WARNING!!!! WARNING!!!! I REALLY SUGGEST YOU READ CHAPTER ONE AGAIN WHICH HAS BEEN REVISED. IF YOU DON'T, IT WILL BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE REST OF THE STORY. I HAVE MADE KAGOME'S FATHER A DOCTOR INSTEAD OF A NOVELIST SINCE IT WILL AFFECT A FEW CHAPTERS AND HAVE MADE THE CHAPTER LONGER AND LESS "RIGHT TO THE POINT" AS I LIKE TO PUT IT. FINALLY, I HAVE ADDED A FLASHBACK WHICH WILL PLAY A ROLE LATER IN THE STORY. AGAIN, I SUGGEST YOU READ CHAPTER ONE AGAIN!! -Randall Flagg2
"Kagome are you sure nothing is wrong?" Kagome's friend Saotome Akiko asked. "You've seemed kind of down lately."
"No, nothing is wrong. I-"
-have been getting beat up by my father a lot more then normal was what she wanted to say. But that's not what came out. With what Isamu had threatened her with should she dare to speak about what went on in her home kept all her secrets in her mind. And even if she did and he didn't find out, where could she go? She had no other living relatives. She had not intention of becoming homeless, much less with a broken back. So instead she simply said: "I've just been kind of depressed, that's all."
Akiko looked puzzled. "Are you sure it isn't something else Kagome? Are you hiding something from me?"
"No, nothing's wrong. I'm just... kind of depressed with my life. That's all." Akiko looked suspicious for a moment and for one moment Kagome thought she was going to ask her again and then she knew she wouldn't be able to resist telling her. And then she would come home and Isamu would be waiting for her and he would- oh god he would-
But Akiko didn't ask. She simply turned around and in a flash of white uniform and green mini skirt she was walking briskly down the hall towards her class. Kagome sighed with relief. Anymore and she probably would have spilled her guts to her friend. Thank Kami she had not. With a sigh Kagome turned around and headed down the hall to her classroom. As she rounded the corner, she crashed into somebody and fell to the floor.
"What the hell?!! Why don't you watch where your going you stupid son of a- " came the angry snarl of a familiar voice. And then before the obscenity could be spat out, the voice stopped. Kagome smiled warmly and spoke.
"Hi Inuyasha. How are you doing?" Kagome asked.
"Hi Kagome." Inuyasha said, pushing back his incredible long white hair. "Anything new in life?"
Masaki Inuyasha was one of Kagome's better friends. That was probably an underestimate though. They had known each other since they were five. Of all of the friends she had at school, Inuyasha was the one she trusted the most. Over the years, she had told him many things. All except the biggest one: what went on in her home. Despite how much she trusted him, she could not bring herself to tell anybody, even him. But other then that, she told him just about everything in her life.
Like Kagome, Inuyasha had some familial difficulties, but they were nowhere near as extreme as Kagome's was. Inuyasha's parents, Masaki Inutaisho and Masaki Chikako, had both been killed in a fire some many years ago. Around the time, Inuyasha had just been born. After that Inuyasha's older brother Sesshoamaru had taken care of Inuyasha from that point on. As far as Kagome knew Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had not been on particularly good terms since day one. Sesshomaru had never abused Inuyasha in any way. He just didn't like him. Kagome didn't know the specifics, but it had something to do with Inuyasha's mother. But that was all and Kagome figured it was better left that way.
"Nothing new is happening Inuyasha. Life has been fairly boring for me."
"You sure Kagome? Nothing is going on?"
"Yes I'm sure. I have to get to class now." Kagome began to walk off but Inuyasha stopped her.
"There is something I wanted to ask you Kagome."
Kagome's eyebrow went up. "What might that be?"
"I talked to my brother and he's letting me have a sleepover tomorrow night. Sango and Miroku are going to be there too. You want to come?"
Kagome blushed. She had been to sleepovers before, but never with Inuyasha! Heck she hadn't even been to one with a boy. She didn't know what to say to her friend. On one hand she did want to go. It would be good for her to get out of the house, and away from her father. It would be a blessed escape hatch from the torments she was forced to suffer.
