A/N I actually had cramps will writing the scene below, so I am not being dramatic. Cramps are bitches. And, this chappie is almost as long as the last one. Maybe longer.

Present
Past

Accidents

I'm not saying there won't be an accident now, mind you. They're funny things, accidents. You never have them till you're having them.

February 20, 1991

It had been a few days since Kagome stumbled to Inuyasha, bleeding and beaten. Inuyasha was still confused about Kagome's wounds, but hadn't pressed any matters. Kagome was still confused about running to Inuyasha for comfort, but merely passed it off as PMS-ing, considering that she got her period. Speaking of which….

Kagome groaned as another wave of cramps hit her. She squeezes her eyes shut and held her breath, waiting for the pain to pass over. She rested her forehead against Kouga's arm and tried not to bite into her friend's muscles to help her deal with the pain. She could hear Kouga trying to keep his laughter in and could feel the sympathetic gazes of Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi.

"Shut the fuck up, Kouga." Kagome said weakly. Kouga couldn't hold it anymore and began to laugh loudly, scaring everyone within 10 feet. Kagome groaned as she tumbled backwards and landed on the floor. Kouga and the others stared at her, groaning and holding her lower stomach in a fetal position. Kouga started to laugh loudly, making other nervously join him. He was attempting to help her up, but was laughing to hard.

"Asshole." Kagome hissed, her eyes squeezed in pain. She heard footsteps and opened her eyes to see Inuyasha standing over her. He knelt and gently picked her up.

"You okay?" he whispered. "That was a nasty fall."

"Cramps." She croaked. "Bad, heavy, squeeze-your-lungs-kinda cramps."

"Ah, bathroom?" he asked unsure. She nodded and let her head fall against her chest. Everyone else was silent, including Kouga, as they watched the hanyou and miko exit the cafeteria.

"Why the fuck is dog-boy friendly with Kags?" Kouga asked out loud as the cafeteria snapped back to place and gossiped about what they just saw.

"Maybe because you treat her like shit?" Yuka offered. Kouga pursed him lips and glared at her.

"Shut the fuck up." Kouga growled.

"Why don't you, flea bag?" Yuka snapped. Eri and Ayumi sighed as Yuka and Kouga began to tear each other apart with words.

"You would think either of them would stop fighting." Ayumi sighed.

"The day that that happened would be the day that Kouga realizes he loves you and that you love him." Eri teased. Ayumi blushed and ducked her head. Unknown to the two, a pair of youkia ears had heard everything.

Inuyasha made a quick stop to his locker to grab a stashed first aid kit before heading to the bathroom on the 3rd floor that was always broken and empty. He managed to kick the door open and not drop Kagome.

"Damn lying movies," Inuyasha mumbled. Kagome looked at him and chuckled, her cramps finally dying down a lot.

"Sorry Superman. Lois pigged out yesterday." Inuyasha slightly paled at the thought of Kagome as his romantic interest. Kagome noticed and looked at him. "Shut up. You know you want me."

Inuyasha didn't bother hiding his opinion of the foolish thought. He laughed and managed to sit Kagome on a sink without making her fall. He was breathless by the time we was able to control his laughter and was about to say something, but Kagome beat him to it.

"Shut up. I know I am." She said. Inuyasha shook his head and began to open the first aid kit. He took out everything that he needed (which was the entire box) and placed it in the sink to the right of Kagome.

"You might have reopened your wounds during the fall. Remember that they barely closed yesterday." Inuyasha said, glaring at Kagome from the corner of his eyes. Kagome blushed.

"It's not my fault. She showed up and began clawing at me. I had to defend myself." She protested. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and tugged at her sweater. Kagome took it off and took of her shirt, exposing her blue bra.

"Nice bra." Inuyasha commented. Kagome hoped off the counter and turned around. Inuyasha leaned over to see if any wounds reopened, and luckily, none did. Just as he was about to tell Kagome it was okay, someone opened the bathroom door and two seniors came stumbling in. They both giggled at Inuyasha and Kagome before stumbling out.

"Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt." One said. The other laughed before commenting.

"Remember: no glove, no love." The first one laughed and they both went out of the bathroom, no doubt to tell their friends.

"Oh-"

"Shit."

They both looked at each other and moved apart, not daring to look at each other. Inuyasha handed Kagome her shirt back and she put it on quickly. Moments of silence ensued to control the embarrassment before Inuyasha spoke.

"Do you still want me to check your legs?" Inuyasha asked sort of quietly. Kagome winced and nodded.

"Yeah. I feel something wet and it's not my period." Inuyasha blanched for a moment and ducked in order to avoid Kagome's shoes. Her pants hit him square in the face. Inuyasha saw that her blue bra didn't match her boxer-like gray panties.

"Ha, ha." She said as she sat back on the sink, wincing as her dying cramps roared a bit. She sat there as Inuyasha examined her wounds, staring off into space.

"What happened?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome jumped as the alcohol touched one of the deeper cuts on her thigh.

"That! Exactly that! Three things have happened to us in the past few days that I thought would never happen to us even in a million years of being stuck in a closet." Kagome exclaimed. Inuyasha looked at her. "First, we have completed each other's sentences and thoughts in the past 15 minutes. Didn't you notice that? I picked up where you left off and you picked up where I left off."

"You're right," Inuyasha frowned. He was about to say something, when, Kagome beat him to it, once more.

"Shut up. It's not the first time." Kagome said. Her eyes widen and she pointed at Inuyasha. "See, right there! I just did it again!"

"I guess our late night encounters are starting to take toll." Inuyasha mused as he dabbed Kagome's cut. He quickly put on the gauze and some anti-infection cream.

"That's another thing. Our encounters. I would never think of running to you after….ah…" Kagome waved at her injuries, not yet ready to say what happened. She wanted to say something to Inuyasha and she was more than ready to share. She just didn't know how he would take it. She knew that he would never tell.

"After Naraku beats you?" Inuyasha offered. "Or when you fall into sinks?

"I knew you knew!" Kagome cried. "Why didn't you say you knew?"

"It was either him or Souta. Though I highly doubt it's him." He said. Kagome frowned and shook her head. "Anywho, I thought that when you were ready, you would tell me. Which I was semi-right."

"Okay. Anyways, we have established a routine here. I sneak to your place at 3 am, which is more than enough time to fuck Kikyo and get her out of there. You make sure to leave the window opened and you always have food and medicine stashed under the bed to check my wounds and make sure everything's alright."

"You know about Kikyo?" Inuyasha asked. He secured the bandage on her thigh and moved to another smaller wound that just needed some gauze.

"Of course, of course, my horse." Kagome said. "I could sense her spiritual aura from my place. Not to mention, I could hear her as well."

"Shut up." Inuyasha said. He handed her 2 Tylenols and she swallowed them quickly without water.

"I never said anything. But like I was saying, we have grown very comfortable with each other. Which brings me to my third thing. We are comfortable around each. We trust each other. And don't bother denying it because you know you do." Kagome said sternly.

Inuyasha packed up all the medical stuff and threw away everything he used. Kagome, carefully, put her baggy pants on and slipped on her Vans. They cleaned up and stood in front of one another, gold against orange.

"How comfortable are you around me?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome raised her eyebrow.

"I just showed you my bra and underwear. How comfortable are you around me?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha looked at her and chuckled. Quickly, he stripped down to his boxers with a speed Kagome knew he must have gotten from those late nights with Kikyo. Kagome laughed at his black, puppy-printed boxers.

"What? They were a Christmas gift." Inuyasha said as he put his clothes back on. "So, you're right. You are okay being half naked around me and vice versa."

"That's just it. After Naraku beats me, I avoid human contact for a few hours in order to peace my mind and mask back together." Wheels turned in Inuyasha's head as he tied his shoes.

