Full Summary - Kagome Higurashi is abused by her father. All her life she never had any friends. Her mother was the only person she could go to in order to stay strong. That is until she met Inuyasha.
Disclaimer - I do not own Inuyasha.
ALSO - I read two reviews last night that made me very unhappy lol. It's probably b/c I've been spoiled and I've only gotten good reviews so far, but still, I'm now going back a third time to make them happy and I'm fixing the mistakes they've pointed out. It was only criticism and it was good criticism. So thanks, both of you, I'll try and make my story better.
BY THE WAY - I wrote the first few chapters when I was, what, 11 maybe 12? So yeah, cut me some slack. Like I said at the end of the very last chapter:
A/N (PLEASE READ, THANKS!): So, all done. Anyone up for a sequel? Lmao, nah just kiiidin. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, the last one to A Healed Heart. I loved writing this and I know you already know that but I just wanted to let you all know again. Thanks for ALLLLL the reviews that you have all so graciously given this story, it was always the extra push for me to get another chapter up. I hope that this last chapter doesn't leave you wondering what's next; I hope it doesn't leave you empty. Whenever I finish a good book, I hate that empty feeling I get sometimes. Like there should be more to the story or there was something, I don't know, missing. I hope you smile about the last sentence and say, "That was good... That was really good." Then go back and read something else (not forgetting to review lol). I hope you want to read it all again and see how overtime the story changed; how my writing became different. I hope you didn't mind the repeating of the letting it go thing and I hope you didn't mind the unrealistic stuff I put in. I hope you tell your friends about this little fic! (Insert winking smiley face here lol) I guess, all in all, I hope you loved A Healed Heart and it's a fic that you won't soon forget.
Kagome Higurashi woke up dizzy with a pounding headache. She stood and tried to find the light switch to the light in the living room when memories of the night before flooded into her mind.
FLASHBACK
"You are worthless!" Kagome heard as she walked through the front door of her home after school. Her house was much more like a prison to her, her bother, and her mother. Kagome's father was upstairs and only God knew what he was doing to her poor mother.
"Mom!" Kagome said in a scared whisper. She was frightened her mother may loose the battle this time. The battle they both fought every day. She heard the sound of her father's hard hands against her mother's rib cage and all over her body.
"Ah, shut up! You deserve this, it's what you want!" Kagome's father screamed and a harsh laugh escaped his lips as he beat her mother. Kagome's body began to tremble as she climbed the stairs to her definite doom. But Kagome didn't care. She needed to help her mom.
'God, please let her be okay! I need my mom, she's the one person that keeps me strong and keeps me going!' Kagome thought silently as tears threatened to glide down her cheek and leave their mark behind. But, she wiped them away, knowing that even though she cried, nothing would help her.
Her stupid excuse for a father's voice became louder as she climbed the steps. When Kagome got to the top step she saw scattered beer bottles everywhere and broken glass shards on the tan carpet. Her legs almost gave way from her panic because all she had to do was walk into her parents' bedroom. But she walked on as strongly as she could and held her breath when she came to the door.
"Oh no! Kagome…" Her mother spoke softly as she came into view at the wooden door that had many, many punches in it. Some were out of her father's anger while others couldn't be explained. After that, Kagome's weak mother passed out and allowed her mind to eliminate the beating she was getting. But, to Kagome's dismay, her father had heard what Sora said and turned to Kagome. An evil smile spread across his lips and he charged for her. Kagome became emotionless and her eyes became hazy.
END OF FLASHBACK
The rest was a blur for her. Kagome stood up, walked over to her mother's broken bedroom mirror, and looked at her reflection. She smirked at the person she saw before her. It was also very funny that nothing was on her face, not a bruise in sight. Everywhere else a bruise was there to remind her of how much her father loathed her. She knew he would never touch her face, even when he was drunk; her 'dad' was smarter than that. The reason for that was he wouldn't allow for her to miss school, even when she was very sick. It was just another form of torture. She stared back at her reflection, hating it even more than she had the day before. Then she remembered her mother. She turned around to see her mom sitting up and wrapping her wounds as if she were just in a horrible battle which, in truth, she had been.
"Ah, Kagome. You're awake..." her mother said so sincerely and lovingly that it broke Kagome's heart. "Would you like some help with your cuts and bruises?" She asked.
"Oh mom!" Kagome cried and threw herself into her mother's arms. She was careful though because she didn't want to hurt her mother or herself.
"It's okay honey, but you have to be quiet because your father is sleeping." Sora said as she comforted her. Kagome nodded her head and looked at the clock. Her mother followed her gaze and she saw the time.
