Disclaimer: ….is it really needed now? Do you really have to beat the horrid truth in? I DON'T OWN INU! ::sobs::
A/N: alright, I almost promise that this will be longer and that something will happen…but I can't be for sure….thanks for the reviews! (hafta keep that in) Kikyou may have been intro'd, but her part isn't all that big yet…
To Jamie: In the end, it will be an Inu/Kag fic, but I have something that might surprise you…or not…your choice…
Title: Broken
Chapter title: Innocence
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"Oh, Kikyou," Kagome snorted, starting to walk off, leaving Inu-Yasha behind. At the look in his eyes, she decided not to give him the tour.
Walking adamantly out the door, Kagome successfully left both the bitch, Kikyou, and the annoyance, Inu-Yasha, behind. But the thing is, she had worse coming ahead of her, and that's what she forgot.
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Souta was outside waiting, the wind nipping at his bare arms. He probably shouldn't have worn a t-shirt. He looked around, starting to get worried about Kagome. Even if sometimes he was mean to her, he held on dear to their relationship. Sister and brother is just a relationship that happens. You don't need to take down any barriers, make any introductions you just…are. That's what Souta liked. As far as he knew, Kagome knew everything about him and that was, in a twisted way, comforting. The rigid call of his name broke his trance and he ran to his sister, goose bumps lining his arm.
"Where were you?" He demanded, sounding more nervous than anything.
"Just…talking to a teacher," Kagome made up a quick excuse, which probably wouldn't work.
"You got in trouble? I'm telling!" Souta screamed, dodging off into the crowd. Kagome chased him, more for her sake that he got to his Judo class than anything.
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When Kagome got home she realized she was early, which was a good thing. This gave her time to do some things.
First, Kagome had a little snack, she also did her homework. Maybe this is a good omen... She thought scribbling the last bit of math on the paper before putting everything away.
She walked into the living room to sleep for a little when the phone's annoying ring tone jarred her mind to almost adrenaline mode.
"Hello?" She spoke into the cold, red receiver.
"Kagome?" Inu-Yasha's voice almost scared the shit out of her.
"Yes?" She replied, breathing heavily.
"I…" Inu-Yasha started sheepishly. "Didn't get the math homework, could you help me?" He finished. Thankfully for the hanyou, he couldn't be seen blushing in his room.
As Kagome helped Inu-Yasha over the phone, she didn't hear her mother slowly and quietly, almost cat like, and open the door. That was, until she practically stomped into the kitchen. Her eyes were covered with some of her stray bangs and she was clearly mad.
By the time Kagome noticed this, it was probably too late to save herself. She quickly said bye to Inu-Yasha and shakily hung up. She learned that it was best to stand up instead of staying seated, so she did just that.
"M…Mom?" She stammered, being cornered against the wall. Kagome wasn't one to fight back. She was searching her mother's face for meaning when suddenly leather connected to her cheek and she fell into the counter, the side of her head hit the corner.
Kagome slumped to the floor, her knees in front of her chest. She was doubled over, clutching her head loosely. Tears tried to pry out of her eyelids but her shaking frame wouldn't let them take over.
"Take that worthless bitch!" Kagome hear her mother scream before slamming her purse on the back of Kagome's head.
Kagome fell face first to the floor. Her head was pounding, but she knew that her mother wasn't going to stop; she would cause blood to spill, probably from her abdomen. Kagome dodged the next purse attack and braced herself up against the table. Before Kagome could react further, she felt something sharp pierce through her arm. Realizing it was a piece of glass, she halted her body from defensively jerking away; that would have hurt more.
While Kagome was concentrating on the shard and trying to keep her head in focus, hard knuckles connected with her face, sending her to hit the counter again. Kagome looked up to her mother's dark face, almost pleadingly, before she lost consciousness.
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"Mom! I'm home!" A childish voice rang out through out the house followed by a slamming door. A black haired boy ran across the living room, throwing his back pack on the couch. He was in Jyudo Gi and had just gotten a ride home. "Where's Kagome?" He ventured, looking at every part of the house he had access, to. (Not Kagome's room or his mother's room).
"She fell down the shrine steps." Mrs. Higurashi lied easily, without giving it a second thought.
Souta was instantly worried. He ran to her room and almost tripped over Buyo who was nonchalantly sitting in the doorway.
Kagome was lying peacefully in her bed, one arm across her chest over the covers. The other one was tucked neatly to her side with a bandage where the glass shard had pierced it.
"Kagome?"