It was 8:30AM when Kagome woke to the sound of her alarm clock. 'Oh no, I'm late. The principal is going to give me detention for a month.' Kagome thought as she lay back on her bed.
Her body was aching like a bus hit her. Kagome struggled to get out of bed and on her shaky legs. That was pretty hard to do considering that all the pain was from the waist down. On the fifth try she managed to get on her feet. Now all she has to do is move. Slowly, she put one foot in front of the other and foot by foot she made it to the bathroom. Her father wasn't here so she didn't have to worry about putting a towel around herself. She stopped at the mirror to see what damage had been done. She paled.
"How can I go to school like this?" Kagome asked herself. She looked like she got into a fight. She had black eye and bruise on the right side of her face. Her neck was bruised too, from when her father nearly choked her half to death as he came inside of her. She looked down at the rest of her body and nearly fell over. She had handprints on her thighs where he grabbed her as he rode. The dried up blood in between her legs did not make matters any better.
Kagome shakily made her way to the tub and turn on the knob to her set temperature. When the tub was full, she eased herself into the warm water.
"How am I going to explain my way out of this? He really did a number on me this time. If I don't go to school, then Inuyasha will come here looking for me and he will probably bring the others with him. If I do, well, I'm going to have to find a really good excuse and I don't think I could do that right now or any time soon. Either way, I'm still going to have to face them."
About twenty minutes later, Kagome finished washing herself off, got out and let the water out. She grabbed the spare towel hanging on the rack and wrapped it around her.
On her way to her room, she heard the phone ringing. Kagome made it to her room before it stopped ringing and picked it up. "Hello?"
"Onigumo, we got trouble. She escaped."
"Who is this?"
"Who is this?"
"You called my house. I want to know who you are and why you're calling for my father."
"Oh, you're Kagome, Yuma's daughter, right?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"No reason. I already know you. I work with your father."
"What is it that you do?"
"We're a secret agency. We help people."
"You help people how?"
"We help them get away from the world."
"How?"
"By any means possible."
"Did you know my mother?"
"Yes I did."
"How well did you know her?"
"Well enough to know that she wanted to get away from life."
"Did you help her get away?"
"Kagome." Her father called from behind her.
Kagome froze and stiffly turn around. She didn't hear the front door open or close. Or even him walking up the stairs. "Yes, daddy?"
"Who is on the phone?"
Kagome was thankful she heard a dial tone because now she could answer, "Nobody".
Onigumo walked to her and snatched the phone out of her hand and put it to his ear. "Who was on the phone?"
"My friend, Sango. She was wondering where I was. I should be at school by now."
"Why aren't you?" He said as he hung up the phone and looked at her.
Kagome's eyes went wide. 'He couldn't honestly forget last night, Could he?' Kagome thought in horror. "I'm a little sore this morning. I had a hard time getting out of bed," she answered honestly.
"Ok. I'll let you get ready. I'll call your school." He said on his way to the door.
"Dad? Do you remember what happened last night?"
"What happened? I got drunk, came home and went to bed. When did you get in last night?"
Kagome didn't know whether to be relieved or hurt. Well, the hurt was obvious. "I got in by sunset."
"That's my good girl. If you hurry up, I'll give you a ride before I'm off to work." He called on his way out the door.
Ok, now Kagome was sure something was wrong with her father. She certainly wasn't a girl anymore. He made sure of that last night. And he never out-of-the-blue offered to take her to school since her mom passed away. 'What's going on with him? I better hurry I don't think I could walk all the way to school today.'
Kagome went to her dresser and pulled out a drawer. She pulled out some black sweat pants and closed the drawer. She opened another drawer and pulled out a black short sleeve shirt. She closed the drawer and threw the clothes on her bed. She opened her underwear drawer and pulled out some black panties and a matching bra and a pair of socks. With those in hand, she walked to her bed and began dressing.
Now for her face, Kagome took out her mother's makeup and put a bit over her eye to help it blend in with rest of her skin. She took some cream and put it on her neck. She was glad the bruising on her cheek had gone down and now looked like a blush. She added blush to the other cheek. She deemed herself normal to looked at.
She grabbed a hooded jacket from her coat rack and walked out of her room closing her door behind her. She started calling for her father from the top of the stairs. "Dad! I'm ready."
Onigumo came out of the kitchen. "There you are. I was just about to go up and get you. I found your backpack." He lifted it from the floor and handed it to her.
"Thank you. I was just wondering where I left it." she took it and put it on. "Are we leaving now?"
"Yeah sure. Let me get the door." He opened the front door for her.
Kagome's world was spinning. "Thanks." She walked out the door. She went to the passenger side of the car and waited for her father to come and open the doors. Soon enough her father came and they were on their way.
Her school was only about a twenty-minute walk and a ten-minute car ride. He father pulled into the parking lot and said, "I called the school and told them what's up. All you have to do is go in and get a late pass and you can go to class."
"Thank you for the ride, daddy," she said as she got out and walked into the school. When she was in the door, the bell rang and she had to fight her way to the office, but not before running into Inuyasha.
"Kagome, what happened to you? Why are you late?"
"Inuyasha, what a pleasant surprise. I'm on my way to the office so I can get a late pass. I'll see you in third period." She turned and quickly walked the other way.
"Kagome, wait up."
"Inuyasha, I don't have time to talk."
"Ok. I just thought you would want to know that you're going the wrong way."
Kagome looked around and saw the sign that said the office was in the other direction and laughed. "I knew that. I was just gonna go around the building once."
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "Look, why don't I just walk you to the office. This time you'll be going in the right direction."
"You don't have to."
"I'm going to. You seem a little out of it this morning. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
"Nothing happened last night?"
"No."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive."
