A Light in the Dark by Chaos_Queen77

The Abused

Chapter one: The Abused



The door to the hospital room burst open as Sango walked into the room. Everyone standing around the bed looked up. As soon as she saw who it was, she recognized the battered and bruised body of her best friend.


"Oh my God, Kagome," she gasped as she ran to the bed and pushed someone out of her way. As she looked down at her friend, tears began to form in her deep brown eyes. "Someone tell me where Inuyasha is," she demanded.


Sango's long time boyfriend was the one to answer, knowing that not answering would mean a lot of pain for someone.

"Sango, we called Inuyasha. We've been calling since Souta called and told all of us this morning. We can't find him."


Kouga stood by her bed; everyone knew that he had a long time thing for Kagome up until he met Ayame.

"He's probably been banging that other Miko, the skanky one." He tapped his chin and thought, "Kikyo I think her name is." He wrinkled his nose at the thought of her scent. "How dog turd can stand the scent is beyond me."


"So help me god if anyone smells her on him I want to be told. I will lay into him like there is no tomorrow," Sango said in a deadly calm tone. Miroku moved back away from her.


As if his ears were ringing, Inuyasha walked into the room. His clothes disheveled and his head looking like a rat's nest. "Is she ok? What happened?" Was the only thing he got out of his mouth before Kouga nodded at Sango and she jacked him up against a wall.


"Where were you?!" She shouted into his face. He stuttered; every one knew that Inuyasha would die at Sango's hands if he really pissed her off.


Ayame and Kouga both wrinkled their noses. "We would have known what happened Inuyasha, had you stayed with her. But because of your ignorance she was unprotected, had you have been with her... THIS," she emphasized with her hands waving it towards Kagome, "Would never have happened!" She shouted right into his face.


Sango took deep breaths and slowly let Inuyasha down. His ears were flattened to his head and when his feet touched the floor he slid away from Sango. "I had other things to do," Inuyasha muttered.


"Getting your dick wet does not count as important Inuyasha." She paused to take another deep breath. "You know how her step-father is, especially after she has been out on a date with you. He hates the Tashio family. If he used to beat her before you started dating, he beats her twice as much now." Inuyasha went to open his mouth but Sango cut him off. "Don't even give me that shit about Kikyo needing you. She is not abused like Kagome, no, she is just a whore. I can't believe that you would leave Kagome to go to the skank. Inuyasha how could you be so stupid?!" She yelled at him. He looked like he was going to answer when once more Sango cut him off. "It was a rhetorical question, Inuyasha."


Just as he was about to respond once more, a knock was heard on the door.

A tall, dark haired demon with hair pulled back into a braid, and blood red eyes, dressed in navy blue slacks, a white button up, tie with a blue stripes and shinny polished dress shoes, stood at the door. He carried a manila folder, a notebook, pen and tape recorder.

"I'm sorry if this is a bad time but, I would like to question everyone about Kagome's home life before she awakens and then I can question her personally. I want to get it out of the way soon so that we can get her help faster." He stepped into the room and started shaking hands. "Hi I'm Hiten, Hiten Kai. I will be the detective on this case."


He shook hands with Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, Kouga and Ayame. "I couldn't help but overhear... do you mind if I record this?" Everyone said that he could. "Did you say that Kagome's step-father often beats her? Do you think he did this?" he asked to the room.


Sango went to reply, but Kouga beat her to it. "I have known Kagome for a couple of years now and I know that her step-father beats her, he is the reason she has bruises all the time. That bastard has beaten her almost daily since her mother and he married," he growled out and everyone could hear his hate for the "step-father." Ayame placed a hand on his arm to calm him.


"And how long ago did they get married?" Hiten questioned.


"Almost ten years ago. Kagome took it to protect her mother and younger brother, Souta. It seemed that it intensified when Kanna, the youngest was born; Naraku's daughter with Kagome's mother, and then again when she started dating Inuyasha. It is widely known to all of Kagome's friends that he hates the Tashio family, any and all of them. Why he hates them, we don't really know. So when Kagome started dating Inuyasha, who is in fact a Tashio, her beatings were so bad that they left her in bed for days and still limping when she was well enough to get out of be," Ayame told the detective. She watched as he made notes on everything she said, even though he had the recorder.

It was no secret that she was jealous of Kagome for the longest time, but that was before she and Kagome had become friends. She was after Kouga and he only had eyes for Kagome.

