wow...8 days since my last update. so sorry, ive been busy babysitting my cousin while my grandma was out of town. but shes back now. so i wont have to do that anymore, unless i want to. that kid is sooooo cute. hes 8. best kid EVER. anywho, heres your chpter, its the second longest of this story, be happy. :) i know i am.

Nay-nay-chan01: haha, that's a good idea, but I already had a plan on how to do this. Plus I wouldn't want to steal your idea, I can get my own, it just takes more work on my brain. Lol. But thanks for your input anyways. It really is a good idea. I might read your story when I get some down time. Right now I've got this story to write and I'm reading the sequel to my other story and helping my friend write it.

Shiroi Tora Joshin: Well my beta came threw for me so I won't be needing one. Thanks anyways for the offer, that means a lot; I'll definitely look you up if I ever need one though. And this chapter will show you, its gunna be great.

Mammaws Angel Baby: Haha, don't worry about it, the story won't be short no matter what happens, I have my ideas mmkay? :)

Lilangelchr30305: Haha, Kouga is skilled like that. He's a demon remember? He realized she left.

LunaCharon88: Well thank you, I try to make it as deep as possible. And I love nice Sesshomaru, I don't write him mean.


Last Time:

"Stay away from my girl dog shit," Kouga spat before leaving him alone and confused on his bed. What did Kagome want to tell him? Was Kouga…? No, it couldn't be that, she would have told someone by now, Kagome never was good at keeping secrets. So what was it, and why is she always so scared around him, maybe it was… He would have to ask Sango, if anyone knew, it was her.

Now:

"What the hell was that Kagome?" the angry okami youkai nearly screamed at his girlfriend as they begun their drive to his house.

"I…I'm sorry Kouga!" said girlfriend sputtered out between terrified sobs, he had caught her right when she was about to tell the one person he hated the most about his abusive nature. She had just built up enough confidence, enough strength, and enough humility to ask for help, something she definitely needed at this moment.

"You're sorry? Oh that makes everything alright then," Kouga spat sarcastically, glaring at the girl in the seat next to him, "Why would you tell him Kagome?" the raw sincerity and concern, the guilt and fear in his voice caused Kagome to discard her feelings of regret and pure terror for a moment, the tears stopped flowing as she looked into his soft eyes with such pity and love, but not the kind of love he wanted from her, it was the kind that says 'you're a great friend and I never want to lose you' kind of love. His eyes hardened once again and he began to yell, "Why the fuck would you betray me like that you little bitch?" the fierce hatred that coated every word caused her to snap out of her daze and the tears sprung back into her eyes.

"I didn't mean to! It's just…"

"It's just what?" he snapped.

"It's just…I…"

"Fucking spit it out already."

'I love him!' she screamed in her thoughts, "I don't think you and I should be together anymore…" she said just low enough that he wasn't able to hear more than 'I think you and I should be together.'

"I knew you'd come around," he smiled, "We'll always be together."

"No! I said I don't think we should be together Kouga! I can't take this anymore," she nearly screamed, then her voice softened to just above a whisper, "I want to be friends with you, but I can't…I can't stay with you."

"You'll stay with me forever," the wolf growled and slammed her head into the passenger side window, successfully knocking her out. "What the fuck is she thinking? Doesn't she know how much I love her? Why would she do this to me? I'll kill that Inuyasha and make her pay for even thinking about leaving me." Kouga went over his plan to kill the only man in his way of getting to his beloved Kagome on the ride home.

Next Morning; At the Takahashi's:

"What are we going to do about this Kagura? Inuyasha needs to know!" Sango spoke quietly so no one would over-hear as she paced around the guest room floor.

"All we can do is wait and see what happens. We can't tell anyone, no matter who it is."

"You mean I'm just supposed to sit around while my best friend gets beaten half to death by her dumb ass boyfriend and not say anything? I don't think I can do that."

"We won't let it go that far, if she's in real danger we'll be right there. But she needs to do this on her own otherwise she will never realize how wrong he was."

"As much as I hate to say this Kagura…you're right, I just hope she's okay…" Sango added distantly.

"She will be, don't you worry about that, Kagome's a strong girl, I can feel it," Kagura smiled at her new friend, who smiled slightly and nodded her head before standing and heading for the door.

"We better get downstairs before the boys eat their breakfast and ours," Sango giggled slightly, she just wanted to forget that her best friend was in trouble, forget she couldn't do anything about it, but most of all forget the feeling of betrayal deep in the pit of her stomach, why hadn't Kagome told her sooner? Couldn't she trust her enough?

"Yeah, they probably won't even realize we're not there," Kagura laughed as the two headed down the stairs and to the kitchen, pretending to be chatting about some stupid girl stuff.

"Well hello there fine young ladies," Miroku grinned, earning him a slap on the head from his girlfriend, "Ow, what was that for? It was just a compliment!"

