"What the hell are you doing here?" Kikyo screamed at Kagome. She was glaring at her like her life depended on it.
"Uh…." Kagome didn't know what to say. She looked up at Inuyasha, who had a blank look to his face. His arms slowly fell from her back and rested in his lap.
"Answer me, Inuyasha! Tell me what you're doing with this little slut!"
Kagome stood up and narrowed her eyes at her, wanting to scream at her so badly, but was stopped by a hand resting on her own. She glanced down at Inuyasha.
He looked…. Angry?
He stood up, grabbed a hold of Kagome's hand and stared at Kikyo.
"What are you doing here? This isn't your home anymore, Kikyo." He said everything so calmly that it spooked both girls in the room.
"I-I miss you, and the kids, Inuyasha. I know I made a mistake… and I want to fix it." She said quietly, her eyes fixated on his feet.
The blank expression on his face scared Kagome so much that had she not hated Kikyo as much as Kouga, than she would have felt sorry for her. But she was a bitch, and she deserved what was coming.
"There is nothing to fix. You abandoned me, the kids, our lives, and you think you can just fix that?" He yelled at her, his voice rising with every word.
Kikyo shrunk back.
"I loved you, the kids still love you. Yet, you've never done anything for them. They'll grow to hate you, and I won't stop them. They should know that their mother was nothing more than a money grabbing whore. 'Cause that's what you are now, Kikyo. And I don't want someone like you in my house. I don't want the kids to see you ever again."
Kikyo finally raised her head, staring him in the eyes now.
All she saw was disgust.
"Get out, now!" His voice boomed.
Kikyo jumped at his voice and fell back against the wall behind her in the hallway.
"I-inuyasha? Please, don't do this! I love you! I love the kids!" She pleaded as she cried. Kagome saw her body twitch, as if she were debating on whether or not to fling herself at him.
"No, you don't. I don't want to hear anymore of your lies. Leave us alone. Now," he said calmly as he turned away from her, his back to her. He pulled Kagome next to him. She turned her back to her as well.
Kikyo's cries could be heard as she ran down the stairs and out of the house. Kagome had turned her head in her direction, wishing that things had been different, but knowing at the same time that this was how it should be.
She felt the weight of Inuyasha's head on her shoulder, making her turn her head towards him.
"Inuyasha?"
He was crying.
"I'm sorry."
She wrapped her arms around him, trying to soothe him.
"Why? You didn't do anything to me." She whispered into his ear.
"She shouldn't have called you those things." He stated.
Kagome chuckled softly.
"Well, I've called her worse, so it doesn't really matter."
He glanced up at her, his tears subsiding as a small smile lit up his face. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer to him as he rested his face in the crook of her neck.
Kagome turned a few shades of red.
"Uh, Inuyasha?"
"Hm?"
"Uh…" She wanted to ask him why he had kissed her before. Why he was acting like he cared for her more than he should. She wanted to ask him so many things, but the words just wouldn't form on her tongue.
"Uh, never mind. How about I surprise the kids and pick them up from school today?" She asked him, hoping he wouldn't think she was trying to change the subject.
"I think they'd like that." He sighed as he straightened up, placed a kiss on her forehead and let her go.
"I should get back to work now. I'll call the school and tell them that you'll be picking them up." He smiled at her, a real smile that made Kagome blush.
"And Kagome?"
"Yeah."
"Thanks." He told her as he walked out of the room with a wave.
Kagome stood where she was as she listened to him leave the house and drive off in his car. She let out a sigh of relief.
"This is just too much. I really don't know what to do anymore." She whispered to herself. Then, a thought struck her.
"Maybe I should talk to mom."
With that said, she walked out of the house and went back home.
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After picking up the kids, Kagome had taken them out for ice cream. She enjoyed spending time with them, but it ended far too early for her liking. She knew she had to get home and talk to her parents. She had never been in trouble like this at school before, and she didn't know how she was going to explain what had happened.
She didn't want to tell them what Kouga had done to her. She didn't want them to worry about her. Kagome walked up the stairs to her house like a prisoner sentenced to death.
She opened the door and walked inside. Her parents were in the living room, sitting on the couch, waiting for her.
"Kagome, sit down," Her father said.
Kagome sat down in the chair opposite the couch and stared at her feet.
"We got a call from the school today. They said that you were involved in a fight with another student." Her father started.
Her mother's voice came in next.
"With… Kouga."
Kagome's blood started to boil at the sound of his name. She clenched her fists at her side.
"Why?"
"I…. I don't want to talk about it." Kagome said after a few minutes of silence.
Her parents glanced at each other before looking back at her.
"Kagome, please? Tell us why. We don't want to be left in the dark, like we were with Kohaku. We… don't want anything like that to happen. Not again." Her mother said quietly.
"I said I don't want to talk about it. Not with either of you. I… already talked with Inuyasha and now I'm done talking about it." She stated, her eyes searching both her parent's faces.
"He's not your parent. We are! You should be able to talk to us about these types of things." Naraku said.
Kagome's eyes started to water up as she looked down at the floor. She didn't want to talk about this! She never wanted to talk about it again. All she wanted to do is forget about it. Why didn't they understand that?
When no one said anything, she mustered up the courage to tell them again.
"I don't want to talk about this… ever." She told them with finality in her voice.
A dark red settled on Naraku's face as he glared her down. He opened his mouth to voice his anger, but a hand on his made him look towards his wife. Kagura eyed him warily before turning to their daughter.
"Kagome, your father and I need to talk alone. If you won't tell us, then we're going to have to punish you. We'll let you know when we're done."
Kagome nodded her head before standing up and walking to her room, her head down the entire time. She walked into her room and closed the door behind her before crossing over to her bed and lying down. She squeezed the pillow hard and closed her eyes tightly.
But no matter how hard she tried the tears still came. Her sobs racked her body as she felt like screaming into her pillow. She was angry, frustrated, and miserable all at the same time. She wanted to sink her fist into Kouga's face again and again, but she also wanted to see Inuyasha's smiling face.
At that thought, she sat up and stared blurrily around at her dark room. She wiped her face on her bed cover and stood up. She wanted to see Inuyasha.
Kagome walked towards her window and tried to pull it up. It wouldn't budge. She flicked the small clasp on it in both directions, trying to lift it each time, but it didn't work.
Then she remembered that the man that lived there before them had painted all the windows shut. (yeah, that's how it is at my old house! Stupid man… I can't sneak out whenever I visit my mom!)
"Dammit!" She swore quietly to herself as she dug her nails into the panels. She tried to chip the paint off with her nails, even digging her fingers into the crease and running it back and forth. Kagome kept the act up for a few more minutes before she noticed that under her fingernails were bleeding. Even the sides of her nails were bleeding from where she had torn some of the skin off.
She wanted to scream it was so unfair. She couldn't see Inuyasha, she couldn't tell her parents what Kouga had done to her, she couldn't kill that son of a bitch either! What could she do?
Kagome punched the wall beside the window. The sound reverberated around the room as she did it a few more times, stopping only when the aching in her knuckles relaxed her. She sat back down on the bed as the dull throbbing in her hand started to sting.
She buried her face in her pillow and cried, not knowing what else to do. Everything felt hopeless.
I wonder if this is how Inuyasha felt when Kikyo left him, Kagome though to herself.
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I know it has been FOREVER since I updated this, and I'm really really sorry! I'll give you all anything you want, just don't leave me! –Gives cookies, sessy and Inuyasha plushies to everybody- ENJOY!
Love you all for putting up with my bullshit,
Robin