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F_F: Like I've stated in my other disclaimer. I have done over 50 chapters in all of my life and I am honestly tired of doing disclaimers. I may not own him, but he owns me so I feel like I am at a better place than the people who don't own him and the ones that he doesn't own. :P suckers, go suck something. :D
Graceful Mistake
Chapter 14
3 Reasons To Lie
"Kagome!" Rin said into the computer.
"Hey, Sesshomaru is going to be here in a couple of minutes, I just thought I'd talk to you for a bit before he gets here."
Kagome was at the library waiting for Sesshomaru so that he could talk to Rin. Today, both of them had the time, so they decided to meet.
Rin nodded her head. "So...Are you okay?"
"You heard from Sango? You're a bit late." Kagome said leaning in her chair.
"No, Miroku."
Kagome rolled her eyes. She moved her lap top back so Rin could see her better. "Do I look fine?"
Rin looked her up and down. "Yea, but still…"
"But still nothing, if I look fine, I am fine."
"How'd you get beat up?" Rin put it bluntly.
"That is for me to know and you to never find out. Let's talk about you! I can't believe you and Ayame are coming in a week!"
"It's not my fault Ayame fails all of her tests, if she was just a bit smarter I would be over there right now! I even help her study!" Ayame and Rin had to come later because Ayame's grades were poor.
"Oh well, in a matter of five days you will be in the same city with me and we will be reunited." Kagome broke into the song Reunited.
Rin started laughing. "Awww, I miss you so much! When I see you I'm going to kiss you and hug you!"
Kagome made a disgusted face. "Save that for Sesshomaru."
"Speaking of Sesshomaru…"
"What about him?"
"I see him in the background." Rin said happily.
Kagome turned around and saw Sesshomaru walking towards her. She waved at him and got out of his seat. Once he was in his seat, he gave a slight smile towards Rin before turning to face Kagome.
"Inuyasha's outside and…" He dug in his pocket and handed her a dollar. "You know what to do."
Kagome rolled her eyes before taking the dollar and walking to a vending machine in the library. She always wondered why librarians say 'no eating in the library' and yet, they had vending machines throughout the place.
Ever since last year, Sesshomaru has been addicted to coca-cola. Kagome didn't know why or how he got started on his nasty addiction (coca-cola hater), all she knew was that he liked it and normally had a can with him.
She stuck the dollar in the vending machine, got the coke, and walked back to Sesshomaru.
"Here are your calories." She said handing it to him.
"Thank you." He said with a smirk. "I'll be done in a couple of hours."
Kagome shook her head. "It's okay, the lap top is yours."
Sesshomaru looked surprised. "As in, I get to keep it?" Kagome nodded her head. "Why?"
"Because I kind of think you and Rin should keep in contact a bit more. Sure, the phone calls might be nice, but I'm pretty sure my little Rin wants to see your sexy face more than about one time a month."
He nodded his head.
"Thanks, Kagome." Rin shouted in the background.
"You're welcome! Well, I'll be off with Yash." Kagome said leaving.
Even though Sesshomaru had a stone face when she gave him the lap top, she could tell he was about to piss in his pants with excitement. She walked out of the library and waved at Inuyasha.
"Why'd you want to meet me?" He asked. Kagome pulled out a miniature rectangle from her pocket and handed it to him. "Is this…?"
Kagome nodded her head. "For a day from now. I want to spend at least one more day with him before he goes, so tomorrow I will be over there to spend time with him. Can you break it to him?"
"Yea, but-"
"But nothing." Kagome muttered. "It's about time he leaves."
"Souta's not going to be happy."
"If he has something to discuss with me you tell him to call me."
Inuyasha stuck the ticket into his pocket. "So that's it? No more Souta? He can stay at my place a bit longer."
Kagome shook her head. "It's okay; I'd hate to put a burden on you. I know how you like to walk around your house in the nude and just relax. I'm pretty sure you haven't done that in a while with my little brother around…I'm hoping." She said with a giggle.
Inuyasha put his arm around Kagome as they started walking away from the library. "We're both men, why should I quit my habits?"
"I didn't expect you too."
"I have a question for you."
"Yes, sir." Kagome answered.
It was another one of those questions where he wasn't sure if he should ask it or not. He didn't want Kagome mad at him, but he really wanted to know.
"Why…Do….Have you ever lied to me?" He asked. 'It may not be the real question I want to ask, but I'll get there.'
"Why do you want to know?" Kagome asked looking at him.
"Because…" Inuyasha was trying hard to think of an excuse. 'You have lied to me about a couple of things that I am not happy about! I just want to know why you're lying? You never lie! Or do you? I wouldn't know! You might just be that good of a liar!' Somehow, he pictured himself getting slapped in the face if he would've said that to her.