"Shut up," Sango scowled, she didn't realize how angry this would make her, all she wanted to do was crawl into Miroku's arms and tell him everything, have him whisper soothing words into her ear and let her cry on his shoulder until she fell asleep. She wished she could do something about this, but Kagura was right, Kagome needed to do this alone, even if it killed Sango to let it go on.

"What's up with her?" Inuyasha whispered to Miroku.

"Don't know," Miroku whispered back, utterly confused. Sesshomaru sat at the end of the long bar alone, waiting for his girlfriend to fix herself a plate of food.

"Good morning Sesshomaru," Kagura stated regally, acting as if nothing was wrong.

"Don't even try," Sesshomaru said under his breath, just loud enough for only Kagura to hear, "I know something's up with you two, now tell me what's wrong."

"I can't," she said sadly, looking away from the inu-youkai towards the group of three people at the other end of the bar, the boys were pestering Sango about what was wrong as well, she looked ready to chop their heads off.

"Look at me," Sesshomaru ordered quietly, gently grabbing her chin and turning her head until scarlet eyes met golden, "I want you to tell me what's up with Kagome, I know you know, and I'm pretty sure that's what's bothering you, am I wrong?" she shook her head no, "Then tell me, I can help."

"No, she has to do this on her own," with that, the wind sorceress rose from her place at the table and glided up the stairs to bring some breakfast to Kanna, the girl was still asleep, Sesshomaru followed. "Kanna?" she whispered lightly as she flicked on the lights, she heard a small grumble from the far bed, "Kanna hunny, wake up, I brought you breakfast," she smiled lovingly as the girl, no longer dressing in all white, but deep, dark colors, rubbed her eyes to rid them of their sleep and accepted the offered plate of food.

"Where's Kagome?" the girl finally asked as she finished her eggs and bacon and began to work on the toast covered in strawberry jelly.

"She went home with Kouga…" Kagura sighed distantly.

"Why didn't she stay for breakfast?"

"Kouga decided they had been here too long last night," her older sister explained.

"Why didn't Kouga just go home by himself? Kagome could have stayed here!"

"Well, Kouga had her come with him," Kagura smiled slightly at the way her younger sister seemed to have already made a connection with the teenage girl, Kagome seemed to be very good with kids.

"Why? I like Kagome I want her to stay here!"

"So do I Kanna, but it's not her choice," Kagura rose from her place at the foot of her sister's bed, taking the empty plate with her when she reached the door frame she added, "Now get dressed, we're going shopping in a little bit," she smirked at Sesshomaru as she walked out of the room, her had been listening just outside the door, "And you're paying."

"Fine," Sesshomaru said, "but first you're going to tell me what you meant by 'it's not her choice.'" He added, sweeping the girl off her feet, literally, and carrying her bridal style to his room as she struggled and protested in his arms.

"Remember Sesshomaru," Miroku seemed to pop out of no where, causing the inu-youkai to stop walking and the wind-youkai to become still and quiet, "Rape is a crime," he smiled pervertedly, earning a smack on the head from both parties, and then one from his girlfriend who was trailing behind him.

"Sorry about him," Sango quietly apologized, turning to drag him unconscious form to his room. And Sesshomaru resumed carrying Kagura to his room, however she remained silent, she wanted to tell him everything, but she couldn't.

'What am I going to do? I told Sango we couldn't tell anyone, no matter who it was, but I didn't think it would be so hard…'

"So what's happening?" Sesshomaru said desperately as he dropped Kagura on his big, soft bed, she couldn't help herself as she stared into those golden eyes, the ones that were usually so emotionless were teeming with such raw emotion, it brought tears to her eyes as she told him everything, but she still managed to remember to stay quiet, there were two other youkai in this house she didn't want hearing this. She told him about Kouga, and how Kagome reacted when they confronted her about it, she told him about Sango's and her plan, and then told him not to tell anyone, especially Inuyasha. Sesshomaru sat there, completely silent for about five minutes after she had told him what was wrong. "Kagome…" he said quietly, sounding like he was about to cry then remembered Kagura was already crying and held her tightly in his arms, rubbing her back in soothing circles as he attempted to calm her down while thoughts full of rage raced through his mind. 'Who the hell does that bastard think he is? I will kill him for this! Nobody hurts Kagome! Nobody! His head is mine!' the voice in his head growled out and then turned to one of deep concern, 'What will happen to her? What if she can't handle this on her own? Inuyasha needs to know…but…I can't tell him, I promised Kagura…Kagome must tell him on her own, and I hope, for the sake of her health, she does.'

"Sesshomaru?" the wind youkai looked up at her boyfriend, her eyes puffy and red.

"What is it koshii?" he whispered.

"Ai shi teru," she said quietly before falling into a deep slumber, she needed rest, everything that had been going on really drained her of her energy, Sesshomaru smiled down at her sleeping form before answering.

