A/N: Thanks again for the reviews, it still baffles me that people take their time to read my story. It makes me so happy that I might even start up a new story after this one. I kind of have an idea of what I want it to be about, but first let me hear your thoughts and let me know if you'd like me to write a story you'd like to hear! And as promised, here's the latest chapter. Cheers!
I DON'T OWN INUYASHA!
His Touch
Chapter 6: What's a Home?
"Glad to see you're awake," said Inuyasha.
"Where am I?" muttered Kagome, fury is the only word to explain how she spoke.
"My house," Inuyasha said. He was about to speak again but Kagome beat him to it.
"Why?" she spat. Now fury was the word to explain the way her face looked, breathing with fire.
"I was hoping you'd answer that for me… Why were you there with the wolf shit? Why were you taking dru-" he was cut off again.
"I mean why aren't I HOME Inuyasha!?" Kagome said standing up with all of her strength. She was still worn out by the abuse from last night, either way, her anger boosted her energy now more than ever.
"Kagome, relax" Inuyasha said rushing towards her implying she should lay down again.
"Don't you FUCKING touch me!" she howled. This took Inuyasha by surprise so he took a step back. Did Kagome just swear? Kagome wasn't the type to use a dirty mouth, in fact she hated it when Inuyasha would talk like that, yet, here she is now talking the same language he was so fluent in.
But Kagome didn't just swear. She was swearing at him, furious. What the fuck? When did she become like this? Who did this to her?
"Kagome please I-" and Inuyasha was cut off again.
"Tell your mom to take me home." Kagome said.
"Okay, I'll grab my car keys," Inuyasha said turning to exit through the door he entered not too long ago.
"Are you fucking deaf Inuyasha!? I told you to get your mother!" Kagome retorted. With his back still facing her it wasn't hard to know how he was feeling. So incredibly sad. His ears drooped at the sound of her malicious voice and that she didn't want to ride with him but with his mother.
"As you wish," he finally said before actually leaving. This isn't going to be last you see of him though because he is officially set to find out what Kagome has been doing the past half a year and why she'd hiding it. To find out if anyone or thing was hurting her. And if there was, he'd be there to fight her demons for or with her, ripping them to shred with the biggest grin on his face knowing he's done good to avenger her.
Kagome's never treated Inuyasha badly, today was the first day. Inuyasha knew it in his mind, body, and soul that someone has mistreated her otherwise there is no way she'd ever treat her "best male friend" like this. This really is as serious as Sango explained. No matter what though he was going to get to the bottom of Kagome's predator. Nothing is going to stop him.
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On the ride home Kagome didn't say a word to Izayoi. Which was very odd because they were almost as close as she and Sango were. Kagome loved to talk to Inuyasha's mother because they've always been close. What was even stranger was that she preferred Izayoi's presence over Inuyasha's. As far as she's concerned Inuyasha helped Kagome get help before nearly died overdosing last night. Yet she still avoids him. Kagome cut Izayoi's thoughts when she saw her crying on the passenger seat beside her.
"Kagome?" she asked.
"I'm so stupid…" was all Kagome could say through her sobs as she wrapped her arms around herself seeking comfort in her own embrace.
"What's that, sweetheart? Don't say such things about yourself… What's the matter?" The sound of Izayoi's voice made Kagome break down even more due to her kind and worried tone that was proven to be sincere. izayoi slowed down trying to spot a good place to park. When she finally spotted the perfect place to park, she took it. It was right beside a Starbucks. Hmmmm sit in the parking lot or drive through? Let's stick with the parking lot idea because Kagome's cries haven't died down just yet. But when they do, Izayoi's going to get a nice non-fat caramel mocha latte.
"Come on baby girl, don't cry… Just tell me what happened," Izayoi said wrapping a comforting arm around a fragile Kagome. Kagome flinched and her body tensed at Izayoi's movement.
Now, something was very wrong. Kagome's never avoided anyones embrace before, let alone Izayoi's. Izayoi drew her arm back and watched Kagome with a new face of worry. Her eyes burning holes in Kagome's cheeks as she stared her down with those worried eyes.
"I.. I… I'm so stupid," Kagome muttered again between her sobs and gasps for air after crying so long. "Can I" sob "just go" sob "home?"
