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Chapter Three

No Outlet

Inuyasha?

"Inuyasha, I'm sorry! I didn't really mean it!"

            "I hate you…"

"Wha… what?"

            "Go home! Never come back!"

"No… please… no…  Inuyasha!  No… don't go… I'm sorry… I didn't… I would never…I…  I…"

            "You think I can't tell?  You think I don't see the way you get around him…"

"But…  he's just… a friend… not like…us!"

            "I Hate You, Kagome!

I'm…  "How could I?"   crying… "Can't you tell?" I…  "I would never…"  I love you, not him… "He's…" no!  "just friends…"

            "Go home!"

***

Kagome awoke from her nightmare to find herself safe in her room, drenched in sweat and tears.

Trying to piece together the fragments of her dream with her troubled memories, Kagome thought.

It was just a dream… right?

Bursting into fresh tears, she continued.

No! It wasn't just a dream…  He really does hate me.  He hates me and it's all my fault!

***

"Did you see the way she was crying?  She didn't even say "Hi mom."  She just ran off to her room crying.  I don't want to watch my daughter cry!  This isn't the first time either.  No, this happens every time!  I've tried to be patient.  I've tried to be a loving mother, and stand on the sidelines.  But… if she's going to lock me out of her room at yell at me when I try and ask her what's wrong…  I've had just about enough of this."

A concerned and slightly frantic Mrs. Higurashi paced around her living room while Grandpa tried to calm her down.

"Calm down dear… it will be ok."

"I'm tired of my only daughter coming home in tears.  I don't want to have to see her in pain again!"

"This doesn't happen that often…" Grandpa said, as he watched his daughter burning a hole in the floor.

"Once is too often!" raged Mrs. Higurashi, turning her anger upon a cowering Grandpa.

Pleased that she now had somewhere to vent, Mrs. Higurashi continued.

"And what gives you the right to tell me how to raise my own child?"

Slightly taken aback, Grandpa replied, "You sure have become very westernized.  When I was raised, women were taught to respect both men and their elders; and seeing as how I am both your father and Kagome's grandfather, I'd believe my opinion mattered to you!"

"I'm so sorry Daddy!" said Mrs. Higurashi, as she ran over and hugged her father, in tears.  "I just don't want to see my little girl get hurt."

"It will be OK child… Kagome is a strong girl; she will be able to get through this.  Perhaps you should just let her try."

***

Once again, Inuyasha found himself waking up from a sleep covered in sweat.

How did I fall asleep?  It's still the middle of the day…  And where am I?

Suddenly the memory of him being attacked by a white light came to mind, and he realized he was being watched.  Grabbing Tessaiga, Inuyasha decided he would surprise whoever was watching him.  He tensed his muscles, tried to do a black flip, and fell on his face.

"SHIT!" he screamed, which made those watching him laugh.

"Sore?" said a mocking voice Inuyasha could easily recognize.

"Miroku you bas…"

"Oh leave him alone, he did stop you from killing yourself you know," interrupted Sango before Inuyasha could finish.

"Killing myself?  What do you mean, woman?  Why would I ever kill myself?"

"Look around you!" shouted Miroku, "You did this, all of it."

"You were starting to change Inuyasha… If Miroku hadn't stopped you, you would have become a full youkai, completely out of control, and it would have lead to your own destruction."

As Inuyasha looked around, the memory of all he had done set in.

Kagome…

"This is her fault! Not mine!  If she had just…" what was it really that set me off? "She should have…" she really didn't do anything.  "Will you two stop staring at me like that!"

***

"Kagome darling, we're having dinner, and we would like you to join us."

"Thanks mom, but I'm fine."   I thought Inuyasha would have come and gotten me by now.  He always comes back by dinner.

"Kagome. We want you to eat with us.  Now please."

A couple of minutes later they were all seated around the table.

"Thank you dear."

"Yeah…"

After about fifteen minutes of eating in silence, Mrs. Higurashi decided it was time to speak what was on her mind.

"Kagome… We've decided that you won't be going back to the feudal era," she said as quickly as she could so Kagome couldn't stop her.

"What!?" shrieked Kagome, completely surprised by this decision.  "No! Why? That's unfair!  How come?"

What do you mean "we" decided? I thought we decided to let Kagome deal with this herself.  Not cut her off from it completely.  Thought Grandpa to himself, but decided it would be better to raise the issue later.

"Well… your grades in school haven't been doing to well, and I… we thought that you would need good grades."

"Bullshit! Since when have my grades been a reason for you to do anything?"

Souta jumped, surprised to hear his sister curse at his mom like that.

"I suppose you picked up language like that from him didn't you!" said Mrs. Higurashi, in a voice as shocked as Souta looked.

"So this is about him!  Isn't it?"  I can't believe her… get out of my life… what I do with my time is none of your business.

"Well… yes it is," said Mrs. Higurashi in defeat, "and I don't want to have to watch my daughter come home crying, or bleeding, or in pain, or worse ever again!"

She continued on, working herself more and more into a fit as she went.

"He's nothing but a bad influence!  You're always coming home asking for bandages, or first aid supplies, saying that your "friends" got hurt.  Why would I want to let my daughter go to a terrible place like that and be with such reckless, dangerous, insensitive, awful, terrible, mean, cruel… things!"

"They are not!" Well maybe reckless, and dangerous, and maybe even insensitive… but never awful, terrible, mean, or cruel. 

"They are my friends! They are not things!"

"You're not going back, and that's final."

"I hate you mom!" yelled Kagome, and she ran off to her room.

"Um… mom? Can I go?" came a very scared voice from Souta.

"No, you didn't finish your food!" yelled Mrs. Higurashi, sending him back to his plate in silence.

"You can go Souta," came a voice that hadn't spoken the entire meal.

"Dad, he hasn't finished yet!" argued Mrs. Higurashi, trying to hold back the tears.

"Go Souta, your foods fine," repeated Grandpa.

"We need to talk child," he said once Souta had left.

***

"Are you too sore to walk?" said Miroku as he watched Inuyasha stand up.  "If not I'd like to head back, it's getting late."

"Haven't you learned anything about me yet?" growled Inuyasha, ignoring the pain in caused by moving.  Damn, I don't think I've ever hurt myself this much.  "Daemon's heal much faster than humans do."

"You're lying," stated Sango as she whacked him in the back with Hiraikotsu, causing him to fall over again in pain.

"Bitch…  Fine. Then I guess we're waiting here for a while"

"Fine. Then you need to tell us what all that," Miroku waved his staff towards the chasm in the ground behind them, "was about."

"…"

"Miroku… did you say you could interpret dreams?" Inuyasha asked finally.