Making It Through: Chapter 1

Hello! This is Dusty and I am going to be your story teller for this evening, i hope you all enjoy this story, this was called Growing up, but I have changed it to now, Making it through

Kagome and Kurama have been best friends since kindergarten. He met her on the first day of kindergarden when someone was bullying him and she stood up for him. From that point they were inseparable. Kagome had a twin brother named Yusuke that befriend the Kitsune. They were a trio for awhile and added on a few friends here and there. They had a routine growing up, but since they went to the same schools, it was easy. Kagome and Yusuke would walk to Kurama's house, and then from there they would walk to school.

They had all the same periods together. They vowed to be with each other for forever. They never would have guessed how true those words were. They grew with each other, and stated to realize certain things.

When Kagome was 15, she was no longer flat chested and pudgy. She was thin and had all the right curves in the right places, her baby fat was still evident but it complimented her figure. Her ebony hair grew long and cascaded down her back to mid back. Her eyes became glittering sapphires like the ocean. She had creamy ivory skin and was the most wanted girl in school.

Kurama, too grew, he was no longer a gangly boy, he was strong and knew how to control his demon powers that he recently learned to harness. His crimson ruby hair fell towards the end of his back, his emerald eyes shone with wisdom and amusement and was also the most wanted boy in school. Yet, they both remained single.

They both knew each other so well, there wasn't something that one of them knew that the other didn't. It was like a match made in heaven. Things went well until one day…

Kagome opened her eyes, sun light peeked through them. She yawned, stretched and, got out of bed. She dressed in her uniform. She wanted to look causally nice, so she applied some make up on and eyeliner. She couldn't place her finger on why she wanted to look nice. Well, she was going to meet Kurama. She sadly reminded herself,

"He doesn't like me..."

She walked to Kurama's house but upon reaching the last step being clumsy she tripped. Kurama opened the door at the right time and caught her in his arms. Surprise was evident in his eyes as they were in a very compromising position.

"She smells like cherry blossoms," he thought to himself.

"He smells good..." she thought to herself.

"Thank you…" her cheeks flamed with embarrassment from her clumsiness. She stood up and smoothed out her pleated skirt and tried her best not to look embarrassed.

"Are you ready?" he asked. She nodded and began to walk to school.

"Did you get that math homework done?"

"Yeah, it was killer!" she exclaimed. She continued to chatter away about which problems were the hardest.

Kurama smiled good naturedly and tried to explain to her what the answers were seeing as math was his best subject. As they walked in, they were flooded by girls and guys. This was all routine by now and Kagome sighed as she barreled through the crowd.

"Kagome, I so love what you did with your eyes! I love what you did with your make up! I love what you did with your clothes!"" from the girls and from the boys, ""

"Kagome! Date me!"

"Kagome I can make you happy!"

Same things went for Kurama, girls screaming, trying to touch him, and shove their numbers in his pockets. They sat down at their desks and Kagome began to clean out her pocks with all the numbers she got, and Kurama did the same.

"Kurama, my people who have a death wish, just got longer." she wrote down and passed it to him.

He smiled.

""Am I on it?""

""No,"" she said. Her cheeks turning pink again.

""Kagome are you feeling well?"" the teacher asked. ""You're all flushed and pink.""

""Yes, sir."" she mumbled. That is when all of their trouble began...

''''I feel attracted to her...'' thought Kurama. ''''I never felt this way before...'' Kagome thought to herself. They probably would have eventually kissed and became girlfriend and boyfriend. But that isn't what happens in this one…

Kurama smiled as they walked home together and they departed. "I shall ask her out tomorrow." He decided very certain of his feelings.

She did not come to school the next day.
Or the day after that.

Search parties were distributed throughout the town, but there was no sign of her. Kurama never stopped searching, he searched night and day in search of her. "This isn't fair! I didn't get to tell her how I felt!"

