Locked Away

Chapter 2: 20 years to life

Kagome had been under house arrest for the next couple weeks, with her loaming trial approaching, the paparazzi had been coming up everywhere around her house, some were even camping out on her lawn in hopes of an interview. Every time she opened a door or walked past a window she could hear faint yells of, "Why Kagome?" and "What do you have to say about what you have done?" It took all her will not to go out there and start yelling about how America's legal system was screwed up and that she didn't do anything, it was all Koga's fault. Speaking of Koga, he hadn't been seen since that day in the park, like he disappeared from the face of the earth, Kagome couldn't believe she had ever thought she could be in love with that scum bag! At least she could still go places, as long as she had a police escort with her at all times. At first she had wanted to go to the park, but what had once seemed so safe, now felt like a far off dream, or nightmare… Today she had managed to get an officer to come with her to buy a suit for her trial on Monday, she looked great in it, it went perfectly with her curves like the maker had made it for her, she twirled around the mirror for a while and smiled for the first time in weeks, she bought the suit and went on her way home. The next week went by in a flash, she watched the news, the only thing on was her though, so she tried to read but the reporters kept her up, like they never lost their voice. By Monday if anything more reporters were swarming her house, one had even had the balls to come up and knock, he was removed from the premises immediately. Kagome had her hair up in a tight bun and examined herself in the mirror, her suit didn't seem to look as good, but nothing did when she knew what was in store for herself. She heard a knock and dreadfully looked at a clock, 11:30, it was her escort. She opened the door and was meet with the flash of bulbs going off in her face, they continued to the car, reporters screaming and taking her picture, one had jabbed her in the shoulder. Kagome got into the car but kept her eyes closed trying to get the lights to go away, she could hear them yelling outside the car, they slowly pulled out of the driveway so not to hit a reporter, she smirked at that headline, 'Officer hits ranting reporter with truck!' That would be just great. They managed to get through the paparazzi and were on their way to the most dreaded place on earth, the courthouse…

"All rise." The Justus said standing, Kagome stood next to her lawyer and recited the pledge of allegiance, it seemed to mean so much more when you were reciting it and about to be convicted of killing the most powerful man in most of the world… The Justus started reading something from a book and Kagome lost herself in memories…

Flashback

"Kagome?" She could hear her mother's muffled voice from the other side of the door. "Yes mother?" She asked trying to wipe away the redness from her tears, if anything, she was making it worse, "May I come in?" "Sure." Kagome cracked the door open and looked in any other direction than her mothers, she hated it when people saw her cry, it was different then when she was angry, crying made her feel vulnerable and weak, if she hated anything, it was feeling weak. "I'm so so sorry!" Her mother said pulling Kagome into a tight hug, at that moment every ounce of sorrow she had ever held back came spilling out, hot tears escaped her eyes, sobbing she held her mother, the one person who knew how she felt, "It's all my fault!" She managed to sob between gulps for air. "Shh, it's not your fault, it's okay dare, be strong…" Her mother's voice soothed her, "It's just not fair." Kagome held her mother tighter, "I know darling, but life isn't always fair, you just have to go with what it gives you…" Kagome wasn't crying anymore, she silently held her mother, for the very last time, because she was right, life wasn't fair, but Kagome refused to be mistreated anymore…

Flashback over

Kagome stood in the box next to the court Justus, a man with a copy of the bible stood in front of her. "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth on pain of death?"
"Yes, I do." Kagome said looking into the mans face, he had disgust written all over it, Kagome wondered if that was how everyone felt about her now, disgusted… The lawyers had presentations about how Kagome was guilty and how she was innocent, how the bullet from Koga's gun matched the bullet from the presidents chest. People questioned her about where she was and who she was waiting for and why nobody knew she was in the park. She knew nobody believed that it was Koga, everyone thought she was trying to pull her boyfriend down with her and that she was a crazy fool. The jury requested a recess after a while and Kagome was escorted to a jail cell where she would be staying until the trial was over…

Kagome laid on her hard bed in her cell and thought about different things, Koga, being in a cell, wondering if she would ever get out of there. She had been thinking for a while about how if she ever got out of prison she would hunt Koga down and murder him for the trial she was being convicted of. Kagome sat against the wall and let her thoughts wander around through everything that had happened to her since she had left home, everything she had to deal with, and now look where she was. She could just see her mother on their couch crying at the thought of her only daughter shooting the president, poor woman. Tears were threatening to fall now, Kagome tried with all her might to stop them, but she had no hope of being not guilty, no matter how hard she tried no one would believe her, she let her tears fall, giving up what she had managed, four years she hadn't cried, and she deserved to cry once in a lifetime. She burned with anger that no one listened, so much for innocent until proven guilty, look where she was, Kagome cried herself asleep. She woke up in the middle of the night with sweat coming down her temples and running down her back, she felt cold even though she was warm, she had had a nightmare. She tried to remember it but couldn't recall, "What's this place doing to me? Is this what's it's like in real prison?" Kagome asked no one in particular. She was reminded of her favorite song.

I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded
By the white light
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lying here tonight

And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't stand the pain

How could this happen to me?
I made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?

Kagome was amazed by how much the lyrics were like everything she was going through now.

She slipped in and out of sleep, until dawn when her escort came for her. Again she found herself listening to boring she's guilty no she's not stories, you would think that since her future was hanging on the line she'd be more interested, wrong. When it came time for Kagome's speech in front of millions of people and cameras that would be broadcasting it worldwide, she was a little more interested, she had forgot to make a speech the night before because she was to busy wallowing in self-pity, she had to wing it. On her way out she ran into the Justus, "Kagome" She didn't know why everyone called her by her first name. "Yes Justus?" She asked in a respectful tone, "When you go up there, make sure that you say that you are sorry for what you have done and you wish you could take it back…" Kagome gawked at the Justus, she had thought the Justus was on both sides, she had listened to both side and even smiled at Kagome, she had seemed nice, "Why would I say sorry for not doing anything?" Kagome asked in a strained voice. "Call it politics…" The Justus disappeared through the doors and a large roar erupted from the crowed, everything went silent when Kagome came out to the podium.

Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound
But no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold onto
A time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't

"My fellow Americans…" Kagome started, someone in the crowd yelled "Your not an American!" Kagome sighed, "I am not sorry for anything I have done in my life, except taking that gun into my possession, I have not committed the crimes for which I stand here today speaking of!" She yelled over the crowd of whispering people. She caught a glance at the Justus on her walk back to her seat, she was scowling at Kagome.

How could this happen to me?
I made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?

It was the third day of the trial, the jury had come to a final decision, after long hours of talking in a circle they handed something to the judge, a slit of paper. The Justus read the paper for a moment as if to let it sink in that Kagome was about to be sent away forever the Justus said nothing. She sat there, and after about five minutes Kagome couldn't take it any loner, she was so close to yelling, 'read the god damn paper!' Luckily she contained herself, she couldn't help but pray justice would see her through, she didn't want to believe she was going away, no, not until she heard it. The Justus took a deep breath, "Kagome you are here by proven guilty in a court of law! You are sentenced to 20 years to life in Jarliaru Prison," Yells and screams erupted from the crowd, apparently everyone believed she had done it, Kagome slouched into her chair and let a single tear drop, so this was how it ended?

I've made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?

I hope you like it! I know it's all sad and stuff, I was way ad cause my first copy went bye bye in an power outage! Please review and tell me what you thought of it! Tell me if I should keep going!