InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Darkest Child ❯ Chapter Eight- Mommy Dearest ( Chapter 8 )
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By: monkeymary89 
So Kagome's mom is a bitch. Who could have guessed? Oh yeah, and Inu is serious about his poptarts.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.01.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 279 | Status: Work In Progress
So Kagome's mom is a bitch. Who could have guessed? Oh yeah, and Inu is serious about his poptarts.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.01.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 279 | Status: Work In Progress
A/N Already over 150 views! *gasps* Thank you fine readers! I do hope you enjoy the story. Still, I would prefer if I had a few more reviews. *coughs* I mean, just to help motivate me and stuff. Writing an epic fanfiction is difficult!
So, the beggining of this chapter gives away a little of Kagome's relationship with her mom, and hints at her past. The end is just stupid, but stupid in a funny way.
“You have a great house Kagome, but that doesn’t exactly fit the scheme of things” Sango said gesturing to the old well house. Kagome smiled even though she was dreading going inside her house and confronting her mother.
“It’s called the bone eaters well. It is said that long ago when a demon was killed they would throw the remains in the well and the next day, they would have vanished.”
“You sure know a lot Kagome.” Rin said in awe. “Well I do live here” Kagome said with a proud smile. It quickly disappeared, “Well, actually its cause my grandfather is a cove of useless old legends and he chased me around for three days straight till I finally sat down and listened to his speech about this shrine. Then he made me listen to the same speech over, and over again till I actually stayed awake during the whole thing.”
Sango was chuckling and Rin was giggling like a schoolgi . . . well you get what I mean. “Sounds like an interesting guy” Sango said.
“Yeah, really interesting” Kagome said with a snort, and they started back to the house.
They entered and the girls looked around at the cozy little living room. A small boy was sitting on the couch reading a comic book. As soon as he saw Kagome he launched over the back of the couch and jumped into her arms. (AN: remind you of anyone, huh? *cough* shippo*cough* He will be in the story, don’t worry) “Hey Kags, you’re home, I missed you so much!”
“I’ve only been gone a couple hours Sota” Kagome said, escaping from her brother's embrace.
Sota finally looked up from where he had his face buried in Kagome's shoulder and noticed Rin and Sango for the first time. He immediately jumped from Kagome's arms, smoothed his clothes out, and tried to act as if nothing had happened.
“I know, I was just trying to make you feel wanted, I know how pathetic you can get when you feel like nobody wants you around and it gets on my nerves.” Sota said, trying to sound aloof.
He looked at Kagome’s two friends who were looking at him like he was the cutest little thing ever. ‘Man, the only time I saw a kid act like that was when mom went to work at the office for the first time.’ Sango thought. Remembering her mother was painful though, so she pushed the thought away.
“Stop staring at me!” Sota said, and left with as much dignity as he could muster.
“He is so sweeeeeeet!” Rin squealed happily, as soon as Sota was out of the room.
“I agree. I saw my brother do the same thing to my mom when she was gone for only a few hours. He must love you a lot.” Sango's eyes twinkled, and she couldn't help but stare at Kagome with a bit of envy.
Kagome did grin a little, but before she could respond a voice was heard from upstairs,
“I SO DO NOT LOVE HER AT ALL! SHES A DOOORRRK!” Sota screamed from his room.
“WHAT, AND YOU'RE NOT? STOP LISTENING IN ON OUR CONVERSATION DIP-WAD AND DON’T YELL IN THE HOUSE” Kagome yelled back.
Completely changing gears Kagome said, “He can be a real sweet-heart in private. He’s just very proud and believes his reputation will be ruined if anyone knows he likes me even a tiny iota.”
Her good-natured grin quickly dissipated when she saw her mother enter the room. Julia Ame Higurashi (though everyone called her Ame) was an older woman who greatly resembled Kagome. Her hair was put up in a neat bun and her features portrayed a woman with a very kind heart. Kagome saw this all with sadness. ‘She had a kind heart and might still have it somewhere under that wall of ice she’s built around it.’
“Hello mom, I wanted to talk to you. It seems you forgot to tell me about the dorm situation.” Kagome said, as respectfully as possible. The girls were waiting for Kagome’s mother to start saying something along the lines of how she forgot and that she was sorry but Kagome knew better.
