My So-called Mother
By: sango45
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha (No duh)
Chapter one: Hate
"Bye!" Kagome yelled at her mother as she left for work. Finally, she thought as she watched her mother speed out of the driveway in her new beige convertible, that woman's gone! Kagome had to act polite when she was in public so it wouldn't look suspicious to the neighbors-even if it was only once in awhile, she was usually gone in the feudal era.
She went inside and cleaned up the mess her mother made No! She's not my mother! A real mother wouldn't brutally beat her child every time they just so much as breathe in there direction. Why is mom beating me? Why now after all these years... Kagome's mom had just started beating her 6 months ago, and she was coming home drunk. It was a couple months after she first went down the well to Feudal Japan. Kagome walked out of the living room, and started to clean the dinning room where a broken plate lay in the middle of the floor. She shuddered remembering what had happened that morning.
Flashback:
Kagome was doing her normal daily routine. She had just woken up at 5:00 even though her high school started at 8:00. She got dressed in her regular green, short skirted school uniform, and headed downstairs to do some cleaning up and make breakfast before her mother woke up andmade her do it, more like beat to clean it up she thought dryly.
She walked into the kitchen, opened the door to the refrigerator and got a carton of eggs, milk, butter, and some bacon out. Then she got a frying pan, a bowl, and a whisk out of three different cabinets and placed them on the light indigo marble counter next to the stove. She cracked two eggs open into the glass bowl and whisked them while she poured a little milk into the egg mixture while she put the frying pan onto the stove with medium heat. Kagome fried the bacon and set it on a plate on the table Souta's favorite she thought, with a smile, as she set it on the table and covered it with aluminum foil so it would stay warm.
Just as she did that Kagome's mother walked out of her bedroom and glared at her daughter Oh no Kagome thought as she gazed at her mother. "Why are you so happy, daughter?" Mrs. Higurashi said spitting out the last word like it was venom. Kagome instantly stopped Smiling and took notice that the room smelled like alcohol she's been drinking last night she thought fearfully.
"Just making you some breakfast, mom" she replied with the same amount of malice in her voice as Mrs. Higurashi had just held in her own moments ago. She was being unexpectedly braver than usual but, when she saw her mother's face become red she knew she went too far.
"Insolent Child!" she screamed and slapped Kagome hard on the left side of her cheek. Kagome stifled a yell. This happened all the time so she knew what to expect. Even though she hated what her mother had become in the past few months, the woman had still cared for Kagome at some point in her life. And that was enough to not attack her mother back.
When Mrs. Higurashi saw that her slap had no effect she glared at her daughter and pushed her roughly against the wall. Kagome's head got most of the blow and she could feel the warm sticky blood trailing down the back of her shirt and yet she still didn't make a noise. This was not at all pleasing to Mrs. Higurashi. She wanted to hear her scream and beg for mercy. She yanked Kagome's hair and dragged her across the floor, kicking her as she went.
She pulled Kagome into the dinning room, "Eat your breakfast dear, you need your nutrition." she said in a sickeningly sweet tone, and threw the plate Kagome had made for Souta onto her already bleeding head. Kagome couldn't take this any more; she let out one blood curdling scream and passed out cold on the hard wooden floor.
Kagome had woken up on the hard wooden floor by her mother's foot sometime later. "Come on you filthy piece of trash!" Mrs. Higurashi said, "Time to greet me goodbye!" Kagome got up the best she could, which was really good considering she was recently beaten to unconsciousness. Besides she had lots of practice.
She bid her mother farewell, reluctantly of course and thought, No she's not my mother! From this day forward she shall be known as my so-called mother!
End flashback
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Kagome glanced at the digital clock on the oven, 6:30. Almost time for Souta to wake up, she thought smiling. Souta always had a way of cheering her up when she was down. When Kagome was around him she felt happy, needed.
