Disclaimer - I don't own Inuyasha
A/N: This fic was written out of ANGER! It may come out to be something great or it may not. Hope it comes out okay... Whatever. Anyway I'll give you a little summary.
Summary: Kagome Higurashi's home life sucks and her parents hate one another. She has no friends and plans on keeping it that way. Friends just end up hurting you or you end up hurting them. She's a loner and she likes it that way... Or so she thought. Can Kagome let friends and love into her life? Or will she just push it away like she has so many times before?
Kagome lay in her bed, staring at the ceiling. Her hair was up in a ponytail, like always and she rolled her eyes at the noise coming from the next room. She'd become numb to the sound of her bickering parents. She was starting to drift off to sleep when she heard a knock on her door. She sat up in slight alarm with a raised brow then relaxed once she saw her brother.
"Hey kiddo, what's up?" She asked him quietly as the 4 year old walked over to her bed.
"Nothing really." They heard their mother yelp in pain and turned their heads at the noise. Kagome looked at her brother and sighed.
"Come here." She opened her arms and he put his head on her chest. "Souta, the night is young." She said with mock seriousness. "Why don't we go down to the ice cream shop and get ourselves a treat?" She asked him and he nodded his head. "Go get dressed." Kagome walked over to her shoes and put them on. She kept her white t-shirt and jeans on and fixed her hair in the bathroom. After that she brushed her teeth and was ready to go.
"Kagome?" She heard her brother calling her from outside her door.
"Hey," She said with a smile. She ruffled his hair and took his hand. "Let's go." She glanced at their parent's bedroom door and walked over to it. "Mom? Dad?" No response. "Souta and I are-" The door suddenly opened and there stood her mother.
"We are leaving." She said in a raspy voice. There was a bruise on her left eye and Kagome gasped. "Get your things." She said.
"Mom-" Kagome began with confusion.
"No, don't question me!" She said with tears streaming down her face. "I told you to get your things. Now go!"
"Come on Souta, I'll help you." Kagome said, picking him up and bringing him to his room.
"Kaggy, what's wrong with mommy?" Souta asked his sister.
"Nothing, we're just going for a drive." She told him. "Come on, I think we're staying over nana's!" She said in an excited tone.
"Ooh, yay!" Souta clapped his hands together and giggled softly. Kagome got out her old backpack from Souta's closet and put his things in it. She packed all the necessities and Souta put in some things that he wanted to take with him.
"Okay, now go to mom and give her your bag. I'll be right out." She kissed his cheek and watched him trot his way over to their mom who was sitting on the couch.
"Wait," Kagome said aloud. "Mom, where's dad?"
"In his room." She answered. Kagome walked in to find her father on the floor. She gasped.
"What the hell? Dad!" She yelled into his face. "Shit, dad?" She checked his pulse and relaxed when she found it. "Mom, why the fuck is dad passed out on the ground?" She asked angrily.
"We were fighting." Her mother said with another drink of the beer she had in her hand. "And I won." She grinned at Souta who clapped his hands together, not understanding what was going on.
"Mom, you're drunk." Kagome said as she came out of the room.
"And your point is?" Sherry, her mother, asked with a raised brow.
"Come here Souta." She opened her arms for the small boy. He ran over to her and hugged her. "Mom, where are we going?" She asked.
"I don't know." She shrugged. "We're do you think we should go?" She asked her daughter.
"I think we should go to nanas." She suggested. "She lives close by and you are definitely not capable of driving right now so I will."
"Whatever baby, just as long as we're away from that bastard." She said with another swig of beer.
"Okay, I'm gonna go get my stuff-"
"Wait, you're not ready yet?" Her mother asked with a harsh laugh. "I told you to get ready fucking five minutes ago!" She said as she grabbed Kagome's chin.
"Mom," She said in a muffled voice. "That hurts, let me go."
"Go get your shit." She pushed her away with force. Kagome touched her chin and scowled at the pain that numbed on. She was ready in five minutes.
"Mom," She sighed. "Where are the keys?"
"How should I know?" She asked. "You little bitch, probably lost em again, huh?" She asked with a burp. Kagome went through a huge pile of bills on their kitchen table and finally found the keys.
