Lyn: Here's a new story for y'all. Hope you like and I won't update until I get around 10 reviews. At least around there somewhere...This story has a hella OOC Kagome FYI.
THIS IS A REWRITE OF THE ORIGINAL HAPPINESS IS NEVER REAL. I FOUND A LOTTA ERRORS AND REWROTE IT, OKAY? THERE ARE A FEW CHANGES BUT DON'T WORRY!! thanks! =)
Title: Happiness is never Real
Disclaimer: I am only doing this once and only once. I own nothing!! Only Rumiko Takahashi does and the end!!
Rating: R (just to be safe, I guess)
Author: Yours Truly, Lyn
Summary: Kagome's family was murdered, no one knows by who. She's only 13 so when this happens, Kagome feels as though she's struck by lightning. She gives up on happiness and gets into a gang where she's their most valuable member. With Kouga by her side, and a new family, Kagome feels as if nothing could go wrong. Its not the same happiness she had before but a substitution. She promised herself she would never feel that happiness again. No matter what. Until something happens and now she's on her own again. That is, until she meets a certain silver haired person and his brother....
Chapter 1
Ready to Run
Kagome sighed. School was a waste of time. What was there to learn that you actually needed in real life? Everyone was busy chattering happily and ignored the lone gothic-like girl.
Kagome smirked. She remembered when she used to be like them. Never again. She would never feel happy again.
flashback
A cheerful 13 year old girl was walking home, eager to finish her homework quickly and meet up with her friends. When she reached her house, she saw a bunch of police around her house.
"Um, excuse me? What happened here?" Kagome asked, scared of the answer.
"Little girl, why are you here?" A police officer asked.
"I live here," she answered matter-of-factly.
Instantly, his eyes softened.
"I'm sorry, little girl but your family has been killed. All of them, murdered."
Kagome just stood there, a vacant expression in her eyes.
Murdered?
That word stuck in her head until she just burst out in screams.
"Okaa-san! Grandpa! Souta!" she screamed, running into the house as fast as she could. This couldn't be true. Impossible. Her family. Not dead. No. Never dead. They would never leave her like this. Would they? No. They promised. Never leaving her side. Never ever going to do that. But that was then.
She turned stiff as son as she saw her mother's head inside a body bag. All bloody. Blood. A terrible memory came, creeping up to her,. It just suddenly happened. She now remembered. Her father. He looked just like this as well when he died...
Flashback[1]
"Stay back Kagome!" her father had shouted at her when a stranger came up to her, grinning evilly. He pushed in front of her and got slashed in his heart. A hole. Blood. Kagome stood back in fear. She was afraid. Afraid of what was happening. She didn't know what it was anyways, she was only 4. But something told her that it wasn't good. The guy who had done this to her father was about her size but had an adult face.
"You're next," he said hoarsely.
Her father had moved his arm and stabbed the guy with the knife that was his hand. The stranger had fallen to the ground as well.
" Kagome..." her father said, obviously struggling to keep the smile on his face.
"H-hai..."
"Promise me you'll stay strong. Protect your mother. She's very weak," with that and a sigh, his eyes closed. Kagome held his head to her body.
"....? Are you asleep?" she asked him politely. Being only four, she didn't understand death. That's when her mother came and covered Kagome's eyes, dragging her away from her father's corpse.
"Ssh. Kagome...ssh. He's just sleeping. Don't worry," she said, tears pouring out of her eyes. Kagome just stared at it, her mother's hand had slipped and Kagome was staring at the corpse.
The next day Kagome's mother just said that her father had died of a sickness. She convinced Kagome that nothing had happened the other day and had gotten doctors to mess with her mind, to make her forget everything.
Of course that was impossible but they had at least hidden away the memories. They were still there and hopefully would come back when Kagome was old enough to understand...
end flash
No! Not end flash! Only the end of the flash that's inside of this flashback. =)
This wasn't the time. She was old enough. She just didn't understand. Everything just came flooding back to her, the blood, the little stranger, her father, the hole in his heart, the lies, everything.
Kagome didn't cry. She didn't have the strength. She didn't have the heart. At least, not anymore. Her promise that she had made to her father, broken, her whole family, broken. There was nothing she could do.
No family...possibly meaning...a foster home?
end flashback
The real one. The real flashback over now. Long, huh?
She had been to several foster homes in the past but now, she would keep running away from them. She knew there was no one she could trust anymore. Nobody. The first home she had been to seemed pretty nice. That was, until they had started to abuse her. She had gotten several bruises from staying with this family. Her mind was emotionally broken.
