Kagome's Diary

Shippo

After Sesshou left the
house, Kagome's mother went up to the room. She slowly walked up the stairs to
find that the door was ajar and that she was sitting in the windowsill looking
out into nothing.

She knocked on
Kagome's door.

"Come in,"
the girl replied.

Kagome's mom stepped
through the door.

"I want to know
if you want to come downstairs and have dinner with us?"

"Sure."
Kagome smiled at the startled look on her mother's face.

"It's been a
while since I ate with you all."

"Yes. Come
on." Mrs. Higurashi went to put an arm around her daughter's shoulders and
remember the rings that were there and put her arm down.

"They don't hurt
as much anymore mom. It's all right to touch me."

Her mother shook head
no but kept a small smile on her face.

"Come on, Souta
would love to see his old sister back and maybe you will talk to us about what
Mr. Maru was talking to you about?"

"Maybe,"
Kagome answered thoughtfully.

They approached the
kitchen area, sitting there was Souta and a friend and Grandpa. Kagome looked
at her mother, smiled, and took her place on the other side of the table next
to Souta's friend.

"Kewl."

"Huh,"
Kagome blinked at Souta's friend.

"Yea. Your
piercings on your shoulders. What made you put them there?"

Grandpa, Souta and
Kagome's mother look at her with pity. Kagome sighed, smiled at Souta's friend
and ignored her family.

"A friend
convinced me that they would look good with the rest that’s along my
body."

"Really? I mean. I
have wanting to meet you for the longest but Souta said you was away."

"I was,"
came the small reply, "but I'm back. So what's your name?"

"Hojou."

"Well Hojou if
you were a little older I would show you the rest but they are still healing
also so maybe at a later date, ne?"

"SURE!!!" He
replied excitedly.

Kagome sat there and
ate her dinner in silence while everyone else was talking. Her grandfather and
mother had scooted closer together to speak about her and Hojou was amazed by
her piercings that Souta had to smile and roll his eyes. Kagome shook her head
at the boy and smiled into her food.

~It has been a long time since I smiled. Maybe this is good for me.
Taking care of Shippo. If I could make a boy like Hojou smile maybe just maybe I
can do this with Shippo and be happy again, she thought~

Kagome sat her
chopsticks down and cleared her throat.

Everyone looked at her
expectantly.

"Sesshou...I mean
Mr. Maru gave me a job. I will be watching a child for him and he will be
paying me to do so."

"That's great. But
don’t you think that will be too much for you condition?"

Kagome looked at her
mother and slouched. Kagome sighed and stood up from the table.

"I knew that was
coming."

"But Kagome, your
mother is right. You had such a horrible month and... and.."

Her grandfather
trailed off, pleading with his eyes. Kagome shook her head.

"Don't you think
I know this!!?” Kagome yelled at them.

"I was there. I
know what happen. Look at me!!!"

She took of her shirt
revealing the scars that Inuyasha left behind. Not to mention the rings going
down her chest. Hojou eyes widen and he turned away.

"I don't want
your damn pity or sympathy. I want my family back. "

Kagome ran upstairs
crying and lay down on her bed. The doorbell rang and she quickly dried her
eyes. She looked out the window and there standing near the tree looking up was
a young boy no older than 10. His hair was flaming red and put in a high
ponytail on his head. However, what startled her were his eyes. They were an
Emerald green.

"Shippo,"
someone called. The boy looked down and walked away.

Kagome put on a button
down shirt and walked downstairs to meet them. When she rounded the corner, her
mother, grandfather, Souta and his friend, Sesshou and Shippo was staring at
her.

"What? DO I have
something on my face?" Kagome vigorously wiped her face earning a chuckle
from Shippo and Hojou.

"Kagome,"
Sesshou started, "This is Shippo. Shippo this is Kagome. I want you two to
take care of each other and Shippo, no pranks."

"Yes, sir."

"Kagome, here is
my number. You can reach me on it at anytime. If you have in troubles or
problems with anything or anyone. Call me and I will see what I can do."

"Yes sir."

Sesshou walked out the
front door and Kagome's mother shut it.

Kagome and Shippo
stood there looking at each other for a minute when he spoke first.

"So, what did he
do to you?"

There was a shocking
silence. Kagome grabbed his hand and led him upstairs away from everyone. When
in the room, she shut the door and locked it.

"Well?" Shippo
asked again.

Kagome proceeded to take
off her shirt. She stood there and watched for disgust and pity from him. However,
she saw none.

Shippo sat on her bed
and looked at his hands.

"You're lucky. My
sister does not look like hell warmed over. You got off real easy."

"What do you
mean?"

She sat next to him.

SHIPPO'S FLASHBACK

He walk up to the
asylum doors and walked in. The place was alive with moaning and screaming from
different people that was walking around and some of those people were just
mumbling.

