Ch 3 – Late

Inuyasha was sitting there with his basket of food under the tree. He saw Kagome approaching "Hey! I was afraid you wouldn't come" He called to her. She smiled and sat down "I have a lot today, some strawberries, corn, some beef jerky, and a lot of grapes, I noticed they were your favorite yesterday." She smiled at him and they began to eat. Inuyasha didn't know how to ask the questions that rang in his mind.

"Thank you for the food. I was so hungry" She said in her usual gentle tone.

"No problem…." He said smiling at her "Kagome," He started "If anything is going on, I want you to know you can tell me."

Kagome thought about this, she knew it was a bad idea. If anyone found out….If he found out she told anyone…no this was to remain a secret to the grave. "Everything is fine." She said to him.

He knew it wasn't true, there was more going on….but what. "Do you want to come over to my house tonight?" he asked hoping to get to the bottom of this.

"No, I need to leave soon" She said looking at the sky, the sun was rising to the mid sky fast.

"Can't you stay a while longer?" Inuyasha pressed.

"I really can't, I'm sorry." She said taking another bite of the beef jerky.

"My friend Miroku wants to meet you, I told him I ran into you yesterday." He said leaning back against the tree. This made her nervous. No one was supposed to know about her.

"Well, maybe one day," She said bluffing she stood up and noticed the sun was mid sky. "I must leave now." He stood up to hug her but she already took off.

Inuyasha walked back to the village slowly, it was the weekend and he and Miroku had the day off. He passed through the marked at found Kaede's hut. He tapped on the door lightly looking around to see if anyone saw him. The door opened and revealed and old woman who smiled at him "Inuyasha, how have you been?" Kaede was friends with his mother and he stopped by to check on her every once in a while ever since his mother passed away a year ago.

"I'm fine, I was wondering if you could tell be about someone who lives outside the village?" He said sitting down on her couch. She walked over and sat next to him.

"Inuyasha, I know of most people in the village but I don't know hardly anyone outside of it…" She said picking up on his worried features.

"Do you know of anyone named Kagome?" He asked

Kaede pondered and said "I did once, but she died years ago. Her and her parents died in a bad accident."

"What happened?"

"I believe they went out on a boat ride and got attacked by a shark. None of them survived." She said looking at the floor. "Kagome was only about three I believe."

"But you don't know of anyone else by that name?" He asked. She shook her head looking down. "Alright, well thanks anyway. Do you need anything from the market while I'm here?"

She shook her head again "No, I'm fine, go enjoy your weekend."

Inuyasha left and started heading back home.

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Kagome got back to the house and saw him sitting on the porch waiting for her. She was too late. He lifted his hand and moved his finger for her to come toward him. He walked inside and she followed. He grabbed her by the hair and threw her onto the kitchen floor "WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU?" He screamed, she covered her face and shook. He looked around and picked up a knife. He grabbed her neck and pulled her on her feet "When I ask you a question, you ANSWER ME!" he yelled holding up the knife.

"I…I just went for a walk!" She choked out.

"You're a liar." He said coldly. "Where did you go?" He said placing the blade on her cheek.

"I swear, I just went for a walk, I just wanted some air" She said shaking in fear

His eyes narrowed and he pushed the blade on her skin and slowly tore a scar on her face. "Never leave again." He punched her in the stomach and she crashed over and onto his arm. He carried her up stairs and threw her carelessly in her room. He locked the door and hammered a deadbolt on the hallway side of the door. She looked at her window and saw he put stainless steel bars on it. She touched her cheek and looked at her fingers, she was bleeding bad, there was nothing she could do but hold it. She laid on the torn mattress she called her bed and curled up in a ball and cried herself silently to sleep.