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A Reason for Everything

Chapter 8:

A light flickered on, and an angry voice filled the air, as the once sleeping boy was thrown from his bed against the wall, thus crashing his bedside lamp and landing on the pieces. The tiny shards sinking into his back, legs, and arms, making him gasp at the sharp pain. Laughing the man walked over to him, after giving a few swift kicks, he picked the boy up by his shirt and spat in his face.

"You think you can get away with it so easily? Like if you ran away I wouldn't find you? You were stupid to come back home, Inuyasha, it just might be the last night you come home; Or go anywhere for that matter."

Leaving it at that Inutashio dropped Inuyasha to floor and picking up the head of the busted lamp he began striking Inuyasha multiple times. Leaving Inuyasha the only option to cover his head with his arms, and pray that the never ending blood flow would magically stop. Blood pooled the floor as his arms began to bleed as sharp ends of the lamp tore gashes into his arm, eventually the pain became to much for him to bear, he lots all feeling in his arm, and he let them drop down painfully. Giving his father full access to his head, and leaving him praying no more was to come.

Sometimes god's unanswered prayers are not the best, or so Inuyasha thought as his prayer went unanswered and his father brought the jagged lamp piece against his head. Inuyasha screamed out in pain, making his father step back for a moment to admire his 'work' before striking him again this time a little harder. The last thing that raced through Inuyasha's mind, before slipping into unconsciousness, was:

Kagome...

Inutashio's wicked smile, twisted even more as he watched his son's body go limp. Now he could have some fun...

Kagome took a breath and sighed, finally her mother and her boy toy were finished. 'God, that one lasted forever. I think I'm going to be sick.' she thought, shivering at the thought of her mother and... Shaking her head Kagome grabbed her phone and went through the caller I.D. Inuyasha's number should have shown up when he called. Flipping through the I.D.'s she sighed when she saw 'Payphone' show up and dated the same time Inuyasha had called a couple days ago.

"Kagome?" Her mother's, surprisingly sober, voice drifted through her wooden door.

"Yeah?" She replied, getting up and opening the door. Her mother just smiled faintly and, for once, gently took her by the arm to lead her downstairs.

"There's a police officer here to see you, he says he has some questions about your friend, Inuyasha." She stated, not even daring to look her daughter in the eye. Upon hearing Inuyasha's name Kagome became alert, what could the police possibly want with Inuyasha? Better yet what would she know about him? Walking attentively to the door where the policeman stood, patiently waiting.

"Kagome Higurashi?" He asked, to which she nodded in response and bowed her head.

" Captain Yasu. I'm here on the behalf of a certain hanyou by the name of Inuyasha, you know him." Kagome's whole body tensed up and she hesitantly nodded 'yes'.

"Earlier today we got a call from a next door neighbor about a disturbance happening in the household. About an hour after the call I showed up to find the downstairs completely deserted and since no one answered my calls I took it upon myself to check over the house. Well when during my search of an upstairs bedroom I found Inuyasha on the floor next to his bed in critical condition. Luckily I was able to feel a pulse and get him to the hospital quick; they stabilized him and are keeping him in ICU, to ensure a full recovery. He had been asking for you since arriving, if you'd like and with your mother's permission I would be more than happy to take you over there."

"Yeah it's fine." Kagome stated not even caring whether her mother agreed or disagreed, all that mattered now was Inuyasha.

Climbing into the police car, Kagome's mind began to race, along with her heart. What had happened? Where were his parents? Did they even now where he was right now? Were they okay? Now that she thought about it, Inuyasha had never said anything about his parents (not that she asked, or even like he would tell her.)

The police car came to a stop, and Kagome opened the door, thanked the police officer, and headed inside to the hospital.

Inuyasha opened his eyes to be momentarily blinded by white light, pain coursed throughout his body, groaning he sat up a bit and looked around. He was in a white room, with machines and tubes hooked up to him. The constant beeping of the heart monitor rang in his head, making his sensitive ears fold back on his head. Sighing he laid back down and took a look at the bandages covering his arms, he let a dry laugh pass through his lips. 'Dad really did a good job this time around.' He thought, with a dry humor. He closed his eyes for a bit, thinking about what he was going to do when he got out, better yet, where he was going to go. Sighing for the umpteenth time, his ears twitched on top of his head as he heard footsteps approach his door and the doorknob started to turn a bit as someone started to come in. Sniffing the air, Inuyasha got a cherry and lilac mixed scent. (a/n that actually does smell really nice together)

The confusion on his face was replaced with happiness as he watch a nervous Kagome walk through the hospital room door.

"Sorry, if I am disturbing you. It was rude of me not to knock, I could leave if you want. Or I could go back outside and then knock and wait for you to tell me to come in. It was just that I wanted to see if you were okay, and I guess I forgot my manors. I apologize….." Kagome babbled as she kept her head bowed.

