Recall: "I bet you wish that dog was touching you." Kagome continued trying to fight him off of her. "Keep still. You know how rough I can be if you don't listen." She whimpered, trying to calm down. "That's what I thought." He said, dragging his tongue from her chin up her face. It wasn't long before she felt his member start to rub against her. She closed her eyes, doing her best to ignore it entering her body. Naraku let out a satisfied grunt before he began to thrust into her. He was hurting her; he was taking her hard and fast. She felt…

Pain

It was painful. She bit her lip to prevent from making any kind of noise. "Fucking bitch." He said before bringing a hand around her neck. "Why are you so quiet? Why don't you scream for me?" Her vision was getting blurry. She couldn't stop him.

Anguish

Hatred

Pain

She blacked out.

Chapter 7: How to Be Happy

Kagome was awake, but didn't want to open her eyes. She wanted to ignore everything and pretend she wasn't even there. But she had no choice in the matter. Slowly, she opened her eyes to view her surroundings. This wasn't her room, and something heavy was on top of her.

Naraku

How many times did he rape me? She asked herself letting out a sigh of relief. It would have been a lot more difficult for her if he woke up before she did. After she slipped from under him, she grabbed the rest of her clothes and went to her room. She threw her clothes on the floor before walking to her bathroom to see what damage was done. She had a little scratch on her cheek, barely noticeable, and purple marks around her neck, arms and stomach. She didn't even have to look at her back, she still felt what he did.

After the shower, Kagome went to her room and looked around. Oh yeah, he destroyed my clothes. She thought, starting to go through her draws. There has to be something in here that he didn't ruin. It was a good half hour until she found a black tank top that hadn't been torn. She groaned, sucking her teeth. It's getting colder, and I have to walk outside wearing this? But, it would have to do. She put on her bra and jeans from the day before, along with her top and sweater, but didn't wear any panties. He couldn't even leave me with some decent undies? Fucking asshole.

Kagome put her hair in a pony-tail and was ready to walk out, that was until she heard movements outside her door. Her heart sped up when she saw her door knob jiggle. Spending all that time trying to find a shirt made her lose track of time.

"Oh Kagome…" She heard. It was Onigumo. What the hell does he want? "Open the door. You don't have any clothes, so there's no point going to school." Fuck that… Kagome made her way out the window. It wouldn't take him long to break in, then he'll realize she was gone. As soon as she climbed down, she made a run for it. Naraku would wake up soon as well, and realize she was gone as well.

The running continued until she was a block away from the house. Soon, she began walking, grabbing her inhaler from her bag to take a couple of puffs. Hopefully I won't run into him at school. She wrapped her arms around herself, feeling just how cold it was getting. Dammit, I hope I arrive at the school soon. It's freezing.

People were already gathered around, but she ignored them, walking to her locker. The warm feeling made her glad to be inside. She collected her things before making her way to her first class. Ignoring the whispers, she went to her seat and placed her head on the desk. Her eyes were heavy, and her back was still hurting. I'm so sleepy… She was getting ready to fall asleep when she felt someone plop at the desk in front of her. Isn't that seat usually empty?

"Hey Kagome." Someone said. Kagome knew exactly who it was. She picked up her head only to see Inuyasha. "You okay? You don't look so good."

"What are you doing?" She asked, noticing Koga walking into the classroom. Her eyes widened, he'd suspect something with Inuyasha hanging on her all the time.

"I can't say hi to my friend?" He asked.

"Friend?"

"Since yesterday, remember after school?" She started to blush hard. Looking around, more people were looking at them now besides Koga.

"I don't wanna talk about that. Go away, please." Inuyasha chuckled.

