'Damn him...,' Kagome thought to herself as she looked down at the dirty ground, trying to prevent tears from falling. Her arm strength seemed to be the only thing keeping her up in her position, and even that was barely enough. She was shaking all over, 'I've grown to strong over time to be crying every night from this.. I have to stop. I've already cried more than I should have in my entire lifetime.'

Kagome took in a deep breath and attempted to stand up slowly. Once up, she looked around the room, praying to herself that she could find a place to rest fast before her legs gave in. She searched every corner of her supposed room, and after much hesitation of staying conscious, she saw her bed. Her vision was very blurry from the pain surging through her body. She struggled as she moved slowly to get to her bed. Once at arm's length, she grabbed a corner of the bed immediately, and lifted her whole body weight on top of the bed with much difficulty. She could barely feel anything now, could not move any body parts. 'Damn him...'


:Memory: "You don't appreciate all this do you," screamed Kouga as he stared down at the girl who was now laying on the ground,in pain from several minutes of beatings. He had his fist lifted in the air ready to hit the fragile being again, anger projecting from his eyes and burning through Kagome's skull. Sad to say, this was their daily routine.

"Appreciate what! Look around! This is nothing," Kagome said in her defense, in the loudest tone she could manage. "All I get from this all is no friends because everyone is afraid of me because of you! You ruined my life," Kagome choked out, now getting up from the floor and barely being able to stand. Kagome was being bold by talking back to Kouga, at a wrong time.

Tears began falling from her eyes. The moment she felt the tears running down her cheeks, she wanted more than anything to stop crying. She wanted to appear brave. Just once not cry from this. She closed her eyes tight, trying to stop the tears from falling, but they escaped and dripped down from her eyelids. This wasn't going to help Kagome now. The tears, the pain Kouga saw in those tears of his Kagome only made Kouga hurt more inside. When that happened, more physical pain was directed Kagome's way.

"Stop it! Stop your crying!" Kouga grabbed Kagome by one of her arms, applying so much pressure that it made Kagome cringe. With his free hand he hit her again, this time in her stomach. Kouga let her go and Kagome fell back to the familiar cold floor. She grabbed her stomach to try to relieve the pain that was circling through her entire body somehow. She started coughing, and then appeared a small trail of blood falling from the side of her mouth. Upon seeing this, Kouga kicked her in the same spot he punched her.

She laid on her side, doing nothing, but staring at Kouga's feet and blinking to show a sign of life. Her tears still continued to fall and screams were caught in her throat. She forced herself not to yell. She resisted the urge to cry out for help because she knew that she'd receive no rescuer. No one would listen. No one would care enough to find out what's behind those screams this time. And even if she attempted to scream for assistance, it'd result in more beatings. "I try to give you all you want Kagome! And this is how you repay me! You're lucky I love you to damn much, or you'd be in a much worse condition!" Kagome shook all over at the thought of being beaten into an even worse state than she was already in, "This is for your own good... For us."


:Futeki High: A group of people walked around the halls of the abandoned school, checking how everything was now after a year of absence. "Looks like everything is just about the same," said a dark haired woman to everyone present around her. Her chocolate brown eyes circulated the area, getting small memories from every little thing she saw that she had seen once before.

"The temperature hasn't changed either," she added as she placed her hands over her arms and rubbed them, trying to make herself warm so she wouldn't go numb. Nigh time was upon them, and the climate in Tokyo only got colder once the moon was out (A/N: If not true, whatever, it is in my story). Wearing a tang top with jeans wasn't a good combination if you were to be wandering during nightfall.

"Keh... This just means no surprises for us and more advantages for me." The person which spoke grinned, and it was visible to everyone. Some eyebrows were raised, they were all wondering what he was exactly implying by that. They were about 15 people present, all appearing around the same age. That didn't mean however, that there weren't more of them, these were just the best and willing to venture tonight.

"How so," asked more than a few at the same time. The rest already knew the answer they were going to get, but they paid attention anyway to see if they'll get a different response this time.. Which was very unlikely.

"That's just for me to know." Everyone sighed. Typical answer.

"Rude aren't we," shouted the black haired woman back, rolling her eyes at him when he directed a glare her way. His glare always meant the same thing, 'Shut Up.' A handsome looking man came behind the woman, wrapping his arms around her waist and resting his chin on her shoulder. Many blinked and stared in surprise. The leader just turned around and shook his head, waiting for the screaming to start in a few seconds.

