Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, and that applies to all chapters of this story.

A/N: That's my first fanfiction so please review and tell me what you think

A mother's love

There was no other way out. It was the terrible , naked truth and this time she couldn't avoid it. She would have to talk to her mother. Unchangeable , horrible fact.

Kagome just came to that decision. Cruel , but the right thing to do.

Frustrated , she kicked a flyer out of the way. The paper rustled and floated away through the empty hallway. Kagome let go a depressed sigh "holidays.." Every other student would possibly jump in the air out of joy if he had heard that word. But not Kagome. To her , "holidays" was the most horrible word in the entire world. Admittedly , it meant that she wouldn't have to see that loathed private school together with its snobbish students , who didn't even seem to recognize her, for full seven weeks ,
but it also meant that she would have to endure 4 weeks alone with her mother, without even being allowed to leave the flat. Even spending every day of her useless life in this private school as an outcast would be better than spending these 4 weeks with her mother.

Kagome got yanked out of her thoughts by the school bell , which shrilled through the otherwise deathly silent building. She sighed again , looked up sadly and stopped right in front of the exit , behind her a school which had been left by all human beings for what seemed like eternity, only leaving a few pieces of paper and a lonely ticking clock behind.

She let her eyes wander over the shiny lockers one last time , turned around and slowly made her way out of the school building.

Kagome unlocked the door with a small click and pushed it open a bit. She stuck her head through the opening and shouted: 'Mum, I'm home!!!'

No answer. Like she expected. Nobody had ever greeted Kagome in the Higurashi– household. Nobody talked to Kagome in the Higurashi– household anyway.

After a moment's hesitation, Kagome stepped inside the flat. She ruthlessly threw her schoolbag into the corner and moved in the direction of the kitchen. 'Mum?' Silence. Kagome peered around the corner and found her mother sitting at the kitchen table , motionless and staring right through her. In front of her stood an empty bottle of rum.

Oh no.

Was all Kagome thought.

She had drunk again.

But it was already too late . She had to finish what she had started. Now or never.

She slowly made her way across the room and sat down as quietly as possible. She pulled her legs under the chair and took a deep breath.

"Mother , I have to talk to you... . It's urgent."

For a few minutes nobody said anything and Kagome just watched the clouds of smoke move around between her and her opposite. Then her mother said in an indifferent , bored tone:

"Don't you have homework to do?"

Kagome felt her anger rising. It always got her angry to see her mother like that. Since her father had literally disappeared , her mother had slowly , but steadily wasted away. First , Kagome had tried to help her , but had given up hope after two years. Now, she was only angry on her mother for letting herself become a wrack like that, Getting drunk every day and doing drugs. But still ,she couldn't leave her alone , could she? After all ,she was still her mother. So, she just retorted,

"No. I don't. I've got holidays."

"So what???", her mother responded sharply "Just leave me alone."

At that point ,Kagome just wanted to punch her right in the face , but she mustn't loose her temper at that point – she had to go through with this now , otherwise she would never be able to do it.

'No. We must talk – we have serious problems with each other. We – ' Her mother cut her off through mid-sentence and jumped up from her chair, yelling:

"OH, so we have PROBLEMS , hm?!!! I HAVE PROBLEMS!! – DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THEM??!!! DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAD BEEN THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE ??? YOU!!!!!! GET OUT OF HERE!!!I CAN'T BEAR SEEING YOU ANY MORE!"

Kagome just sat there like frozen on the spot.

She definitely hadn't been prepared for such an outburst. Usually, her mother didn't even react when she talked to her.

In her state of shock , Kagome wasn't able to say anything.

'DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME???'

Puzzled , Kagome raised her head and found herself looking strait in her mother's eyes. Her reek of alcohol was almost unbearable when she hissed:

"get . out."

"I..I just wanted to talk to you.." Kagome whispered , this time seriously afraid.

Instead of a response , her mother just sat back and flexed her fingers around the bottle of rum. Too fast for Kagome to react, her mother smashed the bottle in half and threw it at her.

It hit Kagome's arm and ripped it open . Kagome could feel the warm liquid run down her hand. First , Kagome didn't even realize what had just happened

But then she saw a chair chucked her way and her mother screamed 'I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!'

Without an other word , Kagome dashed out of the room and grabbed her bag. She yanked the door open and ran away as fast as she could – Though , not fast enough to miss her mother screaming

'AND DON'T DARE TO COME BACK EVER AGAIN!!!'

do you see that little button down there?

Doesn't it look lonely???It wants to be pushed.(hint hint)