Alright, this one will have a LOT of Angst. So if you are sensitive to that, I will warn you when it comes. You'll be able to tell by the scary music that will play in your head as you are reading it.

Disclaimer: I shall not say it…its too painful!

Chapter Four: Mother Dear.

Kagome's Profile:

I was so happy. I was so confused. I was never going to sleep again. Sesshomaru and I … kissed? I was too surprised for words. I thought that we were just friends. But I suppose not. Anyway, I wanted to get to the bottom of his actions that night. So, I walked to his house.

I had never actually been inside his house before. But I wanted to this time. I wanted to see him again…but just for answers…nothing else. I smiled at that and walked out the door after my mother had made breakfast.

I walked down the road slowly. If I took my time, I would get there by ten. I knew Sesshomaru was always up early, so he would most likely be up by then.

I continued to walk to his house. I yawned as the morning sun warmed my still slightly sleepy body. I stretched my arms in the air and took a breath of fresh air. It was wonderful.

I suppose that after the kiss with Sesshomaru, I was more at ease then usual. But at the same time, I knew I would never be the same around him. I blushed as I remembered the sweetness of his lips. They were so…soft and inviting. My stomach lifted and I couldn't help but feel like laughing.

I giggled as I rounded a corner to his house. I looked up at the massive building. It was huge! I felt a little silly walking up to it and ringing the doorbell at ten in the morning, but I had to talk to him as soon as possible.

It took a while, but the door opened and a woman was standing at the door. The woman looked kind and she held a warm smile when she saw me.

"Which of my sons are you here to see young lady?" she asked me sweetly. For some reason, I didn't see very much of Sesshomaru in this woman. She acted a little like him though. Although Sesshomaru was a bit more mysterious then this woman appeared to be.

"INUYASHA!" I heard from inside the house. The volume and intensity of the voice made me shiver. Suddenly, a crash was heard and I saw the woman give a sigh.

She looked behind her where I saw Sesshomaru's brother Inuyasha get thrown to the floor and scramble to get up. Even though he had just been thrown roughly to the ground, he had a big smile on his face as he quickly got to his feet and ran again.

To my surprise, Sesshomaru followed him and jumped into the air. He talked Inuyasha and pinned him to the ground. Inuyasha grabbed Sesshomaru's hair and Sesshomaru let out a cry of pain and Inuyasha was on top.

I waited for their mother to break them up, but I could see she wasn't going to do it. I actually saw a hint of a smile on her face as she watched her boys go at it.

Sesshomaru huffed and abruptly lifted himself from the floor with Inuyasha on top of him. The force sent Inuyasha flying a few inches. Enough time for Sesshomaru to slide from under him and grab his head in a headlock.

Though Inuyasha looked like he was enjoying this rumble, Sesshomaru looked thoroughly annoyed.

"GIVE IT BACK INUYASHA!" Sesshomaru yelled right into Inuyasha ears which made Inuyasha wince. But he just laughed.

"Give what back; I have no idea what you're talking about Sessho." Inuyasha laughed between gasps.

It was obvious that both of them were oblivious to me standing no more then a few yards away. What made me blush was that they were both very much topless. They had baggy pajama pants on (which, by the way, looked so HOT on both of them).

I was staring them fighting. It wasn't like the kind of fighting my brother and I have. It was more like Sesshomaru wasn't using his full force on Inuyasha. He was using just enough to hurt Inuyasha to an extent that wasn't hurting per say.

Sesshomaru then gave an evil smirk and pulled Inuyasha's ear. Sesshomaru's eyes widened creepily and his smile widened. I was very much freaked out by it, but I also wanted to laugh. I looked at their mother who was already laughing. She apparently loved it when her sons wrestled.

Sesshomaru grabbed his ear and pulled getting a shriek from Inuyasha who handed Sesshomaru an Mp3 player and Sesshomaru smiled wider and grabbed it and put it in his pocket. He then straddled Inuyasha's back and pulled his hands behind his back.

"Does it hurt Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked playfully. Inuyasha whimpered in response and made a playful yet painful growl at Sesshomaru who only laughed evilly. Sesshomaru looked over at us and his eyes held a little shock when he saw me standing at the door.

I blushed and he smiled and got off Inuyasha who took this as his chance and talked Sesshomaru. I laughed and their mother laughed as well. But she suddenly stopped and looked behind me.

I saw worry in her eyes as a black SUV pulled into the driveway. She hurriedly rushed to her boys to stop them and beckoned me inside the house. I nodded a little curious and shut the door behind me.

Sesshomaru walked up to me and took my hand and shoved me behind him. I didn't know why he did that, but I stayed behind him. Sesshomaru was at least a foot taller then me, so he his me pretty well.

When the door slammed open, I figured out why they were all doing this. A man walked into the door and Sesshomaru's mother walked up to the man. The man smiled at her, but I could tell it wasn't the happily married to this woman kind of smile. It was forced or something. He then looked at Sesshomaru. I was already scared of this man.

He walked up to Sesshomaru and frowned at him. "Is everything alright son?" He asked sourly. Sesshomaru cringed.

