Kiss Away My Tears

Chapter 1 Hey

It was a warm autumn day, cool breeze blowing the leaves from the park onto the sidewalk, as people of Tokyo hurried down the streets rapidly. Everyone seemed in a hurry running, talking but then again what else do you do on a Tuesday afternoon? Cars raced by making the leaves go up in the air mixing with the dust making a not at all too pleasant environment. Everyone seemed in a hurry, all except one girl that is. The girl seemed quiet, too quiet. She walked slowly by everyone, not saying anything to people who bumped into her on the way. Just walking, staring at the ground as if it's more interesting then everything else around her. She got to the park and sat on a bench, still not talking her eyes of the pavement.

The park was very close to a few town houses. They looked pretty small yet cozy even from the outside. All of them were a beige creamy colour. Perfectly aliened along the sidewalk of the park. One out of the whole row stood out a bit though. In front of it in the small space, which was supposed to be considered a garden. Of coarse it was small, but it looked beautiful. In the middle of everything was a round surface filled with beautiful white roses. Around the roses small red flowers outlined the circle. Then close to the house there were tall lilies of a pure white colour. In front of which where beautifully colored icy blue flowers spread as a carpet in wave like manner.

Sitting quietly on the bench, so caught up in her own thought she didn't even notice that someone took a seat next to her and was watching her out of the corner of his eye. Without realization she looked up at the sky, revealing her face from behind her hair. Her eyes were focused on the sky, which reflected in them. A beautiful blue eye, yet as beautiful as they were they reflected pain, sorrow, regret and cries for help. Still not aware of anything around her she was brought out of her thoughts when something brushed against her leg. She gasped. Looking at the cause of her surprise she found a cat. Big yellow eyes stared up at her and creamy beige coloured ears with black tips twitched at the sounds from around the area. The girl bend down to pet the cat that in return licked her hand. The girl returned her a sad smile as the cat jumped on to her lap and made herself comfortable, falling asleep. Just as she had done so her ears started twitching slightly more and her eyes flew open. Just then the girl looked up at the boy running in her direction yelling out a name "kilala". As the boy got closer the cat stood hissing and trying to hide in the girls arms. The girl looked at the cat, then the boy who now stood in front of her waiting for him to speak. He did.

"Hello, my name is Kohaku, and that's my cat Kilala she's kind of upset because my sister and I were trying to give her a bath and she ran out here."

"I'm Kagome." Was all she said in return. As the boy tried to take the cat back it hissed and wouldn't let him touch her. He asked the only thing he thought would get her back to his house.

"Um… if its not too much trouble do you mind carrying Kilala back home so she doesn't run away and get in trouble?". Kagome nodded and stood up waiting for Kohaku to show her where to go. To her surprise they walked straight to the gates of the town house with the decorated front yard. As they went in a girl, about her age came out and smiled at them, waving for them to come in the house. Kagome followed still holding the cat, who didn't protest as long as it had its savior.

To Kagome's surprise the house was just as cozy inside as outside if not more so. Comfortable furniture and lightly coloured walls that met her taste surrounded the house. She looked around, amazed. As simple as the whole décor was, it looked elegant, even beautiful in a sense.

Realizing that the cat was asleep, she put it gently down on the couch, watching as it stretched, looking for the missing warmth. A small smile tugged at her lips at such a peaceful sight. You rarely see such an innocent picture. She turned away, making her way to the door; she did what was asked of her, no reason to stay any longer. When she was at the doorway, she heard the other girl call after her. She turned back and waited for the girl to catch up to her.

"Hi, we didn't really get introduced, I'm Sango." Extending her hand, with a small smile on her face. Kagome looked at her for s few seconds then shook her hand and answered.

"Kagome." As well with a small smile, this one not really reaching her eyes. Sango grinned. "I just moved here with my brother a few weeks back, so I tend to get lost from time to time, mind showing me around later?" She said, making hopeful puppy eyes, adding a small pout to the mix. Victory guaranteed. No one in existence could turn this down. How right she was.

Kagome looked at the girl for a while. She is new here, so what's the harm? Its not like she ever has plans anyway. "Sure. Meet me at the part in 2 hours, by the fountain." Sango's grin widened.

"I think we are going to be friends." With that and a tiny smile from Kagome, she was on her way.

/later that day/

Sango stood by the fountain, glancing at her watch every other minute or so. Where is she? She was supposed to come 20 minutes ago. Taking her number would have been a good idea. I'll wait five more minutes and leave, its getting late anyway. She glanced at her watch again, and back around the park. A few minutes later most of the people from the park started to disappear, and soon the park was deserted. Sango peered around the park again, now able to see around her perfectly with no one blocking her view. At the other side of the park she saw a figure, wearing the same clothes Kagome wore, Slowly limping towards her. Sango slowly approached the figure, now being only 10 meters away, she realized it was Kagome.

Kagome looked up, a tiny smile on her face, as she moved forward, wincing after every step. Five steps away from Sango she stopped. Sango stopped as well and looked at her questioningly. Kagome just looked at her and whispered a small "hey", before falling to the floor unconscious, letting a small pool of blood form around her body.

Sango gasped, as Kagome fell, running forward to her new friend. She looked down at the fallen girl with scared eyes, taking in the bruises, cuts and scrapes all over her body. She couldn't stop the tear that rolled down her cheek as the pool of red liquid seeped from underneath the unconscious body and into the ground. Sango looked in horror at the girl, unable to figure out what happened as she whispered brokenly "What happened to you?"