Hello everyone!

I know its been awhile since I've updated, and this isn't really much of an update. I was rereading what I have written and I just couldn't stand how quickly I wrote chapter 5. This is it again, except I've added more detail to Kagome's abused past. I'm currently writing chapter 6, so stay tuned for another update soon. Please review and thank you all for your patience with me!

-PrincessJenRe

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"Ka-Kagome? Is that really you?" Whispered Sango. Standing before her was a hanyou, not her mortal friend. Her hair now sporting white strips that framed her face, had grown reaching the bottom of her backside, she had black furry dog ears on the top of her head, striking blue/gray eyes, fangs, and claws. Not to mention a tail.

"Yes.. It's really me." Kagome was saddened by the look on the young girls face. "She must think I'm some kind of freak."

"What happened to you?" Worry dripping from her words.

"I haven't been completely honest with you guys, Sango." Kagomes ears flatted against her head. "If you couldn't tell, I'm half dog demon."

"But how? Inuyasha should have been able to sense you. How could you possibly hide all this from us?" Sango wasn't upset with her friend, well maybe a little hurt, but more amazed that she could hide her true form so well.

"Well, not only am I half dog demon, but the other half of me is Miko." Kagome, afraid of her friends reaction, turned away. In a low voice she continues, "my father was a powerful dog yōkai and my mother is a strong Miko. After my father passed, my mother remarried a hanyou named Naraku. He was an abusive alcoholic to my mother and I and nearly killed me one night. We had no choice but to escape or be brutally murdered eventually." Kagome's lip quivered as tears brimmed her eyes and she began to remember what she had been suppressing for so long.

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Three years earlier

"Kagome, sweetie wake up." Her mom slowly shook her awake.

"Wha- what's going on?" Kagome slowly opened her eyes to meet her mothers red, puffy blue orbs. "Mom, what's wrong?" She sat up in bed, frantically searching for the god-awful scent of Naraku.

"Kagome, I have to take Sota to the doctors; his ear infections gotten worse. I finally talked my wonderful husband into letting me take him." Kagome could hear the muffled snort emit from downstairs as Naraku relished in her obedience to him. "But you need to stay here Kagome." Kagome's eyes grew wide as her mother finished speaking. "I can't be left alone with him.. Not again. Last time he beat me so bad I missed two weeks of school."

"Mom, no, please you can't leave me here.." She was barely able to get the words out before Naraku had made his way up the stairs and only after slapping her across the face, dragged her mother out of her room. She heard the thumping of her mom stumbling down the stairs and the jingle of keys as Sota cried for him to stop. Soon there was the slamming of the front door and a low rumble from the car.

"Oh, my sweet daughter.." Her breathing stopped at the sound of Naraku's voice. "Why don't you come and keep your daddy company?" She could almost see the look on his face. She was frozen in fear of what evil he was plotting for her downstairs.

"Bitch! If I have to come up there-"

"Coming, sir!" She squeaked out as she jumped out of bed. Throwing on a long sleeved shirt and a pair of jeans.

She made her way down the steps to see beer bottles littering their living room. On the couch was her stepfather, Naraku. His long black hair in a high ponytail and wearing his stained tank top, revealing his scared right shoulder. He turned to look at her, for she had stopped at the base of the stairs, his red eyes digging into her soul.

"Get over here." His words dripping with malice. Shaking, Kagome stayed where she was. She knew no matter when she did he'd still hurt her somehow.

Noticing Kagome's resistance, Naraku slowly stood and began making his way over to her, kicking bottles out of his path. She turned to run back up the stairs, thinking she could lock herself in her room until her mother got home, but Naraku grabbed her by the back of her shirt and threw her down, blocking her way to her room. "Not so fast."

Kagome stood and ran towards the front door until Naraku grabbed her by her hair and brought her to his chest. Tracing her cheek with his claws he saw tears well in her eyes. "Now, now, don't cry. I'm gonna take good care of you." With that he traced down her neck and over her breasts, tearing her shirt to reveal her pale pink bra.

Kagome screamed in fear, bringing her claws across his face causing him to release her. She fell to the ground, unable to move. "He's going to rape me.."

Naraku, finally regaining his composure, picked Kagome up, and slung her over his shoulder. "Girl, you're going to pay for that." He made his way over to their basement stairs and opened the door. He tossed Kagome down the stairs and watched her land with a thud

Groaning, Kagome lifted her head to see Naraku once agin standing over her. Lifting her by her hair, he threw her like a rag-doll.

"Mom!" Kagome's blood curdling scream reverberated through their dungeon-like basement as she made contact with the stone wall to her left. Barely conscious, she felt his hot tongue lap at the cut across her cheek.

"Soon my dear, I'll have all of you." His breath hit her ear like a train.

Tears springing from her eyes once again. She manage to force out a barely audible, "Never." Before passing out completely on to the dirt floor.

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Awoken by her mother violently shaking her near-lifeless form, Kagome let out a soft groan.

"Kagome?! Are you okay?! Sweetie, I'm so sorry I wasn't here to protect you! Please wake up!" Tears streamed down her mother's face as she embraced her only daughter.