"Stay at the bar all night again dad?" He asked. I shivered at the acid in his voice. The man smirked and walked away from him. Suddenly, a little dog walked up to me and sniffed my leg. I knew more then anything that that dog was going to rat me out. It looked at me with little puppy dog eyes.

All my anger with the puppy went away. It was so cute and if it barked, it wouldn't know any better. And just as I suspected, it did bark. The man whirled around and Sesshomaru froze.

"Why is that mutt barking?" he asked Inuyasha. Inuyasha had cold sweat running down his face. "She's just hungry, I'll go feed her." He said and slowly, shakily made his way to his dog. I sighed out in relief and Sesshomaru's skin went cold.

I knew why when I realized that his father could see me! I quickly hid behind Sesshomaru even though I knew it was pointless. He came up to Sesshomaru and shoved him out of the way.

Now I was mad at this guy for hurting Sesshomaru. "Sesshomaru; why you think you have to hide this girl from me is a mystery." He said coolly. He looked like his was sorta trying to sound nice…but he didn't.

The dog started barking again. Inuyasha didn't move. I saw the worry in his eyes. Sesshomaru's dad looked away from me and at the dog. He gritted his teeth and sent a glare to Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, I've told you a hundred times, either you shut that dog up, or I will." He said. Inuyasha ran over and clamped his hands over the little dog's snout and it stopped making noise.

I shivered as he looked at me again. "So, how close are you with Sesshomaru?" he asked.

"We're friends." I said sheepishly. I was embarrassed at the reason as to why I came in the first place. He looked at me and I could see the murder in his eyes. I also saw the murder in Sesshomaru's eyes as he looked at his father.

His father walked closer to me and crossed his arms over his chest. "She looks like a whore." I shivered. Sesshomaru growled.

"Father," he said in a warning tone. "Do not call her that, she's one of my friends." His father laughed a disgusting laugh that made my skin crawl.

"Well, why else would she be here? She just wants to fu-

"FATHER!" Sesshomaru yelled before he could finish. "Leave her alone!" Sesshomaru's dad looked like he would just kill his son.

"Do not interrupt me when I am talking, I thought I taught you better!" He shouted and jabbed Sesshomaru right into the stomach and faced me again. My eyes were watering and I could already see their mother start to cry.

He came up to me and I thought he was going to hurt me, but Sesshomaru made a noise and he turned around. Sesshomaru walked slowly up to him. I couldn't read his eyes. He didn't say anything as he walked up to his father and me.

"Leave her alone. Come on Kagome, let's g-." Suddenly, his father jabbed him right in the stomach. I screamed and jumped back into Inuyasha. Inuyasha held me so I wouldn't cry. But he was looking a little sick as well. All the while, that poor little puppy bark, bark, barked away.

OOOOOOOO

Sesshomaru's Profile:

When my father hit me, it was all I could stand. Years and years of his torture flashed through my head. Images and scenes from long ago invaded my memory.

(Sesshomaru's memory)

"No Father, leave mother alone!" Sesshomaru is smashed into a wall. Blood trickled down his face as his mother bent over him in tears.

"No please! Leave me alone! Get away, GET AWAY FROM ME! Father, please no!" Sesshomaru at six years old was grabbed by his hair and continuously punched in the stomach. His breath taken away, he was thrown harshly to the rocky ground.

"Inuyasha!" Sesshomaru and Inuyasha huddled together as their mother screamed at their drunken father who had pulled at her hair and scratched her and thrown many discarded bricks at her sons. Blood gushed from her mouth as he rammed his fist into her chest. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru cried…they cried so long and hard they each felt dizzy enough to barely dodge more bricks.

(End of Sesshomaru's memory)

Tears dropped from my eyes without even touching my cheeks. I balled my hands into very tight fists and cracked open my eyes letting more tears fall. I faintly heard Kagome scream along with my mother when my father hit me, but when the wind was knocked out of me, I hardly heard anything.

I looked up at my father with bloodshot eyes. I drew my arm back and smashed my fist into my fathers face. My father was thrown back. When I opened my eyes, I realized what I had done and deeply regretted it.

My father growled and rose from his fallen position. He spat blood and saliva. My heart when to my throat and my eyes widened. I rushed over and grabbed Kagome and my mother. Inuyasha ran with me.

We ran as fast as we could to my room and slammed the door behind us. My father banged on the door and shouted horrible things like what he would do to us when he got in there.

Kagome was shivering in my arms as I kept her close to me. The only things we heard from our side of the door was my father's cursing and Inuyasha's puppy yipping in the background.

When the banging stopped, we got anxious. Inuyasha's puppy was whimpering and it sounded like she was running.

Inuyasha had run up to me with worry in his eyes. "Patches!" Inuyasha said in a horrified whisper. "Sesshomaru, he's going to hurt Patches!"

When it dawned upon me as well, I was shaking with fear. Inuyasha loved that dog, and Kikyo hated it so of course I loved it. I looked at the door with cold sweat running down my face and Kagome still shaking violently in my arms.

My mother suddenly ran up to Inuyasha and clamped her hands over his ears. Immediately after she did, we heard a high-pitched yelp from Patches…then there was silence. Kagome rammed her head into my chest as she choked with tears.

