InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Well La De Frickin' Da ❯ New and Old Experiences ( Chapter 6 )
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By: Dreamer6164 
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 09.02.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.1K | Visits: 948 | Status: Work In Progress
I do not own InuYasha
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 09.02.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.1K | Visits: 948 | Status: Work In Progress
Chapter Six
Kagome found herself growing self-conscience as she walked down the one of the mall’s hallways. She didn’t want to feel this way, but InuYasha was walking so casually with his hands in his pockets that she couldn’t help but feel out of place. Not to mention he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
“I’m sorry to hear about your mother.” he said making her jump a little.
Kagome looked at him confused. “What?”
He paused before he said, “You told Sango your mother died in a car accident. I’m sorry to hear that. I know what it’s like to loose a family member due to an accident. My mother and father were died in a plane crash.” He looked over at Kagome and smiled. “It’s weird because Miroku’s still the only one who has both his parents.”
Kagome looked away from him. She didn’t know why, but she felt like she could trust InuYasha and before she knew it she was telling him about the night her mother died, along with her brother, but leaving out the part where she screwed up. She didn’t want him telling her a piece of filth too.
InuYasha gazed at her sadly. “What a terrible thing to see. To watch you mother and brother die. Your father must be very grateful to still have you.” he replied.
Kagome whipped some of her tears off her face. “Yeah.” she lied as she gazed over the many shops they passed. She suddenly felt someone take her by the hand and she gasped when she saw InuYasha looking at her with concern. She stopped as she tried to figure out what had gotten into him when he said, “You know you can always tell me anything. I know we haven’t known each other that long, but I want you to know that I’m here for you.”
Kagome blushed more than she ever had before. “Thanks InuYasha.”
“You sure you’re alright?”
Kagome smiled as she brushed the rest of her tears away with her free hand. “Yep. Besides it happened a long time ago.” she replied.
They stood there staring at each other until someone cleared their throat to get there attention. InuYasha looked up to find Miroku and Sango standing in front of them smiling.
InuYasha’s cheeks heated up a little as he pulled his hand away from Kagome’s. “Where’ve you guys been? We’ve been looking for you.”
Miroku’s grin stayed on his face when he said, “Are you sure? Because as far as I can see, you two are too busy looking at each other rather than looking for us.”
The comment make both InuYasha and Kagome blush more. “Come on Miroku, I’m sure it’s not like that. They probably were looking for us . . . before they found each other more interesting.” Sango replied as she giggled at InuYasha’s expression.
“You’ve been with the lecher for too long.” was all InuYasha could say.
Sango smiled as she walked over to them, but her smile slowly turned into a frown when she didn’t hear the annoying voice of InuYasha’s girlfriend. “Hey InuYasha, where’s Kikyo?”
“I broke up with her.” he stated and Sango looked at him with disbelief. “What? I didn’t like the way she wanted to rip you guys out of my life.”
Miroku walked over to join them and then placed a hand on InuYasha’s shoulder. “Well, I have to say that you get over old girlfriends particularly fast.” he said as he glanced over at Kagome. “But I must say that your taste is right on the dot.”
InuYasha shrugged Miroku‘s hand off his shoulder as he crossed her arms over his chest. “You’re out of your mind. Kagome and I are just friends.” he replied.
“Ah for now my friend, but sooner or later . . .” Miroku trailed hoping InuYasha would get his drift, but all he did was roll his eyes.
Kagome and Sango watched the scene before them a for a minute before Sango said, “Well, I think we should give them some privacy huh? How about we go shopping before the movie?”
Kagome nodded as Sango pulled her into one of the closest stores. “Sango, are you sure you’re okay to be shopping?” Kagome asked as Sango started going through racks of clothing.
“Are you kidding? Shopping is what I do to recover from depression. It calms me!” Sango exclaimed as she pulled out a red tank top. “Hmmm, reds not really my color, but I think it would look gorgeous on you, Kagome!”
Kagome stared at her questionably. “I don’t think--”
“Nonsense!” Sango said as she shoved the tank top into her arms. “Now go try it on!” and with that Sango pushed her into a dressing room and shut the door.
Kagome stared down at the tank top in her arms. She couldn’t wear this. She had too many bruises to walk around sleeveless, but what could she do? It wasn’t as if she could just walk out and tell Sango she wouldn’t try it on, right? That would not only make her look rude, but mean as well. Plus, Sango was already depressed as it was . . . but Kagome couldn’t go out there with her arms black and blue.
