InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Foreign Exchange Student ❯ Telling her past ( Chapter 6 )

The Foreign Exchange Student

Ch. 6 Telling Her Past

 

Last Time

 

"My mom left me at a campground when I was 3 days old. My father had left when he found out that my mom was pregnant. He didn't want a child so he left." Ashley told them. She could tell that everyone wanted to hear more of the story so she took a deep breath and told them all about what had happened while she was young.

This Time

 

"When I was born my mother hated me because I reminded her of my father," Ashley Started. "He left her when he found out she was pregnant. But my mom still loved him very much and blamed me for him leaving her."

 

"After I was born I was hit a lot even though I was very small. And then one day my mom just decided she didn't want me any more." Ashley stopped for a minute as she thought about what happened. (A.N. she's a witch so...she can remember better...that's my excuse)

 

Flashback

 

Ashley is a little 3-day-old baby. And is in a small basket with her mother driving in the car. It is a busy street and Ashley started to cry because she was scared. Her mother turned around and yelled at Ashley to shut up.

 

A few minutes later her mother pulled out of the city and into a woodland area. She pulled up the car next to a camper that was on the edge of huge campground. Quietly she took Ashley out of the back seat and set her down on the ground. She muttered "good riddance to you," got back in the car, and drove away.

 

End Flashback

 

Everyone stared at her waiting for her to continue. She took a deep breath and kept going, "Well the next morning the people who were living in the camper found me outside. They were both elderly people so they couldn't take care of me. They took me to the orphanage to live. It was always really cold there. I can remember it to well. Sleeping on the floor, freezing all night."

 

Flashback 2

Ashley is not about 4 and is sitting in a corner of her room crying. It is a cold December night, December 25th to be exact. Christmas day, but Ashley doesn't have anything to be happy about. She is freezing, has no presents, no one to care for her, and no one for her to care about.

 

 

Ms. Taylor, the evil orphanage leader, comes into the room and sees Ashley crying. She goes over to Ashley and tells her, "Get up you useless orphan, this place isn't going to clean itself. Go help the others." So Ashley gets up and walks into the other room with the other 15 orphans in there and starts cleaning. 2 Hours later she goes back to her room and sits back down in the corner. She starts to cry again, and cries herself to sleep.

 

End Flashback2

 

"Anyway," Ashley continued, "When I was about 6 I was adopted. I was so happy, but it didn't last long." Ashley stopped to look around at everyone. Kagome looked as if she was close to tears. Inuyasha was actually showing some emotion and looked sad. Sango and Miroku were sitting next to each other holding hands, both with that same look of pity on their face. Shippo was sitting in Kagome's lap with a single tear falling from his eye.

 

They all looked at Ashley while she paused. They could tell this was a difficult thing for her to do. It must be tearing her up inside. "How about I start some food while you finish your story," Kagome said cheerfully. Ashley smiled and nodded, everyone else nodded also so Kagome started the food and Ashley continued telling the story.

 

"A few months after I was adopted papa, I can't remember his real name but Papa was what I called him, started to drink a lot. He died in a car crash and left mama and me alone. But because of papa dying mama was really depressed. She took care of me the best she could but just couldn't do it by herself. She started drinking to and she eventually killed herself...but no one ever told me exactly how. All they would say was that she killed herself, nothing else. So I was sent back to the orphanage."

 

Kagome looked up from where she was, the food was done and she started to pass it out to everyone, 'she lost 2 sets of parents, and she wasn't even 7 yet.' Kagome sighed and looked at Ashley telling her silently to keep going, she did. "I was at that orphanage for about a month and they put me somewhere else. They kept switching me to different places. I never stayed in one place for more then a few months. It was terrible, I had very few friends, and the ones I managed to make I had to leave again after a while. So I started shutting myself off from everyone, keeping to myself and not wanting friends. It just hurt to much to have to leave them behind..."

 

"Well about a year ago I saw an add online for a foreign exchange program. So I signed up, all I had to do was fill out this form and tell why I should be chosen. All I said was that I am an orphan and have never felt like part of a real family. Well I suppose they liked my submission because next thing I know, I'm on a plane to Tokyo. And that's how I ended up here."

 

Everyone sat in silence and finished eating, not knowing what to say. Kagome spoke softly, "So is that why you were so happy to make good friends at school? Because you never had one." Ashley looked at her and then looked down at the ground, she nodded her head not looking up at anyone.

 

"Well you don't need to worry about that anymore," Miroku said. The rest of the people looked over at him to see what he was going to say. "Now you have us to, I have only known you for a few days but you are already one of my really good friends. And I'm sure everyone else feels the same way...even Inuyasha even though he may not admit it." Ashley looked at him and smiled while everyone else nodded, except Inuyasha. He didn't do anything but look at Ashley for a minute before he spoke, "I guess your right Miroku. She has spunk and I like that...I suppose."

 

Ashley looked over at Inuyasha and smiled her biggest smile ever. She knew that he was just putting up with her now because he knows how she felt. Alone in the world, cold and scared with no real friends. But no matter the reason Ashley was glad for it.

Later that night she was laying in her sleeping bag, thinking. 'I wonder if I can tell them about my powers. They are all...different, but I don't know yet. I just made the best friends I will ever have, and I don't want to lose them. But on the other hand, if I tell them now and they do leave, it will hurt less because I haven't gotten attached to them yet. What should I do now?' Ashley fell asleep while she was thinking about it, not worrying about it until the next day.