"I love you too," with that he rose from his bed, and tucked her in before giving her a light kiss on the forehead and walking out of the room.

With Sango and Miroku (about five minutes after Miroku was knocked out):

"Come on Sango! I know you know what's wrong with Kagome, and something has to be wrong with her for you to be acting like this! So just tell me! Kagome is my friend too!" Miroku stated angrily, Sango had refused to tell him what was wrong in the kitchen, he figured it was because Inuyasha was there, but she still wouldn't tell him, "You know you can tell me anything! What kind of relationship do we have if you can't even trust me to know what wrong with one of our friends?" As soon as the words left his mouth he regretted saying them, for Sango's eyes began to water up as she fell in a heap on the floor, her legs bent unceremoniously in front of her as her hands rested on her knees while she cried into them. "Sango, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!" Miroku ran to her sobbing form and attempted to comfort her by pulling her from her ball on the ground into his arms as he rubbed her back whispering small 'shh's in her ear. Soon the tears slowed and the girl was able to speak.

"I want to tell you Miroku, I really do, but I promised Kagura I wouldn't tell anyone! We don't want Inuyasha knowing!"

"But I'm not Inuyasha, and I promise I won't tell him, no matter what he says or does, even if he kills me, I won't tell him," Miroku assured his girlfriend in a playful manner, trying to put that beautiful smile she so rarely showed since Kagome left back on her face. Her smile seemed to brighten up the room, even if you were on the verge of suicide all your cares, all your worries, all your regrets, they just disappeared, all that mattered was the feeling of complete joy and love you felt at that moment.

"Fine," Sango giggled slightly at her boyfriend's antics, "But if you tell anyone I will personally cut off your balls, put them in a blender, and feed them to you as a breakfast smoothie," she glared, causing the boy to gulp as he grabbed his crotch shielding them from her, Sango could be scary when she was angry, but he nodded nonetheless. "Now, you have to be completely quiet about this, whispers only okay? We don't want our youkai friends to hear," he nodded again. She told him everything Kagura had told Sesshomaru plus her own fears, worries, and thoughts about what was going on. "I'm just so angry with Kagome, I know I shouldn't be, I mean…how selfish can I be? But…it's just…I can't believe she didn't tell me, I had to fucking come out and ask her, and she had to be nearly raped by some random fucking bastard at the restaurant for me to see what was going on. How could I have not seen it Miroku? How was I so blind?...Do you think she'll ever forgive me Miroku?"

"Sango, you know you don't have to worry about Kagome ever hating, you did nothing wrong. I understand your feelings of anger towards her, I feel them too, she is our best friend and we all expected her to tell us if something was wrong. But I have come to terms with the fact that she couldn't tell us, she has much too much pride to have asked for help in the beginning of this, but later, when she decided she really did need us…it was too late, and she was too scared to come to us, she was afraid of our reactions to her not telling us, she was afraid Kouga might overhear, or worse, she was afraid we'd think she was weak. Kagome is the only person at our school with no 'special' attributes. Our school is full of taijyas, monks, mikos, demons, and hanyous. Kagome is just a normal girl, she always feels inferior, and she wanted to prove to everyone, and most of all herself, that she wasn't just a weak human girl, that she can handle herself, that she doesn't need everyone to help her all the time. That's why she has such a hard time asking for help when she really does need it, I hope you can understand dear Sango."

"I understand," Sango replied quietly, looking down at the comforter and picking at a thread she found poking out, "But she should know none of us would ever think any less of her, after all, if I hadn't gone through taijya training, I would be in her position as well. I had no spiritual powers like the monks or the mikos, and I'm not even part demon like the hanyous or the youkai."

"Yes, you would. And it was because of that extensive training and your natural skill that you were accepted into the school, Kagome still believes it was just a fluke, that she shouldn't be there, but there must be something special about her, the school has never let just a normal person in before, there must be something the school knows that no one else does, not even Kagome," Miroku finished and went into a deep state of thought.

"Yea…" Sango said distantly. 'What could it be? Kagome is special, that's for sure, but she must have something about her that makes her something other that just a normal human girl…'

At Kouga's, Monday morning:

"That's it!" Kouga yelled as he strode down the stairs from his room, "That's how I'll do it... Now, to go pick up Kagome…it's time for school," the wolf youkai grinned viciously as he grabbed his backpack and headed out the door. Just a couple days ago his dear Kagome had almost broken free of his grasp, she had almost told Inuyasha about him beating her, she had almost broke it off with him, but he wouldn't have that. Kouga took her to his house that night and carried her unconscious form to his room where he waited for her to wake as he tied her to the bed, he would teach her a lesson that would not soon be forgotten…

