Name of Story: Misa

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Name of Chapter: Home

I take a step back, in shock. My father just called me a whore. He has called me a lot of nasty things in the past, but not as demeaning as whore. And a lie, at that.

"I should have known." He said, hotly, pointing a calloused finger at me and Sesshomaru. "You ran away to fornicate with demons. I bet you are even carrying his babe."

"No, Father!" I protest quickly. Maybe in the future,I silently add. "I ran away because you were forcing me to marry that childish fool Kyo."

"Kyo is a good man. He has promises of a great fortune." My father bit back, a deadly look in his eyes.

"Yeah, if he didn't waste his time playing childish games. And crying every time he fell!"

My father growled. Being a human, he didn't have that intimidating factor that Sesshomaru has. I stood my ground and stared at him, giving him my best challenging look. I felt no fear, standing up to him. He was just a human.

"I've had enough of this. We are going back to the village." He roughly grabs my wrist. "And talk to the priest. See if he'll cast out the devil inside you for being in the presence of the likes of him." He jerked his head towards Sesshomaru, whom had a angry look in his eyes.

"No!" I tug my wrist free and take a step back form him. "I am not going back to the village. Not now, not ever!"

"You insolent brat. How dare you disrespect me? You will obey me." Once again my father grasps my wrist and tightens his hold on me. No matter how much I tug, my wrist won't come free.

"Like Hell I will!" I scream, frantic. My breath caught in my throat and my heart raced. "Let go of me!"

"I've had enough of this!" My father raises his hand. My eyes widen.

"Release her." Sesshomaru says in a cold tone. His clawed hand is grasping my father's human hand that is raised. His golden eyes flash red.

My father stumbles back into a tree as Sesshomaru releases his hand.

"Leave. Now."

My father runs away, fear evident in his eyes.

I lean against a tree, feeling my stomach roll and my pulse race. I breathe through my nose. My wrist was bright red and pulsed.

"Are you alright?" I hear Sesshomaru ask me, his voice soft and caring.

"I feel like I'm going to be sick." I say then turn my head. The bile burned my throat from my stomach as I heaved several times on the uprooted roots of the tree I was leaning against.

When I was done, I fell into Sesshomaru's arms. He wrapped my blanket around my shoulders and held me tight. I felt safe being there in his strong muscular arms. I felt safer in his arms, then any where else.

It was then that I started to cry. I cried out of frustration and sadness. I let the hot tears flow, cascade down my cheeks and let them land on Sesshomaru. My knees shook and buckled. Sesshomaru rubbed small smoothing circles on my back while sitting on the ground.

"It's alright now."

"No, it's not," I sobbed. "My father hates me and he thinks I'm a whore."

"Then he's the lowest human I have ever laid eyes on." Sesshomaru says, laying his head on mine. "He made you cry and he'll pay for that. I will make sure of that."

I laughed slightly. I knew Sesshomaru wouldn't hesitate to hurt him if it wouldn't upset me.

"What is wrong?" I look at Kayo as she kneels next to us on the ground. Akio stands behind her.

"My father is a son of a bitch." I tell her.

"We all knew that." She replies, with a small smile on her face.

"I want to get out of here." I say, wiping away my tears with my sleeve. I notice I'm wearing one of my mother's old kimono. What happened to my other kimono? "Now. So I can forget about my family."

Kayo and Sesshomaru exchange brief looks.

"When you are well enough," Kayo says softly. "But right now, you need to get back to the hut and rest or you'll never leave."

I nod, unable to do anything else. I was too weak and too sick to fight.

"Your father told me about that demon you were embracing." My mother said to me two days later as she was trimming my hair. I grimaced.

This cannot be good, I thought. Nothing good comes from a sentence that begins with 'Your father.'

"Is it true?" She asks, pausing.

"It's true." I reply, knowing I couldn't lie to her. She trusts my father's words over mine. "But I have not fornicated with him nor am I carrying his child."

"Well, that is a relief." She sighs then looks at me. "How did you meet him?"

I close my eyes and breathe. "A few days after I ran away, I found him." I told her everything. Our first meeting. The Geisha house.

"That's where I found Kayo and I got this." I tell my mother, and then show her the wound on my right side. The gash was healing nice and not infected. I only had a slight pain when I put my weight on it. I tell her about my battle with Hisao, Takashi, Katashi.

"Oh my," my mother exclaims softly after I was done telling her about my battle and wounds. "I was wondering where you got that from." She swallowed. "And what of these burns? Did you get them from this Hisao?"

"No, I got them from a fire demon named Ryuu." I tell her about Ryuu, but not what happened between me and Sesshomaru afterwards.

A look of fear passes through her eyes.

"Don't worry, he's dead now!" I say quickly before she could think the worst.

"That is good to hear." My mother breathed in relief again as she set down the knife she used to cut my hair. I frowned at the amount of hair there was on the floor.

I grab the small looking glass and look at my reflection. Before, my hair was to the middle of my back, now it was just brushing my shoulders.

"It's so short." I say, twirling a lock of hair around my finger.

"It was so burned, Misa." My mother looked me in the eye. "What will you do now? Stay here and live the life of a human or continue your journey with a demon?"

I breathe in deeply.

"I'm going to continue my journey." I say, sure of myself.

"Then I'll need to meet this Sesshomaru."

To Be Continued…

Finally. Chapter done. Guess what, ghosts! Only ten chapters left! Then maybe a sequel. Hehe. So. Review. Anyway, I hope my ghost like this chapter because I was trying VERY hard. Anyway, I hope you love, Ghosts!

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Drama Kagome