InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Deep Wounds ❯ An Abusive Life ( Chapter 3 )

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"So, is this the norm for detention?" he asked in a hushed voice, putting his mouth right next to her ear. Kagome jumped at the sound of his voice and ran into him. He grabbed her arms to catch her, but lost his balance and fell over. His foot knocked against the cart of books and made a few fall off before crashing loudly to the floor.

"This is not a love-in, it's detention." said the librarian when she got over to them. InuYasha was on the floor and had one arm behind him to push him up while the other was resting on Kagome�s hip. His black wife beater was pulled up and his red boxers could be seen. Kagome was practically in InuYasha's lap, while her hands were on his knees and her hoodie was falling off of her shoulder.

Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.06.2005 | Pages: 5 | Words: 5.7K | Visits: 994 | Status: Completed

Kagome had been lying in her bathtub for nearly an hour. She had gone in after mutilating herself and was now staring with deep interest at the tinted water. It wasn't red, more of a dark pink. I wonder what people would think if they knew. Souta, he'd be as happy as sin because it'd give him something to taunt me with. As for Mom, it would be the perfect opportunity to ship me off to some asylum or a boarding school in Switzerland. Well, I say fuck them all. Fuck them all to Hell.

She picked her arms up from the water and gazed at them. Both were scarred over and had fresh and old cuts running up and down the forearm. Her hands were getting pruned and the water had slowly been losing its heat. Now it was barely lukewarm, letting her know that she had better get out and go to bed soon. She sighed to herself and pulled out the stopper with her feet by giving a good tug on the chain.

She stood up and squeezed the water from the ends her long hair, listening as it trickled into the water draining below. She grabbed a blue towel off the rack and dried herself before changing into a pair of green and blacked pinstriped pajama bottoms and a plain black spaghetti strap night shirt. After that she brushed out her hair and tied it into a braid, knowing that she would want to bother with it the next day.

She flipped off her light and flopped down onto her bed, curling up beneath the mass of blankets. She reached out and checked to make sure her alarm was on and rolled over, her eyes getting heavier by the minute until she fell into a heavy, dreamless slumber. However, as she slept, a plan against her was being set.

Souta had waited until his mother and his sister had gone to bed before he snuck into the older girl's room. He had found that some of his cars were missing and knew it had to be her. So, he wanted her to get in trouble again. He knew that if his mother got made enough at Kagome, then she would get just what she deserved. This is why he was now crawling across her bedroom floor and up to her nightstand.

The numbers on her alarm clock glowed bright in his face as he checked to make sure the girl in the bed was sleeping soundly. She had her back to him and was breathing deeply. He smirked and reached beneath the stand until his hand met the power cord to her clock. He pulled hard and the plug popped quietly out of the socket as the glow died instantly. She would wake up late and at least miss a class.

This would mean a call home and make their mother believe that she had been up to no good. He grinned wide at the thought of the lashing his witch of a sister would be receiving as he made his way out of her room. He slipped out the door as quiet as a mouse and shut her door before going into his own room and falling into a happy slumber. He never really liked his sister all that much.

---The Following Day---

Kagome was forced awake as a bright beam of light pounded against her eyes. She rolled over, trying to ignore the annoyance when the realization that her alarm had never gone off hit her hard. The girl jumped up from her bed and looked at her clock, knowing that she had made sure the alarm was set. The clock face was blank and she noticed that it was unplugged from the wall.

She growled with anger, knowing that she had to be quite late and made a mad dash around her room getting ready. She snagged her jeans from the day before and pulled them on, put on a bra underneath her nightshirt, and grabbed a black zip up hoodie. She threw on the hoodie, not bothering to zip it up, as she stampeded down the stairs. She got on her shoes and snatched her bag before running all the way to school.

The girl burst through the doors and looked at the clock on the wall, seeing that her second period had stared fifteen minutes before. She ran through the halls, avoiding the hall monitors all the way to the art wing. The teacher was pacing around the room as Kagome rambled through the doors. Nearly the entire class looked up at her.

