Kagome's Engagement
Kagome
grabbed onto the wooden bars of the ladder in the well. She put her
right foot onto the first step, then her left foot onto the second
step. She continued climbing up and when she was on the last step she
threw her yellow backpack over the edge and put her hands on the lip
of the well. She pulled herself out and picked her backpack up. She
walked up the wooden steps and slid the sliding well house door open.
The smoggy air made her cough at first. Then she adjusted the
contaminated air of her era. She walked out of the well house and
slid the door back shut. She slipped her shoes off and held them in
her hands. The morning dew on the grass was cold and the grass was
crisp and soft under Kagome's feet as she walked towards the house.
She slid the door open and tossed her shoes to the side. Kagome opened her door and
jumped onto her bed. She laid there staring at the ceiling. Mr. Hochi Julio.' Kagome
fought back tears as she stared at the letter. Ms.Higurashi continued washing dishes as Kagome
walked downstairs and stood beside her mom. "Ill
gets it!" Kagome could hear a young call from inside the house.
She opened the door and looked at Kagome. "Can i help you?"
She smiled sweetly. "So Kagome, when's your
jealous boyfriend, or husband, or lover or whatever gonna come kick
Rios ass?" Kira laughed "Where
the hell is she?" Inuyasha growled as he sat up against the
well. Inuyasha jumped up out of the well and sprinted over to
Kagome's window, his robe swishing in the wind. He jumped up to her
window and slid it open. He crawled inside and looked around. Kagome couldn't sleep at all. She laid on the futon
next to Kira's bed and tossed and turned trying to get comfy. 'Its no
use...' she sighed in her head. she rolled on her side facing the
window and her eyes bulged. A figure sat on the window sill...it
had long silver hair and white dog ears.
"Mama?
Sota? Gramps?" Kagome called as she slid the door closed behind
her. Her mother came out of the kitchen and whipped her hands off on
her apron.
"Ahh, Kagome! I see you've returned! But i'm
afraid i have some bad news."
Kagome looked confused at her
mother. "What is it?"
"Gramps and Sota are going
to be at a comic book convention all week so you wont get to see
them." Kagome laughed and hugged her mom.
"That's
okay. I'm glad Gramps is getting out of the house more!"
Kagome started walking past her mom and headed towards the stairs
leading upstairs. Her mother grabbed her arm and stopped her. She
turned to face her.
"What is it mama?" She asked as she
looked at her.
"I have something good to tell you!"
Kagome's mothers face lit up and Kagome smiled at her.
"Well
what is it?"
"Here." She handed Kagome a letter.
Kagome looked confused at the letter. She walked into the kitchen and
sat down at the table. Her mom came and sat beside her.
"Well
open it up!" Kagome's mom said quickly
"Alright!
Alright!" Kagome ripped the top half of the envelope off and
opened the letter up. She read the letter and got a horrified look on
her face. Her eyes rolled into her head and she fainted. She fell out
of her chair and on top of Buyo.
"MEOW!" Buyo
screeched
Kagome mom got up and helped her daughter up. Kagome got
up and ran to her room leaving the letter on the table. Her mother
stared after her and then sat back down. She picked Buyo up in her
lap and reached for the letter.
'I'm...I'm...I'm ENGAGED?!' she cried in her
head. Her mother walked upstairs and into Kagome's room.
"Kagome!
I'm so sorry! I had no idea your father did that?" Her mom
said as she sat down beside Kagome and put her arm around her
shoulder.
"An arranged marriage!? I thought those didn't
even exist!?" Kagome cried
"Me either, but according to
this, they do!" Her mother tried to cheer her daughter up by
giggling.
Kagome grabbed the letter and re-read it in her
head.
'Hello Miss Kagome Higurashi,
According to a recent
investigation, your father promised your hand in marriage when you
were around 10 years of age to Mr. Rio Julio. As we understand, the
arrangement was set for your 16th birthday. Which, we believe is
today. You have an invitation to come spend the night over at the
Julio residence to get to know Rio before you are wed. Please feel
free to bring any necessities to the residence. Room and board will
be ready for you. Thank you,
"Well, i think
it's wonderful! Now then, you should go get a bath and get ready to
go! It's almost noon!" Kagome looked over at her mother. Tears
streamed down her face.
"Mama! I was going to spend my
birthday with Inuyasha! This is the day we met!" Her mother held
her close and kissed her head.
"That may be, buts it your
duty to the family to do this. If you wed Rio, we have a man to own
the shrine once me and gramps are gone. Kagome, I know you probably
don't want to, but you need to give him a chance! No matter much
you don't want to. Now, go get a bath! You reek of demon blood, and
your covered in it!" her mom laughed as she fanned her hand in
front of her nose. Kagome laughed and got up.
