InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Makeover ❯ Prologue

DISCLAIMER: `Inuyasha' belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, and not me. I do not own the characters either. In short, the only thing in this story that is mine is the plot. Do we all understand now? Good, on with the story.

 

PROLOGUE - THE PLAN

 

Cautiously, Kagome peeked her head out of the Bone-Eater's Well and looked around. Not seeing any silver-haired Hanyou, pint-sized Kitsunes, lecherous monks or Youkai slayers around, Kagome breathed a sigh of relief and pulled herself the rest of the way out. She knew she was being stupid, but she was grateful for every second of reprieve she had from seeing her Feudal Era friends right now, so she could better prepare herself for their reactions when they saw her.

 

`Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.' Kagome thought as she reflected back on the decision she had made a week ago, after returning to her time following another fight with Inuyasha.

 

***ONE WEEK EARLIER***

 

Kagome walked to school with her head held high like a girl on a mission, which she was. For once she wasn't going to school because she was concerned about her grades or anything like that. No, she was heading to school because it was there she knew she could find the prefect allies she needed for the plan she had worked out in her head last night.

 

Kagome had returned home yesterday after a rather bad fight with Inuyasha, much worse than any other fight she had had with him in a long time. He had hone to see Kikyo again, and then tried to hide it from her. Kagome didn't know what it was about this peculiar time that got to her so much, but she found she just couldn't take it anymore and had screamed at the Hanyou until her throat was raw, accusing him of wanting Kikyo and not caring about her at all. She had ended up sitting him so many times that even Shippo had winched, before telling him she was going home and that she didn't want to see him for at least a week for he'd wish she'd never freed him from his seal.

 

Kagome's overwhelming anger at Inuyasha had dimmed as the night rolled by, only to be replaced by overwhelming sadness by time for dinner. She was miserable, once again letting herself believe that Inuyasha would always see her as Kikyo and never just as Kagome. She'd kept thinking that way, despairing her fate and just about reading to give up until she was getting reading for a bath, when it occurred to her what she was doing. She was giving up, letting Kikyo win, just as she always had. Why the hell was she doing that? She had always been willing to fight for those things in life she wanted, so why was she so damn willing to give up on the one thing she wanted more than life itself, Inuyasha's love? If she wasn't willing to fight for Inuyasha, why would he want her over Kikyo? Inuyasha had never respected cowardice in any other part of life, why would he in this one. Because that was what she was being, a coward, by not fighting to show Inuyasha how much better for him she was over that un-dead walking clay pot.

 

With those thoughts in mind, Kagome had spent the rest of the night thinking of how she could make Inuyasha see how much better for him she was when she returned to the Feudal Era. First things first, Kagome decided, she needed to get him to see her as Kagome instead of Kikyo, and with that in mind she came up with a plan. Kagome was rather happy now that she had told Inuyasha not to bother her for a week, because it might take some time for her to get everything ready for when Inuyasha next saw her.

 

Kagome knew what she wanted to do, but she would need some allies to do it, because, A) she had never done anything like this before and B) she didn't have the necessary funds to do it. The first part was settled much easier than Kagome had thought it would be. Kagome had gone straight to her mother as soon as she decided on what course of action to take and explained what she wanted to do, ready to beg if she needed to for her mother's assistance in this. Kagome was rather shocked at how quickly her mother had agreed to help her financially with her plan, but her mother had explained that she hated seeing Kagome come home in tears all the time, and if this was what it took for Inuyasha to finally start to see her as her own person, one way or the other, then she was all for it.

 

One way or the other. The words echoed in Kagome's head ominously as she made her way to school. It wasn't until her mother had said that that Kagome had even realised that her plan could very well go the opposite way then she wanted, and actually drive Inuyasha away from her. She wasn't sure if she could stand it if that happened, if she lost even his friendship. Even being with him while he still wanted Kikyo seemed better than not being with him at all. Still, Kagome was determined to go through with her plan. If he rejected her after all of this was over, at least then she would know that he would never want her, that he would always love Kikyo, and maybe she could finally make herself move on. Maybe.

 

Kagome shook her head firmly to get rid of that idea as she walked into the school grounds. If that happened she would deal with it then. Right now she had to worry about the plan itself, not it possible outcomes, if she ever hoped to get it off the ground. And hello, right on cue there was just the people she needed to do just that running towards her right now.

 

“Kagome!” Her three school friends called out happily having spotted her from across the courtyard and hurrying over.

 

“Hi guys.” Kagome said with a smile, for once purely happy to see her over-the-top hyperactive friends. As much as she loved them, they did get a little tiring at times with their habit of sticking their noses into her life, but right now that was just what she wanted them to do.

 

“How are you doing Kagome, are you well enough to be back in school?” Eri asked, looking concerned.

“Yeah, are you over your bout of smallpox yet?” Ayumi asked.

“Ha? Oh yeah I'm fine.” Kagome said with a laugh. `Smallpox? Honestly Grandpa.' Kagome thought dryly.

“Well, that's good.” Yuki said happily. “We never get to see you these days, Kagome, with as sick as you are. Hey, if you're feeling batter, you want to do something after school? I hear there's a new movie out that… well actually I hear it suck, but hey it's something to do right?”

“Actually you guys, there is something I wanted to do this week that I could really use some help with if you don't mind.” Kagome said, suddenly feeling strangely shy about making such a request.

“Help with what Kagome?” Eri asked, looking a little suspicious as if she was worried Kagome was going to rope them into helping her clean the shrine like she had done when they were twelve. Eri was never going to let that go, Kagome thought.

Kagome shuttered for a few moments before she took a deep breath and gathered up the courage to ask her friends he request. “I need you to help give me a makeover.”

 

Author's Note

I honestly don't think this is going to be one of my better stories, but I'll let you the readers decide. This is an idea that's been buzzing around in the back of my head for a while now, if Kagome hates being compared to Kikyo all the time, why doesn't she do something to change that?