DISCLAIMER: INUYASHA BELONGS TO RUMIKO TAKAHASHI, SHE IS THE GENIUS BEHIND THE MAKING OF THE MANGA AND ANIME. I JUST OWN THIS STORY, DOGS, CATS, AND MYSELF.
Beta: lcoruscate123.
A/N: HEY EVERYONE I'M HERE AND READY TO GET STARTED SO LET'S DO THIS.
previously on 'When I thought I was broken, I meet you.
Kagome had just seen Naraku, she flipped out, causing her to flip out on Sango. Realizing what she did, Kagome bolted, too distraught to even stop. Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha all ran after her, but because of her adrenaline pumping, they had trouble catching up. Inuyasha had finally caught her scent, but they decided to walk slowly so that they give her time to calm down. What they didn't know was that she was gonna need them.
Kagome had reached a park. She started thinking of what happened back there with Sango and the others. She punched a tree to get her frustrations out, once she got them all out she continued walking, not paying any attention to where she was going, she bumped into something, or 'someone', I should say.
The person she pumped into was a male, and a wolf demon to boot. Kagome wasn't too sure about the look on his face and she didn't like it so she tried to leave but the male had other ideas.
The wolf threw Kagome to the ground, he pinned her by straddling her hips while one of the other two wolf demons held her arms down.
The wolf that was pinning her down started touching her body, freaking Kagome out, she bit his tongue, which he was not happy one bit about, Kagome tried fighting out of their grasps, but they wouldn't budge.
she finally found her voice begging, and pleading for him to stop, he slapped her and said to 'quit' he then continued on with his assault. Kagome yelled, begged, and pleaded again for him to stop. She emptied her lungs with her screams,
'Why wasn't anyone coming, can't someone hear me, don't they know something is wrong? DOESN'T ANYONE KNOW THAT I'M BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY SOME MALE WOLF THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW!' just when he was about to penetrate his dick inside of Kagome, being lined up at her entrance, he was ripped off of her, felt the other male let go of her wrist and flee like a coward. Kagome took that time to curl into a tiny ball as to shield herself from the outside world.
After that, she heard a feminine voice trying to comfort her the voice sounded like Sango, but Kagome wasn't sure, she was too busy sobbing out the cries of her shattered broken heart and already damaged soul out.
Kagome heard a growl and it sounded like a male. After a moment of thinking, she recognized it as Inuyasha. After what seemed like hours, Kagome passed out.
Inuyasha took her to the Hospital. After he got her inside he yelled for help, the nurse came and told Inuyasha to set her there, so he did as told.
They wanted Kagome's information, something that he didn't have, because he just met her today, at school.
They told him to go to the waiting room, which was located on the right side. Sango and Miroku came in, Inuyasha and Miroku went to talk, leaving Sango there, Inuyasha broke down.
A few hours past and Sango got to see Kagome, but just before that, Ai asked her if Kagome was raped in the past.
Sango didn't know how to answer, for she really just didn't know, plus, Kagome never said anything about it.
With a sigh, Ai left, telling Sango she would be back soon. Sango went in and saw a broken Kagome on the bed, She could tell she wasn't the same. After want seemed like forever Sango had to ask her deeply wounded friend the serious question. So she took a deep breath and asked Kagome if she was ever raped in the past. What came out of Kagome's mouth shocked Sango and that was...
"Yes"
-NOW-
"what?" Sango whispered but Kagome still heard.
"Yes, I was raped in the past," Kagome said softly, her voice filled with shame.
"Kagome, how old were you?" Sango asked. Kagome just looked at Sango with a dead, blank look and in a monotone voice said,
"Thirteen."
"But that was when your..." Sango stopped and covered her mouth in shock. She now knew the real reason her family kicked her out, they blamed her for being raped.
"Omk, that's why..." Sango couldn't finish, she was too upset, not at Kagome, but at her so-called family, but they didn't even deserve to be called that. The people who gave birth to her, that's all they were.
Kagome nodded. When she spoke next, her voice was still monotone.
"My so-called, 'family' Blamed me for being raped, they said that they didn't want some whore under there roof, so they told me that when we got back, I was to pack my shit, that I'm no blood of theirs, and to GET THE FUCK OUT OF THEIR HOUSE!" Kagome let out a heart-wracking sob.
