InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Untamed Ice ❯ Chapter 1-Fitting with the Secrets ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of these characters, except for Sayano! She is MINE!!! =)

 

Other than that, I hope you enjoy chapter 1…

 

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Chapter 1: Fitting with the Secrets

 

-2 weeks later-

 

It took me awhile to settle in (even though I had barely anything to settle with). The family seemed warm and welcoming, but I knew I wouldn't stay long, so I detached myself from them. The girl Kagome would disappear a lot, and when I would ask her mother where she was, she would just shrug with a smile and turn to do something else. Knowing that I wouldn't get answer I stopped asking, even though the curiosity never went away.

 

The woman took me shopping today, which was very new to me. She got me a new set of clothes and a new uniform, since I am now attending Kagome's new school. I already spent a week there, and I guess you can say, I am a total outcast. The times that Kagome was there (which were few), she would talk to me and invite me in with her three new friends. I don't remember their names though, but I could care less. I didn't really want to make a friend here, knowing that I would leave soon.

 

As I came home, I saw another pair of shoes in the entrance and realized that Kagome had come home today. As I studied them, I noticed that they were quite worn out, like she had been traveling. Where the heck was she going? Just then, their fat cat Buyo came up to me and started to rub my legs. It meowed and just stared at me. I always had a soft spot for animals so I bent down to pet it. Just then Kagome came running down the stairs. She seemed surprised before smiling.

 

“Hey Sayano! How was school?” She asked brightly, but I couldn't help noticing that something was wrong. She seemed flustered and angry. I got worried and wanted to ask her what was wrong before I caught myself. What was I doing? I can't get close to them! I have to stop this! I thought angrily to myself. I smiled and took off my shoes before answering.

 

“It was ok,” I answered. Before I could stop myself, I blurted, “ Where are you these days? And why do you look so flustered?” I stopped, horrified with myself. I felt myself flush and I couldn't help noticing her smile faltering.

 

“Oh, uh… I go camping a lot… with my friends… you know that sort of thing…and uh… I am ok. You don't need to worry about me,” she answered, avoiding my eyes. I knew she was lying, and I couldn't help opening my big mouth again.

 

“You're lying. You aren't looking me in the eyes,” I pointed out and I quickly shut up before I said anything else. She smiled weakly before changing the subject.

 

“Yeah, I guess, but I got to go. I promised my friend I would help her baby-sit her brother. Oh, and mom… well, she went out with Sota… Well see you later,” she exclaimed, and she hurriedly moved forward.

 

“But-“ I started but her look made me shut my mouth and before I knew it, she was out the door and gone. I contemplated whether I should follow her, but I decided I shouldn't. We barely even knew each other, and I had no right to butt into her business, I mean, I am sure wherever she is going is safe and harmless.

 

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As soon as Kagome left the house and was sure that Sayano wasn't watching or following her, she stopped walking and gave a sigh of relief. That was too close she had to admit. She wasn't sure that she had totally convinced her. She wasn't the best liar in the world. You could ask all of her friends and they would agree. Of course, she would never do that.

 

She wasn't sure whether she should tell Sayano about the Bone eater's well or about Inuyasha and everyone. She hadn't even mentioned Sayano to Sango. She knew she should tell them, but she couldn't. For some reason, she couldn't. She accepted Sayano and such, but for some reason, it was hard to see her as a sister. Maybe she should give her time, and it doesn't really help that she is gone all the time, but she couldn't shake this feeling that something was wrong with Sayano.

 

Kagome remembered the first impression she got when she saw Sayano. She was surprised, no doubt, to see her there. She knew she was coming, but she never knew so soon. It was done though, and she came up to say hello, but as she did she felt something different about Sayano. She seemed nice, but her aura confused her. There was hidden power inside Sayano, and she could feel it faintly, but it was there.

 

As she thought about her, she remembered how pretty she thought Sayano was. Sayano had long waist length hair with bangs that sort of covered one eye. She had light brown eyes, much different from her dark ones, and she had higher cheekbones than Kagome. She could tell that somewhere in there was a soft kitten, but Kagome knew that hard experiences caused her to be cautious and lost, and she wanted to reach out to her, but she was too busy trying to find shards before Naraku did and she had no time to worry about Sayano as well.

 

She continued walking and before she knew it, she heard a very familiar voice call out to her.

 

“Oi, Kagome! Why did you leave like that? You are supposed to be back here finding shards!” Kagome curled her hands into fists and fought the urge to say sit. She just simply turned around and stared at none other than Inuyasha.

“ I am not going to explain everything twice to you Inuyasha! I needed to come back and study for my exams,” she shouted to him.

 

“Feh. Who cares about those, these shards are more important!” He replied angrily, but quickly cowered when he saw Kagome.