5 days passed and still there was still no sign of her, Ms. Higarashi had been crying for awhile, there was no sign of her at all. "Mom?" she heard a voice, a voice has been wanting to hear in these last 5 days,

"Kagome!" her mom said rushing to her giving her a big hug. "Mom!" she cried happily, She told her what had a happen when she fell down the well,

"Kagome, really?" her mother asked not really sure if she should believe it,

She nodded vigorously, she pulled out the necklace, on the end was a ball,

"Mom this is the Shikon no Atama." she said, "I did wack my head though, so things are kinda fuzzy, I was there almost a year!" she said,

"Kagome, you must promise me that you will never ever go down there again." her mother said on the way to the hospital. Kagome nodded sadly, "Believe me mother I don't, I really don't."

"She has a slight concussion," said the doctor, "I need to run test on her just be sure. Is it alright if I keep her here for the night?" he asked, Kagome's mom nodded,

"Sweetheart I'll be back later I have to go get you some new clothes because the doctor wants to keep you overnight." Kagome nodded and then snuggled into the covers, even though she didn't want to be here that didn't mean that she couldn't be comfortable, she drifted off to sleep,

Soon after, Kurama went into the room because he had just been informed that they found Kagome and he came running. He saw her twitch. Her eyes fluttered open, she sat up she felt good. Her eyes were met by Kurama's green ones,

"Hello! My name is Kagome who are you?" she asked smiling brightly. Kurama nearly passed out. "Hi Hiei," she greeted.

"How are you Kagome?" he asked.

Kurama's eyes nearly popped out of his head. Hiei was actually talking to someone that wasn't Yukina, or someone he HAD to talk to.

"Fine thank you!" she said happily.

"Are you feeling ill?" she asked. Kurama shook his head. "Hiei, I was wondering if you knew where my brother was?" she asked.

"He's coming. I'm pretty sure he'll be storming in here any minute."

"Hiei, how do I know this person?" she asked pointing to Kurama.

Kurama's mouth fell open and looked positively shocked. Hiei said very bluntly. "This Kurama, and you two are dating."

She gasped painfully, as she tried to remember. "I… I can't remember…" she said.

Hiei grasped her hand and whispered something into her ear. She then fell into a deep sleep.

"Why can't she rememeber me?" Kurama demanded.

"Because she has a slight concussion." Hiei said. "It could take her years to recover it, but it seems so far it is only you she doesn't remember."

Kurama blinked all this information processing in his mind, he had never thought of it like that.

Kagome woke up a few hours later. She looked around. She felt great. She yawned.

"Oh hello Kagome." said one of the nurses,

"I see that you are up. The doctor said that all your tests came back good and you are being released today." the nurse said.

Kagome nearly jumped for joy. She was so happy. Something still plagued her mind. It was that red headed boy. She knew she had seen him before but she couldn't place where. The nurse left, and she was alone to figure out what was up. She though, red hair, green eyes, and a faint smell of a kitsune, he smelt like something familiar yet she couldn't place it.

Bits and pieces of her memory came flooding back and into her brain. She loved him... she remembered now. She bolted out of bed running to his house bumping into people every now and then and her bag thwaking people.

She finally reached Kurama's house. She knocked rapidly on the door. "Kurama!" she shouted pounding on the door. Kurama went to the door and opened it and Kagome fell into his arms.

"I love you!" she said. "I know I'm risking everything that we ever had, but I want you. Nothing can change that. I want you Kurama! I want to be with you." She blurted out breathlessly.

Kurama stayed silent for a while and smiled and said. "Kagome Higarashi I love you. I didn't realize it before but now I do. It would be an honor if you would go out with me. Will you? Will you make me the happiest man alive?" he asked.

Kagome couldn't believe it she couldn't breathe she couldn't speak, and she couldn't believe it. She nearly passed out with happiness. She simply nodded because she couldn't speak.

Kurama then cupped her face and kissed her directly on the lips at first Kagome was surprised but then she relaxed.

""My first kiss"" she thought happily. When they broke apart they walked home together.