On the other hand though, she didn't want to go at all. It wasn't out of fear of what Isamu would do to her, but out of nervousness of spending an entire night with a boy. And even more, she would be sleeping in the same house with her childhood friend. She didn't think he would try anything sexual or anything like that-Inuyasha was no pervert-but nevertheless the thought of sharing a room with a male just made her nervous. She was being immature, she knew it, but still...
"Hey, are you just going to stand there or are you going to give me an answer?!" Inuyasha growled. That snapped Kagome back to attention. If there was anything about Inuyasha she disliked, it was that he was one of the worst tempered people in the school. As long as she had known him, he had always seemed to be on edge. But unlike her father, another person who was always on edge, Inuyasha had never physically lashed out at her. Inuyasha had always settled for just yelling at her. Kagome wasn't scared of him. She knew this was just the way he was.
"Sure I can come. I just need to..."
Kagome's words trailed off and for a moment she thought she was going to say something like I need to tell my father who beats me for just about everything I do and he'll probably beat me up for wanting to leave the house but he'll still let me go anyway so sure I can come as long as you don't ask about why I'm limping. But she didn't. Instead she just said:
"I just need to talk to my father about it. Other then that, sure thing."
"Okay. See you later in science class Kagome." Inuyasha said. He turned around and went off to his math class further down the hall. Kagome gathered up her books into her backpack and began the short walk down the south hallway to her first period class. She rounded another corner and entered the doorway. She was at last in her first period math class.
Kagome had barely gotten to her desk when a loud slapping sound was heard and a tall, slender boy with short black hair went sprawling over Kagome's desk. Kagome yelped in surprise and jumped back just as the boy rolled off of her desk and onto the floor. When she saw who it was, she giggled.
"Up to your old tricks again Miroku?" Kagome asked. The boy did not pay attention. Instead he turned to a tall girl with her hair in a ponytail and smiled sheepishly.
"It's not like I haven't touched you there before Sango!" Mikage Miroku said, rubbing his face where Sango had slapped him.
"You hentai! You just don't learn your lesson do you?" Myojin Sango growled, massaging her sore hand. "I've told you too many times not to touch me there!"
Miroku only smiled. "My hand slipped Sango. I really didn't know it would brush up against you."
Sango snorted. "That's what you say every time!! Next time you do that I'll-"
"That is enough!" Tanaka Hideaki, the teacher of first period math yelled. At the tone of Hideaki's voice, everybody promptly took their seats without even making so much as a sound. All that was, except Sango and Miroku. They remainded standing. Kagome had to suppress laughter. This was not the first time they had done something like this.
Mikage Miroku and Myojin Sango were two more of Kagome's friends. Unlike Inuyasha whom she had known most of her life, she had known these two only since seventh grade. Nevertheless, they were good people to be around. And once again, like Inuyasha and Kagome, both of them had familial difficulties.
Miroku, like Inuyasha, had lost his parents at an early age. His mother had died of cancer when he had been three and his father had died in a car crash a year later. After that, Miroku had been taken in by his grandfather Mushin. Sango was a different matter. Unlike Miroku who had lost his parents, Sango has lost her younger brother. What had happened to him Sango refused to talk about. She had loved her brother dearly and bringing it up was too painful. Kagome only knew that her brother had been in the hospital at the time. But since seventh grade, she had been good friends with these two and she knew from how they acted towards each other, a fight was nothing to worry about. Like Inuyasha with his temper, it was just the way things went.
Miroku clapped his hands together in apology. "Gomen Nasai sensei, but-"
"I don't want to hear it. Detention, both of you, after school. Got it?" Hideaki said automatically. With a sigh, the two teenagers sat down in their seats. As Hideaki turned around, Sango leaned over to Kagome.
"So Kagome, are you going to Inuyasha's sleepover tomorrow night? I am." Sango whispered.
"Yeah. If my father lets me go." Kagome whispered back.
"Hope you come. It won't be the same without you Kagome."
"Do you have something you wish to say to the class Miss Myojin?" Hideaki growled from the front of the classroom.
"No sensei." Sango said instinctively. She turned back to face the front of the classroom.
And so began another day in the life of Higurashi Kagome. Another day of work, play, and dealing with her friends. A life where she could be free of pain and misery.
