Promise Me

Chapter : 10

Inuyasha

Looking down at the raven haired girl, he sighed. No one knew what happened and everyone was worried about her. She was sweating and moving around a lot. He didn't know what he was feeling... no wait, he did know what he was feeling, he was falling for Higurashi Kagome.

Sango and Miroku were in the hospital cafeteria with the man called Naraku and a lady by the name of Huyuzora. He didn't like the man that much, but the lady seemed nice enough. But still, he didn't much trust any of them.

Reaching down he tucked a stray strand of Kagome's hair behind her ear and kiss her forehead before he went out the door. Walking down the hall he headed to the cafeteria to go and see what Miroku and Sango were up to.

Walking in just in time to see Naraku and Huyuzora leave. He walked up to Miroku and Sango and sat down, looking at Sango, waiting for her to tell him what happened between her and Naraku.

"He seemed nice enough, he told me to take her to my house when they release her," explained Sango.

Inuyasha just looked at Sango and then nodded as he got up and headed for the door.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going back home... I'll see you guys at school tomorrow."

Sango

"Ms. Ketsueki, would you, if possible take Kagome with you to your house after they release her?"

Sango stared at the man, not believing that Naraku was asking this. Wasn't this the man that beat Kagome almost everyday? Was this even the same person that Kagome was talking about? She didn't know, but she was glad that she had a chance to get Kagome out of that house for a while.

"Yes, I would be glad to. But how long do you want me to keep her for?" asked Sango.

"It would be nice if you could keep her for at least two weeks. You see, Me and Huyuzora are going out of the city for at least two weeks, and I would like Kagome to be safe."

Sango looked over to Miroku, who gave her a look that said that he couldn't believe that this was the same guy that beat their dear friend.

"Then it is settled. I will be leaving now, I have to catch my flight," said Naraku as he got up and walked out of the building.

Sango sat across from Miroku and was about to go and see Kagome when Inuyasha sat down in front of her. His eyes asking what just happened with Kagome's foster father.

She then explained the situation. When she finished Inuyasha just nodded and got up. She called out to him, asking where he was going.

"I'm going back home... I'll see you guys at school tomorrow," came his reply.

Shrugging she got up and headed to Kagome's room to check out what was going on with her.

She entered the room to see a nurse standing in front of Kagome. She watched as Kagome took the pills the nurse gave her. Kagome looked up at her and just stared.

"Is she able to come out?" Sango asked the nurse.

"Yes, she is able to leave right away."

As soon as that was said Kagome was out of the bed and walking out of the room. Sango turned on her heel and followed Kagome out of the hospital.

Kagome

Walking out of the hospital, Sango on her trail, she stopped outside and just stood there for a moment. She then turned around and faced her 'friend.'

"What... happened?"

"You passed out... You were bleeding, a lot. We didn't know what happened, so me and Miroku left you with Inuyasha while we went for help," explained the girl. "When we got back with the school nurse, you had lost a lot of blood. The nurse called the hospital and an ambulance was sent to pick you up."

Kagome brought her hand up to her hip. It had been at her last beating when Naraku threw her against the glass coffee table. She hadn't wanted to go to the doctor, fearing she would have to explain what had happened.

"Kagome... It was badly infected, they took forever in cleaning. It was as good as open when they were done and had to stitch it up."

"What did you tell them?" asked Kagome as she looked off into the distance.

"I told them that you had tripped at home and fell against a glass table."

She was close on that one. Only Naraku had thrown her against it, making it smash as she made contact and cutting open her hip. Leaving a really deep painful gash.

"What really happened?" asked Sango.

"Naraku... Came home drunk one night... As usual, and he was super pissed. He started to beat me, and then he threw me into our glass coffee table," said Kagome. "I didn't want to go to the doctor, Naraku would have done worse if I had."

"Kagome... Naraku let you come to my house for two weeks."

Kagome turned around and looked into Sango's eyes, "why?"

"He said something about, going out of the city."

Looking up to the night sky, Kagome wondered what was going on. Naraku wasn't this nice, he would never tell someone to keep her. He would make her stay home and call her every fifteen minutes, just to make sure she was still home.

"Well... If I have to stay at your house, then I better listen to him." Kagome said as she started to walk off.

The two girls caught a bus and got off close to Kagome's house.

Entering the house, Kagome told Sango to wait in the living room while she went up to pack a bag of clothes and such. Walking up the stairs she looked around, making sure that Naraku was really gone.

After fifteen minutes she was done packing her stuff. She grabbed her book bag and headed back down the stairs. She grabbed her house keys off the table, and the two of them headed out the door to Sango's house.

Sango

The walk to her house was proving to be a long and silent one. Kagome wasn't saying anything, and she didn't want to bother her with many stupid questions, so she too just kept quiet. Not like it was a super long walk to her house, but she just wanted to talk to Kagome.

"Listen tomorrow is friday, do you mind if we go to the mall?" asked Sango.

Kagome just looked over at her and seemed to be thinking about it. Until she finally just nodded her head as her answer.

"Okay, I'll tell Inuyasha and Miroku that we're heading off to the mall after school."

She was happy that Kagome wanted to go out for a while. But how was she going to get some spending money for Kagome? All she had in her card was a lousy hundred and fifty dollars. Shrugging, she decided to ask her mother to lend her some money until next week.

She hadn't even noticed that they were already walking up the steps and entering her house, until she heard her dog bark. She looked into the house and saw Kohaku with their dog Nyoko. The two heading out so Nyoko could do her business for the night.

"Where's mom?" asked Sango.

"She went to pick up the exchange student we are boarding for the year," replied her brother.

"Okay," said Sango as she preceded into the house.

She showed Kagome to the spare room and helped her settle in. After they got the stuff in order, Sango headed to the kitchen to fix a snack.

As the two were eating, her mother walked in with the new exchanged student behind her.

"Sango dear, can you get Kagura's luggage from the car?"

"Sure, Kagome you can go to bed if you like."

Sango looked back, to see Kagome nodding and heading to the room that was hers for the time being. She then looked over to the girl who was just standing in the kitchen. She was an odd girl, who had reddish eyes and a burgundy tint to her hair.

Hauling in the suitcases and getting Kagura settled into the other spare bedroom, she too headed off to bed. This family just seemed to be getting bigger by the minute.

She had had a hard day, but was sure Kagome's was worse and as soon as she changed, she flopped down onto the bed and was asleep before she could even count one sheep.

An update! At last! Sorry about that, I didn't mean to make you wait like that. I will have the other one typed and posted by Thursday. I know, I know that's a long wait. But that's the best I can do right now. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Beta Read By: Kimmy! (lol)