Sango could feel her own rage building up.
'How could any family do that to their own child? Especially a THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT WAS JUST RAPED… IT'S THEIR JOBS AS PARENTS TO PROTECT THEIR CHILD FROM THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S THEIR JOB TO BE THERE FOR THEM WHEN IT HAPPENS TO THEM, BUT INSTEAD, THEY KICK HER OUT ALL BECAUSE SHE WAS RAPED? HOW COULD ANY PARENT BE SO HEARTLESS.' Sango's mind raged, she wanted to give Kagome's so-called "Family" a piece of her mind. Maybe dig out that old bone boomerang that was a family relic and see what that was all about, she was sure Kagome's parents would make good practice. Sango hugged her sobbing friend.
"Everything will be ok, I promise," Sango whispered softly, trying to talk with a soothing voice, but you could hear the heat of her anger reaching its way into her tone.
"NOTHING IS EVER GONNA BE OK, IT IS MY FAULT I SHOULD'VE FOUGHT HARDER!" Kagome's Sobs broke Sango's heart, she just continued to rock Kagome back a forth telling that she's here for her and so is Miroku and Inuyasha.
Kagome continued sobbing in Sango's arms.
A loud knock at the door interrupted their moment.
Sango turned to see who it was and it was Ai.
Ai Looked at Sango with sadness in her eyes.
"I need to talk to you." She addressed Sango, meekly casting a glance at Kagome and then looking back to Sango again.
Nodding, Sango told Kagome that she will be right back, Kagome nodded sadly and laid back on the bed in more of a fetal position.
Sango followed Ai out of the room. Ai closed Kagome's door and looked at Sango with sorrow flooding her eyes.
"Sango, Kagome's family kicked her out didn't they, that's why she's with you and your family?" Ai asked with a gentle voice.
Sango looked at Ai, She sighed in defeat and nodded, but looked back up at Ai, in her eyes.
"How did you...?" Sango began but stopped when Ai held up her hands to finish what she was saying.
"let's just say this is now the second time that Kagome has been here," Ai said with a voice full of a deep, resounding, melancholy tone.
Sango looked at the nurse with a shocked expression, she didn't know this was Kagome's second time being here.
"I heard arguing coming from a room, so being a new Nurse at the time I went to go listen and I heard a woman's voice yelling-
'how could you be so stupid, why the hell didn't you fight back?' I then heard a young female's sobbing voice saying 'I'm Sorry,' and before she could finish, I heard what sounded like a slap, and the woman yelling again, "shut the hell up Kagome, I don't want to hear you talk, we are so disgusted with you, when we get back I want you to pack up your shit, And get the fuck out' I then heard the girl trying to say something but I then heard an elderly man's voice yelling, 'You have disgraced this family, you are no blood of ours,' She then started sobbing asking, where would she go. What I heard from the 'Mother' had me shocked, she said,
'You can live on the street like the whore you are.' And after that I left, I just couldn't bear to hear such abuse, I now know that I should've stood up for her, I mean she was thirteen and they blamed her for being raped, I mean what parent does that?"
Sango shook with rage, she couldn't believe that her family would do that.
"Anyway, I figured I should let you know," Ai said very softly.
"Thank you." Sango bowed.
"Kagome can leave whenever she wants," Ai informed Sango.
"Ok, thank you so much," Sango said with gratitude. Ai bowed, she was about to start away until she heard yelling.
"JUST WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE, YOU SLUT!" said a woman with short Black hair, she was Petite, she had on a blue and white long sleeves shirt, black jeans and white sneakers.
Ai turned and looked at the scene and what she saw boiled her blood, there was Kagome's so-called mother grabbing Kagome by the hair yelling at her.
Kagome was crying and a slap was sent to Kagome's face so hard that it sent her to the floor. Ai and Sango ran to Kagome's side.
"Oh Kami, KAGOME!" Sango ran up to Kagome.
Kagome was holding her face sobbing, Sango was livid she was about to yell at the lady when Ai yelled something instead.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!" She yelled at Ms. Higurashi.
