Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

Okay, I had this written out on paper along with part of the next chapter but my parents decided to take a trip to florida dumping me and my sister at my grandma's house. So even though there was lots of monopoly playing there wasn't a computer so I didn't get to update until today. At least I updated though. Anyways this is Chapter 11 of WTML!!!! ENJOY:D

Welcome To My Life

Chapter 11: He's Back

'Ayame's on lookout and Kagura and Rin are on decoy duty. I'll text u when the coast is clear.'

Kagome read Sango's text, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion. When did, "Let's go shopping for maternity clothes!" turn into Mission: The Great Escape? She had her rosary and their cover story—it was semi-believable—what was the point of hiding? In fact wouldn't hiding just make them more suspicious looking?

'We had a cover story and I'm not in semi hanyou form. No need 2 hide.' Kagome quickly text Sango back. She then waited for a minute or so, while Sango seemed to question her logic from a billion angles. Her cell phone finally buzzed to life in her hand.

'Ur no fun '

Kagome simply smiled before peeking through a space between clothes to make sure nobody was at her rack or looking at it with interest. When she saw that most customers were basking in the joy Soon2Be offered elsewhere, she slipped out of the rack and into space that allowed her to stretch her limbs. Then noticing Rin standing by the cart filled with "pregnant lady" clothes, Kagome walked up to her.

Rin's eyes grew two sizes. "What are you—" Rin was cut off by the vibrating of her own phone and frowned at the message. "Mission abort. Kagome's being a smarty pants," she read aloud and looked at Kagome just as Kagura appeared behind her. "You're really no fun," she pouted.

"And thank Kami for that," Kagura stated as she leaned against the cart I for one, am not into talking to teachers out of school, let alone at a maternity shop. Hell, as if they don't torture us enough at school, now they have to input the fact that they still do it when they show up here." Kagura's entire face scrunched up and she fought the urge to gag. "Disgusting."

"Don't say that," Ayame said as she and Sango joined the group. "Maybe she's out shopping for her friend's mom's baby shower and went a little overboard and bought an entire carts worth too."

All five girls glanced down at the cart practically overflowing with clothes. "Maybe we should get out of here while we're still lucky." Sango suggested casting a wary look to Ms. Miyagi who had her back to them. They all nodded in agreement.

"I just want to hurry up and get home," Kagome stated as she pushed the cart towards the register. "The sooner I get home the more time before I have to go get him."

Kagome's stomach churned with just the thought of him being back. Today at four Kagome was supposed to pick up her dad from bus termainal. This was the only time she got to use his car even though he wa gone and it just sat in their driveway, untouched, and she was a much safer driver than he would ever be. She drove his car around once when she was sixteen and when he saw the mileage he he absolutely flipped on her.

Kagome really just wanted to shove all the clothes in her closet and spend the rest of her day with Inuyasha before her abusive father pulled her away from him.

"NEXT!" The sound of the checkout lady snapped Kagome out of her inner thoughts and she moved the cart forward.

Kagome chewed at the bottom of her lip nervously as she watched the prices of her clothing add up. Her fingers graced the crumpled hundred and twenty dollars she had stuffed in her pocket. She saved up money over the years of babysitting when her father was away. She had a pretty big chunck of it in her pocket and she had a feeling that it wasn't going to cover her clothing fee.

She suddently felt an arm thrown over her shoulders and she turned to her left to see Ayame giving her an encouraging smile. "Don't worry Kags, just breathe." Kagome gave her a half-hearted smile in return as Ayame's arm slipped from around her shoulders.

"213.82," the clerk read off the register before looking at Kagome expectantly.

Kagome's face paled and before she could even ask for her to take off some of the items, Ayame smaked down two hundred dollar bills and then looked at Kagome. "The twenty, please."

Kagome smiled at her friend through her shock, greatful and unsure weather she should take it our not, all at the same time. Still she handed over the twenty and while her clothes were being bagged she turned to Ayame. "You really didn't have to do that, I could have paid most of it. Really."

"I wanted to."

"I'll pay you back, I swear."

Ayame smiled and shook her head. Kagome was such a virtuous one. "I live with my filthy rich grandparents who spoil me to death, its no big deal. Besides, I let you pay for some of it so stop arguing with me." She saw Kagome's small smile and turned her so she was facing all her friends. "We got your back, Kagome" Her clothes were done being bagged and each girl grabbed at least one bag.

"Its help, Kagome," Sango smiled a bit at her friend's unsure face. She knew help wasn't something her home life offered. "Take it."

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Kagome placed the last piece of clothing in her closet and then grabbed her now empty Soon2Be bags, looking for a good hiding place in her room. If she just disposed of them in the trash her dad would find them and would be very unhappy to learn of her little shopping spree. She found that out the hard way.

