving her an appreciative glance. "Uh, my name's Kagome, Kagome Higurashi. What's your name?" she asked, hoping after the introduction, the beautiful stranger could direct her to the club. "Now if I told you that, I'd have to kill you, but I need you to bear my child for me… but I'll tell you once we're done, if you're still conscious" he said huskily.
"Wh- what?" Kagome managed to squeak out, not understanding. The man waved his hand toward his men and motioned them to her, giving them an eerie smile.
"Don't worry sweetie, this won't take too long, just accept that this is your fate" he told her, making his advance on her as his men did the same. Kagome's heart raced as her brain started working. 'I need to get out of here, this dude wants to rape me!' she thought while looking for an escape, or at least a weaker looking man.
There, a man who looked sickly thin would be her best way out. Kagome thought out a strategy on how to get to him without being run down by the ones beside him. Calmly, she turned to look at her soon to be rapist with a defiant glare. This seemed to confuse the silver haired man, but he quickly shoved it off.
Kagome started walking toward the man who thought she was going easily. When she reached him, she realized just how strong and tall this man was. She looked him in the eyes with a strange glint within hers.
She gave the stranger a sweet smile, going over the steps to freedom over and over in her mind, calculating the man's moves, along with the others'. 'There's no WAY that Kagome Higurashi is going down that easily. I'll fight to the bitter end!' She thought, determination setting itself in her heart. She was not about to give her virginity to some horny cock on the street, she was too young.
When the man reached out to grab her, she whipped around in a full circle, and side-kicked him in the head, earning her a cry of shock and pain. Kagome turned and with a burst of energy, sprinted toward the weaker looking man.
Raising her leg with a controlled grace, she swiftly brought her foot down on his head, knocking him out of the count. Kagome saw her chance to run, and took it with no hesitance until she felt herself trip when a hand wrapped itself around her ankle.
"I don't think so bitch!" yelled the pissed off leader of the gang. He turned around and glared at his men who had failed him, and with one swipe of his clawed hand, they dissipated into nothing.
"Now look what you made me do! I was gonna be easy on you, but apparently you like rough!" he said while thrusting onto her. The predator threw his victim to the pavement just as she had done to her map moments before.
The man jumped on Kagome as she tried to struggle free, but to no avail. He dug a claw into her sensitive flesh, then took out a vile with a green substance inside it, and poured it into her wound.
"You'll be out soon, so I'll give my name" said the deadly stranger into Kagome's ear. "It's …..
Kagome woke up with a start. Sitting up quickly, she put her hand to her heart, panting heavily.
It had been eight years since that night. Kagome could still feel the hot breath against her skin though. No amount of time could erase the pain she had gone through that night. It had changed her life completely. She had become pregnant, but she had given up the baby for its own sake.
She named the child, however, and she thought of the girl every day. Kagome was alone now though, and whenever she was alone, she felt the presence of the man who had burdened her. She had never gotten the stranger's name that night, she had blacked out, thankfully.
Kagome rolled out of her futon and onto the cold wooden floor, shivering at the loss of warmth.
Today would be a new day, she would once again forget about that night until it came time to sleep again and head into the realm of nightmares. She sighed, life was too difficult these days.
Kagome scuttled her way into the kitchen to pour some coffee, it seemed that Folgers was her only true friend in the world, it never disappointed her. She went to the cabinet to reach for some cereal when she noticed something was amiss. Where was the cereal?
"Hey, bitch! Looking for something?" said an ominous voice from behind her. Kagome quickly turned around to see the man who had beaten her 8 years ago staring angrily at her, holding her beloved Froot Loops hostage.
"Where the hell is my child? You should have had it by now!" he yelled at her, expecting her to cower like all the others before her. She simply glared at him, causing him to flinch in confusion. 'Why isn't she cowering? Does she not remember what I did to her? And where the hell is my pup?' He thought.
He knew that she didn't have an abortion; he'd watched her for the first 6 months of her pregnancy to make sure that the pup was alright.
"Why are you in my apartment?" Kagome bravely asked him.
"Why the hell should it matter?" he retorted.
"Because you're on my property and I could have you arrested!" she exclaimed, she would not be intimidated by this jackass! Kagome was going to stand her ground no matter what. This guy didn't know who he was dealing with.
After her baby had been born, she had trained with two priestesses at an old Shinto shrine. She had wanted to know how to properly defend herself with the holy powers housed within her, so she hooked up with a woman named Kaede, and was trained for combat by a younger woman named Kikyo.