“I didn’t forget. I just didn’t tell you. It wasn’t necessary information and I knew you would fight me on it.”
“Mother, I wouldn’t have fought you if you just explained the situation to me, you never explain anything to me, you simply tell me to do something, and excuse yourself by saying I would fight you on it.” Ame didn’t seem to be listening. She had turned to Sango and Rin.
“So, you are Kagome’s knew friends. I’m sorry we’ve been so rude, sit down and Kagome and I will make some tea.”
It looked as if Sango was about to protest but Ame simply grabbed Kagome’s arm and dragged her into the kitchen.
“Poor Kagome” Rin said quietly to Sango as they sat down. Sango nodded her head in agreement and both listened guiltily in on the conversation in the kitchen.
Kagome and Ame, went about making tea. “I am your mother. I do not have to explain myself to you. I also do not need to excuse myself. You should learn that I am simply doing what is best for you.” Kagome was plagued by guilt. She knew that her mother thought she was doing what was best for her and that just made it harder to tell her she was wrong.
“But mother, I just got used to living here. Why couldn't you at least tell me you were uprooting me again? And what about training? Or how about Sota? I’ll only be able to see him on Saturdays.”
“Firstly, since you just moved here you shouldn’t be attached to it yet. Regaurdless of what you say, it should be easier to leave. Secondly, you can train after you finish your homework.” Kagome was about to open her mouth to protest but her mother stopped her. “You’ll find a place Kagome, you are a very bright girl and the challenge will be good for you.” Kagome swallowed any further comments. “Lastly, Sota is a big boy and needs to learn to not be so attached to you. You’re his sister not his mother. That’s supposed to be my job.” She had said all this like a lecture except the last part. Kagome heard true sadness creep into Ame's voice, and Kagome immediately moved to comfort her, no matter how mean she had been just a few moments before.
“Sota loves you. You are a great mother to Sota.” When she said ‘to Sota’it didn’t feel like so much of a lie. Kagome’s words seemed to snap her mother back into reality because she quickly put the wall of ice back up around her heart.
“It doesn’t matter what you think.” Ame said, finished pouring the tea. It was then that Kagome became painfully aware that the two girls in the other room had probably heard every word of their conversation. She was about to ask her mom if they could continue their talk later when they were alone, but Ame stopped her once again.
“I packed your bag so you can go when the tea is finished” From any other mom that might have been thoughtful, but from Ame it was just something to do to be more in control.
Kagome put a fake smile on her face and said “Thank you mother but I can pack my own things.”
“No” Ame said airily. “I packed all necessary items and I don’t want you to take any more. I don’t want you to get distracted.”
That was it. Kagome was a very patient person but her mother had done these things all her life and she couldn’t be expected to stay calm all the time. She just cracked. She stormed into the living room saying “No mom, I will pack my own bag. You can’t do these things to me anymore! I’m 17 years old for god's sake . . .”
Her mother popped her head out of the kitchen and said “You shouldn’t lose your temper Kagome. You know what happens when you lose your temper” To anyone else it seemed like a completely innocent comment but Kagome visibly flinched when it was said and Rin and Sango knew there was more to it. It seemed her mother did too.
Kagome bowed her head. “I am deeply sorry mother. I hope that you will find it in your heart to forgive me.” She hated being so subservient, but she was used to it, and guilt won over pride.
“Of course you are forgiven” Ame said, embracing her daughter. “You are my child and I love you, I could never not forgive you” Kagome wanted to cry when Ame said that cause she knew that deep in her heart that Ame did love her. When Ame said that Kagome had heard the voice of the woman her mother used to be.
Kagome knew that her mother hadn’t been right emotionally since her father’s death and in her own twisted way, she was doing everything a loving mother could do for a child that they blamed their spouse’s death on.
Kagome pulled away and said in low voice, “Mama, could I please bring one box of things, I promise to train and do all my work” When she said this she saw guilt in her mothers eyes. Part of her old mother still resided in her and obviously wasn’t happy with ‘new’ mom’s treatment of Kagome. Kagome took a second to reflect on how screwed up her life was.
“Okay Kagome, but just one” Her mother finally gave in.
“Thank you mama” Kagome said, than took her friends swiftly to her room, forgetting the tea.