Then a thought struck her. What if she snuck out and grabbed a long sleeved shirt? That way Sango wouldn’t think she was being selfish and no one would find out about her bruises. Kagome smiled to herself for coming up with such a perfect plan.
The only difficult part was sneaking out.
Kagome knelt down and looked through the gap between the door and the floor. She noticed Sango’s tennis shoes near the other side of the shop. Kagome stood up and slowly opened the door. Silently praying Sango wouldn’t turn around and catch her.
When the cost was clear she quietly tiptoed over to a table loaded down with long sleeved shirts. She grabbed a white one and then rushed back into the stall. She sighed in relief as she looked down at the shirt she had grabbed. It wasn’t as loose fitting like she normally wore, but it would have to do.
She slipped off her shirt she noticed that the bruise on her stomach was starting to go away. She couldn’t remember the last time her stomach didn’t have a bruise on it. Now that the bruise was healing, her stomach looked weird.
As she was putting on the long sleeved shirt, Sango knocked on the door. “Hey Kagome, everything going okay in there? Did I get the right size?” she asked.
“Um, yeah. It’s the right size. I’ll, uh, be out in a minute.” Kagome replied as she put the red tank top over the other shirt. She looked at herself in the mirror with shock. She had never worn anything that showed off her body before. Her father would call her a slut for wearing anything that.
When Kagome was done gawking at herself, she nervously opened the door. She heard Sango gasp as she gazed at her. “That looks great on you! You should wear stuff like this more often! You would have all the guys lining up for you . . . but wear did that white shirt come from?” she asked as she noticed Kagome’s undershirt.
Kagome looked down at her shirt and then back at Sango, silently panicking. “Oh, uh, this? I, uh, found it in there and I . . . thought it would look better than . . . just the tank top.” Kagome replied.
Sango seemed to consider this. “Well, I guess it does look a little better.” she finally said causing Kagome to sigh inwardly. “You have to get it.”
Kagome’s eyes widened. “But I don’t have any money!” Kagome said as Sango smiled.
“Oh don’t worry about it. I’ll pay for it, but first we have to find you a pair of jeans to go with it.” Sango said as she walked over to the jeans pile and moments later came back with a pair. “I think these will fit you.”
Kagome excepted the jeans from Sango then went back into the dressing room. She slide off her sweatpants and then looked at the jeans. They look a lot less roomy, but she didn’t want Sango to suspect anything so she attempted to put them on.
The jeans clung to her legs causing her to remember all the bruises on them. She had them half way on when they put pressure on an fairly new cut. She wince in pain and had to bite down on her lip to keep from crying out. When the pain faded, she pulled the jeans the rest of the way up then buttoning them up. At first they felt like they were suffocating her legs, but all the girls wear them so she supposed they took some getting use to.
Kagome stepped out of the stall to find Sango grinning. “Okay I am so buying this outfit for you and you’re going to wear it when we go to the movies.” she said joyfully.
“No really you don’t have to buy me this.” Kagome tried to say, but Sango brushed her off.
“Come on, the check out line isn’t that long.” Sango said, “Go get your old clothes, but keep those on. You can wear them out of the store if you pay for them.”
Kagome rushed back into the stall and picked up her clothes then went back over to Sango to find that she was just finishing up paying for her new outfit. “Well let’s go. The guys are probably ready to go the movies.”
Kagome nodded as she followed Sango out of the shop when she suddenly stopped. “Oh, I almost forgot!” she said as she went over to Kagome and started tearing off price tags off Kagome’s shirt and stripping off stickers on her jeans. “There you go. Don’t want you walking around here looking like a thief or something.”
Kagome smiled. “Thanks.” and then she noticed the boys standing not too far away from them and was it her imagination or were they staring at her?
Sango smiled as she pulled Kagome toward them. “Hey guys. You ready to go or what?”
Miroku continued to stare at Kagome with his mouth wide open. “Do my eyes deceive me or is that Kagome, who’s always in sweats?” he asked astonished.
Sango just rolled her eyes at him. “Of course it’s Kagome.” she replied as Miroku snapped out of his gaze. Sango noticed InuYasha still hadn’t said anything and was still staring at Kagome intently. “Hello? Anyone home?”
InuYasha realized he was still staring and looked away with a slight blush on his face. “Feh, let’s go already.” he said as he started walking toward the mall’s exit.
