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Homecoming Court

By Red Eclipse

Chap 14 -It's only just beginning

Part 3 the long ride to hell

Inuyasha's heart was racing as he drove. Kagome was laying on the back seat going on about her mother. He didn't understand what she was trying to say. He only knew she was in pain all because of him. It ripped him up inside. He ripped through a red light narrowly avoiding a car crash.

Flashback

Inuyasha stared at Naraku coldly. He was smirking and the gleam in his red eyes pissed Inuyasha off.

"What's with that look Inuyasha? You knew I was coming here." He said still smirking.

"What's your damn proposition?" Inuyasha asked apprehensively

"Calm down Inuyasha won't you join me inside? For old times sake." Naraku stared at Inuyasha face at the words and laugh cruelly, his red eyes filling with joy at his cousin's anger.

"Like hell I'd go in there with you." Inuyasha snarled.

"I'm not gonna kill the best assassin I ever had. Oh I'm sorry you like the word hit man better don't you? The truth is I need again Inuyasha."

"Fuck you."

"I thought you'd say something like that. That's why I thought I'd tell Kagome about Mr. H" He smiled coldly red eyes still dancing. Inuyasha froze.

"Damn you what does Kagome have to do with any of this?"

"Everything you hold here so obviously dear that's all. You wouldn't want to see here new life disrupted by the hand of her father." His cold smile grew wider. Inuyasha jumped at him and pinned him against the wall cutting off his air. Naraku smiled again as a red dot danced on Inuyasha's face and traveled to his arm. "You think I wouldn't take precautions?" Inuyasha released him.

"What do you want of me?" he asked defeated.

"Please come in." Naraku smirked and turned toward the run down decapitating building. Inuyasha followed.

He hadn't asked for this. He'd only wanted to help Miroku out by watching out for his sister.

Naraku led him through the building to a small room with two leather chairs. He turned to Inuyasha and gestured to one of the chairs. Inuyasha watched him take a seat on the chair opposite. His face was blank now waiting for Inuyasha to sit down.

"Now what is it that you want?" Inuyasha said glaring as he sat down. Naraku's smirk returned.

"I have made trouble for myself with another gang. I need your help." Inuyasha laughed coldly at that. Naraku kept his calm smirk on his face.

"You have to be kidding me. You fucking bastard."

"Before you make your decision I have a story to tell you. You won't like it. I'm actually the hero of the story. Before tonight that is."

Inuyasha stared at him. The anger he felt was boiling. All he had done to get away from all of this. He didn't want to kill, never again. Kagome made him feel like that was possible. He liked the girl. Not like in that way. He respected her, her quiet strength.

Inuyasha slammed the break in front of his apartment. He got Kagome out of the backseat and ran into the building. He ran up the stairs. The other tenants were staring at him as he carried her up. He put Kagome down and she leaned against the wall teetering as she stood on her temporarily paralyzed legs. He unlocked his door and helped Kagome into the room. He helped her to the couch and went for his bathroom.

"The night started like ever other. Miroku came to me with money he'd obviously stolen for his heroin. He'd just started the stuff then. He said a few things here and there that made me feel rather bad taking the money from him. He said something about his sister that made me sick. His damn father I hated the man, he disgusted even me. He mixed several types of drugs and added alcohol to the mix. It made him really aggressive.

"His father had already came to me for his fix the night before, but that night he came back after his son and demanded more. He had a vodka bottle with him. I could see n his eyes he'd already taken stuff that night so I raised the price. He was okay with the very high price and emptied his bank account for me.

"He drove home beat knocked his wife around and then raped her. Despicable bastard. Then Kagome came home. He immediately focused his attention on her. He beat her and raped her as well, more than once that night. Kagome was barely clinging to life at this point and hours later as his intoxication dropped and his mind started to clear, he figured out she was dying. So he did the most honorable thing he could."

Inuyasha returned to the living room with towels and gauze. He removed the paper towels form her wrist and put a towel immediately over it to stop the bleeding. He heard her whimpering.

"Am I hurting you?" He asked gently.

"No I still can't move anything." She said weakly.

"Give it a few hours." He said calmly. She closed her eyes and sighed. "No Kagome stay awake. You can't go to sleep yet." She flickered her eyes open and stared at him.

"He took out side and put her in the trunk of his car. Then he drove through the night to a park. He stopped there, snorting some speed before going on any further. He dragged her almost lifeless body out of the trunk of his car and took her deep into the park and there is where he left her to die. A half hour later a Good Samaritan called 911 and waited with her.

"At the hospital they found she had been raped and beaten by an anonymous attacker. They treated her and took photographs of the bruises. I have those take a look for your self." Naraku laid a folder down on the coffee table between them.

