Cursed
Prologue
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In a park not far off from downtown Tokyo, two teenagers stood at sunset. One was a boy and the other was a girl. The boy had long black hair and indigo eyes while the girl had long black hair as well and chocolate, emotionless eyes.
"I don't know, Kikyou... I'm just not feeling any connection anymore. You seem so distant and vague. And the witch thing kind of scares me a bit." The boy sighed and looked up at the sky. "I don't think we're meant to be."
The girl stared at him with cold eyes.
"So, you're dumping me then, Inuyasha?" She asked, painfully. The boy looked at her and softened his eyes.
"No, Kikyou... I'm setting you free." He said kissing her but was pushed away. She looked him over and shook her head, tears were forming in her eyes and what was left of the sun hit them in just the right spot for Inuyasha to see. She turned and ran from him, leaving him at the park alone.
A couple days later, school was in session again and Kikyou and Inuyasha finally ran into eachother once again. Since that night, they hadn't seen each other.
"Hello, Kikyou." Inuyasha greeted smiling at her. Kikyou frowned and tried to ignore him. "Kikyou? Helloo?" He asked while she stopped at her locker.
"Leave me alone, Inuyasha." Kikyou said with a hint of disgust in her voice. Inuyasha huffed.
"You're not going to talk to me, then?" He asked her, closing her locker for her. Kikyou shook her head.
"Maybe I would if you could ever learn to love some one other than yourself!" She said tilting her head. Confusion hit Inuyasha.
"Love some one... other than myself?" He repeated.
Kikyou scoffed. "Yeah, I know... hard concept, huh?" She said turning to walk away. Inuyasha ran ahead to stop her. He grabbed her shoulders and looked her straight in the eyes.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
Kikyou glared into his eyes. "Honestly Inuyahsa... did you love me at all in those nine months? Honestly?" She asked, her eyes showing more pain than she wanted to show through.
"I..." Inuyasha bit his lip and looked at the ground. "No..." He said soflty. Kikyou gasped and dropped her books. Inuyasha looked back up to see fire in her eyes.
"WHAT?!" She shouted. Inuyasha covered his ears.
"Kikyou... please... you wanted the truth..." She grabbed a necklace from her pocket and began chanting in latin. Inuyasha looked bewildered as the beads of the necklace latched around his neck. Kikyou finished the final words of the chant. As she did, a dog tag landed on the necklace and Inuyasha found himself on all fours. He had white fur, amber eyes, and little triangle ears. He was as big as a husky, but still puppy-like.
"What the HELL, KIKYOU?!" He shouted at her.
"Guess I should fix that too" She mumbled, snapping her fingers. Suddenly, all Inuyasha's complaints became barks. Kikyou squatted down to get eye-level with him. She held his snout in the palm of her hand to make him look at her and also to act as a muzzle.
"Should you ever learn to really love some one, this curse will be broken. Otherwise, by your eighteenth birthday, you'll be forced to live life as a dog because that's what you are to me. And dog's don't live very long, Inuyasha..." She kissed his nose lightly which made him snarl at her. "Once you really love some one... not just say you do, but really love them... like how you should've loved me... you'll wake up a full human." Inuyasha tried to squirm out of her grasp, but was unsuccessful. "Also... once you start to have slight feelings for some one. Like you care about them and whatnot... which I know you can't do either, you might find yourself turned into a half-man thing. So, don't be alarmed. Just makes true love's first kiss so much easier." Kikyou cackled as she stood up.
"This is what you really should look like, Inuyasha. This is your natural form." She said turnin away from him. Inuyasha growled at her, then ran out of the building, hoping to wake up from this horrid dream.
Some say, when the moon is full, they can see a white dog with sad eyes wondering around their yards, searching for his true love...
"Mom... that story isn't real!" The woman patted her son's head.
"Oh, yes it is Souta... it happened just a few years ago. Inuyasha is the same age as your sister." The boy in the bed laughed.
"Maybe Kagome is Inuyasha's true love..." He snickered. His mother smiled, looking into the kitchen, where her daughter was doing the dishes for her.
"Maybe so. We'll never know." She turned back to Souta and kissed him on the forehead. "G'night, honey. I love you."
"I love you too, Mom." Souta said while his lights were turned out. The mother walked into the kitchen casually.
"You're Inuyasha's true love, Souta says..." She told Kagome. Kagome turned around to look at her mother. She had long black hair and beautiful, light brown eyes. Her skin was perfect and her eyes shimmered.
"I am?" Kagome laughed while she put the last dish away. "Mom, that story is so fake..."
"Why do you two keep saying that? I worked with a woman who named her son Inuyasha... then, when Inuyasha turned 15, he told her he was breaking up with his girlfriend and he disappeared." She said as-a-matter-of-factly.
Kagome grabbed a yogurt from the fridge and a spoon. "And that means his ex girlfriend must have turned him into a dog until he could ever learn to love some one other than himself... yes?" Herm other shoved her lightly and grabbed her yogurt from her.
"Go to bed... it's way past your bedtime." Kagome smiled and gave her mom a peck on the cheek. "I love you, mom."
"I love you too" Her mom said watching her walk away.
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"Mom, I can't take Souta to school! I have to go pick up Sango!" Kagome shouted trying to get herself ready before school.
"Kagome, I need you to!" Her mother shouted back.
Kagome grabbed her keys and and apple. "Sorry, mom... I really can't." She said not shouting this time. Her mother sighed.
"Okay, well... can you get groceries tonight, then?" Kagome nodded and ran out the door.
Her mother sighed. "Come on, Souta! You're going to be late!"
"I'm coming!" He shouted back. His mother grabbed her car keys and, with Souta in tow, left the house.
They both got in the car and drove a little way. His mother was stopped at a stop light. Once the light turned green, she began to turn left... but some one from the left turn lane on the opposing traffic side decided to go straight, never stopping for the light, and crashed into her car.
Kagome got a phone call on her way to lunch. "Is this Kagome Higurashi?" A voice on the other end asked.
"Yes..." Kagome said, slowly.
"Kagome, I work with the Tokyo police force... we have some bad news for you."
"What bad news?" Kagome sat down on a chair and could hear her heart pounding.
"Your mother and your brother were in a fatal car crash..." Kagome's breathing stopped.
"My mom... and Souta? What are you talking about?" Tears began flowing from her eyes as she tried to convince herself this was not happening.
"The police had gotten to the scene around ten since the roads were not traveled often and no one saw the crash other than the one who caused it. He had fled, though. " The voice said again.
"I'm very sorry, Miss Higurashi."
Kagome ran out of the school building and sat in her car, bawling. This couldn't be happening...
AN- Hope you like it. It's my first story on FanFiction so... try to not be horribly disappointed. Well, very dramatic first chapter. It's just a prologue, though... the real story is like a year later so... not so depressing... I guess. I'll update soon for yall if you review.
-Me
