Chapter1:
The sun shone brightly upon Kagome as she slept, while in another room of the house a 13 year old girl with bright ember hair and orchid eyes was just waking up.
She yawned and sat up, stretched and stood. "Hm? Morning already? Damn, I have got to tell him not to come so late at night, or early in the morning like he has been for the past three weeks." She yawned again. "These late nights are killing me." The girl walked into the bathroom and started the shower up.
"Well, I guess Anya is up," Kagome sighed as she dragged herself out of her warm bed. She looked at the place where her husband normally slept, and sighed. "Two more days to go." She said to herself, counting down the days until her husband returned home from his buisness trip in Hirojima.
Kagome stood and threw on a house robe, and went downstairs to start breakfast up.
"Morning mom." "Morning hon, all ready for that test today?" "Thats today! Argh! I didn't get any studying in last night!" "Had a late night visitor again?" "Thats three weeks going now," "You're going to have to tell him that he can't be coming over so late." "I know, but how do I tell him?" "Hm...true, that boy is easy to upset." "Tell me about it." "Well, just try k. Eggs?" "Yeah, I'll try. Yes please."
Both mother and daughter sat together at the table eating a breakfast of eggs, bacon, and hashbrowns. "So, when will dad be home?" "Should be home in two days." "Ah, good..." "Why?" "Ah...well...I'm sort of failing..." "What! What subject?" "If you can believe it, History..." "Anya!" "It's not my fault! I'm usually studying History when he comes over!" "Then either you two study together, or he wont be coming over so late at night! Tell him that and tell him that I say so, got it." "Yeah, I'll tell him." "Good, now get off to school, and pick your grades up." "How?" "Ask your teacher if there is something that you can do to improve your grades enough so that you can still pass with the final exam." "K. See you la..." "After school!" "What!" "Until those grades come up, you will return home from school everyday, and I mean right after school." "Mom!" "If he'd like to come along with you and you both study, then thats fine." "Mom! You know that he has to be home right after school! If not..." "...Right...I'm sorry then Anya, but like I said until that grade improves, you'l be home right after school. No hanging out with your friends and no dates, until the grade improves. Alright?" "No." "Too, bad, now get going, before you're late." Kagome said to her 13 year old daughter, who walked out of the house, steaming mad. Kagome heard the front door slam and sighed, then got to washing the breakfast dishes. "I now have a whole lot of respect for my mother, raising me, at that age I know I was a pill, but like I understand what mom always said. She may have been strict, but she always, always loved me." Kagome said to herself as she continued morning clean up.
"Good, morning Anya..." "Hmph." "Whoa, someone got up on the wrong side of the bed today." "Hm? Oh, sorry Koji. I'm just in a really bad mood right now." "Ah..." "So, what'd mom do this morning?" "Morning Shippo." "So?" "Just because I'm failing History, she's making me come straight home after school. No hagning out at the mall or anything fun." "Ah, she did the same thing to me, so don't worry, she's just making sure you're set for life, like her mom did for her." "Hm...I know, but it doesn't change the fact that I'm still angry." "No, I guess not."
"Alright, onto a better subject." Koji said, wrapping an arm around both Anya and Shippo. "So, Ship, how's University treating you?" "Good..." "What about your girlfriend?" "Koji! Thats Rin you're talking about!" "I know that sweetie, now, hows he treating you?" Koji was so curious that it always made Anya angry that he'd ask so many questions. "Koji, thats enough now." "Ha, right, right. Well he's my stop, see you two later." Koji waved as he headed into his high school.
"Finally!" "Getting irritated?" "Yes, and thats not a good thing this early in the morning, especially after the morning I had." "Yeah, Koji would be wishing to be back home if he'd kept it up huh?" "Oh yeah, but how are you and Rin doing?" "Great, shes at home sick today though." "Oh, I'll call mom and tell her, no doubt she'll spend all day over there." "Yeah, she is so pre...huh..." "Hm? Whats wrong?" "Ah...nothing. Heres your school get going, now do as mom says and go straight home after school alright?" "Ha...K. See you later Shippo." "See ya." They parted ways and Shippo headed for his school Tokyo University.