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Kagome opened her eyes immediately hissed and shut them again. 'Damn sun,' she thought. 'Why does it have to be so bright?' Throwing the covers over her head she tried to go back to the land of dreams she had been forced from. She had almost accomplished her task sleep was just welcoming her into it's dream filled embrace, but all dreams must end.

"KAGOME!" screamed Souta running he launched himself on to her bed. Effectively causing the air to burst out of her lungs when he landed heavily on her stomach. Getting up he crawled to where her head was covered by the blanket and slowly pulled it down off her face. Gulping when he saw her eyes, which were glowing red. Within 2 seconds he had jumped off the bed, run out of the room and down to the kitchen. Where wisely he ran behind his mother's legs.

Mrs. Higarashi knew this tactic. Souta had woken up Kagome, and none to nicely she guessed by the way he was now cowering behind her. Sighing, and covering her ears with her hands she braced herself. Realizing that she would be standing between a very angry Kagome and her 'prey' Mrs. Higarashi gracefully step sided. Exposing (to his horror) Souta to what would be the full fury of his sister. The expected eruption took place, as Kagome bounded down the stairs, screaming bloody murder.

As Kagome reached the doorway flames surrounded her body. (A/N Not really but u get the point) Spotting Souta out in the open she launched herself at him cursing and vowing immense pain. Within two minutes it was all over, (A/N You really think that? If you have a brother or sister you KNOW that it wouldn't be that way) Kagome had pinned a screaming Souta to the kitchen floor and was holding an old, shriveled up fish/monkey (supposedly) paw over his head. The only good think about ji chans addiction to the odd, the gross and the freaky, was that they could be used as torture. Know body wanted to have those things near them. Apparently it was said that if you wished on paw your wish would come true. That was currently being proved wrong, because at that moment Kagome was wishing that she could shove the repulsive thing down Soutas scrawny throat. Remarkably though Souta was holding her off. With the use of both hands he was holding his enraged sisters hand away from his face.

Sighing Mrs. Higarashi took a step forward and snatched the 'heirloom' from her daughters grasp. Even though it was entertaining to watch her father-in-law would have a fit if he ever saw the way his grand children treated the old antique.

It took the two a couple of seconds to realize that the object of terror/torture had been removed from Kagomes' hand. Both blinked a couple of times. Recovering from the shock sooner Kagome took the opportunity to spin Souta around and put him into a headlock. Soon he was kicking and screaming begging his sister to release him. After a couple of minutes Kagome felt that she had gotten her revenge and released him. Smiling she stood up and began walking out of the kitchen.

"Grouch," Souta whispered to Kagomes' back, he didn't know but he had said it louder then he intended to, much louder.

Turning to face Souta Kagome glared at him. "What did you just say worm?"

Paling to the color of a ghost Souta replied in a high-pitched squeak. "N... n...nothing,"

"That's what I thought," Turning around Kagome walked out of the kitchen and upstairs to her bedroom.

Once Kagome had left the kitchen Souta let his breath go and relaxed. It had been along time since his sister had done that. It was a relief to see her acting like her old self again, and to have her home where she belonged. After the death of their father just a short time ago Souta wasn't sure that he could stand to lose his sister too.

Once she had changed and showered kagome walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. Grabbing a piece of toast that had just popped up out of the toaster she began to walk towards the door.

"Kagome aren't you going to stay and have breakfast with us?" asked Mrs. Higarashi when she spotted her daughter leaving the house.

"I can't mom, I have to get to school early. I have to get to the library," Kagome replied as she grabbed her backpack and ran out the door.

As Kagome ran down the street she shook her head. True she did have to get to the library; because of her training she had been too tired to do the massive amount of homework she had. That wasn't her only reason for wanting to get to school early, she wanted to get to school before everyone else did. She couldn't help it, she was still afraid; anyways it was a bad habit. At least that was what she told her self.

