Hey my wonderful readers. Heres my new chapter. Keep reading!

Oh btw, im gunna start this new thing, so you know when people are thinking so I don't have to say they thought it.

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Just fyi.

PyroFreak101- hey, thanks for reading. The more faithful reviewers that better. Haha. Thanks for your review, im glad you like the story, I personally like this chapter the most, so hope you do too.

BoredGirl17- thanks for your review. Haha. Im glad that my story is pretty accurate, hopefully this chapter is even better, and yes, Kikyo is Sango's cousins, I hoped it would put a little twist in here.

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As she slowly ascended the staircase to her room Kagome could feel all the bruises she had gotten that day, at least it wasn't as bad a beating as she was expecting, she figured he was more interested in sex today though. When she got into her room she gently closed and locked her door, stumbled to her bed, and fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.

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BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! CRASH! 'Damn, I almost broke it too, stupid alarm clock, it plagues my existence.' Slowly, Kagome rose from her soft bed; as soon as she left the warmth or her covers she felt a chill go down her spine. Shaking a little, she gradually made her way to her closet to find something to wear, since her "dearest dad" had ruined her jacket and sweatpants yesterday she had to dig through her mounds of unworn clothes to find something suitable. Finally, after a half hour of looking she found a tighter jacket than she wished shed ever own, but at least it was black, a white turtle neck, since it was a zip-up jacket, and some boyfriend cut dark-wash jeans, she knew these would irritate the burns on her legs something awful, but it was the best she could do at the moment. She raided her jewelry box and found a black string necklace with a gorgeously crafted dragon pendant holding a ruby red giant marble-looking thing in its tail (AN: like the ones you can get at the renaissance festival), a black leather bracelet with mini handcuffs adorning it, and some silver, star-shaped earrings. 'might as well put on some jewelry to go with my new look, after all I still have 2 hours until school, I just need to leave enough time to make dad breakfast before he wakes.' She then proceeded to her bathroom, found a ponytail holder, and threw her hair up into a messy high pony, random curls hung down and framed her face beautifully, she had to admit, she looked semi-decent today, Sango would be happy at least, she always told her she needed to start dressing better, she was even going to show her how to fix her make up so it didn't look so gaudy in the bathrooms before school today. She was really a great friend, Kagome will have known her 3 years tomorrow and they had become the best of friends, Sango was always there when Kagome needed help. 'I just wish I could take her up on that offer of moving in with her and Miroku.' Kagome sighed and finished applying her make-up, making sure no bruises were visible through it, and then headed down stairs to prepare breakfast.

After about 10 minutes the smell of bacon and eggs filled the kitchen. Kagome was an expert cook now-a-days and knew exactly how her dad liked his food, which was good, because it usually meant she wouldn't have to endure another beating that morning, his hangover usually helped as well, he was just never in the mood to hand out a beating in the mornings, but if she made his breakfast wrong, she would surely pay for it later. So she continued cooking his eggs, sunny side up, over-medium, making sure the edges didn't turn that brownish color where you know they've been fried a little too much, but also letting the entire white cook and the yolk stay soft. She then proceeded to flipping the bacon, making it perfectly crispy and the perfect color on both sides, no burn marks, next came the toast, he always wanted two slices, golden brown, a small amount of butter spread across the entire piece of bread, and some strawberry jam on the side. Then came the apple slices, cutting each piece with skilled hands, she made sure they were all the same size, and that none of them had a bruise, 'weird, he doesn't like his apples with bruises, but he loves his daughter with them.' She scoffed in her head. Last was the orange juice, she got out the juicer, he dad always wanted fresh orange juice, grabbed and peeled the orange and sent it through the machine, he bought her one because he grew tired of the mess she made when squeezing them herself, she then strained the orange juice of any pulp, and poured it gently into a tall, sparkling, glass. The only thing left to do was plate the food, she made neat work of the breakfast on the fine white china she brought down from the cabinet, setting out the silver cutlery and embroidered napkin, then set the orange juice in its rightful place. 'Oops, almost forgot to make the coffee. That wouldn't have ended well.' She set about her forgotten task and set down the steaming cup of decaff coffee with sugar and crème just as her dad walked into the kitchen.

"What's this?"

