Angel: I've had a bit of free time on my hands this week so I actually posted a chapter on my thought-to-be-abandoned story 'Forbidden Love'! How awesome is that? Also when I finish that I plan to finish 'Just Sex?' as well.

Kouga: It's about time you started working on those again, I mean you've slacked off long enough don't you think?

Sesshoumaru: I am not quite sure that is a good idea wolf.

Angel: I didn't see YOU coming up with any ideas for it Kouga.

Kouga: That's because you screwed me over in the beginning of it, why would I help you?

Angel's Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own any characters in this story except Chad, and maybe a few others later. They belong to Ms. Rumiko Takahashi and if I owned them Sesshoumaru would be locked in the hall of Bishis for eternity so no fan girl could get drool on his perfectness, except me and now Inu!

Inu's Disclaimer: As she said, I don't own any characters. If I did, then in the series Inuyasha and Kikyou would be together, who should be burning in the deepest pit of hell. And that Sesshoumaru would be mine.

Things Change
by Angelmom07 & InuTaiyoukaiGalOfDarkAndLight
Chapter Eleven: Damage Control

"Kagome pick up, I know you're there, at least let me know how you are feeling... I love you." Kouga's voice came through the answering machine for the twentith time.

The phone rang again and she rolled her eyes. She had woke up feeling like crap and still mad as hell at Kouga so she decided to stay home. Her mom didn't ask any questions and she locked her door so she wouldn't be bothered but that hadn't stopped the onslaught of calls from Kouga and Inuyasha. Inuyasha had called about five times and gave up on getting ahold of her, but Kouga just wasn't getting the hint.

"It's Kouga again, look I don't know what your problem is, I wasn't defending anyone, I was just making the point that you don't know Ashes and therefore had no right to say that about her. Be pissed if you want I just want to make sure you and the baby are ok..." the line went silent for a minute. "Fine Kagome, have it your way. Call me when you decide you want to talk..."

Kagome glared at the phone. Why should she call him? He defended some girl that he used to know over her, the mother of his child! In her head she had every right to be upset, but something in her gut told her she was wrong. She HAD jumped the gun a bit in saying things about a girl she had just met and knew absolutely nothing about. She picked up the phone and dialed then waited for an answer.

"Kagome?" came a males voice through the phone lines.

"Look I don't have time for formalities, I need someone to talk to and you're the only person I can trust. Meet me at the park down the street in 10 minutes." She hung up and looked in the mirror at herself. Her hair was a mess and since her belly was starting to grow a little all of her clothes were getting tight. She grabbed a pair of jeans and one of Kouga's shirts that had been left behind on one of his overnight stays. "Thank god for low rise jeans," she whispered to her reflection as she buttoned her pants. She brushed her hair back into a ponytail and took one more look. She thought she still looked pretty crappy but it would have to do for now.

As she reached the bottom of the steps a hand on her arm startled her. "Hello my dear Kagome. Just where do you think you are going?"

"I need some fresh air," she lied, pulling her arm away and walking to the door.

"Oh really? You know, you and I haven't spent any 'quality time' together in a while, why don't you come talk to me?"

"I, um, I really just need the fresh air," she said again getting ready to open the door. Chad was already behind her, his hot breath on her neck making her sick to her stomach. "Please Chad, I just need some air."

He grabbed ahold of her ponytail and threw her to the ground. "There is just as much air in here as there is out there. Plus, I miss our time together, I think it's about time we had a little fun." She struggled against him and spit in his face. "You little bitch!" he yelled, smacking her across the face. Kagome froze as she remembered fights they'd had before when she tried to get away. If I keep fighting he's going to hurt the baby, she thought. He smiled at her submission to him. "I see you're starting to enjoy this." Kagome cried out as he yanked off her jeans and panties then positioned himself between her legs. A hand on her throat stopped all sound. "Shut up whore you know you like it." Her tears flowed freely as she lay still underneath him. There was nothing she could do to fight against him, nothing that wouldn't cause him to hurt the baby and she'd be damned if she put herself before her child.

She didn't know how long it had been, but when he got off her and went into the living room she grabbed her clothes and ran into the bathroom. Her whole body convulsed as she vomited and cried at the same time. A gentle knock on the bathroom door caused her to cower into the corner, fearing that Chad was coming back to hurt her again. "Kagome," came a males soft voice. "Kagome are you alright?"

"I, um... give me just a second," she said pulling her clothes back on. She hated the look of pity in his eyes when she opened the door. "Houjo... I told you I'd meet you at the park."

