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The Bruised and The Healed

Kagome whirled to find her face-to-face with a man's chest. She looked up into gold pools that held pain, love and hatred all at the same time.

She stepped back and put a hand on her waist. "I do not owe you any explanations, in case you haven't noticed; this place is full of hungry people. I came here to train you and earn some money NOT to deal with your attitude, so get to work. "Kagome snapped.

Inuyasha took a quick look at Kagome and replied; "And you are...?"

"Name's Kagome Higurashi, assistant manager of this joint and the dudette who's gonna train you." She answered matter-of-factly.

"If you're so annoyed with having to train me why don't you just find somebody else to do it for you?" Inuyasha asked impatiently.

"Gabi" Kagome questioned. Gabi came out of the kitchen with soapy arms and hands. "Sorry, Kags, Washing dishes." Gabi apologized before going back inside. "Miroku" She questioned again. Miroku came out of the freezer "C-can't. O-organizing t-t-toppings." he said apologetically.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Because I have no choice" she said to Inuyasha. "Now come here" she said before grabbing Inuyasha's arm and pulling him in the direction of the kitchen.

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Kagome and Inuyasha were in the kitchen counting up money when Gabi appeared. "Ok, Kags, I gotta go." Gabi said before turning. "Bye!" Kagome called. Miroku appeared in the doorway just then. "See you" he said, and ran out the door. "God, those two dudes are gonna run me down." Kagome sighed impatiently.

Inuyasha looked up from the 20 dollar bills he was counting "I'm guessing you're a rocker?" Inuyasha asked staring at Kagome's cargos. Kagome nodded and stared at the black bandana that kept Inuyasha's hair. "You are, too" She commented. He nodded. "Babe, I'm a pure one, 'cycle gang, band and CD's" he said.

"First of all, dude, don't call me 'babe'" Kagome shot back. "And second, which CD's?"

"Simple Plan, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Nirvana and Good Charlotte, to name a few" Inuyasha replied.

"Awesome"

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Kagome walked inside the house. It was officially 5:30 pm, Souta was in Karate, and she had just come home from school. Christie was at work, and Ray, as usual, was on the couch in front of the TV. She walked straight towards her room, but Ray stopped her. "Come here" he said to her. He was drunk. He was high. Kagome froze, mentally debating whether to run to her room and lock the door or go to Ray. "I SAID COME HERE" he screamed.

She went towards him and he TRIED to stand up. He fell down and stayed down, rather than getting up like he usually did. Kagome looked down and gasped. She was wearing a skirt. She tried to make a run for it but Ray grabbed her leg and she fell to the ground. Ray got on top of her and started kissing her. Kagome felt tears go down her cheek. She freed a hand quietly mean while ray put down his zipper. He finished, and his hand began to wander, her butt, her breasts. She looked around and saw a whiskey bottle, acting quickly and on impulse she grabbed it and threw it on ray. She missed, but it was good enough to get Ray un-alert, letting her kick his balls and make a run for her room. She locked the door behind her and sat down in the corner of her room, her knees up to her chest.

Tears burned down her cheeks and a mixture of anger and sadness ran through her heart at the thought of loosing her virginity to that bastard. She wanted to die. The only thing she wanted at that moment was to die. She knew Souta would be safe because she doubted the police would let Christie and Ray keep his custody after finding a corpse in the house. She looked around her room and spotted a knife. She crawled to where it lay on the floor and grabbed it. Her hand shaking, she picked it up and clenched her left fist. Unsteadily, she put the knife to her veins, and closed her eyes tightly. Her life would have been gone had she not heard a scream coming from the living room.

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