Kagome spent her whole Saturday curled up in the fetal position on her boyfriend's bed, trying to make the pain go away, it never did. She finally went home Sunday afternoon, Kaede and Jii-chan had wondered why she was limping but she said she had twisted her ankle, and they, of course believed her, lucky she had brought the concealer with her that night, or they would have seen the terrible bruises that coated her entire body, there wasn't a pin sized area that wasn't black and blue, her stomach and arms, even her precious legs that Kouga usually tried so hard to avoid hitting were deformed by the deep gashes from Kouga's pocket knife, he had beaten her violently, she had even lost a tooth in her struggle, luckily it was a back one, and coincidently, it was the only baby tooth she had left, she took comfort in the thought that it would soon grow back. He had raped her again and again, he had even went so far as to force her to suck his cock clean after, a feat that nearly caused her to choke.

Her coffee colored eyes began to well up with tears as she remembered the horrific events of that night, she just wished it would all go away, she wished she could just forget this ever happened and go back to the old Kagome, the one that was always happy and carefree, not this weak, scared girl she didn't even know was in her. Kagome had always prided herself in being someone people could always go to for help, someone that was right there when you needed them, and someone that would back you up in a fight, even if it nearly killed her, she would always smile and laugh it off. Her smile, like Sango's, seemed to make all your troubles go away, it was like ecstasy. The smile that had so many people falling at her feet had disappeared completely, and she wasn't sure if it would ever come back. No one would be able to save her. Not even Inuyasha, she was much too far gone to ever return.

Kouga rang the doorbell to the Higurashi house and waited for the bouncy little fur ball named Shippo to answer the door as he always did. "What are you doing here?" the small kitsune glowered.

"I'm here to take Kagome to school," the wolf replied calmly, ignoring the death glare the kid was giving him.

"Well I'm not letting you anywhere near Kagome, she doesn't have to say anything for me to know what's going on, she's wearing some kind of make up, I can smell it," Shippo pointed proudly to his nose, "And Kagome never wears make up, she's also limping, you just stay away from her!"

"Shippo? Who are you talking to?" Kagome asked sleepily as she limped down the stairs, still in her pajamas.

"Hi hunny," Kouga said sweetly, ignoring the kit once again.

"Oh!" Kagome jumped, which she later regretted as she landed on the edge of one of the stairs, instantly sliding down the rest on her sore backside. "What are you doing here Kouga?" she asked cautiously, "I wasn't expecting you…"

"It's Monday."

"Oh my Kami!" Kagome jumped up from her spot on the stairs and began running up the, ignoring the pain shooting through her body with every step, "I'll be right down!" she yelled as she reached the top of the stairs and ran to her bathroom, first reapplying her concealer, she bruises were still as bad as ever, and she was afraid the cuts might reopen so she quickly bandaged them before hurrying to her closet to find something to wear, Kouga wouldn't be happy with her choice, but she couldn't help that she had to hide the bruises and bandages, it's just too bad it was summer and her choice of outfit might look a little…suspicious, but she didn't have time to think about that. Kagome grabbed a hot pink long sleeve shirt and threw it on, then went and grabbed her black t-shirt with letters in hot pink saying 'SMILE' in big block letters across her chest, she then reached for her dark wash jeans that flares slightly staring at the knees and threw it all on. As she was running out her door she remembered she didn't have any shoes on, so she ran to her dresser, grabbed a pair of black socks with hot pink stripes and her black and hot pink DC sneakers, throwing them on as she hopped down the stairs to grab her backpack, kiss Shippo goodbye on the cheek and yell her goodbyes to the rest of the house before following Kouga out the door.

"Kagome! Wait!" Kaede yelled, becoming short of breath as she ran after the young girl.

"What is it Kaede? I'm going to be late."

"I'm sorry dear, just make sure to come home directly after school, I have something to show you."

"Okay Kaede," Kagome smiled and leaned down to kiss the old woman on the cheek before running to Kouga's truck and hopping in as he zoomed off towards the school.

"What did the old bat want?"

"She said I have to come home directly after school, she has to show me something I guess…is that alright?"

"Sure, whatever, but I'm coming with you."

"Of course you are," Kagome said sarcastically under her breath, she was getting really annoyed with this wolf, she just wished she could get out…but she knew she couldn't, she would be stuck with him for the rest of her life. Inuyasha would move on and marry someone else, and she would be stuck in hell.

"What was that?" Kouga growled.

"Nothing," Kagome replied frightendly.

"You're just lucky we have to get to school," he spat at her before jerking violently into the school parking lot and speeding into a parking spot, slamming on his brakes before he hit the other car. "Let's go," he ordered as he got out of the car walking around to help his girlfriend out of the car, acting like the perfect couple, Kagome plastered a smile on her face as she accepted his hand and they walked off to the school building, this was going to be one hell of a day.

well whatd you think? reveiw please! i love reveiws. they remind me to write, lol.