-sigh- I swear I'll get around to the math...Right after this chapter! XP
Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha, and unless I win the lottery or sleep with the owner, I never will. -sigh-
- - - Chapter 3: Bruises
Kagome snarled up at her father as he sent her flying across the room and into the far wall with a flick of his wrist. "What are you going to do, old man?" She asked sarcastically. "Beat me, just like you did when I was five? Or what, are you going to try to rape me now? Since I grew up so 'nice' and all?" She laughed mockingly. "It's pretty damn bad when a forty year old man has to rape his own daughter just to get laid, isn't it?"
He walked slowly closer, eyeing her as a predator eyed its next meal. Without warning he slapped her across the face with all his strength, his huge meaty hand making a loud smacking noise as it collided with her face. "You didn't used to be this lippy, either," he said with a derisive laugh. "Don't worry though...I'll have that beaten out of you in no time."
She slowly turned to face him, her cheek bright red from the force of his blow, but her eyes still containing that fire. "That's because I'm not afraid of you anymore. Hurt me all you like, kill me even, it doesn't matter anymore. You can't hurt the people I love anymore, and that's all I care about."
He snorted. "Love, sure. And how about that scruffy little half demon you've been keeping company with, d'you love him too?"
Her dark brown eyes narrowed, turning almost black with barely contained rage. "Don't talk about Inuyasha," she said slowly, and with an edge to her voice that made the statement sound almost like a threat.
He didn't reply for a moment, circling her slowly, still eyeing her like a wildcat eyeing a rabbit, as if he might pounce on her at any moment, tear her heart from her chest in a single motion, and then devour her with zest. She saw the way he was looking at her, though, and as she had stated, she wasn't afraid anymore. He could hurt her, oh god, how she remembered the pain he had caused her years before. And he could certainly kill her, with hardly more than a thought, if that was what he wished. But she found herself not caring anymore. He couldn't hurt her mother, and he couldn't hurt Inuyasha. As long as they were safe, she cared nothing for herself.
"You're just like your mother, you know that?" He said after a moment, startling her out of her thoughts. "She had that spirit in her too, that fire that I see burning in your eyes right now. It won't last, though. Eventually I broke her, just as I'll break you. Unless, of course..." His eyes glinted. "You cooperate."
She sneered at him. "Go to hell and wait until it freezes over, because that's the only time it's ever going to happen."
Unable to hold in his anger any longer, he rushed at her, jabbing her hard in the side with his right fist, while simultaneously punching her in the side of the head with equal force using his left. She thought she heard the cracking of a rib before all sank into grateful darkness once again.
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Kagome's father groaned from across the room, motioning towards her with one hand for her to pass him another beer. "Of course," she said, smiling sweetly, handing him one that was already opened.
Watching him down the drink in two gulps, she sat back against the wall and waited. It shouldn't take any more than a couple of minutes, she thought. I used the most potent stuff I could find...
Right in time with her calculations, the lumbering man slumped over a few moments later, his eyes still open, staring at the ceiling. "Thanks for everything, old man," she said mockingly, stepping over him on the way out. "It's been a blast."
Without looking back, she left her unconscious father in the house and walked westward.
Thank god he's such an idiot, she thought with a laugh. Letting me out into the forest to find herbs to put on my wounds...It's taken five years, but he finally slipped up. It's a damn good thing I know a thing or two about herbs. He should stay that way for a good two days or so.
Stopping briefly at a pay phone to call the police and direct them to her father's house, she set off in the direction of her old town, fresh cool air in her lungs, free once again.
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Meanwhile, Inuyasha walked into his own house with another dark- haired girl by his side. "Mom, Dad," he said, smiling and slipping an arm around the girl's waist. "This is Kikyo."
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HA!!! I promised a twist too, right? Let's see how Kagome deals with this one...
Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha, and unless I win the lottery or sleep with the owner, I never will. -sigh-
- - - Chapter 3: Bruises
Kagome snarled up at her father as he sent her flying across the room and into the far wall with a flick of his wrist. "What are you going to do, old man?" She asked sarcastically. "Beat me, just like you did when I was five? Or what, are you going to try to rape me now? Since I grew up so 'nice' and all?" She laughed mockingly. "It's pretty damn bad when a forty year old man has to rape his own daughter just to get laid, isn't it?"
He walked slowly closer, eyeing her as a predator eyed its next meal. Without warning he slapped her across the face with all his strength, his huge meaty hand making a loud smacking noise as it collided with her face. "You didn't used to be this lippy, either," he said with a derisive laugh. "Don't worry though...I'll have that beaten out of you in no time."
She slowly turned to face him, her cheek bright red from the force of his blow, but her eyes still containing that fire. "That's because I'm not afraid of you anymore. Hurt me all you like, kill me even, it doesn't matter anymore. You can't hurt the people I love anymore, and that's all I care about."
He snorted. "Love, sure. And how about that scruffy little half demon you've been keeping company with, d'you love him too?"
Her dark brown eyes narrowed, turning almost black with barely contained rage. "Don't talk about Inuyasha," she said slowly, and with an edge to her voice that made the statement sound almost like a threat.
He didn't reply for a moment, circling her slowly, still eyeing her like a wildcat eyeing a rabbit, as if he might pounce on her at any moment, tear her heart from her chest in a single motion, and then devour her with zest. She saw the way he was looking at her, though, and as she had stated, she wasn't afraid anymore. He could hurt her, oh god, how she remembered the pain he had caused her years before. And he could certainly kill her, with hardly more than a thought, if that was what he wished. But she found herself not caring anymore. He couldn't hurt her mother, and he couldn't hurt Inuyasha. As long as they were safe, she cared nothing for herself.
"You're just like your mother, you know that?" He said after a moment, startling her out of her thoughts. "She had that spirit in her too, that fire that I see burning in your eyes right now. It won't last, though. Eventually I broke her, just as I'll break you. Unless, of course..." His eyes glinted. "You cooperate."
She sneered at him. "Go to hell and wait until it freezes over, because that's the only time it's ever going to happen."
Unable to hold in his anger any longer, he rushed at her, jabbing her hard in the side with his right fist, while simultaneously punching her in the side of the head with equal force using his left. She thought she heard the cracking of a rib before all sank into grateful darkness once again.
- - -
Kagome's father groaned from across the room, motioning towards her with one hand for her to pass him another beer. "Of course," she said, smiling sweetly, handing him one that was already opened.
Watching him down the drink in two gulps, she sat back against the wall and waited. It shouldn't take any more than a couple of minutes, she thought. I used the most potent stuff I could find...
Right in time with her calculations, the lumbering man slumped over a few moments later, his eyes still open, staring at the ceiling. "Thanks for everything, old man," she said mockingly, stepping over him on the way out. "It's been a blast."
Without looking back, she left her unconscious father in the house and walked westward.
Thank god he's such an idiot, she thought with a laugh. Letting me out into the forest to find herbs to put on my wounds...It's taken five years, but he finally slipped up. It's a damn good thing I know a thing or two about herbs. He should stay that way for a good two days or so.
Stopping briefly at a pay phone to call the police and direct them to her father's house, she set off in the direction of her old town, fresh cool air in her lungs, free once again.
- - -
Meanwhile, Inuyasha walked into his own house with another dark- haired girl by his side. "Mom, Dad," he said, smiling and slipping an arm around the girl's waist. "This is Kikyo."
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HA!!! I promised a twist too, right? Let's see how Kagome deals with this one...