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? THAT WHORE IS WHAT'S WRONG, I TOLD HER SHE IS NEVER TO COME AROUND THIS FAMILY AGAIN AND I COME TO VISIT MY FATHER AND I FIND THIS SLUT HERE, SO NOW SHE'S STALKING ME, SOMEONE MUST HAVE TOLD HER THAT HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AND CAME HERE, FUCKING CUNT!" when Ms. Higurashi said that she spat towards Kagome. Ai lost her temper real quick.
"YOU BITCH! FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS YOUR DAUGHTER! WHAT HAPPENED TO HER WAS NOT HER FAULT!" Ai screamed at the woman.
"THIS THING IS NO DAUGHTER OF MINE, IF SHE WAS, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN RAPED, IF SHE WOULD HAVE FOUGHT HARDER!" Ms. Higurashi yelled back at The nurse in front of her.
"You know what, you need to either go see your father or I can call security to escort you out of the building, NOW!" Ai yelled out that last part in her face.
Ms. Higurashi huffed and left to go see her dad. Leaving Ai to sigh and pull at her hair with frustration. She turned towards Kagome, who by the way, was still sobbing in Sango's arms.
"I'll get you an ice pack." With that said Ai left to get the ice pack. Sango just held a sobbing Kagome. Then a familiar voice raged hit.
"WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED!" It was Inuyasha and he was pissed.
-before, with Inuyasha and Miroku-
Inuyasha had just returned from outside, he went to join Miroku back in the waiting room, when they heard yelling.
'What the hell?' Inuyasha thought as he went to investigate with Miroku followed him.
The yelling had stopped but they kept walking anyway
"Inuyasha, who do you think that was?" The monk asked his hanyou friend.
"I don't know Miroku, but whoever it was, was pissed," Inuyasha said to Miroku. By the time they got there, Inuyasha and Miroku were shocked to see Kagome was on the floor, sobbing in Sango's arms.
Inuyasha was the first to approach and his face said that he was not happy, not one bit. He opened his mouth and proceeded to yell out. "WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED!"
-NOW-
Sango looked up at the steaming hanyou, she was about to say something when Ai came back with the ice pack.
"Here you go." She gave the ice pack to Sango.
"Thank you." Sango said as she gently placed the ice on Kagome's face where her 'mother' slapped her.
Inuyasha saw the bruise on her other cheek, One that he knew wasn't there before.
"who did that!" Inuyasha said with a low growl, he was trying to keep his temper in check.
Miroku walked up, closer to them and looked at Kagome. He too saw the new bruise quickly forming and he wanted to know what had happened as well.
Ai and Sango looked at each other then back to Inuyasha and Miroku.
"Her 'so-called' mother." Sango began the story with seething anger dripping from her voice.
Inuyasha looked at Sango and Kagome. He was shocked that Kagome's own "mother" hit her, he then looked, well, more like glared at Ai and spoke lowly through clenched teeth.
"And where were you when all this went down!" He growled out.
Ai crossed her arms and looked the Hanyou in the eyes before speaking.
"I was here and before you say anything about me not doing anything I'll have you know that I stood up for Kagome, I told her bitch of a mother that what she went through was not her fault and that she either needed to go and see her father or I could have Security escort her out, and so she left to see her father." Ai's voice had an edge to it.
Inuyasha looked at the nurse and he could scent that she was telling the truth, he looked back at Kagome who Sango was holding an ice pack to the newer purple and blue bruise that added to the collection that seemed to keep growing on her face.
Inuyasha sighed and rubbed his face out of frustration. He lifted his head upwards after that and looked at Ai before talking.
"I'm sorry, I'm just..." Inuyasha sighed.
Ai looked at Inuyasha, she could tell he was deeply worried, his muscles were tense, his brows creased, his eyes barely left Kagome. She could tell that he cared for Kagome deeply, but she knew that it ran more deeply than that, she could only imagine the pain he felt at the thought that Kagome was almost raped. Did he even know she was already tarnished by someone else in the past? Ai knew that the hanyou would be out for murder if he did know, based on his reaction now.
She had to ask him so she decided to ask if she could talk to him.
"Inuyasha, right? Could we talk in the hallway for a moment?" Ai asked, addressing the hanyou. Inuyasha just looked at the nurse and then back at Kagome, he was hesitant about leaving her in the room by herself, even if Miroku and Sango were here. He wanted to stay here and keep seeing her with his own eyes. He wanted to look upon her mangled face and plot his revenge on the sadistic assholes who almost really hurt her.