"Well you know how Inuyasha is... Can't expect him to change overnight," replied the man who was wrapping the woman in his arms in a slick voice, thinking this time he'll get away with what he's done. His reputation for hitting on any pretty woman he saw was well known, but he had a special liking with Sango. It was actually more than just a special liking, but to get him to admit it was close to impossible. Same went for her point of the entire situation.

"It wouldn't hurt...," replied Sango, who just now realized a very familiar yet 'unwanted' person had her in a tight, comfortable yet trouble-some embrace. He was providing warmth, which was nice since she wasn't freezing anymore, but he was being his perverted fast self like always, which 'pissed off' Sango (And completely moved the other girls he encountered).

Sango lowered her head in slight frustration, closing her eyes and beginning to count in her mind, '1... 2... 10!' She elbowed him in the stomach with much force, not so much as to do much harm, but enough to make him let go. His arms fell to his side once they let go of the beautiful lady, showing on his features the same frown all girls that have been around him knew all too well. Sango turned her back on him as she tried to hide the blush appearing on her cheeks, "How many times do I have to tell you to stop doing that!"

"Never enough that'll make me actually stop," Miroku said as a smile quickly appeared on his face, which overpowered the frown he held only a few seconds ago. Sango quickly took steps forward to avoid future contact. Most of the girls that were watching this display of weird affection started to wish they were Sango, the diamond in Miroku's eyes, no matter how many girls he flirts with. Sango knew better though, especially after knowing his history. A number of the girls present had already been in bed with him! That wasn't a comforting thought after being in his embrace for a few seconds.

Sango wished he'd just stop, she hurt each time he'd one moment flirt with her, then witness him flirt with other women he meets. She always felt like back up.. He flirts with someone, gets what he wants from them, and comes back to her. Not only that, but it made her feel like she was not enough for him, he never once showed he wanted to be more than her friend. He always referred to his acts with Sango as 'harmless flirting.'

"Will you two quit for the night? We got important business to attend to," snapped Inuyasha, the leader Miroku was mentioning earlier. Inuyasha knew Sango was feeling rather uncomfortable and she wanted to quickly change the awkward atmosphere that has been formed by Miroku's actions. Self-consciously, Inuyasha helped her out. Even though he seemed like an insensitive jerk, which he was to everyone except his two close friends, he wanted to stop Miroku from causing anymore damage towards Sango.

"And what exactly would that be again," asked Sango, thanking Inuyasha mentally for taking the attention off her. Sango didn't seem to notice that while she was being distracted and speaking, Miroku was moving in. The second Sango noticed him coming close to her, she shot him an evil glare. He got the message of staying away. He stopped and looked away from her, knowing not to push anymore buttons, not anymore for tonight anyway...

"To inflict more pain back to the one who caused mine not to long ago," responded Inuyasha, his amber colored eyes showing determination like before. His white hair that fell long on his back, untamed, showed his personality. He closed his fists as he thought back on those nightmares he calls memories. Once he couldn't take them anymore, he opened his eyes, anger burning within. His fists were still closed tight. So tight that if it were any tighter, he'd draw blood.

"How are you planning on doing that," asked a curious Miroku, who was asking the question on everyone else's mind. Inuyasha has had everyone in suspense for quite some time now, after being for months in silence. It was the time they'd all get their wanted answers, being left in anticipation was not something they worked well with.

"It's easy. I'll get him back using the same method he used on me..," Inuyasha responded as he began walking, signaling to the others to move as well. No one said a word, knowing that's all they're getting from him tonight. That wasn't exactly the answer they were expecting, but they knew later they'd get the ending to that statement, either from his mouth or from viewing his actions. They all took in a deep breath and looked to each other as they followed behind their leader, showing they were ready for whatever was to come. They were all as close as family and were up for anything. They knew this was the beginning to a hell of an adventure they'd always remember.


A/N: Sorry for ending it there, but I need sleep, it's 2 am. I just wanted to put this out so I can say I did update, even if it's a tiny chapter. I promise this will get better though and the chapters will get longer, just give me time. And when I say time, I really mean it because it can take me forever sometimes to update with a long chapter (Life itself interferes you know). Thanks to those who have told me about spelling or grammatical mistakes that need to be fixed, I really appreciate it. Please get me more people to review, I want more reviews or me just will never update again! Bwuahahaha!