"If you can't give me a reason, I can't give you an answer."
"I just…want to know. There's a reason, now your answer issss…." Inuyasha let it drag on.
"Okay, give me a justifiable reason and I'll give you a proper answer."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. Why was she so complicated? "I just want to make sure you're not lying to me."
"Why, have I given you a reason to doubt me?"
"No, but-"
"Then why are we having this conversation, is there something I don't know about?" She asked calmly.
"No, I ju-"
"Then is this conversation over?"
Inuyasha could feel his temper boiling. "Stop cutting me off, woman!"
Kagome hmped and walked out from under his arm. Inuyasha slapped a hand to his forehead. Even the simplest of questions were hard to ask her.
"Kagome!" He called after her. He caught up to her and held her in place so that she would stop walking. She looked at the ground and shrugged him off, but stood in place.
"You know I didn't mean to yell."
Kagome sighed. "Whether I know it or not, it still doesn't make it right."
"I apologize for yelling, there."
She rolled her eyes. "If you weren't my best friend I'd be incredibly mad at you."
"Want to get something to eat?" Kagome nodded her head. "WacDonalds?"
Inuyasha mentally slapped himself when he realized that WacDonalds might remind her of Kenrou.
"Sure, as long as I'm not paying."
Inuyasha blinked in surprise. He kind of expected tears or something of the sort, but he was happy they didn't come.
Kagome and Inuyasha walked to the closest WacDonalds in silence. He could tell she was still a bit mad at him so he didn't bother uttering a word until they were there. They walked in together and ordered their food.
"I just want a sundae." Kagome said looking at the employee.
Inuyasha gave her a strange look. "You sure? Normally you eat more. I can get you something else." She shook her head.
"No, thank you though, but I just want a sundae."
"Alright, I'll take a sundae and a strawberry milkshake." He said to the worker.
After paying for their food Kagome and Inuyasha sat down at their table and started eating. It was oddly quiet between the two, but neither minded too much.
Kagome cleared her throat. "If I ever do lie it's for a reason."
Inuyasha raised an eye brow. "Huh?"
"You asked if I've ever lied to you and honestly, I haven't up until two or three months ago."
"Why?"
Kagome shook her head. "You asked me if I've lied, I'm not going to tell you why. Just know that there are only three reasons why I would ever lie."
"What are they?" He asked.
"One, is if it would improve someone's happiness."
Inuyasha nodded. "I guess that makes since, but if you're lying won't you end up hurting them in the end?"
"While that is likely it is also unlikely if that person you lied to is smart. Here's an example, a girls relative just died and she's sad. She's in school and she starts crying and then ends up getting sent to the counselors' office. They end up calling her mother, but the girl claims that there is absolutely nothing wrong and then continues on at school. When she gets home she ends up breaking down and crying again."
"Her mother catches her and questions her on why she said nothing was wrong when she was here crying." Kagome continued. "The mother tells her she should've told her and that now she was sad that her daughter couldn't confide in her. The daughter tells her that the only reason she lied was because she didn't want her mother to get sad from seeing her cry. It's only natural that a mother will feel something when their daughter is sad."
"Alright, what's the second reason?"
"There is also the possibility of being afraid of the person they are lying to."
"So you're afraid of me?"
"No…Let me reword that. Maybe if the person lying doesn't lie then they are scared of the person that they are lying for."
"Why are you saying person? Use you and I." Inuyasha responded.
"Fine, maybe I would lie because I might be afraid of the person I'm lying for."
"Is someone threatening you?" He asked. "I'll kick their ass if-"
"Inuyasha, calm down." Kagome said cutting him off. "I told you that is one of the reasons why I would lie. I never said I actually did lie for those reasons."
Inuyasha sat back in his seat. "Then what's the other…Whoa, isn't that Kikyou?"
Kagome turned to where Inuyasha was looking in his seat and searched for Kikyou. Sure enough, there she was, searching around the WacDonalds until she found them. She walked up to Kagome and Inuyasha.
"Hey you guys. Kagome, can I talk to you for a second?"
Kikyou pulled Kagome up before she could answer and led her out of Inuyasha's hearing range.
"Uncle wants you back at home. Since you didn't pick up your cell phone, I decided that I'd search for you and tell you."
Kagome felt around in her pockets. "Now that I think about it, I didn't bring my cell phone. Thanks." They walked back towards Inuyasha. "I'm going to head home now."
"Okay." He said nodding. 'I'll ask her what that third reason was later.'
"Alright, don't forget about tomorrow. Can I come around 2?" Inuyasha nodded his head again. "Thanks, I'll see you later." Kagome said running out.