Kurama then walked Kagome up to her house on the porch he pecked her on the cheek. He then walked off into the night. Kagome smiled as she thought about Kurama.

She touched her lips it was real she couldn't have been happier, Her eyes were lit up. Her mother smiled she couldn't be happier for her daughter, "So when is my grand kids due?" She asked,

"Mom!" Kagome shouted her cheeks a vibrant pink.

"How did you know?" she asked,

"I once fell in love Kagome." she said.

"I remember it like it was yesterday the taste of his lips..." Her mother trailed on,

"Mother!"

Kagome's mother shook her head, "You love Kurama don't you?" she said."

Before this conversation could progress any further Yusuke came bounding through the door. Her brother. King of entrances.

"Kagome I'm sorry! I want to protect you, protect you from anything that might harm you," he said, he hugged her tightly," he then squared his shoulders and proceeded in lecturing her about how dangerous it was for her to be near the well.

As soon as he was done lecturing her she asked something that was on her mind for awhile. "Yusuke why do you beat up people?" She asked, he looked startled at her question,

"Because they make me mad." he answered without really going into depth.

"Will you beat me up if I make you mad?" she asked,

"Of course not!" he exclaimed, she nodded."I thought so, I love you Yusuke," she said.

"By the way Yusuke, She and Kurama are going out, so if I were you, you better watch when Yoko comes out, he might intend to make her his mate." Hiei said the telepathically, and in a flash he was gone, Yusuke then made sure that she got home safely, and then left for some unfinished business.

"BAM, BAM!" the door groaned, why did everyone find it necessary to pound him so hard, didn't they know he had a door bell? First that crazy girl, and now this insane freak! Kurama opened the door,

"Hey Kurama can you come and take a walk with me?" Yusuke asked as calm as possible. "Yusuke, I am rather tired" Kurama said and then proceeded in shutting the door,

Yusuke stuck his brown tennis shoes in the door so it wouldn't close, "Kurama, I demand that you come with me!" said Yusuke as he pulled Kurama out.

Kurama walked out obediently. "What is it Yusuke?" he asked. "I understand you are dating my sister," said Yusuke.

Kurama nodded while yawning sleepily.

"I just came to tell you, if you ever hurt her, or make her cry I will hunt you down and beat you all the way into Spirit World" Yusuke said with a huff.

"I promise you, I don't want to hurt her," Kurama said, "Now if you excuse me I am very tired, and I would like to go to bed" he said ticked off.

Yusuke grumbled and left mutter something about rude people. Kurama rolled his beautiful green eyes, he collapsed on his bed and was out in 2 minutes,

The next morning Kagome smiled happily, she was awake and energetic, she was dating Kurama. It felt like a dream. She danced around happily, everything was going great, until she went into the living room when she opened the door, turning the brass handle, she knew something was terribly wrong.

Her living room was torn apart, glass was everywhere, with splinters littering the room like a carpet. She seized the silver arrow, which was positioned in the middle of the room and unrolled the paper, it read:

High Miko Midoriko,
I demand that you come and participate in the Disuri Tournament. This is similar to the Dark tournament, come prepared for ANYTHING. If you refuse, I shall strike down your loved ones one by one.

Suaki

Kagome crumpled the letter, why couldn't anything be easier for her! She grabbed some clothes and stuck it in her big yellow bag, She was going to go the tournament, she glanced at the glossy ticket, it was called the Disuri Tournament, she rolled her eyes,

She wrote a note to Yusuke, her mother and Kurama, she kissed Kurama's envelope, and left it on the counter top, filled with rage she marched out to the airport, her plane was scheduled to leave in an hour, and from there she would take a boat to the island this was all taking place on.

They did not know the fury she harbored, they over looked this tiny detail, they forgot that she was a high miko.

Hehe, hope this revised version is better! I can't say that all of the chapters will be this long but i can try, I'll update again asap! Well thank you a lot!

Dusty