Chapter Thirteen: Kagome's Forgiving Heart
When the light receded, Kagome stood in front of Jorn protectively with her arms out... Even though he had indeed done a great evil to her... She could not find it in her heart to seek vengeance... Kagome stood dressed in a beautiful gown of peach silk, it was one of the arts departments costumes for the many school plays Yamanaka High had performed over the years... Yuka had gotten it from the costume closet to dress Kagome in since Jorn had destroyed her clothes... Now she stood in elegant splendor, bathed in pure white light as she stood face to face with Koga's true form... Still feeling the pain of her injuries she had just recently sustained, Kagome swayed a little on her feet as she stood her ground...
"Koga... I know your angry about what Jorn did to me..." Kagome said calmly, " And I know that you want to avenge me... But I can't let you kill him..."
"KAGOME!" INUYASHA GROWLED, " LOOK AT WHAT THAT BASTARD DID TO YOU! DO YOU REALLY EXPECT US TO ALLOW HIM TO LIVE?! YOU CAN BARELY WALK BECAUSE OF HIM!"
"I know... But I can't let you kill him..." Kagome said, addressing Koga as well, " Please... Revenge is never the answer..."
"KAGOME..." INUYASHA GROWLED, "ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO FORGIVE HIM AFTER EVERYTHING HE'S DONE TO YOU?!"
" I haven't forgiven him yet..." Kagome said sadly, " But I'm going to try... Please Koga... Don't..."
Koga growled and snarled at Jorn, who was cowering behind Kagome, then he let out a whine and bent his huge head down and gently nuzzled her...
"I know... It does hurt a lot..." Kagome gasped tiredly, " But flesh wounds heal with time..."
Kagome took one last shuddering breath before the pain became too much to bear and Kagome passed out as the darkness from the pain and horror she'd endured finally claimed her... Inuyasha started to run and catch her, but Koga was closer and faster... Using his long fluffy tail, Koga caught kagome and gently wrapped it around her, cushioning her as he lifted her to his back... Keeping his tail wrapped securely around her, Koga got up and started to leave when Kagome's friends ran to stop him...
" Please wait!" Yuka cried out, " She's been hurt really bad... If you move her, her wounds will get worse! There's a place here called a hospital... If you let us take her there, we can get her the help she needs..."
Koga nodded and barked... Meanwhile, at the elementary school Kagome's kid brother went to, the teachers and students were all staring at the TV in horror... Souta, recognizing inuyasha, got up and raced to the school office without a word... When he got there, he grabbed the phone on the principals desk without even bothering to ask and quickly dialed mom and grandpa... His mom picked up on the third ring, unaware of what had happened to Kagome...
"Hello?" Mrs. Higurashi said happily, " Higurashi residents, Hiyuke speaking?"
"Mom!" Soata exclaimed, "Kagome is hurt! Inuyasha and another demon are at the school! She's really in bad shape! I'll meet you there OK?!"
"Souta! What?!" Mrs. Higurashi cried, "Sweety, wait!"
"I'll see you there mom! Love you!" Souta exclaimed...
Hiyuke Higurashi tried to talk to Soata but he'd already hung up the phone... Feeling a cold fear grip her heart, she called her father and they quickly drove to the school, gasping in terror when they laid eyes on the gigantic beast... Souta ran to them when he saw them get out and threw his arms around his mother and grandfather...
"Mom!" Soata cried.
"Souta!" Hiyuke cried, "Sweety its going to be alright."
Hiyuke held her son close as they nerviously began to make they're way towards the schools interence... Koga looked at them and growled when they got closer, he didn't know they were Kagome's family and inuyasha had followed Kagome's friends into the school earlier so that he could keep an eye on her while Koga stood guard outside the school...
"Please..." Hiyuke Higurashi asked in a gentle voice, "Kagome is my daughter... I need to take her to a hospital... They can medicate her wounds and get her feeling better sooner, ok?"
Koga let out a loud bark and looked at Souta and Grandpa Higurashi...
"Thats my little boy Souta, he's Kagome's little brother, and the elderly man here is my father... Souta and Kagome's Grandfather..." Hiyuke Higurashi said smiling, " We just want to check on Kagome and get her wounds treated..."
Koga nodded and allowed Kagome's mother, brother and grandfather to go into the school... Kagome was still in the nurses office, waiting on the ambulance to get there... Hiyuke, Grandpa, and Souta quietly walked into the nurses office and gasped when they saw Kagome all bandaged up with large bluish black bruises all over her face and what looked like hand print shaped bruises around her neck... Hiyuke gasped and ran towards her daughter when Inuyasha growled and jumped in front of her...
"STAY AWAY FROM HER HUMAN!" Inuyasha snarled...
"Inuyasha..." Hiyuke cried, " It's me... Kagome's mother... "
"Mrs. Higurashi..." Inuyasha said calming a bit, "What are you doing here?! "
Hiyuke was a bit startled seeing inuyasha with red eyes instead of his usual kind topaz eyes... Something happened to cause Inuyasha's transformation, and she had a feeling it had to do with her daughter being so badly injured...
"Inuyasha... What exactly happened to my daughter... " Hiyuke asked worriedly...
"Jorn tried to rape her... " Yuka said angrily...
That was when Hiyuke realized that Kagome's friends were there as well... Normally a very sweet, kind hearted person by nature, she felt a terrible rage boil within her... Grabbing her cell phone and turning on her heel, Hiyuke Higurashi stormed out into the hallway and dialed Greg Garaysa's cell number... They were good friends in elementary school and, since Greg had started dating her best friend, Geana, they had become very close... When Greg's son Jorn had began dating Kagome, Hiyuke was thrilled, hoping the kids would hit it off well enough to combine they're families later on... But to think that boy would do something like this to her daughter?! A girl who's nothing but kind and good hearted by nature?! Hiyuke Higurashi was furious! Pacing back and forth, she waited for Greg to pick up the phone, which, he answered on the fourth ring...
"Hey Hiyuke, how are you doing?! " Greg said, unaware of why Hiyuke was calling.
"Not good and not happy... " Hiyuke said angrily.
Greg was instantly standing stiff as a board, he was still quite sore from the incident with the giant wolf demon, but he instantly realized that something was off about her...
"Hiyuke... What is it?" Greg asked worriedly.
"Tell me something Greg... " Hiyuke said trying to stay calm, "Did you hear about the young girl that was nearly raped today?!"
"Yeah... I had no idea my son was even capable of doing such a terrible thing... " Greg said in disgust, "I am truly sorry for the girl and her family... It must have been so terrible... "
There was suddenly silence on the other line for a while and as the minutes ticked by, Greg began to feel very uneasy... Finally, after feeling as if he'd go mad unless someone vegan talking again, Greg broke the silence...
"Hiyuke... Who was it that Jorn hurt?" Greg asked as the icy fingers of dread constricted his heart...
"Come to the school nurses office and see for yourself... " Hiyuke said bitterly...
Greg waited a few minutes to see if she would tell him... But the phone went dead... Hiyuke had already hung up the phone... Greg looked at Geana, who gave him a worried look... Without a word, both took Jorn firmly by the arm to ensure he wouldn't escape, and hurried to the nurses office where they were both in for the shock of they're lives... When they walked in, the first thing they saw was Kagome's bruised face and the dark angry bruise around her throat...
"Dear God... " Greg choked out, "Kagome?!"