“Ms. Higurashi. You're fifteen minutes late. I'm afraid I'll have to issue you an after-school detention.” the teacher said, going to his desk and writing her a detention slip. She took it, not wanting to explain herself to the teacher.

She went to her seat and threw her bag beneath the table and put her head on the table. She wrapped her arms around her head and let out a groan of frustration. InuYasha watched as she got out her work and half-heartedly made an effort to finish it. He put his own things up and walked over to her, being sure that she would appreciate a friend to talk to.

“Yo Kags, what's up?” he asked her. She looked over at him, sighed and turned away, going back to her work and pretending that she actually cared.

“I'm busy right now.” she told him when he wouldn't go away. He was about to say something to her, when a rude voice butted in.

“I'm sure Kagsy just had a rough night.” Kikyo said with a laugh. “I guess whoring takes a lot out of you. Or was your intention to come to school late and looking like a strangled cat?”

“Hey, why don't you and your skanky little friends back the fuck off?” InuYasha spat at them. Kikyo simple scowled at him, but backed away.

“Come on girls, it looks like the local slut is doing business.” she said to her prissy pals. The nodded and walked away to the back of the room, leaving the other two in peace for the time being.

“Thanks.” said Kagome, now having set down her things. She gave him one of her usual half-hearted smiles as he placed a hand on her shoulder.

“That's what friends are for.” he told her, grinning wide.

“I guess. I just wish that bitch would back off. I never did anything to her, but she still thinks she has a right to terrorize me every fucking day.” Kagome spat bitterly.

“She's just a bitch, like you said.” InuYasha agreed. “However, I doubt that's the reason why you're all shook up.”

“It's just that…ugh.” she said, trying to get her thoughts straight. “My stupid little brother got all pissed off yesterday because I stepped on one of his toys. So, he goes and unplugs my clock. I just got up and ran all the way from my house to school. I missed my first class, and on top of that all, I have to deal with detention. My mom is going to throw a fury fit.”

“I'm sure she'll understand.” he told her in comfort. He still wanted to bring up the subject of the carving knife, but this wasn't the best of times to do that.

“That woman never listens to a single thing I say.” Kagome told him, balling her hand into a fist. “She never believes anything I tell her and things that my brother is a little saint and that I'm always being harsh on him when he starts shit.”

“I see. What about…” he began to say, but the bell rang for lunch and Kagome had bolted on him before he had the chance to finish. He got his stuff and went after her, worried that she might do something she shouldn't.

Meanwhile, Kagome had to get away from that horrid Kikyo. She knew that InuYasha would be following her, so instead of going to her secret place, she was making her way to the lunch room to meet up with Sango and Miroku. At least this would give her friend the chance the meet the new guy, like she had been pestering poor Kagome to let her do since lunch the day before.

However, she never made it as far as the lunch room. As she fought the crowd in the halls, she didn't see the boy with short black hair standing by his locker. He smirked and turned to his friends, whispering to them. When she was close enough he stepped out in front of her, while his friends stopped her from escaping.

“Well, if it isn't the little freak.” he said, giving her a little shove.

“Go away Naraku, nobody wants to smell your nasty breath.” she hissed at him, trying to get away from the group of muscular boys.

“Shut up ya skank.” he told her, shoving her a little harder this time. “I heard that you were threatening my girl with a knife yesterday. I don't think that was a very wise decision on your part.”

“Just leave me the fuck alone.” she yelled, now pushing against the boys. InuYasha had finally caught up with her and saw the predicament that she was in. He walked over to the group as fast as he could and dropped his bag to the floor before shoving the tough jock back.

“Back off punk, this ain't your fight.” one of Naraku's friends said to him, shoving him back a little.

“Ya? Well it's my fight when you mess with one of my friends.” he said. InuYasha balled his fist and swung his arm back, getting ready to punch the arrogant jerk square in the chin when someone grabbed a hold of his arm.

“I think that is quite enough, Mr. Taisho is it?” said one of the gym teachers. “Since this is your first offense, I'm just going to give you an after-school detention, but if it happens again, things will have to get more serious. Are we clear on this?”

