Angel: Hello again. How are you all?
Kouga: I want to know if I'm getting laid!
Inu: -sighs and rolls eyes-
Angel: SHUT UP ABOUT THAT! God, you're a disgusting pig! I don't know why Ayame wants to marry you so much.
Inuyasha: Wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning...
Angel: It's hard to wake up when you don't get to sleep in the first place, now shut up, and either make me coffee or both of you go somewhere where I don't have to look at you again today.
Inuyasha: -whispering to Kouga- Damn, I thought Inu was crabby.
Inu: -slaps Inuyasha-
Inuyasha: Hey!
Angel: What part of GO AWAY, do you not understand!? And you, readers, READ!
Inu: -sigh- You're giving me a headache. It's not like you're the only one who didn't get much sleep.
Inuyasha: You probably did it last night.
Kouga: -backs away from Inuyasha-
Inu: -punches Inuyasha all the way to other side of country- God, I wonder why I don't kill him.
Sesshoumaru: You're too tired to care.
Inu: Maybe, I was up all night trying to fix my damn monitor. It exploded and I got a new widescreen.
Angel: By the way, I've gotten a couple PMs and such about Kagome being willing to have sex with someone she barely knows. What you need to understand is that Kagome has suffered a huge sexual trauma and while there are several different ways people deal with this. The two most common ways are to stay away from sex completely, or try to have a sexual relationship(s) to block out the memory of what happened. So please don't think I'm trying to make Kagome some type of slut or whatever term you choose to use, I am merely going by what I've witnessed.
Things Change
by Angelmom07 & InuTaiyoukaiGalOfDarkAndLight
Chapter Six: Trust In Me
Kouga kissed her again with more urgency and groaned defeatedly as her cell phone went off yet again. "Maybe you should answer that," he said picking her phone up off the nightstand and handing it to her.
"Hello?" Kagome answered. "No mom, I didn't forget the rule, I just lost track of time... I'm at Sango's, she wanted to know if I could stay tonight... Yes I know tomorrow is a school day, I'll stop by the house and pick up my books and uniform in the morning... Ok, fine... I love you too mom, see you in a while."
"I take it you can't stay."
Kagome glared at her phone. "No, mom is being a real you know what about it."
"It's ok. Maybe we can plan something for this weekend?" he asked, flashing her that sexy smile.
Kagome blushed and looked away. "Maybe."
"I thought you said you were with Sango," her mother said as she walked in the door.
"We were, Kouga offered to bring me home since it was on his way," Kagome lied as she sat down across from her mom.
"Kagome Leigh Higurashi! Don't insult me by lying! I called Sango since I couldn't get ahold of you, she said she hasn't seen you since Friday after school."
"I was at Kouga's house, ok? I didn't feel like coming home after work so he offered to take me to his house."
"And you were going to stay the night there!?"
"Yes mom I was, I need to get away from this house, away from Chad, away from you! I'm so tired of always being stressed out, wondering if he's going to start a fight tonight, if I'm going to have to call school with another made-up illness so my body can have time to recover. You don't know the first thing about what's going on with me, so don't sit there and act like you do."
"Young lady you will not use that tone with me in my own home!" her mother yelled standing.
"Fine! I don't want to be in your home anyways! I don't want to live in a house with an abusive alcoholic and his enabler!" Kagome screamed running out the door.
She didn't know where to go, but she wasn't going to stop. She kept running until she couldn't run anymore and collapsed. Slowly catching her breath she got up and looked around. She was at the old park that her father used to take her to when she was little. Her eyes filled with tears at the memories. "Why did you leave us?" she whispered softly. "We need you dad... I need you." The wind whispered through the trees and wrapped around her and for just a moment she felt safe before it disappeared.
After she had spent an hour or better looking around and reliving old memories she decided she needed to call someone. She couldn't call her mother, there was noway she was going back there tonight. She could call Sango, but she would ask a million and one questions, Kagome didn't feel like answering questions. Kouga was there for her, but he would want answers this time. There was only one person that she could think of who would pick her up, no questions asked.
"Hello?" came a worried voice over the phone.
"Inuyasha..."
"Kagome! Where are you, you're mom called me and said nobody knew where you were."
"I, uh, I'm at the park by the old elementary school. Please, I don't want her to know where I am."
"I'll be there in a few minutes." And the other end went dead.
Kagome dialed one more number and waited for the answering machine to pick up. "Mom, I just want you to know I'm safe and I'm sorry, but I need some time to think... I'll be home in a few days, just don't worry about me."
"Kagome, you need to wake up," came Inuyasha's voice through the fog of sleep. "Kagome, school starts in less then an hour, come on!"
Kagome stretched and opened her eyes. At first she was confused as she looked around, trying to figure out where she was. As she remembered what happened the night before she looked at Inuyasha and gave him a sad smile. "You know, you really saved me last night... Why'd you do that? After everything that has gone on between us it actually surprised me that you even picked up the phone."