Sango looked over at Kagome, who was slightly embarrassed for wearing such tight clothing out in public, started to giggled at InuYasha’s reaction. She was a woman with a calling now. She knew it wouldn’t be easy, but she was determined to make Mission: InuYasha/Kagome a foolproof one.
“Well, we better be heading that way if we want to get good seats.” Sango said as she dragged Kagome and Miroku toward the exit.
~ * ~
The movies wasn’t that crowded for a Saturday night, so the gang decided to watch Lady in the Water. It was alright, but the ending was kind of a let down. It was in silence and during that silence Miroku and InuYasha couldn’t stop laughing causing Sango to shake her head in embarrassment.
By the time it was the moving was over it was half after nine. Sango let out a yawn as she stretched her arms over her head. “Well, I think we should be heading home then.” she said as she grabbed Miroku’s arms and laid her head on his shoulder. “Even though I don’t want to.”
“You’ll be fine.” Miroku said comfortingly. “Why don’t you try to become friends with Itsuka? I’m sure if you gave her a chance, you’d hit it off right away.”
Sango shrugged her shoulders. “It’s too late to be thinking about becoming friends with her right now. I just want to go home and go to sleep. Today’s been a long day.”
“Alright. I’ll take you home.” he said as he looked over at Kagome. “You coming?”
Sango immediately snapped her head up. “Why don’t InuYasha take her home?” Sango suggest. “Not that I don’t want her to come with us . . .”
Miroku was about to say something when InuYasha spoke up. “That’s fine with me. You probably want to get home anyway and she can tell me the directions to her house.” he said. “If that’s alright with you Kagome?”
Kagome looked over at InuYasha. “Um, sure. That’s alright.”
“Great. Well, I guess we’ll see you both on Monday.” Sango said as she pulled Miroku our of the movie theater.
InuYasha watched them go out of sight before turning back to Kagome. “You ready to go?”
Kagome nodded then followed him to his car. She then stopped dead in her tracks when she saw it. It was a red convertible with a sliver lining. It was the most beautiful car she had ever seen.
InuYasha opened up the passenger side door and said, “Well, get in.”
Kagome hesitantly walked over and then sat down on the leather seat. InuYasha then shut the door and a moment later got in on his side. He started the engine up and then started off down the road.
Kagome go him going in the direction to her house, but told him to pull into the neighborhood playground’s parking lot. “Why are we stopping here?” he asked as he cut the engine off.
“Um, I’m going to walk the rest of the way home.” she answered expecting him to let it go.
InuYasha gave her a weird look. “But it’s late out. You could get mugged or something.” he stated.
“Don’t worry. I’ll be fine. My house isn’t that far from here.” she said as she opened the door and got out then closing it after her.
To her surprise, InuYasha got out as well. “I don’t feel right letting you walk home alone. At night. I won’t take the chance of you getting mugged.” he said.
Kagome didn’t know what to think, but he looked so determined that she nodded in agreement. They began walking in silence before InuYasha started to come up with small talk. “So, what did you think of the movie?”
Kagome shrugged her shoulders. “It was okay.” she replied and before she could stop herself she blurted out, “That was the first time in years that I’ve been to the movies.”
InuYasha looked at her in disbelieve. “Are you serious? Years? Hell we go every Saturday!” he exclaimed. “Why haven’t you been in so long?”
Kagome hurriedly come up with an excuse. “Um, my dad doesn’t make enough money to just go out and do stuff for fun.” she lied.
InuYasha slid his hand down his face. “Wow! I don’t know how you do it.” he said causing Kagome to smile.
When they arrived at her house, Kagome waved goodbye to InuYasha as he made his way back to his car. Kagome pretended to be going inside and when he was out of view she dashed into the bushes. She had to change back into her normal clothes. She could only imagine what her father would do to her if she showed up in clothes like that.
When she was finished changing, she shoved her new outfit into her purse, with difficulty. Then she made her way inside the house.
She tried to make it to her room to put her purse up, but was stopped by Naraku. “Where have you been! You’re late!” he yelled as he grabbed her by the arms and threw her into the living room. He had told her to be home over ten and it was fifteen after, but Kagome knew better than to bring it up.
“I’m sorry Dad! It won’t happen again!” she pleaded.
“You’re damn right it won’t happen again!” he said as he grabbed her and pulled her toward her bedroom. The shoved her in and locked the door. “You’re staying in here until I feel like you’ve been punished long enough! And that mean no meals too!” he yelled through the door and then stomped away.