“Yeah.” he said, grabbing the slip from the teacher and stuffing it in his pocket.

“Same for you boys.” the teacher said to the jocks who had been bullying Kagome. “I don't want you starting anything.”

With that the teacher walked away and the boys disappeared out into the courtyard. Kagome adjusted her jacket and threw her messy braid over her shoulder. InuYasha grabbed his bag and walked up to her, walking with her into the lunch room.

“Thanks again.” she said to him as they wedged their way to the table where Sango and Miroku were at.

“And again, that's what friends are for.” he told her as they sat down at the lunch table where Miroku was busy inhaling a cheeseburger and some very soggy looking fries. Sango looked up and grinned when she saw the person with Kagome.

“So this is the new guy?” she asked, getting up and walking over to him, inspecting him like he was a hunk of meat. “You were right Kags, he is cute.”

“Thanks.” he told her with a chuckle as Kagome turned a dark shade of red and gave her friend a shove. The group hung out for the rest of the lunch time and then it was off to the rest of their classes. When the finally bell rang, Kagome felt her heart sink. Not only would her mother be getting a call about her missing her first period, which she suspected was her brothers plan, but she also had to stay for an hour of detention.

She was going to use her time that day to clean up the house like her mother had demanded, but now knew that wasn't going to happen. Now she was making her way up to the library where detention was usually held. She walked in the doors and set her bag under the first table and flopped in a chair as she waited to be told what to do. InuYasha walked in moments later, sitting beside her.

“Well, looks like my detention-ees are here.” spoke an elderly lady who Kagome recognized as the librarian. She was wheeling out a large cart with stacks of books on it and stopped in front of the two. “Take these books and put them in their proper sections. Talking is permitted, but do it quietly, please.”

With that, the woman walked off to take care of other matters. Kagome stood and stretched before grabbing a book off the cart and looking at it. From there she drug the cart across the room to a tall bookshelf and placed it between two books. InuYasha watched a moment and got up to follow.

“So, is this the norm for detention?” he asked in a hushed voice, putting his mouth right next to her ear. Kagome jumped at the sound of his voice and ran into him. He grabbed her arms to catch her, but lost his balance and fell over. His foot knocked against the cart of books and made a few fall off before crashing loudly to the floor.

“This is not a love-in, it's detention.” said the librarian when she got over to them. InuYasha was on the floor and had one arm behind him to push him up while the other was resting on Kagome's hip. His black wife beater was pulled up and his red boxers could be seen. Kagome was practically in InuYasha's lap, while her hands were on his knees and her hoodie was falling off of her shoulder.

“Sorry.” said InuYasha both to the librarian and to the startled girl in his lap. The old woman walked away as he got up and helped Kagome. She adjusted her hoodie and picked up the books they had knocked down.

“That wasn't funny.” she said to him.

“Hey, I said I was sorry.” he told her, snatching the books from her hands and putting them away. They didn't speak much for the rest of the hour long detention, as whenever they did; the librarian would scowl and hush them.

---After Detention---

“So, you never did say why you were late for school this morning.” InuYasha mentioned as the two were walking home. Kagome looked up at him, then back towards the ground.

“My ass of a little brother thought it would be funny to unplug my alarm on me.” she said unpleasantly. “I hate him so much sometimes.”

“I can understand that.” he told her. “My brother was the same way.”

“You have a brother?” she asked. He simply nodded and they walked quietly for a while.

“So...” InuYasha said, breaking the silence. “Tell me about yourself.”

“Well, I'm seventeen. I live with my step-mother and half brother. My dad died when I was eight. That was a year after he married my step-mom.” Kagome told him. “After he died, she legally adopted me, but has never really treated my like her own child.”

“That sucks.” InuYasha told her.

“What about you?” she asked him with mild interest.

“What do you want to know?” he replied.

“Anything.” she told him.

“Well, I'm eighteen. I live in an apartment on Main Street and I'm raising my nephew.” he told her. “My parents died in a car accident when I was young and was raised by my brother for a while. Honestly though, my brother was an ass and I ran away from home. The only time I ever went back was to get my nephew from him.”

