Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters. I hope that some day I will but as of now...no such luck.



Giving up, or Moving on? Ch. 4 getting there

Kagome got on the bus and sat down in one of the seats near the back. There were a few other people on there but not many. She put her bag on the chair next to her so no one would sit there unless they needed to. She pulled out a c.d. player with headphones. The c.d. player could also pick up radio stations so she set it to us99 to listen.

At first it was on commercials but soon it changed to music. It was a beautiful but sad song. It turned out good for the people in it but it made her mind start to wander.

Floorboard's filled with baby toys,

An' empty coke bottles an' coffee cups.

Drivin' through the rain with no radio,

Tryin' not to wake her up.

Cell 'phone says "low battery",

God, what if I break down?

I'm just lookin' for an exit with a lotta lights,

A safe little interstate town.

Just a cheap hotel,

With a single bed,

And cable TV:

Is good enough for me an' Emily.

Some day, when she's old enough,

She's gonna start askin' questions about him.

Some kid at school brings his Dad for show an' tell,

An' gets her little mind a-wonderin':

"Where's my Daddy? Do I have one?

"Does he not love me like you do?"

Oh, maybe I'll find someone to love the both of us,

An' I'll tell her when she's old enough to know the truth.

Will it break her heart?

Will she understand,

That I had to leave?

That's what was best for me an' Emily.

That house was never clean enough; his dinner never warm enough.

Nothing I did was ever good enough to make him happy.

So, I guess, he gave me what he thought I deserved,

But it would kill me if he ever raised his hand to her.

Big rigs are throwin' rain on my windshield,

An' I feel like they're laughin' at me.

Fin'lly the storm is lettin' up,

An' the mornin' is breakin' free.

It's a brand new day,

It's a second chance.

Yesterday is just a memory,

For me an' Emily.

Ah.

Floorboard is filled with baby toys,

An' empty coke bottles an' coffee cups.

Least there's one good thing that he gave me,

An' she's startin' to wake up.

She couldn't help but tear up a little bit at the end of the song. 'That song has a happy ending. She leaves her abusive husband and takes her daughter with her. Why didn't my mother take me with her also?' She started thinking about her mom and if she would ever be able to see her again.

She sighed and looked out of the window. She could see the countryside flying past the window. 'I hope this is o.k. with Inuyasha. He said he would help anyway that he could but I don't know if this is anything like what he had in mind. But if I had asked him first and he said no, I couldn't go. This way he didn't tell me no so it's not that bad.' She sat and watched everything pass by the window for a while.

Kagome looked at her watch she had already been on the bus for 2 hours. And she still had about 4 to go. The thought of that made her eyelids become very heavy.

When she woke up the bus was pulling into the train station in Cincinnati. It took her a minute to get the courage to get off of the bus. She took a deep breath and grabbed her bag and got off. The bus. She looked around at the big city and she got a little scarred. 'What if I can't find his house? I won't be able to get back home because I don't have any more money. Well not enough for another ticket at least.' She got out the envelope that had the address on it.

Just then she noticed that she had to clue how to get there from the bus stop. There were a lot of other people around her so she decided to just ask one of them how to get there. She could see a girl with long dark hair sitting over in front of a store looking at a magazine and decided to go and ask her.

"Excuse me, my name is Kagome and I was wondering if you could tell me how to get to this address," she said to her. The girl looked up at her and smiled, "Sure I can help you and my name is Sango" Sango took the envelope and looked at the address. 'That is Inuyasha's address. What does she want to know how to get there for.' Sango looked up at Kagome again, "Yea this isn't that far away. You just go down 2 blocks and turn right. I think it is like the third house on the left."

Kagome told Sango thank you and started walking down the street. She was getting really nervous now but kept on walking. She walked down the two blocks and turned down the street. She saw the house, it had the same number as the address on the envelope.

She stopped at the gate before going in. She was really worried. What if his brother opened the door? She wasn't worried about parents because Inuyasha had told her that his parents were gone. She swallowed hard and walked up to the house. She could hear someone typing on the computer through the door.

She took one more deep breath before knocking on the door. She heard the person on the computer get up and come to the door. She held her breath until the door opened. A lot with long white hair and dog-ears on the top of his head opened the door. When he opened it he looked at Kagome with confusion on his face. As if he wasn't sure if it was her or not, but was pretty sure it was.

Kagome looked up at him, he looked down at her. Inuyasha was the first one to speak, "Kagome is that you?" he asked her quietly. She just looked at him and nodded. "Come in you have a LOT of explaining to do," he told her. She laughed and stepped inside his house.



Ok that is done with for now. I dedicate this chapter to my friend Kristin. She is leaving tomorrow for Minnesota so this is for her.

Hope you people liked this chapter. The song is "Me and Emily" from Rachel Proctor. It is a country song that I love. In case you couldn't tell or didn't read it the story is about a woman getting away from her abusive husband with her daughter, Emily.

Now please people review!!! Come on it's not hard.