"That was over an hour ago, when you didn't show up I got worried and came here looking for you and your stepdad said you had the flu or something and you were in here. You sounded really distressed on the phone, is everything ok?" Houjo asked and was startled when she threw her arms around him and sobbed into his chest.

"No, no I'm not ok, everything is not ok!" she sobbed. "Let's just get out of here and talk."

Houjo nodded and wrapped an arm around her waist as they headed out the door. "Your little boyfriend isn't going to like that!" Chad called after them in a sing-song voice and Kagome had to force back another wave of nausea.

When they got to the bottom of the shrine's stairs Houjo sat down. "Boyfriend huh? Who's the lucky guy?"

Kagome sat down beside him and sighed. "I wouldn't really call him lucky... at least not today. We got into an arguement, well more I blew the whole thing out of proportion and he's been trying to call me all day but I've been ignoring him."

Houjo looked at her and smiled. "That still doesn't tell my who he is. Is it still Inuyasha?"

Kagome glared daggers at him. "No it is not Inuyasha, that worthless fleabag is the reason we started arguing anyhow!"

"A bit defensive aren't we?"

She sighed. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to be, it's just been a rough couple of months..." She looked at the ground. "No, my boyfriend is this wolf demon named Kouga, he's sweet and loving and everything Inuyasha never was."

Houjo's eyes darkened and he looked away. "No, more like everything I was..."

Kagome placed her hand over his. "I really care about you Houjo, but you're more like a brother to me then anything else... I mean our dads have... had been friends since before we were even thought of. And look now, you're 19, you have an awesome internship at Taisho, you need to put your focus on that, you don't have time for the likes of me."

"I could always make time for you Kagome and nobody, not even Sesshoumaru Taisho could change that. Now I'm sure you didn't call me all the way across town to talk about your new boyfriend, what did you want?"

Kagome sighed. "I just need somebody to talk to other then Kouga. Sango and Miroku are barely talking to me and Inuyasha is... well being Inuyasha."

"So talk, I can listen to your sweet voice all day."

"Well, I guess I'll start from the begining... You know how Chad used to beat my mom and then I started getting in the middle?"

"...yea, I was so angry at myself because I couldn't help you."

"Well," she swallowed, if anyone would understand it would be Houjo. "I, uh, I came home one day and mom was at work. Grandpa and Souta were gone too and he... he attacked me."

Houjo's eyes darkened. "Attacked you how?"

The tears she'd been fighting back finally spilled and she put her head in her hands. "He raped me Houjo, and he's done it several times since then."

He jumped up and started walking up the stairs. Kagome ran after him and stopped him. "I'm going to kill him Kagome. I don't care if I spend the rest of my life in jail, I'm going to kill that man."

"He's not worth the trouble Houjo. Besides once I tell my mother about my situation she's going to kick me out anyhow..."

"Honey, you're mom is not going to kick you out because he raped you..."

"That's not it," she said softly and raised her shirt to reveal the tiny bump her belly was turning into. "I'm pregnant..."

"That bastard raped you AND got you pregnant!?"

"No... the baby belongs to my boyfriend."

"So Chad didn't start attacking you until after you got pregnant?" he asked sitting down and trying to process all the information.

"He started attacking me about a week before."

"Then how do you know it's not his?"

Kagome sighed. "The chances of it being his are almost nonexistent so I don't even want to think of that."

"Kagome, you can't just pretend there isn't a possibility. What if you go through this whole pregnancy convincing yourself and your boyfriend that it's his and it's not? Does he know about what Chad did so he at least understands?"

Kagome shook her head. "You're the only person I've told. Chad told me if I told anybody he'd make it look like I seduced him and I don't want people to think of me that way."

Houjo stood up and pulled her into his arms. "I'm so sorry I wasn't here for you. I'm sorry I let this happen to you..."

"Kagome what's going on?" Kouga asked angrily as he walked into what looked like a very intimate scene.

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Angel: dun dun dun, I can't write anymore right now, my son just woke up from his nap and I want to get this posted, plus we love to leave you guys hanging becasue we're evil.

Inuyasha: Hey, I'm the #ing good guy!

Kouga: great, now we got censors. What other words are gone?

Angel: Only # and #

Sesshoumaru: -growls at Inu-

Inuyasha: What's going on now?

Sesshoumaru: Inu refuses to converse with me.

Inuyasha: Now I don't have to hear that bitche's voive again. Good job, Sesshoumaru!

Inu: -cracks knuckles-

Inuyasha: #!!

Angel: OH! A little note ot all my readers, I changed my pen name, I got tired of angelmom07 so now it's -Wick3d Ang3l- the threes are there because I'm cool like that!