He nodded his head before he followed Ai further, down the hallway Once they were far enough that Ai was sure the others wouldn't hear them, she turned and looked the hanyou in the eyes and asked, "what is Kagome to you?"
Inuyasha looked at the nurse, confused by what she meant.
"what do you mean by that?" He stammered out his question as his face began to heat up. He wasn't sure what she was implying, but was she implying that-? Ai huffed a sigh.,
"Is Kagome your mate?" Ai asked in a calming manner.
Inuyasha's face blew up at that, his cheeks were twinged red and he could literally feel his temperature rising.
"N-no, w-what, m-makes y-you s-say th-that?" Inuyasha stuttered out.
Ai couldn't help, but to giggle at the silver-haired boy's flushed face, she couldn't help it, he was just so adorable. She wished she had a child with cute, little fuzzy ears atop their head.
If she was his mother, she'd be gushing over how innocent he looks, but she knew that this young man was someone that Kagome needs.
"Tell me Inuyasha, does Kagome smell nice to you?" Ai asked.
"WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING!" Inuyasha hollered at the nurse. He didn't like where these questions were going.
"Just answer the question," Ai said with annoyance.
Inuyasha sputtered for a moment before calming his breath and let out a deep sigh before saying-.
"yes, she smells nice, like cherry blossoms, ok is that what you wanted to hear?" Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at the smiling nurse.
"WHATCHA SMILING AT WOMAN!?" Inuyasha's blush was redder than his red t-shirt.
"Sounds to me that Kagome is your mate to be," Ai said, still smiling.
Inuyasha sighed as his blush disappeared, he then looked at Ai and frowned.
"Even if that's true, she won't go anywhere near me or any male"
'which is fine, I don't want her to be with any other guy', Inuyasha thought that part to himself.
"But she should understand that I want to help her, I want her to at least trust me, ya know," Inuyasha said with a hint of sadness and his ears went flat against his head.
Ai looked at the Inu Hanyou before putting a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"Just give her some time, I truly believe that she needs someone like you in her life, after all, she's been through, I believe that you could truly be her key to happiness." Ai gave Inuyasha a friendly, warm smile.
Inuyasha was confused on what she meant, he was about to ask her to explain, but then he heard his phone ringing from his pocket.
Ai gave him one more smile before she turned to leave, giving him privacy to talk on his phone call.
Inuyasha pulled the phone out and answered it.
"Hello?, yeah this is Inuyasha, ok, I can start tonight, at eight pm? yeah, ok, sure I can do that, not a problem, ok thank you, bye." He hung up and with a sigh, he thought to himself.
'I can't believe that I start my new job tonight I can't tell Miroku he'll think the worst of me, but I need the money and it's not like I have any pride left anyway, what he doesn't know won't kill him.' With that Inuyasha put his phone back into his jean's back pocket and went back to the area where Miroku, Sango, and Kagome were at, he arrived and saw Kagome now up, she was looking down at the floor, before he took heavy steps, going back to the others. Once there, he found himself staring intensely at Kagome. He went up to her and the others.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha called out to her.
Kagome looked up at him with her dead, brown eyes, making Inuyasha flinch. Sango was right, this wasn't the Kagome that he just met today at school. The Kagome he met was a bit timid, yes, but this Kagome looked like she didn't care anymore. She looked...Well for lack of better words, dead, but his blood was also boiling because of the bruises.
One was caused by Koga, whom he still wanted to rip apart and kill. Then, the new one caused by her 'mother'. It all really got his blood raging, but he had to keep it under control. He couldn't afford to go full demon right now, in the hospital.
Kagome looked down to the ground and spoke in a monotone voice.
"Can we go now please?" She questioned to no one in particular. Inuyasha and the others nodded before they started to head out, but they were stopped by the receptionist.
"Hi, Kagome, right? I'm just gonna need you to sign a few of these release form and you can be right on your way." She spoke way to cheerfully. Kagome blinked for a moment but walked towards the strange cubicle desk thing. The receptionist placed a clipboard down and pointed to the several lines of which Kagome would need to sign.