Everything seemed wrong now.
'I'll never be happy again. I promise you, I won't. Not if you're gone...' she said in her mind. That was a promise she had vowed to keep.
That's when she met with Kouga. It was about a half a year after her family's death. She had gotten around to living alone, until Kouga came along. They were the best of friends you would ever find. Maybe even more than just friends.
He had invited her into his gang, "Cold Dark Death" was the name of their gang and she had accepted. She had a substitution of happiness for a while but she knew it would never be the real thing. She had vowed to never feel the real thing ever again.
Soon, Kagome was known everywhere. She had been their best member. Without her, they were nothing. All the other gangs were scared of her. Even the police! Whenever a crime was committed and they heard it had something to do with "Cold Dark Death", they backed off.
All that 'happiness' was until they had all thought she had betrayed them. This was the work of a former gang member that was part of theirs. Naraku.
He had left saying he wanted to go straight. They all bought that answer for he had been law abiding for a while. They had always done things like stealing but never anything big. They had stolen cars but had given them back after they had a little fun with it.
Always black or white. Anything else wasn't right, for those were the gang colors. One day Kagome came across him and he had given her a deal. There was this really beautiful car that she had wanted and he knew where to find one. She thanked him and later got caught.
Smiling bitterly in the classroom, Kagome could still hear Kouga's words, echoing in her head.
"YOU BITCH! YOU HAD THE NERVE TO EVEN COME BACK HERE! HOW DARE YOU BETRAY US! BETRAY ME! IF YOU EVER COME ANYWHERE NEAR US EVER AGAIN, I SWEAR, I'LL KILL YOU!" he growled fiercely.
With that, he pushed off the officers that had been holding him back from killing her already. He looked back one last time as she started to shout.
"I didn't betray you! I swear! Please believe me..."she whimpered. Kagome had been struggling to get free, to tell Kouga what had really happened. She never got the chance. One new police officer heard how tough this "Kagome" was and tried to show off his skills by arresting her. He did.
Kagome fell limp to the ground. After that, she had been shot with a dart that made her woozy and fall asleep. When she awoke, she was in a prison cell. There was a guard outside, a little pudgy but oh well, so she said, "Hey. Don't I at least get a phone call?"
He snorted.
"Shut up. I don't talk to little wannabe-slut-whore gang girls. Unless you would like to do a little something for me...?" he asked, sounding a little lustful.
Disgusted, she turned away and soon found herself in another foster home but ran away from it again. Snapping back to reality, she wiped her eyes. One more second and a tear could've slipped. That was all a year ago anyways. She had been with them 2 years and now she was alone again.
The teacher came in and said, "Konnichi wa minna san. Turn your books to page 124 and read it. We'll have a test on it tomorrow."
There was a sound of shuffling of books and then silence. The teacher had noticed Kagome. She wasn't participating.
"Higurashi. Why aren't you working?"
The class stared at her. Kagome never did her work and those who knew what was going to happen went back to reading. This is happened in almost every class. Those who didn't know and never saw, waited anxiously, wanting to see the big scene.
"Because. I don't want to. There. That answer anything?" Kagome said disobediently.
"That's it. Principal's office."
Kagome got up, this was a daily routine.
"Fine. Not like it'll make any difference."
She walked out of the room which was silent. After she closed the door, she decided to go take a little walk. Another cut slip added to her collection. She lived far away from her gang, they had seen to that. But she couldn't help wondering, what were they doing now, without her?
She took the street that led to where her gang hung out. She almost passed a coffee shop but stopped dead in her tracks.
Inside was one of the officers who had captured her. The new one. She almost growled but stopped herself. There was also the guard who had wanted her to...do something. Again, another almost growl. No point in risking to go to prison again.
She decided to walk past casually but she wasn't hard to spot. She was wearing all black, even with her pale skin. Anyone could've noticed her. Inside, the officer was talking about how he had captured Kagome, the most feared gang member and had broken the group "Cold Dark Death", the most powerful gang after Kagome had joined.
Finally, Kagome did let out a growl and they caught her.
"Hey! I-its her!"
"Kagome!"
Then came the chase. Kagome was ready for this. She was leaner and more well built then the pudgy officer an his little skinny newby.
A/N: Have fun? Next chapter coming out next week! Review! Hope you liked! Review! JA NE!! ByeBye Review! Bye
[1] Eh, a flashback in a flashback, who cares...LOL