Mrs. Higurashi only beat Kagome; she seemed to love Souta to bits. He was the only one Kagome had told about the beatings. He had wanted to call the police, but Kagome told him not to. If he told anyone my so-called mother would be sent to jail and Souta and I would get separated, she thought a great amount of selflessness considering what had happened that morning besides Souta isn't getting hurt so it doesn't matter.
She slowly walked up the stairs, careful not to injure herself further. She walked into the hallway and took a left turn into her room. She opened her drawer and got a new uniform and a towel. Then she went into the bathroom and took a quick shower, to wash the blood out of her hair. Kagome blow dried her hair, put on her clean uniform, and exited the bathroom. After that, she quietly entered Souta's room where he was sleeping peacefully. She gently shook him awake "Souta it's time to wake up" she whispered softly to him.
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"Come on Souta, wake up." She said again
Souta turned around in the opposite direction and mumbled, "Five more minutes."
Kagome sighed and ripped the covers off him and said irritated, "You have to wake up now!" Souta opened one eye and looked at his big sister. Noticing the expression on her face, one of pain and confusion-a look she wore only after…-, He shot up immediately, wide-awake.
"Did mom hurt you again?" he asked tears welling up in his eyes. Kagome looked at him miserably. His brunette eyes looked so innocent and it hurt her to have to worry him like this. She put on a smile but her eyes still held a depressed quality
"Yeah she did but don't worry I'm fine" she reassured him patting him on the shoulder.
"You really should tell some one," he whispered staring intently at his big sister. "I already told you Souta, you know I can't and you know why! Now get ready, or you'll be late to school." She snapped as she left the room. She then went down stairs and waited for Souta.
Some time later, Souta came downstairs with a fresh navy school uniform on, and sat down at the table. Kagome served him breakfast every day just like her so-called mother demanded her to. He was silent the whole time. Is he mad at me? Does he hate me too now? She thought. Kagome couldn't take the silence any longer, "Souta, I'm really sorry I yelled at you. I was just upset and hurt. I'm sorry." She rushed out in panic. She would be really upset if another one of her loved one's hated her.
Souta looked at her peculiarly "What?" He asked "Oh that. Well you were just being cranky I guess. Gramps says I can be a pain too sometimes if I want to,"
Kagome breathed a sigh of relief. Her mother had got it into her head so much that she was worthless and horrid; she actually wondered if other people thought this too. Numerous times she had tried to convince herself that she wasn't worthless, but when you have a mother like that you know it's not easy. Now whenever someone was angry at her or disappointed with her she would try desperately to change it. Because the one thing she feared in the whole world, was being alone.
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"Bye, Souta. Have a good day at school. I won't be home for a couple of weeks; I'm going to the feudal era." Kagome told Souta, as he was just leaving.
"Say Hi to Inuyasha for me!" Sousa replied excitedly.
"Okay, I will. Oh I forgot, Shippo says hi."
"Hey, can you give him this for me?" Souta asked, as he handed Kagome a shoe sized box wrapped up in light lavender wrapping paper.
"Sure, what are sisters for?"
"Thanks... Hey!" He said as Kagome gave him a noogie.
Kagome giggled, "See ya in a couple weeks!"
"Bye!" Souta said, waving to Kagome, as he left the shrine gates.
Kagome had stuffed her enormous yellow backpack as much as it would hold, it was so packed, that it would literally burst at the seams if so much as a feather were to be put inside. It was filled with, ramen, pockey, shampoo, hairbrushes, toothbrushes, medical supplies, and so, so much more. She pulled it all the way to the well, her head was still throbbing. Okay, act natural she thought as she jumped down the well that transported her to feudal Japan and back again.
When she finally landed and had climbed up the well, Kagome was met face-to-face with a very pissed hanyou. "Where have you been wench? Your late-" Inuyasha's angry eyes turned concerned as he said softly. "What's wrong?" He asked
"Oh, nothing I'm just worn out from my tests at school." Kagome replied putting on a fake smile.
Inuyasha wasn't convinced.
"Your lying I can tell, now what's wrong with you!" He yelled
"NOTHING," Kagome yelled back, "Sit!" and ran into the forest.
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Tbc…