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A/N: I got to update anyway! My cousin had a laptop with a decent connection. Hope you like the final chapter! I know that a few of you thought that the last chapter was a little gross. Honestly, I wasn't my idea. My friend thought that is what I should do, so I thought what the heck. Sorry if it was a little.........gross. (

Chapter 5: End

It had been three days since Kagome was raped and Inuyasha had his "revenge." Kagome had left the village for a little alone time by the river. She hadn't been there five minutes when she heard Inuyasha approach.

"Hey."

"Hi." Inuyasha sat down beside her. "Do you want to talk?" He had asked the same question the day before, but got no answer. "Okay then." 'I'll just have to try again tomorrow, I guess.'

Kagome knew that he was trying to help and decided. 'What the heck, he'll have to find out sooner or later.' She heard Inuyasha get up and begin to walk off.

"I was seven," Inuyasha whirled around at the sound of her voice. "When he first hurt me." He went to sit down beside her and listen to her story.

"I was about to turn eight the next week. I remember planning the party and everything. Mama and Souta had gone to the city for a while, and granpa was out of the house, I can't exactly remember. Anyway, that stuck me with daddy. I was in my room, cutting up some sheets of paper that I had drawn on to make something. Daddy came in and saw the mess of paper on the floor."

"He grabbed my upper arm and........."

~~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~

"Come here you little brat! You see this mess? Now who is going to have to clean this mess up, huh?" Kagome whimpered in pain and fear. He asked the question again and squeezed her harder on her arm.

"I am." Kagome was then let go fiercely, sending her to the floor.

"You had better clean this up. And if you tell anyone, and I mean anyone, I will make your mother, brother, and gramps pay the consequences. You got that?!" She nodded her head yes and he left the room leaving a crying Kagome on the floor.

~~~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~~~~~

Kagome touched her upper arm. She had silent tears streaming down her face. "The first time." She whispered, almost entirely to herself. She sat there a minute before going on with the story. "It was the first of many. My first thought was 'This isn't right,' but then happened more and more often. I was never hit in the face until mama started letting me use makeup, and then the beatings got worse." More tears came with that admission. Inuyasha was about to say something, but she continued.

"Then, when I was thirteen, he raped me for the first time. He threatened my family again, but I already knew what to do. Don't say a word, to anyone." Her voice cracked, but she quickly regained her composure, taking in a deep breath. "It happened twice more after that, but the third time, mama must have caught a whiff of what was going on. He must have threatened her, too because she just told him to leave."

"I had the best one year of my life when he was gone." She smiled at the memory, but then frowned. "But he came back, three months ago. He was my legal guardian because my family had died. I, in my opinion, think that he arranged it, but who will listen to me? I can't talk to anyone."

"I went to hell and back again these past three months. I couldn't tell any of you because I was always told not to tell a soul. I was also afraid of the reactions of you guys." Her voice cracked once again, "Then he raped me again. But this time there was no mama to hold and comfort me. I was alone. But then your name popped into my head and stayed there. Your name gave me some kind of comfort." She was crying now, and hard. "You came for me and got me out of that hellhole. You also took care of him for me."

Inuyasha scooped up her trembling body and held her. He stroked her hair to provide some kind of comfort. He heard a muffled 'thank you' from her.

"I have no family to go home to!" She sobbed.

"No, but you will always have me."

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