They were silent as Kagome went quickly around her room putting things in a huge box that was sitting on her bed next to an overstuffed yellow bookbag. Kagome hadn’t ever had friends before and she knew that this wasn’t the best way to start things out. Kagome tried to start a conversation hoping against hope that they wouldn’t ditch her because of the little scene downstairs. “I’m sorry about how I acted down there guys, I’m just a little tired from moving and going to a new school and everything, it
kinda put me on edge. I swear I’m not usually like that.”
Sango was flabbergasted. Did Kagome actually think that episode downstairs was her fault? It was obvious that Kagome was afraid that they would leave her but that wasn’t going to happen. Sango felt like she had known Kagome her whole life, and though Sango was really good friends with Rin, Kagome was so much more like her than Rin was. Rin was just too hyper sometimes. Sango’s heart went out to her friend and she tried to console her. “You didn’t do anything wrong Kagome. I know its not my place, but your mom was the one who should be apologizing to you.”
“Yeah” Rin said patting Kagome on the back, “She was totally wrong in the way she treated you.” Rin also felt a bond with Kagome and was worried about the kind of life she had to live with her mother. When they had asked her about her family, Kagome had talked about her brother and grandfather but nothing of her mother or father. She also didn’t give much away about her past. They had just met, but Rin already decided she was going to get Kagome to at least tell her a little about what seemed to be a troubled past. Rin could identify with troubled pasts, she had one herself.
Rin didn’t want Kagome to get mad at her but she had to ask. “Kagome, is she always like that?” her voice was soft, not wanting to set the other girl off. Kagome could tell by the way they were acting that they weren’t going to stop hanging out with her because of her mother and. She even supposed they must have known each other in a past life for how well they got along, so Kagome decided to tell them a little. “Yeah, she does that a lot, but she wasn’t always like that. My father's death change her.” The girls saw they were getting no more so they left it alone.
They eventually lost the awkwardness and chatted about stupid things as Kagome finished packing. Rin watched Kagome put a poster into the box and quickly sneaked it back out when Kagome's back was turned. Sango and Kagome were picking some of Kagome’s best movies, DVD’s, and CDs from her huge collection when they heard a high pitched squeal from behind them. They turned around to see Rin with an opened poster in front of her face jumping up and down.
They went over and looked at what poster she had. It was a picture of Johnny Dep in a full out Pirates of the Carribean outfit. He looked positively steamy. “Kagome can I have this please, please, please, please, please, please, please, PLLEEEEEEEAAASEEE!!!”
Kagome took the poster and rolled it back up. “No, its my Johnny” she said and kissed the poster before putting it back in the box. “But I will put it up on the wall in our dorm so you can look at it whenever you want.”
Rin went crazy then. “THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOOOOOOOOOOUUUU!”
“Riiiiight” Sango said, turning away from her screwed up friend and turned to Kagome. “So all set?”
“Yeah, I just have to get one more thing” she got down on the ground and pulled a huge case from under the bed. It was about four feet long, two feet wide and three feet deep (get what I’m saying) and looked very old. It was black and had red dragons twisting across it. “Uh, Kagome that thing is almost as big as the box, do you think your mom will let you take it?” Sango asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Sure. This doesn’t count, trust me.”
Sango took the yellow bag, while Rin carried the box and Kagome carried the strange case. She held it the same way that she would hold a baby. As they walked to school Sango asked, “What’s in the mystery box?”
“I’ll show you in the room” Kagome lowered her voice as they entered the campus and said with a worried expression on her face, “I’m not even sure if what’s in here is allowed on school property”
Rin perked up at this. “Something against the rules? Now I’m really interested.” She disappeared and popped back up in front of the two girls with full burglar clothes on. She was dressed in all black with a black snow cap on and black greasepaint under her eyes. She was holding a flashlight even though the sun was still up. “I’ll smuggle it in. I can get in anywhere” Rin said looking in every direction as though someone was gonna sneak up on her. A large bead of sweat appeared on Kagome's forhead, but Sango looked angry.
“You stole that stuff from my closet Rin!” Rin looked sheepish and quickly popped back up in normal clothes.
