A.N. well, here's one more chappie.computer still busted.I'm using the old one which I really don't want to do cuz my mom goes on there.*eek* so enjoy!! cheers^-^

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Chapter Four (Pain)

*~* When Kagome got off the bus at her stop she realized something with painstaking reality. She had left this morning while directly disobeying daddy. 'Oh no..." thought Kagome "he's gonna be soooo mad at me' she quivered as she slowly walked home. When she came to the front steps she quietly walked up them and grasped the doorknob. Kagome just began to turn it when she felt it slide beneath her hand..*~*

The door swung open and Kagome jumped back but not before a hand shot out and grabbed her wrist.

"No!" shouted Kagome as she was roughly pulled inside her house and thrown to the floor.

"You" stated her father as he looked down at her with an incredibly angry glare.

"D-Daddy.please.p-p-please don't.I swear I'll never ever disobey you again.I'm so sorry." whimpered Kagome as she quivered on the floor.

"Oh yes, you'll be sorry alright." grunted her father as he brought his fist down onto her stomach.

Kagome coughed as the wind was knocked from her and rolled over clutching her stomach. Next her father kicked her in the back several times causing Kagome to writhe on the floor in extreme agony. ' Oh my god.I think he broke my back' thought Kagome as she laid there trying to figure out if she could move at all.

"Get up!" barked her father as he pulled her up by her shirt slamming her into the wall.

"Uhh!" exclaimed Kagome as her already bruised back was brutalized even more.

Her father continued to slam Kagome into the wall in time with his words.

"I.hope.you.have.learned..." began Kagome's father. He then switched to punching her in the ribs and stomach with each word.

"Never..to.dis-.o-.bey..me.again." finished he father letting her drop to the floor.

Kagome moaned and turned over onto her side and coughed up some blood. She dimly looked up and saw her father standing over her holding something behind his back.

"And just so you don't forget, my dear little Kagome, how much your daddy loves you.I'm going to give you a reminder as to how many times you've been bad to your daddy." and with that he pulled out from behind his back a spoon that he had heated on the stove and put it to Kagome's shoulder watching the skin sizzle and burn for a bit then took the spoon away and kissed her shoulder where he had just burned it.

Kagome had felt the pain that the spoon had caused but couldn't react her body was so beaten and tired from trying to keep strong and not break down during her punishment.

"Now if you say a word to anyone I will do so much worse than this to you" spat her father glaring at her with such hatred that it would have made her cower if she could look up. Kagome's father left the room dropping the spoon next to her. Kagome laid there in her spot on the floor for about an hour until she felt she could get up. As she made her way to the stairs her legs threatened to collapse so she moved a bit quicker and ended up slamming down onto the stairs.

"Oof!" said Kagome as she hit the stairs. Bringing her head up she coughed and continued to crawl up the stairs finally making it to her room after about 20 minutes of struggle.

'Fuck.how am I gonna go to school tomorrow like this?' thought Kagome as she closed the door and walked over to her bed and fell onto it ending all thoughts as she went into a deep sleep of exhaustion and pain.

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When Kagome woke up the next morning she immediately ran to the bathroom and threw up, coughing up large amounts of blood as well. 'shit, shit, shit, shit, fuck!!' thought Kagome. She stripped down and got into the shower hoping the warm water would make things feel better. As the water hit her she winced and looked over at her arm and remembered the 'love mark' her father had given her. When Kagome finished showering she got out and toweled off and looked in the mirror to check out the damage.

"Fuck" was all she could manage.

She was a complete mess. Her face was all tear stained and she still had a little bit of dried blood on her chin from when she had coughed it up. She got a washcloth and rubbed that much off and accessed the rest of the damage. Her stomach was the worst for it was so badly bruised that it had turned just about all the colors a bruise can. Kagome's back was just about as bad except she had separate bruises of where her dad's foot had contacted it. She also had a huge purple bruise on her outer thigh from where she had hit the ground after being thrown inside, and fingerprint marks on her wrist from her fathers grip on her when she first came home. The only good thing about her was that her nose injury form yesterday was mostly gone.