"You're so cute." He commented, caressing her cheek. She looked away from him, not liking the attention.

~~~Second class~~~

Kagome was getting bored with the presentations. Most of the people couldn't even draw so she saw no purpose of taking the class. For her, this was a chance to improve her skills. For them, it was just an easy A. It was Kikyo's turn to present. She walked up the class and showed her drawing. Kagome chuckled to herself. It looks awful…

"I drew a princess." Ms. Nazuma smiled looking somewhat peeved.

"Kikyo, the assignment was to draw how you felt."

"And I did. I feel as though I'm a princess." Kagome covered her mouth to contain her laughter. In other words, you're a selfish bitch. And, you should go fuck yourself. Inuyasha looked her way, also laughing at Kikyo. She looked back at him, laughing a bit more. Ms. Nazuma sighed before asking her to sit down. Kikyo glared in Kagome's direction embarrassed that she was laughing at her. What made her angry was that she was laughing with Inuyasha. But, why would Inuyasha notice someone like Kagome and not her?

"Okay, Kagome, yours is next." She groaned. How exactly was she going to explain her picture? Never the less, she walked to the class and presented it. Ms. Nazuma looked confused as did the rest of the class. Sure, the picture was amazing, but it was depressing. "What's the feeling, Kagome?" She asked.

"I feel as though I'm suffocating." She nodded.

"And the fire?"

"Trapped." She nodded again.

"Kagome, can you stay after class?" She groaned. She knew that wasn't a good idea. Kagome sadly went back to her seat, now stressed about how she was going to explain what was going on with her.

"Hey…" She turned to Inuyasha.

"Suffocating?"

"Don't worry about it."

"I can't help, but to. You worry me." She blushed, but said nothing. It didn't take long before the bell rang. Everyone left the class but Kagome remained.

"Hey," Inuyasha said. She looked his way. "Wanna sit with me at lunch? Kinda annoying with Miroku and Sango slobbering over each other." She smiled while blushing. Some company at lunch was a nice thought, but with Naraku already suspecting something between them it wasn't a bright move.

"Not really a good idea. I was thinking about sitting by myself. Plus, I doubt Sango would want me there." Inuyasha looked confused for a second before remembering what Sango said yesterday.

"Maybe another time then."

"Maybe." As he left, Kagome walked where the teacher's desk was. Ms. Nazuma clasped her hands together.

"Kagome, is there something going on?"

"Nope."

"Anything at all? Because normally students wouldn't draw something like that to describe how they are feeling." Kagome shrugged.

"Just a little stressed at times." She didn't believe her. But, she couldn't help if Kagome wasn't willing to open up to her.

"Okay, well, you know if there's anything wrong, you can come and talk to me." She smiled.

"I'll keep that in mind."

~~~Lunch~~~

After talking with her art teacher, Kagome went to the sacred tree. A couple hours went by and it had gotten a little warmer so she didn't see anything wrong with it. Once seated she took out her sketch book and turned to a fresh page. Hmm…what am I gonna draw? She asked herself being shrugging. I guess I'm doing freestyle. While her hand freely began to draw, her mind was wondering around. Soon, the thoughts became about Inuyasha, and how much attention she was getting from him. She shook her head before looking down to see how her drawing was coming. Her face went red, when she realized the drawing was starting to look like him. Not fully, but it was still embarrassing so she started to erase it.

"Why are you erasing it, I like it." The voice made her gasp. Looking up, she saw Inuyasha on the bottom branch of the tree, grinning with a half eaten sandwich in his hand.

"W-What…" She stuttered standing up. Her face was redder now that he saw what exactly she was drawing. As quickly as possible, she put her book back in her bag. "How long were you up there?" He came down, taking a big chunk out of the sandwich.

"Long enough to see that you were drawing me."

"I was not drawing you. And didn't I tell you that I wanted to be alone for lunch?" He finished the sandwich.

"Yeah." He said before leaning down, kissing her cheek. Kagome's jaw dropped. "But I don't want to." With that, he finally walked away. Kagome placed her hand on her cheek, before sitting back down on the ground. Did he seriously just kiss me-again? As much as she didn't want to, a smile slowly upon her face.

It was almost the end of the day and Kagome had one more class.