“Sorry Sango but I couldn’t find your spy uniform.” Sango’s expression softened
“That’s still at the cleaners. I forgive you but you still should have asked.” Kagome stared at the two for a moment before they finally headed back for the dorms.
“Okay, these are the dorms” Sango said as they walked up the stairs, “The building is co-ed but the genders are separated by floors” Kagome looked kinda confused so she said “okay for example floor one is just girls while two is boys, three is girls and so on and so forth. Now we are on the top floor since we are the student government. Its one of the perks. The rooms are slightly bigger than the others and we get more channels on the television.”
“There are candy and soda machines on this floor that only we are allowed to use. Also, there are only two rooms occupied on this floor so we have it basically to ourselves.” Rin added happily (when isn’t she happy?)
They reached the door that would take them to their floor and they stopped. Sango looked at Kagome and said with a frown, “The only downside is that we have to share the floor with the other half of the council” They stepped through the door.
Low and behold, the first thing they saw was Miroku chasing Sesshomaru down the hall (not even getting close) and screaming. “GIVE ME BACK MY POP-TART SESSHOMARU! ITS CHERRY, AND IT’S THE LAST OOOONNNNNNNEE!!!!”
Sango quickly hit Miroku with a frying pan (that was magically materialized out of thin air) while Sesshomaru stuffed the whole pop-tart in his mouth at once. (AN: OOC anyone?)
Suddenly they heard Inuyasha’s voice from the room on the right. “WHO THE HELL GOT INTO MY POP-TART STASH?!?”
Inuyasha came bursting out of the room with an empty box of pop-tarts and a scowl on his face. Miroku suddenly regained consciousness and began running wildly down the hallway, Sesshomaru a step behind. Sesshomaru might be strong but he knew how Inuyasha got when someone messed with his pop-tarts and he currently liked the amount of appendages he had so he decided to run.
“MIROKU, SESSHOMARU, I’M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU GUYS! YOU OWE ME POP-TARTS!” Inuyasha screamed and chased the scared shit-less boys down the hall and around the corner.
The three girls were left standing in front of the two rooms, listening to the sound of running feet and screams that were slowly dying away. “Looks like the three of us are the only sane ones in this friendship” Sango said, still bouncing the frying pan on her palm (or Old Poundy as she so lovingly refered to it).
“At least it’s a big floor. We can’t even hear the beating going on” Rin said as she absently munched on a cherry pop-tart. (looks like Sesshomaru and Miroku aren’t the only ones dipping into Inu’s stash).
Kagome chuckled lightly as an amused smile spread across her face. She could learn to like it here. ‘That is if I don’t go insane first’ she thought with joy. Kagome went with Rin and Sango and opened the door to the girls dorm room. “Home sweet home” Kagome said and, still smiling, put the case down on the empty bed.
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Okay, this once was a bitch to edit, but I did it. Things should be speeding up from now on. Character development, and plot development. Trust me, it will happen. Just enjoy the ride friends. Anyway, I wanted to share the endnote that I had with this chapter originally. It still expresses my feelings now so, here ya go
Yeah that is one of the longest chappies I have ever written!! I felt kinda bad about all the angst so I added EXTRA silly-ness at the end.
The truth is this story does have serious stuff. I do have a serious side you know. *all readers gasp in unison* WHAT! *dramatic music plays* DU DU DUNNNN! Yes, don't have a heart attack. I can be serious.
If you are wondering why the mom is so wacked up the truth is, I don't know. When I wrote the first chapters I was going to have her nice like in the anime, but it just kind of turned out like that and I ran with it. Most of the other fics have the nice mom, and if the dad is alive he is a deadbeat so I thought I would change it around.
I already started a dream sequence on notebook paper that will explain some of Kagome's powers and tell a little about her father. I didn't want to do this till later but I hate all the secrecy and junk. This story just isn't moving fast enough for me.
But I know one thing. I AM SO HAPPY THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS OVER. I AM NEVER EXPLAINING EVERY CLASS AGAIN UNLESS REALLY INTERESTING THINGS HAPPEN. It just takes toooooooo long. Oh yeah, I’ll probably have lots of music later in this fic.
Okay I wrote enough. Oh, and readers and reviewers, did I ever tell you you're my hero? That you are everything I would like to be? I can fly higher than an eagle cause . . . YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS!!
