InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Ekou ❯ Summer Starts ( Chapter 1 )

This is a slightly angsty fic, but I hope you like. Please let me know if you do. Either was I hope you like it. Next chapter posting should be a week, due to a term paper.

PS. I don't own InuYasha, but if I did I think I would still write here *smile*

EKOU

Chapter 1

Some moments in life surpass words. They encompass every feeling of joyfulness and elation that one can muster. They make the light shine brighter and the world seem greater. Flowers millions of miles away smell heavenly at these times and stormy skies seem to be a brilliant blue ocean of clearness. It is times like this that language fails to express sheer blissful emotions. And it is in times like this that one has to reach deep down into their soul and pull out the one word that articulates this raw emotion.

"YIPPIE!!!!" echoed through the full classroom. It does not take much to make an 11th grader this happy. Just give her the final bell of the year that signals summer has arrived and she will euphoric. But give her a better word to scream when the time comes and she will be even better. Her ecstasy sunk a few notches when she noticed the others in her class staring oddly at her.

"Kagome!"

Her friends had met her in the hall directly after class. Each one was anxiously talking about their plans for summer and when they should next get together.

"My family and I are going to China this summer, but that won't be till July," Ayumi smiled.

"I am going to stay in Kyoto with my cousin Atasuke for a couple of weeks but then I am coming home to just relax. Some serious downtime sounds awesome." The weariness was nearly visible in Eri's voice.

"At least you get to go somewhere. I get nothing but downtime. Mom and Dad are working all summer," Yuka sighed. She managed looked both sad and annoyed. The three chattered for awhile in the hallway. It wasn't till a short while later, after bring up that they should all meet next week before their plans started, that they realized Kagome had not said what she was doing this summer.

"Eh he," she blushed. "Um... I am kinda going to be gone all summer." She said this quickly hoping maybe it would lessen the blow. But for the second time that day Kagome earned the curious stares of near-by students as her three friends shrieked a furious "WHAT??" in complete unison.

The blush that graced her cheeks was instantaneous. She immediately launched into some story about doing stuff with her grandfather. But while she was lying through her teeth about doing something with him, her mind was thinking about InuYasha. She had not told him that she had cleared the summer entirely for him. Ahem, for the shards. The last time she had seen him was about a month ago, when she had declared she needed time for final exams. When the word "month" was mentioned all hell had exploded. She didn't know if it was possible for a demon to be possessed but she honestly thought his head would do circles and fire would spit out from his ears. That dog could be scary when he was pissed. But a few well placed "sits" and she had been able to skip all the way to the well.

But today was not only the day she got to return to the much more exciting feudal era, but she got to tell InuYasha that she was going to stay almost three months! She hadn't stayed that long (willingly) in quite awhile. If it had been anyone else she would have hoped for maybe a hug of joy or at the least an exclamation of happiness. With InuYasha she would just be happy if she got a smile with the usual well placed "Feh."

The thought of her tough little half-demon brought an even wider smile to Kagome's face. And the blush from earlier that had been disappearing flared anew. Her friends all noticed the red on her cheeks, and the stuttering hesitations to answer their questions. They all knew Kagome had an overzealous boyfriend and none of them liked him (Granted none of them had ACTUALLY met him, but he sounded just deplorable.) For her to lie to them about her summer wasn't cool but it was understandable. And it was the last day of summer. They didn't need their last day to end with an argument. Each one of them held their tongues and acted as if they believed her every word.

And it was with this that the four friends happily parted for the summer.

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A nameless tune sang through Kagome's heart. This was her day. Nothing could go wrong today. The sky was cloudless. The birds were singing. The promise of no studying for the next three months put a spring in her step. This was the day she had been waiting for! She got to see everyone in the feudal era again today! Especially InuYasha! She was elated with thoughts of her being welcomed back. This was her day! And gosh darnit, not even InuYasha himself was going ruin her happy day!

Her walk home was pleasant. Various greetings from passer-bys and warm, sunny weather graced her trip. By the time she had reached the shrine the nameless tune had reached her lips and a joyful humming had escaped. Her song could be heard as she ran up the stairs, as she packed her belongings into the giant yellow backpack, and even as she ran back down the stairs to deposit the backpack next to the well. Her farewells to her family members started off normal. Her mother hugged her and told her to be careful. She also gave her advice: General advice for life and the dreaded men advice. The dreaded men advice started with "Kagome you're 17 now and you may be having certain feelings," and ended with, "it's okay to say no." Or at least it would have if Kagome had not rolled her eyes and ran out the door half-way through.

Her farewell to her brother was barely heard by the young Playstationer until she mentioned InuYasha's name. The Pokemon, Yugio, or whatever anime game was popular with young boys these days was left forgotten. The blonde, glowing man on the screen was left helpless against a giant pink guy jumping up and down on top of him. The boy who had left his glowing, electronic teammate tackled his sister. Questions ran out his mouth in a way that only the pre-teens can manage: The racing speech of a teenager and lung capacity of a kid. From the few words she could actually understand she got that he missed InuYasha and that he basically wanted to know when he was coming back.

After telling her brother that she would be going to see InuYasha for the next three months so it might be a while, she gave him a hug and said goodbye. She left him not only disappointed about not getting to see his hero anytime soon, but to see "Game Over" and his favorite anime hero laying flat underneath a giant pink marshmallow.

Saying goodbye to her grandfather was what turned her once good day upside down; Upside down and completely on its ass.