InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It's Not Over Yet... ❯ New Life ( Chapter 5 )

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Chapter 5

Hey everyone, it's Katie. The rest of this story will be told in third person, at least until we get to the present days. Just think of it as watching a movie and the part of `me' is being played by a younger girl. You know, like flashbacks? It's just much easier for me to tell this story this way.
Sound good to you? Well then, on with my story.

It was a snowy winter day, December 20th, as the birth of a beautiful baby girl happened in the year 1977. She was born to a young couple, with a two year old sister present in the hospital with them. They decided to name the little beauty, Katie. The Lindens were overjoyed to look into the beautiful brown eyes of their Christmas gift from God himself. The family had also been planning to have a family get together for the holiday, in tradition. On the 22nd, the Lindens brought Katie home as a surprise. The family was only expecting to see Patrick Linden and Tabitha, but they surprised everyone by bringing their new little bundle of joy along, since she was so quiet and only wanted to sleep.

Katie grew up quite beautifully. She had very dark brown eyes, and was blessed with many talents such as singing, acting and dancing. She was not shy in the least, and she grew up honest and strong with her parents teaching her the old ways. The old ways being; "Do unto others as they do unto you" and "Treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself". With those rules in mind, Katie grew up with no enemies, or hatred towards others. Although, there was something interesting about her. She was so pure hearted to the fact that she could never tell a lie, or hurt someone for her own benefit, whereas her sister was just the complete opposite. Katie and Tabitha were ridiculed in grade school by the other children. It was not easy on them. It was bad enough that they considered their principal as their second father. They felt they needed protection from the other students, and the principal stood up for them every time. They were raised to defend themselves if the situation called for it. The teachers saw otherwise and would often send the girls off to the principal's office to be disciplined, only to be sent back to class immediately afterwards. It got bad enough that Tabitha was soon faking illnesses to get out of going to school, whereas Katie just stood up to the kids and took everything with a grain of salt and sneered at them if they tried anything.

Not only was it the boys that gave both Katie and Tabitha trouble, but the girls as well. Tabitha grew up and grew out of her fears soon enough as the years rolled on. Tabitha turned out to be the type to just run into the fire without thinking, whereas Katie would intelligently sit back and just watch her older sister make a fool of herself. She often wondered why Tabitha never really thought about anything before she did it. Even Katie, being two years behind her had more brains and common sense, in her eyes. Katie and Tabitha got along ok, until Tabitha started telling tall tales about Katie. Once Tabitha got into high school, Katie noticed that Tabitha didn't really want to hang out or play with her much. Katie didn't feel upset about it. She was, after all more of a loner. Tabitha was the kind of girl where she didn't like being alone anywhere but in her own home. She didn't even like sitting next to strangers in the movie theater, whereas Katie always felt like her protector and sat on the other side of her older sister. Strange, huh?

Well, Tabitha had shown her true colors in college. She found her niche, and finally the family began to realize that they truly had a genius on their hands. During Katie's high school years, things were looking much better for her. She realized why it was so hard for her in grade school with the kids. All the boys she had run-ins with in grade school were asking her out. She then realized also that the girls gave her a hard time because the boys were paying her the attention and not them. Needless to say, Katie became quite the heart breaker. All these boys never had a chance. She couldn't look at them the way they saw her. She would forever see them as they were when they first tortured her in grade school and junior high. She laughed about it often because she couldn't believe that even they would find her attractive.

You see, she was looked upon as beautiful by her parents, but in her own eyes, she was flawed. She grew up to be 5' 9" and had long brown hair. She had %10 body fat, and the shape of a Barbie doll. She was well endowed, let's just say, but her features were what upset her the most. She was the most sensitive about her eyes. She tried to joke about it often, just so she could be strong about it. She had a lazy eye. Her left eye would cross into her right, and for a few years in her childhood, she saw double images of everything. Being young, she didn't realize that seeing double wasn't normal, so she didn't point it out. How her parents found out was a picture a photographer took. They noticed her left eye drastically turned in. That's when they took her to the optometrist and asked him what could be done. The optometrist suggested either surgery, or glasses. The doctor described what would have to be done during the surgical procedure, and her parents decided against it. So, in other words, instead of having to go through surgery where her eye would actually be extracted out of her eye socket at such a young age, they decided that the little girl with barely a nose, would have to wear the thickest little pair of glasses any kid could get.

