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True Selves

Chapter One

~Bright and Cheerful Higurashi~

It was all finally over. The death of Naraku. The end of the Shikon no Tama. Kagome had just turned sixteen and believed everything was finally peaceful. Little did she know that her peace would soon come to an end.

The miko Tsubaki was burning with rage. Unlike most who were happy that the Shikon no Tama was gone once and for all, she was not. In fact she was horrified by the fact. She didn't care that the greed for its power no longer existed. Tsubaki was still hung over the fact that she should have been its protector. Now that the jewel no longer existed what was she to do? She could no longer gain the title of the Shikon Miko.

Tsubaki blinded by her jealousy and rage, decided to get revenge on one of her main sources to her problem: Higurashi Kagome. An evil and cruel smirk made its way onto her face. Yes, there would be punishment to pay.

Kagome was headed to the well. The well that separated her time and the Sengoku Jidai. She was happy that she still had access through the well even without the Shikon no Tama. She was planning to go back and visit her family for a while and prepare for her High School Entrance Exams. Soon she would find out that it would no longer be necessary.

On her way to the well she was stopped by someone she never expected to see again: Tsubaki. She could instantly see the malice in her eyes. With a strong tone, Kagome demanded, "What are you doing here?"

Tsubaki's grin only seemed to widen. She slowly approached the younger miko. "That is simple my dear miko. You see... You were the one to ruin my plans, so it is time for the compensation. Go back to where you are from and never return."

Sweat beaded and rolled down Kagome's face. She didn't know what to do. Millions of questions spun through her mind. All thoughts suddenly came to a halt when two fingers were pressed against her forehead. A dark light emitted from Tsubaki's fingertips. This knocked Kagome unconscious, and she fell down the well. A light engulfed her.

When Tsubaki saw that she was no longer in their time, she approached the well. Now all she had to do was seal the well for good. The only way to know for sure that she won't return. Although Tsubaki was fairly sure that Kagome would see her surprise when she awoke. When she finished the sealing, she walked away with a victorious smirk.

Ten year old Higurashi Souta walked into the well house. He was running a chore. He was just suppose to put some supplies into the room. As he was putting the supplies away, he could see a large emitting light. Knowing that it would be his elder sister her put down the end of the supplies to go greet her. The sight was not something he expected. He suddenly ran out of the well house and yelled for his ojii-san and kaa-san.

Kagome slowly opened her eyes. She brought a hand to cover her face, for the light was blinding her. What happened? Her memory was a bit hazy at the moment, and her head was killing her. When her vision finally cleared she noticed that her hand look really small. Then she remembered the previous encounter with Tsubaki. abruptly sat up which she now identify as a bed.

There was a mirror on the wall that was place parallel from where she sat. She then saw her appearance. Kagome screamed. It was a scream that could be heard throughout the house and a portion of the city.

Her family came rushing into the room to her aid. "Why the heck am I three?" Several hours later after Kagome's screams, complaints, and threats, Kagome was finally calm enough. There was nothing she could do about her situation. She was stuck as an infant. All Kagome could think was that she would have to restart her life including starting school all over again. On the bright side Hojo could finally stop bugging her, but that wasn't much of a benefit compared to all the drawbacks.

Kagome had also tried to return to the Sengoku Jidai, however, it seemed no longer possible. She could see how much her family worried for her. That was when she began to put a barrier around herself. No, not a physical barrier, a personality barier. She didn't want to concern anyone anymore, so she came up with an idea. If she acted as if nothing was wrong, then her family wouldn't worry. It was for the best. No one should become involved in her problems. Beside her new act helped her too. She had to act as a kid. It wasn't like she was some super genius.

Nine years later Kagome was unpacking suitcases in her new home. It wasn't that she wanted to move. There were just too many things that she and her nii-kun wanted to escape. Yes she began acting like he was really her older brother. She did look younger.

A few months prior their okaa-san died in a car accident. Some drunk driver drove through a red light. Their mom was walking across the crosswalk. Most people were far enough distance to evade the incoming impact, but two couldn't. Those two people were her mom and a small child. Ms. Higurashi being the caring person she was saved the child, however this resulted in her own demise. Their grandfather had already died from old age five years ago. Now they lost their last family member aside from each other.

Souta was at the age of nine-teen, so he was old enough to be Kagome's legal guardian, so they wouldn't have to separate. Although he was the guardian, Kagome was the one to strong when she died. After all it was part of her facade.

While Souta was 19 Kagome was only twelve. Kagome felt bad that Souta was no longer attending University. He had been studying his first year but dropped out when their kaa-san died. After all someone had to make money. Kagome felt bad, so she did what she could. She would do most of the house chores and even got a paper route to make some extra money. After all there wasn't many jobs she could do at the age of twelve.