"Mom, thank kami you're here."

"Can you walk?" Her mother's eyes roamed over her body landing on her torn shirt, "dear god, what did he do to you?"

"I think so," slowly Kagome got to her feet, "he tried to rape me, mom." Tears overflowing as she embraced her mother. "I fought him off, but I was so scared."

Her mother slowly caressed the back of her head and pushed her back just enough to look her in the eyes, "we're leaving."

Kagome nodded as she looked down at the sounds of sniffling coming from behind her mom. She finally noticed Sota hiding behind their mothers leg, holding on for dear life.

Picking Sota up, her mother grasped Kagome's hand and led them up the rickety basement steps. "He's gone, he left to get more beer. We have just enough time to get out of here. I'll call your grandfather and let him know we are on our way."

Quickly the family piled into the beater car Naraku allowed his 'beloved' wife to drive around, knowing full well it could break down at any moment, and made their way towards the Higurashi shrine only an hour away.

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Present

Kagome collapsed to her knees as she finished explaining to her new friend her deepest secret. Tears poured from her eyes as her body shook from the raw emotion escaping her.

Sango ran to her friends side as she watched her fall and embraced the shaking figure. "Shh, Kagome it's okay. I'm here." She cooed rubbing her back. "You guys survived, you got away, he can't hurt you anymore."

Kagome only began to sob harder, "Sango, you don't understand he knows where I am now. He's going to make me his now!"

"But I don't understand, how did he find you?"

"Before we escaped, he had cursed my demon side. He made it so he could always sense and be drawn to me as long as I was connected to my demon. After we arrived here my mom and I got to work on concealing my demon side. We blessed a necklace that was given to me by my father that when worn, completely concealed my demon. Disconnecting it from my Miko side, and trapping it within the diamonds. That's why no one knew my true form and why Naraku couldn't hunt me down. But now, NOW, he knows where I am. He's probably plotting as we speak!"

Sango embraced her tighter, "Well we won't let that happen. Miroku, Inuyasha, and I will protect you with our lives if we have to."

Kagome's eyes met Sangos and she realized what her friend had said was true, they would do whatever it took to keep her safe. Finally getting to her feet, Kagome dried her tears.

"Thank you-" Was all she could make out before they heard Sota call for them.

"Sango! Kagome! There are boys here for you!" They giggled as they listened to the commotion from the top of the stairs.

"I'm no boy, kid! I'm a-" But Inuyasha stopped before he could finish as he caught scent of a female hanyou. "That's strange.. There shouldn't be any demons around here."

Miroku could hear growling coming from his friend and became worried. "Inuyasha, what's wrong? Do you sense something?"

"Yeah. There's another hanyou here." They began to tense as they hear footsteps near them and the volume of Inuyasha's growling increased.

"Calm down, stupid. It's just us." Announced Sango as she and Kagome rounded the corner. "No need to freak."

Inuyasha's jaw hit the floor the moment he saw his soulmate enter the room. "She looks so breathtaking today." He couldn't help but gawk at her flawless figure being hugged by her short pale-blue dress. Although, when he sniffed the air again he wasn't overwhelmed by her sweet scent of peaches and sweet tea, but bombarded by it. Her scent forced itself into his lungs causing himself to become drunk off her. "Ka- Kagome..." He breathed out.

She blushed as she watched the scene in front of her. Inuyasha had a stupid little grin on his face that made Kagome's heart do flips and a strange look in his eyes that made her blush uncontrollably.

Inuyasha was finally released from his trance when he noticed a fluffy black object peek out behind Kagome. "Um, Kagome? What's that behind you?" Just as he finished his sentence, he finally began to notice how her face was framed with white and she had, "Dog ears?!"

Kagome's ears flattened against her head as Inuyasha's voice rang through the room. Finally mustering up enough courage Kagome looked him square in the eyes. "I'm a hanyou like you, Inuyasha."

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Surprisingly Inuyasha's had taken the news fairly well. After Miroku had caught him mid faint and helped him over to the couch as Kagome once again explained her secret.

"So that's why I couldn't sense you before, you hid your demon?" Inuyasha was finally putting all the pieces together. Why she wasn't afraid of him, why Kikyou hated her, how she managed to climb the shade tree.

"I had to or I was not only putting mine, but my mother and brother's lives in danger." Kagome lowered her head as she once again thought about Naraku finding them.

"Maybe we shouldn't go to the movies today." Miroku chimed in, "We should keep you out of public areas for a while."

"No! I don't want to ruin our day. Plus, Naraku wouldn't try anything too risky just yet. We should be okay." Kagome blushed a little, thinking about her sort of date with Inuyasha. "I never realized how amazing he smells until now. Like pine and rain."

Inuyasha smirked slightly as he noticed Kagome's sneaky glances toward him. "Well let's stop wasting time! Vacation is going to start in 20 minutes!" With that he leaped to his feet and grabbed Kagome's hand, lifting her from the couch and racing out the door leaving a slightly confused Miroku and Sango in their wake.

"Are we missing something?" Sango question.

"I believe we are, my dear." Answered Miroku as he too grabbed Sango's hand and strolled out the door toward the theatre.