I woke up to the sound of anger filled voices, like most mornings, my brother disagreeing with our father about when they should wake me up, I found it quite entertaining. They never agreed on a lot of things especially anything having to do with me, while I was always the one to calm the fight and find a compromise. I slid out of my bed, putting on my slippers as I opened my bedroom door, walking to the kitchen. I saw my brother sitting at the table sulking as Father was making breakfast.
"Morning Newlyweds." I smiled, as both of them glared at me. Newlyweds are what I'd call them, because of all the bickering; it just seemed to be perfect for them.
"We were wondering when you'd wake up." Damien scratched his head, as he took a sip of juice.
"It's only 9 in the morning, on a Saturday. Give me a break."
"You should have been awake two hours ago." He continued, as I sighed, sitting across from him.
"I'm not a complete weirdo like you, Damien. I'm normal to the point where I'd like to get some beauty sleep, like other girls."
"Then you need more sleep." He sarcastically spat.
"Whatever. Hey Dad, what's for breakfast?"
"Soy-" That word, just made jump up and grab myself a meal bar.
"I'll pass, but thanks." I started back to my room, as I heard my father sigh and my brother groan, both hoping I would finally try it, but epic failure. I wasn't much of a person to try anything with the word 'soy' in it; it just sounded weird to me. I was a healthy eater, it just was the thought of milk or something made out of beans, it sent a shiver down my spine. I opened my door, closing it behind me, throwing the meal bar on my desk across the room. I went to the dresser drawers, getting myself dressed for the day, as I began to get deep in thought, like I would always do.
I've always been different than my family, they were signs of conflict and destruction and I was the solution, the maker of peace, ever since I was able to speak. There was my father, Lance Davis, my brother, Damien Jenkins, and myself, Mika Davis. My brother had our mother's last name, she passed away when she gave birth to me, and Father didn't feel like her last name suited me. Father would say that I looked like her, while Damien looked like a mini clone of himself besides his hair, which he kept either shaved or dyed it blond. Father never had pictures of her and Damien was too young to remember what she looked like. He was about 3 when I was born, I'm now 18 and he's 21, but the thing is, he treats me like I'm still a baby, and I hate it. But that's what normal brothers do, I can't change him, as much as I wish I could.
I had dark brown silk hair, with eyes dark as the blackened skies when you see me from a distance, but if you looked close enough you can tell they are almost the same color as my hair, just a tiny bit darker. Father also says it's hard to tell my emotions through my eyes, he says they're like safes, not even he can open. I just tell him he's crazy, and he always laughs, saying that Mother would say the same thing. I still don't understand how any woman on this planet could honestly live with my father sometimes, let alone give birth to his offspring, though I'm an exception. That isn't my problem. But lately, Father barely speaks of her, not since I began to mature, it must be painful to see me, to see her in me.
I yawned, stretching my arms, as I finished getting dressed. I had put on a black tank top, with a nice purple long sleeve shirt over it, some jeans, as I slid on my sneakers, fixing my socks. I grabbed my cell phone from the charger to notice I had a missed call, I checked who it was. I smiled as I called the number back.
"Kagome!"
A young girl on the other line squealed. "Mika!"
"How's it going?"
Kagome sighed. "It's ok, but my stupid boyfriend is making me leave home sooner than I thought."
"What do you mean? You don't mean for good, do you?"
"Nah, just for a couple of days."
"Like always, you disappear for awhile to your boyfriends."
"You know I always come back as soon as I can."
"Yeah. What are you going to tell school?"
"Gramps is gonna lie for me again."
"Hope it's not malaria, again." We both laughed as I laid down on my bed. "How about I join you this time? I need a break from my family."
Kagome started to breath heavier, I could tell she was about to lie. "Next time, because he wanted to do something special for our anniversary. Is that ok?"
"You have fun ok, just be safe."
"Thanks, I got to go. Laters Mika."
