InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Getting Over It ❯ She's So High ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter 3: She's So High

 

“Let me get this straight,” Eri said. “The chick the two-timer is two-timing with is two-timing on him with his older brother.”

 

Kagome thought about it for a second before she nodded. “Yup. That about sums it up.”

 

“Damn, Kagome that is messed up.”

 

“You're telling me. He still thinks she's infallible too.”

 

She had to tell someone. The whole situation was so frustrating and made her so angry, she needed to vent or she'd go off on someone that didn't deserve it.

 

Or on someone who did and get killed for it.

 

It was probably too much to ask to have a semi-normal relationship.

 

She had been at the store shopping for some warm clothes, so she would have something comfortable to wear this winter in the feudal era. She didn't think she could survive another winter in her school uniform and she needed more practical clothing if everyone insisted on holding her hostage anyway.

 

She studied the bright yellow scarf. It would match really well with the black Steelers hoodie her father had sent her for her birthday this past year. If she could find a matching hat and pair of gloves, she'd be in business.

 

“What's wrong with your neck, Kagome?” Yuka asked.

 

“What do you mean?” Kagome's hand reached up to rub her neck.

 

Yuka lightly touched it, fury blazing in her brown eyes. “There are bruises that look like finger prints. Did your boyfriend do this to you?”

 

“No!” She shouted, drawing the attention of some of the other people in the store. She shook her head violently. “No.” She said, quieter than before. “His brother did.”

 

“The violent two-timer has a psycho older brother?”

 

She nodded. “Yeah. He's freaking crazy. He threatened to kill me, because I accidentally walked in on him and Kikyo.”

 

“Oh my God. They're both nuts, Kagome. You need to stay away from both of them.” Ayumi told her.

 

“What did your boyfriend do when you told him about his brother trying to strangle you?”

 

She looked away. “I didn't. He would fight him and his brother would kill him.”

 

“Surely you don't…”

 

She shook her head. “You don't know his brother. He would kill him. Keep this quiet too. He said he would kill me if I told anyone about him sleeping with this girl and I honestly have no reason to doubt him.”

 

“But you told us.”

 

“He…uh…lives in America. He just left this morning. It will probably be a while before I see him again.” She didn't want them to worry about some crazy man trying to harm them because she had told them something she shouldn't have.

 

“I hope so, Kagome. He sounds like a real nut case.”

 

“You have no idea.”

 

Later that night, Kagome sighed as she sat down at the table. Her mother had called her and Sota into the room, because she had some news for them. Kagome could guess what it was, but didn't say anything. She didn't want for Sota to get excited and have her be wrong.

 

“Your father is coming to Japan for two weeks and spending Christmas and New Years here.”

 

Kagome closed her eyes for a second. Their father a Japanese American man living in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania with his wife. He was a businessman and made more money than Kagome could even comprehend. It would be the first time since Kagome had been traveling back and forth in time that their father had come to them.

 

Usually they flew to America and spent their breaks with him. Kagome had stopped after her fifteenth birthday. She felt guilt creeping up her spine. Her father had been nothing, but kind to her and she abruptly stopped going to see him. He probably thought she hated him.

 

Sota continued to go and would always bring Kagome back a key chain and take lots of pictures of the places he would go. She had felt a spark of envy that Sota got to go and she couldn't, but she had responsibilities.

 

What if she went to America and came back and everyone was dead, because she wasn't there? How could she explain to people struggling to survive in a time of turmoil that she wanted to go on vacation?

 

“Kagome, you need to go too. It's getting very hard to explain to him why you never talk to him or go see him anymore.” Her mother said.

 

She could barely remember when her parents were together. They had lived in the US at the time, both her and Sota had been born there. When they divorced, Kagome's mother had taken her two children moved them back to the shrine. Back to Japan. Kagome had maybe been five.

 

Ironically enough, her mother's maiden and married name had been Higurashi. Hence the name of the shrine.