PEACE OUT!!! ^-^
You can tell just by reading that how much I've grown up since then. I'm far less. . . ahem. . .childish now. Still, you guys are the wind beneath my wings. Please keep reading and reviewing!
So, the beggining of this chapter gives away a little of Kagome's relationship with her mom, and hints at her past. The end is just stupid, but stupid in a funny way.
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The girls where in awe as they climbed the steps to the beautiful shrine that Kagome called home. The grass was a rich green and the house itself had a very traditional type of charm. There was a giant tree in the front yard and it stood very close to an old well house.“You have a great house Kagome, but that doesn’t exactly fit the scheme of things” Sango said gesturing to the old well house. Kagome smiled even though she was dreading going inside her house and confronting her mother.
“It’s called the bone eaters well. It is said that long ago when a demon was killed they would throw the remains in the well and the next day, they would have vanished.”
“You sure know a lot Kagome.” Rin said in awe. “Well I do live here” Kagome said with a proud smile. It quickly disappeared, “Well, actually its cause my grandfather is a cove of useless old legends and he chased me around for three days straight till I finally sat down and listened to his speech about this shrine. Then he made me listen to the same speech over, and over again till I actually stayed awake during the whole thing.”
Sango was chuckling and Rin was giggling like a schoolgi . . . well you get what I mean. “Sounds like an interesting guy” Sango said.
“Yeah, really interesting” Kagome said with a snort, and they started back to the house.
They entered and the girls looked around at the cozy little living room. A small boy was sitting on the couch reading a comic book. As soon as he saw Kagome he launched over the back of the couch and jumped into her arms. (AN: remind you of anyone, huh? *cough* shippo*cough* He will be in the story, don’t worry) “Hey Kags, you’re home, I missed you so much!”
“I’ve only been gone a couple hours Sota” Kagome said, escaping from her brother's embrace.
Sota finally looked up from where he had his face buried in Kagome's shoulder and noticed Rin and Sango for the first time. He immediately jumped from Kagome's arms, smoothed his clothes out, and tried to act as if nothing had happened.
“I know, I was just trying to make you feel wanted, I know how pathetic you can get when you feel like nobody wants you around and it gets on my nerves.” Sota said, trying to sound aloof.
He looked at Kagome’s two friends who were looking at him like he was the cutest little thing ever. ‘Man, the only time I saw a kid act like that was when mom went to work at the office for the first time.’ Sango thought. Remembering her mother was painful though, so she pushed the thought away.
“Stop staring at me!” Sota said, and left with as much dignity as he could muster.
“He is so sweeeeeeet!” Rin squealed happily, as soon as Sota was out of the room.
“I agree. I saw my brother do the same thing to my mom when she was gone for only a few hours. He must love you a lot.” Sango's eyes twinkled, and she couldn't help but stare at Kagome with a bit of envy.
Kagome did grin a little, but before she could respond a voice was heard from upstairs,
“I SO DO NOT LOVE HER AT ALL! SHES A DOOORRRK!” Sota screamed from his room.
“WHAT, AND YOU'RE NOT? STOP LISTENING IN ON OUR CONVERSATION DIP-WAD AND DON’T YELL IN THE HOUSE” Kagome yelled back.
Completely changing gears Kagome said, “He can be a real sweet-heart in private. He’s just very proud and believes his reputation will be ruined if anyone knows he likes me even a tiny iota.”
Her good-natured grin quickly dissipated when she saw her mother enter the room. Julia Ame Higurashi (though everyone called her Ame) was an older woman who greatly resembled Kagome. Her hair was put up in a neat bun and her features portrayed a woman with a very kind heart. Kagome saw this all with sadness. ‘She had a kind heart and might still have it somewhere under that wall of ice she’s built around it.’
“Hello mom, I wanted to talk to you. It seems you forgot to tell me about the dorm situation.” Kagome said, as respectfully as possible. The girls were waiting for Kagome’s mother to start saying something along the lines of how she forgot and that she was sorry but Kagome knew better.
“I didn’t forget. I just didn’t tell you. It wasn’t necessary information and I knew you would fight me on it.”