"Got em, let's go." Kagome said, her bag on her shoulder. "Come on Souta." She reached a hand down for him to grab. That was when she realized her mom hadn't moved. "Mom, what the hell, let's go!" She said in a yell and her mother woke from her daze and lazily walked over to them. She leaned on her daughter's shoulder.
"I love you baby girl. You know that right?" Kagome made a face at how awful her mother smelled.
"Mom, you smell." Kagome said bluntly and Sherry laughed.
"I know," She kissed her cheek. "Let's go." Soon they were all in the car and driving to Kagome's grandmothers.
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"Ah look it's my favorite daughter, granddaughter, and grandson. Now," She sighed with a look at Kagome who returned the gesture sadly. "The question is: Where's my favorite son-in-law?"
"Hey ma!" Sherry said, kissing her happily on the cheek. "Watch the kids for me, kay?" She asked. Hikari looked at her daughter with a raised brow.
"And where are you going?" She asked.
"To bed." She told her which was a complete and total lie. She was going to party all night with strangers. "Niiight!" She cupped Souta's face in her hands. "I love you sweetie, baby, angel boy!" She kissed him on the cheek, hard enough that is was painful. She didn't mean to hurt him, she just did.
"I love you too mommy." He said quietly with a small yawn.
"Kagome," She said, as serious as she could, "Be good for your nana and watch your brother like a fucking hawk." She cupped her face with her hands as she had done with Souta. "I love you, kiddo." She smiled.
"I love you too, mom." She said with a sigh. Sherry kissed her daughter goodbye and went to leave then turned around. "Keys." She said simply and Kagome almost didn't give them to her but she did.
"Be careful Sherry, dear!" Hikari said as her daughter drove away. "You going to school tomorrow?" Hikari asked Kagome quietly.
"Why wouldn't I?" Kagome asked sarcastically. "This isn't the first time this has happened." Hikari chuckled sadly.
"Come on," She took Souta's hand and they all walked into her house. Kagome's grandmother's house was very large, old, and beautiful. It always gave Kagome the sense of what a home should be like. "I baked some cookies earlier!" She said as they all settled into her cozy living room. Her couch was huge and soft. Kagome would be sleeping there that night. Kagome rubbed her temples as Souta laughed happily.
"Cookies, cookies, coooookies!" Souta screamed the chant in a sing-song voice. Kagome smiled at her brother's happiness.
"No, sleep, sleep, sleeeep!" Kagome said lightly and Souta's face fell. "Aw, come on kid; give your sister a break. It's time to go to bed. Cookies will just make you hyper!" She began to tickle him until he agreed that it was time to go to bed.
"Come with your nana, I'll show you where you'll be sleeping." Hikari said and Souta smiled at her with a nod and took her hand. Hikari smiled and when she went to let go of his hand, he held on even tighter than before.
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When Hikari returned she found Kagome lying on the couch with her eyes shut.
"Hm, that boy sure is a hand holder." Hikari chuckled and Kagome grinned tiredly.
"It's cause I always hold his hand." She said, her eyes still shut. She opened one eye and looked at her nana. "He asleep?" She asked her.
"Not yet but I told him a quick bedtime story that'll help him go to sleep." She said to her. "Want anything? Coffee, tea, hot cocoa?" She asked with a small smile. Her granddaughter was growing up so fast.
"Nah, I gotta go to sleep because I have to get up early for school." Kagome said with a yawn and a stretch.
"You're a good kid, Kagome." Hikari said to her and Kagome smiled up at her.
"Thanks Nana Hikari." She said.
"See ya in the morning." Hikari said as she went into her kitchen to get herself a drink.
"Yep, night nana." Kagome said as she snuggled into the couches softness. Right when she was about to drift off to dreamland, Kagome jumped up from the couch, her eyes wide. "Ahh shit!" She said with a whine.
"What!?" Hikari asked as she ran into the room.
"I have a test tomorrow and I'm so freaking screwed." Kagome said.
"Didn't study?" Hikari asked.
"Yep," Kagome said with anger.
"Night sweetie." Hikari said in a sorry-can't-help-you-this-time tone.
"Yeah, night." Kagome said with an upset sigh.
'Oh well, maybe I'll get lucky and ace it just from remembering the material.' Kagome thought, though she highly doubted it.
A/N: So, that was the end of the first chapter. Hope ya like it. (As you can tell, I'm now in a better mood... lol) Kay, please review! Thanks.