Gym

Hurriedly, she walked to her locker to get her. She wasn't eactly thrilled to be in that class. It wasn't because she wasn't active, but because a lot of people try to hard to hurt her. She arrived at her locker, punch in her code, got her stuff and was about to walk away. As soon as she closed the door and turned around, she was met with an unfriendly face, making her groan.

"What Koga?" The look on his face told her he wasn't in the mood for playing games.

"What's this I here about you and the mutt?" He asked, walking closer to her. This caused her to back further away, her back against the locker.

"I'm going to be late. Maybe we can continue this after school, if I feel like talking to you which I won't." She attempted to walk away, but she was slammed right back against the locker. She winced, feeling the wounds on her back beginning to reopen. Dammit...

"I don't give a fuck if you're gonna be late or not." And as soon as the words left his mouth, the bell rings. "What's this I hear about you and the mutt?"

"Even if there was anything between me and Inuyasha, it doesn't involve you." Suddenly, he grabbed her collar, pulling her closer to him.

"Everything in your life involves me. Naraku did put me in charge of you while in school." His comment pissed her off. She tried to push him away but his hands ended up gripping her wrists. She was stuck, but that didn't start her from struggling. "I bet you're sleeping with that mutt, aren't you."

"No I'm not, now get off."

"Don't you know that his small ass dick can't compare to mine?" She stopped for a second. "In fact, when was the last time we had fun together?"

"What are you talking about?" He laughed.

"Oh yeah, I forgot, you weren't even awake." Her eyes widened. She knew Onigumo and Naraku would rape her in her sleep occasionally, but Koga?

"W-what?" He smirked.

"I think it was before school started. Naraku and Onigumo went out of town and asked me to keep an eye on you so you wouldn't run away." She remembered that. They went to Yokohama for a weekend. For what? She didn't know nor did she care to. But, she remembered that Koga would stop by once in a while. Like I need a fucking babysitter. "Also gave me some drugs in case you got out of hand." Her eyes widened. Now she remembered. It was Saturday and she made tea. He came bugging so she took the tea upstairs. Soon she felt incredibly sleepy so she...He fucking raped me!

"Are you fucking serious?!" She struggled more now, not that she was surprised that he did something like this but she was still angry. "You know what. This is in you nature anyways, you're an asshole and you'll always be an asshole. Now let me go."

"If I let you go now, what do I get later?" He asked.

"Why do you have to get something from it, why can't you just be nice?" His fist punched the wall next to her head, making her flinch.

"If I can't get anything I want, why should I be nice to you?" His arms wrapped around her waist, very tightly. She was starting to become more uncomfortable than she already was. "You already know my intentions with you. I want this fucking body."

"Well you can go fuck yourself."

"Fucking bitch..." Before he could finish, Koga was ripped away from her and slammed on the other side of the hallway. Kagome didn't have to guess who it was, because the guy had long silver hair and he was standing in front of her in a protective way. Koga smirk evilly.

"Yo mutt, can't you see me and the whore were having a private conversation." Inuyasha growl.

"Do you enjoy pissing me off wolf, or are you just stupid? I told you to leave Kagome alone more than once. Next time, I'm kicking your ass." She blushed at how Inuyasha was protective of her. Though, she couldn't help but to notice his voice dropped an octave lower.

"You really think you can stop me? You're all by yourself mutt. No one wants to protect a whore. Unless you're getting something out of it."

"If I see you messing with Kagome again, you'll regret it." With a snort, Koga walked away. Inuyasha then turned to Kagome. She saw that his eyes were tinted red for a second before turning back to normal. "Are you alright?" He asked. Even though she was thankful, she glared at him angrily. It was his fault all this drama was happening. Not that her life wasn't already filled with drama but now it was worse. Without answering, she started to walk away, only for him to blocking her. "Wait a second Kagome, what's wrong?"

"Didn't I tell you to stop messing with me? Well now look what you did."

"You mean with Koga?" He scoffed. "I can beat his punk ass any day. He shouldn't be messing with you, Kagome, no one should." Kagome sighed. Being late for gym was the least of her worries now. Perhaps it's time he knew what goes on. They're gonna kill me...