"Right here and here." She said before Sango stepped up.
"For what?" She asked.
"Well, this one acknowledges that you are leaving of your own free-will and this one states the cost for everything. This one here is the waiver for the drugs Kagome was put on while they worked on her." Kagome nodded as she placed her signature on the lines and Sango swallowed dryly. After Kagome finished signing her name on the forms, the began for the exit, when Ai's voice stopped Kagome.
"Kagome, before you go I wanna give you this," Ai said as she gave the girl a card with a number on it.
Kagome looked at the card and at Ai and back at the card again and said in a weak voice.
"Thank you." Kagome put the card in her pocket.
"Remember I am always here if you need to talk," Ai said with a gentle voice.
Kagome nodded and left to go with the others before she reached the others she took out the number that Ai gave her and threw it in the trash and thought to herself.
'What's the point? No one can help me.' With that thought in mind, Kagome started towards the others.
It was 5:30 pm, they had been at that hospital for nearly three hours.
"Let's all go to my place and talk." Sango finally offered after a long silence.
"Sure," Inuyasha said.
"I would love to my dear Sango," Miroku spoke with a smile. They began down the sidewalk, going to the eastern side of town where Sango's house resided.
-At Sango's-
Kagome ran upstairs so fast that Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango didn't even have time to blink. They then heard the shower run. Sango sighed, Miroku looked down to the floor and dawdled his thumbs, Inuyasha knew what Kagome was doing because he to had to wash himself off, he didn't know how many times, just to feel clean again. Sango was the one to break the silence.
"Let's wait for her in the living room." Sango offered before they all did as such and headed towards the living room. Sango was the first there, along with the two boys in tow, they all took a seat, waiting for Kagome.
-with Kagome-
After nearly scrubbing her skin raw, she decided that she's gonna get as clean as she could get. She turned the water off, got out of the shower, and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked away just as quickly. She then opened up a drawer and grabbed a pair of scissors. She slipped her fingers shakily through them before she looked in the mirror and fingered her strands. She brought the scissors to her length and held her breath as she opened them and closed them, he hair between the two, long and sharp pieces of metal. She watched the black hair fall on the tile floor before she looked back up at herself again. She started cutting her hair into a jagged A-line cut.
After she was done, she put the scissors back and went into her room. She changed into a Black tank top and dark blue skinny jeans. After checking herself to be sure everything was in place, she padded softly downstairs and saw that everyone was in the living room.
They all looked at her, completely shocked. Inuyasha looked a little baffled. She saw their half-opened expressions. She couldn't take their looks, so she lifted her arms up angrily and threw them to her sides, squeezing her hands closed into tight fists before snapping.
"WHAT!?" She heaved. They were all taken aback, but Inuyasha was the first to recover.
"You cut your hair," Inuyasha said, still in shock. He was so aghast, he almost didn't know what to say. Kagome could feel her anger building and lash out again, but this time she directed her anger at Inuyasha.
"SO WHAT? I WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE. YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?!" Kagome growled out.
Sango had to intervene, so she got up and put her hands on Kagome's shoulder and looked her in the eyes.
"Kagome, I know what happened to you today was horrible but you can't lash out at Inuyasha he's just concerned about you, WE all are," Sango said to her furious friend and what Sango said next was the worst thing she could've said.
"Kagome you have to talk about it." Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha all saw Kagome tense.
"No, No, NO, I DON'T EVER WANT TO RELIVE TODAY OR THAT OTHER DAY, EVER AGAIN FOR THAT MATTER, I JUST WANT TO FORGET! OKAY? THAT'S ALL I WANT!" with that Kagome got out of Sango's hold and ran upstairs, but not before she secretly grabbed the big bottle of Brandy from the liquor cabinet in the kitchen.
She slammed her bedroom door and they could hear things breaking. They knew Kagome was pissed and that she was hurting.
After what seemed like hours, Inuyasha knew something was wrong. He had heard Kagome yell and the scent of blood easily filtered to his nostrils. He got up so quickly, Sango and Miroku were taken aback by it.
"I can smell her blood!" Inuyasha practically shouted, catching looks from the monk and slayer. They all bolted up the stairs so quickly that a car couldn't keep pace with them. They made it into Kagome's room and they found her fist through a mirror.
