Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, this is the 7th chapter, you guys should know that by now lol

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Tears and Blood

Chapter Seven: The Past Can Set Me Free

By: Moonlight Jade

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Inuyasha jumped out of the well and instantly heard pained cries and the smell of

blood.

"Kagome…" he said to himself as he raced through the broken front door. The

door was hanging off of its hinges. He could smell Kagome's fear as he raced towards the

cries.

"You worthless piece of crap!" he heard a male voice screaming upstairs. He

assumed it was her father. The sound of something hitting the wall reached Inuyasha's

ears. He slammed open a door only to find that it was Kagome that had been thrown into

the wall. She was covered in her own blood and she had a terrified yet somewhat dazed

expression on her face.

Kagome's father turned around and spotted Inuyasha in the doorway.

"Who are you?" he screamed, the words slurring together.

"You're worst nightmare," Inuyasha replied cockily as he charged at the

abomination of a man standing before him.

"No!...don't…hurt…him…" Kagome managed between coughs. Inuyasha

stopped mid-punch and stared at Kagome, bewilderment strong in his gaze. Her father

took advantage of her request and charged at Kagome again. He hit her hard in the ribs

and she cried out as a sickening crack rang out through the now still air. Suddenly her

father cut across his arm and forced him to the ground.

Kagome's father looked as though he was about to scream at Inuyasha but then an

idea seemed to have come to him through his drunken rage.

"Ooooh…." he stared loudly, "You don't want me to hurt your wench!"

Inuyasha's face was set in a frown.

"Don't you DARE speak of her that way!" Inuyasha ordered in an enraged tone.

Sure he called her it all the time but he never meant it, he just loved her reaction when

she was mad. Kagome's father pulled a knife out, Inuyasha stood in a fighting stance,

prepared for anything. But before her father could do anything to hurt either Inuyasha or

Kagome, he collapsed onto his back, his eyes closed before he even hit the floor. It

appeared as though he had consumed too much alcohol and passed out from a severe

intoxication.

Inuyasha turned around to see Kagome sobbing and shaking uncontrollably on the

floor. He ran to her and scooped her into his strong embrace.

"I'm so sorry…" she said before she fell unconscious in his arms. Inuyasha

carried her from the room and locked her father in. After this, he put the sacred jewel

around her neck and jumped down the well with her. Kaede could help with any injuries

she had obtained.

He welcomed the blue light as it brought him to the familiar world of feudal

Japan. He ran quickly to Kaede's hut and headed inside where everyone else was waiting,

with the exception of Souta who had fallen asleep in Sango's embrace.

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Kagome's mother came home to the sight of police cars and the sound of sirens

surrounding her house. She felt suddenly panicked as she went up to a police officer who

was ordering lower ranking officers around.

"What's going on?" she asked in a terrified voice.

"We got a call from one of the neighbors saying they heard fighting inside the

house but when we got here there was only a drunk man covered scratches and a lot of

blood," he told her as he pointed to the man practically being carried out of the house,

"tests will be done to see if the blood is his or someone else's."

"Oh my God!" she said quite loudly, "That's my ex-husband! Are you sure there

was no one else inside? He's abusive that's why I divorced him, my son was supposed to

get home today and my daughter was going to watch him."

"I'm sorry, no one else was found inside," he replied sympathetically, "We have

our best team in there searching." Kagome's mother fell to the ground tears running

down her face. She needed to know that her kids were safe.

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So what d'ya think? I'm sorry it took so long, I would have had it up a few days ago but every time I'd get it almost done, someone would hit the power bar and erase the whole thing. So yeah, review

Moonlight Jade