Inu POV
I stood at the door while Sota walked right up to her bed. He took her hand and looked up at her bruised face. I heard him sniffle and saw him rest his head on the bed. I took a step into the room and closed the door. I walked around the bed to the other side and took a seat on the window seat.
She should have looked peaceful in her but she was far from that. Bruises, a cast, IV's stick out of her. It just about broke my heart to even look at her. This shouldn't of happened to her. Not Kagome. It was even hard to see her brother so broken over it. After a few minutes of just sitting there, Sota looked up at me and wiped at his eyes.
"Inuyasha…..do you think she's going to be ok?"
"The doctor said she will be." I said quietly.
"Yeah………Inuyasha?
"Yeah kid?"
"Kagome really likes you." I smiled despite the situation.
"You don't say."
"And….she trusts you." now that made me frown. All she ever did was tell me she couldn't tell me what was going on. Now her little brother was telling me that she trusted?
"Do tell." I said. He sniffled and looked up at Kagome's face.
"You know she never does anything for herself. Nothing to make her happy. And then you came along and I saw my sister really smile. You made her happy."
"Really kidd, you don't say. Now I would of thought that Koga made her happy." I was hoping he would fall for my trap. He looked back at me angry.
"Are you kidding. She hates that guy. She only went out with him because he found out about….." he sighed and looked down at his hand still holding Kagome's. "He found out about this." he tipped his head towards Kagome. I didn't know what to say. I just got really angry then. "This isn't the first time that its happened…well this is the first time that its been this bad. She was protecting me like she always does. She threw me into the closet and told me to lock the door and not to come out." he started talking so fast and crying again that I could hardly understand him.
"Are you trying to say that Koga knew someone was beating you guys?" I growled out. He shook his head yes.
"He knew it all. Kagome told me that he came up to her car and told her he knew our little secret. Since Kagome isn't old enough to keep me, if the police or someone found out what was going on, they would take me away. I would go to a foster home and we'd be separated."
"So to keep you guys together she went out with him?" he shook his head yes. "And he knew about this, he knew you guys were getting beaten, hurt." I growled out between clenched teeth. Again he shook his head yes. I leaned forward and put my face I my hands, took a deep breath, and looked back up at him. How long has the beatings been going on?"
He stayed quiet. He looked up at Kagome's face and he looked guilty. I knew he had promised her not to tell anyone about any of this. He wasn't even suppose to tell him anything he had already did. I figured he felt like he was betraying his sister by telling me. I didn't think he was going to say anything until I heard a very soft voice say something.
"What?" I asked. He swallowed and took a deep breath and then looked up at me.
"Eight years."
Eight years? I couldn't believe what my ears were hearing. For eight years someone beat them and no one knew? Then I thought about it. Someone did know. Koga. He found out and black mailed Kagome with it. He knew Sota would be taken away from her. That Bastard.
'If this has been going on for eight years then who did it? Who would hit them?'
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"My….dads best friend was a hanyou….he was the closest thing I had to a uncle."
"Don't you live with your uncle though."
"Oh yeah yeah, I live with my uncle…he flew here after my parents died. He's not from around here. Sota and I didn't want to leave so he bought a house around here for us."
"That was nice of him."
"Yeah…..nice.."
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"So….Sota what really happened?" I asked.
"The night before…..he beat us pretty good. We ended up running out of the house and staying the night in Kagome's truck near the park. We went to school and then Kagome picked me up to go…..home. We knew he was mad. We'd never ran out before."
"That's why she couldn't tell me what happened…." I whispered to myself.
"It was dark in the house when we got there. We kinda hoped that he was drunk and passed out somewhere in the house but we weren't that lucky. He grabbed Kagome by her hair and dragged her into the living room. He threw her onto the floor and then came back and grabbed me and threw me next to her. He started yelling at us and threw a something made of glass on top of us." he tears formed in his eyes again. He stopped talking and looked down at his sisters hand.
"Then what happened Sota?" I asked. My heart was in my throat. Their own uncle did this to them.
"Kagome covered me so I wouldn't get to hurt. I think he kicked her….When he went to kick her again she rolled us both and pushed me into the kitchen….I ran and I hide in the kitchen closet for the rest of it. I just left my sister out there to take it all by her self." he leaned down and hugged Kagome crying.
I got up and rubbed his back and got him to let her go. I made him sit next to me on the window seat and let him cry into my shirt. I tried to hold back my anger and take care of Sota. He must of called me when he thought it was safe to come out. Their own uncle, their only family left, beat them for the past eight years.
About an hour later a nurse came in to check on Kagome. Sota had fallen asleep after he got done crying. I had left him curled up on the window seat and set my jacket over him like a blanket. Kagome had fault for eight years to keep that kid safe. She really did love that kid.
By now I had pulled a chair up next to Kagome's bed. I must have looked at her face for almost a half hour now. She didn't look like the Kagome I had met that first day at my new school. That girl had looked annoyed, but she also looked beautiful.
The more time I had spent with her, the more I liked her. I loved the fact that when I met her she was drawing. And when I found out she could sing, it was like I had found the perfect girl. An artist in many way. I flirted with her and even got the nerve to ask her out to a Christmas party that was very important to my dad. The day I found out she was dating Koga I thought my world had stopped but it was all better when she kissed me. I knew she'd never kiss Koga like that….like he meant something.
I never let anyone close but the girl managed to weasel her way into my heart. With her smile, with her laughter, with just her being Kagome.