She grabbed a robe
and walked towards the bathroom. She drew her a hot bath and got in.
She leaned her head against the back of the tub.
'Inuyasha...'
was all she thought as she closed her eyes. 'Wait why would I be
thinking about him?! It's not like he's my……my…….boyfriend
or anything…' Kagome said as she got up out of the tub and put
her robe on. 'I'm loosing it…pull yourself together girl! You
cant be thinking about him when your going to meet someone your
supposed to marry…..omigod that sounded even worse in my own
head.'
"I guess i'm
going. I got a change of clothes, my toothbrush, my hairbrush, and
cell phone."
"Okay, Kagome. Please, give him a chance;
he's really a nice boy. And if i may say so, he's quite cute!"
Kagome's mouth opened at her mother.
"Eeeewwwwww!" She
laughed as she kissed her mom on the cheek and headed for the door.
She walked down the street holding a piece of paper.
'Hmm...131
Goji Street...i think i now where that is...' Kagome thought to
herself. She walked down Goji Street and stood in front of the house.
It was HUGE! Kagome stared then snapped out of her 'trance' and
walked up the steps. She nervously knocked on the door.
"I...I'm...Uh..." Kagome
stuttered nervously
"Lemme guess, your looking for Rio?"
Her smile turned to a smirk and she shook her head. "RIO! You
got another visitor!" the girl yelled.
An older girl came up
behind the girl. She was about the same age as Kagome.
"Are
you serious, damn, Rio's in for it now!" the older girl laughed.
"Hi, im Kira. I'm Rio sister, and this is my younger sister
Kavanna. Rio is in the living room eating, please join us for lunch."
Kira smiled at Kagome and reached her arm out. She grabbed kagome's
hand and pulled her slightly indicating to come inside. They walked
into a large room and Kagome's eyes bulged. The house was even larger
then it looked inside! She continued walking with Kira and Kavanna
into a larger room where a boy, a girl, and a man sat eating curry.
The man looked at Kagome and stood up; he bowed to her and
spoke.
"You must be Miss Kagome. Pleased to meet you. I've
been very excited to make your acquaintance. I haven't seen you
since you were young!" the boy looked over at Kagome then back
to the man.
"Oh no Dad! You did it again didn't you!"
The boy said as he stood up. He was very handsome. He had Raven black
hair and green eyes. He had a muscular body and was nicely tanned. He
looked over at Kagome and smiled.
She blushed and looked over to
the girl sitting down. She had jet black hair that reached the middle
of her back and had bright green streaks in it. She was very pretty.
Her eyes were black and mysterious and she had light brown eye shadow
on. The man, he was tall, chubby, and had a comb over. (Nuff said)
Rio walked over to Kagome and bowed.
"I'm really sorry
about this Miss Kagome." he said
"why?" Kagome
asked confused
"Our dad tells other men that Rio there will
marry their daughters if they will work for him. He has 3 other girls
chasing after him. Angry girls! And that girl over there is one of
the many girls that were supposed to marry Rio, her name is Asagi."
Kavanna smirked
"Hey" Asagi said as she stood
up.
"Hi..." Kagome said nervously
"I'm
guessing you got a letter saying you get to spend a night here?"
Kira said.
"Yes" she handed the letter to Kira as she
read it over.
"Keh, Yep, she got the same letter as you did
Asagi. I wonder if dad proposed for you two on the same night!"
Their father shrugged and went back to eating his curry.
"Poor
Rio over there had to learn how to do Martial Arts to fight the angry
girls." Kavanna laughed.
Kagome looked over at Rio and he
laughed.
"Ill go set you up a bed in my room, you are
staying aren't you Kagome?" Kira asked as she started walking
past her.
"Yeah, thank you."
"Here ill take your bag upstairs for you." Rio said. Kagome nodded a thank
you and handed him her bag.
"OH WAIT!" She called after
him. She grabbed her bag back and searched through it. She pulled out
her cell phone then handed the bag back to him.
"Ahh! Nice
phone! Can I see?!" Asagi asked staring at the phone with her
mouth open.
"Uh sure." She handed the phone to her and
she flipped it open.
"oh, whose that? he's hot." Kagome
gasped as she realized what Asagi was referring to. She grabbed her
phone back and blushed. A picture of Inuyasha as a human was her
background on her phone.
Kagome blushed and replied. "I
don't have a husband...or a boyfriend...or a..."
'Lover?'
Kagome smiled as she said 'lover' in her head and
blushed
"Hmm...seems to me there is someone by the look on
your face!" Asagi smirked
"No really there isn't a
guy, and even if there was...he leaves far FAR away from here...so
he wont come..."