Inuyasha placed a hand over hers. "This girl I know told me once that before we could ever be in a relationship together I had to promise her that I would always remember we were friends first."
He was startled as the smell of salt entered his nose. "Inuyasha, where did that girl go? I've been trying to find her and I just can't..."
Inuyasha sighed and placed his arm around her shoulders. "Kagome that girl is still there, she's just lost. Everyone loses a piece of themselves, but that doesn't mean it's gone forever."
Kagome looked at him in awe. "Wow Inuyasha, that was actually really helpful. I think you might have actually matured a little since we were ten."
Inuyasha grabbed a pillow and hit her with it. "God, see if I try to be nice to you again!" he said jokingly and got up.
"Now seriously if you don't get your lazy ass out of my bed and get dressed we're going to be late."
"Oh my god! That reminds me, I don't have a uniform to wear today! And my books are at the shrine!"
"I took care of that for you, Sango is bringing one to school with her. So just put your clothes from yesterday back on and she's stopping by to get your books and all your uniforms, don't worry she's not going to tell them where you're staying. Now come on if I'm late again they're going to make me stay with a foster family until I'm 18, come on!"
Kagome jumped out of bed and stared at him. Inuyasha stared back. "Get out baka! I'm not changing with you in here!"
Inuyasha threw his hands up and walked out. "Damn women..."
When Kagome walked out of the bedroom Inuyasha was tapping his foot. "Jesus woman, how long does it take to get dressed?"
"Shut up! I had to brush my hair! Now I have to brush my teeth and I'll be ready to go."
"EW! You're not using my toothbrush!"
"No baka, I'm not. I wouldn't use your toothbrush if it were the last toothbrush on earth. Have you forgotten that I have a toothbrush here?"
"No, I-uh-was just trying to see if you remembered."
"Sure, whatever. I'll be ready in a minute."
When they got to school everyone stared as she got out of Inuyasha's car. Rumors of what had happened the night before were flying through the school. Everything from she ran off to Osaka with a lover to she beat up her mom and ran so she didn't get arrested. The only thing she hadn't heard people talk about yet was the truth. Sango asked to skip classes so she could stay with her all day and by lunch Kagome just wanted to be alone. Finally getting away from Sango for minute, Kagome walked out to the courtyard and sat under the cherry blossom tree. When she heard someone walking toward her she looked up to see an angry and hurt Kouga. "Kouga, I..." she didn't know what to say.
Kouga looked away. "You went to that baka mutt instead of me?"
"I knew Inuyasha wouldn't ask questions and I didn't have any answers for anyone. Inuyasha and I will always be friends, that's something you're going to have to deal with or we can't be together."
"You can trust me, I would have let you be if you just asked me to.," Kouga said then after a long silence he sighed. "I don't like the mutt, but I won't lose you over it. If you want to be friends with him I can't stop you. Just next time you decide to disappear call me, please? I was so worried when I got here and heard that you took off last night. I didn't know what happened to you and I was scared to death. I called your house and your mom was hystarical, your brother said nobody knew where you were. I saw you walk in with that half-breed and I just couldn't face you. I was so angry, then when I finally thought I was calm enough to talk to you Sango was with you."
Kagome looked away. "Yea, sorry about that... She's taken it upon herself to be my watch dog..."
"It's ok, just come stay with me please? I'll feel better knowing you're safe at my house. If you stay with the mutt your mom or Chad will eventually find you. They don't know where I live and even if they find my house my father owns several estates all over Japan. We could be safe together forever."
"I don't want to live on the run... I have to face my mother sometime, I just can't do it right now. I was so mad at her and
I just couldn't handle being there anymore..."
"Well, at least stay with me until you go home. I know you and the half-breed are friends, but I would feel more comfortable if you stayed with me."
"Ok, my stuff is in Inuyasha's car, so after school I'll go get it." Kouga helped Kagome stand up and pulled her close.
As he pushed his lips softly against hers a noise started them both. "Kagome, where did you g---oh," Sango said, blushing and going back in the door.
Kagome laughed and grabbed his hand. "Let's get to class."
Angel: Ok finally here is Chapter 6, sorry this one took a little longer, but it's been a rough week. At least the Giants won the Superbowl! I'm not a Giants fan, I'm a Steelers fan, but I think Tom Brady is a cocky bastard who deserved to be beat by the underdog! REVIEW
Inu: I admit that it was an interesting game, and I don't care about football.
Inuyasha: WHAT?! Don't care?! What's wrong with you?
Inu: Nothing, I'm more of a player, not a watcher. Besides, I get enough action fighting Hiako.
Kouga: Who's Hiako?
Inu: None of your concern.
Sesshoumaru: …
Inuyasha: God, what's up with you? You're usually backing Inu.
Sesshoumaru: …Nothing, just unamused.
Inu: Yeah, I'm bored too.