Broken Hearts

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32- Discovering the Truth

Kagome's mother pulled her car into the driveway, noticing that another vehicle was already there. She pondered about it for a moment before pulling in behind it. She sighed as she got out of the car and grabbed her coat and purse and closed the door.

She had left her father and her son behind at her brother's house just in case there were any emergencies while she was gone back home to check up on her daughter and grab a few extra clothes.

She began to proceed up the sidewalk toward the front porch when suddenly Inuyasha came up behind her, a worried expression on his face, his breathing quick. "Oh, hello, Inuyasha. Is something the matter?" She asked curiously, beginning to wonder about his expression.

He sighed and said, "Kagome has been missing since the dance on Friday. I…I was set up by some people and she got upset and ran away…I haven't seen her since."

Mrs. Higurashi dropped her purse and slapped a hand to her mouth, her brown eyes wide with horror. "No," She murmured unbelievingly. "No, not my baby girl. Not Kagome…"

Inuyasha picked her purse up off of the slushy ground and placed an arm around her trembling shoulders, "Come on. Let's go inside so you can sit down. I'll tell you everything that happened."

Mrs. Higurashi was still mumbling things like, "I can't believe that my Kagome is missing." Still, she unlocked the door and Inuyasha pushed it open. When they stepped inside, Mrs. Higurashi gasped at what she saw: Kagome was lying on the couch, covered in a blanket and Miroku was sleeping in the chair across from the couch. Inuyasha had also seen it as well and released Mrs. Higurashi, suddenly suspicious and angry. What had those two been doing? Was Kagome cheating on him with Miroku?

"Miroku!" Inuyasha shouted, almost loud enough to wake the dead, it seemed. The mentioned leapt awake, surprised at the sudden outburst. He looked around sheepishly and saw Inuyasha and Kagome's mother and smiled a little.

Kagome had awoken as well and when she seen her mother and Inuyasha, her breathe caught in her throat. She could not tell them yet. And…why did Inuyasha look so murderous? Why was her mother back so soon? Did they know? Were they angry with her for leaving the dance?

Kagome's mother raced over to her daughter and embraced her tightly, her body convulsing with sobs of obvious joy, "Oh, Kagome! I was so worried about you! Inuyasha told me that you were missing earlier…are you all right?"

Kagome had been wincing in pain from her mom's tight hug and when her mother looked up at her, she forced herself to look as if she were fine. "Yes, I'm all right." She lied.

"Miroku, you ass-hole!" Inuyasha cried acrimoniously, his voice stentorian. "What were you and Kagome doing in here? Here we are, worried about her and here she is and you never tell us that she's safe and instead, you stay in her house with her?"

Miroku was trying his best to remain calm and composed, but, when you have Inuyasha glaring at you, it is hard to do. "No, Inuyasha. That's not the way of it. I-"

"Shut up!" Inuyasha shouted, cracking his knuckles, "I don't want to hear any of your crap! I know what you two were doing in here. You both probably asked Kikyo to hug all over me. Then that wench right there" He pointed to Kagome, who was watching, frightened, from the couch"just pretended to be upset with me and ran off. And then here you came later on. You both are back-stabbers and I should have known all along that you were lying to me. Were you also lying to Sango?"

"Inuyasha…" Kagome murmured weakly. It was the first time she had spoken to him since the dance.

"Shut up!" He cried, turning to glower at her angrily. "After all, you whore, you said that you didn't want to talk to me anymore at the dance, remember?"

Kagome gasped. He called her a whore. And she had been raped and she felt dirty and having him call her such a name made her feel even filthier. Tears stung her eyes and her body shook as sobs wracked through her body.

Mrs. Higurashi stared at Inuyasha disbelievingly. "Well, I never…" She murmured disapprovingly, "I will not allow anyone to talk to my daughter in such a way, do you understand?"

Kagome was now crying openly and freely, showing everyone the tears that rolled down her bruised face. She did not care about anything anymore. Miroku had restored some part of her and Inuyasha came and ripped it to shreds. There was nothing left of her now that could be salvaged. She leapt up, trying to ignore the pain, and raced outside inside the wintry air wearing her ripped jeans and a t-shirt. She ran out to the large tree that she sometimes took comfort under on the bench.