"Right, it's 6:00. You have about an hour Kagome, so get ready for school. But first let me get your waist and arms wrapped." Her mother said with a smile. Kagome saw past that smile. The last time her mother had smiled was 10 years ago when her brother was born. What Kagome now saw was a fake smile. She, once again, nodded her head and started to get ready for school. She knew that she could be a little loud though because her father would be out for a while.
Kagome's regular outfit was a baggy sweatshirt, baggy pants, and no makeup. She always wore something underneath all that. Today she wore an ugly, dark green, large, sweatshirt to hide her beautiful figure and bruised body which was wrapped neatly by her mother. She ate a breakfast bar before she left her house at 6:55.
"Bye squirt," She said quickly to her brother as she ruffled Souta's hair before she left for school. Everyday she walked to her high school alone. Sometimes she wished she had friends to walk with but she knew that would never happen as long as her father was alive. She hid from the world because of her father. He made her very self conscious and she didn't want to have friends because he made her think she was worthless. She soon told herself he was right.
Kagome Walking to School
"Hey, Higurashi!" A voice yelled from behind her.
"Nani…?" She spoke quietly and distantly. Kagome then felt a person next to her. It was Inuyasha Takahashi. He was a pretty popular boy and hung out with all the best kind of people at Sakura High. He was also a hanyou (demons are common/normal in my fic) with silver hair, golden eyes that anyone would drown in, and little dog ears on the top of his head that Kagome just wanted to poke at that moment for no reason at all but that they looked so damn fury and cute!
"I wanted to ask you something," Inuyasha said.
"Whatever it is, NO." She said.
He smirked and said, "It's not a yes or no question. Got ya there, Higurashi. Heh, thinking you're all smart with your fast answering. Nope," He put his hands in his pockets and walked with a nose in the air. "I'm the smart one."
"Right." She said, trying to sound sarcastic but failing miserably. Inuyasha smiled slightly then became serious.
"So," A few moments passed then he finally asked his question, "What was number seven on the math homework last night?" He asked hopefully and Kagome sweat dropped.
"Oh, I thought, never mind. I didn't do the homework." Kagome answered him.
"WHAT? Kagome I thought you were all smart! My comment from before, totally not true. You always do your work in class and you barely have any time for anyone else. No offense, but your kind of a nerd." Inuyasha said, amazed she hadn't done her homework.
"Well ok then, I'm a nerd." Kagome said as she sighed. "I'm sorry I don't have the answer, I just didn't have the time to do it Inuyasha... I was busy." Kagome flashed him a smile and lifted her head to look at him. He looked back at her and his lips twitched, he almost smiled back but he didn't want. But something about Kagome made him want to smile.
"Kagome you know you should…" He began, and then someone interrupted him.
"Hey, mutt!" A boy yelled from across the street.
Inuyasha turned his head and yelled back, "Kouga, stop calling me a mutt!"
"Whatever... Mutt." Kouga said as he caught up to them. A boy named Miroku was with him. Inuyasha growled at Kouga's comment.
Kagome decided to speak up, "You guys always fight don't you? But in the end you're best friends again and again. The dog and the wolf." She smiled and it was a genuine smile, too. Kagome had to smile at the irony of it. Inuyasha started laughing a bit because she was right. Kouga just stood their looking at them and Miroku smiled his wonderful smirk, grin.
"You guys are weird... and we're almost at school." Miroku said while he stared at the sight of a laughing Inuyasha and a smiling Kagome who both were very unlikely to be seen together and he knew he should do something. Inuyasha's reputation was on the line, AND his was as well as Kouga's. Even though he didn't want to be a jerk, he had to break them up. All they had to do was turn the corner and they would be at Sakura High.
"Inuyasha, Kagome! You do know we're almost at school, right?" Kouga asked them desperately. Inuyasha stopped immediately and looked at Kagome. Kagome saddened but, understood.
"So, how do we go? I mean, you know, to the building?" Kagome asked. She'd never walked with anyone to school before.
"Well I guess me, Inu, and pervert here could go first and then you trail behind us." Kouga suggested.
"Hey, I resent that." Miroku said, a white smile gracing his lips. By now they were huddled together and speaking as if they were about to play a game of football.
"Or we could just walk in casually as if we never walked together." Inuyasha said, believing his idea to be the best choice. He wondered what the big deal was.
"Yeah that's good Inuyasha, but Kagome's big, baggy, ugly, dark green…"
"We get the point Kouga!" Kagome whispered loudly.
"…anyway, we have 10 minutes before school starts. Everyday everyone's in front, the only way we'll go unnoticed is if Kagome takes it off." Kouga said and smirked at her shocked face.