"Inside the mattress." Kagome mumbled to herself, making the final decision. She moved over to her bed and lifted a corner of her sheet that revealed a small hole, just big enough for her hand to slip through, in her mattress. Kagome took one bag at a time and slipped them into her mattress.

"What the hell are you doing?"

Kagome instantly jumped at the sound of the unexpected voice, her heart breaking speed limits. When she turned to see silver hair, doggy ears, and amber eyes, she slowly relaxed. Just knowing the fact of knowing he would be back today made her extremely jumpy.

"I'm just getting rid of the evidence." Kagome answered Inuyasha's question as she put the last two bags into the hole and pulled her sheet back, covering her secret hiding space.

Inuyaha moved from the window to sit himself down on the bed, watching Kagome intently. "You need any help or something?"

Kaogme stood in the middle of her room, surveying every inch of it. "N—yes. I do need you to do something for me." She hurried over to her dresser and yanked a drawer open before shuffling through its contents and pulling out three of Inuyasha's oversized shirts she would sleep in. "You'll have to take these home until the next buisness trip." She walked over to Inuyasha and handed over his clothes before climbing up on the bed to sit beside him.

"Sure." He dropped the shirts into his lap. He hated these days. Everyday her father was home was a day Inuyasha couldn't be with her every second, protecting her. He hated the feeling of not being able to help her. Every second she was at home there was a chance she and now the life resting inside her could be killed. These thoughts tore him to pieces and ripped his heart out and filled him with anger for the force that was threatening both his mate and pup.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha's tense face and his fist clenching by his sides. She placed a chaste kiss on his lips and he calmed, but only a bit. She then laid her head down on the hanyou's lap and let his clawed hands run through her ebony locks.

"I hate him," Inuyasha grounded out, his eyes dangerously narrow. "I hate him so much."

Kagome stayed quiet, but agreed with Inuyasha whole heartedly. She hated the man, who didn't even deserve the right to be called father, took out all his anger of her mother's betrayl out on her. A father was a figure who showed love and kindness to his child and that was something Kagome hadn't been receiving for the past couple of years.

"Kagome?"

Inuyasha's wary voice intruded her thoughts and that was when she realised she had tears falling down her cheeks. Kagome instantly sat up and wiped her tears away with her arm before casting Inuyasha a weak smile. "Sorry, I was just…thinking." Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kagome and set her in his lap, enveloping her with his warmth. "You're still coming tonight, right?"

Inuyasha burried his head in the crook of Kagome's neck, taking a deep whiff of Kagome's scent so he could store it in his memory until later that night. "Yeah."

Kagome smiled at the movement of Inuyasha's lips on her skin. "Promise?"

Inuyasha tightened his grip around Kagome's waist and pulled her closer aginst him. "Promise."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

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"Kagome!"

A bright smile spread across Kaogme's features, betraying her instincts to cringe and go running to safety. As her father jogged towards her, his own smile adorning his face and suitcase in hand, she also ran to him, full speed.

It was the well practiced meeting she had been using ever since she was sixteen and started picking him up from the terminal. It was made to look like they had ben separated forever and were overwhelmed with so much emotion they had to run, as if the distacnce between them was too big for them to wait for it to be crossed at a normal gait. Cue that music. It was a total Hollywood moment and a big fat lie. But with a father like hers, Kagome's life was full of lies.

"Daddy!" Kagome shouted with false enthusiasm just before her father wrapped hi arm around her, bringing her close to his chest. There Kagome's face was covered and she let the grin slip and she scowled deeply at the smell of his sweaty pits and bad aftershave. She hated this man and did not want to hug him.

"Great acting." Niran's cold voice that could freeze an entire savannah—his normal voice—whispered into Kagome's ear. "You may stay untouched tonight." HE laughed as he felt Kagome shiver in his arms.

It was some sick, twisted game they have been playing over the years. When Kagome did something right she was rewarded with a night of no harm. Relief would wash over her and for a while she wouldn't feel as if she was walking on egg shells. Then the next day would come and she would have to do it all over again.

"Give me the keys," Niran demanded and Kagome quickly pulled back, a small smile on her face, and dug the keys out of her pocket. Niran smirked, "You could be a great actress, honey." Kagome cringed but quickly recovered as her father threw his arm over Kagome's shoulder and as they walked towards the exit. He leaned down close to her ear and whispered, "But what would I do without my little bitch?" he then laughed loudly and Kagome kept up her small smile for the public's sake.

Rot in a pit and die. Kagome answered his question silently to herself.

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They were eating dinner in silence when the phone rang and Niran rose from him seat to walk to the living room to answer it.

"Hey Kazuo!" He answered in his cheery voice. "Calling to schedule another poker game?...Wishing me luck?...What baby?...She saw Kagome where!?"

