Past time
Three months prior to their deaths, Onigumo banned Kagome from talking to her male friends. He never told her why. Kagome didn't think he was serious. So one day she was walking home with Inuyasha and her father comes out and grabs her by the shirt and drags her inside the house, leaving a stunned Inuyasha on the sidewalk.

Once inside the house, he began to yell and scream at her about how he told her to leave those boys alone. All of this Kagome expected but she didn't expect him to hit her. The first blow was a slap to the right side of face, which left her dazed. The second hit was a punch to her stomach, which left her out of breath. After that Kagome pulled herself into a fetal position, trying to block out her father's hits. Punch after punch, kick after kick, left Kagome unconscious on the floor in the living room.

Kagome woke in her room the next morning. She thanked Kami that it was the weekend. She couldn't move a muscle in her body and it ached so much. That was the first thing she noticed other than her room. The second thing she noticed was her father sitting on the edge of her bed, crying. She wanted to move but couldn't so she laid there watching him, afraid of what he's going to do next. She thought she heard him say something. She listened closer to hear him.

"Why did you leave me here with her? I'm sorry. I didn't mean it," he said apologetically.

"Father, what's wrong?" she asked; her voice laced with concern.

"Kagome," he looked up at her with sorrowful eyes. "I'm so sorry, Gome. I didn't mean to hurt you. You just made me so angry, I couldn't control myself. It will never happen again."

Kagome found the strength to get up and hug her father. By the look in his eyes she saw that he was truly sorry for his actions. She held him as he whispered he was sorry over and over again.

Present Time
Kagome sobbed as she remembered how he promised to never hit her again. That promise was short lived.

The next day (AN: in case you weren't paying attention or you got confused, it's the next day in the present time) Kagome was walking home with her friends, Sango, Miroku, Kagura, and Inuyasha and they stop at the corner of street her house was on. This is what Kagome wanted. She feared her father would catch her hanging around Miroku and Inuyasha. But little did she know that Onigumo was watching her and when she got in, she would have hell to pay.

"I told her to stay away from them." He sneered; his anger rising to a boiling point.

Kagome got into her house and called to her father that she was home. When she didn't hear anything back, she assumed that he wasn't home and she proceeded to go to her room and start her homework.

As she got to the top of the stairs, Onigumo rushed in front of her.

"What have I told you, Kagome!" He yelled.

Kagome nearly jumped out of her skin. She lost her footing and started falling down the stairs. Her father tried to catch her but he was too late. Kagome fell down the twenty-some stairs. Twisting and twirling till she reached the bottom, where she stopped unmoving. Onigumo raced down the stairs and knelt beside Kagome's still form. She looked as though she was sleeping, and if it hadn't been for the blood staining the carpet, he would have believed that.

"Kagome?" He said pushing her hair out of her face.

When she didn't respond, he got up and ran into the kitchen and called an ambulance. The paramedics arrived ten minutes later. There was a bigger stain of blood on the carpet when they carried her off. Onigumo rode in the ambulance with her. When they reached the hospital a nurse took him aside.

"Sir?" The nurse said not knowing his name.

"Takeno, Onigumo Takeno," he responded.

"Mr. Takeno, do you know what happened?" she asked.

He replied, "She's my daughter. She fell down the stairs. She had just reached the top of the stairs. I wasn't thinking. I just yelled at her and I scared her. Then she fell."

The nurse looked horrified. "I see. Don't you worry, Mr. Takeno. She will be fine." Then she left.

Kagome had gash in the left side of her head and she broke her arm. Her right ankle was sprained pretty badly. To make a long description short, she was messed up pretty bad. An hour later the nurse came back and told Onigumo to follow her. She led him to the room where Kagome lay asleep.

"Oh Gome, I didn't mean for this to happen. I'm sorry." He cried as he sat down. "I didn't want you to fall. I tried to catch you. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me."

Kagome stirred at the sound of his voice. She didn't wake until three nights later.

"Daddy?" Kagome called weakly.

"Gome, you're awake." He said as he rushed to her side.

"Daddy, what happened? Why am I here?"

"You fell, Kagome. You fell down the stairs."

"I fell? How long have I been here?"

"Three days."

"Three days? What about school and my friends? Did you tell any of them? "

"No, your friends are worthless. They don't need to know."

"They are not worthless. They're probably worried sick about me."

"Forget about your friends. They will mean nothing to you when you're older."

"But I'm not older. They mean something to me now." Kagome argued.

"Fine. When we get home you can call them, but only your friends Sango and Kagura then they can tell your other friends."

(AN: Yes, I've made Kagura and Kagome friends. Deal with it!)

"Okay." After a few moments of silence Kagome spoke again. "Daddy, how did mom get into a car accident? I mean I know how they got into the accident. Who was in the other car?"

"That really doesn't matter, honey."

"But I want to know. Please tell me."

"Gome, it doesn't matter."

"It does to me. I want to know who killed my mom."