"Is that why you were so stiff on Valentine's Day? When I touched your shoulder, you looked like you were ready to murder me." Inuyasha said.

"Yes. I was. Naraku was beating me for the past weeks because he thought I was sleeping with you." Kagome said. She left out the parts about what Naraku had said. She didn't want to provoke anything.

"I'm sure that after 5th period, everyone in the school will think we're sleeping together." Inuyasha commented dryly.

"Contact with male would bring back memories I try to suppress. Contact with female makes me remember those times when I was happy with Mom, Dad, and Souta. Even though female contact is more painful, I avoid males. The only male friend I have is Kouga because I can't stand anybody else." Kagome explained quietly.

"Yet only after 7 days of being with me, you are able to trust me completely to the point where you can strip down. Why?" Inuyasha asked her. She shrugged in response.

"I don't know. The first night, I regretted going to you because I thought that you would want me to strip or something. But now I realize that you might not be bad and that I can trust you." Kagome confessed. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "I don't know. I just know I can go to you and tell you some things."

"You won't tell me everything yet?" Inuyasha asked. He got the medical kit as the lunch bell rang. He opened the bathroom door and waited for a hesitating Kagome.

"It's not that I don't trust you. It's that I'm not sure how you would handle it." She said as she stepped out of the bathroom. Her cramps had finally gone away, thanks to the Tylenol.

"What do you mean?" he asked. They walked to his locker, his body shielding her much smaller one from everyone else.

"I mean, that you are a knight in shining armor. You would most likely go ballistic if you heard the entire story. You are the guy who can't stand women crying. You try to help the world. You're Superman. Or SuperHanyou." She replied. They arrived at his locker and he stuffed the medical kit inside. They continued to walk together to their next class.

"Will you ever tell me?" he asked.

"Yes, some day. When I think you'll be able to handle it well." Kagome said. "For now, you are too violent. You would most likely try killing Naraku and end up throwing your future as a lawyer down the toilet."

"How is it that you get it, but Kikyo doesn't?!" Inuyasha asked exasperated. Kagome laughed.

"She might be smart, but she's a slut. Anywho, you love to argue, you watch a lot of cop/lawyer shows, and you try hard to do well. You want good grades to get accepted to a good school. I've observed you."

"I don't know whether to be complimented or weirded out." Inuyasha said as he opened their class's door.

"A little bit of both. I'm like Michael Jackson that way." Inuyasha and Kagome laughed as they entered the class. The class grew quiet at the sight of both of them within arms length and not strangling each other, but laughing.

"You two are later." The teacher said. Inuyasha scowled and Kagome shook her head.

"Let it go."

"Just this once." He said as they sat down, he in the front next to his girlfriend, and she in the back with her friends.

"What is that all about?" Kikyo demanded from Inuyasha.

"Nothing. We were talking for once. That's it." Inuyasha leaned to her and gave her a reassuring kiss on the lips.

"What are you doing with mutt face?" Kouga demanded from Kagome.

"Nothing. We were talking. You wanna sniff me for semen?" Kagome taunted. A couple of laughs filled the classroom. Kouga shrugged and leaned forward, his nose twitching. Kagome shrieked and pushed his face away from her crotch area.

"I was kidding!" She yelled. Yuka grabbed her math book and hit Kouga on the head with it. He stopped and began to grab him head.

"Yuka, you bitch!" he howled. The teacher tried to get a word in, but Yuka beat her to it.

"I'm not a demon, asshole. Are you so stupid you can't even remember?" Yuka snapped back.

"This doesn't involve you, so take your fat ass out of it." Kouga said. The class was dead silence. Yuka fumed and turned red. You could literally see the steam coming out from her ears. Kagome quickly intervened.

"Whoa, partners. This is getting too heated. Both of you need a time out!" Kagome said as she stepped between the two.