"Your breakfast, sir."

"I know that you stupid girl, I meant what's this?" he demanded, pointing at a microscopic water spot on the fine china plating.

"I…I didn't see that, I'm so sorry, please forgive me father." She pleaded.

"Forgive you? How can I forgive you? I can't eat off this fifth. What are you trying to kill me? Well it's working, now I'm going to starve." He yelled, throwing the plate at his unsuspecting daughter, luckily, he didn't have that great of aim in the mornings and just barely missed her. "Get out of my house, I don't want to see or hear of you for a week, got it?"

"Y…y..yes sir. B..but…"

"But what you little bitch? Where are you going to stay? I don't give a fuck, just get out of my sight." He yelled as he punched her in the face. Kagome quickly scrambled to her feet, grabbed her backpack, and sprinted out the door, just barely managing to grab her shoes on the way out, luckily, she had an extra bag packed and always sitting at the edge of the door just in case this very thing happened. It contained all the essentials, except any real outfits, just socks, undies, hair care products, and a toothbrush, she always carried her make up with her as well, but now where would she stay?

As she walked silently to school all Kagome could think about was that morning, what would she do? Where would she live for the next week? She couldn't go to Miroku's and Sango's, Miroku would surely find out what was happening, and he wouldn't ever let her go back, he was getting protective of her now-a-days, and Kagome just couldn't understand why, 'maybe its because we've become like brother and sister, he really does protect me like an older sibling would, or at least I should've…' As her eyes started to cloud over in tears she heard a car pull up behind her, 'oh shit, just keep walking Kagome, don't look back,'

"Hey, what's a pretty girl like you doing walking all by yourself? And where's your shit-faced boyfriend Kikyo?" came a familiar voice from behind her. The car moved up a little, just so it was right in front of her, now she could make out the face of the driver, Kouga. "Hey, I asked you a question, wait, you're not Kikyo, sorry miss. What are you doing way out here all by yourself? You could get kidnapped ya know?" Luckily, he didn't recognize her without her giant clothes on and was actually being pretty decent towards her, 'strange what a simple change of clothes can do for ya isn't it Kagome?'.

"I'm fine."

"Are you sure you don't need a ride? Where ya headed?"

"School. And yes, I'm fine, I don't need a ride."

"Oh really? What school do you go to?"

"Sakura High."

"Me too, why haven't I ever seen you before? You just move here?" he asked, still moving his car slowly so he could keep by her.

"No, I've been here for while."

"Why haven't I seen you around before then?"

"I'm sure you have, you just don't recognize me."

"I never forget a pretty face, hop in, I'll take you to school, since we're both going there anyways."

"…fine." It couldn't hurt to get a ride, right? I mean, it's not like she was doing anything wrong, she just hoped her dad didn't find out.

The two finally pulled up to school about 10 minutes later, they had talked about random things all the way there and Kouga had told her about his family and such, but she made sure to avoid telling him anything about her family, she just said her mom and brother died a couple years ago and she lived with her dad. As the two said their good-byes, Sango walked up with Miroku at her side.

"Haven't seen that pretty face of yours in a while, last time I really saw it was what? Three years ago?" Sango asked playfully.

"Yeah Kagome, what's with the change of clothes? Not that I'm complaining, you look gorgeous, but…"

"There's always a butt with you isn't there Miroku?" Kagome giggled, she always felt so happy when she was with the two of them, like nothing in the world could harm her, then she'd get home and be reminded that it could, and it would.

"Not funny," Miroku said in mock anger, trying not to break the serious face he was holding, but he soon did, and burst into laughter, along with Kagome and Sango of course. "But seriously Kagome," he began again, this time the serious look on his face was real, which was not a common sight, "I know how boys can be, they see a pretty little thing like you and pounce, and they don't do it nicely either. Just watch out okay? I saw you with that Kouga guy this morning, he's bad news Kagome, not to mention he's Inuyasha's worst enemy. He's a wolf-yokai too, you really need to watch out for him, we don't know what he's capable of."