-before, with Kagome-
Kagome was just throwing things left and right, her anger was just too great right now. The pain and guilt from three years ago and now, today. It was all too much and Kagome just couldn't handle it anymore. Twice, she was assaulted, granted the second guy didn't get a chance to finish because Inuyasha ripped him off her, but that wolf still touched her in ways that she shouldn't have been touched.
Kagome knew she shouldn't have yelled at Inuyasha, but she just snapped, I mean, yeah, he did get that wolf off her but where was someone three years ago? She finished throwing things and walked up to the full-length mirror and looked, yelled, and punched at her reflection. Finally, she burst out in tears, leaving her fist there in what was the mirror.
She was too busy sobbing and drowning in her shame, self-disgust, pain, and misery that she didn't hear the door burst open.
-Now-
"WHAT THE HELL!" Inuyasha's voice yelled out.
Inuyasha ran to her side, he could hear her sobbing something along the lines of "It's my fault, it always is my fault, I should've fought harder, I should've stopped them I SHOULD'VE." Kagome was just sobbing, she didn't even take notice that Inuyasha had pulled her fist away from the shattered mirror. She also didn't notice that he picked her up gently and carried her bridal style to the bed. He sat her there, on the bed, with him next to her as he was trying to calm her down, but nothing was getting through. He looked at Sango, who came back with a first aid kit.
Inuyasha took the kit and pulled out some gauze and uncapped the bottle of peroxide. He got a good amount of the liquid on the gauze before he closed it over Kagome's fist, and he held it firmly to stop the bleeding. He heard Kagome's wince and she blinked her eyes at the pain. Once the bleeding stopped, Inuyasha grabbed new gauze and wiped a small amount of antibacterial cream on it before he placed that over the wounded part of her fist. Sango handed him a long ace bandage and the hanyou took to winding it around Kagome's hand. The whole time, Kagome hardly noticed them tending to her wounds, she just sobbed and tried to hide her face as her tears wouldn't stop coming.
After he was done, he looked at his two best friends.
"Can you two give us a minute, please." Inuyasha's voice seemed distant, Sango was about to retort, not realizing the hanyou's distress, but Miroku put a hand on her shoulder and whispered into her ear.
"I think it is best that we let Inuyasha talk to Kagome, alone." Sango looked at her boyfriend and then back at Inuyasha and a sobbing Kagome, she sighed in defeat and told Inuyasha that if he needed her to just yell and she'll be up in a flash. Inuyasha nodded and with that, Sango left with Miroku, more like, Miroku dragged her out of the room as she lingered hesitantly. They both went back in the living room to let the two talk.
After what seemed like an hour, Kagome finally stopped sobbing. She was silent yet again, Inuyasha then spoke.
"Kagome." Inuyasha went to grab her chin gently to get her to look at him, but she flinched.
"Kagome, look at me, I am not gonna hurt you, okay, please trust me," Inuyasha said with a tender voice.
Kagome looked at him, tears stained her cheeks and continued to seep from her dead-like eyes.
Inuyasha put a tender hand on the side where Koga had hit her. He gently stroked it, being careful not to hurt her. He felt his own heart shatter at the thought that he couldn't protect her.
Kagome for once felt content, safe, or both? She wasn't sure, but she relaxed against his touch. She didn't understand how this guy, whom she met, just today at school could make her feel so calm. She liked this feeling, but can she really trust him?
'I don't understand, his touch, it's so kind, so gentle, so tender, but can I trust him, I mean, he did rip Koga off of me before he could finish, so I guess I can kinda trust him, just a little bit. I mean he's pretty much touching my cheek where Koga hit me and I feel, well, I guess I feel safe. I really shouldn't have yelled at him.' With those thoughts, Kagome finally opened her mouth and said-.
"I'm sorry."
'Did she just say sorry?' Inuyasha thought with consternation. He looked at Kagome. What would she be sorry for though?
"Sorry, sorry for what?" Inuyasha asked confused.
"For snapping at you, I didn't mean to, I guess I was angry about what happened to me today and I just lashed at you and for that I'm sorry," Kagome said her with head down in shame.
Inuyasha sighed as he gently brought Kagome's chin up with a clawed finger so that she would look at him.