So, you see why she was sensitive about her eyes. Well, once high school came around, she was able to start to gain control over her eyes a little, and her lenses had steadily gotten thinner over the years. She was finally given good news when she found out she could wear contacts. She was told by many people, and peers, that she looked better without her glasses because they could actually see her deep chocolate eyes finally. Not only that, but she had her braces off during her sophomore year, so she finally had a mouth full of beautiful straight teeth. She had gone through many problems with her teeth as well, but she never really put much stress on her smile. She had a small and taught jaw line, making her large teeth fit just a bit too snug. But she never really got made fun of when it came to her teeth, just her thick glasses. So, when her teeth, unfortunately, moved back to exactly where they were before she got braces, she just said she would not dwell on it and go through that hell ever again. She looked at it as no one could ever forget her smile then, and even if she grew older and Unrecognizable otherwise, they would at least remember her smile.

Regardless of her smile or her ridiculed past, she was looked upon as a prep that was very liked by almost all the boys. Not just because of her looks, but because of her pure personality and kind heart towards others. Even if she broke a boy's heart, she let him down easily. She did, however, date a few boys, and had some interesting times. She even made a few guy friends, which was easiest for her to make. She always had been impartial to the girls, even though she was just as kind to them. She only had a few girlfriends who would actually stick with her through her life, even after high school. One friend, in particular, became the best friend she will have ever had. His name was Brian Pentner.

Funny thing about Brian was that she knew about his existence long before he knew she existed. How, you ask? Well, here's something interesting. Katie's sister had a friend who was graduating form their high school in the spring of 1994. The high school was holding it's annual spring choir concert. There were a few choirs who had repertoires of pieces to perform, and each choir was set up by which year the students resided. There was the Freshman Choir, Concert Choir for the sophomores, and A Capella for the juniors and seniors, but if you were a guy you could make it into A Capella as a sophomore. That's not all, though. There was also one special choir called Show Choir. Show Choir was the kind of choir where the students would not only sing their songs, but also dance and use props and choreography. Show Choir didn't really have an age requirement, but the students had to try out for it, and would get in depending on talent.

Tabitha's best friend, Jenny, was the choreographer of the Show Choir. She was also performing that night in the A Capella, and Show Choir. Katie performed in the Concert Choir and then stayed behind with her mom and sister in the audience to watch Jenny perform, and see how great a job she did teaching the choreography to her fellow choir mates. Well, the show was a success. Not only was the auditorium filled with parents and students whooping and whistling, but there was also Katie just going nuts over one boy. Brian Pentner. Brian had a couple of solos during the show and he had this stage presence that just commanded attention. His voice was that of a tenor and it was the sweetest sound Katie had ever heard, and she thought her Dad's deep base voice was gorgeous.

Brian had on a pair of faded jeans, a white plain t-shirt and a black leather jacket. The show was taking place during the time period of the sixties. He had bright red hair, and a baby face that would look forever young and full of personality. What Katie couldn't figure out was that he looked so ordinary, but at the same time, there was something she just couldn't fathom about him. She couldn't take her eyes off of him, not even for a second. After the

Show Choir, being the last to perform for the evening, was finished, Katie right away asked their friend Jenny who the boy with the red hair was.

Jenny looked at Katie with a strange look in her eyes and

said, "Who? Rooster?"

'Rooster, huh? Interesting name.' Katie thought to herself when she heard Jenny say that his real name is Brian. As soon as Katie heard his true name; she then took off to the choir room to do something she had never done before in her life. She was going to tell Brian how wonderful a job he did, and that she loved his voice. Sadly to say, by the time she had reached the choir room, Brian was no longer there. 'How did he leave so quickly? I didn't pass him in the halls either!' Katie then just hung her shoulders and decided that she would tell him the next time she saw him. Yeah, right. She did see him in the halls during school, but she couldn't bring herself to tell him, but she was glad to know that she could admire and love him from afar. 'Wait, love him? Is that what this feeling is?'

Well, there you have it…Our two main characters have been introduced. Now, did you notice some things mentioned about Katie that are similar to Kikyo? I will have a quiz at the end of each chapter that has something key about our special characters, and I certainly hope you catch them. If you don't, that means I need to make them more noticeable. Truth be told, I don't know if cookies can be sent through a web site or not, but if you don't notice these things I ask for, then the chapter needs to be revised so that they will be noticed. Thank you, and again, I love you all for your support! Please R&R!

Ja ne! {^_-}