Kagome walked into her house and looked around.
"Kagome?" Her father called out.
"Yes, you need me?" She asked walking into the living room.
Kagome's father sighed. "Now I do. Go cook dinner and then come here."
Kagome nodded her head. "What would you like to eat, sir?"
"Anything."
Kagome nodded and then walked into the kitchen. She grabbed her cell phone that was on the kitchen counter and put it in her pocket. 'So that's where it was?'
She tried to think of something to make that wasn't time consuming, but good. Kagome smiled when she got her idea. Rice balls and salad would be nice.
She took out the materials and started working. She was done twenty minutes later. She poured her father's favorite drink into his favorite glass and started walking into the living room with her father's food.
She hoped he would be happy since he loved eating her rice balls…He never said it, but she just assumed by the way he gobbled them down.
"Here, you go." Kagome said extending the food out to him on her knees. He raised an eye brow, Kagome caught on quickly. "Sir." If she would've waited another second longer she probably would've gotten a beating.
It was the weirdest thing to her. She never knew when or when not to say sir. There were times when she randomly forgot to say sir and got away with it, but then there were other times when she was nearly killed over it.
Her father stared at the food before swatting it away and onto the floor. Kagome looked at her hard work. She couldn't exactly call it hard work because it only took about twenty minutes to make, but she always put love and care into whatever she cooked.
Her father turned an angry glare at her before slapping her in the face. Kagome slowly turned her head back to her father.
"Did I ask for this! ? Did I tell you to make this for dinner! ?"
"Well…No, but you said-" Kagome started.
He slapped her in the face again. "I said I wanted something to eat!"
Kagome didn't know what to say. She had just brought him something to eat, what else did he want? She probably would've found it funny if she wasn't the one getting yelled at. Her father picked up the glass that used to have his juice in it and threw it at Kagome's hand that was on the floor.
Kagome let out a scream as the glass broke into hundreds of pieces on her hand. Her father had thrown it so hard that she felt like her hand was broken.
He jerked her chin up. "Shut up! Clean up this mess! Why can't you do anything right! ? Who's daughter are you! ? I know I didn't raise my daughter like this!" He slapped her in the face again. "You are a piece of shit! You lying filthy whore!"
Kagome tried to run to the kitchen to get some things to clean up the glass, but her father took that as her running from him. When she stood up, he pushed her onto the floor and hopped on top of her. He grabbed her hand that was gushing out blood from the broken glass and held it over her face.
"You see this! ? Do you see this! ?" Kagome frantically nodded her head. "You made me do this!" He forced her to slap herself with her bloodied hand. He did it five times before hovering her now even bloodier hand over her face.
"If you did things right I wouldn't do this to you!"
Some of the blood from her hand dripped off of her hand and into her eye. She started crying because the blood stung.
"If you did things right you wouldn't be in this situation! You're mother must've had an affair when she was with me! I do everything right! She must've had an affair with an idiot who can't do anything!" He forced Kagome to slap herself again with the same hand.
"Now I know why you never looked like me! You're not my daughter!"
Everyone said Kagome looked exactly like her father when they used to go out together, she didn't know what to say. She knew her mother would never cheat on her father so that was out of the question.
He looked at his own bloodied hand covered in his daughters blood and slapped her in the face with it.
"Just clean this mess up!" He yelled going to his room.
As if on cue, Kikyou walked into the house. Kagome quickly ran back to the spot where the glass was, stretched out her shirt, and started putting the glass on it. She didn't care about how the glass was digging into her skin; all she knew was that she wanted to pick up the glass quickly. To Kagome, it was embarrassing to be caught after just getting a 'beating'.
Kikyou walked into the living room and saw Kagome on the floor. "What are you doing?"
"Nothing." Kagome strangled out. She had stopped crying but her voice was still bad.
Kikyou walked up to Kagome. "Oh, you dropped glass, klutz." She said with a roll of her eyes. "Let me help you." She said bending down.
"No!" Kagome yelled.
Kikyou walked around to the other side of Kagome and jumped back. "Ah! What happened to you? !"
When Kikyou was behind Kagome all she saw was her making slight movements, which was just her picking up glass. When she came to the front, she saw a very bloody carpet, Kagome's hand covered in blood, and one of her eyes that was nearly completely red, there were barely traces of her brown pupil.
"What happened?"
"I dropped a glass and I, being the stupid person I am, started picking up the glass with my hand."
"Your eye?" Kikyou questioned.
"My eye itched as I did it and I hadn't noticed my hand bleeding so I wiped my hand on my eye and blood got in it."
"Your face?"
Kagome had forgotten that there was blood marks streaked all over her face. Since her father had slapped her with her bloody hands, she had blood marks across her face. She stayed quiet.
