Love in Chains

Chapter 9

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The next week Kagome never returned my texts or calls, she hid from me during school and when I approached her she would hide behind a teacher or Sesshomaru. This majorly pissed me off, seeing them together, I wanted to rip him apart when I found him giving my Kagome rides home after school.

I follow them during these times, I enter her neighborhood through a different entrance, park my car behind the house that is being built and watch their actions.

I hate the way he looks at her, the way he makes her laugh, it sickens me. When I return home, I lay in bed, in the bed I made love to Kagome in, our bed. It smells like her, the sheets, the comforter, the pillows, all drenched in the scent of strawberry shampoo and a sweet perfume that Kagome had jokingly called her 'high maintenance flaw'.

I put all of our pictures up on my wall, all thirty four from our cute dates, I reread all of the sticky notes she put on my locker that I kept and all of our text messages that I still had on my phone. I replayed all of our memories until my heart bled.

It all came in flashes, listening to Kagome play violin for the first time and me playing old Heart songs on my guitar for her causing her to laugh and sing with me, finding one of Kagome's sketch books and going through it without her permission. She was so mad when she found me sitting on her bed, flipping the pages that contained her amazing talent.

I remember taking Kagome to the drive inn where we said 'I love you' to eachother for the first time.

Everything.

I remember everything.

I remember what she does on Wednesday nights.

Where she will be.

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Kagome-

It had been a long week.

I wasn't happy, after in breaking up with Naraku; I love him, he was my first everything. However, what he did... The kind of person he is, isn't good.

If I stayed, would he use the same aggression on me eventually? What would it take, for him to strike me, to throw me against a mirror with such force it broke? Would it be the result of an escalating fight? A betrayal of trust?

I didn't want to find out, I didn't want him to trap me.

So now it was over, spring was coming, life goes on.

Painting made me happy, it was an escape, with paint on canvas nothing else mattered... At least, for a little while...

It was Wednesday night and art class was over, I was now walking out of the community center and into the parking lot. It felt like it was going to rain soon.

I sighed, what a perfect night to wait for the bus.

I walked around the building towards the back, I hated walking back here; it wasn't well lit at all but it was a nice short cut to the bus stop.

I started walking slower and listened more closely, my heart raced as I heard strong footsteps behind me. Big, hard boots hitting the pavement.

I soothed myself with the thought of it just being someone going to their car, someone who worked here.

I stopped dead in my tracks at the sound of "Don't get caught out in the rain Kitten." Echoing as time stood still.

I gave into the instinct to turn around when all I really wanted to do was run, get out of the situation.

He was close, god he was so close to me. A mere four feet stood in between us. Why was he here? Has he actually been following me?

He looked so solum, "Do you need a ride?" He offered.

"No thanks Naraku, I'll be fine." I told him.

I started to turn away when he stopped me, "Why are you doing this Kagome?" He demanded.

He sounded so hurt, so alone, I hated it. "You know why." I replied, raising my tone as my heart began to feel weak.

Naraku raised his tone right back at me, "You heard every word he said, he was trying to take you away from me. What else was I suppose to do?" He asked me.

"So you were so insecure about our relationship that what he said threatened you?!" I questioned as the heat and anger rose between us.

Taking long strides toward me as he spoke, he exclaimed at me, "I wasn't threatened I was pissed! Dammit Kagome he actually thought he needed you more than I did! He thought that he could convince you to leave me! He thought he could take away what is mine!"

Naraku pushed me against a car in his anger and buried his face in my shoulder. Although I attempted a strong fight back I knew it was useless.

"Naraku, please let me go." I pleaded as tears began to form in my eyes.

He pulled away from me for a moment, only to come back and steal a hungry kiss. His lips were so cold, his eyes scared me. He scared me.

"Get in the car." He breathed as I shook helplessly.

He escorted me to the passenger seat and locked the door. The ride from the community center to my home was fifteen minutes, but it felt much longer.

That is, I thought with a wave of fear taking over me, if he is taking me home that is.

Despite my fears Naraku returned me home safely and walked me to my door like a gentleman. He leaned against the doorway with one extended arm, as I stood beneath him, using the door for support.

He smirked at me and laced his index finger around a lock of my hair. I wanted to melt. I wanted to run.

He still had such a hold over me.

"Kagome I want you back, why are you doing this to me? To us?" He asked me tenderly, looking into my eyes.

I gathered my courage and reasoning, mind over heart. "You beat the shit out of my best friend Naraku, I can't be with someone so violent, someone who doesn't give something like what you did a second thought." I told him, holding my ground.

Naraku frowned at me and gripped my waist causing me to tense up. He leaned toward me and kissed my temple, then traveled down to my cheek and jawbone. He kissed my neck, causing me to inhale nervously, I felt his lips curl into a devious smirk as he usually did when I started reacting expectantly. Yet I had never reacted out of fear, until now.

I held back everything as he suckled my neck gently, teasingly, before saying huskily "You are always mine."

His hot breath, his cold lips, the strong feelings inside of me contradicting each other were all too much. I bailed, I pushed him away and quickly opened the door behind me. I slipped inside and shut the door, locking it as I felt my heart rip out of my chest as my mind scream scoldings at me.

Stupid, stupid girl. He was so wrong for you! How could you let this happen?!

My body, my heart yearned for him to take me away, back to drive in movies, shower sex, and football games.