“Mother, I wouldn’t have fought you if you just explained the situation to me, you never explain anything to me, you simply tell me to do something, and excuse yourself by saying I would fight you on it.” Ame didn’t seem to be listening. She had turned to Sango and Rin.
“So, you are Kagome’s knew friends. I’m sorry we’ve been so rude, sit down and Kagome and I will make some tea.”
It looked as if Sango was about to protest but Ame simply grabbed Kagome’s arm and dragged her into the kitchen.
“Poor Kagome” Rin said quietly to Sango as they sat down. Sango nodded her head in agreement and both listened guiltily in on the conversation in the kitchen.
Kagome and Ame, went about making tea. “I am your mother. I do not have to explain myself to you. I also do not need to excuse myself. You should learn that I am simply doing what is best for you.” Kagome was plagued by guilt. She knew that her mother thought she was doing what was best for her and that just made it harder to tell her she was wrong.
“But mother, I just got used to living here. Why couldn't you at least tell me you were uprooting me again? And what about training? Or how about Sota? I’ll only be able to see him on Saturdays.”
“Firstly, since you just moved here you shouldn’t be attached to it yet. Regaurdless of what you say, it should be easier to leave. Secondly, you can train after you finish your homework.” Kagome was about to open her mouth to protest but her mother stopped her. “You’ll find a place Kagome, you are a very bright girl and the challenge will be good for you.” Kagome swallowed any further comments. “Lastly, Sota is a big boy and needs to learn to not be so attached to you. You’re his sister not his mother. That’s supposed to be my job.” She had said all this like a lecture except the last part. Kagome heard true sadness creep into Ame's voice, and Kagome immediately moved to comfort her, no matter how mean she had been just a few moments before.
“Sota loves you. You are a great mother to Sota.” When she said ‘to Sota’it didn’t feel like so much of a lie. Kagome’s words seemed to snap her mother back into reality because she quickly put the wall of ice back up around her heart.
“It doesn’t matter what you think.” Ame said, finished pouring the tea. It was then that Kagome became painfully aware that the two girls in the other room had probably heard every word of their conversation. She was about to ask her mom if they could continue their talk later when they were alone, but Ame stopped her once again.
“I packed your bag so you can go when the tea is finished” From any other mom that might have been thoughtful, but from Ame it was just something to do to be more in control.
Kagome put a fake smile on her face and said “Thank you mother but I can pack my own things.”
“No” Ame said airily. “I packed all necessary items and I don’t want you to take any more. I don’t want you to get distracted.”
That was it. Kagome was a very patient person but her mother had done these things all her life and she couldn’t be expected to stay calm all the time. She just cracked. She stormed into the living room saying “No mom, I will pack my own bag. You can’t do these things to me anymore! I’m 17 years old for god's sake . . .”
Her mother popped her head out of the kitchen and said “You shouldn’t lose your temper Kagome. You know what happens when you lose your temper” To anyone else it seemed like a completely innocent comment but Kagome visibly flinched when it was said and Rin and Sango knew there was more to it. It seemed her mother did too.
Kagome bowed her head. “I am deeply sorry mother. I hope that you will find it in your heart to forgive me.” She hated being so subservient, but she was used to it, and guilt won over pride.
“Of course you are forgiven” Ame said, embracing her daughter. “You are my child and I love you, I could never not forgive you” Kagome wanted to cry when Ame said that cause she knew that deep in her heart that Ame did love her. When Ame said that Kagome had heard the voice of the woman her mother used to be.
Kagome knew that her mother hadn’t been right emotionally since her father’s death and in her own twisted way, she was doing everything a loving mother could do for a child that they blamed their spouse’s death on.
Kagome pulled away and said in low voice, “Mama, could I please bring one box of things, I promise to train and do all my work” When she said this she saw guilt in her mothers eyes. Part of her old mother still resided in her and obviously wasn’t happy with ‘new’ mom’s treatment of Kagome. Kagome took a second to reflect on how screwed up her life was.
“Okay Kagome, but just one” Her mother finally gave in.
“Thank you mama” Kagome said, than took her friends swiftly to her room, forgetting the tea.