Kagome threw herself onto her bed and started crying. He had locked her in her room before. She had spent a week in solitude. Without food. She had to stick her head out the window just to get the water she so desperately needed. She could only hope that he wouldn’t keep her lock up for that long this time.
Kagome found herself growing self-conscience as she walked down the one of the mall’s hallways. She didn’t want to feel this way, but InuYasha was walking so casually with his hands in his pockets that she couldn’t help but feel out of place. Not to mention he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
“I’m sorry to hear about your mother.” he said making her jump a little.
Kagome looked at him confused. “What?”
He paused before he said, “You told Sango your mother died in a car accident. I’m sorry to hear that. I know what it’s like to loose a family member due to an accident. My mother and father were died in a plane crash.” He looked over at Kagome and smiled. “It’s weird because Miroku’s still the only one who has both his parents.”
Kagome looked away from him. She didn’t know why, but she felt like she could trust InuYasha and before she knew it she was telling him about the night her mother died, along with her brother, but leaving out the part where she screwed up. She didn’t want him telling her a piece of filth too.
InuYasha gazed at her sadly. “What a terrible thing to see. To watch you mother and brother die. Your father must be very grateful to still have you.” he replied.
Kagome whipped some of her tears off her face. “Yeah.” she lied as she gazed over the many shops they passed. She suddenly felt someone take her by the hand and she gasped when she saw InuYasha looking at her with concern. She stopped as she tried to figure out what had gotten into him when he said, “You know you can always tell me anything. I know we haven’t known each other that long, but I want you to know that I’m here for you.”
Kagome blushed more than she ever had before. “Thanks InuYasha.”
“You sure you’re alright?”
Kagome smiled as she brushed the rest of her tears away with her free hand. “Yep. Besides it happened a long time ago.” she replied.
They stood there staring at each other until someone cleared their throat to get there attention. InuYasha looked up to find Miroku and Sango standing in front of them smiling.
InuYasha’s cheeks heated up a little as he pulled his hand away from Kagome’s. “Where’ve you guys been? We’ve been looking for you.”
Miroku’s grin stayed on his face when he said, “Are you sure? Because as far as I can see, you two are too busy looking at each other rather than looking for us.”
The comment make both InuYasha and Kagome blush more. “Come on Miroku, I’m sure it’s not like that. They probably were looking for us . . . before they found each other more interesting.” Sango replied as she giggled at InuYasha’s expression.
“You’ve been with the lecher for too long.” was all InuYasha could say.
Sango smiled as she walked over to them, but her smile slowly turned into a frown when she didn’t hear the annoying voice of InuYasha’s girlfriend. “Hey InuYasha, where’s Kikyo?”
“I broke up with her.” he stated and Sango looked at him with disbelief. “What? I didn’t like the way she wanted to rip you guys out of my life.”
Miroku walked over to join them and then placed a hand on InuYasha’s shoulder. “Well, I have to say that you get over old girlfriends particularly fast.” he said as he glanced over at Kagome. “But I must say that your taste is right on the dot.”
InuYasha shrugged Miroku‘s hand off his shoulder as he crossed her arms over his chest. “You’re out of your mind. Kagome and I are just friends.” he replied.
“Ah for now my friend, but sooner or later . . .” Miroku trailed hoping InuYasha would get his drift, but all he did was roll his eyes.
Kagome and Sango watched the scene before them a for a minute before Sango said, “Well, I think we should give them some privacy huh? How about we go shopping before the movie?”
Kagome nodded as Sango pulled her into one of the closest stores. “Sango, are you sure you’re okay to be shopping?” Kagome asked as Sango started going through racks of clothing.
“Are you kidding? Shopping is what I do to recover from depression. It calms me!” Sango exclaimed as she pulled out a red tank top. “Hmmm, reds not really my color, but I think it would look gorgeous on you, Kagome!”
Kagome stared at her questionably. “I don’t think--”
“Nonsense!” Sango said as she shoved the tank top into her arms. “Now go try it on!” and with that Sango pushed her into a dressing room and shut the door.
Kagome stared down at the tank top in her arms. She couldn’t wear this. She had too many bruises to walk around sleeveless, but what could she do? It wasn’t as if she could just walk out and tell Sango she wouldn’t try it on, right? That would not only make her look rude, but mean as well. Plus, Sango was already depressed as it was . . . but Kagome couldn’t go out there with her arms black and blue.
Then a thought struck her. What if she snuck out and grabbed a long sleeved shirt? That way Sango wouldn’t think she was being selfish and no one would find out about her bruises. Kagome smiled to herself for coming up with such a perfect plan.
