Promise Me

Chapter : 6

She watched as Naraku stood above her with an smashed beer bottle in his hand. Then his hand came down and the end of the bottle met with the flesh of her cheek. She could feel the fresh warm blood run down her cheek. Naraku started to laugh like a maniac and the smashed bottle met flesh on her arm three more times before he finally left her on the floor to bleed.

As usual she got up and walked to the bathroom and turned on the hot water. She would take a bath and then do her homework and wait for the morning.

Morning came faster than she thought it would. She got her stuff together and headed off to school where the Sango girl and her two friends would be a bother to her. She was really sick and tired of the girl and her antics to become her friend.

On her way to school Sango had caught up with her. The girl had been doing that a lot lately, meeting her just by the corner and walking with her to school.

Seeing Kagome's cheek Sango gasped. It was a huge cut that was from by her ear to her chin. It was sure to leave a scar and it wasn't going to be pretty. If it was taken care of properly the scar wouldn't be that big but still it would be a scar.

"Kagome what happened?" asked Sango in a whisper.

Kagome kept on walking on towards the school as she didn't answer the girl's question. She didn't need to know what happened to her. Was this what having friends was like. Annoying and unable to get them to leave you alone? If this was what having friends was like then she didn't want any friends and she changed her mind about ever wondering what it was like and how if would be. Although sometimes she felt glad to have these people be by her. Even if she hardly talked to them.

Sango decided to change the subject and ask if Kagome would come over to her house for the weekend. Although she didn't get an answer she assumed that it was a yes and went on about taking her shopping. This got on Kaogme's nerves and she couldn't help it as she started to yell at Sango.

"Listen Sango! I do not need your friendship! How many times must I tell you? The cut on my cheek came from my foster father Naraku! So did many of the other scars on my body! I don't want friends because if I do have friends I will get an extra beating!" yelled Kagome as she turned around and walked away from the stunned girl.

She knew she would regret saying all that to the girl but as long as Sango didn't tell anyone she would be safe. As long as the damn girl left her alone from now on she would be happy. Bu it was not to be for the girl was right behind her walking again.

"You get beaten?" was all Sango said.

"It is none of your concern,"

"Why don't you tell anyone?"

"I only have two years left before I am finally able to leave that place for good. Plus he threatens to kill me if I tell anyone."

Sango watched as Kagome walked on without an emotion on her face. How could she do that? Talk about it like it was nothing. When in reality it was something very serious.

"I... I'm sorry about bugging you a lot... But I would still like to be your friend."

Kagome didn't answer and for some reason she didn't want the girl to leave her all alone again. Maybe it wasn't so bad after all. She would give this friend thing a try for a short time.

"How long has this been going on?"

"For as long as I can remember,"

Sango looked down to the ground and didn't say anything until they reached the school. Even then she dared not to say a word all she wanted to do was help the girl more than ever. But how was she going to do that? This girl was like a rock.

"Do you mind if I tell Miroku and Inuyasha? They won't tell anyone."

What was she trying to do? Let the whole world know that she was being beaten by her foster parent. Even if she were to say no the girl would tell her friends there was just no keeping secrets between those three. That was what she had observed the past few weeks.

Walking to the lockers and putting their stuff away Sango walked Kagome back to her class. For once she was quiet and didn't say a word to the girl. She had thought Inuyasha to be right after not getting the girl to talk in the past couple weeks when she wasn't talking for a whole different reason. She wasn't stuck up she was just so use to not talking or telling anyone that it was nothing to do.

The bell rang and Sango headed back to her class. At last Kagome was alone again she was so glad that Sango wasn't in her class.

Kagome walked into the cafeteria alone and didn't see the group anywhere. She sighed a happy sigh and took her seat in an empty table and start to eat her lunch. Just then Inuyasha sat down on the other side of the table and following him was Sango and Miroku.

There was a look in the brown eyes of Inuyasha. He looked at her different now, he didn't have that cold look he usually had towards her. It was because of that she knew that they both knew that she was getting beaten by her foster father. How she wished she didn't tell Sango she would take it all back if only she could.

They all ate in silence, not one of them saying a word until finally the bell rang. They piled out with the rest of the students and headed towards their classes.

After school Kagome had told Sango to just leave her alone for the day and she had did so. Walking home alone she was finally happy to not hear the girl go on and on about nothing. But it was not to be for the boy Inuyasha ran up to her side.

"Listen... Kagome. I didn't mean to call you a stuck up bitch before."

Kagome didn't say anything in return to her apology.

"I didn't know that you were..."

"Listen I don't need your sympathy so save it!" said Kagome as she cut off whatever Inuyasha was goint to say.

The next thing she knew Inuyasha had grabbed hold of her shoulders and made her look him in the eyes. His brown eyes were so intense that she could hardly keep his stare.

"Listen all Sango has ever wanted to do is help you! Then you go and throw all she does back into her face! Maybe you are a stuck up bitch!"

"You know what... Maybe I am!" said Kagome as she wiggled out of Inuyasha's grasp and walked off towards her house.

This is not what I had intended it to be. But I will not be around for the next week for I am going to stay with my aunt. I am sorry if it is not what you had expected either. But during this week I will be working on the next few chapters... mind you not on the comp for she has no comp. But I will write up as much as I can and get that up for you as soon as I get home and get it typed up. I apologize and hope you enjoy this chapter... although I am a little disappointed in myself for I know I could have done it a lot better. But I have to go, a lot of packing to do in two hours.