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"Why help me? I never helped you…"

"People like him and my father belong in a jail cell to rot for the rest of their lives." She got up and took a seat right next to mine. She took my hand in hers. "What happened, what he did… it's not okay, ever. "

The tears came in a flood as she took me in her arms. All I could do was cry, how could I have missed someone watching me all those times? All of a sudden the phone rang. Haruo came in and answered it.

"I believe it's for you." He said offering the phone to me.

"Hello…Inuyasha?"

"Yes, I'm okay…I think. I'm at Haruo's house. Yeah. I'll meet you at the deli on the corner of Maple and Broad. 10 minutes. Okay. Goodbye." I hung up the phone and looked for a clock. 7:43pm. I turned to them, "I must be going."

"Haruo, give her a ride." He looked down at her, gave a slight nod and started for the door. She came up to me and handed me a slip of paper. On it was a phone number. "Call me, when you're safe; if you want to."

"Tha… thank you." And I followed Haruo out to his car. The rain had stop but there was still a mist in the air that hung so heavy you couldn't see more than two feet in front of you. He had a nice car, one with leather seats. We were silent.

"I'm sorry." I looked up at him. He didn't take his eyes off of the road.

"What?"

"I'm sorry. I was rotten to you as we were children. You didn't deserve that."

"It's okay. We were young, things have changed since then." I looked down at my clothes, ironically I was wearing a dress, now very torn and tattered, but a dress none the less.

"I don't want to eat dirt Haruo!" I yelled into his face tugging at the bottom of my dress, "And I won't lift up my dress!"

"You don't have to lift up your dress. For anyone." I turned into his stare; we were parked outside the deli. "What happened to you Kagome? What changed?" I had never known that he would ever be this concerned about me.

"I got married… that's what." I whispered.

"So, I'm getting married. This fall, to Ayame. That isn't going to change who we are, and what is going on between us. I mean, what made you so blind?" He turned to face me, edging a little closer to me.

"My parents died, and after that I just couldn't fight anymore. I was just so weak with grief." I let out a small sigh.

"Could you fight now? If someone came after you, could you fight?" He moved in closer.

"I… I don't know." He pushed me over and crawled over top of me. "What… what are you doing?" I cried out.

"Tell me "no" Kagome. Tell me "no."" He grabbed the bottom of my dress and slowly started sliding it up. I started pushing on his chest but he was much too heavy for me. I squirmed trying to get away. "Kagome, tell me no!" My dress was to the bottom of my panty line I tried to slide up to reach the lock but he ripped my hand away. "Say it!"

"NO!" I screamed it in his face. Just like that he was off of me and on the other side of the car. I sat up shaking. Was he really going to hurt me? I pulled my dress down and held my stomach. I felt like I was going to be sick.

"Next time you see him, yell "no." You run away screaming "no." You're always legit if you say "no." He can't get away with a thing if you say it." He lowered his eyes. "I wouldn't have hurt you Kagome, and I'm sorry for scaring you. But now, now you can say no." With that final statement he unlocked the car. I got out and rushed to the deli. I stopped just outside of the entrance before deciding to turn back. I ran back and tapped on his window.

"Thank you." I whispered and ran inside. I walked right into someone as soon as I entered the store. The man turned around slowly. As I looked up I slowly realized who it was. It was Naraku. He gave a wry smile. I backed slowly away.

"No…" I whispered. I knocked over a display. It clashed loudly as it all bounced off of the floor rolling away.

"Hey!" The cashier yelled, then more softly, "Hey, miss? Are you alright?"

"No…NO!" I turned to the cashier and started running toward the cash register. "Help! You've got to help me!" I started huffing, out of breath. Naraku started walking over to us in a light stride.

"What? What can I do miss?" I had the cashiers' full attention; they had one hand under the desk." I started whispering.

"That man, he's abusive, he's my abuser. I need you to call the police. You can't let him get me." He nodded, paused for a moment and then let me behind the counter.

"Get back as far as you can." I shook my head yes, and noticed him grabbing a shotgun from under the counter. "Can I help you sir?"

"Yes sir, I believe that you can. You see that is my wife, and she is slightly delirious. She just had an accident last week and can't seem to piece things together right." He chuckled slightly, "It can be amusing at times, you see, she thinks that our cat is her brother-in-law. At other times she can come up with serious accusations. Lately she's been telling people that I am her abusive father. Fortunately enough her actual abuser is dead now and can no longer harm her, but as I said, she is very confused." The cashier looked back at me with a questionable gaze. I quickly mouthed "no" multiple times. Naraku took a step closer placing his hands onto the counter.

"I'm sorry but I will have to turn matters over to the police. They will be here shortly." The cashier put both hands on the gun. Naraku made a face twisted with anger and then scoffed.

"Well then, they won't let me have her until they take her to the station and read the reports on the accident themselves. I suppose I will just wait at home until they call me to come pick you up my dear." With that he turned to leave and exited the building. The cashier turned to me.

"Are you alright?" He asked taking a step towards me.

"Yes, I'm alright. Thank you, thank you so much." I reached up to my face only to realize that I was crying.

"He sounded very convincing… how can I be sure he isn't telling the truth?" The cashier questioned me.

"I know exactly who I am and who he is. I am Kagome Higurashi that is my husband, Naraku Higurashi. He is a very, very aweful man. You see this?" I pointed to the patches of missing flesh on my arms, "He did this to me," I pointed to my stomach, "He did this to me, against my will." The bell rang from above the entrance. I looked up and there he was.

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