The only difficult part was sneaking out.
Kagome knelt down and looked through the gap between the door and the floor. She noticed Sango’s tennis shoes near the other side of the shop. Kagome stood up and slowly opened the door. Silently praying Sango wouldn’t turn around and catch her.
When the cost was clear she quietly tiptoed over to a table loaded down with long sleeved shirts. She grabbed a white one and then rushed back into the stall. She sighed in relief as she looked down at the shirt she had grabbed. It wasn’t as loose fitting like she normally wore, but it would have to do.
She slipped off her shirt she noticed that the bruise on her stomach was starting to go away. She couldn’t remember the last time her stomach didn’t have a bruise on it. Now that the bruise was healing, her stomach looked weird.
As she was putting on the long sleeved shirt, Sango knocked on the door. “Hey Kagome, everything going okay in there? Did I get the right size?” she asked.
“Um, yeah. It’s the right size. I’ll, uh, be out in a minute.” Kagome replied as she put the red tank top over the other shirt. She looked at herself in the mirror with shock. She had never worn anything that showed off her body before. Her father would call her a slut for wearing anything that.
When Kagome was done gawking at herself, she nervously opened the door. She heard Sango gasp as she gazed at her. “That looks great on you! You should wear stuff like this more often! You would have all the guys lining up for you . . . but wear did that white shirt come from?” she asked as she noticed Kagome’s undershirt.
Kagome looked down at her shirt and then back at Sango, silently panicking. “Oh, uh, this? I, uh, found it in there and I . . . thought it would look better than . . . just the tank top.” Kagome replied.
Sango seemed to consider this. “Well, I guess it does look a little better.” she finally said causing Kagome to sigh inwardly. “You have to get it.”
Kagome’s eyes widened. “But I don’t have any money!” Kagome said as Sango smiled.
“Oh don’t worry about it. I’ll pay for it, but first we have to find you a pair of jeans to go with it.” Sango said as she walked over to the jeans pile and moments later came back with a pair. “I think these will fit you.”
Kagome excepted the jeans from Sango then went back into the dressing room. She slide off her sweatpants and then looked at the jeans. They look a lot less roomy, but she didn’t want Sango to suspect anything so she attempted to put them on.
The jeans clung to her legs causing her to remember all the bruises on them. She had them half way on when they put pressure on an fairly new cut. She wince in pain and had to bite down on her lip to keep from crying out. When the pain faded, she pulled the jeans the rest of the way up then buttoning them up. At first they felt like they were suffocating her legs, but all the girls wear them so she supposed they took some getting use to.
Kagome stepped out of the stall to find Sango grinning. “Okay I am so buying this outfit for you and you’re going to wear it when we go to the movies.” she said joyfully.
“No really you don’t have to buy me this.” Kagome tried to say, but Sango brushed her off.
“Come on, the check out line isn’t that long.” Sango said, “Go get your old clothes, but keep those on. You can wear them out of the store if you pay for them.”
Kagome rushed back into the stall and picked up her clothes then went back over to Sango to find that she was just finishing up paying for her new outfit. “Well let’s go. The guys are probably ready to go the movies.”
Kagome nodded as she followed Sango out of the shop when she suddenly stopped. “Oh, I almost forgot!” she said as she went over to Kagome and started tearing off price tags off Kagome’s shirt and stripping off stickers on her jeans. “There you go. Don’t want you walking around here looking like a thief or something.”
Kagome smiled. “Thanks.” and then she noticed the boys standing not too far away from them and was it her imagination or were they staring at her?
Sango smiled as she pulled Kagome toward them. “Hey guys. You ready to go or what?”
Miroku continued to stare at Kagome with his mouth wide open. “Do my eyes deceive me or is that Kagome, who’s always in sweats?” he asked astonished.
Sango just rolled her eyes at him. “Of course it’s Kagome.” she replied as Miroku snapped out of his gaze. Sango noticed InuYasha still hadn’t said anything and was still staring at Kagome intently. “Hello? Anyone home?”
InuYasha realized he was still staring and looked away with a slight blush on his face. “Feh, let’s go already.” he said as he started walking toward the mall’s exit.
Sango looked over at Kagome, who was slightly embarrassed for wearing such tight clothing out in public, started to giggled at InuYasha’s reaction. She was a woman with a calling now. She knew it wouldn’t be easy, but she was determined to make Mission: InuYasha/Kagome a foolproof one.