Inuyasha took the folder tentatively. He'd already known of this attack just not at this detail. He had never seen the pictures he didn't even know what age she was at the attack. He had to assume she was young. Kagome had said he left when she was 6 and that she barely remembered him. He knew she was lying.

He couldn't prepare himself for what he saw when he opened the folder. Kagome. Her eyes cold and listless, not clinging to any hope. Kagome. Bruised and batter, bruises on her face, arms, legs, thighs, stomach and back. Kagome. 16 years old. Only a year and a half ago. He dropped the folder. "Kagome." He whispered.

When the bleeding had finally stopped, Inuyasha looked at the wound. Takashin had roughly carved the word 'Dawn' into her skin. Even if Kagome never knew what it would mean it would be a scar on her skin forever. He would be just a scar to her forever. He cleaned to wounds and dried it. He took the gauze and began to wrap it around her arm. She looked down at what he was doing.

"You'll be okay Kagome don't worry." He said standing up.

Naraku's laughter filled the room as Inuyasha dropped the folder and sat stunned. '16, 16, 16' the number repeated in his head. Inuyasha put his head in his hands and sighed defeated.

"Wait Inuyasha I'm not done yet." Inuyasha was silent still holding his head in his hands. "This is the best part of the story. Don't you want to hear it?" his laughter rang out again.

"Stop laughing you fucking bastard." He growled not able to take the sound ringing out throughout the room. He felt compressed. Whatever was next would trap him.

"I'm sorry it was disrespectful to the poor girl. I must continue. Before Kagome was released I kidnapped her father and had some of my men beat the crap out of him. I transported him to New York, got him a job and eradicated his memory. The only problem is every 6 moths he needs a booster shot because the memories start to come back eventually. He is now a powerful businessman, who has a folder full of kiddie porn on his computer and had a powerfully strong drinking problem. Now in 7 weeks I will have to give him another booster shot. Now I don't like having to threaten you with this but I really have no choice. If you don't help me then I will be forced to let him gain his memories. There's no doubt he will want to come home to his precious almost grown daughter, his sons and his beautiful wife."

"You son of a bitch! I won't let you do this!" Inuyasha jumped up and punched Naraku in the face as hard as he could. Naraku was knocked from his chair and slumped on his hands and knees. Inuyasha kicked him harshly in the stomach. He heard steps running toward him and he felt someone grab his arm. He turned and slugged the guy in the face. He fell and other's jumped at Inuyasha. He pulled his gun out and was pointing it straight at Naraku's face. Naraku laughed again. Inuyasha cocked the gun. Simultaneously he heard ten other guns surrounding him cock, pointing straight at him. He smirked.

"Stop." Naraku said to them motioning for them to lower their weapons. "Inuyasha I am willing to overlook that for the moment. I will give till Dawn after homecoming to come to me and pledge your loyalty to me. That is your last day. Remember dawn. Now leave unless you're ready now." Inuyasha still wouldn't lower his weapon.

"Will Kagome be safe once I do this?" He asked glaring fiercely.

"Yes of course. From myself and her father."

"And will you Hassle Miroku?"

"No of course not. I won't sell him anything if he comes to me. I will leave Kagome alone, her family and all of her friends."

"Will I be able to monitor her?"

"I don't care you can be fucking her when you're not working for me for all I care if you think you can keep her hidden from anyone who might target you by getting her." Inuyasha glared harder.

"How am I supposed to trust you?"

"I left you alone for a rather long time after you successfully left remember. You're the one who had to spit in my face by taking one of my best customers to get clean. That was very rude."

"Can you tell me were Kagome's other brother is? Souta?"

"No, I haven't seen the little bastard for a while. He probably killed himself." Inuyasha grimaced for Kagome. "If you want I can get you some of the stuff I use on her dad, she'll forget you and everything that's she been through. For a while anyway. If you want to take that course." Inuyasha lowered his weapon.

"We'll be in touch." He said coldly.

"Does that mean you will agree."

"Maybe or maybe that will be the day I come to kill you." He smirked and left the building flipping Naraku off.

"Come on Kagome I'll take you home to Sango." He said. She looked up at him. Her eyes were watering. Tears in the corners of her eyes. He crouched by her and wiped them away softly.

"I'm sorry Kagome. I'm so sorry." He helped her up and took her down the stairs back to his car.

A/N- That's it part four is over. Next is the last part, the homecoming dance. It will hopefully be out soon I found the link for my fanfic alert list I made a long time ago. http/redeclipse. get notified of the next chapter when I post it. I hope you like the chapter, Naraku's proposition tell me what you think. Bye R&R!