They were silent as Kagome went quickly around her room putting things in a huge box that was sitting on her bed next to an overstuffed yellow bookbag. Kagome hadn’t ever had friends before and she knew that this wasn’t the best way to start things out. Kagome tried to start a conversation hoping against hope that they wouldn’t ditch her because of the little scene downstairs. “I’m sorry about how I acted down there guys, I’m just a little tired from moving and going to a new school and everything, it
kinda put me on edge. I swear I’m not usually like that.”
Sango was flabbergasted. Did Kagome actually think that episode downstairs was her fault? It was obvious that Kagome was afraid that they would leave her but that wasn’t going to happen. Sango felt like she had known Kagome her whole life, and though Sango was really good friends with Rin, Kagome was so much more like her than Rin was. Rin was just too hyper sometimes. Sango’s heart went out to her friend and she tried to console her. “You didn’t do anything wrong Kagome. I know its not my place, but your mom was the one who should be apologizing to you.”
“Yeah” Rin said patting Kagome on the back, “She was totally wrong in the way she treated you.” Rin also felt a bond with Kagome and was worried about the kind of life she had to live with her mother. When they had asked her about her family, Kagome had talked about her brother and grandfather but nothing of her mother or father. She also didn’t give much away about her past. They had just met, but Rin already decided she was going to get Kagome to at least tell her a little about what seemed to be a troubled past. Rin could identify with troubled pasts, she had one herself.
Rin didn’t want Kagome to get mad at her but she had to ask. “Kagome, is she always like that?” her voice was soft, not wanting to set the other girl off. Kagome could tell by the way they were acting that they weren’t going to stop hanging out with her because of her mother and. She even supposed they must have known each other in a past life for how well they got along, so Kagome decided to tell them a little. “Yeah, she does that a lot, but she wasn’t always like that. My father's death change her.” The girls saw they were getting no more so they left it alone.
They eventually lost the awkwardness and chatted about stupid things as Kagome finished packing. Rin watched Kagome put a poster into the box and quickly sneaked it back out when Kagome's back was turned. Sango and Kagome were picking some of Kagome’s best movies, DVD’s, and CDs from her huge collection when they heard a high pitched squeal from behind them. They turned around to see Rin with an opened poster in front of her face jumping up and down.
They went over and looked at what poster she had. It was a picture of Johnny Dep in a full out Pirates of the Carribean outfit. He looked positively steamy. “Kagome can I have this please, please, please, please, please, please, please, PLLEEEEEEEAAASEEE!!!”
Kagome took the poster and rolled it back up. “No, its my Johnny” she said and kissed the poster before putting it back in the box. “But I will put it up on the wall in our dorm so you can look at it whenever you want.”
Rin went crazy then. “THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOOOOOOOOOOUUUU!”
“Riiiiight” Sango said, turning away from her screwed up friend and turned to Kagome. “So all set?”
“Yeah, I just have to get one more thing” she got down on the ground and pulled a huge case from under the bed. It was about four feet long, two feet wide and three feet deep (get what I’m saying) and looked very old. It was black and had red dragons twisting across it. “Uh, Kagome that thing is almost as big as the box, do you think your mom will let you take it?” Sango asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Sure. This doesn’t count, trust me.”
Sango took the yellow bag, while Rin carried the box and Kagome carried the strange case. She held it the same way that she would hold a baby. As they walked to school Sango asked, “What’s in the mystery box?”
“I’ll show you in the room” Kagome lowered her voice as they entered the campus and said with a worried expression on her face, “I’m not even sure if what’s in here is allowed on school property”
Rin perked up at this. “Something against the rules? Now I’m really interested.” She disappeared and popped back up in front of the two girls with full burglar clothes on. She was dressed in all black with a black snow cap on and black greasepaint under her eyes. She was holding a flashlight even though the sun was still up. “I’ll smuggle it in. I can get in anywhere” Rin said looking in every direction as though someone was gonna sneak up on her. A large bead of sweat appeared on Kagome's forhead, but Sango looked angry.
“You stole that stuff from my closet Rin!” Rin looked sheepish and quickly popped back up in normal clothes.
“Sorry Sango but I couldn’t find your spy uniform.” Sango’s expression softened
“That’s still at the cleaners. I forgive you but you still should have asked.” Kagome stared at the two for a moment before they finally headed back for the dorms.
