InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Smokes and Mirrors ❯ Running ( Chapter 10 )

Smokes and Mirrors

 

Chapter 10: Running

 

She couldn't believe the nerve of that guy! During the break period, Kagome had gone straight to her private bathroom as usual. She was desperately trying to shake off Inuyasha's glares when the other nutcracker showed up.

 

Kouga, as he introduced himself, had followed her all the way into the girls' third floor bathroom. Now she was a prisoner of a lavatory stall with nothing but a toilet to keep her company and barely enough space to move. To top it all off, the freak was on the other side of the closed door begging her to come out.

 

“Come on!” Kouga whined. “I just want to get to know you.”

 

“I'm not interested.” She yelled back. “Leave me the hell alone!”

 

That's how it always was; some guy would find her interesting (considering her reputation) and he wouldn't leave her alone till she beat the crap out of him. Furthermore, that fight usually lead to another that would lead to another and another, and so on and so forth. She'd ask herself why many times over, but she never got an answer to that question.

 

“Aw! Don't be such a girly-girl!”

 

Kagome was seriously thinking of knocking the idiot out cold. “In case you forgot one miner, itty-bitty, little detail,” she started in a sweet, elegant voice, “I AM A GIRL!!” she ended in all out rage, her voice loud enough to hurt her own ears.

 

Not pulsed by her attitude, Kouga went on. “Maybe so, but you're much tougher than you look, my Kagome.”

 

“I'm not your Kagome!” She gritted through her teeth.

 

“Not yet, but you will be mine!” was the sleazy remark.

 

Silence dominated the entire bathroom. The only noise heard was Kagome's frantic breathing.

Those words…

 

“Kagome?”

 

Those four words…

 

You will be mine!

 

“Hey Kagome!” Kouga was now hitting the stall door, trying to get the girl's attention or a slight response at the very least. He was just playing around. Nothing serious.

 

But it was more than that to her.

 

Kagome was shivering now, her paranoia rising with every hard knock. Those words triggered a memory long forgotten, one she did not wish to be reminded of…

 

O.o.O

 

Her father told her to run, so she did. Little nine year old Kagome went to the only place she knew she was safe; she went to her once sanctuary: her bedroom. The frightened child locked herself in, crying for all she was worth.

 

Her mother was asleep on the floor in the living room, something red slowly dripping on the carpet. Why wouldn't she wake up with all the noise? Even her five year old brother woke-up and was now crying.

 

Suddenly her father stopped yelling. The house went eerily quiet save for Sota bawling his eyes out from his room next to hers. She wanted to go to him. Calm him down, make him stop… but she was scared. She was only a little girl. What could she possibly do?

 

Kagome's attention went to her door. Someone was trying to open it. When the intruder realized he couldn't get in so easily, he started hitting on her door while twisting the door knob. It wouldn't budge, but that didn't stop him from his assault on the door. He kept hitting and swearing, trying to break down the entry.

 

Terrified beyond understanding, Kagome crawled under her bed hoping the man doesn't find her. She yelled back at him, telling him to go away, to leave her alone. He wouldn't have it though. He just kept shouting and pounding on the door.

 

“Open the fucking door!”

 

“NO! GO AWAY!!”

 

That went on for what seemed like an eternity, but she'd rather that then having to face the monster. Sometimes her bedroom would shake from the shear force of the intruder trying to get in, trying to get to her.

 

“You're mine now you little bitch! So do as I say and open this fucking door!”

 

“NO!” She was so scared and powerless to do anything. All she could think of was crying and staying hidden from sight. “NO! LEAVE ME ALONE!”

 

She wondered why her father wouldn't come save her. Where was he? What happened? In a desperate voice she called out to the person who promised to keep her safe.

 

“PAPA!!”

 

Sinister laughter was all that answered her back. Just as soon as it came, it was gone again. He was now yelling at someone else to shut the fucking baby up.

 

`Sota!' Kagome's heart constricted knowing her brother was in danger. “NO!” She shrieked. “LEAVE HIM ALONE!!”

 

The laughter was back. “All you have to worry about is me Princess.” Once again the hard banging came, this time followed by the sound of wood snapping.

 

“No! No! NO!!” She never stopped crying, frantic for help. But it wasn't coming and that sinister voice was back.

 

“You will be mine!”

 

With those final words, the doorway cracked under pressure.

 

o.O.o

 

“NO!”

 

Kagome's voice resonated throughout the entire bathroom. A startled Kouga took a couple of steps back, not expecting such an outburst.

 

The girl's eyes were locked on the feet of her attacker, not really paying attention to her surrounding. All she knew was that she had to get away. Her breathing was labored and if she didn't fix that soon, she'd pass out! Seeing the other step away from her stall, she took that opportunity to make a run for it. She opened the stall door with such force it almost fell off its hinges.

 

When Kouga saw the girl come out of hiding he reached out for her, but panicked brown eyes caught his shocked blue ones. He was shoved back into the sinks and stayed put as the teen ran past him.

 

Kagome was so afraid to be weak that she gave it her all when she shoved her attacker back. In her daze, she didn't notice who she pushed back or where she was. Neither did she remember to pick up her bag. All she knew was to run. She didn't care where to, just as long as she ran far, far away.

 

`Why?' Kagome kept asking herself. `Why me? What does he want from me?' That same figure from her vision had been haunting her, showing up in her dreams, laughing at her with that same disgusting voice. However, never once was she able to put a face on him. It would always be a blur of beige and black. And because of that, she just kept running.

 

She was tired of it, of constantly trying to escape him, but without a face… the man who ruined her life would always have one up on her. That's why she couldn't stop running.

 

Running away from the memory, away from the pain… Away from him.

 

Her escape came to a sudden halt with a dull thud. Due to her frantic need to get away, she never noticed the person ahead of her. Steal-heavy arms surrounded her, preventing a nasty and most embarrassing fall. Those arms steadied her, bringing her up into a light embrace. That snapped her out of her daze.

 

“Kagome?” A rough voice called to her in concern.

 

Looking up, the young woman locked eyes with her would-be savior. At first the other's face didn't register in her mind.

 

Worried eyes never left her face as the boy's eyebrows furrowed in concern. “Hey! You okay?”

 

Recognition slowly dawned on her. Her face lit-up as a smile spread across her visage. She jumped up, curling her arms around his neck. His arms went around her back, returning the hug.

 

Kagome couldn't be any happier.

 

 

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A.N.

 

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