Hey there guys! How's everything going? I hope you enjoy this story.
Note: Please do read my authors note at the end.
Disclaimer: I do not own or profit from any Intellectual Properties belonging to Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Sunrise or Viz Media especially InuYasha.
In the cold winter noon, a senior high-school girl named Kagome was staring with a very strange expression hanging in her face because right in front of her, there were two underclassmen bowing in front of her.
"Miss Higurashi! Please help us!" They said.
At that moment, Kagome knew she was in serious dilemma.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
And then the alarm was slammed shut by a hand that belonged to a body that was sleeping on the bed. This was Kagome. She was a high-school senior and a normal girl. But deep down there was a secret hidden which made her not so normal. But that is another story and the one she couldn't revisit again no matter how much she wanted to revisit it again. So, she let the past remain in the past. However, life wasn't the same since that day since her life now started feeling meaningless.
"Hey! Sis!" She heard her little brother Sota call.
But she didn't budge her eyes. She was just feeling too lazy and it was too cold outside to even take a step.
Then she heard the door open.
"Sis! Wake up, you will be late for school." Sota said.
"Shut Up! Sota." Kagome said.
"Come on sis!" Sota said.
Then she suddenly felt the rug slowly slip away from her body and cold hitting her body slowly.
But Kagome was feeling too lazy to let go. So she just grabbed the blanket and then didn't let it go.
For a while, there was a tug of war between brother and sister. However, now it was even harder for Kagome to win because this same brother was now taller and stronger.
Ultimately, the brother won the tug and the rug was completely off of Kagome.
Kagome on the other hand, was now totally awake after feeling a really cold air hit her.
"Get something warm to cover yourself up." Sota said.
"Hey! Who was the one who took the rug off of me?" Kagome asked.
"Well, I can't let my sister be late and I can't let myself be late." Sota said.
"Is that so?" Kagome asked with a weird smirk.
Then all of a sudden she jumped forward and then grabbed Sota. Then she began rubbing her fists over Sota's head.
"Hey! Sis! Stop it that hurts." Sota said.
Down in the kitchen, Mrs. Higurashi was making some food for breakfast. It was her daily routine or in other words her chore.
"Hey! Mom!" Suddenly she heard a voice.
At that moment, Mrs. Higurashi raised her head and found Kagome entering the room in her high-school uniform along with Sota.
"Oh! Kagome you are finally woke up." Miss Higurashi said.
"Talk about waking up." Sota said as he entered the room rubbing his head.
Then both of them settled themselves on the table.
"So, I heard you are having something at school during Christmas." Mrs. Higurashi said.
"Yeah! I heard they were holding an event, courtesy of the new Student Council President. She said that she wanted to do something for the current president." Kagome said.
"Hmm! has your president changed yet?"
"Not yet. But is about to be changed once we get into the college entrance exams."
"So what are you going to do? Are you going there or not?"
"Hmm! I really don't know. I really don't feel like going."
"But Kagome, you know you can't always stay at home."
"I get it mom. It's just that I really don't feel like it."
"But still. You won't get opportunities like this again after high school."
With these words, she laid a bowl full of rice and some soup in front of her and Sota. Kagome after joined her hands for the prayer and after a while, she grabbed her chopsticks asn began eating her meal.
Then after she finished her meal, she did her dishes, grabbed her bag and put on her shoes.
"I am off." She said.
"WAIT! KAGOME YOU FORGOT YOU LUNCH." Mrs. Higurashi said coming towards the door holding a small box in her hand.
"Oh Thanks mom!" Kagome said grabbing her lunch box.
Then after a while, she was really off.
"So she has already went to school." She then heard a very old voice.
"Oh! Dad! Yeah! She has. It took a while to get her up. But in the end, she did." Mrs. Higurashi said.
"Heh! At this rate, she will never progress in her life." The old man suddenly said.
This was Kagome's grandfather a very old man and a priest at the family shrine.
"Oh! She will progress. Let her be this way for a few more months and after that, she will move away and then live her life. Then it will be very rare for us to even see her." Mrs. Higurashi said.
"Heh! You are always fawning at her like she is you precious little princess." The grandpa said.
Mrs. Higurashi didn't say anything. She just smiled and just stood there looking outside the house.
"But she has grown up. At least that much I can say." Grandpa Higurashi said.
For some reason, this made Mrs. Higurashi smile.
"She indeed has." Mrs. Higurashi said. "So how is the back today?"
"Just like always, hurts when you raise yourself from your bed." He said.
It was really cold outside after all it was almost winter and on these cold streets there were three girls walking towards the school. Their names were Yuka, Eri and Ayumi.
"Man it's so cold." Yuka said.
"Of course, it is. It's winter after all." Ayumi said.
"I don't mind because Christmas is right around the corner and so is winter break." Eri said.
"But doesn't change the fact that it's cold." Yuka said.
