Disclaimer: Don't own…never will.

Title: Slave to Love

Summery: After deciding to pay off money that her family owes by working as his personal 'slave'. Kagome starts to feel something grow between her and her 'master'. And having him flatter her doesn't make things much better. Still she can't fall for him, not after putting her through what he does. [Rating will DEFFINATLY go up in later chapters]

Genre: Romance/ Humor/ Drama

Chapter 10- Away
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"And your stomach just starts glowing?"

"Yes! It's so weird. Sometimes I'll be fine, other times, I can feel that pain growing and I immediately have to get away from Inuyasha. And right after that…it starts glowing."

"Do you think it possibly has something to do with Inuyasha that may have triggered this?"

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Well of course it has something to do with him. But I don't know what…or even why it happens. That's why lately; I've just been staying as far away from him as possible. That and…other reasons…" She sighed to herself.

Sango sat across from Kagome on her bed. "How long has this been going on?"

Kagome shrugged her shoulders. "About a week…"

"Well, have you made a point to see a doctor?"

"Not really, plus I haven't really had the time with everything going on here."

"Work or not, your child comes first and something could be really wrong. You need to see a doctor."

"And tell them what Sango? That my stomach turns yellow on occasions and then I shock everything I touch!? Oh yes…that will be a cheerful doctors visit." She answered nonchalantly.

Sango raised an eyebrow. "Wait…you what?"

Kagome rolled her eyes. "It doesn't happen that often, and the first time it happened was probably the most freaky."

"When what happened?"

Kagome looked down at her hands. "I don't really know actually. It happened the next day after that first encounter with Inuyasha. The glowing in my stomach stopped. But then something even weirder happened. The alarm clock went off right,"

Sango nodded her head.

"I rolled over and slapped it with my hand. But instead of just hitting the snooze button, this freaky electric jolt came from my hand and the whole clock started to go haywire! The numbers started blinking, the alarm sound continued louder while the radio played. But the channel kept switching. I had no idea what was going on, so I jump out the bed and went to pull the plug. But soon as I touched the outlet that electric jolt came from my hand again and everything electronic in my room turned on and made all this noise! The lights flickered on and off; the TV came on full blast. My laptop came on and all these pop ups started filling up the screen."

Sango's eyes began to widen. This sounded like something some thing off 'Weird, True, and Freaky'.

"I was so scared at first. Plus everything was loud. I curled up in a ball on my bed with my hands over my ears and just kept begging for it to stop. And before I knew it…it did."

"Okay, Kagome this is scary. You need to see a doctor. I will take you myself!"

"Sango, No!" There's nothing wrong with me. And if there is, does this…" Kagome showed her hands to Sango, "look like something science can prove?"

Sango gulped as she stared widened at Kagome's now soft purple glowing hands.

"Y-Your hands…they're…they're purple…"

"Yea…they do that now! Why? I have no idea. What does it mean? I haven't the slightest clue."

"Fine, even if the a doctor can't help you. They usually know someone who can. So maybe…"

"Sango, I'm not going to a doctor. End of discussion…"

One Hour Later…

"I can't believe I'm sitting at the doctors…" Kagome said while taking a deep breath.

She was lying on a stretcher waiting for the ultrasound technician to do his job.

"Don't think of it as the doctors. Think of it as an island vacation and you're about to get a nice tummy rub!" Sango tried to lighten the mood.

"I think I'd do better if it was a back and foot rub! Or, I might do better with friends that don't force me to get ultrasounds on my uterus!"

The sitting in the room only chuckled. "The joys of motherhood…" He whispered.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Kagome snapped.

He laughed, "Absolutely nothing. Now, let me get this straight…you stomach glows a bright yellow on occasion when you come in contact with a certain person?"

"Correct…"

"And occasionally you shock everything you touch…"

"That's correct…"

"And your hands glow purple…"

"Only sometimes…"

The doctor raised an eyebrow. "Have you been getting enough sleep lately?"

Kagome shook her head and rolled her eyes. "You don't believe me do you? You think I'm crazy don't you? Because this sort of this isn't normal is it?"

"I believe that you believe you think these things are going on."

"Yep, you think I'm a psychopath." Kagome answered.

"No, No…"

"Look, Dr. uh…" Sango started.

"Suikotsu." He answered.

"Dr. Suikotsu, I've seen with my own eyes that her hands did turn purple. The other stuff I've never seen but…"

"It IS true!" Kagome finished.