"No, No, No! I won't." She said. Inuyasha and Miroku also smirked; they knew what Kouga was doing. He was getting Kagome to show her 'true' self. It was sort of a routine of theirs, get 'nerdy' girls to do that.
"Oh come on Kags, you're wearing a white turtle neck underneath so that'll be your shirt and you can put your hair up." Inuyasha begged, teasing her with the new nick name he knew she'd like.
"Fine, but only for today, will I ever do anything you guys ask of me." Kagome said.
Inuyasha and Kouga smiled evilly which reminded Kagome of her father and she shuddered. Miroku just smiled perverted-like and watched. As Kagome took off her sweatshirt, both Inuyasha and Kouga smelled the most alluring and beautiful smell ever. And since they were both demons (Inu's half) they got an extra whiff of her. Miroku could smell it too but for some reason he didn't mind, he just thought of a different girl, a certain somebody. They looked at Kagome and they were AMAZED. She had a wonderful figure and she was so pretty with her hair up in a tight bun and cute little baby hairs not perfectly tucked in along with her white turtle neck.
"Wow," Was all the boys could say.
"Hey Kagome, you have two pairs of pants on too?" Asked a flabbergasted Kouga, expecting a no.
"Actually, I do." Kagome said, surprised by the question.
She always wore two pairs of everything because she was so insecure. Her clothes were like her protection, her armor. They were all, once again, amazed!
'She must be hot!' Inuyasha thought to himself. (NO, not that hot. He means hot as in sweating b/c who the heck wears 2 pairs of everything?) Kagome took off her ugly and baggy pants and underneath were her tight, dark blue jeans that were a little faded at the bottom. She also had white, somewhat dirty, sneakers on. It was funny that everything covered all of her wounds and her wrappings didn't show through the white of her turtle neck. Kagome fanned herself with her right hand, man she had been HOT!
"I think it's safe to say, you're hot." Miroku said in a perverted way while smirking. Kagome, of course, took it the wrong way and smiled. It wasn't a true smile, it was fake like her mother's, but it was true enough.
"Duh, I was wearing two layers of everything! Of course I would be hot." She said. Kouga looked at Inuyasha and they burst out laughing.
"You know Kagome, you should wear things like that more often. I mean, you look good!" Inuyasha said. Kagome's smile faded and she started to get sad again. Then, without realizing it, she started to tear up. She immediately turned her head as a tear fell and hit the concrete.
"Are you okay?" The guys asked at the same time. She turned teary eyed and smiled at them. Suddenly, out of no where, she hugged them... They sweat dropped.
"Ummm, Kagome, what are you doing?" asked Kouga, his voice muffled.
"I'm hugging you because I know I won't see you tomorrow on my walk to school and I hope that you remember this silly morning! I usually don't have people with me on my way to school and today, just for once, you guys changed that." Kagome cried out.
"Hey, it'll be fine Kagome. We'll see you! How about we sit with you today at lunch?" Inuyasha said. Kouga and Miroku glared at him but stopped the moment they saw a glimmer of hope in Kagome's eyes. Then she saddened once more.
Kagome then whispered sweetly in his ear, "You say that... but you won't." Her breath on his ear made chills go up his spine but he ignored it and no one noticed. Then, she let go of them and headed off to school. Inuyasha, Miroku, and Kouga trailed after her knowing they wouldn't. Or would they?
When they turned the corner it was just their luck that everyone was there. But no one really noticed them, thank God. Except a certain someone, an important someone.
"INUYASHA!" A very shrill girl voice yelled.
Inuyasha raised a brow at his friends then said, "What Kikyo?"
The girl walked forwards and yelled in his face, "Who is she?" Kouga had to laugh. He noticed Kikyo didn't know it was Kagome and they had a bit of a crowd.
"Excuse me," Kagome said quietly, trying to get Kikyo's attention.
"And another think INUYASHA, I thought that I was your girlfriend!" Kikyo yelled some more. People had already started to gossip.
Kagome was finally fed up with being ignored and said, "Excuse meee!"
Kikyo turned her head and said, "You little bitch! You have no right to talk to me like that!"
"I wasn't talking to you in particular!" She fumed and Kikyo shut her mouth with a pout then crossed her arms over her chest. "I just wanted to say," Kagome continued in a calm voice, "That there's nothing going on between me Inuyasha, Kouga, or Miroku. No one ever listens anymore. You just gossip away without the facts and it's so annoying! Oh and Kikyo, you have no right to talk to anyone like that." Kagome said in a matter of fact tone.
Kikyo was astonished and asked, "Who are you anyway? I mean you look familiar but…"
She was interrupted by Kagome, "I'm Kagome Higurashi, ring any bells?" Kagome walked towards the school's front doors with every eye following her. Then, the bell rang.
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