One day, Kagome noticed that Ayame gave her dirty looks and looked at Kouga adoringly, so she introduced them and they hit it off. Ayame owed her relationship with Kouga to Kagome. When Ayame and she became friends and she started to notice things, Kouga pulled her aside and explained a lot and that was how she now understood Kagome.


Hiten took notes on the answers of his questions, he paid special attention to the fact that she never spoke up for fear that her brother and mother would be harmed. To keep them safe, she stayed quiet.

'Brave girl,' He thought. "Um... How old is Kagome?"


Everyone looked at one another then finally all eyes fell on Inuyasha, "She turned twenty yesterday. I took her out to celebrate, I guess when she got home he was waiting for her and he must have been so angry to..." He paused and looked at the bruised face of his girlfriend, "To do this much damage." He nodded his head at her.


"Her mother knows nothing of the abuse, does she?" Hiten asked.


"No, Souta was the one that found her. She was passed out in a puddle of her own blood in her room. He called me and I brought her in because she never wanted to let anyone know that he abused her because of her family," Miroku said calmly.


"How about her brother..." Hiten looked down at his notes, "Souta, does he know about it?"


"We think that he suspects, but keeps quiet because he knows his sister will get it worse if he said something," Kouga said.


"Hmm..." Hiten rubbed his chin, "How is it that the brother suspects, but the mother is... clueless?"


"We believe that with Kagome, Naraku is covering things up," a new voice provided from behind the group. Everyone turned to see a bright red headed guy. He stepped forward.

"Sorry to butt in, but Kagome is like a sister to me. I'm Shippo Koishi." He shook hands with Hiten. "I have been at Kagome's side since we were little. She told had told me of the first time he hit her right after it happened. She was trying to make everyone breakfast and she dropped an egg. She had bruises for week and a limp to go with it." Shippo had been there from the beginning, and he never stepped in for fear that when he left Kagome would windup dead. And from the looks of it he would have been right.

"How long have you and Kagome been friends?" Hiten asked Shippo.


Shippo chuckled a bit. "Since second grade when she saved me from Inuyasha. He was trying to steal my lunch because he was fat and ate all of his already and wanted mine as well." He chuckled and looked down at Kagome, "Being the kind hearted person she is... she subjugated him with one word. He never messed with her or me again."


Hiten nodded. If anyone knew Kagome, it would be Shippo. Hiten cleared his throat, "Well, I am going to call the best lawyer I know, an old roommate of mine from college. Inuyasha, you should know him, Sesshoumaru Tashio."


The room fell silent, of course everyone knew of Sesshoumaru Tashio. "Huh-uh! That bastard will not come near Kagome, she's mine, and I will have our father do it," Inuyasha contested.


"I don't think that you have a say in it Hanyou, as you failed to protect her, so you forfeit your rights to say what goes as far as she is concerned. Besides... why? Are you afraid that your brother is more of a man and will steal her away from you? The heir to the Western lands. Kagome would be foolish to not like him; power, looks and amazing skills in the sack, from what I hear. I could see why she would leave you for him," Sango ground out, and then turned to Hiten. "I would really appreciate anything you could do for Kagome; she is like a younger sister to me. "


"Look it doesn't matter. He is the best and Kagome will need the best. So, if Hiten wants to call in a favor, I think that we should let him," Miroku voiced to the growling Inu-hanyou. "She's going to need him, even with all our testimonies."


Hiten nodded and took out a card with his name and number on it. "I'm gonna leave my card, and when she wakes up I want someone to call. I wish to question her as soon as possible, and I will put forth all the protection I have to keep her safe." With that, Hiten nodded to everyone, handed Sango the card, and walked out.


Outside the room, he pulled out his cell phone and called his friend. It rang for a few seconds until a familiar voice answered.

"Sesshoumaru?" He paused until he got the conformation. "Yeah, I need a favor. I have this new case and this girl... well, her step-father beat her, and I want you to represent her." He paused. "No, when I arrived she was asleep and I didn't get a chance to talk to her yet. It would seem that all of her friends knew and didn't butt in for fear that he would hurt her worse, or kill her, and from the looks of the girl... I think that they were right." He stopped and listened again. "Yes, she is going to wake up. Let's meet for lunch. I will bring the file and the tape recorder with me." He listened once more. "No, I will come to the office and bring food. Besides, I have to talk to your father about Inuyasha." He paused. "Yeah I just met him." Once more he paused. "Yeah I will see you soon." With that he boarded the elevator and left the building.