"Inuyasha, I get abused." His eyes widened. In a sense, he knew but he wanted to make sure before going overboard. "Yesterday when you stopped Naraku from hurting me really pissed him off. Last night he destroyed my clothes and beat me. My back is killing me..." Inuyasha looked down. She couldn't see his eyes, but she could him growling softly. It's fucking my fault she's hurting. He thought. She warned me but... His hand tightening into a fist. His actions started to scare Kagome. "Are you alright?" Suddenly he grabbed her by the wrists and started dragging her away. "W-what are you-"

"Come on." He said roughly.

"What, why?" He said nothing, just took her away. It wasn't long before they reached their destination, on the side of the school. He turned her around, her backing facing him. He started to lift her shirt but she stopped him in a panic.

"What are you doing?" Kagome asked.

"I wanna see how bad it is." Inuyasha simply stated lifting her shirt fully. The sight made him see red. Her skin was black and blue with some red from dried blood. It wasn't properly cleaned so the opened sores looked a bit infected. He leaned over and started licking her wounds. Once Kagome felt him, she started to blush.

"W-what..."

"I can heal you. Relax." He licked her a few more times, the swelling starting to go down. The whole time Kagome was blushing like crazy. I hope no one sees this. As soon as he was done, be started to kiss her multiple times. Finally, he let her shirt down and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm so sorry Kagome. I caused you so much pain." His head rest on her shoulder. "I know it sounds selfish, and I'm not good with words, but-I don't wanna stop seeing you." He's right that is selfish. "I know, you keep getting hurt, but l want to try and help you. That's only if you let me." I shouldn't be considering this, hell I shouldn't even be near him. But all this talk has me blushing.

"I don't know. This situation is already bad enough." She took his hands away and fixed her bag. "I should get going." Before she could move he stopped her again.

"Wait a second, have you eaten anything today?" As if on cue, her stomach started growling. He chuckled as she held her stomach, as if to make it stop. She didn't eat anything since the day before, and that was the apple she bought at lunch.

"I should be fine."

"It's not fine Kagome." He gently caressed her cheek. "You're very weak right now, and you'll get weaker if you don't eat something. Schools almost over and I have my license. There's a diner about ten minutes away from here. Let me get you something to eat." She blushed. Is he really just a friend helping out a friend or is he really asking me out?

"Do you mean like a…date?" She finally asked. "I mean, no one has ever asked me on a date before, so I couldn't help but wonder." She was losing focus on what Naraku would do if he found out and more about how much fun she'd have on her 'date'. Inuyasha nervously rubbed the back of his neck, looking away from her

"Ya, this could be a date." Getting back on track, she went back to pondering about how Naraku would react. In a sense, she already told what happened at home. What if the conversation went further and she spilled out the murder and the rape? She'd have to go back home only to be slaughtered.

"I don't know."

"Come on..." He said, sounding a little pissed. He was so close to Kagome opening up to him he didn't want her having second thoughts. He wanted her to just say yes so she can tell him more about her life and maybe begin some sort of relationship. She thought about it for a second longer before shrugging.

"Sure." His eyes lit up.

"Really?"

"Yeah, whatever." She looked away, now thinking she just dug her own grave. But, all bad thoughts faded away once she felt Inuyasha's lips pressed against her cheek again. Her eyes widened in shock, her hand on the side of her face. He stroked her chin.

"Don't worry Kagome, you won't regret." Inuyasha told her as he escorted her to his car. "It'll be fun, you'll see." Yes, they probably would have fun. But there was still that nagging in the back of her mind that this was going to be the biggest mistake of her life. However, looking over to see how happy Inuyasha was kind of made her happy aswell.

Happy?

She hadn't felt it in a while. So was there really a point of spoiling just a second of it thinking about those awful people? Right now, she was going to be:

Light

Blissful

Happy...

Fuck Naraku. Today is about me.

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