*************** Hello there! This is my first attempt at a fanfic so I beg of you please be gentle! With that over with, on to the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: All Inu-Yasha characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Lian, her family, and any other characters that decide to pop up belong to me. Thank you and now it's show time! *******************
Reminder
"Stupid Inu-Yasha" Kagome grumbled as she stuffed the last of the instant Ramen into her pack. "Who does he think he is, always giving me time limits and making them shorter by just showing up whenever he feels like it!" Groaning as she heaved the oversized bag onto her back she turned and looked out her window. Seeing the sun lower in the sky than she expected she glanced at the clock on her desk and moaned.
"It's 4:31, I better get going or Inu-Yasha will be here any minute to drag me back." Turning to the open doorway Kagome staggered out to the hall.
"Geez, I must be getting better at this" Kagome thought as she managed to get down stairs without missing a step. Just as she was half way across the front yard she heard her mother calling for her. Turning around, she found out, was a big mistake.
Standing in the front doorway of the shrine her mother said "There you are Kagome." Seeing her daughter on her back trying to upright herself looking like a flipped turtle she asked "are you all right?"
Kagome stopped her struggling and managed to slip her arms from the straps of the bag. Flipping herself so that she was on her hands and knees she looked up at her mother "now I'm fine. What did you need?"
"You were going back to the well weren't you?"
Getting up and dusting herself off she replied "Yes I was. I wanted to get there on my own for once and not be dragged off by Inu-Yasha."
Narrowing her eyes mother glared at her. "You've forgotten all about today and what it means didn't you?" Seeing her daughter's clue less gaze she sighed. "Today is the day that we have to go pick up the exchange student that is going to live with us for a while." Seeing no understanding in her daughter's eyes she sighed "you don't remember that conversation at all do you?"
Now that she thought about it Kagome could fuzzily remember a short conversation with her mother as she was packing for a previous journey to the past.
******* Flashback ********
Her name is Lian Leviathan and she's going to be living with us."
"Lian Leviathan, yeah" Kagome muttered as she pawed through her dresser searching for something. "What kind of name is that?" she though absently.
She then vaguely heard her mother ask with a cross tone "Kagome are you listening to me?"
"Yeah I'm listening. Ah can't forget this, especially not with Miroku around." Kagome muttered as she stuffed her swim suit into the bulging sack. "Something about someone named Lian Leviathan. I gotta go now before Inu-Yasha comes." Giving her mom a peck on the cheek Kagome zoomed out her door.
****** End Flashback ******
Panicking Kagome raced up the steps to her mother. "Mom we can't have anyone here. What about the well, the jewel, and oh jeez what about Inu-Yasha! Moaning Kagome could just picture it now, Inu-Yasha showing up and scaring the blazes out of the poor girl.
"You should've thought about that when I tried to tell you about her but you had to ignore me and run off. Really Kagome, you were the one who brought the program to my attention in the first place!"
Startled Kagome thought "I was the one to start this? When was that?"
Seeing surprise then concentration flicker across her daughter's face she sighed. Pulling a folded piece of paper from her pocket she opened it up and gave it to Kagome saying "Kagome you were the one who brought home this flyer."
Taking the paper from her mother Kagome looked at it with dawning recognition on her face. It was the flyer that her teacher had handed to all of them about a week ago saying to give it to their parents. Kagome had been so distracted about finally getting good grades on some of her tests that she just gave it a brief glance. After seeing the headline of 'Bring a bit of another country into your home' she had then shoved it into her bag with a mental note to give it to her mom.
"You were in such a hurry the night we disscused this that I bet that you never really listened to much of the conversation." her mother said as she gave her an accusing glare.
Staring at her feet with an ashamed look on her face Kagome muttered "I'm sorry."
Then bringing her head up she clasped her hands together and pleaded " we just can't have anyone here mother, what about Inu-Yasha. If he shows up he'll scare the pants off of her and if she tells anyone about this then what will happen?"
Sighing her mother bowed her head a bit and put her hand over her face in a tired gesture.
"Kagome I didn't want to tell you this, but we need the money that comes from housing the exchange student."
Stunned Kagome stared at her mother. She knew that they weren't rich but they always did pretty well she thought.
Reaching a hand out to her mother Kagome started to speak when her mother took her hand off her face and waved it at Kagome.
"No we are not in dire straights or anything like that but the extra money that we receive from the program for housing her here would truly help make things a little easier around here."
Not really sure what to say to all this Kagaome could only think of one thing "but Inu-Yasha."
"I'm sorry Kagome you are just going to have to work it out between you two. Put your bag away and get ready to go, her flight is going to be here in about forty-five minutes."
With that said her mother went through the doorway and softly shut the door behind her.
The sound of the door shuting was like the final closing of a coffin in her ears. Slumping to the ground Kagome whispered "what am I going to do now?"
~*~ END ~*~
Okay ladies and gents this is just the first chapter to the story. I hope you liked it enough to go on and read the second chapter. Any C&C send to Kin Neko@aol.com. Thanks and until later have a good life! ~_^ meow.