“Well, we better be heading that way if we want to get good seats.” Sango said as she dragged Kagome and Miroku toward the exit.
~ * ~
The movies wasn’t that crowded for a Saturday night, so the gang decided to watch Lady in the Water. It was alright, but the ending was kind of a let down. It was in silence and during that silence Miroku and InuYasha couldn’t stop laughing causing Sango to shake her head in embarrassment.
By the time it was the moving was over it was half after nine. Sango let out a yawn as she stretched her arms over her head. “Well, I think we should be heading home then.” she said as she grabbed Miroku’s arms and laid her head on his shoulder. “Even though I don’t want to.”
“You’ll be fine.” Miroku said comfortingly. “Why don’t you try to become friends with Itsuka? I’m sure if you gave her a chance, you’d hit it off right away.”
Sango shrugged her shoulders. “It’s too late to be thinking about becoming friends with her right now. I just want to go home and go to sleep. Today’s been a long day.”
“Alright. I’ll take you home.” he said as he looked over at Kagome. “You coming?”
Sango immediately snapped her head up. “Why don’t InuYasha take her home?” Sango suggest. “Not that I don’t want her to come with us . . .”
Miroku was about to say something when InuYasha spoke up. “That’s fine with me. You probably want to get home anyway and she can tell me the directions to her house.” he said. “If that’s alright with you Kagome?”
Kagome looked over at InuYasha. “Um, sure. That’s alright.”
“Great. Well, I guess we’ll see you both on Monday.” Sango said as she pulled Miroku our of the movie theater.
InuYasha watched them go out of sight before turning back to Kagome. “You ready to go?”
Kagome nodded then followed him to his car. She then stopped dead in her tracks when she saw it. It was a red convertible with a sliver lining. It was the most beautiful car she had ever seen.
InuYasha opened up the passenger side door and said, “Well, get in.”
Kagome hesitantly walked over and then sat down on the leather seat. InuYasha then shut the door and a moment later got in on his side. He started the engine up and then started off down the road.
Kagome go him going in the direction to her house, but told him to pull into the neighborhood playground’s parking lot. “Why are we stopping here?” he asked as he cut the engine off.
“Um, I’m going to walk the rest of the way home.” she answered expecting him to let it go.
InuYasha gave her a weird look. “But it’s late out. You could get mugged or something.” he stated.
“Don’t worry. I’ll be fine. My house isn’t that far from here.” she said as she opened the door and got out then closing it after her.
To her surprise, InuYasha got out as well. “I don’t feel right letting you walk home alone. At night. I won’t take the chance of you getting mugged.” he said.
Kagome didn’t know what to think, but he looked so determined that she nodded in agreement. They began walking in silence before InuYasha started to come up with small talk. “So, what did you think of the movie?”
Kagome shrugged her shoulders. “It was okay.” she replied and before she could stop herself she blurted out, “That was the first time in years that I’ve been to the movies.”
InuYasha looked at her in disbelieve. “Are you serious? Years? Hell we go every Saturday!” he exclaimed. “Why haven’t you been in so long?”
Kagome hurriedly come up with an excuse. “Um, my dad doesn’t make enough money to just go out and do stuff for fun.” she lied.
InuYasha slid his hand down his face. “Wow! I don’t know how you do it.” he said causing Kagome to smile.
When they arrived at her house, Kagome waved goodbye to InuYasha as he made his way back to his car. Kagome pretended to be going inside and when he was out of view she dashed into the bushes. She had to change back into her normal clothes. She could only imagine what her father would do to her if she showed up in clothes like that.
When she was finished changing, she shoved her new outfit into her purse, with difficulty. Then she made her way inside the house.
She tried to make it to her room to put her purse up, but was stopped by Naraku. “Where have you been! You’re late!” he yelled as he grabbed her by the arms and threw her into the living room. He had told her to be home over ten and it was fifteen after, but Kagome knew better than to bring it up.
“I’m sorry Dad! It won’t happen again!” she pleaded.
“You’re damn right it won’t happen again!” he said as he grabbed her and pulled her toward her bedroom. The shoved her in and locked the door. “You’re staying in here until I feel like you’ve been punished long enough! And that mean no meals too!” he yelled through the door and then stomped away.
Kagome threw herself onto her bed and started crying. He had locked her in her room before. She had spent a week in solitude. Without food. She had to stick her head out the window just to get the water she so desperately needed. She could only hope that he wouldn’t keep her lock up for that long this time.