Kagome went stiff in her seat for a second before she dropped her fork and bolted from her seat. She could hear her father's voice rising with anger as she flew up the steps. She just locked the last of her four locks with shaky hands when she heard her father storming up the steps, shaking the house's structure.

Kagome grabbed her cell phone and cowered in the corner farthest from the door. She dialed number one on her speed dial and willed them to pick up.

There was loud banging on her door. "Open the door Kagome!" Niran shouted loudly. Kagome heard his body slam against the door and she flinched. "Open the damn door!" He slammed his body against the door again. "KAGOME!"

"Please pick up. Please pick up." Kagome willed quietly. She shut her eyes tight and tears slipped from their creases and she pressed her phone closer to her ear. "Please p—"

"Hey Kagome." Inuyasha answered in his light tone and Kagome let out the breath she was holding. "I was just—"

"Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha's entire body froze. He could tell Kagome was choking on a sob which meant she was crying which meant something bad was about to happen or already happened. Either way it was his fault.

"Can you come get me?" she was speaking through her tears and sniffling every five seconds. "Please."

"Of course," Inuyasha replied instantly, hopping off his couch and making his way to the door. "I'm on my way."

"Hurry," Kagome whispered before shutting her phone and curling into a tight ball, wrapping her arms around her legs that were brought close to her chest. She burried her head in her arms, trying to block the angry pounding and shouts.

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Inuyasha ran at a break neck speed, his bare feet pounding against the hard ground, as if couldn't get there fast enough.

He knew something was seriously wrong when he talked to Kagome. Not only was she crying, but she told him to come get her instead of to just be with her. And then she ended by telling him to hurry as if that if he took too long it would be too late. Just the thought of what could happen to her pushed Inuyasha to move faster.

He reached the Higurashi household in a record time of two minutes an he didn't even pause to take a breath before leaping to Kagome's window and entering her room.

"Open the damn door, your bitch!" a voice demanded from the other side of the door, over the loud banging of fist.

Inuyasha's first instinct was to open the door and unleash his fury on the asshole, but then he saw Kagome curled up in a corner with her eyes shut and her phone in a death grip, knuckles white. Tears ran down her face nonstop.

Inuyasha causiously moved towards Kagome. "Kagome?" He whispered lowly.

Kaogmes eyes shot open at the sound of Inuyasha's voice and stared at him for a second in disbelief. "Inuyasha," she whispered before throwing her arms around her neck and crying into his chest. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kaogme and pulled her close to his chest. "Shhhh, Kagome," he whispered lowly into her hair. "It's going to be okay."

"I'm going to get my golf club and rip this damn door apart!"

"No," Kagome spoke through her tears, into Inuyasha's chest. "Its not."

Inuyasha took deep breaths of Kagome' scent, trying to stay calm so he didn't rip the man to shreds. As much as he wanted to do it, he had to think of the what ifs. What if he actually killed him and was sent to jail? He'd never see Kagome or his kid again. What if he was sent to jail for assault? He'd leave Kagome with her father and she'd have to deal with the bastard's wrath. He couldn't let that happen.

"Where's your duffel bag?"

Kagome instantly knew that Inuyasha was planning on taking her away from here when he to her spoke and she didn't hesitate to point to the closet. She then hurried to her drawer and yanked out underclothes and tanks before scurrying over to Inuyasha who who was grabbing the first thing his fingers touched. She threw most of her newly bought maternity clothes and then slipped into the red jacket Inuyasha had given her, and shoved her feet into a pair of boots. Inuyasha zipped the bag shut and lifted it from the ground.

"Let's go," he said and the two moved towards the window.

"Wait, my bookbag." Kagome hurried over to her desk, shoved the homework she had been working on earlier into her bag and then hoisted it over her shoulder and made her way back to Inuyasha.

"Kagome, honey," The pounding had stopped and her father's voice was soft and sincere. "Please open the door."

Kagome suddenly stopped, her eyes on the door with an uncertain look. The voice was so welcoming she was practically fooled it could be love. She then looked back at Inuyasha. He had her duffel bag thrown over his shoulder and a foot propped up on the window sill, ready to jump. A hand was outstrecthed, waiting for her to grab hold of it.

Kagome looked back at the door and then at Inuyasha. "I don't th—"

"Kagome," Inuyasha cut her off and she looked into his eyes to see the pleading look swirling in amber. "Please."

It's help Kagome. Sango's voice echoed in Kaogme's mind as she looked at Inuyasha's offering hand. Take it.

So Kaogme slipped her hand into Inuyasha's larger one and he tightened his grip around it before whisking them out the window and away from Kagome's old life.

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So Kagome has finally escaped. For now. I wanted to put more in this chapter but when I saw how long it was already and the ending was just too perfect to give up. So I planned the other stuff for the nextchapter of course. Theres still a lot more drama to come in the next 4-5 chapters. Hoped you liked it and REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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