Disclaimer: All Inu-Yasha characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Lian, her family, and any other characters that decide to pop up belong to me. Thank you and now it's show time! *******************
Reminder
"Stupid Inu-Yasha" Kagome grumbled as she stuffed the last of the instant Ramen into her pack. "Who does he think he is, always giving me time limits and making them shorter by just showing up whenever he feels like it!" Groaning as she heaved the oversized bag onto her back she turned and looked out her window. Seeing the sun lower in the sky than she expected she glanced at the clock on her desk and moaned.
"It's 4:31, I better get going or Inu-Yasha will be here any minute to drag me back." Turning to the open doorway Kagome staggered out to the hall.
"Geez, I must be getting better at this" Kagome thought as she managed to get down stairs without missing a step. Just as she was half way across the front yard she heard her mother calling for her. Turning around, she found out, was a big mistake.
Standing in the front doorway of the shrine her mother said "There you are Kagome." Seeing her daughter on her back trying to upright herself looking like a flipped turtle she asked "are you all right?"
Kagome stopped her struggling and managed to slip her arms from the straps of the bag. Flipping herself so that she was on her hands and knees she looked up at her mother "now I'm fine. What did you need?"
"You were going back to the well weren't you?"
Getting up and dusting herself off she replied "Yes I was. I wanted to get there on my own for once and not be dragged off by Inu-Yasha."
Narrowing her eyes mother glared at her. "You've forgotten all about today and what it means didn't you?" Seeing her daughter's clue less gaze she sighed. "Today is the day that we have to go pick up the exchange student that is going to live with us for a while." Seeing no understanding in her daughter's eyes she sighed "you don't remember that conversation at all do you?"
Now that she thought about it Kagome could fuzzily remember a short conversation with her mother as she was packing for a previous journey to the past.
******* Flashback ********
Her name is Lian Leviathan and she's going to be living with us."
"Lian Leviathan, yeah" Kagome muttered as she pawed through her dresser searching for something. "What kind of name is that?" she though absently.
She then vaguely heard her mother ask with a cross tone "Kagome are you listening to me?"
"Yeah I'm listening. Ah can't forget this, especially not with Miroku around." Kagome muttered as she stuffed her swim suit into the bulging sack. "Something about someone named Lian Leviathan. I gotta go now before Inu-Yasha comes." Giving her mom a peck on the cheek Kagome zoomed out her door.
****** End Flashback ******
Panicking Kagome raced up the steps to her mother. "Mom we can't have anyone here. What about the well, the jewel, and oh jeez what about Inu-Yasha! Moaning Kagome could just picture it now, Inu-Yasha showing up and scaring the blazes out of the poor girl.
"You should've thought about that when I tried to tell you about her but you had to ignore me and run off. Really Kagome, you were the one who brought the program to my attention in the first place!"
Startled Kagome thought "I was the one to start this? When was that?"
Seeing surprise then concentration flicker across her daughter's face she sighed. Pulling a folded piece of paper from her pocket she opened it up and gave it to Kagome saying "Kagome you were the one who brought home this flyer."
Taking the paper from her mother Kagome looked at it with dawning recognition on her face. It was the flyer that her teacher had handed to all of them about a week ago saying to give it to their parents. Kagome had been so distracted about finally getting good grades on some of her tests that she just gave it a brief glance. After seeing the headline of 'Bring a bit of another country into your home' she had then shoved it into her bag with a mental note to give it to her mom.
"You were in such a hurry the night we disscused this that I bet that you never really listened to much of the conversation." her mother said as she gave her an accusing glare.
Staring at her feet with an ashamed look on her face Kagome muttered "I'm sorry."
Then bringing her head up she clasped her hands together and pleaded " we just can't have anyone here mother, what about Inu-Yasha. If he shows up he'll scare the pants off of her and if she tells anyone about this then what will happen?"
Sighing her mother bowed her head a bit and put her hand over her face in a tired gesture.
"Kagome I didn't want to tell you this, but we need the money that comes from housing the exchange student."
Stunned Kagome stared at her mother. She knew that they weren't rich but they always did pretty well she thought.
Reaching a hand out to her mother Kagome started to speak when her mother took her hand off her face and waved it at Kagome.
"No we are not in dire straights or anything like that but the extra money that we receive from the program for housing her here would truly help make things a little easier around here."
Not really sure what to say to all this Kagaome could only think of one thing "but Inu-Yasha."
"I'm sorry Kagome you are just going to have to work it out between you two. Put your bag away and get ready to go, her flight is going to be here in about forty-five minutes."
With that said her mother went through the doorway and softly shut the door behind her.
The sound of the door shuting was like the final closing of a coffin in her ears. Slumping to the ground Kagome whispered "what am I going to do now?"
~*~ END ~*~
Okay ladies and gents this is just the first chapter to the story. I hope you liked it enough to go on and read the second chapter. Any C&C send to Kin Neko@aol.com. Thanks and until later have a good life! ~_^ meow.