“Jeez, my brother must be a saint compared to yours then.” Kagome said. “Especially if you had to take his own kid away from him.”

“I guess.” InuYasha said. He took a deep breath and prepared himself to ask her a very difficult question. “Kagome?”

“Hm?” she asked.

“How long have you been cutting yourself?” he replied. When she heard his question, Kagome stopped where she was.

“How…how did you know?” she asked him nervously, moving her hands behind her back and tugged on the sleeves to her hoodie.

“I have my ways.” he told her, moving over to her and taking her hand. He let the sleeve fall down her arm to reveal a bunch of scars running up and down it. Kagome had turned her head away and let her arm go limp.

“I'm sorry.” she said in a quiet, choked voice. InuYasha let her had go and watched as the sleeve feel to cover her battered arm. He moved closer and gave her a gentle hug as she laid her head on his shoulder.

“No need to apologize, and don't be ashamed either.” he said in a comforting tone. “I'm your friend and I'll be here. I just want to know why and how I can help. I care about you.”

“I can't tell you why right now, but the fact that you're my friend helps tons.” she told him, pulling away. They began walking again, but didn't say anything for the rest of the time. Finally, after Kagome gave him her address, they split ways and she walked the rest of the way on her own. It was a new sort of comfort for her to know that someone cared. It made her not need to hurt herself.

She finally made it home and cut across the grass. Smiling to herself, she found that, for once, she was actually excited about going to school. She skipped up the steps and unlocked the door. The house was empty, which was a surprise to her, as she thought her mother would have been home by then. She let out an odd sigh of relief and dropped her bag by the door. She still had time to get things done.

However, she was wrong. Only moments later her mother pulled into the driveway. Kagome's mind screamed at her to get moving, but she found herself becoming quite afraid. Her mother and brother walked into the house, both carrying a single grocery bag.

“Kagome!” her mother exclaimed when she saw her. “Where the hell have you been, you lazy brat? I come home, the house is empty, and nothing whatsoever has been done. I told you that I expected you to clean up this sty of a house by today, and I can't believe that you're so dumb that you couldn't even do that. And what's all this about missing a class today?”

“It's not my fault. Souta unplugged my alarm on me and I got an after-school detention.” Kagome explained as both her mother and brother shoved the bags into her arms.

“She's lying again Momma.” Souta said in a snide manner. Mrs. Higurashi turned to him and rubbed his face with her hand.

“Of course she is sweetie.” the woman said to him before he ran off to his room to play. “As for you, I wish you would quit telling me lies all of the time. Always blaming your brother for things. And it's practically the same excuse every time. I put Souta to bed myself last night and he was sound asleep in minutes. Now, go get the rest of the groceries out of the car, after that I will be scolding you for your lies.”

Kagome said nothing to the woman, and went outside. She stood on the porch a moment, looking first at the van which had the back end open and then down the street. Her instincts told her to run away, anywhere at all, but her mind screamed at her to stay, for if she ran her mother would get her and punish her badly. The girl took a moment and finally decided to stay and pray for an easy scolding.

Kagome carried in all the bags and put away the groceries. After that she went to the living room where her mother waiting for her. The girl approached the couch and cleared her throat. Her mother looked up at her and stood, smoothing out her top and walking over to the girl. In an instant the woman had a hold of Kagome by her braid and had her down on her knees.

“You have misbehaved far too much recently. I'm sorry to have to do this, but it's the only way you learn.” her mother told her before smacking her hard across the face. Kagome whimpered and tried to shield herself from the woman. This only made her more upset and she threw the girl into the wall.

Mrs. Higurashi walked into the kitchen as Kagome collected herself and came back with a roll of duct tape. She grabbed Kagome by her arm and pulled her up, binding her arms behind her back. After that she put the teen into the corner of the room and began to slap her hard, digging her nails into her arm whenever she slunk to the ground, and all in all beat her within an inch of her life. Kagome had passed out by the time it was over and was thrown into the closet beneath the stairs like she was nothing more than garbage.