Nothing was said for the rest of the walk. "Here's the office. Do you want me to wait for you?"
"No, I can manage by myself. Thanks anyway. I'll see you next class." Kagome went into the office and got a late pass from the assistant. She came out of the office and walked to her second class. At the front of the class she issued an apology and quickly took her seat. Twenty minutes into the lesson Kagome gave up on trying to concentrate. It just wasn't possible. Kagome tried to focus on her lesson but every time she moved, her bruises rubbed against the seat in a painful way. What's worst is that students were already talking about her. She could see them lean over and whisper things to each other, and then look back at her. Just this once, Kagome wished Koga were here. Although his idiotic claims of love infuriated her, she would rather feel anger than pain.
At the sound of the bell, Kagome gave a sigh of relief. She barely got her foot out of the door before her teacher called her.
Kagome turned around and walked to the desk. "Yes, Ms. Asakura?"
"Kagome, I want to know why you're late today. Every other time you are on time and one of the first students in my class."
"I'm sorry Ms. Asakura, I had a really bad start this morning. My father gave me a ride this morning. He called the school and explained why."
"I heard that. Why were you really late?" Ayuma Asakura has been watching Kagome since the beginning of the school year. She saw Kagome go from a very happy and energetic girl to the sad faced, distant girl she is now, not to mention the bruises she's seen.
"What did my father tell the school?"
"Don't you know?"
"Of course. I just want to make sure he has it right."
"He said you had a fight with one of your friends."
"What? Which one?"
'Ah, so it's not true,' Ayuma thought. "Sango. Or was it Kagura? I don't remember."
"Yes, that's right."
Ayuma looked confused. "What's right?"
"I got into a fight with Kagura," Kagome said simply. 'There. She'll believe that. Kagura and I were never that close anyway.'
"Ok." Ayuma glance at the clock, "You better get to class or you're going to be late."
Kagome looked at the clock and groaned. "Oh no! See you later Ms. Asakura." She called as she ran out of the room to her next class.
"Kagome, are you sure you're alright?" Inuyasha asked for the fourth time this class after seeing Kagome shift again in her seat.
"I'm fine, Inuyasha. Really." She replied.
"If you're not, you know you can go to the nurse. I'll walk you."
"No, thank you. I'm doing just fine." Kagome shifted again and this time she sat directly on one of her bruises. She had to use all of her will power not to jump out of the seat and scream. She bit down on her lip till she tasted the blood on her tongue. The pain was excruciating.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha inquired when he saw the blood on her lip and the tear fall down her face.
"I'm fine Inuyasha. I swear it," she answered trying to keep the stress from her voice. She wiped the tear from her face and forced a small smile on her face. "I'm okay. I promise."
"Kagome, I really think you should go to the nurse now. Something is hurting you and I don't know what." Inuyasha raised his hand to get the teacher's attention.
"Yes, Mr. Matsura?"
"Kagome needs to go to the nurse."
"Excuse me, Mr. Matsura, but if Ms. Takeno needs to go to the nurse then I suggest she say so, not you." Mr. Shitori answered. He looked at her before he resumed teaching.
"Why didn't you say you needed to go the nurse?" Inuyasha whispered furious that Kagome made him embarrass himself for her to leave him hanging.
"I don't need to go to the nurse. You assume too much. I told you already I'm perfectly fine." She shifted again and winced hoping Inuyasha did not see her.
He saw her. "Kagome… did he hurt you again?"
"Mr. Matsura and Ms. Takeno, if you want to resume your conversation, take it outside. If not, then let me teach and you pay attention."
"Yes sir." Kagome and Inuyasha said in unison.
"Good." Mr. Shitori continued.
"Tell me. Let me help you."
"Inuyasha, there is nothing to tell. Leave me alone. I don't want to get into anymore trouble then I already am." Kagome loved her friend to death but Kami help him if he did not leave her alone, she would kill him.
"Fine."
Kagome let out a sigh of relief.
"Don't think you're getting off that easy. I'll talk to you after class."
'Damn! Why can't he just let me be?' Kagome thought in anger.
Inuyasha stayed to true to his words. He talked to Kagome at lunch, which was after that class. He pulled her outside to avoid the rest of their friends and made her talk.
"I'm fine. I'm just a little sore from last night."
"You mean after you went home?"
"Yes. I fell down and really hurt myself. I didn't need to go to the hospital this time. "
"Kagome, do you expect me to believe that load of crap? Stop lying to me."
"I'm not lying. That's the truth. I swear."
"No, it's not. What is it you don't want me to know? Is this time worse then all of the other times, so bad that you don't want me to know?"
"Yes! Ok, yes. I don't want you to know. It's horrible. I don't want anyone to know." Kagome bowed her head in her hands and started to cry.
"Kagome… What did he do to you? I swear, whatever he did, he'll pay for it."
"He… Inuyasha, he-"
"Kagome!" Sango called from out the school grounds and ran over.
"Sango now is not the time." Inuyasha said, sending her a furious glare.
"Why not? I was looking all over for you. What are you doing out here with him?"
"What? We can't be alone for once?" Inuyasha asked angrily.
"Sure, why didn't you tell me and Miroku? Am I interrupting something?"
"Yeah, so kind of you to notice." Inuyasha answered sarcastically.
"Kagome, are you ok? Why are you crying? What did you do to her?" Sango sent an accusing glare toward Inuyasha.
"It wasn't me."
"Really, Yasha? Who else could it have been?"
"My father." Kagome said in quiet voice. Sango didn't hear it but Inuyasha did.
"What did he do to you, Kagome? Please tell me."
"He raped me last night, Inuyasha."
"What!" Both Inuyasha and Sango yelled at the same time.