To be continued....
And there you have it. That's chapter two. As you can see I am trying to go for character development. The next chapter is going to be centered on Kagome's father and you're going to see that his abuse does not just center in on Kagome alone, if you know what I mean. Depending on how I write it, I might have to change the story's rating to an R rated story. But that's only a maybe. Keep your eyes open for the next chapter. Hope you enjoy it. -Randall Flagg2
"Kagome are you sure nothing is wrong?" Kagome's friend Saotome Akiko asked. "You've seemed kind of down lately."
"No, nothing is wrong. I-"
-have been getting beat up by my father a lot more then normal was what she wanted to say. But that's not what came out. With what Isamu had threatened her with should she dare to speak about what went on in her home kept all her secrets in her mind. And even if she did and he didn't find out, where could she go? She had no other living relatives. She had not intention of becoming homeless, much less with a broken back. So instead she simply said: "I've just been kind of depressed, that's all."
Akiko looked puzzled. "Are you sure it isn't something else Kagome? Are you hiding something from me?"
"No, nothing's wrong. I'm just... kind of depressed with my life. That's all." Akiko looked suspicious for a moment and for one moment Kagome thought she was going to ask her again and then she knew she wouldn't be able to resist telling her. And then she would come home and Isamu would be waiting for her and he would- oh god he would-
But Akiko didn't ask. She simply turned around and in a flash of white uniform and green mini skirt she was walking briskly down the hall towards her class. Kagome sighed with relief. Anymore and she probably would have spilled her guts to her friend. Thank Kami she had not. With a sigh Kagome turned around and headed down the hall to her classroom. As she rounded the corner, she crashed into somebody and fell to the floor.
"What the hell?!! Why don't you watch where your going you stupid son of a- " came the angry snarl of a familiar voice. And then before the obscenity could be spat out, the voice stopped. Kagome smiled warmly and spoke.
"Hi Inuyasha. How are you doing?" Kagome asked.
"Hi Kagome." Inuyasha said, pushing back his incredible long white hair. "Anything new in life?"
Masaki Inuyasha was one of Kagome's better friends. That was probably an underestimate though. They had known each other since they were five. Of all of the friends she had at school, Inuyasha was the one she trusted the most. Over the years, she had told him many things. All except the biggest one: what went on in her home. Despite how much she trusted him, she could not bring herself to tell anybody, even him. But other then that, she told him just about everything in her life.
Like Kagome, Inuyasha had some familial difficulties, but they were nowhere near as extreme as Kagome's was. Inuyasha's parents, Masaki Inutaisho and Masaki Chikako, had both been killed in a fire some many years ago. Around the time, Inuyasha had just been born. After that Inuyasha's older brother Sesshoamaru had taken care of Inuyasha from that point on. As far as Kagome knew Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had not been on particularly good terms since day one. Sesshomaru had never abused Inuyasha in any way. He just didn't like him. Kagome didn't know the specifics, but it had something to do with Inuyasha's mother. But that was all and Kagome figured it was better left that way.
"Nothing new is happening Inuyasha. Life has been fairly boring for me."
"You sure Kagome? Nothing is going on?"
"Yes I'm sure. I have to get to class now." Kagome began to walk off but Inuyasha stopped her.
"There is something I wanted to ask you Kagome."
Kagome's eyebrow went up. "What might that be?"
"I talked to my brother and he's letting me have a sleepover tomorrow night. Sango and Miroku are going to be there too. You want to come?"
Kagome blushed. She had been to sleepovers before, but never with Inuyasha! Heck she hadn't even been to one with a boy. She didn't know what to say to her friend. On one hand she did want to go. It would be good for her to get out of the house, and away from her father. It would be a blessed escape hatch from the torments she was forced to suffer.
On the other hand though, she didn't want to go at all. It wasn't out of fear of what Isamu would do to her, but out of nervousness of spending an entire night with a boy. And even more, she would be sleeping in the same house with her childhood friend. She didn't think he would try anything sexual or anything like that-Inuyasha was no pervert-but nevertheless the thought of sharing a room with a male just made her nervous. She was being immature, she knew it, but still...
