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Her inferiority
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'Inu-ya-sha, I need and break and I need it right now" Kagome was practically begging. The inu-tachi had literally walked all day in the scorching July heat. She had no idea why Inuyasha chose to push them as he had. They all were just as eager as he was to have this quest over with. It had been 2 and half years since the jewel was broken and she began this long road. Sure she has a handful of the greatest friends and best experiences but she missed out on a lot school being the main. Her grandfather finally ran out of excuses and the school finally sent her family a letter telling them she was being kicked out and having her mother arrested.
"Quit ya whining wench!" Inuyasha replied coldly but all kagome could hear was her mother's cries as the police took her out their small four bedroom house and down the shrine stairs. "WENCH!" Kagome's head snapped up and out her memories. "Yes, Inuyasha" she said in a tone that while the words sounded sweet the look on her delicate face implied anything but kindness. "We'll take a break for now if it'll hush all you worthless humans up" the half silver inu said as he hopped up a tree and all but ignored them. Shippo and kiara ran to a nearby flower field, Sango and Miroku flopped under a nice shady tree. Neither one realized the close proximity of the other one and if they did were too exhausted to go through their usual routine, but kagome, she felt as if she couldn't move. Memory after memory hit her like hurricane force wind.
-Flashback-
It was a beautiful day, too beautiful for things to go so horribly wrong. Kagome and her mom were preparing lunch. It was one of those days where inuyasha had let her return to the future for a couple of days and she was set to enjoy it. Her mom had a look on her face of relief and fear when she first returned home and even now she still wears that very look. "Mom?" kagome preceded carefully "is there something wrong?" for a while she received no answer. "Kagome, a letter came in the mail last week from your school. It stated that you were getting expelled and I arrested" Kagome couldn't believe her ears! All that crossed her mind was the words expelled and arrested like a broken record. She felt sick. "Kagome, everything will be alright" her mom tried to reassure herself but it sounded more like she was trying to reassure herself. Before kagome could say more there was a knock on the door. Her mom moved quickly to take care of the unexpected company so she can calm her daughter. Mrs. Higurashi opened the door and was greeted with two uniformed police officers "no". Kagome heard her mom's panicked "no" and looked up just in time to see her mom put in handcuffs. "This can't be happening" kagome thought "grandpa will know what to do" with that thought she yelled for the elderly man. He and Souta came rushing down the stairs her grandfather shouting obscenities but they were of no help. Her younger brother just stood there in shock as their mother was escorted down the shrine stairs with the officers. Mrs. Higurashi cried out with tears running down her face but the tears were not for herself but for the affect she knew that it would bound to take on her sweet kagome. Before Mrs. Higurashi and the officers were out of sight kagome heard her mother scream "Don't detour justice for me, you have something to protect." Kagome fell to her knees in disbelief "Who will protect me although mom."
-End of flashback-
She knew she was trembling way before realizing that Sango wasasking her if she was alright. "You look pale Kagome, I knew inuyasha should have let us rest sooner, that jerk" Sango stemmed "Whaddya say Sango?!" Inuyasha jumped at the inquisition. "It's not my fault the wench is a weakling." "Now now inuyasha we are all adults and we can do without the insults" Miroku offered "and Sango let's not resort to finger pointing maybe kagome just needs a minute to adjust to the heat." He said calmly but in his mind he knew it was way more than that. Popular to contrary belief Miroku can observe much more than a pretty face and a nice bottom. He knows how to read people and their little miko was in distress.
Kagome just sat down and tried to tune out the unrest she caused and the painful memory her mind's eye just seen for the hundredth time. Before long the group was settled and she was nodding off. Her dreams were not of the usual nightmares of her never getting her diploma and her mom in jail for child neglect but of two silver inus unlike her halfling inu friend but similar at the same time and a calm confident deep voice "Do you have something to protect?"