"That's it; I can't let this go on anymore." She took her cell phone out of her pocket and started dialing 911.
Kagome crawled across the glass that was in between them and swatted Kikyou's cell phone out of her hand and a few feet away.
"Don't!" She quickly lifted her now bleeding knee off of the glass.
"Kagome, are you stupid! ? Why are you doing this to yourself! ? Do you like when he does this to you! ?" Kikyou asked.
Kagome wasn't sure if those were rhetorical questions or not. When she saw Kikyou reaching for the phone again she grabbed a piece of glass and held it up to her face. (Not Kikyou's face, but her own)
"If you call them I will kill myself right here on the spot." Kagome said slowly. "I've already warned you what would happen if you called them."
"You're not going to kill yourself." She said grabbing the phone.
Kagome pressed the glass on her face and drew a deep streak down her face. Kikyou watched in horror before dropping the phone. As soon as the phone left her hand, Kagome took the glass off of her face.
"If you call the police I know for sure I'll die by the hands of my father; if you don't call and act like you never saw this I know I'll live longer."
Kikyou was torn between what to do. After a while of silence she stood up. "You're fucking crazy." She muttered before walking to Kagome's room and slamming the door.
Kagome sighed, she was just happy she got her point across to Kikyou. She looked at her bloodied hand; it was time to take another visit to her first aid kit after she cleaned up her mess.
"Hello!" Kagome said cheerfully.
Today was the day before Souta's last day and Kagome was at Inuyasha's trying to spend some time with him.
"I wonder why I gave you a key." Inuyasha said from the living room.
"You gave it to me because I'm your bestest best friend. Where's Souta?" She asked closing the door.
"He's in his room mad at you."
Kagome smiled. "I should've expected that." Kagome walked to the extra guest room and knocked on the door. "Souta! Open the door, it's your last day here and I want to spend time with you!"
"I don't want to go back!" He yelled back.
"Souta, start thinking rationally. You could be held back if you take any more days off of school. You aren't being fed properly."
"Hey! I feed him!" Inuyasha interjected.
"Not the right things. You also have to apologize to Aunt Shiro."
"I can go to school out here! Inuyasha said I could stay with him!"
"Inuyasha! Why did you tell him that? !" Kagome yelled.
"Because I don't mind letting him stay with me." Inuyasha said flipping through channels.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Souta, today will be the last day you stay here and that is final. You can spend today having loads of fun with your sister or you can stay locked in a room, I don't care. It's your choice." She didn't hear Souta say anything. "Alright, I guess this is good bye since Inuyasha said he'd take you to the airport." Kagome started walking towards the front door.
When her hand was on the door knob she heard Souta open the door. She had a smirk on her face.
"What did you have planned?" Souta muttered.
"Whatever you want." Kagome said turning around.
"Whoa, what happened to you?" Souta asked walking up to her.
It wasn't until then that Inuyasha looked up from the TV to see Kagome with a bandaged hand and marks on her face with a band-aid on it. He got up from the couch and looked at her.
"What the hell happened?"
Kagome put on a sheepish smile. "I dropped a glass and kind of cut myself and then accidentally cut my face with the glass while I was picking it up."
Inuyasha growled. "I don't like that you keep getting hurt."
"And I do?" Kagome asked him.
He glared at her. "This isn't funny."
"Do you hear me laughing?"
His growl got louder. "Are you okay?" He asked in between clenched teeth.
"Calm down, I'm perfectly fine."
"Keh, I-" Inuyasha cut himself off.
"You what?" Kagome asked.
"Just shut up and go." He said sitting back on the couch.
"What are you so angry about? I'm sorry if it's about me having to leave yes-"
"That's not it!" He yelled.
Kagome walked to the couch so she could look at his face. Angry amber eyes looked back at her.
"Inuyasha, what did I do?"
"It's not what you did!"
"I'm not understanding! Why are you mad at me if I didn't do anything?"
"Just get out." He said going back to flipping channels.
"Gladly." Kagome muttered before pulling Souta out of the house with her.
"Ohhhhh, you guys are fighting." Souta had a smile on his face. "Lovers quarrel?"
"No, more like him pmsing." Kagome said with a roll of her eyes.
"Ya' know, he's been in a bad mood since he talked to Kikyou."
"What?" Kagome asked. "What do you mean he talked to Kikyou?"
"Yesterday, he came in all angry saying he talked to Kikyou."
"About what?" Kagome asked. If Inuyasha was talking to Kikyou then it couldn't have been something good.
"I think it was something about flirting. He kept saying 'Damn girl' and 'flirting'."