The man only continued to chuckle at the older woman, and the young mother in front of him. "Well, lets just have a look-see at you baby." He said while pulling out a squirt tube with some jelly stuff in it.

"This is going to be a little cold." He said, and then squeezed a big pile of it on Kagome's stomach.

The very second that happened, Kagome felt her stomach pulse but didn't think anything of it.

Dr. Suikotsu dragged the ultrasound across Kagome stomach until he located the fetus.

"Here's the baby!" He said and Kagome and Sango both looked at the screen. The both of them smiling in aw.

"Do you know the sex of the baby yet? If not, I can tell you if you'd like to know." The man asked.

Kagome nodded. "I do want to know." She answered.

"It's a…"

Pyoom…

The Ultrasound machine powered down.

Pop! Pop! Pop!

All the lights in the room blew out!

Kagome started looking around, confused. It was happening again. The electric shocky thing!

"What on earth…" The doctor said.

Suddenly, Kagome's stomach glowed yellow again. But this time, the electric didn't come from her hands, it came from her stomach and jolted up to the doctor electrocuting him and sending him flying across the room towards Sango. Sango ducked, causing the man to hit the wall and fall to the floor.

Sango was staring at Kagome and Kagome stared back.

"Kagome, what the hell???" She screamed.

All Kagome did was shrug.

Moments later, all the power came back on, and the lights returned to normal. Kagome's glowing belly also returned to normal. And soon after, the doctor woke up with Sango helping him to his feet.

"Whoa…" He shook his head. "What happened?"

Sango looked at the doctor, and then looked up at Kagome who still sat on the stretcher. "That's a good question…" She said while pinching a nerve on the doctor's neck causing him to go unconscious again.

"What happened???" Sango finished when the doctor fell limp.

[an: lol., he just got up and Sango knocked him out again]

Kagome shrugged her shoulders and held a dumb look on her face. "I-I wish I knew…"

Sango started pointing a finger at Kagome. "D-did your baby just electrocute the nice doctor-man?" She asked nervously.

"I-I-I guess…in the baby's defense, that gel was really cold. A-a-and maybe the baby was just protecting it's self."

"That was not protecting! That was assault! Assault on a doctor! Kagome, what is wrong with that thing inside you? Why is it so angry???"

"I don't know! But maybe…you should try not to call it stuff like thing before you upset it again…" Kagome said, her voice still hitched from what just happened.

Sango walked over to her friend and helped her off the bed. "Um…o-okay. Well, we're going to get you and baby Lucifer out! We're not going to stay here and panic…we-we're gona go back to the house and panic…"

Kagome's eyes remained wide as they exited the doctor's office. "P-p-panic…I don't like where this is going."
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"Where is that girl?" Kikyo screamed at the top of her lounges while barging into Inuyasha's home office.

Which was a bit loud for Inuyasha's already sensitive ears. "Kikyo, do you mind? I'm in the middle of an important case with my firm and you're breaking my concentration! Besides, you're waiting you time trying to find Kagome because she's not even here."

"WHAT?" Kikyo continued to yell.

"Must you yell at me? I'm in the same room that you are." He said with a nonchalant attitude.

"Where is she?"

"I don't know. She went somewhere with Sango. She's allowed to do that ever now and then. Why are you looking for her anyway?"

"I need my bathroom cleaned, my dress hemmed, and my shoes polished! And if she's not here to do all that stuff…how the hell is it going to get done!?"

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "I have other hand maidens…they actually get paid to do that stuff."

"Well, I want Kagome to do it! She doesn't do enough around here anyway! She's getting too much spare time…" Kikyo said while standing with her weight on one leg and her hands on her hips.

Inuyasha blinked at his demanding girlfriend. "She gets plenty of work to do. In fact, I have a couple jobs for her to do soon as she gets in so she wont have time to do what you want anyway."

Kikyo's face fumed red with anger. "Do those jobs include being thrown on top of your desk and fucked when I'm not around!?"

His eyebrows furrowed. "What…?"

"You heard me! Did you think I didn't know? I know she's what you do during your spare time!"

"Kikyo, what are you talking about? I've never laid an intimate finger on Kagome. You could ask her yourself. Where are these accusations coming from so suddenly?"

Kikyo squinted her eyes at him. "I see you're going to play dumb! That's fine, I'll play your game too!" She said then stormed out the room.

Inuyasha shook his head. "I should have broken up with that girl the millions of chances I had in the past."

-x-

"I…can't…believe…I did that."

"Kagome, it wasn't you. It was that baby. If you can even call it a baby!"

"Sango!" Kagome bellowed.

