InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Entrapment ❯ Running ( Chapter 2 )

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Chapter 2: Running

Kagome started on a light jog. Even though the streetlights illuminated the streets in a soft glow, darkness was still all around. Kagome wasn't really scared because she lived in one of the safest neighborhoods in Kyoto, yet she still felt unsafe, not knowing what like lurking in the shadows. That could be getting ready to jump out at her when she's not looking…

Kagome shook her head violently, "what am I trying to do, scare myself!?" she scolded herself.

She jogged on for a bit, until she was about a mile from her home. She looked at the sky and saw the color change from a black to a light blue-gray, followed by a pale pink.

"The sun's rising," she thought to herself, 'which means I should be getting back. School," she thought with disdain.

It wasn't that she didn't like school; she just found it boring.

"I already know everything they're teaching, but I still have to go," she started smirking, " It's so funny when they give pop quizzes and stuff, and I get everything right, they think I'm cheating, but they don't know I know this stuff, becau.." she stopped her train of thought abruptly.

She felt something, like a presence. She turned around, but no one was there, but she still could feel them. She shrugged, letting the person, whoever was close to her think she thought it was nothing. She tensed, yet appeared to do a few stretches, while she stood there, waiting for something to happen. After a few minutes, nothing happened, so she relaxed slightly. A cool breeze swept over her, and she suddenly had the urge to run, as fast as she could, back home.

She took a few steps, in the direction of her home, and felt the presence following her. She heard footsteps, so she turned around. No one was there. Ok, now she was majorly spooked. She took one more step, and sprinted as fast as she could, down the sidewalk. She ran nonstop through the streets, not even bothering to look at the cars that had screeched to a stop to avoid hitting her. She didn't even seem to notice the cussing that followed; all she knew was to get home.

When she got home, she jumped up 3 stairs at a time. In her rush, she tripped on the second to last step, and fell forward. Her Discman flew from her its clasp on her short's waist and the headphones flew from her head, and landed with a crash on the concrete, while her left knee collided with the top stair, as she let out a pain filled moan. Her hands stopped any other part of her body from colliding with the concrete ground. She turned around, and sat on the top stair to look at her knee. She had a small cut on it, but that wasn't the problem, it was the huge bruise that she saw forming over the majority of her knee. The traditional colors of purple, green, blue, and black started making their appearance on her milky white skin.

"Great," she thought bitterly. She tried to move her knee, but it could barely bend before she became clouded with pain. She turned her head to look at her fallen Discman. What was once 2 pieces was now around ten.

"So much for indestructible," she thought. She heard the shrine door open and looked up to see her mom.

"Kagome!" she yelled. She rushed to her daughter's side and looked at her knee.

"Dear, what have I told you about being careful," she said. "O kami-sama, lets get you inside and look at that knee. Can you get up?" Kagome shook her head no. "I can't really carry you anymore," she said with a small grin, "so you're gonna have to try." Kagome nodded. Her mother held out her hand, and Kagome grasped it. Kagome's mom helped her up. Kagome gritted her teeth, in order to keep from screaming out in pain. Once she was up, her mom helped her into the house. She put Kagome in a chair, and brought out her first aid kit. The cut wasn't bad; in fact, it had already clotted over. The bruise however, was another story. It wouldn't be going away any time soon.

While her mom was looking at her knee, Kagome was examining the rest of herself. When she had fallen, she had gotten dirt into her fingernails, and scraped her palms a little. She was very hot, and sweating like crazy. All in all, she wanted a bath.

"Mom," Kagome said timidly, "can I go take a bath?" Her mom usually didn't let her take baths when she got cut or anything. She was afraid water would get into the cut, and get infected.

"I suppose so," her mom replied, "but be careful, we can't have you falling again, or you might not even be able to go to school."

"School!" she thought, "Damn, I forgot." She looked at the clock and saw it was a little after 7, and school started at 8:00, and it took about fifteen minutes to drive to school, even though she could barely move her knee.

Her mom helped her upstairs, and into her room. She had her own bathroom connect to her room.

"Yell if you need anything," said before closing the door.

Kagome stripped down, and carefully made her way to the bathroom. She quickly brushed her teeth, and turned on her shower. She let the water run until it was a good temperature, and stepped in. The warm water instantly made her feel better. It slowly relaxed her tensed muscles, and it even made the pain in her knee dull a little. She shampooed her hair, and scrubbed her body clean. She got out of the shower, and dried herself with her towel. She went to her closet and picked a jean skirt which came a little below her knee with a slit on both side that went up to mid thigh, and a red halter top with a black border. As she was about to close her closet, something green caught her eye. It was her school uniform. She let out a small smile and closed her door.

As she made her way down stairs, the smell of bacon and toast made its way to her. When she got downstairs, she saw her little brother and grandpa already eating, while her mom was cooking.

"Good morning," she said happily, even though she doesn't know why she's happy, she is. Everyone looks at her, and smiles. Her mom sets a plate down beside her brother and across from her grandfather. On her way to her seat, she gives her grandfather a kiss on the cheek, and ruffles her brother's hair.

"Hey!" he yells. He playfully punches her in the arm, and she feigns injury. Their mother rolls her eyes at her children, and takes her seat by her father. They begin eating.

"Settle down you too," she says without looking up from her food. It's strange how mothers know what's happening even when they're not looking. After Kagome finished eating, she got up to leave. She turned to Sota.

"Hurry up squirt, or I'll make you walk to school," she said in a mock serious tone. She would never make her brother walk to school, she couldn't bear the thought of something happening to him, even though he probably had a better chance walking, considering the way she drives, but she wouldn't tell her mother that.

"Fine," her brother pouted. When he finished, Kagome grabbed her backpack and her activities bag, and keys and headed to her car, her pride and joy, her 2004 Acura RSX. It was midnight black with silver linings and silver flames that licked the sides. She tossed her bag in the bag, and waited for her brother to get settled in. After they got comfortable, Kagome put the gear in reverse, and pulled out of the garage. Once on the road, Kagome sped off. Sota's school was about ten minutes from home, and very close to her school.

She stopped on the curb, and let Sota off at his elementary school. She waited for a few adults and children to cross the cross walk. When she didn't see anybody, she started moving, but immediately halted when a young girl ran out on the crosswalk.

"Great," Kagome thought, as she watched the little girl wait for someone. "She shouldn't wait on the crosswalk, someone might not see her, and end up hitting her," she mused. The little girl was dressed in a little red dress, with a yellow flower on it. She had brownish-black hair with a little ponytail out of the side of her head. "She's cute," Kagome thought. What she saw next, made her blood run cold. A red car was approaching at a very high speed, and didn't seem to be slowing for the little girl.

"Hey little girl, Move, there's a car coming," she shouted. The little girl looked at her, and waved. She obviously didn't understand what she meant. The car was rapidly approaching. Kagome desperately fiddled with her seat belt, she cursed under her breath, because the thing didn't want to unclasp. She gave it one hard pull, and *click* it came undone. Kagome dashed out of the car, ignoring the immediate pain that followed the abrupt movement of her knee, the girl was no more than 4 feet from her, but the car seemed closer. The girl turned to look at her right and saw the car. She became rooted to the ground. Kagome saw this and tried to run faster. Everything seemed to move in slow motion, as Kagome ran out, shouting for the girl to move. The car was barely four feet away, Kagome was 2, but the car was faster.

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Ciffy! *dodges a randomly thrown object* will Kagome get to the girl in time? You'll just have to read and find out.

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