"Hey, are you just going to stand there or are you going to give me an answer?!" Inuyasha growled. That snapped Kagome back to attention. If there was anything about Inuyasha she disliked, it was that he was one of the worst tempered people in the school. As long as she had known him, he had always seemed to be on edge. But unlike her father, another person who was always on edge, Inuyasha had never physically lashed out at her. Inuyasha had always settled for just yelling at her. Kagome wasn't scared of him. She knew this was just the way he was.
"Sure I can come. I just need to..."
Kagome's words trailed off and for a moment she thought she was going to say something like I need to tell my father who beats me for just about everything I do and he'll probably beat me up for wanting to leave the house but he'll still let me go anyway so sure I can come as long as you don't ask about why I'm limping. But she didn't. Instead she just said:
"I just need to talk to my father about it. Other then that, sure thing."
"Okay. See you later in science class Kagome." Inuyasha said. He turned around and went off to his math class further down the hall. Kagome gathered up her books into her backpack and began the short walk down the south hallway to her first period class. She rounded another corner and entered the doorway. She was at last in her first period math class.
Kagome had barely gotten to her desk when a loud slapping sound was heard and a tall, slender boy with short black hair went sprawling over Kagome's desk. Kagome yelped in surprise and jumped back just as the boy rolled off of her desk and onto the floor. When she saw who it was, she giggled.
"Up to your old tricks again Miroku?" Kagome asked. The boy did not pay attention. Instead he turned to a tall girl with her hair in a ponytail and smiled sheepishly.
"It's not like I haven't touched you there before Sango!" Mikage Miroku said, rubbing his face where Sango had slapped him.
"You hentai! You just don't learn your lesson do you?" Myojin Sango growled, massaging her sore hand. "I've told you too many times not to touch me there!"
Miroku only smiled. "My hand slipped Sango. I really didn't know it would brush up against you."
Sango snorted. "That's what you say every time!! Next time you do that I'll-"
"That is enough!" Tanaka Hideaki, the teacher of first period math yelled. At the tone of Hideaki's voice, everybody promptly took their seats without even making so much as a sound. All that was, except Sango and Miroku. They remainded standing. Kagome had to suppress laughter. This was not the first time they had done something like this.
Mikage Miroku and Myojin Sango were two more of Kagome's friends. Unlike Inuyasha whom she had known most of her life, she had known these two only since seventh grade. Nevertheless, they were good people to be around. And once again, like Inuyasha and Kagome, both of them had familial difficulties.
Miroku, like Inuyasha, had lost his parents at an early age. His mother had died of cancer when he had been three and his father had died in a car crash a year later. After that, Miroku had been taken in by his grandfather Mushin. Sango was a different matter. Unlike Miroku who had lost his parents, Sango has lost her younger brother. What had happened to him Sango refused to talk about. She had loved her brother dearly and bringing it up was too painful. Kagome only knew that her brother had been in the hospital at the time. But since seventh grade, she had been good friends with these two and she knew from how they acted towards each other, a fight was nothing to worry about. Like Inuyasha with his temper, it was just the way things went.
Miroku clapped his hands together in apology. "Gomen Nasai sensei, but-"
"I don't want to hear it. Detention, both of you, after school. Got it?" Hideaki said automatically. With a sigh, the two teenagers sat down in their seats. As Hideaki turned around, Sango leaned over to Kagome.
"So Kagome, are you going to Inuyasha's sleepover tomorrow night? I am." Sango whispered.
"Yeah. If my father lets me go." Kagome whispered back.
"Hope you come. It won't be the same without you Kagome."
"Do you have something you wish to say to the class Miss Myojin?" Hideaki growled from the front of the classroom.
"No sensei." Sango said instinctively. She turned back to face the front of the classroom.
And so began another day in the life of Higurashi Kagome. Another day of work, play, and dealing with her friends. A life where she could be free of pain and misery.
To be continued....
And there you have it. That's chapter two. As you can see I am trying to go for character development. The next chapter is going to be centered on Kagome's father and you're going to see that his abuse does not just center in on Kagome alone, if you know what I mean. Depending on how I write it, I might have to change the story's rating to an R rated story. But that's only a maybe. Keep your eyes open for the next chapter. Hope you enjoy it. -Randall Flagg2