Last time:

For the first time in a while, kagome sighed happily and have a small half-smile and she walked about the empty mall ((everyone's at school so duh it's empty!)

With inu!!

He noticed that kagome wasn't in for the rest of the day, she must have skipped, smart girl. She may be quiet and kind but who said she was good? Ha ha ha.

This time:

It was winter now, kagome sighed happily and giggled lightly to herself as she twirled around in the snow, and kagome had always loved winter, since her life was drenched in an eternal hell that was guys and people, the icy snow felt good against her hot skin. It was also a great excuse to bundle up and become even less prone to being burned.

These last three months or so were quiet for everyone else except inuyasha and kagome, inuyasha was gathering more info about kagome and slowly but surely getting closer to her, she communicated with him more and even told her a little bit about herself and her little brother, while inuyasha had been excited, kagome has been worried these last three months. The burns that only kagome was able to see once glowed on her arms and legs were fading, and if kagome looked they were mere bruises now, what was going on?

Kagome felt that something was about to happen something drastic. Something that would change her life forever. Or even end it. Suddenly she felt two mitten hands clamp over her eyes, she didn't utter a sound,

"Guess who!!"

"……l-let go."

"Ok ok! Sorry, its inuyasha by the way."

He uncovered her eyes and kagome backed away a little frightened and uncomfortable but not enough to allow her to run from him again.

"… so whadda ya doin out here in the cold all alone huh?"

"………"

"You like the cold don't you? You seem like someone who would like the sun and the beach, not this white death called snow." inuyasha laughed.

Kagome turned away from him in a daze, and picked up some snow in her gloved hand and seemed to be whispering to herself, inuyasha's ears picked it up though,

"Its cold, when its cold I don't have to feel that burn again, when its cold I am safe, I am safe from them. Hurt cannot touch me… in the cold… I am safe…"

"…?"

inuyasha was left to wonder as kagome walked away and vanished into the snow the only thing to notify her presence there at all was her footsteps which the snow were quickly covering with a new layer of cold white snow.

next day

Kagome was going through a normal day as usual and reached her social studies class, and for some reason she felt as urge to actually listen today! She put down her drawing pad and listened as her teachers talked about something mildly interesting. Kagome felt something hit the back of her head, a note.

It read:

Hey kagome,

I was wondering if you want me to give you a ride home on my skateboard. Haha just as long as you don't pull a stunt like last time, I can't afford to replace another skateboard. Think about it ok kag? I'll be waiting at your locker after class.

Yer friend,

INU 

Kagome smiled, but only slightly

I wonder why this boy is going out of his way to try and befriend me. Only time will tell…

!#! #$ end of day!#$##

As promised inuyasha was waiting for kagome at her locker, wearing the usual baggy pants with millions of pockets and tight t-shirt from Pac sun. He smiled and called out to her when he saw her.

"So can I take you home?"

Kagome shook her head.

"Why not?"

"l-little brother… must pick up…" kagome stuttered, she still wasn't comfortable talking to inuyasha just yet.

"Oh ok, maybe some other time! Ok see ya kags!!"

Kagome walked home, picking up sota was just a cover, and she could never ride home with inuyasha! He's… a boy. Kagome silently laughed at this obvious realization. Kagome walked into the door of her house to hear the sound of a belt to flesh.

"SOTA!!!!!!!! WHY SOTA HUH!? WHY!?!? YOU SHOULD HAVE NO REASON TO STEAL MONEY FROM ME!!!!!YOU'RE LUCKY I EVEN KEEP YOU AND YOUR WORTHLESS SISTER HERE!!! I COULD THROW YOU OUT IN A HEARTBEAT!! DO YOU WANT THAT!!?!? DO YOU SOTA!!!!???"

"b-but mom…we needed groceries...f-food…we couldn't ju-just starve... starve ourselves…we needed…" the young boy stuttered eyes wide and full of tears.

Kagome's mom obviously wasn't satisfied with the answer, because she brought the belt back down to whack sota across the back, the belt met flesh, but not the flesh intended.

The belt had whacked across kagome's wrist wrapped around and snapped back, leaving a red welt that wouldn't be leaving for a while.

"Mother… leave sota alone. Now."

"Kagome!!! Get out of the way!! YOUR BROTHER DESERVES PUNISHMENT!!"

"no. no. no. no… NO!!! Not sota. Not sota. Not never. Never again mother never again NEVER!!!"

for once kagome's eyes burned with a hatred and anger that hadn't been seen since kagome was a child, it frightened kagome's mother to see her so furious to protect sota, from the normally quiet kagome, that she had grow so accustomed to hit and never get an ounce of emotion from, not even a tear, or any sign of pain at all. Yet now that she was punishing the boy, kagome…flashed to life.

Kagome turned her head so that she could see sota from the corner of her eye but her eyes were on their mother, like she couldn't be trusted and needed to be watched incase of her next move.

" sota, go gather what you need, not want, need, we are leaving."

"s-sis?"

" go now sota. Clothes, socks, shoes, blankets, what you need, we will be leaving soon, please sota, go."

" ye-yes kagome!!" sota half-ran half stumbled up the stairs to go gather his things, and kagome relaxed a little bit knowing that sota was safely upstairs for now.

" kagome. You are my children I will not allow you to leave this house." Kagome's mother said quietly but firmly.

" never again mother, never again will you endanger sota or myself we will be leaving, if you try and stop us we will report you to child abuse services." Kagome said slyly, she was starting to feel like the fiery person she used to be so very long ago, before kikyo and their father died, before the burns, before all the pain and hurt.

an hour later

kagome never thought that she would have needed him now, she always thought he was a liability never did she think that she and sota would be outside here begging for a place to live for a while in this blizzard. I mean who would have thought two weeks ago that they would be homeless, in the winter with nowhere else to go? Kagome sure didn't, the only thing she was worried about last week was whether or not they had enough groceries for the week, and come to think of it that was the reason that they were outside on the curb in a blizzard with two suitcases full of clothes and other needed things. Now she was thankful, if she didn't have him then what would have happened to her and sota? Miroku was on a winter getaway with sango, her mother didn't want her, and the rest of her family wither was dead, deserted her, disowned her, or just plain didn't want anything to do with the unwanted kagome and sota. He might take them in, just maybe… if not, they could always make a tent out of the blanket and camp out in the park for a couple days until kagome could find another place for them to live. Hopefully that wouldn't happen and they would be welcomed in the house with hot chocolate and the three scary movie DVD's waiting for them.

Kagome shivered and walked up to the door, she left sota waiting with the bags across the street on a bench. She rang the doorbell, and squinted when she saw a hall light go on and the door open, even from outside she could feel the light and heat when the door was opened.

" I-inuyasha?"

blwuahahaaa!!!! Cliffhanger!!!! Im so evil heehee

Im having a good time with this one, its fun to write when im feeling depressed haha im so happy but I can be depressed! I have major mood swings . bounces in seat happy child! Happy child! Happy child!