Kagome sighed and went into her room and found some baggy black pants with zippers everywhere, and a long sleeved green shirt that had black and white stripped sleeves. She finished with her customary chains and a pair of kick- ass black combat boots. Kagome picked up her bag and sneaked downstairs. Her alarm clock had not gone off today, so her father shouldn't be up yet. For once Kagome was lucky and he wasn't so she got out of the house without a hitch. As she made her way to the bus stop she got kinda lightheaded. Kagome just barely made it to the corner and had to grab the stop sign for support. When the bus arrived she couldn't have been happier. She released the pole and stepped up onto the bus.

Inuyasha had been sitting there in the back again looking out the window thinking about his own morning. It had been the most hectic day ever, and it was only 7:00 in the morning. First, his shower decided to only produce cold water today so Inuyasha almost froze getting clean today. Second, Shippou had gotten drunk the night before on a dare form one of his friends, Oni, who had slept over in order to make sure Shippou completed the dare, so now Inuyasha had to try to rouse and get ready for school a drunk 13 year old and get rid of his annoying little friend with much protest from Oni himself. Third, he was completely late for the bus and had to run to catch it at the next stop since he missed his own. Now he looked up knowing this was Kagome's stop. She boarded the bus and already Inuyasha could tell something was wrong. She was wavering a bit as she walked and she looked like she had just fought off hell itself.

"Hey Inu!" Kagome shouted brightly walking back towards him.

Inuyasha scooted over a bit for her to sit down. "Hey Kagome, you ok? You look terrible." mentioned Inuyasha as Kagome sat down.

"Yeah, of course Inu.I'm fine" 'Shit, what if he suspects me' thought Kagome.

"Ok." said Inuyasha hesitantly. 'She's lying to me' thought Inuyasha.

They spent the rest of the bus ride silent, Kagome trying to look as 'fine' as possible. When the bus arrived Kagome and Inuyasha got off and made their way into school where they met up with Miroku and Sango. They all stood around and talked for a while until the bell rang and they went to first hour, Inuyasha included since he was banned form his original first hour.

A.N. Ok, well I'm skipping to lunch cuz I'm lazy.

LUNCH

Miroku and Sango had gone ahead of Inuyasha and Kagome to get a decent spot in line. Kagome had been feeling progressively worse throughout the day and right now she felt absolutely terrible.like she was death warmed over and left to sit till lukewarm or something. As Inuyasha and Kagome were walking down the hall Kagome started to slow down a bit and waver.

"Hey, Kagome are you sure you're ok?" asked Inuyasha.

"Damnit, I already told you I'm fine, can't you ju-" Kagome doubled over and coughed up some blood then collapsed onto the floor.

"Kagome!" cried Inuyasha.

"I-I-I'm fine, really.jest got a lil dizzy" mumbled Kagome.

"No your not! And I want some answers, but those can wait until I get you help" Inuyasha picked Kagome in his arms and sat her on a bench. "You sit tight, I'll be right back" said Inuyasha and took off down the hall.

Inuyasha ran into the lunchroom and looked around. When he spotted what he wanted he rushed over.

"Kougra!" shouted Inuyasha.

Kougra turned around and saw Inuyasha standing there all out of breath." Hey yash.'sup man, hey why you all out of breath?" asked Kougra.

"Uh, long story, here's the short one.Kagome's sick and I'm really worried about her so can I use your car and take her to the hospital or at least my house?" asked Inuyasha.

"Yeah sure, ok" said Kougra throwing his keys to Inuyasha.

"Thanks so much man, I owe you BIG!" cried Inuyasha as he ran off again.

A.N. Ok, I made Kougra Inuyasha's friend for my fic cuz I needed someone to be his friend who was his age and I didn't feel like making an entirely new character.

Inuyasha ran back to Kagome and picked her up again and started for the parking lot.

"Inu, what are you doing?" questioned Kagome weakly.

"Getting you to my house where I can make sure your ok" said Inuyasha sternly not looking down.

Kagome just accepted it and stayed awake as long as she could before blacking out.

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