InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Beautiful Rain ❯ Easier To Run ( Chapter 12 )

Beautiful Rain

Author's note- Gomen ne, minna-san! I've had color guard tryouts... @_@ And I have been sick, too. So, here's the next chapter, minus my wittle excuses for not having the chapter done on time. Oh, and watashi no baka! Jackson's last name's supposed to be Burton, not Burdon. Damn typos.

Disclaimer- I'm fifteen, American, and can only speak English and a little Spanish. If that describes Rumiko Takahashi, then gimme Inuyasha! ^o^ Oh, and this chapter is a song-fic, "Easier to Run" by Linkin Park.

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Chapter 12

Easier To Run

It's easier to run

Replacing this pain with something numb

It's so much easier to go

Than face all this pain here all alone

I ran as fast as I could, still hearing Uncle Naraku's cries. It scared me. I ran all the way towards Jackson's house. The cuts all over my back and arms were burning, and tears were falling down my face. As soon as I reached the familiar mahogany door, I started to knock hard. Suddenly, I saw his butler, Jeffrey, open the door. His eyes widened.

"Lady Kagome?" He asked, before I blacked out.

Something has been taken

From deep inside of me

A secret I've kept locked away

No one can ever see

Wounds so deep they never show

They never go away

Like moving pictures in my head

For years and years they've played

"Kagome...? Kagome...?" My name became a march inside my head. I opened my eyes to be greeted with a bright, white light. I squinted, and saw Jackson's graying brown hair, and his blue eyes. I smiled as well as I could (well, considering that my back is mauled, and I look like a wrestler after a match).

"Hiya, Jackson," I said.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Uncle Naraku... was gonna take me to see Souta in the hospital... but... he stopped and tried to..." I stopped, and started to cry. "He tried to... rape me... he kept calling me Rika..."

"Dear God. I thought he got over your mother," Jackson said. My eyes widened.

"Wha-?" I asked.

"You know that your mother was from the Cutler family, right?" I nodded. "Well, when word came around that the baby Rika was illegitimate, they had her somewhat 'stolen'. The entire thing was staged, and the Higurashis were paid nicely to take care of her," Jackson said.

"I know that part," I said.

"I know, I know, but when your mother was sixteen, your age, she and Yukito started going to this very prestigious school, mainly because their father worked there as a janitor. Once there, she gained the attentions of a certain Naraku Cutler. Naraku was the most popular boy at that school."

"He... was?" Somehow, hearing that Naraku was popular really creeped me out.

"Well, he gained an infatuation with your mother, and when they realized they were brother and sister shortly afterwards, Naraku started obsessing over her. I didn't realize he tried things like that to you, Kagome."

"He did... once... before." I said.

"When?"

"..."

"Please tell me, Kagome," Jackson said. I hugged him tightly, and spilled out the entire story.

If I could change I would

Take back the pain I would

Retrace every wrong move I made I would

If I could

Stand up and take the blame I would

If I could take all the shame to the grave I

Would

"We should get those wounds cleaned up," Jackson noted after I stopped crying. I nodded, and got up. He asked Jeffrey to get some pajamas for me to borrow, and told me to get into a bath. "I'll send up Alexandria to help you bandage up." Alexandria is another servant that works for Jackson. She's very nice.

"Thank you, Jackson," I said. He smiled.

"It's all right, Kagome. I think of myself as your grandfather, anyway," He said, hugging me one more time before I walked upstairs to get cleaned up.

Sure enough, as soon as I got dressed, Alexandria started to knock on the bathroom door. I let her in to rinse the wounds in alcohol (ouch!) and to bandage them. For each wound, she gave me a pitying look. How I wish she wouldn't.

She left, after kissing my forehead, and left me there to bandage up my own face. I hadn't really noticed how badly I had gotten hit by Ruri until I looked at myself in the mirror. Three messy cuts were near my eye, not so deep to start bleeding, but nasty enough. Then a bruise on one cheek. I looked... horrible, especially with my hair screwed up.

I quickly got done with the bandaging, and walked back downstairs to talk with Jackson more. When I got to the den, there was a police officer waiting.

"Excuse me, but we found a lone man outside, near this residence. We wanted to know if any of you knew him, by any chance," The officer said. We walked outside, and saw Uncle Naraku in the backseat of the police car. He leapt in the car when he saw me.

"He... assaulted me earlier," I murmured.

"Are you sure?" The officer asked. I looked up, and nodded. "We would like you to go to the station for questioning. By the looks of it, come in the morning. What's your name?"

"Kagome Higurashi."

"All right, Miss Higurashi, we'll see you in the morning," The officer walked into his car, and as the car sped away, I watched Uncle Naraku yell out, "RIKA!" I started to shiver, I was so scared.

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Sometimes I remember

The darkness of my past

Bringing back these memories

I wish I didn't have

Sometimes I think of letting go

And never looking back

And never moving forward so

There would never be a past

Just washing it aside

All of the helplessness inside

Pretending I don't feel misplaced

Is so much simpler than change

The next morning, at breakfast, Jackson started a new conversation.

"You know, you and your brother could stay here," He said.

"Really?!" I asked. I beamed.

"Yes, really. It's been awhile since children's laughter has been ringing in these halls, and it could use the touch of a true lady," He said, looking at a picture of his dead sister. (a/n- that sounded a bit like Enishi from Rurouni Kenshin... I just thought of that.)

"I think Souta would like that." Suddenly, I remembered. "Oh no! I don't know if Uncle Naraku was just lying about Souta!"

"Don't worry, I'll find out for you." Jackson said. He smiled, and I finished my breakfast. "Let's hurry up and get this over with."

It's easier to run

Replacing this pain with something numb

It's so much easier to go

Than face all this pain here all alone

It turns out that Souta was in Richmond. That was the only truth that came from Uncle Naraku's mouth. We sent him to the jail, and Aunt Ruri and Kagura and Kanna, embarrassed that he was sent to jail for rape, moved back to where her family resided.

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A/n- NOT done yet! ^^ I still have to write the epilogue, and then I'll be complete! ^^ Hope you all enjoyed!

Review Replies

Mediaminer.org-

musechan- I've never had a story being called 'intense' before. It is sick that he did that while saying his sister's name... ew...

adam- D'oh! I totally forgot it! Watashi no baka! Well, let's just say she has it on this entire time, and she hasn't taken it off. (Well, looking back now, V.C. Andrews didn't say nothing about the bracelet, either.) Good question!

Applejacks- ^^ Lol. I wonder if Rumiko Takahashi will ever ever create a fake little manga that shows tons of Inuyasha fans beating the living hell out of Naraku... That would be great...

Nightshadow-Thank you!

Moon_Kitsune- Oh yeah, I got way more 'cuz I was sick... @_@

Fanfiction.net-

kango- Oh yeah, he really is!

Chelsbee- You'll see in the next chapter!

Angelwinghs- Thank you! ^_^

caley- You're welcome!

Cassandra- I re-read your review and cracked up! ^_____^ Naraku getting castrated... oh yeah that can happen in the near future *evil grin *

Naraku- * scared, little girl scout look * AAAHHHHHH!!

Inuyasha fans- GET HIM! *Beats Naraku upside the head with various items *