 

“Are you saying that my life here and my FUTURE means nothing? Why you selfish- SIT!” She shouted and heard a cry followed by a crash. Satisfied, she opened her eyes and saw Inuyasha give her a death glare. Used to this she just stared back.

 

“Give me three days Inuyasha, and then I will come back. THREE DAYS! And plus, do not come into the house anymore Inuyasha!” She fumed. He stood up and bluntly asked.

 

“Why?”

 

“Because if you do, I will say the `S' word SO MANY TIMES you will wish you had listened to me, got it?” Inuyasha just stared at her like she grew two heads. He was angry, and scared at the same time. Curse this stupid necklace, he thought angrily before turning around.

 

“Fine, but three days ONLY! If you stay longer than that, then I will come here and force you to come back!”

 

“Sit!(Crash). You can't boss me around and remember, do NOT come to my house!” She repeated before leaving him behind in the dirt.

 

“Why, damn you!” He cried with dirt in his mouth, but she ignored him and continued walking. After recovering, he sat up fuming. Why do I have the feeling she is not telling me something, he curiously thought.

 

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I didn't do much, and frankly, I was quite bored. I couldn't stop thinking about our conversation earlier. Even though I tried convincing myself that I didn't care, I did. I wanted to shake the truth out of her, but that just wasn't how I was. I didn't use violence to get a response I liked. I felt like I was living in a nutshell, full of secrets and no answers. It was quite annoying. I hated it when everyone knew something and I didn't.

 

I was imagining where she would go too, but no realistic thought popped into my head. Just as I was racking my brain I remembered something the first day I was here. I remembered Kagome coming out of the shrine shack with a backpack. What could that mean? Was that where she was going all the time? I was curious and a whole new light was coming to me.

 

Should I follow her and finally find out where she was going. After fighting with both sides of myself, I finally came to a decision. Yes, I will follow her, and finally figure out what the whole family was hiding from me.

 

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The woman came home with her son Sota, and it turns out that he got a new video game, wii or whatever that was called. I gave up trying to keep up with the modern tech. The only things she knew existed were TV's, iPods, cell phones and a dvd player. Heck, that was all I need to know.

 

Sota was polite and said hello, and as usual, the woman (Ms. Higurashi) warmly talked to me, asked me how my day was and treated me like I really was her daughter. A warm bubble started building inside of me, and I couldn't help smiling. This woman seemed to be the only real genuine person here.

 

Just then, Kagome came in. As soon as she saw me, she gave me a friendly smile before turning to her mother.

 

“Guess what mom,” she started and would start explaining her day and what she did with her friend babysitting her brother and such. I listened closely to what she said. She must have sensed how tense I was because she then turned to me and started talking. Her mother then joined in on the conversation. As bed time came, and I laid in bed, I couldn't help thinking how wonderful the night turned out, and the first signs of real hope welling inside of me, helping me to sleep peacefully for the night.

 

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I expected the next morning to be different, but surprisingly Kagome came down that morning for breakfast and actually talked to me. We both walked to school together and had lunch. I sat at the table with her three other friends and I remembered only one name, Yuka. As far as I was concerned, that was a big accomplishment.

 

The next day was the same, and I started to grow happy. I felt myself getting lighter, and I knew I shouldn't get too close, but I couldn't help it. This was one of those rare times I could actually experience a real family type of thing and I was going to take advantage to what I got. Even Sota smiled and talked to me.

 

That night as we ate, I couldn't help noticing that Kagome looked apprehensive at the dinner table. As we ate, I turned to her and whispered in her ear.

 

“Are you ok?” I asked silently so nobody could hear. She flinched slightly before smiling.

 

“Yes, I am. Thanks.” She replied, but I knew she wasn't, but I dropped it anyways. Right now wasn't the best time to start getting blunt and honest

 

“Ok,” was my only answer, and I finished my food. As soon as I finished cleaning the dishes, I went up stairs and walked up to Kagome's room. I contemplated whether I should go in, but my blunt and honest side won and I knocked on the door.

 

“Who is it,” I heard her ask in there.

 

“It's me… Sayano,” I replied, anxious as to whether she would let me in or not. I heard a momentary silence before she answered.

 

“You can come in,” she called out.

 

I opened the door and quietly walked in. Her room was different from mine, brighter and smaller, probably because she had more in here than I did, but it was nice nonetheless. I sat down on the floor in front of her, and there was a moment of awkward silence before I asked.

 

“So what's really going on?”

 

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Kagome just watched Sayano wide opened before answering.

