InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen into Darkness ❯ Prologue ( Chapter 1 )

Fallen into darkness. Chapter One. Prologue - How it all began.

Hi everyone this is my first chapter to my first fan fiction. Kagome is blind in this story. I know it's been overdone but I can't help it. I see so many "blind" plots, but 90% of them are unfinished. So I wanted to make my own. I hope you enjoy it. Read and Review.

" Kagome! Kagome, wake up honey it's time to go to school." Her mother yelled as she gently shook her 15 year old daughter's shoulder. The beautiful ebony haired girl groaned and pulled the covers over her head ands mumbled something along the lines of 'ten more minutes' as she went back to her dreamless sleep. Her mother sighed as she forcefully yanked the comforter from her daughter's tight grasp. She took a deep breath and said "Kagome if you don't get up right now, I will take away all of your privileges. Kagome's eyes shot open and she jumped up out of bed, because she knew her mother wasn't the type to go back on what she said, and she didn't feel like losing all of her means of entertainment. " I'm up, I'm up." she shouted while sprinting to the bathroom to complete her morning ritual of taking a bath, brushing her teeth and hair, and getting dressed. It was 7:15 and Kagome was less than half way finished when her little brother knocked on the door, " Sis quit hogging the bathroom, I have to get ready to ya know!" her little brother was thirteen years old and today was his first day of middle school so he wanted to look his best. " Ok, Ok Souta hold on I'm almost done don't get your panties in a bunch." Kagome yelled while getting dressed. She was dressed in a small black t-shirt that read 'What are you looking' at?', faded hip hugging blue jeans, and she had a few matching black arm bands on. She quickly brushed her midnight black hair back into a ponytail, and applied a little bit of makeup. She looked in the mirror and smiled. 'Perfect' she thought as she excited the bathroom, she was almost knocked down by her brother charging for the bathroom mirror. Kagome laughed and ran down stairs to grab some breakfast. While she was eating her toast and eggs her mother began to ask her some questions. "So are you happy about starting high school?" "Yeah I just wish we didn't have to move away from all of my friends." she answered. Kagome and her family had just moved to Huston Texas from Indiana, and she missed her old friends. " You'll make new friends honey, I'm sure of it." her mother reassured her. " Yeah." she replied as she flashed her mom a small smile. They sat there in silence until 7:45, " Souta! Haul your ass down here we have to go, or you're going to be late!" Kagome's mother yelled so Souta could hear her from the upstairs bathroom. Souta was dow stairs and out the door waiting in the car with in seconds. Kagome blinked 'Wow he's excited' she thought as she got into the back seat of their family car.

Kagome sat by the window and was watching the trees fly by when suddenly the car stopped, she lifted her head to see what was going on, only find out that they had arrived at Souta's school Shikon Middle School. " Bye Souta, have a good day," his mother said as she leaned in to give him a kiss. Souta gave her a look that said ' Please not in front of other people' she took the hint and instead smiled. " I'll pick you up at 3:00 dear." "Ok bye Mom!" he called as he walked up to the big brick school. Kagome hopped into the front seat before they started the short journey to her new school. They were starting to go through an intersection, when Kagome's mom spotted a truck barreling through a red light at top speed. She tried to break or swerve but it was too late the two vehicles collided. Kagome's mother had her seat belt on, she was fine. Kagome was a different story, when she had jumped into the front seat she forgot to buckle up, her face was forcefully pushed into the dashboard. That was the last thing she remembered before her world went black.

Kagome's mother whipped out her cell phone and called 9-1-1. " 911, Karen speaking what's your emergency?" " I've been in a car accident, the guy ran a red light and hit us, my daughter's hurt pretty badly." she said between sobs. " Ok ma'am what's your name." the dispatchers asked. "Hitomi Higurashi" "What is your location?" " Um the intersection and 21st street and Diamer Road." "Ok the ambulance is on its way ma'am." "Thank you" Hitomi said as she ran over to her daughter. " Kagome, Kagome wake up honey," Kagome didn't respond. Hitomi was beginning to panic when the ambulance appeared. They took her daughter to Crestview Hospital where they began to access the damage. She had a broken leg, many cuts, a sprained wrist, and worst of all went the checked her eyes they discovered that her retinas had detached. They tried unsuccessfully to reattach them in surgery. They doctors had to give Hitomi the bad news. " Mrs. Higurashi, your daughter is blind. We tried to correct the problem, but we were unsuccessful. She will never see again." the doctors said with pity in his voice. Hitomi cried for a long time before she came to terms with the face that her daughter was now blind. She soon started to think of ways to explain it to her daughter.

Hitomi stood outside of her daughter's hospital room and took a deep breath before she entered.

" Hi honey" she gently called out to her daughter. " Hi mom" she called back. "Did the doctor tell you sweety?" she nervously asked. " Yes, I heard I'm blind, I'm blind…. I'm such a, a freak." Kagome shrieked as she broke down and began to sob. After many hours of comforting Kagome somewhat came to terms with the horrid fact the she was blind.

*Two weeks later*

"Mom! I am NOT going to a special school, I'm going to go to a regular high school!!!" Kagome screamed as she stood up and took a step forward. "Please Mom I can do it I swear." He mother sighed in defeat. " Ok but if you don't get along well there you are going to go someplace else. Understood?" Kagome smiled an increasingly rare smile and hugged her mother. " Yes Mom I understand. Thank you."