Sesshomaru stood in front of the school waiting. School didn't start for another hour and a half but some people were already arriving. And as he had expected Kagome was one of them. Her face was turned down towards the ground like it always was when she walked. He was not surprised to find that she had come earlier; actually he would have been very surprised if she had not. Kagome was still very self-conscious and probably didn't like to come to school when everyone else did. As she approached the steps to the doors Sesshomaru stepped in front of her.

"Your early Kagome," He said softly. Jerking her out of her thoughts.

"Oh, um, yes I wanted to get to the library. I missed a lot of school I need to study. Anyways I didn't get a chance to do my homework, I was really tired when I got home," Kagome preyed that Sesshomaru would believe her, it was the truth. Just not the whole truth.

"I see," was all Sesshomaru said, more to himself than to her. He didn't believe that studying and homework were Kagomes' only reasons for coming in early. If fact he knew that they weren't but, he didn't expect her to tell him that. She was trying to change so probably, she didn't totally think that her real reason was the real reason.

Deciding not to question her further Sesshomaru turned around and began to walk up the stairs. He would accept her answer for now, but soon she would not be able to use it. Sesshomaru had a plan to take away all of her reasons.

Kagome let out a sigh of relief when she saw that Sesshomaru had accepted her alibi. She hated not telling him the whole truth but she wanted to change. So she said nothing about her fear of coming to school with everyone else, she would overcome it herself. 'I hope,' she thought as she followed Sesshomaru up the steps and into the school.

Once they arrived in the library they sat down in one of the many tables. To Kagomes' dismay they were right near the entrance. This meant that everyone would be able to see them when they walked past. Thank Kami they had come in early, so not many people would see them not yet at least. Putting that out of her mind Kagome opened her math textbook and began to work. Math was her worst subject, she just couldn't grasp it and, the fact that she had been away for 2 weeks didn't help her at all. Now she was so far behind that she doubted that she would ever be able to catch up. She used to have a 75 in the class, now she just hoped that she would be able to pass the course.

After 5 minutes of staring at one question Kagome was ready to give up. The numbers made no sense to her, and there was even a letter no 2 letters in the question. Refusing to give up she tried to do the next question, but that made even less sense to her. She had no idea how to do the question she was going to fail she just knew it. And if she failed that meant she had to take summer school courses. Which meant going to school for an extra month! She didn't think she would be able to handle it; she just had to pass the course.

Sesshomaru noticed that Kagome kept on staring at one question in her math textbook. The piece of paper she had out to do the work on remained untouched, her pencil hovered over the paper. It was obvious she had no idea how to do the work in front of her. Moving his chair closer to hers he looked at the question, it was simple enough for him to solve. So he took out his pencil and turned the textbook so that it faced them both. Kagome looked up at him in shock, she didn't realize that he had moved so close to her. Giving her a very small smile Sesshomaru asked her. "What don't you understand?"

Returning his small smile with a grateful one of her own Kagome replied. "I can't understand any of it. Math has always been my worst subject and being away for 2 weeks didn't help either."

"Ok then we'll start from the beginning," said Sesshomaru as he began to explain to Kagome how to solve the questions. She was a quick learner and soon had it mastered. Sesshomaru didn't know why but seeing her so happy made him happy as well.

Unfortunately her happiness vanished as she came to the next group of question. They were different from the others and again Kagome had no idea what to do. She wanted to ask Sesshomaru for help but he had just helped her and was now back to reading his book. She didn't want to disturb him so she tried to figure them out by herself.

Sesshomaru noticed that Kagome was again lost. The new group of questions were completely different so he had expected it. He wanted to help her, but she needed to learn to ask for herself. If he kept on just helping her without being asked she would never gain enough courage to ask people for help. She would just grow used to him always noticing and helping her whenever she needed it, but he wouldn't always be there. If she could learn to ask him for help, then eventually she would be able to ask other people for their help. So he sat there and played the waiting game, and after 10 minutes he heard the question.