"Thank you Kagome." The teacher sighed in relief. She collapsed back on her chair. Kagome looked at her, arms crossed, tsk-tsk-tsking.

"You, sensei, need to grow some balls and a spine. Don't be intimidated. For most of these people, the bark is bigger than the bite." Kagome scowled. Inuyasha, Kouga, and Yuka looked at her.

"Oi!"

October 3, 2006

Kagome sighed in boredom as she flipped through the TV. She had just finish meditating for 2 ½ hours. She didn't have any physical therapy today. Her appointment with her new shrink was tomorrow. Her OB/GYN doctor had checked up on her yesterday.

There was absolutely nothing to do!!

Her physical therapist told her to stop walking around so much and focus on making her miko powers stronger, like she had them before the kidnapping and whatnot. But she already did that with the meditating.

Her OB/GYN person didn't want her walking around either. The baby was lucky enough to survive the kidnapping and whatnot, but her body wasn't. She needed to heal and fast or else her baby wouldn't survive. Walking around, reopening her wounds, and bleeding wasn't really helping her.

Her shrink hadn't said anything yet. Mainly because her shrink hadn't seen her yet, since Ayumi had decided to hand the case over to someone else. She really wanted to help Kagome, but it was too later. Kagome was no longer the same. She was someone else. Someone different.

So, now Kagome had to see some woman called Shiori Kobayashi. She had groaned at the thought of a complete stranger prying into her business. Perhaps it would have been better if she hadn't attacked Ayumi like she did.

But she didn't know this Ayumi. Souta had told her over and over again that she was her friend. That they had been friends for about 20 years. She still couldn't remember anything, no matter how hard Souta tried to make her remember.. Nothing came to mind.

And it sucked. She couldn't remember. Nothing of her childhood. Nothing of her parents. Nothing of school or of her friends. She tried to think as hard as she could, but all she ended up getting was blanks. It made her head hurt so she didn't try too much.

The strange part was that she remembered mostly everything about Inuyasha. She remembered how that bastard helped her heal and then how he broke her. She remembered how he would cheer her up, and then led her to depression. She remembered when he gave her everything and then took it all away.

Kagome shook her head to rid of the tears that filled her orange eyes. The only reason that she had been able to remember mostly everything about Inuyasha was because they were connected by their souls. Another reason was because of Souta.

Her little brother would come as many times as he could and tell her everything. He would tell her stories of Shippo, Akiko, and Kyo. Recently, he began to tell her of Sango Taijiya, Miroku Houshi, and of their kid, Hiraku Houshi.

She had no memories, other than the ones that she had been told of and of the ones of her mate. According to her doctors, because she had sustained a large amount of brain damage during the kidnapping, memory loss was common. It would only be temporary, but it might take a while for her to remember.

Since she had nothing to do, Kagome decided that it might be best to try that now. She turned off the TV and laid back. Her legs were outstretched in front of her. Her arms simply dangled from her sides as she closed her eyes and tilted her head back.

She focused as much as she could to try and remember what had happened to her. She could remember the past month that she had spent in the hospital. She could remember all the blood transfusion, the bone marrow transfusions, the liver transplant, the brain operation, the casts on her broken bones, all those painful attempts to save her pathetic life.

But everything before that is gone. There are only blanks, glimpses of what might have happened. She could remember people that held no significance to her.

Suddenly, her mind exploded. Glimpses and flashes of what happened in June replayed in her head so fast, it hurt. She remembered a room with a bed, and there was sea water. Lots and lots of it. Her mind showed her the same room with her on the bed, watching the water rise slowly. Her mind showed her as if she was being watched through a camera.

She remembered someone laughing at her. Then screaming filled her head. Lots of screaming. She shook her head to try and clear it, but the images and the sounds were too intense. Tentacles, wrapping and slithering around her. Tentacles, disgusting, trying to kill her, hurt her, but not touching her baby, her child. Tentacles that knew she was pregnant and tried not to kill the child or her.