Back inside, Mrs. Higurashi was staring after her daughter in horror. She had noticed the ripped clothing and blood on the jeans and Kagome's evident limp.

"You bastard!" Miroku yelled, now angered at the fact that Inuyasha had upset Kagome and made her run away in misery on her injured leg and bruised ribs. "The reason I am here is because Kagome got kidnapped on Friday! Naraku raped her and now she has serious injuries! I found her this morning and cleaned her up some, fed her, and made sure that everything was all right. I didn't want to leave her alone after everything that had happened."

Inuyasha felt dumbstruck. He looked sheepishly down at Kagome's mother, who was gaping at Miroku's words. "S-she…was…what?" He asked to make sure he had heard correctly.

"Naraku raped her. He also gave her serious injuries." Miroku answered slowly and calmly.

Mrs. Higurashi sank onto the couch, her hands covering her face in terror. She was appalled. Her daughter had been raped and sustained serious injuries while she had been away? The thought made her want to say 'forget my brother! I have a daughter to watch over!'

Inuyasha stepped back a bit. He knew instantly that he had made a huge, terrible mistake. Kagome had never set him up or cheated on him! She had been tortured all weekend long and he never knew about it until just then. He turned and ran outside; realizing that Naraku's ass beating would have to wait until later. Making up to Kagome was his first priority.

He made it up to the hill where the tree was, branching out in all directions, the limbs now bare due to the wintry weather. The bench was underneath the tree; some of the light colored paint was pealing off from age and elements. What he seen sitting on the bench tore his heart in two: Kagome was curled up, her left knee hugged tightly to her chest. Her forehead was leaning against her knee, tears streaming down her face, which he now noticed, was bruised. Since she was in the light, he could see that she was paler than normal. Blood stains speckled her torn jeans and her t-shirt was not doing a very good job of keeping her warm.

When she heard him coming towards her, she looked up, startled. But she saw who it was and put her head back down. "What? Did you come to yell at me some more? Or maybe you came to call me horrible names again? Go ahead. Maybe you're going to say that I'm a slut next, huh? Or maybe a bitch?"

Her words stung him and he winced. He ignored the malice in her voice and managed to whisper, "Kagome…I didn't know…"

She jerked her head up to glower at him, "Of course you didn't! I didn't want anyone to know! Why do you think I only told Miroku? He was the only one that found me. You jumped to conclusions, just like Koga!"

He flinched, but yelled, "I'm nothing like Koga! Nor am I like Naraku. And I'm sorry that I jumped to conclusions like that. I just seen that…well, you and Miroku…in your house…"

Kagome sighed as she looked down the hill, her gaze distant. "I understand your point of view."

Inuyasha sat down next to Kagome. He stared down at her bloody pants curiously. "What…?"

Kagome turned her eyes from the hill to Inuyasha. "He stabbed me…" She answered shortly. She felt panicky when she seen his eyes widen and his hands close into fists. She knew that Naraku was in for it whenever Inuyasha seen him next. But…would Inuyasha be all right when dealing with someone as cruel as Naraku? "What are you going to do to Naraku when you see him?"

"I don't know." Inuyasha replied. Kagome detected the venom in his voice. "But right now, all that matters is you. I'm going to stay over night with you tonight. Screw school. You can stay out as long as you want to. I'll stay out with you."

Kagome forced a weak smile. He embraced her and when she jerked away in pain, he asked, "What is it? What'd I do?"

"Nothing," She wheezed through gritted teeth, "My ribs are bruised."

"Oh." Inuyasha managed to say. "There's another reason why I have to kick Naraku's ass."

Kagome leaned against his shoulder and felt herself getting tired. She yawned and when he noticed, he said, "Come on. Let's go inside. You need to rest anyway."

Kagome nodded and allowed him to pick her up and carry her into her house. Her mother continually asked her if everything was all right and Kagome insisted that it was until her mother finally let her be. Inuyasha sat her on her bed and let her go to sleep.

She lie down and felt at ease, knowing that Inuyasha and her mother were downstairs…

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There you have it everyone! Chapter thirty-two! Now, I think that I have some pretty good ideas for later chapters, but now I am letting you guys tell me what you want! Give me ideas or suggestions in you reviews, please, and I may be able to fit them into this story. Thanks a lot for reading and reviewing!