 

“Nothing is going on,” was all she was able to say back, but she saw in Sayano's eyes that she didn't believe her. Kagome couldn't help think back to their conversation yesterday when Sayano asked her what was wrong. Then she couldn't really see Sayano as her sister, but after they started talking and hanging out, Kagome started seeing Sayano in a new light.

 

She noticed that Sayano did indeed have a soft kitten in her and more and more she started seeing that kitten come out. Even though she was honest and blunt, she really seemed genuinely worried. None of her 3 friends seemed to notice that anything was wrong, but Sayano did. She suspected it was because Sayano went through more and understood more than her friends did. Nonetheless she cared, and it touched Kagome, but also caused her to feel guilty that she wasn't telling Sayano the truth.

 

“I know there is something wrong. You can't hide it from me,” Sayano replied shortly, huffing a little. Kagome was incredulous how insistent Sayano was to figure out what was wrong.

 

“Really there is nothing really wrong, I am just having a little trouble with… well…” Kagome paused; unsure whether she should tell Sayano about Inuyasha. She barely really knew her, yet she felt from Sayano that she would keep a secret, until she fell to her grave. She then decided to tell her, but not tell her the boy's name. “I am having, what you can say, boy troubles,” Kagome finished, watching Sayano's reaction closely to this. Sayano seemed to lean back in thought before answering what she said.

 

“Is he two- timing you, and seems to be a real pain in the butt?” She asked rather bluntly, and again she shocked her with how bold and honest she was and how close to the truth she was. It took Kagome awhile to gather herself together before answering,

 

“Yeah, I guess you can say that he is…” Sayano smiled, actually smiled, before answering.

 

“I kinda figured. Well, I don't know what to say to that. All I need to say is that if you love him, well… just keep hoping ok. Don't ever stop hoping,” was all she simply said. Then she stood up and stretched. “Sorry, but I am tired and I do need to go to bed… I'll see you tomorrow…” And she slowly moved towards the door, and I had a suspicion that she wanted to say good night, so I said it first.

 

“Thanks, Sayano, and good night.” Sayano paused at that before smiling at her.

 

“Good night to you too Kagome…” And she left the room.

 

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I came back from school tired today. We did volleyball, and that entire running and hitting really wore me out. I gingerly took off my shoes and collapsed on the couch, rubbing my sore feet. It turned out that today Kagome had to go to a dentist's appointment, so I ended up walking home alone.

 

As I sat there relaxing, I remembered last night and our conversation. I wanted to badly say to her that he wasn't worth it, but I felt she couldn't take that, so I simply told her to hope. Hope… will that help me too? I walked up the stairs and went straight to my room then. As I lay on my bed, the last thing I thought about was my mother…

 

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I awoke to thumps and noises next to me. I sat up groggily, and looked at the time. Apparently it was 8:45. Who is making all that noise? I realized then that it was Kagome. I was about to walk out and talk to her when I heard her open the door and quietly walk past my bedroom door. Curiously, I opened the door quietly and saw her walking down the stairs. I quickly followed after and saw her put a note on the counter, apparently for her mother, and then she walked out with that ridiculously large backpack. I knew she was leaving tonight, and fully alert now, I followed after her after I put my shoes on.

 

It was getting really dark now, and the only thing I could see was her silhouette in the dark moving. As quietly as I could, I followed her until I saw her walking up to the Shrine Shack again.

 

All of a sudden, she stopped. I quickly darted behind a tree, and saw her open the door and walk in. As I moved forward, I all of a sudden saw a bright blue light, and then it disappeared.

 

Alarms went off and I hurriedly ran to the Shack. When I opened the door, all I saw were stairs and then total darkness. I was always scared of the dark, so for a moment I fought with my fear and soon curiosity won and I slowly and cautiously walked down the stairs. When I reached the bottom, I realized that there was a well here. I blinked before I realized that Kagome must have jumped into the well! I looked inside and couldn't see anything.

 

“Hello? Anyone there? … Kagome?” I asked quietly. No one answered. I started to get nervous. Where was Kagome and where did that light come from? Was she down there, hurt? I battled with my conscience as I stood there, and it took me awhile before I finally came to a decision. I was going to jump inside the well. I didn't know whether I was going crazy or something, but I had a feeling that I should jump in the well. I gathered my courage and started climbing over the edge before I stopped. What if I hit the bottom and there is no way out? What if I am hurt? I immediately pushed these thoughts aside, and before I lost my courage, I jumped inside the well…

 

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Hey, well, there's Chapter 1. Sorry. I know this is going a bit slow, but the next chapter is when things start to get interesting. I am pretty sure that Sesshoumaru will be in the next chapter!

 

I hope you enjoyed this Chapter nonetheless and don't be afraid to put reviews in (as long as there are no crude comments or cusswords).

 

Have a nice day, and look out for Chapter 2. =D