Someone trying to damage her. Flashes of a gym, a party. She saw her therapist, laughing, crying, hugging her and kissing a man. Then, she got an image that shook and scared her to the core.

Inuyasha. He was at the gym party she saw Ayumi at. He was looking at her. His mouth was open, screams coming out. His hair was flying about him. His claws were extended and he was ready to fly. His aura was intensified and his youkai was roaring out of control. He was ready to fight, no doubt about it.

But what scared her were the golden eyes. His eyes. Filled with panic, worry, fear. He was scared. He was terrified. Of something, someone. He was scared. And that scared her. He was petrified. The look in his eyes. He was ready to fight for something he was scared to death to lose.

Tentacles. Wrapping. Slithering. Covering something precious. More screams. Blood, lots of blood. Pain that never went away. Then, something cold. She was cold. Very cold and couldn't seem to warm up, even though there was a bed. Drowning. Breathless. Yells. Shrieks. Blood. Pain. Water.

Kagome screamed and her eyes snapped opened. Tears rolled down her cheeks and sobs escaped her mouth. Her body shook. She sobbed as her head throbbed.

"No more, no more." She said. "I don't want to remember."

She curled up to a ball and sobbed until she slept.

February 24, 1991

"Isn't Kikyo worried or something? About us I mean." Kagome whispered to the hanyou in front of her, eyes never leaving the documentary. Inuyasha had his body half twisted so that he could talk to her without trouble.

"I told her that I am helping out your brother with something. Everyone knows how much you love Souta, so she thought nothing of it." Kagome snorted and chewed on a piece of licorice. They were in gym class, watching some sort of documentary about health and what not. She and Inuyasha sat all the way in the back, against the wall. None of her friends shared this class with her. As for Inuyasha, he only had Miroku here, who sat in the front, between a couple of 'hot' girls.

"What?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome looked at Inuyasha confused.

"What about what?" she asked.

"What was that snort about?"

"What snort? I didn't snort." Kagome said defensively. Inuyasha looked at her and she sighed in defeat. "Alright, so I did snort. No biggie."

"What was it about?" Inuyasha asked. "I know it has something to do with Kikyo."

"Why does everything have to lead back to Kikyo?" Kagome asked. She crossed her arms and chewed the licorice. "Why can't we have a conversation for once that doesn't have to do with Kikyo?"

"Jealous much?" Inuyasha teased. Kagome laughed loudly. She leaned against the wall laughed. Miroku turned and looked at them, eyebrows raised, perverted suspicions in mind. Kagome covered her mouth when everyone turned to look at her to muffle her laughter, but ended up using her arms to cover her aching stomach.

"That is some hilarious shit!!" Kagome laughed. Inuyasha scowled. The gym teacher looked at Kagome, arms crossed, clipboard and pen in one hand. It was no secret that the gym teacher hated Kagome because she was Naraku's stepdaughter. Practically every middle and lower class adult in Japan hated Naraku.

"Is there something funny, Ms. Kagome?" the gym teacher asked. Kagome finished laughing, wiping tears from her eyes. She saw that the movie had been paused, showing a picture of a person's foot that had some fungus on it.

"Ah….the documentary?" Kagome asked.

"And what is just so funny about bacterial and virus infections? You must really be sick and twisted to believe someone getting incredibly ill is funny." the teacher sneered. Inuyasha tried to stifle his laughter as Kagome scowled. She stood and was about to shout some colorful words, but Miroku spoke before she could.

"She wasn't laughing about the documentary. She was laughing at the fact that Inuyasha looks like sperm in his gym outfit." Miroku covered quickly. Immediately, everyone turned to look at Inuyasha, who stopped laughing and looked down at his outfit.

There was a dead silence in the gym until Kagome broke it. She began to laugh hard, clutching her stomach and leaning against the wall. Soon, the gym was filled by the laughter of everyone else. Inuyasha flushed in anger.

