InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Job ❯ Arriving ( Chapter 1 )

 

The Job

 

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own ANYTHING! AT all! *sob* except maybe this cardboard box…no, seriously, you would waste money suing me.

 

Arriving

 

August 29th. The day that Kagome hated the most. It had been on this day, five years ago, that her family shrine had gone up in flames. Since that time the Higurashis moved to the country, staying with Mrs. Higurashi's younger sister. Money was very tight, and when the area was hit with a harsh and destructive storm the money pouch tightened even more.

 

*~*~ Kagome sighed as she glanced at the crude, hand drawn map in her hand for the tenth time since boarding the train. “Ok,” she thought, “How bad can it be? I have to get off at the Central Station, walk 4 blocks to the Yumari Home, and then call the employment agency. Not that bad….”

 

 

As the family ate bread and canned beans for the fourth week in a row, Kagome made a mental declaration, a promise to herself that she would go to Tokyo and find a job. She would work very hard, get promoted, rack up a lot of money, and come home in no time! Of course ideas always seem much easier in the warmth of a loving, albeit slightly destitute home. Kagome sat next to her mother and little brother and smiled. It would all be easy. And she wouldn't have to carry any more guilt for the fire. The fire that she knew was her fault.

 

*~*~ The train screeched to a halt as it made its final and most anticipated stop. People seemed to pour out of the steel doors as they flew open. Mothers were yelling at children, fathers shouldering the suitcases, travelers roused themselves and fell into the race of who was getting out the fastest. Kagome was lost in the sea of people that erupted from the before calm train. She stood to the side, a little terrified at what she had gotten into, a little bit of her pretend courage chipping. As the crowds cleared and the conductors made their way up and down the isles one of the them stopped in front of Kagome.

 

“Miss? Miss? This is the train's final stop and all the passengers are asked to leave now,” said the lady conductor kindly.

 

Kagome jumped slightly, startled out of her scared trance. “Oh yes! Thank you,” she blushed, “I'm sorry, it's just my first time here…and there were so many people...”she drifted off.

 

The conductor smiled. “It's no problem dear. Do you know where you're heading now?”

 

“No thank you. I um…I think, that is I KNOW where to go,” Kagome stammered, clutching her duffle to her, edging out of the door. “Thank you ma'am!” And with that she stepped out into the terminal determinately, ready now to face the city and be brave.

 

The conductor watched her leave and shook her head sadly. “One month. The shy ones never last here. Poor girl,” she sighed to herself shaking her head.