"Sesshomaru, I'm sorry to ask after you just helped me and everything, but could you please explain this to me? It don't understand it at all," Kagome, asked him so softly that he had to strain to hear her. It didn't matter though because she had asked him and that was all that mattered. He was so happy that she had been able to ask.

"Of course I'll help you Kagome, I'll always help you if you need it," He said kindly. Leaning over he read the question and began to explain the process for finding the answer to her. It took her a little while longer to grasp the concept but after 30 minutes she had it learned. She still made mistakes but each time she did Sesshomaru correct her and explain what she had done wrong and how to get the correct answer.

About 5 minutes before the bell was supposed to go Kagome closed her books and put them back into her bag. Turning to Sesshomaru she gave him another grateful smile. "Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help. I think I might do ok in that class now, well for now at least."

"No problem, I didn't mind helping you. Now I think we should be getting our things to out lockers. The bell will be ringing very soon," Sesshomaru said as he began to gather up his books.

Shocked Kagome looked at her watch. The bell would be going in 3 minutes she would never be able to get to class on time. It wasn't like she would be a minute or two late either, her class was on the first floor and her locker on the third. "Oh no what am I going to do? I'm going to be so late; by the time I get there the class will have already started! Everyone will be staring at me when I walk in."

"Why don't you just put your stuff in my locker. It's right across form your first period class so you won't be late." Said Sesshomaru as they stood up and hurried out of the library.

Kagome stopped in mid stride when she heard Sesshomaru's offer. She couldn't believe it. "Really do you mean it?"

"My dear Kagome. I would not have said it if I did not mean it," Grabbing hold of her hand Sesshomaru guided her to the locker. Just after they had placed her stuff in his locker the bell hang. Panicking Kagome rushed off to her class, she entered just as the class was settling down so she was able to slip in unnoticed.

Grabbing her normal seat in the back corner of the classroom Kagome took out her books and began to copy out the note the teacher was writing on the board.

During class Kagome got the biggest shock of her life. As she was writing down the note the teacher was writing on the board a little folded up piece of paper landed on her desk. Thinking that she had to pass it on she glanced at the name written on the front. To her surprise the note said 'Kagome.' Silently she opened it up with shaking hands, wondering who would want to write to her. As she read the note Kagomes' nearly died from the pain the note caused her heart to feel. Crumpling it into a ball she gathered up her books and walked/ran out of the classroom.

Racing down the hall and out the front door. Kagome ran blindly, tears clouded her vision; pain and intense sadness fueled her. She had been trying so hard to change, so hard to over come all of her fears. And maybe be able to overcome her past but it had all been for nothing. It didn't matter what she did she was always going to be 'Kagome the freak' and nothing she could do would change that.

After running for what seemed like hours Kagome collapsed onto the hard earth. She didn't really care where she was; all she wanted was to be alone. Sobbing, she felt herself sinking into darkness again. The feeling of intense loneliness returned, Sesshomaru hadn't been able to help her this time and now she didn't know id she wanted to be helped.

As the bell rang Sesshomaru walked quickly to the class Kagome had. When he arrived he found that people were just beginning to leave the class. Guessing that the teacher kept them all a little late, he waited patiently at the door. He was sure that Kagome would be one of the last out the classroom, as people past him he heard snatches of conversation.

"I've never seen her run so fast,"

"It was hilarious,"

"Who sent the note?"

"That was my idea. Kagome was getting too strong for her own good. When I claim her I don't want her acting all high and mighty…" The guy didn't have a change to finish what he was saying before Sesshomaru had him by the throat, 4 inches off the ground.