Valentines Day was something special. I danced with the girl of my dreams to a Disney song in the middle of the night. I really thought that I had gotten close to her that night, and now I find out this is what Koga had over her. If she broke up with him he was going to tell someone and get her brother taken away. I balled up my hands into fists. When I see that wolf I am going to kick his ass.
"Kagome….." I sighed out loud.
My ear twitched when the door handle went down the door opened. My mom walked in slowly and looked at me. She knew how much this was ripping me apart inside. She walked over and set her hands on my shoulders. She didn't say anything.
"Mom…?" I asked after a few minutes.
"Yes Yasha?"
"Why her?" I asked. I couldn't take my eyes away from Kagome's face.
"I wish I knew Yasha….I really do. Did you find out what happened?"
"Yeah…"
"Is it as bad as it looks?"
"Worse." I heard her sigh.
"I talked to the doctor. He said that you and her brother haven't said a word on what happened."
"Nope."
"I also told the doctor that when they release her, that she will be coming home with us."
"Thanks mom." I reached up and set my hand over hers.
"And for now, while she's here, her brother will be coming home. Little Rin is so excited that she's going to have a play mate." I could hear the smile in her voice about that.
"I bet." We both stayed silent for a few minutes.
"Yasha?" she asked.
"Yeah?"
"This wasn't an accident was it?"
"No….it wasn't." I sighed and she leaned down more and hugged me.
"Well then it's a good thing that she has you."
"Thanks mom…." I said. I'll never get what good she really sees in me. I guess its just a mom thing.
"Well I have to get going. When you said that someone messed up their home I thought that it would be a good idea to get them some new things. So I'm off to buy Kagome and her little brother some new cloths." She pulled back and started towards the door.
"His names Sota mom." I said.
"Sota….I like it." she smiled as she left the room.
At 9pm that night I decided to call Miroku and Sango to tell them that Kagome was in the hospital. I'd sat at her side from the time I got in the room till now. Every hour seems like forever. The only sounds that could be heard was the beeping of the monitor for Kagome's heart. The doctor came in to check on her and question Sota and I on what happened again. I told him to just leave the kid alone unless he wanted me to get my father in on it.
9:30pm that night Miroku and Sango showed up. Sango started crying the moment she saw Kagome. They were best friends when they were kids and I knew they still were even with the years that they had missed. Sango saw Kagome as a sister, and the same went for Miroku. I could just tell that they both were crushed by the look of her. What would they think if they found out what happened?
They would more then likely blame themselves like I am doing right now. They may have known her longer but I saw the signs, I knew she was lying about her injuries. We all would think that we could have stopped this from happening some how.
My mom had come and picked up Sota at 10pm to get him out of the hospital. He didn't want to go but Sango said, if my mom didn't mind, that Kohaku could go with him to my house for the night. She was another big sister for Sota. She saw him like she saw Kohaku.
At 2am both Miroku and Sango had fallen asleep on the window seat. I had picked up Kagomes' hand that was in the cast and stroked it lightly. She still hadn't woke up.
I reached up and pushed her bangs out of her face and looked at the cut on her head. The doctor sure did use a lot of stitches to fix it. This shouldn't have happened to Kagome. She was to kind, full of love. She saw the good in people.
"Kagome….you could of told me…." I whispered.
I sat back in my seat and just looked at the ceiling. I could feel tears wanting to come forward but I wasn't going to let them. I could feel the burning in my throat.
"You know Kagome….when I was younger…my mom use to sing me a song….I can hear it now." I knew she couldn't hear me. I leaned forward again in my chair, and took her hand and kissed the top of the cast. "She would always says…. She has a wish for me…and…"
(Rascal Flatts, My Wish)
I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you wanna go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile.
I smiled and looked up at her face. She had the most beautiful smile I had ever seen.
But more than anything, more than anything...
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.
I hope you never look back, but you never forget,
All the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
And you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
And always give more than you take.
But more than anything, yeah, more than anything...
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish. Yeah, yeah.
I didn't notice that I had woken up Sango and Miroku until I heard Sango.
(Sango)
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
(Miroku, Sango, Inuyasha)
Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish
(Miroku, Sango)
(my wish, for you).
(Inuyasha)
This is my wish
(Miroku, Sango)
(my wish, for you)
(Inuyasha)
I hope you know somebody loves you
(Miroku, Sango)
(my wish, for you).
(Inuyasha)
May all your dreams stay big
(Miroku, Sango)
(my wish, for you).
We were quiet for a few minutes. Sango wiped away tears from her eyes.
"Every year…on Kagome's birthday…her Dad would sing that to her cause she would tell him to make her wish for her….cause she had everything she wanted. Family that loved her, good friends, and a home to call her own….What more did she need?" She wiped away another tear. " I still have a video of it from her 5th birthday party if you want to see it."
"I'd like that." I said.
After that one by one we each seemed to drift off to sleep. I didn't even mean to. I guess being awake since 4 in the morning the day before really gets to yah and all the mental stress. I didn't dream at all that night. I sat next to her still holding her hand with the cast on it in mine.
This is as far as i have for right now. I know its short but i thought that since i made you guys wait so long that i would upload this for now. this should give you an idea how things are going. please give me idea's for the next chapter.
Thank you so much to the people that i Private Messaged, that got back to me. I loved all your ideas. I wanted to use all of worry, i will give credit to all that submitted ideas when at the end of the next chapter. Cause as you can tell that this chapter really needs more.
Thanks to everyone that reviewed also. you guys are so great.
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