A/N: Not mine. Though the fact that I'm publishing this of fanfiction should be enough to make that clear.
Summary: She was just waiting for the train when her day had to go to hell. Not that it was unfamiliar or anything.
Chapter 1: Nicaea
Kagome stared angrily at the woman standing in front of her. How dare she try to make her forget?
"Please, Kagome let them go. I can't bear to see you fail college because you couldn't forget the past!"
"Shut up!" You could never understand! "You will never know how it feels when friends who you would kill and give your lives for are taken from you! No one does anymore!" Because it was true; in this world of lies, 'security', and ever more ways to kill man with, it seemed like no one was willing to sacrifice themselves. Hell, even the kindest person could be expected to walk past the three beggars wearing rags without a second glance and only a passing thought about how they couldn't believe no one cared there was still poverty running strife. Kagome didn't have any friends or acquaintances yet who could share her feelings.
"Oh Kagome, I just want the best for you..."
That would be touching except for the fact that she was planning to leave soon anyways. It was harder to find her family than predicted. What had been a three-year project stretched into eleven, and then her adventures in the past had got in the way. Not that it wasn't important.
She must have made some kind of face, because the woman - she was not her mother - suddenly grew angry.
"Kagome Higurashi, you will not wallow in depression for the rest of your life! I-"
"-Will be quiet," she interrupted, voice cold. "You are not my parent and I am not your child, however much you wanted me to be." And while she was in shock, Kagome delivered one last jab. "I am Kagome Hotsuin," she said, "Summoner and Chosen One of the Tokyo Demon Lord."
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On the way to the subway station, Kagome was merely surfing on the 'net with her phone when she stumbled upon an interesting site. 'Nicaea', it said. 'A Dead Face Delivery Site'. Despite how creepy it seemed, her life couldn't get any worse. Much. Okay, so she wasn't starving yet, but she was bored dammit!
Upon entering the site, a male lavender-haired being greeted her. What's weird about someone inviting you to sign up to receive your friends' dead faces? Nothing. Right. Not.
The temptation was there, though, and stayed on her mind until the station was within view. Then, when it got too great, Kagome sat on a convenient bench nearby and registered. A prompt instantly came up to ask for the first friend she was going to add. There weren't many people she was close to who were still alive. But... Kagome thought only for a moment before she typed one name in.
Yamato Hotsuin.
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It was not ten minutes later that her day went to hell. Here she was, calmly waiting for the incoming train, when it derailed and destroyed the metro station. Then the Tico from Nicaea showed up, asking if she wanted to live. Please. Kagome didn't survive hundreds of attacking demons for years to die of a subway crash. It would be such a pathetic death for the Priestess of Four Souls. Still, she received some scratches on her shoulder.
I want to Live.
"I have confirmed that you have a strong will to live. The demon summoning app has been downloaded. Good luck!"
Kagome glanced up to the group of high school students standing together. There were two wolf-like creatures approaching them, with an ogre and small ghost seemingly protecting the humans. Judging from the Tico, they were 'summoned' by the application forcibly downloaded onto their phones. She supposed that she should have been surprised that there were no rituals needed to call demons to their world, though it wasn't the most shocking thing seen by far. No, that title had been taken months ago when the most evil being to have shown up in centuries was defeated by a single arrow; no major fight, no arguing, just one arrow that sent him into hell.
She must have made some movement because they suddenly paused in their escape. Quickly, Kagome clambered out from under a part of the ceiling and sprinted towards the exit. Ignoring the huge ogre, she ducked around the wolf-creature's arm to swing up the platform to safety. The others had shaken off their stupor, too, and ran.
"Come on!" One of the boys said. "Let's get out of here."
Once a ways out, they stopped just before the entrance to catch their breath.
"What was that monster...?" asked the boy-without-two-ridiculously-long-attachments-to-t he-hood.
"Demons."
"What?"
Kagome smiled disarmingly. "Nicaea downloaded this summoning app to save us. Weren't you asked whether you wanted to die or not?"
"Y-yeah."
"Because we said we didn't want to die, it saved us. Didn't the demons do that?"
The boy-with-two-ridiculously-long-attachments-to-the- hood made a sound of agreement. "The ones that came out of our phones did. Did the others come out of others' who were made to download it?"
Shrugging, Kagome replied, "I can only speculate." She noticed that the girl was in shock. Understandable, but they didn't have time for it. Besides, it was strange that her phone and the boy's, unlike the other two's, hadn't produced demons yet. "By the way, my name's Kagome," No need for them to know her family yet, "What's yours?"
"Daichi Shijima," said the boy-without-two-ridiculously-long-attachments-to-t he-hood.
"Io Nitta," said the girl.
"Hibiki Kuze," said boy-with-two-ridiculously-long-attachments-to-the- hood.
"Nice to meet you. Let's get going, shall we?"
Three minute later they were watching Japan's officials argue the hell out of each other over who would have control over the demolished subway station. Kagome deadpanned. Someone needed to take care of it, who cares if it was the Rescue Squad, Self-Defense Force or this new player? Just get everybody out dammit!
"Still can't get a signal?"
Purely out of reflex, Kagome glanced at her phone to check. Indeed, there was no signal. However, there was a bar in the center of the screen that showed: 'Download 60%'
Downloading what?