The stranger looked as if he was really pissed…. 'GOOD' Kagome thought, 'I would like to test out some of these new skills of mine' she thought, preparing herself for battle. The man stopped what he was currently plotting and looked at her with what seemed to soft, caring eyes.
No way she would fall for the innocent act, she'd fallen prey to that once before, and it got her no where at all. Well, except a lifetime of haunting dreams and a pregnancy to which she wasn't ready for.
"What? I'm not gonna let myself fall prey to you again! You only brought me pain in my life, you jackass! AND you never told me your name, now I can't give the police any leads! What could you possibly take that's worse than that?" Kagome yelled at the stranger, hoping she didn't die.
"I'm sorry, I just….. I had to have an heir in two weeks and I panicked. I'm also sorry for taking it out on you; it must have been so hard. Just give me my child and you won't be burdened anymore" he said, lying through his teeth of course. 'That is once I get done with you. Damn! She gets hotter everyday it seems!' he thought lustfully. "And my name is….. "
Kagome looked on as her rapist told her his name, but she didn't quite understand why he had done it.
He was the famous Inuyasha Takahashi! How could he do such a vile, disgusting thing to her! Now she remembered seeing him in a teen magazine a couple days ago, but she didn't like reading those things.
"Do you think you can cut me some slack and just give me the kid? I'd really appreciate it" Inuyasha got down on his knees and put on his best puppy face for her.
Kagome shook with anger, "Cut you some slack? You want me to cut you some slack! You jackass! You have no idea how hard it is when your virginity is stolen by some horny thug on the street and get teased because you got pregnant from it! You self-centered, egotistical, black hearted JERK!" she yelled, hoping she wouldn't get mauled for doing that.
Inuyasha smirked, he definitely liked this one, she had a fire in her that no other girl had. 'Maybe I should've married her too' he thought, thinking of what it would be like to have her every night by his side.
"Ya know what? I've changed my mind, you're gonna be my wife. I think you should marriage more sufficient than being a single mother" he said with a proud smirk, he loved his brain.
"Like hell I would! I'm not marrying some guy who probably just wants screw me just because I had his child! Go find yourself a whore! No, even better, go find yourself a hole in the wall and fuck that!" Kagome yelled running out of the door.
It only took Inuyasha a moment to notice that she had left without the child. Fear started pumping its way into his mind, until he realized, she had no children living with her!
Kagome ran as fast as she could in order to get away from Inuyasha. What was going on? She could have sworn that she had put him in jail for capital rape. Tears made their way down the soft curves of Kagome's face in large numbers. Wiping them away, Kagome made her way to police department next to her apartment.
That was one of the reasons that she had moved to Kyoto. There was a great pay for her job, and there would be police protection next door. She looked behind her to see if he was pursuing her, but he wasn't. 'Thank you kami!' she thought, slightly relieved once she reached the station.
"Hello? Someone help me! I'm being stalked! Kagome screamed once she got into the police station.
A stout man in a police uniform came up to the desk with n annoyed look on his face, that is, until he saw Kagome.
"H-Hello miss, may I help you?" the man asked nervously, he was really bad with beautiful women.
"Yes….. Johnson. I was raped 8 years ago and the man who is supposed to be behind bars for it is out roaming around and came to my apartment looking for his child!" Kagome said in basically in one breath.
The man looked at Kagome with what seemed like disgust and pity mixed together, probably because she had the man's child, but she didn't care; she wouldn't have killed an innocent child just because it was conceived forcefully.
Johnson was about to make a snide remark to her about their impenetrable security when a voice behind him spoke up.
"Ehem, are you Miss Kagome Higurashi?"asked a woman with a stern face.
The woman was very pretty. She had black hair that was put up by a tooth clip at the back of her head with two feathers sticking out. She had red eyes, indicating that the woman was a demon, and ruby red lips. She had no nameplate though, so Kagome would just have to ask her about it.
"Uh, yes, I am." She replied, unsure of what they wanted, probably something to do with Takahashi.
"Well Miss Higurashi, could you please come and sit down? I promise to explain everything." The lady said politely.
/In the interrogation room/------------
"Well, Kagome, you're in quite a mess right now honey."
"What do you mean? And why is that guy out of jail? I want answers inspector------ What is your name by the way?" Kagome asked, frustrated.
The woman cleared her throat and looked around the room to a mirror beside Kagome, then nodded her head as if she was communicating to someone in understanding.
"My name is Kagura Kawasaki, and I'm going to try and help you stay away from Takahashi, okay? But you have to help me first" explained Kagura with a slight edge to her voice.
Kagome tilted her head in confusion, blinking twice to show her wondering.
