Chapter 21

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Kagome awoke with a stat as the white van jerked to a stop. At first she didn't know where she was, then she remembered.

'That's right.' Kagome looked out the back window of the vehicle. It was snowing. 'I'm in Rhode Island now. I'm going to a facility for girls.' The back door jerked open and an officer helped Kagome out. Kagome had to shield her eyes, it was so bright out. It was late at night when she left, but now it had to be mid noon. She was led through the doors of the building to the front desk.

"Kagome Higurashi is here." Said one of the officers. The lady behind the counter looked away from the computer screen and smiled.

"Yes, we've been waiting. Now if you'll come with me, I'll handle it from here officer." The woman came out from behind the counter, and took Kagome by the hand, and led her through another door. This room looked like a hospital room, only there was a shower in the corner.

"My name is Amy, I'm the head nurse around here. Now I'm sorry, but you'll have to leave your clothes behind with me." Kagome gave the nurse a weird look. "You do get different ones." Kagome mumbles something incoherent . "What was that?" The nurse asked before she went to get Kagome's new clothes.

"The jacket stays." Kagome said barely loud enough for the nurse to hear.

"I'm sorry, but the rules state that you can't have things like that. The zipper-"

"It buttons up." The nurse sighed.

"Alright, I'm going to get your clothes while you clean up. If you need them there are pads and bladeless razors in the top drawer on the left." Then she left.

Kagome sighed and started to shed the clothes Kurt got her. She turned the water on, and stepped into the shower. It was official, her life sucked. Kagome took the antibacterial soap and rant he bar across her body. Her actions were mechanical and sluggish, because her mind was else where, back on her private trial.

'What am I now? I've changed so much that I can't tell it's me in here.' Kagome looked across the room through the curtain less shower door at he full body mirror hanging from the medicine cabinet. Was that her? Those sad eyes and scarred body. Kagome could see Inuyasha's outline around hers in the mirror.

"I said the things he said." She cried quietly.

"Yeah you did." A voice echoes in her head. Kagome dropped the soap. He'd been gone so long she didn't even feel him come back. Kagome looked around, but didn't see him. "You totally ripped off my tomb stone bit." He echoed again.

"Where are you?" Kagome hissed, turning off the water.

"Dumbass, you think I have the strength to materialize? With the way you've been taking care of yourself? Hell no!" Kagome stepped out of the shower, and onto a spongy mat. She looked around again, but didn't see anything. The door opened and Amy came back with a bundle of clothes.

"Oh honey, tell me you didn't do all that to yourself." The nurse cooed. Kagome looked down at herself, she was still naked. Amy handed her a fluffy white towel, which she dried herself off with. But amy still stood there waiting for an answer.

"All but a couple." Her free hand found it's way across her abdomen. "My b" Kagome caught herself, and thought of Kurt. "My old boyfriend." Kagome took the clothes from the nurse, and started to get dressed while Amy did some paper work. The clothes were a plain pair of jeans that buttoned up the front, and a blue long sleeve shirt.

"So I can keep the jacket?" Kagome asked quietly. She didn't wait for an answer. She put the jacket on, and buttoned it up halfway. The nurse smiled, and handed Kagome the clipboard.

"Read that and tell me if any of it's wrong. Then fill in the blank ones." And than she left again, probably to get more paper work. Kagome sighted heavily, and sagged against the counter.

'How am I going to get out of this one?' She scribbled in the blanks, and set the clipboard down. Nobody was in the room, but Kagome could still hear a 'feh' in the back of her head. 'What am I going to do? I can't stay here forever.' Kagome looked back at the door, it wasn't locked. Even if it was she could unlock it without batting an eye.

The point was, was that it was unlocked. It would be easy to just open it and leave. Kagome shuffled towards the door unconsciously. No one was going to notice if she just disappeared, just faded from their lives. No one would care.

'what about the runt, and that new guy of yours.' His voice came rudely from the back of her head.

"Kurt." Kagome whispered to herself. Her hand stopped inches away from the knob. Her hand was shaking. The door opened and Amy and a different girl came in.

"Kagome, this is Chris, she's going to be your guide and roommate."

"Yo." The other girl greeted, Chris looked like she barely came up to her shoulder. She had long black hair in braid down her back, and green eyes.

"Now it's time for lunch so why don't you guys get some food, then go to group." Amy shooed then out of the office, and shut the door behind them.

"To lunch them?" Kagome looked over at Chris, who was pointing to a door down the hallway, probably the lunch room. "You're not one of those food cases are you?"

'Food cases?' Kagome was about to say no, but remembered the past few months when she didn't eat. It wasn't because she thought she was fat, just that she didn't want to communicate with anyone. 'If I starve myself will Inuyasha not have enough strength to come back?' she thought. 'No, he always did. The only time he wouldn't come was when she cut.

"Earth to Kagome!" Chris was waving her hand in front of her face. "I asked you a question. You don't have to eat you can just sit and talk with people."

"No, I'm hungry." Kagome followed Chris into the line. They got their food and sat down with a bunch of other girls.

"Hey Chris why'd Amy call you… who's she?" A girl with short green hair asked through a mouth full of hamburger.

"This is Kagome." A few other girls said hello, then they went back to eating their food.

"So Kagome what are you in for?" The green haired girl asked.

"We're not supposed to tell, but everyone does anyway." Chris added. With out looking away from her food or saying anything Kagome pulled one of the sleeves up to her elbow.

"Possessed." Some girls at the table gasped, other snorted with disbelief. A bell rang, much like a schools lunch bell, and most of the girls got up and dumped their trays.

"Come on." Chris pulled at her arm slightly. "It's time for group." They exited the lunch room, and into a room that looked much like a library.

"Is this it?" Kagome hadn't expected any of this. She thought she was going straight to a straight jacket and a padded cell.

"Yeah, hurry up so we can get a good seat in the back." Chris lead Kagome out of the circle and into a more secluded part of the room.

"What do we do in here?"

"There's a helper that has us try to talk about our feelings."

"Do they make you talk?" Kagome asked trying to ignore the tingling at the back of her head, maybe she shouldn't have eaten.

"No, but it's really annoying when they try to get you to." That was good. The helpers wouldn't make her talk, but he might. He'd done it before. He'd told her math teacher, through her mouth, to piss off.

But that was a long time ago, he couldn't do that now, could he? Kagome sat there for a moment just wondering how much control Inuyasha had over her, but her thoughts were interrupted.

"Miss Kagome do you have anything to say?" The helper asked in a sugary sweet voice that gave Kagome a cavity just by hearing it. Kagome was about to shack her head when her mouth moved unexpectedly.

"I long to die." The voice that came out of her mouth was hoarse, dry, and dead sounding, not hers. She quickly clamped her hand over her mouth. "May I be excused?" Kagome whispered.

"Take you guide with you." Kagome grabbed Chris's arm, and dragged her out of the room. As soon as the door was slammed shut Kagome collapsed on the other side of the hall.

"What was that all about?" Chris asked, kneeling down next to Kagome. "Are you okay?" Chris moved to move the hair that had fallen in front of her face but stopped and gasped when she saw fresh droplets of blood on her pants.

Kagome was biting the hand that was covering her mouth, and she was crying.

Sorry again that I haven't updated in so long. I got lazy over the summer. Which was kinda hard since I detassled. Please review!

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