"I'm sorry! But can you blame me? Even you don't know what it'll do next. That baby does something to you on the inside every so often. It electrocutes objects and people on the outside world! There's no telling what it's doing to you on the inside!"

"If something was going on inside me I think I'd feel it."

"If you say so…" Sango answered while bringing a plate of assorted fruits to the table because that's what Kagome asked for.

"Thank you so much Sango. I needed this, I'm having hot flashes like crazy."

Kagome picked up a slice of watermelon. Unbeknownst to her, her hands glowed purple and turned the watermelon slice into a raw piece of meat. Which she began to bring to her mouth until…

"KAGOME!" Sango screamed.

"What?"

"Your hand!!!"

Kagome looked at her hand that now held the raw meat in it. She scream and dropped it to the plate.

"T-t-that was fruit! What…the…Sango!" Kagome started hyperventilating.

"I don't know! It just changed all of a sudden…your baby did it!"

Kagome rested her elbows on the table and plunged her face into her hands.

"Why me…why this…why now?"

"Kagome, maybe it's time you told Inuyasha. This is getting way too far! And he could help! If he's the father, he knows all about this stuff. Or perhaps have an idea! You need to tell him, Kagome!"

"I CAN'T!" She screamed and banged her hands against the glass table that she sat at. Her hands turned purple…this time deeper then usual.

Kagome stood up and faced her friend. Nothing but I look of anger in her eyes.

"I won't…"

Sango looked terrified. She didn't know if it would be wise to say anything to Kagome because it might set her off in her current state.

The purple glow began to trail up both Kagome's arms and lit up her whole body. From Kagome's head to her toes glowed a deep purple; almost as if it were some sort of glowing shield.

"Inuyasha doesn't care about me and never will! He said so himself! I heard him! So why should I give him the liberty of fathering my child? NO! I'm through trying to pry my way into his life because he obviously doesn't want me in it! And if I can't be accepted…how can you expect me to believe my baby will be!?" Kagome yelled.

"K-Kagome…please try to calm down…" Sango forced out.

Kagome let out a deep breath and her eyes softened. The bright purple light emitting from her started to dim and soon faded back down to just her hands. Moment's later Kagome fell to her knees.

Tears fell down her face. Kagome began to notice herself crying a lot lately. "You want to know that bad part about falling in love with someone you know wont ever love you back? …you fall anyway, because you keep telling yourself that maybe…just maybe…he will…"

She began to sniffle. "God, why did I put myself through this…? I can't take it anymore! I…just…" Kagome stood up.

"Kagome…" Sango called out to her.

"I'm sorry! I just can't! Please, leave me alone Sango…!" She said in a final statement before running off to her room crying.

Sango couldn't help but let a tear roll down her face too. She felt so bad for Kagome. A girl like her doesn't deserve all the pain and suffering she goes through. It's just cruel…

[an: in this next part of the story, a lots going to be happening at the same time so just bear with me on this part. =]

It was about two in the morning when Kagome got off the phone. She felt relieved, but sad at the same time. She knew in a way, it seemed like all she was doing was running away from her problem instead of solving it. But this time, she didn't want to solve it. She just wanted it to go away. And running away was the best way she knew she could.

She quietly ran back upstairs to her bedroom and pulled out the suitcase that she's came to the house with many months back. She emptied her closet, and drawers completely. Filling her suitcase with anything and everything that was hers. Being mindful to leave anything Inuyasha had supplied her with.

She didn't need theft on her conscious along with keeping Inuyasha's baby a secret from him.

Once all of her stuff was packed up. She quietly proceeded down the stairs and leaving her suitcase at the door. She looked out the window to make sure her ride was outside which indeed it was. But before she could leave the house…she had one other thing to do.

Kagome walked into the privet kitchen, the same one Inuyasha had caught her talking to herself in the middle of the night about a month ago. She'd known him long enough to know his routine. So she only had a couple of minutes.

Quietly, she opened the fridge and pulled out a slice of that chocolate cake he just had to have at 3am on Wednesdays. She set the plate on the counter with a fork, and a large glass of milk sitting next to it. And right under the glass, she sat a small envelope. She then took the scarf she'd been wearing all day and left it on the chair she'd normally sit in. Again, she sighed…

It was finished; there was nothing else left for her to do. Before she pulled herself out the kitchen she whispered out…

"Goodbye…everyone…"

She ran to the door, grabbed her bag and walked out the door, hopped in the car, and was on her way.