Izayoi didn't protest, she started the car once again. That latte can wait, first she needed to get this unstable girl home. Kagome's never let any of her problems get the better of her so what she's going through right now was evidently serious. And it's something Kagome's family should help her in, Izayoi just didn't see how her involvement would benefit seeing as she wasn't family. They arrived at the shrine.
"Thank you," Kagome said with tears streaming down her eyes still, at least her sobs subsided.
"Anytime," was Izayoi's response. Kagome opened the door and left the car seat, after she closed it she speed walked up the stairs and into her home. She tried her best not to seem desperate and sprint into it. Izayoi stared at the girl and watched as she made her way up the shrine steps, and hopefully safely into the house; now that she was out of her sight.
Kagome's world was colourless, grey and had the life sucked out of it after the car ride. She knew nothing would ever be the same. Putting on her best smile she walked into her house. She might as well have died when her family tackled her and trampled her with questions of her disappearance last night. They all loosened when she said Inuyasha's house and that she apologized for not contacting them before hand. She obviously wasn't going to mention the heroin part of last night.
Kagome skipped breakfast (due to sleeping in at Inuyasha's), lunch and dinner that day. She didn't have an appetite. Her world was so grey around her; there was no life or colour in anything she saw anymore. It reminded her of the basement she was trapped in for months. So grey and cold. How ironic that the place she's supposed to feel so safe in, the place with the most colour can turn into her worst nightmare. She took this lightly, her depression has gotten to such a state that she didn't give a crap about anything anymore. She, herself was lifeless. She would rather be dead.
She flopped on her bed with a groan. She took 2 'happy' pills for her depression, but she obviously needed a new prescription because these were not helping her at all. The alarm clock read 10:10 PM so in Kagome's grey state she decided it was time for sleep. She didn't even notice a certain silver haired hanyou staring through her window as he sat on the Sacred Tree just outside of her room.
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Inuyasha had an itch that needed to be scratched. He remembered what his mother told him when she got home from Kagomes. "Inuyasha, she's in pain. Just give her some space. Hopefully, after a while, she'll be willing to open up to you." said Izayoi. She later on explained how Kagome was cursing herself as she cried uncontrollably in her car. This made Inuyasha's heart squeeze. "This is serious and I need to know what's going on. Fuck this. I'm going to see her, she has to tell me." With that thought on Inuyasha's head he was gone in a flash. That's how he made it here: sitting on his favourite tree with his love on the other side of that window getting ready for bed with a dead expression. Why is he so hesitant now? Didn't he want to know what's happening? "She's getting ready for bed… I can't just waltz in there now." Why not? He's always done that before. He's starting to repeat Kagome's privacy and need for solidarity more now. "I'll wait 'till she's in a deep sleep before going in for clues," he concluded. Although it pained him to sneak around her room without her permission, he thought it would be better that way instead of meeting her face to face after the incident earlier that day. She's just not ready for another body to ask her what's wrong, so instead he's going to find out.
It was fairly easy, because when she was finally fast asleep he made his way into her room. He was engulfed in her rich scent that was everywhere and on everything in the room. He felt intoxicated himself with her sweet scent, and then focused his attention to why he was in the room in the first place: clues.
Trying not to knock anything over or make any loud noises he creeped and crawled around the room picking up objects here and there to inspect them.
"This is stupid," he thought to himself, "the fuck am I going to possibly find here?" that's when he spoted a book on her miniature book shelf that stood out more than the other books did. Because it was in a brown leather hardback cover, unlike the other books that had synthetic, colourful, paperback cover. more Importantly the title read Dear Diary.
Jack pot.
A/N: I know you guys are probably dying to know what Kagome's been through so the next chapter are her diary entries in her own words of the tortures she's experienced. Kind of a short chapter today I know please don't shoot me! I had to make it short cause I have a chemistry quiz tomorrow so I gotta focus on that. But anyway I promised you a chapter so here it is! Thanks for the tips on the autocorrect guys! It helped a lot and I got all the typos fixed. I know 100% that I won't be able to update tomorrow. Soonest will be Thursday. So if you want a chapter by Thursday please review! And answer my question from my first authors note in this chapter. 5+ reviews and it'll be Thursday, anything less you'll see me back on Saturday. See ya, kisses!