"Would you shut the fuck up and what the goddamn movie?" He snapped at everyone. The laughter died and you could hear a pin drop. The gym teacher tsk-tsked and wrote something down on his clipboard.

"Mr. Inuyasha, Mr. Miroku, and Ms. Kagome, one hour detention today after school." The teacher said. Said students stood up and began to protest.

"It's not my fault. That fucking pervert and that stupid bitch—"

"Good sir, I do believe that I have done nothing wrong. I was just—"

"I have to pick up my brother--wait a minute! I'm not stupid, you jack—"

Miroku began to have a one sided debate with the teacher as Inuyasha and Kagome began to fight. The teacher looked at the ceiling for a moment before blowing his whistle.

"Enough or I will double it. All three of you! After school in detention today! I don't see you there, you get quadruple. Miroku, move between Inuyasha and Kagome." The teacher said. Miroku was about to protest, but thought better. "Now, back to the movie."

Inuyasha and Kagome fumed next to each other as the movie began to play again. Miroku sighed and moved to the back, between both temperamental teenagers. He mourned as he waved goodbye to the beautiful girls he had been forced to leave behind.

"Shut up, 'Roku." Inuyasha growled.

"But they're so beautiful. And I had almost convinced them for us to have a game date." Miroku said mournfully.

"What the hell is a game date?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha shrugged.

"It's when you play some very delightful games." Miroku said with the usual twinkle in his eyes.

"Stripping." Inuyasha and Kagome said in unison. Miroku sighed, knowing that his dreams would be crushed and there was no use explaining it to his friends.

After school

Kagome grumbled as she went inside the detention room. This would not sit well with Naraku. They lived in a neighborhood that was made for perfect families. Naraku was a media figure, meaning that he needed to have a perfect family in order to gain more wealth. If the press finds out that Naraku has a 'delinquent' for a stepdaughter, they would have a field day.

These were the rules Kagome followed to survive: on the outside, you needed to portray something you're not in order to make Naraku happy and on the inside, you can do whatever. Once you leave the House, you are Kagome Higurashi-Muso, the crushed little girl who was all alone with her brother that was saved by a powerful, wealthy man that wanted to save you.

And now that she had detention, Naraku would be pissed. He was already under the microscope because someone had reported hearing Kagome's screams coming from the house. Not only that, but some reporter had caught Souta sneaking around in the middle of the night near a 24 hour pharmacy that had been robbed into the following day. (He had been buying painkillers and bandages for Kagome)

If a reporter caught wind of this, they would begin to question Naraku's 'parenting' abilities. And if someone spoke badly about Naraku that made others wonder his motives, Naraku would let out his anger on Kagome, who still hadn't healed from the last beating.

The orange-eyes, raven haired beauty plopped down in a seat in the back, mumbling about 'chopping off his kawaii ears', 'baka houshi and his hentai mouth', and of course, 'evil, demanding bastard-of-a-coach'.

She had brought a notebook and a pen so that she could at least doodle while waiting for the hour to pass by. She wasn't good at drawing or writing, but she needed to do something. She opened the notebook and drew a stick figure that was supposed to be Inuyasha. She then drew knives and swords all stabbing the stick figure. She still continued to mumble.

Her mumbling stopped once the door opened and in stepped Inuyasha, Miroku, the gym teacher, and some girl that Kagome didn't know. Inuyasha growled at Kagome as the sat down next to her and Miroku continued to bargain with the teacher. The girl merely sat in the front, looking out the window, her hands on her sketchbook.

"Sensei, please, find it in your heart to let this poor monk go. I did nothing wrong, except try and perhaps calm my friends. I didn't mean to cause any harm." Miroku pleaded. The teacher sighed and sat Miroku down.

"The door will be locked and the windows have bars so don't try to escape. And don't scare the new kid, Inuyasha." The teacher said. With one last glare at Miroku, Inuyasha, and Kagome, he left the room. The girl in the front rolled her eyes and continued to look out the window.