"8 years ago, my best friend was sent to jail instead of a silver-haired hanyou. His name was Naraku Onigumo-"
"Wait, he was my high school boyfriend! We were- we were gonna go to Prom together. We were gonna get married!" Kagome exclaimed, remembering the day Naraku had been hauled off to jail for capital rape. She had thought that maybe he did that to someone else!
Naraku had been with her since the 7th grade. When other guys left their girlfriends, he would turn his nose up to them in a very unsophisticated manner that had always made her laugh. She had never suspected that he was the one going to jail because of her!
Kagome never even got a trial, she had been told that he was simply put behind bars; they never told her his name.
Kagome looked over to Kagura, signaling she was ready to hear the rest of her story.
"Well, you remember when Naraku was pulled out of school for the accusations of rape, right?"
Kagome merely nodded her head in recognition.
"That day, he was sent to federal prison in Inuyasha Takahashi's place, he actually thought that maybe you could get him out of it at a trial, but it wasn't meant to be."
Kagura looked at Kagome with sad eyes and continued the story.
"He didn't even see you there, he thought that you had abandoned him, but I told him that you didn't know about it so he is now in prison. I want you to help me get him out. Once the officers there find out that he wasn't the one who raped you, they'll let him out" Kagura finished with a hopeful tone to her voice.
Kagome bit her lip in thought. She wasn't sure about this; she knew that there had to be a catch.
"Will you do it? You'll have to lure Inuyasha again, though. So if you don't want to do this, I'll definitely understand" she said with a calm and peaceful tone.
Kagome looked back to Kagura. She didn't know what to do, she didn't the love of her life to have to suffer because of her anymore, but she also didn't want to be stuck anywhere alone with Inuyasha again.
She had decided. Kagome knew what had to be done.
"I'll do it" Kagome replied shakily, determination filling her eyes as she thought about being reunited with her boyfriend.
It had been a full day since Kagome's encounter with Inuyasha. She'd spent the whole day fearing what might happen to her if he found out that she was working with the cops. She didn't want him to find Rin, she wanted to make sure that her daughter was safe, but there was a policy against the mother of the child visiting without the adoptive parents' consent.
How she longed to hold her baby in her arms, just like she had when the girl was born.
'No, I gave up all rights to her when I signed those papers giving her away' Kagome thought sullenly.
She began to make her way to the coffee shop around the corner, thinking solely on the little girl. It had been awhile since a photo had been sent to her. That was the only type of contact the adoptive parents would allow. Every other month, they would send a picture of the girl to her and wrote a letter of progress. Sometimes Kagome could give Rin a birthday or Christmas present, but she had to make it from Santa or 'A dear friend'; but she got pictures of the child playing with the toys things she got for her, along with a letter from the parents saying that she liked them and thanked her.
Coffee Shop:
Kagome took another sip of her mocha latte, looking around her suspiciously. Somehow, everywhere she looked, all she could see was that monster's face.
"Hey Kags, what's up? How ya doing?" a voice asked.
"Holy-! What the-?" Kagome said, startled out of her wits.
Kagome turned around to see her best friend, Sango. Sango just simply laughed at Kagome's expense.
"Hey! It's not funny, you scared the crap outta me!" she yelled, mad that she had let her guard down. She quickly began tickling Sango in the spot she knew was sensitive.
"Ha ha- stop! Hee hee- I give!" she gasped out, tears streaking her laughing face.
"Say it!" Kagome yelled over Sango's screams.
"Kagome is the best at everything and I suck! Hahahahahaha!" she screamed.
"Ok, that's better" Kagome said, satisfied at how easily she could get Sango to submit.
"So, how are you? It's been awhile since you've been here. Do you need anything?" Sango asked, sitting down. Kagome smiled at her.
Sango had been with Kagome since the birth of Rin. She had seen the pain on her face when she handed Rin over to Inutaisho and Izayoi Takahashi.
Kagome had at first been afraid of Inutaisho because he looked slightly like the man that raped her, but in the end, that's why she chose them. They looked like they could pass as the biological parents.
She and Sango had been friends through all of that, and she had been completely supportive of Kagome.
She looked at Sango sadly; she wasn't allowed to tell Sango about working with the cops, so she could only tell her some of the information.
"He's back Sango. That jackass that raped me is back" she whispered angrily. The room went silent suddenly.
Everyone was starring at Kagome.
'How the hell did they hear that!' she thought, amazed at the human hearing system. 'Damn selective hearing' she thought, growing even angrier.
"Kagome…… Let's go outside." Sango said, settling down immediately to her sober self.
They walked down the street and out of hearing range; and Kagome told Sango what happened.