"Uh-huh. Sure. I knew there was
someone!" Kavanna laughed. Kagome giggled and looked out of the
window. It was starting to get dark. There was a awkward silence
until someone broke it.
"So Kagome, as i understand its your
birthday today..." Rio said nervously
"Yeah, i'm 16
today..." Kagome fake smiled as she continued looking out the
window,'come on Inuyasha...where are you...' she whispered in
her head. She closed her eyes and pictured his face. She
smiled.
"Kagome...your thinking about that boy that doesn't
exist aren't you?" Kira laughed
Kagome snapped back into
reality and blushed
"I told you there isn't a boy!"
She said nervously.
"Sure There isn't..." Asagi
joked. Kagome only blushed redder and smiled
"Growling into the well isn't going to make her come
back any sooner Inuyasha" Sango said as she petted Kiarara.
Miroku nodded and went over to Inuyasha.
"Why don't you
just go there Inuyasha. We'll just to Lady Kaede's hut and rest
up."
"But i want to see Kago!" Shippo started up
say but Miroku covered his mouth with his hand and glared at him.
Inuyasha looked over at Miroku and nodded in agreement.
"Fine,
but don't you guys want to see her to?" Inuyasha asked
"Of
course we do, but we can wait till tomorrow. Now go on Inuyasha
before it gets too late and Kagome falls asleep, besides this is you
twos special day remember?" Sango joked
Inuyasha blushed 10
different shaded of red. "I-I don't know...what you're
talking about...but okay..." he said as he stood up and turned
towards the well. He stepped up onto the lip of the well and jumped
in.
'Damn,
she's not here...Kagome's scent is all over this room...'
Inuyasha stared up at the ceiling. Ms.Higurashi walked into the room
and spoke.
"Oh! Inuyasha! I didn't know you were
coming."
Inuyasha jumped from her sudden entrance and turned
towards her.
"Where's Kagome?" he asked
concerned
"She's out with some friends for the night.
Actually she's with...hey where'd he go?" She said as she
looked around the room. She shook her head and sat the basket of
clothes she had been carrying on Kagome's bed then walked out of the
room.
"INUYASHA?!"
Kagome said.
Rio had been downstairs getting a glass of water and
he was now walking past Kagome's door. He heard her say something and
knocked on the door then opened it.
Kagome gasped and whispered
'sit' right before Rio entered.
"Kagome are you okay?"
Rio asked
"Yeah just cant sleep."
"Who'd you
tell to sit?" Kagome's eyes bulged at the question.
Kira sat
up in the bed, turns out she couldn't sleep either, but she had had
her eyes closed so she thankfully didn't see Inuyasha perched on
her window sill.
"Hmm...i can guess by that look on your
face that your boy friend is here." Kira smirked
Kagome
blushed and got up. She walked down stairs and the others followed.
Since it was dark out they couldn't see Inuyasha ears, thankfully.
Kagome walked over to him and helped him up.
Rio and Kira stood
on the porch watching.
Kavanna walked onto the porch rubbing her
eyes. "So this must be your boyfriend Kagome." Kavanna said
as she looked over at her.
Kagome and Inuyasha blushed. Inuyasha
looked over at Kagome and whispered, "You told them i was your
boyfriend?" he asked a little annoyed
"No! I swear i
didn't!" Inuyasha looked slightly hurt but shook it off. He
stood up and helped Kagome get back up.
"Well, now that's
he's here, i guess the engagement is off." Rio said a little
down
"ENGAGMENT!?" Inuyasha shouted.
"ha ha
ha...yeah...it's a long story, well talk about it when we get
back home okay?"
"Home?" he asked with a eyebrow
raised
"Oh! I-i...i meant my my home...it's not our
home...it-it's...never mind, i'm going to shut up now..."
Kagome stuttered and blushed. Inuyasha smirked and blushed as he
turned his head away from hers.
"Okay, well at least come
visit us sometime Kagome!" Kira shouted out across the yard to
her.
Kagome nodded an okay then looked over at Inuyasha.
"Ready?"
he asked smiling.
"Yeah." She said returning the smile.
She took his hand and they both blushed. Kagome started walking back
towards home and pulled him along with her. He followed her blushing
as he looked down at her hand in his. He smiled and walked up next to
her. He let go of her hand and put his arm around her waist and
pulled her a little closer to his side. Kagome gasped and her mouth
went agape as her eyes bulged. She blushed about 20 shades of red.
After a few seconds she smiled and rested her head on his shoulder.
He smiled and pulled her closer till the space between had closed
completely.