"Don't worry about it, ok, I just couldn't believe that you cut your hair, I was just, I guess, shocked, ya know even though we just met I just couldn't picture you with short hair," Inuyasha told her with a sympathetic voice. Kagome looked at him still-blank eyes.
"Kagome, what Koga did to you-" Inuyasha began but Kagome stopped him.
"Inuyasha please, I don't want to talk about it, hell I don't even WANT to relive it." She said through clenched teeth.
Inuyasha nodded, he understood, but there was something else he had to know, but he didn't know how to approach Kagome about it, but he had to try. If she gets angry about it, then he would back off and let her tell him when she was ready, so he went ahead and asked.
"Kagome I have to know and you don't have to answer me right now if you don't want to but, I would like to know someday."
At this Kagome looked at him with her blank eyes.
Inuyasha took a deep breath and continued.
"How do you know Naraku? Did he…. Do something to you?"
Kagome looked away from Inuyasha.
"You're right I don't have to answer." Her voice was broken and shaken, but she tried to hide it from him, but Inuyasha could tell that she was fighting back a sob. Her silence said it all. He knew that Naraku did something to her and that infuriated him even more.
Inuyasha's mind was screaming.
'THAT FUCKING BASTARD, HE PROBABLY DID! KAMI, DAMN HIM TO HELL. I WILL KILL THAT BASTARD, I SWEAR TO KAMI I WILL!' Inuyasha tried to contain his growl as he thought. Only because he didn't want Kagome to get scared. The last thing he needed was for her to be too afraid to be around him.
He looked at the broken girl before speaking with the gentlest voice he could muster.
"Kagome if he or any guy tries anything and I mean ANYTHING with you again, you tell me and I will be happy to disassemble them, okay?" He questioned her.
Kagome then turned to look at Inuyasha and saw that he was serious, she nodded and without meaning to, she snuggled closer, into his chest, which was rock solid. She knew he had muscles but actually feeling them was a whole different story, so Kagome tried to hide the pink blush that was creeping up onto her face, but she failed miserably. She wasn't the only one trying to and completely failing to hide a blush. Inuyasha own cheeks were burning like a set of twin flames.
Inuyasha gazed down at the top of her head, her hair a little messy even though she just cut it. His gaze softened as he wrapped a protective arm around her waist and for once Kagome didn't freak, instead, she snuggled closer. She wanted to feel his warmth, his heat, she wanted to feel something and he was giving her whatever it was. She wasn't sure what exactly it was, but there was a giant, gaping hole in the depths of her soul. She didn't feel that emptiness so much when Inuyasha was around, rather, she felt full, complete.
She couldn't even help it when she started to drift off to sleep, he was so comfy. That didn't exactly happen though, because before she could, Inuyasha broke her out of it.
"Hey, Kagome let's go join the others downstairs in the living room." Inuyasha offered.
Kagome nodded and they both left her room and headed downstairs, towards the living room where Miroku and Sango were.
"Ah Ms. Kagome, I see you and Inuyasha have come to join us," Miroku said with an impish grin.
Inuyasha growled at the perverted monk until Sango hit him upside the head.
"I didn't mean anything by it, Sango my dear, honest," Miroku said with his hands up in defeat. Sango snorted at his antics.
"I'm sure you didn't, monk." She said sarcastically.
"Keh, anyway, what should we do now?" Inuyasha asked.
"How about I ask questions and everyone has to answer them," Miroku said with an expression similar to that of the person whom just solved the hardest math equation ever to exist.
"Ok." Sango and Inuyasha both said in unison with a shrug. They all looked to Kagome, who looked at them and spoke in her monotone voice that was becoming her new norm.
"I don't care." She answered their questioning looks.
"Ok, if you could be any animal what animal would that be and why? Sango you first." Miroku said with a grin on his face.
"A cat, because if You get handsy I could claw your eyes out," Sango said with a big-ass smirk on her face and she showed her sharp nails to emphasize her point to the monk.
Miroku gulped and looked at Inuyasha who said, "A dog and I mean a barking, four-legged dog because they are loyal, I mean come on I have a Husky mix at home and she is very loyal."
They all looked at Kagome who's answer shocked all of them.
