InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The One Who Heals My Heart ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter 1

One Year Later

Kagome couldn’t believe her good luck. She was done High School now, and was going to start College soon. She had been so worried for the last year that she wouldn’t be accepted, that she had worked harder then ever before to get her grades up. She had even talked hr mother into getting her a tutor for some subjects.

But here she was, getting ready to start at one of the best schools out there. Some times she still couldn’t believe that they had said yes to her application. She had been so sure that no one would want her in their school. But as it turns out, they had said that after all the sicknesses that she had been through, to come back and end the year with a 4.0 average, was quite remarkable. They were actually quite happy to let her in. And they had also told her that if she did as well in their school, they didn’t see why she wouldn’t be accepted into med school as soon as she graduated.

The only down side to it all was that she didn’t have her four best friends to share it all with. She had had to leave them behind in the past. She still missed all of them. Miroku with his wandering hands, Sango and their girl talks in the hot springs. Shippo, her adopted son, the little kitsune that she wanted so badly to see grow up. But most of all, Inuyasha. The only man she would ever love.

She knew now she was ruined for anyone else. She had tried to date in the past year, but she always seemed to compare them to Inuyasha, and they never measured up. He was the only man for her. She would never love another, and she was okay with that. She accepted it.

She didn’t really mind that she knew at the tender age of 18 that she would never marry, or have children. What was the point when she couldn’t have that with the man she loved? If it wasn’t going to be with him, then it wasn’t going to be with anyone. And if she did luck out and find some one, then good for her. But she wasn’t about to go out of her way to find that someone.

No, in her heart she knew that she would wait to be with Inuyasha. Even if that meant she had to wait until she died.

Kagome had been packing up her room, since she would be living in the dorms at her school for the year, and was almost done. She let out a sigh as she looked once again around the room.

This was the place where she had grown into the woman she was now. She had spent many a night in here with Inuyasha at the window, or just outside in the God tree. She missed those times.

When she had disappeared from Inuyasha’s side, only to be back inside the well in her own time, she had known that the well had been sealed. But that didn’t stop her from trying a couple of times a month to see if it had reopened. And now she wouldn’t have that comfort. She wouldn’t have to trees around the shrine to remind her of the time spent in the forest that was named after her love. She wouldn’t have the daily reminders around the house of the times she had spent here with him. She wouldn’t have anything to really remind her of him at all. And that broke her heart a little.

But soon she was back to packing and sooner then she had thought possible; all the things that she had planned to take with her to her dorm room were packed. And as she took one last look at the room she wouldn’t be seeing for a few weeks, Sota had made his way back to grab the last of her things.

“Mama’s waiting for the last of this in the rental car,” Sota told her quietly. “So I guess I’d better say bye now. It’s going to be odd not having you around every day.”

Kagome smiled and ruffled her brother’s hair. “Ya, but now you can take over my room.”

Sota scrunched up his nose. “Na, my room is bigger anyway.”

Kagome laughed at this, since her room was definitely bigger. “Let me guess. You already asked Mama if you could and she said no.”

Sota just smiled.

“Tell Jii-chan bye for me. He went out this morning for some where and I haven’t seen him since.”

“You’ll be back in a few weeks anyway, so what’s the point? Heck, you may just be back before that just because you miss us so much!”

Kagome smiled as she made her way down the stairs of the shrine. She knew her brother was probably right. She would likely be back before that simply because she missed them so much.

After her time with Inuyasha was over, her family had been a big help in getting her through the separation from her friends in the past. They helped her through so much. They understood how hard it was on her, and didn’t pressure her for anything she wasn’t willing to give. And this made her love them all the more.

Once she had reached the street and to the car that her mother was waiting in, she gave her brother a hug.

“Hey!” he said. “That’s what the good bye inside was for. I really didn’t want anyone I knew to see me hugging my sister you know!”

Kagome laughed and ruffled his hair once more. Sota had been the most help in the past year. He had walked with her in the forest around the shrine, and got her to talk about the adventures she had shared with all of her friends. He never questioned her on anything, but just let her talk about whatever she had needed to talk about at the time. But most importantly, he never treated her any different then before. And now she would miss her walks with him most of all.

“I’ll see you squirt,” Kagome said through the window of the car as her mother started the engine.

“Hey!” Sota yelled at her as her mother started to drive away. “I’m not a squirt!” (\ /) (•.•) (><)  

Kagome had finally finished unpacking her things. She had yet to meet her new room mate, but wasn’t too worried about that. She had a sinking suspicion that she would like the person that she would be living with for the next year.

Her mother had left an hour ago, and now that she was done unpacking her things Kagome really didn’t have anything more to do. She was tempted to go to orientation, but wanted to wait and meet her room mate.

Soon a girl walked into the room. She was carrying some boxes, so Kagome couldn’t see her face. In fact the only way that Kagome even knew that she was a girl was that she had been talking to someone behind her.