Inuyasha shook his head, and tuned out the rest of what Kagome was saying, before finally getting irritated enough and saying, " Oi wench, shut up. Your not bothering me, I was actually getting kind of lonely. There's a chair over here, make yourself comfortable."

Kagome stopped her excessive chattering and looked up. Inuyasha was pointing to a nicely made, what looked like a, kitchen-type wooden chair with a rubber-type seat cushioning. Nodding her head yes she hesitantly, from being nervous, made her way over to the chair and seated herself next to Inuyasha. A heavy silence weighed upon them for a while before Kagome broke the ice.

"Inuyasha….. Mind telling me what happened?" She asked, keeping her head down. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes and scoffed.

"I do mind. It's none of your business." He responded. Once again silence fell between the two of them, but all the while Inuyasha kept a tough appearance and keeping his head turned to the side. It was only when he began to smell the scent of salt-water and hear the sound of 'sniffs', did his tough exterior begin to falter. Tentatively, he reached over and took her hand in his and entwined their fingers together. Kagome made no response what-so-ever, she just kept her head down, or at least tried to. Inuyasha reached over with his other hand and, with a finger, he lifted her chin up so their eyes could meet. His amber pools softened a bit as they looked into her tear-shined blue ones, and he sighed.

"Do you want the whole story from the beginning or just what happened today?" He asked. Kagome perked up a bit and her eyes widen as she responded 'the beginning, kudasai '. She stood up and laid herself on the hospital bed, being mindful of his injuries she lightly snuggled up to him. She was more than glad that he didn't push away, instead he wrapped his arm around her and tried to make them as comfortable as he could.

---Flashback (a.k.a Inuyasha telling the past.)—

A little nine-year old boy quivered in the corner of the family's large living room, watching his parents argue for the umpteenth time this week. Only this time it was different, his mother was crying and his father was grinning maliciously. Inuyasha hid his face between his knees, so he didn't have to look at the scene, but that didn't drown out what was said.

"Izayoi, I think you are overreacting about this whole ordeal." Inutaisho spoke, kneeling down in front of his wife. Izayoi looked up and glared at the creature before her, the same creature who had once claimed to love her.

"Overreacting?" She questioned, her voice steadily rising. "How is it overreacting when I have just been informed my husband has not only been cheating on me for the past two months, BUT he is also responsible for the unexplainable deaths that have occurred recently! Tell me that's not worth some kind of reaction! But it's all about to end now, I'll be sure to inform the police of your little doings! I gave up everything for you! I gave up my parents, I defended you against them! I protected you form all the people who disapproved of this relationship, all because I love you, and this is how I am repaid!" Her breath became on even, all the sudden she was picked up off the ground by her shoulders and held to the wall.

"You want to talk about what was given up, all the shit that has happened because of this relationship?" He yelled in her face taking a sense of pride in her fallen tears.

" I had to give up my first wife, because I fell in love with you. I had to shun out Sesshoumaru because of my love for you. Another thing, I did not cheat on you for two months, it was only for about three weeks while you were pregnant with Inuyasha. Whom, I must say, was a mistake to have. He's a half-breed he will never be excepted among the human kind nor the demons. He will live and die alone, just like they all do, and I'll make sure he knows that real well when he gets older."

At this point the only power Izayoi had, was to glare at her husband and question what she ever saw in him. For right now he wasn't the caring, sweet, loving, and understanding man she had married….. No in front of her now was a monster. Giving a slight smirk Inutaisho smirked and let go of his wife and backed up a few paces.

"It doesn't matter now. You can't run, you can't hide, you can't even tell a sole."

Izayoi glared at him before responding. "And why exactly would that be?"

Inutaisho smiled at her before leaning close to her ear and whispering, " You do and it'll be like you never existed. " With that he turned and walked away, leaving his wife to sink to her knees.

It was not long after he left when Inuyasha went over to his weeping mother and embraced her, letting tears fall down his own cheeks when she hugged back, tightly holding onto him and weeping into his shirt.

---End of flashback-----

Kagome brought a hand up to cheeks to wipe her own tears, but stayed quiet waiting for Inuyasha to continue.

--Flashback---

Inuyasha came home with a bright smile on his face, holding the macaroni covered plate. The macaroni shaped into letters saying, I LOVE MOM, and at the bottom a small little picture his teacher helped him cut out from a scrapbook It was a picture of his mother holding him form behind and smiling. Inuyasha looked around the living room, no one was there as far as he could see. He raced up stairs and dropped his book bag on to the floor of his room, and headed back down stairs, picture in hand. He raced in the kitchen to look for his mother, she wasn't there…. Odd she was always home, now-a-days. He went into the living room and looked over it but he spotted nothing, he walked back down the hallway leading to the stairs. Failing to notice the blood stained on the edge. He made his way up the stairs (a/n awww imagine a little inuyasha trying to climb the stairs… aww lol ) still keeping a tight hold on his picture.

