Chapter 32: Presentation Day Part Two.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

A/N: I don't own the song in this chapter but I do own the music video idea.

As the cheering stopped and the music began, Kagome took another deep breath before she started singing.

'This is a story that I have never told
I got to get this off my chest and let it go
I need to take back the light inside you stole

You're a criminal
And you steal like you're a pro.'

In the music video Kagome was laying in a huge bed tangled up in golden satin sheets. There was an open diary laying beside her and every word she sang magically showed up in the diary. As she sang she slowly sat up bringing her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs.

'All the pain and the truth
I wear like a battle wound
So ashamed so confused
I was broken and bruised'

As she sang she left the bed to sit in front of a vanity, looking in the mirror as bruises and cuts started to appear all over her face and body.

'Now I'm a warrior
Now I've got thicker skin

I'm a warrior
I'm stronger than I've ever been
And my armor is made of steel
You can't get in
I'm a warrior
And you can never hurt me again.'

Kagome slowly stood up from the vanity and left the room that she was in to walk down a set of stairs. As she sang stuff was being thrown at her but before they could hit her, they bounced off of an invisible force field and fell harmlessly on the floor.

'Out of the ashes, burning like a fire
You can save your apologies
You're nothing but a liar
I've got shame and I got scars
But I'll never show
I'm a survivor
In more ways than you know

As she sang she walked out the door to go outside. Once outside everything was on fire, but a little pathway that she could walk down. As she started walking through the fire, the wind blew her short black dress and whipped her hair around. There was a close up on her face when she sang 'I'm a survivor in more ways than you know.'

'Cause all the pain and the truth
I wear like a battle wound
So ashamed so confused
I'm not broken and bruised.'

Still walking through the fire and ash the cuts and bruises that littered her body slowly started to disappear.

'Cause now I'm a warrior
Now I've got thicker skin
I'm warrior
I'm stronger than I've ever been
And my armor is made of steal
You can't get in
I'm a warrior
And you can never hurt me again.'

The last of Kagome's cuts and bruises disappeared as the fire faded away. Her outfit started to change into a stylish steel armor outfit. The steel armor made it up her legs over her hips up her stomach, over her chest and shoulder and finally down her arms. The camera followed as it climbed up her body.

'There's a part of me I can't get back
A little girl grew up to fast
All it to was once I'll never be the same

Now I'm taking back my life today
Nothing left that you can say
'Cause you were never gonna
Take the blame anyway.'

The burnt ground scene changed into a sunflower field and she started running through the field as birds flew over head.

'Now I'm a warrior
I've got thicker skin
Now I'm a warrior
I'm stronger than I've ever been
And my armor is made of steel
You can't get in
I'm a warrior
And you can never hurt me again

No oh yeah yeah

You can never hurt me again.'

Kagome was still running through the sunflower field but now it was in slow motion as beams of light filtered in through the sunflowers over head. As the song ended the credits rolled across the screen and everyone cheered giving her a standing ovation.

Kagome bowed and went to sit down beside Inuyasha on the bleachers. She felt eyes burning into the back of her head, already knowing who it was she tried to ignore it. Then the voices that sounded a lot like her classmates around her.

'Oh my God! She's awful!' 'She sounded like a dying cat!' 'Please, even a dying cat sounds better than her!' Then the voices laughed.

Kagome gripped Inuyasha's shirt making him look down at her. As he took in her face he knew that the voices were attacking her again. Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her whispering reassurances in her ear.

When it was his turn he motioned for Sango and Miroku to come sit by Kagome. One look at her told them what was going on and they tried their best to reassure the young girl.

Later that day, standing in the middle of the gym with a barrier around her. Kaede punched it and broke it, Kagome grunted as it fell but put a new one up without direction from Kaede with even more power in it and smiled as Kaede punched the barrier and it stayed up.

Kaede nodded proud of her pupil. Then looked around the gym for a certain silver haired hanyo. Spotting him easily enough she called him to come over to assist her.

Inuyasha looked over to where they were standing, nodded while he put his sword back in the sheaf. Running over, he bowed and asked what they needed help with before straightening back up.

Lady Kaede smiled and nodded back before talking, "I need you to punch Kagome's barrier."

Nodding Inuyasha turned towards Kagome giving her a smile before punching with barely any force. Kagome huffed as it fell and immediately put a new one up, Inuyasha punched it with the same force he did for the first one. Kagome smirked at him when the barrier stayed in place. Inuyasha punched a little harder, but the barrier remained that same making Kagome's smirk grow bigger. He punched even more force and the barrier cracked before falling. Kagome gave an irritated sigh, but sent another up anyway. She snorted at the cocky smirk that Inuyasha sent her, rolled her eyes but a small smile curled her lips. She sent another barrier to box around her and no matter how hard or how many times he hit it it stayed firm in place. Kagome's smirk was back in place and Inuyasha sent her proud smile.

"Very good! Now, Kagome make your barrier bigger and Inuyasha, take your sword out of it's sheaf and hit Kagome's barrier with it." Kaede ordered. They both nodded and did as was told. "Inuyasha, strike Kagome's barrier with your sword where she isn't standing."

Inuyasha nodded bringing his sword down on Kagome's barrier making her grunt as her barrier shattered. A new on shot up to take the old ones place only to meet it's demise to Inuyasha's sword. About the tenth time trying Inuyasha was unable to brake the barrier no matter how strong or how many strikes he did.

"You did remarkable today, child. I want you to practice your barriers at home and we will continue to work with them throughout this week as well." Kaede said and Kagome nodded as the bell rang.

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