"You're blowing this way out of proportion, Miroku, I'll be fine, promise." Kagome lied through her teeth, she would not be fine, she still had no place to stay, maybe she would go with to their house, she still wasn't completely comfortable with that, but at least she would have a roof over her head, and food to eat, speaking of which, she didn't eat breakfast this morning, and she never eats dinner or lunch, that always makes her hurl when hit in the stomach, usually she has a big breakfast, and maybe a small lunch, just to please Sango. But that's about it, well, at least she can eat today, she won't be going home for a week.

RING, RING, RING the school yard started to empty as the bell rung signaling the students to head to their classes.

"Well my lovely ladies, it seems we must go our separate ways, I'll see you both at lunch." Said Miroku as he hugged his girlfriend and her best friend, he was a senior so he didn't have any classes with the two junior girls, "And Kagome," he whispered into her ear as he pulled out of the hug, "be careful, okay?"

"Yeah, sure Miroku. Come on Sango, we better get to class."

"Yeah, the bells gunna rings soon, see ya Miroku."

"See ya Roks." Smiled Kagome, she had given him that nickname a couple years back, he never really liked it, but he seemed to be getting used to it.

"Bye ladies." He yelled back at them heading off towards his class, which was in the opposite direction of theirs.

"So Kagome, what really made you wear this today, it's so not like you, I like it."

"Thanks, um, I'd rather not say why I wore it though, if that's okay with you." Kagome mustered up a fake smile, which Sango saw right through, but decided against pushing her, Kagome would tell he eventually, she always did.

"Oh my god! Kagome, why didn't you remind me, I was gunna help you with your make-up this morning!"

"It's not important, I mean it's not like anyone cares, usually my face is hidden anyways."

"Well today its not, come one, we'll just be ate to our first period, it's just study hall anyways."

"But Sango! I didn't have time to do my math homework last night, and that's our second period!" the girls had all the same classes, it took some work, but Sango was finally able to convince administration to do that for them, every year since they met.

"You'll be fine, you can copy my homework, we both know you know the material anyways, and this won't take long, promise."

"Fine, but you better hurry."

After a 30 minute crash course in make-up, Kagome finally learned how to cover her bruises without putting on 900lbs of the goop. They ran off to study hall, luckily the teacher didn't notice they weren't there to begin with. By the time the bell rung signaling the end of first period Kagome had just barely finished copying Sango's math homework, shoved everything in her bag and they both hurried off to their next class, it was all the way across campus and they only had 4 minutes to get there. Their next 3 classes (AN: that includes math,) went by uneventfully, and when the bell at the end of fourth period rang every student dashed off to the cafeteria for the long awaited lunch hour, actually it was more like an hour and a half, everyone's favorite time of the day, where they could sit and talk to their friend, play some sports, do homework, and Kikyo's favorite, fuck her boyfriend Inuyasha. But unfortunately, or not so unfortunately, Kikyo was sick today and Inuyasha had to sit with his friends today, much to the displeasure of Kagome.

"Hey Kikyo, I thought you were going to be here today? And where's the bitch you two have been draggin' around for the past couple of years?"

"You're looking at her, jackass." Sneered Kagome.

"Whoa, bitch, what happened to you? You actually look like a girl for once."

"Shove it Inuyasha"

"Just asking, who are you tryin' to impress? I doubt it'll work. I mean, I must admit, you look good, for being you, but you're still the ugliest girl at school."

"Oh really Inuyasha? Cause I could have sworn you just mistook her for your girlfriend." Sango glared, she never really cared much for the hanyou, but the way he treated Kagome made her dislike him even more.

"Keh, that bitch could never pass as my beautiful Kikyo, she's much too ugly, I just didn't get a good look at her before I said…" WHAM, Inuyasha was thrown across the cafeteria by a single punch to the jaw by none other than…

Oh, cliffie, lol, well sorry bout that, i'll get another chapter up sometime really soon, i just have to go over to my grandmas tonight and wanted to get this up for all you faithful readers out there, i promise i won't leave ya hangin too long. Hope you liked this chapter. Next chapter: Where will Kagome live? What will her dad do without her to beat up? Who punched Inuyasha? And who will win the fight? all these questions will be answered and maybe some new twists will be added, but maybe i'll decided Kagome's been through enough, at least for a little while, don't worry, more angst will come. Muah ha ha ha ha ha ha. Hehe, idk where that came from smiles innocetly