"I can't believe this!" Miroku groaned as he sat down. "I didn't even do anything except try to save Kagome."

"Excuse you, but I don't need saving. I was doing just fine." Kagome huffed. Inuyasha and Miroku raised their eyebrows.

"How exactly is laughing your ass off saving it?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome glared at him. She tore the paper she was drawing, crumbled it to a ball, and threw it at Inuyasha. He caught it and opened the paper. He laughed when he saw her amateur drawings.

"Shut up! At least I can do something, you useless piece of crud!"

"I never said anything, bitch. Can't you shut your trap for once, tramp?"

"I know what you think. Can't you shut your face for once, fag?"

"Man-whore."

"Bitch."

"Cunt."

"Pussy."

"Retard."

"Baka."

"Asswipe."

"Asshole."

"Can You Two Stop Already?!" the girl from the front shouted, surprising the two bickering students. Miroku, Kagome, and Inuyasha all turned to look at the furious girl. "Just shut the fuck up and make up already!"

"We're not going out." Kagome and Inuyasha said in a monotone unison. The girl looked surprised for a moment, but said nothing.

"Excuse me, fair maiden," Miroku said to the girl. He continued, ignoring his companions' simultaneous groans. "My name is Miroku Houshi. The young lady over there is Kagome Higurashi and the gentleman over there is Inuyasha Takahashi. May I ask what your name is?"

"She ain't a lady."

"Like hell he's a gentleman."

"Sango Taijiya." She said, eyeing the 'lady' and 'gentleman'. Miroku's twinkling eyes distracted her as he neared and knelt before her. She looked at him weirdly and was distracted once more as the miko and the hanyou slapped their foreheads and began to whisper. Her gaze was brought back to the monk when she felt something grab her hands.

"Would you, Sango Taijiya, do me the honor of bearing my children?" Miroku asked, no evidence of laughter in his face.

"3…"

"2…"

"1…"

"What?!" Sango asked in disbelief.

"I asked if you would bear my children." Sango looked at Kagome and Inuyasha who nodded their heads, whispering back and forth, holding up a sign made from Kagome's paper that said, 'He is serious'.

Sango looked back to Miroku. Instead of answering verbally, she answered physically. Inuyasha cheered as Sango began to beat Miroku with her sketchbook's hard cover. Kagome groaned and slammed her head against the table.

"I can't believe you!" Kagome shouted at Sango. The girl stopped her beating on the monk and turned to Kagome, shocked. "Why couldn't you have slapped him?!"

"What?" Sango asked confused.

"Now I have to do whatever this jerk says for the rest of the week." Kagome growled as she sat down, arms crossed.

"Um, alright? Tell me next time and I'll do it." Sango said as she kicked Miroku and sat back down, this time facing Kagome.

"Oh no. That's not fair. Kagome will have the advantage." Inuyasha growled.

"And your point?" Sango asked. Kagome laughed as Inuyasha growled once more before deciding to count ceiling tiles.

"Sango, I believe this is the start of a beautiful friendship." Sango smiled.

"Awesome. Being the new kid without friends sucks." She said.

"You're new? No wonder I don't recognize you." Miroku said as he stood and dusted himself off. Sango jumped and shrieked. She glared the monk, who smiled sheepishly. She slapped him and sat away from him, but closer to Kagome and Inuyasha.

"Where did you move from?" Miroku asked as he rubbed his red cheek. "Such a beautiful woman with such a powerful hand."

"Shut up." Sango said. "I moved from New York City."

"All the way from America?" Kagome asked from disbelief.

"Yeah. We were there for a while, about 4 months. My family and I are demon slayers, so we move a lot." Sango said. Inuyasha snapped his head to her. She quickly reassured him. "Only the bad demons.

"So, you're father or mother is stationed here now?" Inuyasha asked. Sango sighed and looked to the floor.

