InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Club ❯ The Boy Behind The Counter ( Chapter 1 )

The Club

~ChristieLea54

Chapter One

"Mom! I don't want to be here!" Kagome Higurashi said pathetically.

"I'm sorry Kagome. You know there's nothing I can do about it. Ever since your father died… I tried to keep the shrine up on my own, but I just couldn't. Besides, think of this as a fresh start in your life!" her mother finished up cheerfully.

"I don't want a fresh start. I want to be home with Eri and Yumi and Ayame."

"It's not THAT bad Kagome," said her younger brother Souta from the backseat.

Little brothers, can they ever be annoying. "It doesn't make a difference to you Souta! You were starting at a new school this year anyways. I'm a junior in high school!"

"Jeez! You don't have to go ballistic on me," he muttered.

They pulled into the driveway of what was apparently their new home. They all looked up at it in silence. A window shutter on the upper story creaked and swayed ominously when the wind blew. The entire house looked like it was in some dire need of cleaning.

"You've so got to be kidding me," she grumbled. "That house is older than grandpa!"

"Oh don't be so negative," her mother admonished brightly. "We can fix it up."

"Who's gonna nail the shutter back on?" Souta asked.

All three of them looked to the seat next to Souta where grandpa had fallen asleep and was currently snoring rather loudly.

"I'll do it," declared Mrs. Higurashi.

"But you're afraid of heights!" protested Souta.

"That is a bit of a problem, isn't it?"

They all piled out of the car and pulled some bags out of the trunk. The movers wouldn't be here for another fifteen minutes. They all stared up at the big old house once more before silently trekking up the front steps and into the dark interior. It was even worse on the inside. "Oh dear God…."

"Kagome," her mother reprimanded.

Kagome just rolled her eyes. It was going to be a long weekend.

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Kagome trudged home from school on Monday wondering how much worse her life could get. Being the new kid officially sucked. The shutter upstairs creaked as she stepped onto the porch. When she got inside, looking at the interior of the house with fresh eyes, she realized how much like home her mom had made it look. Not to mention two years of dust had been cleaned away.

"I'm home!" she called.

"Kagome is that you?" Her mom came rushing into the foyer, well, if you could call it that. It was more like an extremely small entrance hallway with barely enough room for the creaky staircase it contained. "Look what I found in the paper!" she exclaimed. "An application for a job at 'The Club.' Doesn't that sound like fun? You could meet some new friends!"

Silently her mother was also saying that it would be a great way to get some spending money, instead of sponging it off her poor single parent. Well, Kagome could admit that things around here were bound to get real boring real fast. "Umm, I guess I can go check it out tomorrow."

"Great!"

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Kagome propped her bike up against the brick wall of the building called The Club. Sure she could drive, but what was the good in knowing how without a car to drive in? With an annoyed sighed she stepped back and looked at the place. Two words had been etched into the brick near the top: The Club.

She walked in and looked around. The flooring was black, but there were some vibrantly colored comfortable looking couches and easy chairs complete with small coffee tables scattered along the sidewall. To the right was a large raised platform with a few instruments set up on it. The back had some doorways she assumed lead to bathrooms and storage rooms and such. Towards the middle of the room was a bar of some sort. And there was lots of space in front of the platform for dancing.

But what caught her eye was the boy, head propped up in his hands, who had fallen asleep behind the bar's polished wooden countertop.

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