“Okay, these are the dorms” Sango said as they walked up the stairs, “The building is co-ed but the genders are separated by floors” Kagome looked kinda confused so she said “okay for example floor one is just girls while two is boys, three is girls and so on and so forth. Now we are on the top floor since we are the student government. Its one of the perks. The rooms are slightly bigger than the others and we get more channels on the television.”
“There are candy and soda machines on this floor that only we are allowed to use. Also, there are only two rooms occupied on this floor so we have it basically to ourselves.” Rin added happily (when isn’t she happy?)
They reached the door that would take them to their floor and they stopped. Sango looked at Kagome and said with a frown, “The only downside is that we have to share the floor with the other half of the council” They stepped through the door.
Low and behold, the first thing they saw was Miroku chasing Sesshomaru down the hall (not even getting close) and screaming. “GIVE ME BACK MY POP-TART SESSHOMARU! ITS CHERRY, AND IT’S THE LAST OOOONNNNNNNEE!!!!”
Sango quickly hit Miroku with a frying pan (that was magically materialized out of thin air) while Sesshomaru stuffed the whole pop-tart in his mouth at once. (AN: OOC anyone?)
Suddenly they heard Inuyasha’s voice from the room on the right. “WHO THE HELL GOT INTO MY POP-TART STASH?!?”
Inuyasha came bursting out of the room with an empty box of pop-tarts and a scowl on his face. Miroku suddenly regained consciousness and began running wildly down the hallway, Sesshomaru a step behind. Sesshomaru might be strong but he knew how Inuyasha got when someone messed with his pop-tarts and he currently liked the amount of appendages he had so he decided to run.
“MIROKU, SESSHOMARU, I’M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU GUYS! YOU OWE ME POP-TARTS!” Inuyasha screamed and chased the scared shit-less boys down the hall and around the corner.
The three girls were left standing in front of the two rooms, listening to the sound of running feet and screams that were slowly dying away. “Looks like the three of us are the only sane ones in this friendship” Sango said, still bouncing the frying pan on her palm (or Old Poundy as she so lovingly refered to it).
“At least it’s a big floor. We can’t even hear the beating going on” Rin said as she absently munched on a cherry pop-tart. (looks like Sesshomaru and Miroku aren’t the only ones dipping into Inu’s stash).
Kagome chuckled lightly as an amused smile spread across her face. She could learn to like it here. ‘That is if I don’t go insane first’ she thought with joy. Kagome went with Rin and Sango and opened the door to the girls dorm room. “Home sweet home” Kagome said and, still smiling, put the case down on the empty bed.
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Okay, this once was a bitch to edit, but I did it. Things should be speeding up from now on. Character development, and plot development. Trust me, it will happen. Just enjoy the ride friends. Anyway, I wanted to share the endnote that I had with this chapter originally. It still expresses my feelings now so, here ya go
Yeah that is one of the longest chappies I have ever written!! I felt kinda bad about all the angst so I added EXTRA silly-ness at the end.
The truth is this story does have serious stuff. I do have a serious side you know. *all readers gasp in unison* WHAT! *dramatic music plays* DU DU DUNNNN! Yes, don't have a heart attack. I can be serious.
If you are wondering why the mom is so wacked up the truth is, I don't know. When I wrote the first chapters I was going to have her nice like in the anime, but it just kind of turned out like that and I ran with it. Most of the other fics have the nice mom, and if the dad is alive he is a deadbeat so I thought I would change it around.
I already started a dream sequence on notebook paper that will explain some of Kagome's powers and tell a little about her father. I didn't want to do this till later but I hate all the secrecy and junk. This story just isn't moving fast enough for me.
But I know one thing. I AM SO HAPPY THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS OVER. I AM NEVER EXPLAINING EVERY CLASS AGAIN UNLESS REALLY INTERESTING THINGS HAPPEN. It just takes toooooooo long. Oh yeah, I’ll probably have lots of music later in this fic.
Okay I wrote enough. Oh, and readers and reviewers, did I ever tell you you're my hero? That you are everything I would like to be? I can fly higher than an eagle cause . . . YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS!!
PEACE OUT!!! ^-^
You can tell just by reading that how much I've grown up since then. I'm far less. . . ahem. . .childish now. Still, you guys are the wind beneath my wings. Please keep reading and reviewing!