“I told Dad not to worry. But does he listen? No! I can’t believe he doesn’t trust me!”

A male voice laughed. “It’s not that he doesn’t trust you, Kaiya. It the boys here he doesn’t trust! You’ve heard the stories about how he was before mother. Do you really blame him?”

The girl put down the boxes next to the dresser that would be hers and turned to reply to the guy that had just walked into to room with boxes covering his face.

When Kagome got a look at the girl, she let out a gasp. This girl could be Sango’s twin, except for the violet eyes. In fact, the eyes looked more like Miroku’s. Who was this girl?

“Just because Dad was that way, doesn’t mean that all guys are! Look at Uncle Juro. He’s not like that. Heck you’re not like that, and you’re his son. Or are you maybe Uncle Juro’s, since you seem more like him then Dad? Humm Toki?”

The man laughed as he put down his boxes, and once more Kagome let out a small gasp. He could be Miroku’s twin. The only difference between this Toki and her old friend was the brown hair on the top of his head.

“You know that isn’t possible Kaiya. How many times a day do we hear how much I look like Dad?”

Kaiya just shrugged her shoulders. And turned towards the boxes that she had put down. That’s when she noticed that her and her brother weren’t the only ones in the room. Kaiya smiled and put her hand out to Kagome.

“Hi,” she said. “You must be my room mate. I’m Kaiya Souryo, and this is my brother Toki. I’m sorry you had to hear all of that. My father is a little over protective of me and my sisters.”

Kagome smiled and took her hand. “Hi, I’m Kagome Higurashi. And I don’t mind. I know how parent’s can be.”

She didn’t seem to notice how the siblings looked at each other in slight shock when they heard her name. But she wouldn’t have noticed anyway, it had happened way too fast.

“It’s nice to meet you Kagome,” Toki said. “But I really have to get to my dorm room and unpack. I’ll catch you later Kaiya.”

“Bye Toki!”

“Nice meeting you too Toki.”

Kaiya smiled and turned to her boxes. “He’s two years older then me, and goes here too. My parents were too busy to help with the moving, so they made him help. They were going to get my other siblings to help too, but Toki and I told them it wasn’t necessary.”

Kagome smiled and said, “Well, why don’t I help you unpack? I’m already done.”

“That would be great!” Kaiya told her.

As the girls unpacked, they learned more about each other. Kagome learned that Kaiya was the youngest of 7, there being 4 girls and 3 boys in the family. It was kind of funny, the order went girl, boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl. Her oldest sister was the only one that was married, and had 3 little ones of her own. Kagome also learned that the Uncle Juro that Kaiya had mentioned before, wasn’t really an uncle. He was a very close friend of the family, and all of them called him “Uncle”. It turned out that Kaiya and her siblings didn’t have any natural uncles or aunts. They didn’t even have grand parents. But all of the friends that the family had made up for that small fact. Kaiya said that she hadn’t missed out on anything in her life. She had been loved well by her family and friends.

“It’s always been more of a family then other’s could claim. My friends were always jealous of me for how close we all were to each other.”

Kagome had told her about her family and friends. She had to stop herself from telling her about Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo. Kaiya looked so much like Sango, that Kagome found herself wanting to call her room mate by that name.

Once they were finished unpacking Kaiya’s things, they left to go find Toki, since he had told his sister that he would show her around. He told her it would be more informative then the orientation that the school provided. And Kaiya, being so nice, had told Kagome to come with them.

It didn’t take long for the girls to find Toki, since Kaiya knew where his dorm room was. And before they knew it, they were getting a grand tour of the grounds and buildings that they would be going to school in. Toki was even nice enough to show the girls the shortcuts from class to class once he saw their schedules.

It didn’t take as long as the girls had thought, and soon they were in the mess hall getting their dinner. Toki had been nice enough to offer to pay for both the girls, since they didn’t realize that the student meal cards that they had received wouldn’t be activated until the next day when school had officially started.

They stood in the line up waiting passionately for their food when Toki and Kaiya said something that made Kagome’s heart break a little.

“I hope they have ramen,” Toki said as he tried to look over the heads of his fellow students waiting in line in front of them.

“You and your ramen,” Kaiya said. “I’m serious, are you sure you’re not Uncle Juro’s kid?”

Toki smiled. “I’m sure. I just liked hanging out with him more then Dad growing up. He was way more fun. I mean come on, after all of our siblings, the joy had worn off for Dad. I can’t help it if Uncle Juro helped me realize the wonders of Ramen!”

Kaiya giggled and turned to Kagome. “Our Uncle has a real passion for the stuff. I’m sure that if our mother and his sister in law weren’t around, that Ramen would be all that he ever ate. And the silly thing is, it has to be the instant stuff. He says that it tastes better. I don’t see how that could be, but to each their own I guess.”

Kagome gave her a faint smile. This uncle of theirs was starting to sound like Inuyasha. But she couldn’t think that way. He was long dead and gone. She could never see him again.