Kagome wasn't relived at all. Why was Kikyou still going after Inuyasha? She was proud to say she didn't think Inuyasha would go for Kikyou, but who's to say he won't later on? Kagome kind of liked him…or at least thought she kind of did, so she really didn't want any competition from someone who was pretty, smart, and talented.
She shook the thought away. "Anyways, where do you want to go?"
"Just two places because I don't want you going home in the dark; you might get beat up again."
Kagome laughed. "I wasn't beat up."
"Sure, keep telling yourself that. Anyways, the only two places I want to go are to the movies and then to the park for a while."
"Okay, you sure that's all; we could go anywhere else if you want, I don't mind going home late." Souta nodded his head. "Alright, then what movie did you want to see?"
"Beautiful Boy."
Kagome raised an eye brow. "Never heard of it…"
"You'll probably like it."
"You know I don't like scary movies."
"It's not scary."
"And I really hate watc-"
"I know , I know. Just watch." Souta said shushing her.
Kagome and Souta exited the movie theatre 2 hours later in tears.
"That was so tragic." Souta sniffed.
Kagome wiped some tears from her eyes. "Why would you take me to see such a sad movie? It was so good though."
"I knew you'd like it." Souta said smiling.
"What made you want to watch such a movie?"
Souta shrugged his shoulders. "I just saw the trailer for it on TV and it looked good."
"I'm happy we saw it. When you grow up you better not shoot up a place and then kill yourself."
"I'll try not to. I don't think I'll ever do that."
Kagome nodded her head. "Well, are you hungry? All you had was popcorn and candy, do you want something else before we go to the park?" Souta shook his head. "Okay, then let's go to the park."
They walked to the park talking about how good the movie was. By the time they were at the park, they were back in tears again.
"That little boy was so cute in the movie! Why weren't you like that when you were younger?" Kagome asked pushing him.
"I was cute." He said going to the swings.
"Yea, cute in a non cute way."
"That didn't make sense."
"It did, but I'm too lazy to explain it to you."
Souta sighed and started rocking in the seat. "How's dad?"
Kagome didn't expect Souta to ask that question. She never thought it'd even cross his mind while he was here.
It took Kagome a while to recover from her shock. "He's good, he's gotten better."
"But not better enough till where he can see me?"
Kagome shook her head. "I'm not so sure about that, but maybe in a couple of months….. or years."
"That's what Aunt Shiro always tells me when I ask and I know it's not going to happen. It's not fair that I can't live like a normal person."
Kagome got off of her swing and looked Souta in the eyes. "What are you talking about, you are living normally."
Souta rolled his eyes. "Yea, cause' living with my aunt and not being able to see my father or sister is normal. Not being able to call home or be with my real family is normal. In school, when people say all of these good things about their parents; I can't say anything about mine because I don't know my mother because she's dead and my father's crazy is really normal!" Souta finished bitterly.
"He's not crazy, what he did all of those years ago was an accident."
"What he did, makes him crazy."
"Souta, you don't understand. What I did was bad so he just punished me like everyone else."
"That still doesn't explain how he forgot-"
"Today is your last day with me and I don't want to talk about this. Let's talk about how you're doing in school. What were your grades like before you came here?"
Souta agreed to the change in subject. "My grades were good and bad."
"How bad?"
"…" Souta mumbled a number.
"You have a forty in your class and you decided to run away from home and come here! ?" Kagome yelled.
"Alright, I guess this is bye for a while?" Kagome asked.
They had spent a long time at the park goofing off and having fun. Now, they were in front of Inuyasha's door saying their goodbyes.
Souta nodded his head sadly. "I guess it is, I'll miss you."
"Souta, you call me on my cell phone or Inuyasha's so I'll be sure you got back safe. We can talk a lot more and you can tell me about all of your friends and the crazy things you do with them when you get back."
"I'll call you as soon as I get back; you should come inside for a while." Souta said.
Kagome shook her head. "And get yelled at by Inuyasha? I'd rather not. I'm really going to miss you." Kagome said with tears in her eyes.
"You'll see me again right?"
Kagome nodded. "I'll try to see you again." Even though she nodded she highly doubted she would see him after today.
"You promise?" Souta asked giving her a hug.
"I promise." Kagome hugged him back tightly. She really didn't want to let him go. If she could do anything to see her brother again she would do it in a heartbeat.
They pulled back from the hug and smiled. "Be good to Aunt Shiro."
"I will." Souta turned his back to her and started opening the door.
"I love you." Kagome called back as she waved.
"I love you too, sis."
Kagome started walking home with tears coming out of her eyes. Kagome barely even knew her brother and was surprised she even recognized him when she saw him at the mall. It was like talking to a stranger, a stranger who she knew, yet knew little to nothing about.