A few days later when they were all settled Kagome prepared herself for her first day at her new school: Seiyo Academy. She wore the basic school uniform which consisted of a white blouse, a red tie, a black blazer, a red checkered pleated skirt, white socks, and brown school shoes.

The school was large. That was her first impression. Kagome made her way to the office to discover what class she would be placed in. When she arrived there, it was oddly quiet. Taking a deep mental breath Kagome prepared herself. "Hello~ I'm Higurashi Kagome. May you please tell me home form," chirped Kagome in the cutest voice she could muster. She looked absolutely innocent while saying it. Almost like a tenshi.

The secretary looked up from her desk. She smiled. She was such an adorable kid. Shuffling through some files, she stopped when she found the right one. "Ah! There we go. The fifth grade moon class."

Kagome bowed. "Arigato!" She left for her class.

Kagome arrived to her class. She knocked. When she heard the teacher tell her to enter, she opened the door to enter. The sensei asked, "May I help you?" All the students eyes were on her. They had never seen her and she was really cute with her mid-back black hair and bright blue eyes.

Kagome bowed elegantly yet energetically at the same time. Then she bouced back up into a standing position. "I'm your new student as you have probably already been informed."

"Ah... Yes. Yes. Everyone this is our new student, so be nice to her. Would you care to introduce yourself?" It was more of a statement than a question.

Kagome skipped to the middle of the classroom keeping up her facade. "Hello everyone~ The name's Higurashi Kagome! I hope to enjoy my time here."

Everyone stared at her. She definetly wasn't lacking in the looks department. Several of the students related her to a tenshi as well. Some blushed while others gained hearts or stars in their eyes. Only two students didn't seem to react this way, and they both wore capes. One was a blond hair boy wearing a blue cape. The other was a girl wearing a red cape- wait. Kagome's senses may be slightly off because she hasn't used her miko powers in a long time, but she was sure that her aura showed that he was a boy. O'well it wasn't her problem. If he wanted to keep it a secret she wouldn't say anything. She of all people know that everyone hides secrets.

"Tenshi," whispered through the class. Other comments were spoken about her until everyone came to an agreement to acknowledge her as 'Bright and Cheerful'.

When lunch came around, she noticed that the students were intimidated to come up to her for some odd, unknown reason. It was like she was above them. Kagome wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing. The less people around her the easier it is to keep up the act, yet she couldn't help but feel a bit lonely. Even at her last school, she was always by herself. Of course she never told her family about that.

After lunch it was gym. Everyone went to change into their gym clothes then they all met outside. It was nice and sunny out.

The gym teacher blew whistle. The gym class was co-ed. "Today we are going to be having 5000m races," stated the sensei. Most of the gym class groaned, but there were a few exceptions. Kagome didn't really care anyway. She was in good shape. After the Shikon no Tama incident, she kept in shape. Delivering newspapers also helped her stay in shape.

I'll split you all in three groups. Group one will run first. Kagome was in group one. So was Fujisaki Nadeshiko, the person she knew was cross dressing as well as Hotori Tadase. From what she caught of other people's conversations, they both were part of some Guardian thing. She didn't really care, so she stopped listening. Several people watched with admiring eyes as the three went to the track to run with some of the other students.

Kagome started at the back of the crowd. A smile still plastered on her face. When they heard the whistle, they all began to ran. Kagome could easily tell that a lot of them were starting too hard. They weren't going to last in stamina and endurance if they started that fast. 5000m was after all 12.5 laps. Kagome could easily keep up energetically.

By the fifth lap Everyone could clearly see who had stamina and who didn't. Several were already starting to lag behind. Others continued to go at the same place, and a few slowed down a bit. Kagome was getting bored. She took this time to run faster ahead of everyone else to everyone's surprise. Instead of losing enery, she still seemed to be full of it. Kagome ended up finishing first three laps ahead of the person who finished second. Kagome was very athletic and set a new school record. Let's just say the students just added something to add to Kagome's superior list she had discovered. Kids were writing everything that made Kagome a perrfect angel.

As the day ended and she headed home, she couldn't help but wonder if her current life would follow her throughout the rest of her life.

OKAY! That's a wrap. I have been planning this story for a while now so I got my main plot and characters all planned out. I plan on mainly concentrating on this story until summer.

Now something to explain, this chapter takes place just a bit before Amu transfers to the school, so she won't appear until the next chapter. Charas will also be included in the next chapter.

I couldn't think if a good title... so if anyone has an idea I might change it.

I know people like romance so yes I am asking this. What would you like pairings to be? I won't be asking for long so vote while you can.

The faster I get feedback the faster I can post the next chapter.

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