-x-

Inuyasha's ears twitched as soon as the doors opened and his eyes popped open. He looked around, while rubbing some sleep from his eyes. It was quiet, too quiet. Something didn't feel right to Inuyasha. Or maybe it was because his stomach was missing it's late night snack.

Quietly, he snuck out of bed, mindful not to wake Kikyo. He slipped on a pair of black sweatpants and tiptoed out the room. Before proceeding down the stairs, he peeked at Kagome's door, which was open.

"Good, she's already downstairs…" He whispered.

Once at the bottom of the steps, the scent of chocolate, and Kagome hit his nose and he could hardly wait. However, when he entered the kitchen, there was no one in there. Everything was in the place were it should be. But, where was Kagome? He could smell Kagome but…he couldn't see Kagome. Where was the scent coming from?

Inuyasha walked over to the place where they would chat and eat cake. There he saw an envelope with his name on it, and a scarf neatly folded on the chair Kagome sits in.

That explained the scent…

Inuyasha sat in his seat with a look of confusion on his face while picking up the envelope. He hesitated opening it since he had the feeling he wouldn't like what was in it.

He opened it and was shocked to see a bunch of money on the inside. But was even more shocked to see the letter that was in there too.

When he saw the paper, he immediately pushed the money aside.

[an: this is when stuff starts happening at the same time]

Inuyasha unfolded the sheet of paper and let his eyes to their job.

Inuyasha…

If you're reading this…more than likely I am already gone…

-x-

I want you to know that I didn't leave because my family's debt is paid. Truthfully, I've had that money for a while, but I stuck around anyway.

"Thank you so much for driving me to the train, Sesshomaru." Kagome said in a depressed tone.

"Don't even second guess it. I told you I would do anything in my power to get you home, didn't I?"

Kagome nodded while hopping aboard the train with Sesshomaru's help. He then handed her, her suitcase and watched her from the outside until Kagome took a seat. She looked out from the window and gave him a soft smile, which was returned by a nod.

Kagome then sat back in her seat and simply waited for it to take off.

I stayed with you, hoping you could see me as more than just some simple girl. I stayed praying you could see me as someone you could let into your life, someone you could love. But, I guess I was wrong. And honestly, somewhere deep down I kind of knew that.

As much as it pained me…you were with Kikyo. As much as it hurt, you'd already found the one you want to give yourself to. Heart, body…and soul. Now that I think about it…maybe I was setting myself up for punishment by thinking that maybe…just maybe you could see or rather…you…with me.

'All doors are closing. Passengers please take your seats. We will be taking off shortly.'

-x-

Anyway, I don't want to bore you with a letter entirely about my feelings because I know they won't be returned. So, I'm going to leave with this final message. I'm going out on my own to try piece back the life that was taken from me. I am also going to be extending my future to another since my life no longer belongs to me now. My life belongs to that of…our child…no…my child. I believe not telling you was the right choice, because now you have nothing to feel guilty about since I am leaving. I'm not putting the responsibility on you. I wont ask you for any help. And I don't want you to feel sorry for me.

Inuyasha, I want you to forget you ever met me. Which is the same thing I'm going to do with you. It wont be easy I know, but I want you to try. Completely delete me from your life that way you'd delete a contact from your cell phone. Continue your life before you met me. Before your loaned any money to my father. Go back to the way things were before they were what they are now…

And one more thing, Inuyasha; grant me the one wish that even after you read this letter…don't come and find me. If you do nothing else for me…grant me that one wish. If I see you again, its going to be even harder to forget…

Love, Kagome

Inuyasha blinked and sighed. There was nothing he could do. She was gone. Gone from his life, forever. She hated him, obviously! And he if went looking for her, that would only make her hate him even more. So, what was he to do?

There's nothing he could do. Not that he knew of at least. All he knew was that…he loved that girl. And he wanted her in his arms. Regardless of Kikyo, or anyone for that matter. He'd fallen in love with Kagome. He did know when, why or how. All that ran through his mind was, he loved her. And this letter helped him admit it.

"I-I love…Kagome and…" He covered his eyes with his hand trying to force back the tears that threatened to fall. "I let her get away…"

-x-

On the train, Kagome found herself crying in her hands once more. But she couldn't stop it. They were tears that formed from the emptiness she now felt in her heart.

"I love him…I love Inuyasha, and…" Her shoulders quivered. "I ran away…"

AN: Ugh…I'm tired! I don't even feel like writing an outro. Hope you all enjoyed the last two chapters. My fingers hurt! I'm going to bed! -___-

Please R&R! ^_^

-Dia