He had grown so much in what felt like a couple of years, but in actuality was about a decade. She was just happy he had grown to be a smart young boy. Now that he was going back home, Kagome could rest a bit easier knowing he was in a safer place.
Kagome walked up the stairs to her house and opened the door. She was ready to take a shower and go to sleep, but she knew she'd most likely be cooking dinner. When she was inside she kicked off her shoes and placed them neatly at the side.
"Get off me!" Kikyou yelled.
Kagome ran into the kitchen as fast as she could when she heard Kikyou screaming. Kikyou looked at Kagome with pleading eyes. Kagome was beyond confused at when she saw the scene in front of her.
Kagome's father was on top of Kikyou trying to do what Kagome assumed was kiss her.
"What are you doing, Haruhi? Why won't you kiss me anymore?" Her father asked.
Kagome gasped. Why was he calling Kikyou her mother's name? What was going on?
(SHOULD I END IT HERE…I SHOULD, BUT I'M NOT GONNA….)
Kagome quickly yanked her father off of Kikyou and helped Kikyou up.
"Are you okay?" Kagome asked.
Kikyou nodded. "I'm fine, all of a sudden he- Watch out!"
Kagome was thrown to the side into a chair. She hunched over as the wind was knocked out of her. She looked up to see her father advancing on Kikyou again so she quickly pushed him to the side, this time hard enough to knock him over.
"Go!" Kagome yelled.
"But!"
"Get out, hurry!" Kagome pulled Kikyou along with her as she tried to run out of the kitchen. "Run!"
As they entered the living room, Kagome was grabbed from behind and pulled down. Her father's full wait was on her now. He started punching her back. Kikyou stopped running and tried to help Kagome up.
"Kikyou run! I'll be right behind you, I promise!" She managed to pull her cell phone out of her pocket. "Go to the address in the saved drafts box." She said sliding the phone to her.
"Kagome, I can't-!" Kikyou was about to start crying.
"You stupid bitch! If you don't leave I swear to god! I promise I'll be right behind you! Just go and don't call the police! Run!" Kagome's father punched her in the head and blood started oozing from under her hair.
Kikyou knew Kagome was waiting to see her leave safely and that she was only letting her father get to her so that her father wouldn't hurt her (Kikyou). Kikyou grabbed her shoes and ran like there was no tomorrow.
She didn't know if calling the police would be good. She cried as she ran to a place where people were around. She decided not to call the police after a while, but she wanted to be somewhere where she was most likely safe.
She flipped open the phone and went to the draft box.
"West Heavens apartment complex, apartment number 647." Kikyou muttered.
After asking for directions, Kikyou walked to the apartment. She was beyond scared at the moment. It was rolling around nine now and it was dark. Plus, she was worried about Kagome. Kagome said she'd be right behind her, but she wasn't.
Kikyou didn't know what she'd do if Kagome didn't show up at the apartment complex. She walked up the stairs to go to the apartment room that was in the text. When she was at the door she looked down.
"Kenrou's Crib?" She questioned.
She walked in expecting for whoever lived there to walk out into the living room, stare at her, and ask who she was, but no one came. It was oddly quiet for someone that lived there.
She set her shoes down and it wasn't until then that she realized she had probably walked a mile without her shoes on, considering she went to somewhere safe to look at the text and then got lost on the way to the apartment complex.
She went to the sink in the kitchen and tried to turn on the water, but nothing came on.
'So no one lives here? Kagome's pretty smart.' Kikyou thought walking around. 'That explains the lack of furniture.'
Kikyou wondered how Kagome knew the door would be unlocked. She sat in a corner of the room and quietly waited. She believed Kagome would come, she hoped Kagome would.
She was so scared. The slightest sound would make her jump. She needed Kagome to get to the apartment fast before she lost it. It wasn't long until Kikyou broke down crying.
Two Hours
Two hours had passed since Kikyou had last seen Kagome. She had said when she counted to sixty if Kagome wasn't there she'd call the police….she had counted to sixty at least one hundred times. She knew it was wrong not to call the police, but something was holding her back.
If she found out her cousin wasn't alive, she'd blame herself because she didn't call the police.
"Okay, I'm going to do it." Kikyou whispered. She started dialing 911 and was about to press the send button to start the call but stopped. "I'll give her 10 seconds."
"10." Kikyou whispered with tears in her eyes.
By now she was thinking the worst; she was thinking Kagome was actually dead.
"9." The tears poured out of her eyes.
"8."
"7."
"6."
Kikyou had to stop for a second because her sobs were nearly chocking her.
"5."
"4."
"3."
Kikyou jerked her head up when she heard the front door open. She quickly scrambled to her feet and flashed the cell phone light on the person who had entered. She cried as hard as she could as she latched onto Kagome.