He went up to the bathroom, empty, the study room, empty, the library, empty. Finally he reached his parents room and slowly opened the door, the light was on but no sound could be heard from inside the room. Had his mother fallen asleep? As soon as the door opened fully, giving him a wide view of the room, and a better view of the bed, and what lie on the bed. Inuyasha began to breathe heavy and he clutched his picture tighter, tears began to form in his childish amber eyes. He let out a chocked cry and ran towards the bed. How could this happen! It wasn't real! It couldn't be! Inuyasha stopped at the side of the bed before turning to the side and puking, when his vomiting ceased he turned back to the bed. There, as calmly as could be, laid his mother. Her clothes torn to shreds, her blood leaking from the wounds covering her body and pooling underneath her, soaking the bed sheets. Her eyes wide open in shock as if she had seen a ghost, what was left of the rest of her face, pale and deathly. Inuyasha reached a small hand over to her's and almost pulled back at the icy-cold feeling he felt, but he tightened his grip.

"Mother?" He whimpered no answer. " Mother?" He spoke again, this time a little stronger. Each time he repeated 'mother' it continued to get stronger and stronger. Becoming lost in his grief, his mother still unresponsive, he climbed up on the bed and cradled her bloodied body, too distraught to even care about the blood soaking threw his own clothes. He continue to cry there for hours, finally stopping when the bedroom door opened and his father appeared in the doorway. He watched as his father advanced toward him and roughly grabbed his arm. Inutaisho dragged his son from the bed, not without a fight. Inuyasha began kicking and screaming, earning him nothing but a punch to his face. His father dragged him into the basement, making sure to make each step dig into his side. Inuyasha was thrown against the cellar wall, his father chuckled.

"Would you like to have some fun, Inuyasha?" Inutaisho said.

----end of flashback---

"After that it was nothing but beatings and he convinced me it was I who killed her. If I had been home maybe I could've done something." Inuyasha finished. He looked down to see Kagome bawling into his chest, subconsciously he put a hand on her back and lightly rubbed it.

"Kagome, why are you crying?" He asked. Kagome calmed herself down and looked up at him.

" I feel sorry that you had to go through that, and at such a young age too. Tell me something Inuyasha, was it your father responsible for your wounds the other night and today's?" She questioned. She laid her head back down lightly on his chest, after he muttered 'yes'.

The two of them lay there for a while. When the doctor came in to take a CBC, he managed to have it taken without awakening Kagome, who was now sleeping peacefully. For some reason Inuyasha couldn't stop admiring her, she was strong-willed, kind, smart, and she trusted him. Something nobody has ever done before, and for some reason she stirred an unknown emotion. When she smiled he felt his spirit begin to fly and his heart began to race, when she was sad he felt the need to comfort her, console her. What was happening to him? Was it normal?

Inuyasha broke away from his thoughts at the sound of the door opening, looking over he saw Mrs. Higurashi. His hold on Kagome tightened even more, which Mrs. Higurashi must have taken note of.

"I'm not here to take Kagome away from you Inuyasha, and ,for once, I am sober. I was informed by the police what had taken place and even the details they failed to inform my daughter about." She said not taking her eyes off the floor. " I am up for the option of letting you live with us, just until your father is caught, tried (sp?) , and behind bars. I may have not been 'the worlds greatest mother' but that doesn't mean I don't care." Inuyasha gave a small smile. " Sounds like a plan to me." He responded.

Mrs. Higurashi gave a smirk in return and began speaking again. "I was also informed by the doctor to let you know you will be discharged tomorrow, and I will be taking you home with us. I will allow kagome to stay the night here, as long as she eats and is taken care of." Inuyasha nodded and agreed and Mrs. Higurashi left. Finally Inuyasha had some concerned for him, he felt like he belonged, he was noticed and not hated. Happiness welled up inside of him, nothing could diminish it………………………………………………….

Except for who just walked into the room this very moment.

HOLY CRAP! 6 PAGES! The longest chapter I have done has been only to half a 4th page!

3356 words!

It's 1:08 AM, I did do spell check but PLEASE (kudasai) give me a break this one time if ther are any mistakes.

Hopefully that was good enough and long enough for you!

CBC complete blood count a.k.a The take your blood.

Review If you want, let me know how you like it!

I had gotten really sick (Thursday) I couldn't even move. I am really sick and I have to go back to the doctors to get my results. I do also have to take care of my dad, make sure he takes his pills, insulin, drinks enough water, and stuff like that.