"No, both my parents are dead. It's only my brother and I. We moved here to be with my aunt." She said.

"No worries, my fair lady. It is fate that had decided to bring the two of us closer together." The monk said. He tried to move closer, but one glare from Kagome and Sango made him stay still.

"Just shut your trap and don't move." Inuyasha said to his friend as he went back to counting tiles.

"Well, don't you worry." Kagome declared. "The pervert and I are both orphans. He lives in my family's shrine with his uncle and I lived in my bastard-of-a-stepfather's house with my bastard-of-a-stepfather."

Sango smiled, though something confused her. "How is it that Miroku lives on your family's shrine? Shouldn't you?"

"My stepfather wants control over my brother and me and this was also a publicity stunt. He forced us to move to his house once my mother, his wife who he had no children with, thankfully, died. He wanted to sell the shrine, but I blackmailed him into keeping the shrine.

Miroku's uncle, Mushin, had just gotten them kicked out of another apartment because of his drinking problem. He had no where to go. Once I heard this, I offered Miroku the shrine. All they had to do is make sure to keep the place running and they could stay as long as they liked. My stepfather had no choice but to agree. Blackmail comes in handy." Kagome explained.

"Your stepfather sounds like an ass." Sango said. "No offense."

"When your stepfather is Naraku Muso, I would agree."

"Okay, he is an ass. And a dickweed. And anything this else that sounds unattractive." Sango said. Kagome smiled.

"This really is the start of a new friendship." Sango laughed. Miroku drew her away from Kagome and into a conversation about something that had the demon slayer laughing and asking questions.

Kagome was bored, having no one to talk to. She saw Inuyasha's ears twitching about and the urge came back, rear its hideous head. She tackled Inuyasha, who sighed and didn't bother fighting back. She sat on his lap and began to rub his ears. He sighed and began to purr, letting his head tilt forward.

"Are you sure you two aren't going out?" Sango asked the miko and hanyou. Miroku, Inuyasha, and Kagome laughed.

"No way." Miroku said. Inuyasha 'Feh-ed' in agreement.

"When pigs can do the cha cha cha wearing mini-skirts and hooker boots." Inuyasha would have laughed, but Kagome's massage on his sensitive ears made him dull to the world.

"I'm so lost." Sango said. "You two are so comfortable around each other. Not to mention that you're straddling him and his head's on your chest."

"Let me explain things…." Miroku said as he sat next to the violent girl.

"No more, no more, no more." Kagome chanted as tears rolled down her cheeks. She was curled into a ball, her hands on her head. She was trying to block away the noise. She was trying to block away the voices that made everything hurt. She was trying to block the pain. The pain, it woke her up. The memories, it made everything worse.

"I don't want to remember! Not if it hurts!" She screamed. More pain erupted and more screams tore from the throat. Nurses rushed in, trying to calm her down. Her orange eyes were filled with pain and tears.

"No more, no more!" she screamed. Her body twisted and her head hit her pillow to dull the pain. The nurses gripped her arms and legs as one tried to talk to her.

"Mrs. Takahashi, what's wrong?! Please, calm down!" the nurse shouted. Kagome sobbed as she kept trashing, her head still hurting. The grips on her tightened, but did nothing to distract her.

"Stop it. Please, it hurts." She sobbed. "I don't want to remember. I don't want to remember if it hurts! Stop it!"

"Tranquilizer, now!" one of the nurses let Kagome go and go her tranquilizer. She gave it to the other nurse, who quickly injected it into Kagome's IV. The tranquilizer had, once again, begun to work rapidly.

"I don't want to. Please. No More."

"She's calming down. Someone get her doctor." The nurses let go of her and one of them was quickly writing this all in her chart as another went to fetch her doctor. Her body began to relax and her sobs weakened. Her mind began to shut down.

"I don't. No. Please. No."

If you don't push the purple button, then hair will start growing from your legs, your armpits, your nose, and your back. And anywhere else you can think of.