Chapter 24

"Did he…did he do this to you?"

My voice cracked. I was so scared for her. I wished this was all a big misunderstanding and that I was wrong about everything. But she just started to cry even harder.

"Fuck Kagome."

I squeezed my eyes tightly together and leaned forward, rubbing my hands over my face. This can't be real.

"Fuck…"

I sat up and pulled her tightly against my chest, burying my head in her hair. When her sobs started to subside I lifted my head and rested my chin on her head.

"You can't ever see him again. I won't let you."

"InuYasha, you don't get it."

She said in a shaky voice. I pushed her back to look at her.

"What don't I get?"

"I can't just leave him. I've tried! But it just gets so much worse…he wont leave me alone."

"Is…is that why he moved here?"

"He didn't trust me. It was so much easier when he didn't live here. I'm so scared now."

More tears sprung from her eyes and I pulled her to me again.

"I hate this so much Kagome. Why don't you just tell someone? Like the cops?"

"I can't InuYasha! He'll just come after me the next chance he gets. He won't even stay in jail if he gets in there. He'll get his grandfather to pay for his bail. There's nothing I can do."

"Does anyone else know?"

"My father…that's why he's so overprotective of me. He knows he can't do anything about Kouga or else I'll just get hurt even more. So he tries to keep everyone else shut out of my life. That yelling you heard that one night was us arguing. He wants to deal with Kouga but I know he can't do anything. I'm trapped."

I pushed her back and stood up, making my way to the door.

"W-where are you going?"

"To go and see someone."

"InuYasha, don't. Please don't go and see Kouga, please!"

She leapt off her bed and ran to me, clutching my shirt in her fists and leaning her forehead against my chest.

"I'm begging you."

"How can I not! Look what he's doing to you!"

"Please…"

She sobbed, clutching my shirt tighter. Looking down at her broke my heart. She was in so much pain and I didn't know how to help her. But another part of me was so enchanted by her, clasping onto me with her teary eyed face. She never looked more beautiful. There was only one thing I wanted to do at that moment.

I gently lifted her chin up with my finger, making her look at me. And then I leaned down and placed my lips against hers. And you know what? She kissed me back. Everything was forgotten right then and I was so incredibly happy. But then her cellphone went off, forcing us to part.

"It's Kouga."

She breathed a frightened glint in her eyes.

"Don't answer."

"I have to."

She opened the phone and placed it over her ear, her hands shaking, her lip trembling.

"H-hello?"

"Let me see the phone Kagome."

She signaled for me to be quiet.

"…Okay."

She closed her phone shut, then went over to her dresser and started pulling come clothes out.

"What did he say?"

"He wants me to meet him."

"So you're going to?"

Her silence answered the question.

"Why the hell are you going to see him?"

"Leave it InuYasha."

She took her clothes and passed me out of the room, locking herself in the bathroom down the hall. A few minutes later, she came out in a pair of jeans and a red zip-up hoody.

"I'm going with you if you're going to go see him."

"No you're not InuYasha."

"Yes I am Kagome! I'm not going to let you go there by yourself so you can get beaten some more."

She paused before going down her stairs and glared at me.

"This is none of your business. You want to know why I don't tell people stuff? It's because they act like they care and try and control me, thinking it'll help. Forget you even know about this."

She then rushed down the stairs and walked out the front door. I was right at her heels.

"What the fuck is wrong with you Kagome? One minute you're crying and confessing you're horrible situation to me and the next you're shutting me out again!"

"It was a mistake that you found out. Leave it alone because I can deal with it just fine."

"You obviously can't since you're still putting up with this shit!"

"InuYasha can you just stop and get a hold of-"

"What's this?"

We stopped our argument and looked up. Kouga was standing at the edge of Kagome's driveway, an irritated look in his eyes.

"K-Kouga. I thought we were meeting at the park."

"And I thought we were meeting alone."

He said, his eyes lingering on me.

"Hi Kouga."

My voice was cold but I refrained myself from killing him.

"What is he doing here Kagome?"

"He was just leaving."

She shot me a warning look. I chose to ignore it.

"So, what you two doing today?"

"We're going to have some alone time together. Alone."

"InuYasha, go home."

Kagome whispered her eyes more pleading now.

"I think that you guys have too much alone time. And besides, Kagome and I already made plans man. Too bad."

A fire burned in Kouga's eyes as he glared at me, grinding his teeth together.

"How about we talk some more in the park. Much more private."

"Sure thing."

Kouga waited until we were next to him, then the three of us silently walked down to the park. As we walked, I had my hand in my pocket on my cell, my fingers skillfully texting the whole way there.