 

“Fine. Inuyasha won't be happy, but I'll try to explain things to him.”

 

“That would be great, dear. He wants you two to stay with him on the twenty fourth and twenty fifth.”

 

“What about you, mom?”

 

“I'll be fine.”

 

Kagome knew Sota was worried about their mom being alone on Christmas. She knew their mom wasn't Christian. But they kind of were. They would have been raised that way if they had stayed in America. Their mother had tried her best to make Christmas and Easter special for them when they hadn't been with their father and the fact that someone who didn't believe, did her best to help them made Kagome love her even more.

 

“I need to go to bed. I'm going back in the morning, before Inuyasha comes to get me. I'll be back for Christmas, if I'm not back earlier. I love you guys.” She walked up to her room and settled into bed.

 

She stared at the glow-in-the-dark stars on her ceiling, wishing sleep would come.

 

There was so much on her mind. Sesshomaru and Kikyo, Inuyasha, her father, her friends, and her life in general. She was hoping things would be under her control quickly.

 

Eventually, she slipped into a place where she had no worries at all.

 

!@#$%^&**&^%$#@!

 

Dressed in the hooded sweatshirt her father had sent her and a pair of comfortable blue jeans, Kagome grabbed her bag and breezed down the stairs.

 

It was the start of a good day. She could tell.

 

She enjoyed a nice breakfast with her family, before Sota headed off to school and grandfather went to take care of some bookwork.

 

It was his shrine after all. They helped out where they could, but at the end of the day, he liked to take care of the finances.

 

“Be careful, Kagome.” Her mother was always worried when her daughter went back and forth, especially when she returned with blood stained clothing and stories of being kidnapped.

 

“Mom, I'll be fine. I'm safer back there with Inuyasha than I would be in some American cities.” She took a sip of coffee and continued to read the paper.

 

“I know, dear, but it's my job to worry.”

 

Kagome finished the drink and carried her cup and plate to the sink, before she washed them. “I know mom.” She smiled then looked at her watch. “I have to go again.”

 

Her mother stood up and hugged her tightly, before kissing her forehead. “Be careful, sweetie. I love you.”

 

“I love you too.” She pulled on her bag, the yellow snowcap, and the matching scarf, and gloves. “Bye mom! I love you!”

 

She was out the door and off to the past.

 

!@#$%^&**&^%$#@!

 

“Damn!” Kagome breathlessly cursed her hesitation to climb out of the well. Now, she would have to wait until the person dangling their legs over side decided to go away.

 

She could see the outline of the legs moving nervously back and forth, so she knew whomever was up there couldn't see her. She hoped they were human at least.

 

She didn't want to explain to someone why she was hanging out in a dry well. Normal people didn't do shit like that in this time or her time. With no sound at all, she sat down and waited for the person to move on.

 

She was sure it'd be sooner rather than later. In this time, if you were in an open area for too long, something or someone would eventually come along and eat or kill you.

 

She was glad she changed from her usual uniform into some jeans and a sweatshirt or it would be cold and uncomfortable down here. No wait. It already was, but it would be even worse if she had been in her skirt.

 

“What the hell are you doing there?”

 

Kagome jumped at the sound of Inuyasha's voice. He was there. Good. Now he could chase off the person hanging out by the well.

“Didn't you hear me, bitch? I asked you a question.”

At first, she thought that he knew she was down here, waiting. Now, she knew he had no idea. Maybe he was just worried about getting them away from the well. He couldn't fight someone near it.

“Hello Inuyasha.”

Kagome nearly groaned when she heard the person's voice. There was only one woman that Inuyasha would notice before her.

 

Son of a bitch! It was Kikyo.

 

“I have something to tell you.”

 

Kagome's hand covered her mouth. Kikyo was going to tell him about her and Sesshomaru.

 

Kikyo was going to destroy herself in Inuyasha's eyes.

 

It was about time he knew what Kikyo was really like.

 

Next Chapter: All hell breaks loose…