"Lates Kagome." The line disconnected, as I held my phone in my hands, looking at the pictures, of Kagome and I.
Three years ago, I moved here from the States, originally from California, since Father had gotten a new job in this country, this sea incased island far from the world I missed. I felt so alone for a long time, after moving here, till I met Kagome Higurashi. Kagome became my closest friend here, since then, we seemed like we were twins or attached at the hip sometimes, I knew Kagome felt the same. Kagome said I was even better than Yuka, Eri and Ayumi put together, I took that as a compliment, but since last year it felt like she was hiding something from me. That was about the same time she started to see her boyfriend, that weird red kimono wearing guy, he just didn't seem to be from around here, like he almost destroyed my cell phone when it rang, it was like he was technology impaired. Usually, I'm pretty good at finding out if someone is lying to me or fibbing about something just by the look in their eyes or how they act, it is a special talent of mine, but no matter what I tried, I couldn't find out what the heck she was hiding from me. I can't stand these lies anymore.
I got up from my bed, as I slipped my cell phone into my Nightmare Before Christmas bag, putting on my sweatshirt, leaving my room, and closing the door behind me. I walked into the kitchen, starting out, as I passed Damien and Father.
"Where are you going?" Father put the plates down on the table, as I could feel Damien's eyes on my back.
"I'm going over to Kagome's to see how she is. Call me if you need me. Laters." I walked out of the house, before they could have a moment to even disapprove of my leaving. I ran down the street, as the wind blew pretty strong against my face, stopping at the end of the stairway to the Higurashi Shrine, Kagome's home. I sighed as I stretched my legs for a nice up hill run, I took a deep breath as I dashed up as fast as I could, reaching the last step. I looked around to just see Grandpa Higurashi at the gift shop; I smiled as he walked over to me with a broom.
"Hello Mika." He smiled at me.
"Hello Sir. Is Kagome still at home?"
He shook his head, as I groaned, 'I just missed her'."She left to the doctors." I looked at him to see in his eyes, he was lying.
"Ah, I hope she is ok. Can you tell her I was here?"
"Absolutely, Mika. I must take care of the storage house." He stretched, sweeping some leaves that landed in front of us, lifting the broom. "Have a nice day." Grandpa Higurashi walked away as he waved goodbye, I took that as a chance to look around.
'She couldn't have left that fast…' I saw that the doors to the Shrine of the Bone Well were opened; I walked over and felt the door. 'It's still warm.' I walked into see the well was uncovered; it also seemed that people were here, by the foot prints made in dust around the well. I went down the stairs, staring into the well, there were foot prints at the bottom too.
"Why would anyone go into an empty well?" At that very moment, the wind blew strong through the doors, smashing into my back, I toppled into the well.
"SHIT!" I started to fall, I closed my eyes tightly, awaiting a broken ankle or even something worse…but nothing happened, I slowly opened my eyes to find myself on my knees at the bottom of the well. "Ok…that was freaky." I looked to see some vines braided into a rope.
'Was that there before? I need to get out of this well first, then figure what happened to Kagome.' I grabbed the vine rope, as I started to climb out of the well, I finally put a foot to the ground, I brushed the dirt off, fixing my bag while the birds sang a beautiful song.
'Wait…Birds?' I looked around, to my surprise, I wasn't in the shrine anymore, I was in a field within what seemed to be a forest. 'I've died that's the only possible explanation to this. I must have died… Mika, get a hold of yourself, just don't lose your mind.'
"Kagome, did you bring more of those candy pops?" I turned to the direction the voice came from, as I ran to it, I ended up to be in a village and across the way and over a bridge at a hut, was Kagome.
'This is all too weird…Whatever, I need to get someone to shed some light on this situation, Kagome is the one to do it.' I ran across the bridge and to the doorway of the hut, as I coughed, 'All this exercise is gonna be the death of me'. I walked into the room, everyone in the hut stared at me, but I just noticed Kagome, as she noticed me.
"Mika?"