He walked up to the
desk and gave his name. A security guard came out of the office and escorted
him to the attending physician’s office.

"Come in, come
in." the doctor waved him in. "SO you are Ayame's brother?"

"Yes?" (A/n:
no demons just keep this in mind)

"Well, it’s nice
to meet you." The good doctor shook his hand and asked Shippo to follow
him.

"Your sister
came to us not of her free will. Very violent you know. I believe it was you
step-mother her put her here?"

"Yes. Ayame was
my guardian."

"I know this. How
that came to be I care not. Oh, my name is Dr. Megumi. Any ways..."

The doctor kept on
talking but all Shippo could see were the vacant looks of some of the asylum
inhabitants. A few tried to grab him but he avoided them with ease. Others just
followed him with his eyes. Pleading.

"...here we
are."

Shippo
looked up and notice that they were standing in front of the only closed door
in the place...next to the front doors. The good doctor took out his card key and swiped it. There was a
hissing pop and the door opened. Shippo step through the door and was greeted
with a grotesques sight. The person, if you call them
that, was in a stray jacket. The nose was missing and the right eye was sewn
shut.

"Who is
that?"

"Well that my
boy is your sister." Dr. Megumi
walked over and started to take vitals.

"Hello Ayame,
its Dr. Megumi. That young person over there is your brother. You remember him
don't you?"

Ayame's head turned
towards the good doctor and she grunted.

"How come she
can't talk?" Shippo asked. Staying as close to the door as possible.

"Her tongue was
cut out and her teeth were removed. I do say she did a job on herself. I’m
surprise she's still living after this."

"But..class=GramE>but.. she could not have done this
to herself. Look at her. Why would she cut off her own nose?"

"Son," the
doctor stood up from his observations of Ayame and walked over to Shippo,
"People will do stuff like mutilate and maimed themselves if they are not
chemically balance."

"But...but she's
my sister. What about her boyfriend..that...that
Inuyasha guy?"

"Oh him? Met the
guy..Nice young man." The doctor shook his head. “He
help subdue her so we could sedate her. She was trying
to hurt herself with one of our scalpels. Couldn't allow that."

There was a grunt in
the corner and Ayame was trying to stand. She rolled herself to her knees and
stood up shakily. She walked towards the doctor and grunted moving her arms.

"I can't let you
out. It’s a rule."

Ayame grunted again
and pointedly looked at Shippo. The doctor looked at the little boy and shook
his head.

"Ayame, he's seen
enough."

Ayame shook here head
furiously causing her to wobble. She grunted again and shook here arms as best
as she could.

The doctor sighed,
“Very well. I don't see why you want to subject your baby brother to
this."

He motioned for a guard
to come in, release the jacket, and let her out.

Ayame slowly took her
arms out of the confinement and held them out. Shippo flinched and stepped
back.

Her arms were severely
lacerated. Every inch of skin on her arm bore some kind of burn or laceration.
In some places looked like plugs were taken out. Her hands were worse. She had nubs
instead of fingers. They were cut from the joints.

Ayame grunted and
turned around. She lifted her shirt and on her back were cattle brands or prod
marks. Numbers, pictures and even names were burned into her back. Shippo went
to touch her and she whirled around, grabbed him, and opened her mouth.

Shippo started
screaming and tried to push away. All he saw was a jagged stump in her mouth
and lacerated gums.

Ayame grunted at him
and held on. Shippo finally pushed away and waited outside until they had her
back in her jacket.

You could here her
struggling with the guard and doctor. Shippo covered his ears and ran out the
building crying.

END FLASHBACK

Shippo refused to look
at Kagome's face. Afraid to see what was in her haunted eyes. He felt arms go
around his shoulders. Kagome laid her chin on his head.

"Will she ever be
okay?"

"No. She will be
like that until she wants to die."

Kagome rubbed her chin
in his hair until he relaxed. This was how Kagome's mom found them.

"Shippo you will
be sleeping in Souta's room with him. IS that all right?"

Shippo looked at Kagome.
"It's up to you?" Shippo looked at Kagome's mom and shook his head.

"If it’s all
right with you both, I rather sleep in here."

Kagome nodded and her
mother closed her eyes and nodded too. She shut the door and leaned against it.

She could hear the whispers
in the room.

~Oh Kagome, what happen? Why won't you tell us
the truth? Why?~

Ms. Higurashi slid
down the door and sat on the floor. While hugging her knees, she cried softly
for her daughter.

A/N: Well this is not
the end. I still want to introduce Miroku and class=SpellE>Kouga into this story. If anyone was wondering this is
based off of someone that I use to know (past tense).
So Read and review and tell me what you think. Honesty
is the best policy. Thanks