InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ I Think I Love You ❯ Part I: Meeting ( Chapter 1 )

I Think I Love You   A/N: This is the first story in a trilogy. Just thought I’d let you know. I don’t own YYH or IY. That honor belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihiro Togashi.   They had known each other for God only knows how long. About…maybe four months? During that time, they fell in love…But one didn’t know what love was. So, what did he do? He broke her heart. He refused her. He said he never wanted to see her again. She was broken, crying her heart out…but will she accept another’s help? This is the story of Hiei and Kagome, and their quest to find a love that accepted them for what they were…are you up to it? I sure hope so.   Part I: Meeting   Kagome sighed, leaning her forehead against the glass of the bus. I can’t believe this. “Attention all passengers, we are now nearing Mushiori City Station. Will passengers please collect your luggage and prepare to vacate. Thank you and have a wonderful time.” Came a bored, monotonous voice from the speakers. Well, seems like someone loves their job. Kagome sighed again as she looked back on earlier that week.   ::Flashback:: “Kagome! You’re home!” Kagome’s mother Kiriya (Everybody gives her different names, but this one is my favorite. So there!) smiled. “So, how was school?” “It was boring, like usual.” Kagome groaned, sitting down at the table. Her mother shook her head and placed a plate in front of her full of Cherry Blossom Mochi. “Thanks mom.” “So, honey, I got a call from your father.” Kagome stiffened. “And?” “Well…he wanted you to come see him.” “Really? Why now of all times?” “He’s…gotten re-married. To a woman named Shiori Minamino. And…well…I thought it would be best if you went. Get to know this woman, seeing as how…well, honey the courts’ finally ruled on the parental rights.” (Just to anyone that’s confused, Kagome’s father is different from Sota’s, and Sota’s father had died. Kagome’s father divorced Kiriya when Kagome was five years old. Okay?) “And…what were they?” Kiriya looked at the floor, eyes swelling with tears. “Dear…you’re…you’re going to be moving to Mushiori City.” Kagome’s eyes widened. “You mean…they’ve given my rights to…him?” Kiriya nodded. “I’m so sorry, Kagome. You’re going to be leaving in three days.” Kagome’s jaw dropped, and her hands dropped to her sides. Why is this happening now? I mean…I finally finished with gathering the jewel shards, the well’s still open, thankfully, Sango and Miroku got married, Shippo lives with Sesshoumaru and Rin and Inuyasha…She paused in her thought process at the thought of the hanyou. And Inuyasha has finally gone with Kikyou to Hell. Kagome smiled. They had at least been nice about it. Inuyasha had told her straight out that he loved her as a sister and that his feelings would never change but he owed it to Kikyou. Also, Kikyou wasn’t so bad…(Sorry, Kikyou haters. I hate her too…but I just can’t muster evil right now.) “Momma, I can’t handle this right now! You know exactly what’s going on right now, and I can’t…I can’t move!” Kiriya nodded. “I know, dear. But…I can’t go against the court ruling. You know that we don’t have enough money to keep living here for much longer. The courts decided that since your father has a good-paying, steady job and his wife also has a good job, that you would do better there. I’m sorry, dear.” Kagome looked down at the floor, tears welling up in her eyes. If she moved to Mushiori City, she’d never be able to see her friends again. She’d never see Mom, Grandpa, or Souta, for a long time. But, if she did leave, then she would be able to leave behind some of the…worse things…that had happened in Feudal Japan. “Fine. I’ll go.” The two women then embraced, bawling like kindergartners. ::End Flashback::   And that was what led Kagome to where she was now, bored out of her skull, sad, and completely homesick already. The bus finally slowed to a stop, and she grabbed her bag, slowly striding off the bus and onto the vanilla concrete slabs of stone of the station. She looked around, remembering her father saying on the phone that he would be holding up a sign or something. There… Welcome Home Kagome-chan! In bright purple writing. Well, that sure was easy to miss. Kagome looked at the duo in front of her. A beautiful, smiling woman and a man who looked very familiar. “Daddy!” she yelled, running towards them. No matter how much she had resented him for leaving them, she couldn’t stop loving him like any other good daughter. And she was supposedly the ‘best daughter ever.’ (I’ll have to change Hatanaka’s name in this one, sorry!) Ryuji Higurashi opened his arms wide and wrapped them around the girl flying into his arms. “Kagome. It’s so good to see you again.” He whispered into her hair, and Kagome couldn’t stop the smile from spreading across her face. She pulled away, and looked at the woman. “Daddy, who’s this?” “Oh, honey, this is Shiori. The woman I married. You’re new stepmother.” Shiori gave her a bright smile that radiated a mother’s born love and kindness, and hugged her. “Oh, it’s so nice to meet you, Kagome. Ryuji never stops talking about you.” “Little of it good, I imagine,” Kagome giggled, hugging Shiori in return. She finally relinquished her hold on the girl, and the smile was still in place. Kagome had the feeling that she would like this woman. She reminded her so much of her own mother. That thought was comforting at least. She’d always be surrounded by a mother’s warmth. “Just wait until you meet your step-brother!” Shiori squealed, and Kagome blinked. “Step…brother?” “Yes. You see dear, Shiori has a son. And he’s your age. Hopefully you two will get along. Now, where is your stuff?” Ryuji asked, clapping his hands together. Kagome shook her head. “Oh, uh…momma sent it via mover. Cause, y’know, she didn’t want me to carry a bunch of boxes to Mushiori City.” “Well, that’s Kiriya for you. Always being a mother hen…” Ryuji laughed. Kagome rolled her eyes. That had always been one of the fights that her mother and father had gotten into before they divorced. He said Kiriya always worried too much. Kagome had to say that she agreed with him. She followed Shiori and Ryuji to their car, climbing in the back and waiting for them to start the car. During the drive, Ryuji kept pointing out different aspects of the city that he thought she’d like. “Kagome, over there is the library. It’s huge and has almost every book known to man. There’s an arcade over on that corner, I remember Kiriya saying you had started liking certain video games…” Kagome tuned him out when a sudden burst of pain spread through her abdomen. Ow…ow…ow…OW! Kagome took a few deep breaths to calm herself, trying to calm the cramps rampaging through her body. Damn, when are these cramps going to stop? Moving around this much can’t be good for me. Though, the doctor did say that movement was good but to not stress myself or tire myself out. Kagome sighed. “…agome? Kagome? Are you okay?” “Huh?” She looked up into Shiori’s worried face. “Oh, I’m fine.” “Well, we’re here, dear.” Kagome looked out the window towards a pretty house. It was in a Victorian style, colored a nice yellow-cream with scalloped white trip and shutters. A picket fence (up to about mid-thigh), stood with a padlock gate, and around that in the yard was a beautiful garden. Kagome’s jaw dropped. “We…live here?” Shiori nodded. “Yes.” Kagome got out of the car and stared in awe at the house. Sure, she had lived in a pretty shrine…but living in an actual…house was different. “Wow.” The trio walked over to the gate, Kagome insisting she carry her own bag much to her father’s disappointment. Kagome looked out at the garden, amazed. Everything was perfect. Beautifully taken care of roses, lilacs, lilies, bleeding hearts, carnations, hibiscus…all of her favorite flowers were right there. Gardens, actually anything having to do with the forests she was used to back in the Feudal Era, always calmed her, making her feel safe and calm. Ryuji opened the door for her and Shiori, and she stepped inside. The house was just as beautiful on the inside as it was outside. Very tastefully decorated without looking flashy or overly done. Kagome smiled. This felt like a loving, wonderful home. She took off her shoes and noticed an adorable pair of slippers in the shoe shelf. Her name was on the small hole. She smiled. The slippers were a baby pink color with a Happy Bunny on it, saying: I used to have superhuman powers…but my therapists took them away. Kagome giggled. How did her father know she loved Happy Bunny? (Come on, how can you resist it? I mean, it’s in CLAIRE’S ferchrissake!) “Shiori thought you would like them.” Ryuji smiled. Kagome slipped them on her feet, finding them to be a perfect fit. Was that mother’s intuition, or what? Kagome padded around the house for a little while, finding out where everything was. But she paused when she found a room with a door closed. Everywhere else but Ryuji’s and Shiori’s room was open. Kagome twiddled the doorknob to find it unlocked, and opened it. Inside was what could only be described as a boy’s room. A teenage boys’, to be precise. The room was immaculate, yes, but the colors and simplicity gave off a very male vibe. Who’s room is this? She cautiously walked into the room, feet sinking into the thick carpet. A few picture frames on a bedside table caught her attention. In the frames were pictures of a redheaded boy with quite long hair (for a boy) with friends or just by himself. In the first picture, the redhead was surrounded by a group of people. One with slicked-back black hair and brown eyes with a very ‘punk’ attitude look. He had an arm looped around the redhead’s neck, both smiling warmly at the camera. A much taller, orange haired…monkey-looking guy stood near them, grinning stupidly at them. Finally, there was a shorter man being held into the picture. Literally. The punk and the pretty boy were holding onto his shoulders, keeping him in the line of sight of the camera. He didn’t look very happy. Kagome paid extra attention to this guy. Black spiky hair standing straight up with a white starburst in the bangs, red eyes, and wearing pure black. Hiei? What the hell is he doing here? I thought he would have died already. Oh yeah, he’s so damned stubborn. “Kagome! Where are you?” came Shiori’s call, interrupting Kagome’s thoughts. “Up here! One second!” Kagome hurried out of the room, closing the door behind her. She’d have to contemplate that asshole’s placement in her new life later.   A/N: There, that’s it for now. Please tell me if you liked it or not, I’d really like to know! And don’t worry, I actually have a plan for this story. ::gaspfaintdie:: Never mind. Please review!