"What did you do to Kagome?" Demanded Sesshomaru. Looking at the person he was currently strangling he recognized him to be Onigumo. Onigumo was a horrible person he believed that all men are superior to women. So nobody was surprised when he had shown interest in Kagome. She was weak and always being pushed around, the perfect girl to Onigumo's' twisted mind. He had become angry that Sesshomaru had become closer to 'his' Kagome, and that she began to act stronger. ((A/N I've decided that since we don't really know much about Onigumo's personality I would make him a little bit like Kouga. Only to the Max while Kouga knows when to back off Onigumo doesn't and he's not very nicest all. Kinda like an extreme Kouga except that he doesn't have and of Kouga's good qualities. I'm a HUGE Kouga fan if u can't tell I have a story about him.))

So h had decided that he would change her back to the way she used to be.

"I changed he back to the way she was after you corrupted her!" yelled Onigumo. Unfortunately for him that was the worst thing he could have said.

Tightening his grip on Onigumo's neck Sesshomaru began to choke him. "Where did she go?"

"D..don..don't know," choked out Onigumo.

Growling in anger Sesshomaru threw him into a wall and ran out of the school. His only thought on finding Kagome. "Please be ok," he whispered searching frantically for Kagome's scent.

Once Sesshomaru found it he was alarmed to find that it was very weak. Looking up he was upset to find that dark, gray clouds covered the sky promising a heavy rain.. he had to find Kagome soon, once it started raining the scent would be washed away. Taking off he followed her scent hoping that the rain would hold off until he found her.

Kagome's shoulder shook with the sobbed racked her body. what had she done? Everything had been going so well for her and now the small amount of happiness life had granted her had been taken away. All with that one note. She felt so helpless lost in the darkness again, but now she was prey that someone would save her. after 10 minutes of crying, she stood up and began to run again. Where she was going she didn't matter all she wanted was to run. As she ran a light rain began to fall, the drops missed with her tears as they ran down her face. But still she continued to run forward.

Cursing the rain, Sesshomaru ran faster. her scent had been getting stronger, but the rain was making it even more faint then before.

A soft rain quickly turned into a raging storm. Droplets of rain blocking Kagome's view. Her instincts screamed at her to stop, she didn't know where she was running to or where anything was around her. ignoring the voice she continued running forward, she didn't care all she knew was that she wanted to be alone. Suddenly air was whipping around her as she felt herself falling. Screaming she twisted her body around and, some how managed to grab a tree branch that stuck out from the cliff and hold on for deal life. Rain continued to pound. Hammering her body and running down her face making it hard to breathe. She opened her mouth to try and breathe but water just gushed in, instead of air. Panicking Kagome did the only thing she could think of to do, taking the deepest breath she Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs. Preying that someone would hear her.

Sesshomaru was almost ready to give up, all that had been left of Kagome's already weak scent had vanished when the rain had changed into a storm. Unable to smell, see or hear anything but rain Sesshomaru didn't know what else to do. It was dangerous for him to run blindly into the storm, he was high up and the ground could run out underneath him and any moment plunging him to him doom. He decided that he would search for 5 more minutes and if he couldn't find her or the rain didn't let up he would have no choice but to turn back. he didn't know where kagome had run to and there was a good chance that she had decided to wait out the storm or return home. At least that's what he told himself. Yet something deep down told him she was in danger, she needed him. He didn't know what told him this, but it carried with it the feelings of loss and something he again could not name. The feeling drove him onward and long after the 5 minutes were up he still ran on.

Kagome was feeling dizzy now. Her arms hurt, she couldn't breath and she was shaking like mad. Which didn't help her with the constantly loosing grip she had on the branch. The rain still pelted her it wasn't a warm rain, it was cold and froze her with every drop that landed on her now blue skin. Her uniform clung to her body adding more weight for her arms to hold. Realizing that she couldn't hold on much longer Kagome gathered up all the strength that remained in her body and let out one final scream for help. Knowing that of nobody heard her, and came to her rescue she would fall to her doom. So Kagome screamed, she screamed with every little bit of energy she had left.

Don't you just hate me? Such a cliffy! But don't worry I will soon be updating. I have the next chapter already started! Anyways plz R&R!