"A Chameleon, because they can camouflage with just about everything."
Inuyasha looked at her and understood. During 'that Night', the one with his three exes and that bastard, Naraku, he too felt like he wanted to disappear. He was about to say something but Miroku's voice cut in.
"Ok, This one is a would you rather question and for the two ladies only, okay would you rather be a call girl or a stripper?" Miroku's curious question earned him a growl from a not so happy Inu and a smack upside the head courtesy of Sango,
Sango yelled at Miroku with wide eyes, she didn't know why she was surprised as it wasn't something new with the monk.
"NEITHER YOU LECHER!" She let out with a huff. She wasn't going to let him imagine her as either!
However, it was what Kagome said that really shocked all of them.
"Stripper." Kagome's voice was still monotone.
Inuyasha looked at her with his mouth gaping open if he was drinking or eating something he would have choked at that comment he looked at Kagome with a fire burning in his eyes.
"YOU'RE NOT FUCKING SERIOUS ARE YOU! I SWEAR IF YOU DID END UP STRIPPING, MY KAMI I WILL RAISE HELL, I'LL BE DAMNED IF I LET YOU DEGRADE YOURSELF, FUCK I'D DO THE SAME DAMN THING IF YOU WERE A CALL GIRL, HELL FUCK NO!" Inuyasha was growling now. Catching stares from all of them, Sango didn't want Kagome to be a stripper either, but Inuyasha seemed rather passionate on the subject. Miroku smiled as it seemed to click for him, he kept eyeing Inuyasha and then Kagome. Sango simply stared at him, completely oblivious that Inuyasha may have feelings for Kagome.
Kagome looked at the growling Inuyasha before she spoke again with that monotone voice she couldn't seem to stop using.
"What? It's fast money." She told them.
'And besides, it's not like I have any dignity left anymore, so what's the point? It's like my mom said, I'm just a worthless whore. At least people would enjoy looking at my body and… Using me.' The thought broke her even more, but she held a strong front to the others, at least, she thought she was.
Inuyasha was about to retort until Sango said something.
"Like hell, we'd let you Kagome, and as for you, Monk-" Sango was raging at her hentai for a boyfriend. Before he could even say anything he was down for the count due to Sango's fist hitting him upside his head. How dare that pervert even ask that question, kami if she didn't love him, he'd be dead right now, her being the cause of said death.
Kagome shrugged and what came out of her mouth next surprised them all yet again.
"Why not? I got nothing else to lose." Kagome's flat voice sent chills down Inuyasha's spine.
'She really isn't thinking about it, is she? Please, kami don't let her go down that path please.' Inuyasha pleaded to the heavens.
But what Inuyasha didn't know was that she had already been offered a job as a waitress at a strip club called 'Goshinki' at age thirteen before she started living here with Sango. She accepted. But at age fourteen she started stripping. No lap dances, no private sessions. She was just a backup every now and again. Although she was underage, the owner told her that the fewer others knew the better. She didn't really care and the money you got could at times be ten times more than the money she made as a simple waitress. The owner loved her and was gonna ask Kagome if she would be there stripper full time. She again accepted until last month Sango had taken her in so she decided to quit, but they told her that if she ever changed her mind and would like to be a full-time stripper, to just call them or to just show up so she kept the number. However, she figured she might as well go there in person. She decided she would make up some excuse to leave and now that she was thinking of it again, she would just go in for a few minutes and ask them if they still need a dancer.
First, she was a waitress there and now she's gonna be a stripper again and a full-time stripper at that She figured why not she's now turning sixteen in a few days she might as well right, she had nothing else to lose. Maybe they would even allow her to give lap dances and to do private sessions, that's where the money was at.
Kagome was thinking maybe she should go in a few minutes it's only down the block she'll be back before Anyone could question her. That's when she got up and said, she's going to bed when she's really going to 'Goshinki' she went upstairs and inside her room when In reality she went to grabbed and put on her high-tops, she then opened her window and climbed down the shingles and made her way towards her old place of work. She started walking but what she didn't know was she was being watched…..
-A/N: Well here's Chapter 3 Do you know who's following her? Tell me who you think is following Kagome. Anyway, be sure you Read, Review and follow for more updates.-
P.s- yes I did some little more editing