"Hey." Kagome whispered. "Sorry it took so long, you were probably scared, weren't you?" She hugged Kikyou back. "I just decided to pick up a few things."
Kikyou pulled back and wiped away her tears. Kagome handed her a flashlight. She flashed the light on Kagome and gasped. Kagome's white shirt was covered in blood.
"Are you okay?" Kikyou asked examining her.
Kagome smiled. "I'm alright for the most part." She held up her right hand. "The bandages I had on my hand kind of got torn off, so most of the blood on my shirt is just from my hand. Oh, but here. I'm a bit late because I stopped to get some food for us."
They sat on the floor and leaned against the wall, before they started chatting.
Kikyou took the food Kagome handed her. "How'd you know the door would be unlocked?"
"I didn't. I meant to give you the key that was in my pocket to this apartment, but I couldn't get my hand back in the pocket because he was still on me. By then I just wanted to make sure you got away safely so I just told you to go."
Kikyou gulped. "What happened after I left?"
"Nothing you have to worry about. Just us fighting and then I ended up getting to my room safely, I locked the door, grabbed some clothes in a bag and the flashlights I have for emergencies, and then climbed out of my window as quietly as I could." Kagome unwrapped her WacDonalds burger. "I'm sure he realizes I've left by now."
Kikyou looked at the burger in her hand. "How did you go to WacDonalds without being noticed by anyone?" Kikyou was referring to Kagome's bruises and bloodied appearance.
"Would you believe me if I told you that I just walked in, told people that asked that I was in a movie and left?"
Kikyou laughed. "And they believed you?"
Kagome nodded. "They said it was good make up. Ya' know, this is one of our few decent conversations where we're not trying to yell at each other."
"Yea, it's odd." A question popped into Kikyou's head then. "What are you going to do after today…Tonight?"
"I'm going to act as if nothing has happened and go to school and then home."
Kikyou's eyes went wide. "You can't! Are you crazy? ! You saw what happened back there!"
"So much for not yelling. I know what happened, actually, I don't…What happened before I got home?"
"Well, I was in the kitchen making a snack and then I heard him calling out your mother's name. I turned around and then he started coming towards me saying things like 'Honey, I'm happy your home.' Or 'It's been so long, why did you leave?'"
"I started asking him if he was drunk, but I could tell by the way he held himself and how his speech wasn't slurred that he wasn't." She continued. "And then in one swift movement he corners me and pressed his lips to mine! I pushed him off and crumbled to the floor and that's when he jumped on top on me and started kissing me, and then you walked in and…ya' know."
Kagome nodded her head. "You do bear a resemblance to my mother when you wear your contacts. You already look like you could be my mother's daughter, but with those contacts people would bet money that you were her daughter instead of me."
Kikyou bit into her a burger. "I was so scared." Tears were coming out of her eyes as she was chewing.
"I'm sorry." Kagome said rubbing her back. "I am so sorry that happened to you. No one should have to go through that. Good thing I came in. I apologize on my father's behalf."
"Kagome, you can't go back, you just can't! I don't want you to die!" Kikyou cried.
"Think rationally, I've spent 18 years with him; do you think I'd actually die now? I think not. I'm stronger than I look and I don't plan on dying before I turn 21. I still have to try my first alcoholic beverage."
That got Kikyou to laugh. "Yea, that's a good reason to live, but still. You can't go."
"Kikyou, listen to the words coming out of my mouth." Kagome looked Kikyou straight in her eyes. "I am going to go back to that house and I am going to live. If you think I'd let my father kill me you're wrong."
"You let him abuse you!" Kikyou yelled back.
Kagome shook her head. "No, he doesn't abuse me. I only get in trouble when I do something bad. You've seen when I snuck out or yelled."
"That's not a normal punishment."
"Yes it is." Kagome handed Kikyou her cell phone. "Call uncle and tell him that you want to come home immediately. Tell him that you hate living with my father and me and that you don't want him to contact my father about you leaving. Just tell him you want to go. Knowing uncle, he probably won't ask questions and he'll probably have someone here to pick you up before school starts in the morning."
Kikyou shook her head. "No, I can't leave you here."
"Kikyou!" Kagome was getting frustrated. "You can and you will! I am used to this, you aren't! Supposing this happens again! I'm not going to leave you behind; I'll end up taking the hits for you and making you run off! Suppose the next time he really does kill me! ? Will you feel good knowing that it's your fault that I died! ?"
Kagome didn't care if she sounded harsh. She just wanted Kikyou to be safe.
Kikyou started crying again. "No, but I-"
"But nothing! This isn't a game that you can play. I've played it for 18 years, I'm used to it. Call uncle now so that you will be out of here before school starts tomorrow. I want to make sure you're safe before I go back."