I bit my lower lip and Inuyasha knew what had happened. He slumped to the ground, bent over and threw up. Mother held her hand over her mouth to stop herself from crying out. Kagome's hands were gripping my shirt in a death grip. She shuddered and choked into my chest and her tears dampened my shirt.

My father had stopped making any noise at all. I held Kagome who had stopped shivering, but never left my arms. My mother walked up to me.

"Your father must have calmed down; I'll go out there and make sure." She said. I didn't want her to go, but every time my father got into this kind of spasm, Mother was always able to calm him down…well, almost every time.

I nearly jumped when she opened the door, but she quickly closed it when she walked out. Inuyasha crawled over and pressed his ear to the door. Kagome looked at him. I worried for mother.

We could hear muffled sounds coming from the other side of the door. Then, after what seemed like forever, the door opened. My mother walked in and smiled weakly.

"Your father is in his room now, you boys can come out," she said with a slight choke to her voice. Kagome looked up at me and I smiled.

"I'm sorry you had to go through all that Kagome," I whispered to her. Kagome whipped the tears from her eyes and let go of me. I was a little sad that she did. Inuyasha looked hopefully at Mother who smiled at him.

"Patches is going to be fine, he's a little hurt, but I'll take him to the Vet in a few minutes. I'll be back soon. I think you'd better stay out of the house while I'm gone alright boys. And Miss, I'm very sorry you had to see all this; I really hope you're still friends with my boys."

Kagome smiled and nodded. I knew right then that Kagome was a really wonderful person. To still hang around someone even though his father tried to kill her…at least I think he tried to. I know he would have if he ever got hold of her.

Inuyasha hugged Mother and we quickly left the house. I didn't want to leave Mother alone with Father, but she had told us what to do, and I would most certainly not disobey her.

We left and Kagome was more then happy to be out of the house. "Sesshomaru, did I start something with your father?" she asked quietly. Inuyasha shook his head. He had been walking ahead of us.

Kagome grasped my hand and squeezed it. I smiled. "There's no reason to feel guilty. My father has always been that way, I should have warned you."

Kagome looked at the ground. Inuyasha looked at us and shook his head slowly. He walked up to a Dunkin Donuts and walked in. Kagome blushed. She knew why he did that. She scooted closer to me. It was a little chilly out. I turned around so she was facing me. I lowered my face so our noses were almost touching.

"Don't you ever think that you had anything to do with this today, you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time," I said. Kagome smiled and closed her eyes and arched her head. I brushed my lips to hers and kissed her lips, her jaw, and her neck.

Kagome moaned and wrapped her arms around my waist pulling herself closer to me. She slid her hands up and down my back (which by the way, felt really good) and pressed her chest to mine. I combed my fingers threw her long raven hair and down her neck.

It had gotten dark while we were in my room cowering from my father. It seemed like a lot longer the n a few hours. Rain clouds started to form. I broke the kiss and we walked down the street to Kagome's house.

Inuyasha had joined us and the walk was mostly silent. When we got to the door, Kagome pecked my on the cheek and hugged Inuyasha. We said our good-byes and Inuyasha and I left.

We walked all the way to our house to see if Mom was home yet. Surprisingly enough, her car was parked in the driveway. Inuyasha was about to walk up the steps when I got an incredible shiver all through my body. It was like nothing I had ever felt. I took hold of Inuyasha's shoulder before he could get into the house.

"What's the matter Sessho?" he asked me. I looked up to see that rain had started to fall. Inuyasha kept looking at me.

"If Mom was supposed to go to the Vet, why would she be here after half an hour?" I asked. Inuyasha had no words. We slowly opened the door and the first thing we saw made Inuyasha take a few steps back until he backed into me.

Patches was lying dead on the tile floor. I nearly fell over when Inuyasha lost his balance and I had to catch him before he fell down on the front steps. I knew then that there was something wrong.

"Inuyasha…why would mom not take Patches to the Vet?" I asked. Inuyasha didn't answer me. I walked over to the kitchen and I immediately turned pale. The entire kitchen was covered in…blood.

I was gunna be sick. Inuyasha staggered in moments later and ran into me. "Is that…Patches's blood?" he asked. I looked at the blood handprint on the wall. I didn't even have to answer him.

We walked up to my room and saw a trail of blood leading right through the doorway. My heart sped up in my chest and Inuyasha looked white as snow. I clenched my hand over his and we went inside.

As soon as I saw what was lying on my bed before me, Inuyasha and I both threw up. I knew right then and there that this image would never get out of my head. My mother was draped across my white sheets on my bed. Two stab wounds in her chest and many bruises in other places of her body.

When I was done blowing chunks, Inuyasha was still at it. I stumbled over to my mother's body and wept; tears rolling down my cheeks and dropping onto her bloody face. "Mother…" I whispered to her dead ears. Inuyasha was crying silently in the background. I could hear every sniffle, every cough, but the only thing that registered was that my mother…was gone.

There now, didn't I tell ya that there was gunna be "some" angst? Well, now you have it so…yah. R&R everyone and have a great summer!