AN: Sorry for the extreme delay…..it most likely won't happen again. Also 21 reviews? It makes me so very happy. So thanks to all of you who either viewed, favorited or reviewed, you inspire me to keep going with this story.

Chapter 9


Kagome sprinted the distance to her home. Attempting to sneak in through the back gate she climbed with ease and sprinted to the back door. Removing her shoes and sliding the door open she tiptoed up the stairs to her room and closed the door.

"Made it" she smiled to herself leaning against the door

"Nice of you to finally make it home Kagome" Naoko sat poised at her bed

"Father I-"she jumped in surprise

"You've shamed me is what you've done" he said icily "Where have you been"

"I...I" she stammered "I was at the lake" she replied hastily hoping he wouldn't catch her lie

"So not only do you shame me at the dinner by being extremely rude to my business partner, but you stand in my presence, look me in my eyes and cast lies" his voice rose with every word

She bowed her head "Forgive me father"

"Both your and your sister's phones have trackers in them" he replied lifting his phone "Why were you on that side of the city, who were you going to see? It's a fairly large city, Tokyo, so you weren't going for any reason"

Her head remained bowed; she wouldn't let him know about Inuyasha, she didn't need to hear his prejudice and hurtful words. "Dancing father"

"Dancing" he scoffed turning his back from her "Just how far do you think you'll get in life by dancing" he separated each word

The words stung but she held her anger and tears back, it wouldn't do much good then. "I love doing it"

"Love" he scoffed once more "Nothing in this world is built off of love" he turned to face her "I don't know where I went wrong with you" he casted an accusatory glance at her "At least your sister wishes to pursue a career that will harbor her a success. It is okay however, she will be leaving for America in a couple of months and I will finally be putting down the Iron-fist upon you that she's been protecting you from" spit flew from his mouth onto her face and she raised her head

"With all due respect father" she began with a cold tone "I love dancing, it is my passion and I will not stop pursing it"

"YOU DISRESPECT YOUR FATHER" he boomed "You do not disrespect me and expect to go unpunished. You will only be allowed to leave this room for school, is that understood" he glared into her "If I discover that you've disobeyed me, there will be severe punitive measures. He brushed against her as he left the room


The other two house members were in the hallway listening to the conversation.

To break the awkward silence the younger one spoke "Father is too hard on her"

"She disobeyed him Kikyo" Noriko replied meekly

Kikyo looked at her mother with absolute disgust "She missed curfew once and he brings down Hell's wrath on her"

"He is right" she replied with pleading eyes "She must understand that"

"She must understand that" Kikyo mocked with a sneer "Why is that mother, why is it that Kagome must compromise something she loves because it's not what HE wants"

"He knows best" she grew slightly louder

"How could he possibly know best when he has the two of us stuck in arranged marriages" tears formed in her eyes "We're your daughters but you don't seem to care"

"They will bring you the life you're accustomed to"

"But it's not the life WE want"

"Your father only wants what's best for you two"

"Yeah but do you" she spat as the tears finally fell then, brushed pass her leaving her mother close to tears

At that moment Naoko walked from Kagome's room and Noriko quickly scurried after him.


Inuyasha walked to Kouga's garage and opened the door as quietly as possible. Moving through the garage slowly he laid his hands on each of the cars admiring their texture. He didn't like the scrawny bitch too much, but he did admire his skills.

"What'ya doing here mutt" Kouga emerged from the back groggily "And stop touching my cars"

"Let me crash here tonight" Inuyasha replied firmly

Staring into his much serious face Kouga told Inuyasha to follow him to the back. "Stay on the couch, but I ain't your alarm clock, if you're late you're on your own"

"Thanks" he replied lying onto the couch

Nodding he noticed that Inuyasha didn't have any clothes or toiletries "What happened, why are you here anyway"

"Kagura's dating someone"

"Really" Kouga raised an eyebrow "It's about damn time"

"What's that supposed to mean" Inuyasha asked him angrily

"Just saying, how long she's been mourning six years, why can't she be happy" he gave his philosophy on the widow

"It's not that" he replied "She just springs stuff up at the last minute"

"You're saying that like she's married to the sucker already" Kouga laughed "That ain't nowhere near last minute"

"If you say so, hey why are you still up"

"Gotta work on all of these cars" was his response

"Working hard?" Inuyasha laughed

"Got to" he replied simply

"That's the first time I've ever heard you say you've got to do something" he laughed louder

"Ayame's pregnant" Kouga replied softly, recalling his red-haired girlfriend in his mind

Inuyasha paled slightly not knowing the two were dating "Congratulations"

"Like hell it is, I don't have the money to be supplying things 24/7"

Inuyasha scoffed "Right"

"Don't get me wrong, I love her and the baby, it's just hard."

"It'll get better"

"You're the one with dreams mutt"

"That's cuz you're already living your dream" he smiled "Owning your own garage"

"I'm still paying Tanaka for it, plus things for the baby that ain't even here yet" he laughed with slight pride "Shit's gonna pileup" he smiled sadly "But enough of this mushy stuff, you have to get up on your own, I'll probably be sleep by then." He turned to walk away "And talk to your sis-in-law, she's not doing anything wrong"

"Yeah, right" he replied before drifting into sleep


Another chapter :D LOL. I actually finished this days ago but my laptop likes to fuck with me on occasion. So because of the delay I'll most likely put up another chapter (or even two since they're buzzing in my head) either today or tomorrow. As always reviews are welcome (even flames). And until next time :D

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