Kikyou tried to stop crying as she nodded her head and typed in her father's number.
Ring
Ri-
"Kagome, how are you sweetheart?" Kikyou's father asked happily.
Kagome sighed, did her father not realize it was about one in the morning.
"Father, I hate it here! I want to come home!" Kikyou said.
Kagome inwardly clapped. If Kagome hadn't seen Kikyou crying just a second ago, she would've never have known she was crying. She was good at playing the spoiled daddy's little girl role.
"Yes, I want to come home now! I'll be at the Sunsyi's mall waiting for you to get me at 7 in the morning. I won't have Kagome's cell phone by then so I'll just be waiting in the front."
"…Okay, are you sure?"
"I told you I hate it here! Just be here by that time or I'll be mad! Don't talk to uncle about this, either!"
"Whatever you want sweet heart. I'll be there around 7."
"Thank you, bye." Kikyou said hanging up.
Kagome sighed in relief. Now that Kikyou was taken care of and safe; all she had to worry about was her father. Hopefully, she wouldn't get too bad of a beating.
AUTHOR TIME
PLEASE DO ME THE HONOR OF READING THE STORY 'RUIN ME' BY YAYA94. I LOVE THAT STORY SO MUCH! IT'S REALLY FUNNY :) I WOULDN'T LIE TO U,SO PLZ READ IT.
Okay, we are getting to almost one hundred reviews.
(If you know me, you know I think reviews are the best thing in the world)
PLEASE HELP ME ACHIEVE MY GOAL OF 100 REVIEWS IN 2 CHAPTERS…THAT JUST MEANS 10 OR MORE REVIEWS FOR EACH CHAPTER.
I doubt it's going to happen, because I'm not even sure if I have 10 people reading this, but whatever.
Just tell me what you like about this chapter, what you hate, what you expect to happen in the future, I don't care if you tell me about the rash on ur butt. As long as it's a review. :)
THANKS. Reasons for long wait for chapter. Writers block (but it turned out well in the end so whatever). School (since it was the last few weeks the teachers piled me with projects and tests and finals and crap) if you go to my school, you'd know what I'm talking about. Anyways that's it. Ima' try to post this on Wednesday or Thursday.
I LOVE YOU GUYS! IT'S A JOY WRITING 4 YOU ALL….WHEN I DON'T HAVE WRITERS BLOCK ;)
And sorry. When I worte things like this (her face not her own) its because there could be pronoun confusion…
REVIEWS
CaseClosed621: wait and see ;) I'm really happy u think it's gunna get interesting :). I thought the kenrou talking thing kind of sucked, but then again, what do I know? And because Kikyou is stupid….oh! and yes, I can since it is summer I have all of the time in the world..since I have no friends…. :D
kouga's older woman : same here! What's taking him so long! :)
Sweet Possum :…all I can do Is apologize! I am so freaking sorry! I was stupid when I started writing so I just put random crap as the categories!..opps? This isn't a funny story I guess. I'm really sorry for misleading you…terrible? ? ? ? do you mean terrible as a good thing…I hope so…. (:
freakofnature02 : lmao, I hate her dad too. I really wish they'd get a clue and start asking more about the bruises. Lol, I'd be right next to u killing him. Believe me :D aww, thank you XD u make me blush..well…im black so u can't really see it, but im blushing XD. The cemetery part did? I'm glad I have that effect on ppl ^_^
yaya94 :Cocaine? Well, im betting that's good then ;) I'm really happy you like it! Her father is a big douche. After I post this crap, ima' review ur story. Plz update it asap! Ur story is just as gud and I need a reason to keep coming on this site :D
frozen water droplet : Thank you..it wasn't soon, but I hope the chapter makes up for it : 3
Lionsheart13771 :omg…im so late! Im so sorry! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! :( omg, u must really like the story if u wasted so much of ur time :O wow…I really feel bad now. I hope you liked the chapter though :D
nicole doow:aww, I'm sorry I waited so long XD. Wow, when I saw the face - - - - T.T I was like 'wat does that mean…?' I see it all the time but I always thought it meant sarcasm or in this case 'it's about time that you mentioned me you stupid grl.' So…I went to google and googled the face and found out what it meant...i think I know what it means now XD..i'm so old! I need to get back in the game. ANWYAYS, I'm glad it made you happy :D and ur welcome! Kenrou, a ghost? It's possible, keep reading and find out (: it's very sad but as u can see, Kikyou didn't exactly help much. Thanks a bunch for reading and reviewing, it makes this chica happy! ! ! XD Ugh, this was like..the longest review I've ever written.