"Come on, lighten up. Try to be positive." Eri said.
"I could have. But with the council suddenly having an event that day, it's just annoying." Yuka said.
"Wait… what were your plans again? Oh! That's right. You are not happy because you did not get to spend that day with Koda." Ayumi said.
"HEY! DON'T SAY THAT OUT LOUD." Yuka yelled with her tightened fist raised up in the air.
"HEY GUYS! WAIT UP!" They suddenly heard a voice from behind.
All three of them turned around to find Kagome running towards them.
"Hey Kagome!" the Eri suddenly said waving her hands.
It was only a time before Kagome was finally in front of them.
"Hey! What is going on?" Kagome asked.
"Eri, here isn't happy that she isn't going to get to spend her Christmas with Koda." Yuka said
"Is that so?" Kagome asked with a teasing smile.
"Eh! If I am not interrupting your happy moment, then let me remind you. WE HAVE TO GET GOING NOW OR ELSE WE WILL BE LATE." Eri said.
"Ok, Ok fine. It's not like we were going to kill you or anything." Ayumi said.
Then all the girls began laughing except Eri as they began moving towards their school in the cold weather. Somehow, despite wasting so much time on the streets, it was found to be a miracle that they reached the school in time.
Halfday later all four including Kagome, Eri, Yuka & Ayumi were sitting around with their desk joined together. It was lunch time, so they were having lunch together.
"Hey! Yuka what are your plans for Christmas?" Ayumi asked with her mouth full of rice.
Yuka laid looked up and laid the chopsticks on her chin while in deep thinking.
"Hmm! I really don't have a plan to be honest. What about you?" Yuka asked back.
"I am going out with my family that day." Yuka replied.
"Really? Well that sucks." Yuka said.
"Why? Because you don't have anything to do that day?" Kagome asked.
Then suddenly, Eri pointed out her chopsticks towards Kagome.
"As if you have gotten anything to do that day. You haven't been ignoring us in Christmas for past three years." Eri said.
"Sorry, guys. Christmas just isn't for me. I just don't feel like joining in." Kagome said.
At that moment, Eri just laid her forehead over her palms.
"You know Kagome that this is the last year of High School. You won't get opportunities to hang out like this ever again." Yuka said.
"Let her be Yuka. Somebody must come and put her into a situation that she can't ignore. Then only she will get invoved." Eri said.
However, it somehow felt like the gods heard Eri's words for they would not believe what would happen next.
"Excuse me, is Miss Higurashi here?" They suddenly heard a voice from behind.
"Yes!" Kagome said as she stood up.
The two girls who seemed like underclassman moved forward and then stopped right in front of Kagome. Then after looking at each other, they looked at Kagome again before giving a big bow.
"Miss Higurashi! Please help us!" They said.
"Miss Higurashi! We are requiring your assistance. Please do help us." One of the underclassman said.
"We need you to sing in our band for the Christmas event." The second one said.
"You are the last person we can rely on. We heard you sing at the freshman ceremony. Please help us." The first one said again.
Kagome for a while froze at that moment.
"Uhm! OK…" Kagome was speaking.
Unfortunately, Kagome wasn't able to even finish her sentence.
"Huh! You will?" the first girl said.
Then suddenly both girls grabbed each other's hands and began jumping up and down in joy.
"Heh!" Kagome went into shock.
Then both of them grabbed Kagome's hands and began shaking it vigorously.
Then both of them suddenly bowed down in front of her.
"Oh! Thank you Miss Higurashi. We are in your debt." One of them said.
"Hey! Wait." Kagome was speaking.
But within seconds they were already gone.
"But I didn't even get to say anything." Kagome said with her voice dying down.
Kagome then turned around to see her friends staring at her with a wide grin. At that moment, she knew she was in serious dilemma.
So guys I have a lot to apologize for at the moment.
For first, I apologize that this story is a rush job. I finished this chapter just so that I could have it finished for Christmas. It's not as good as my other writings because I didn't put a lot of focus and time on this story.
Another, I am sorry that I really haven't been able to update anything. But I am just stuck with a writers block slammed on my face. Plus, I really haven't gotten any motivation to continue them. I have all of my stories stuck halfway. I have Loneliness, NEO and the Naruto ending written their recent chapters halfway and I am stuck there. I would just like to let you know that I have not given up on them yet.
On the contrary, I have been more invested in my new story that is of K-On! but a few new details that I found in it's 4koma manga has been causing some problems for me.
So, guys. I am pretty sure that everyone of you are writing romance for Christmas. But once again, I am trying out different things. So this time, I am doing a slice-of-life story(sort of) on Kagome's end. I have to say that over my one year of watching anime, it has dramatically influenced my writing.
So with all the apologies out of the way, please do let me know how was this first chapter in the reviews. I will be doing the second chapter which I hopefully will be able to finish it later in the day.
Also, if you are interested in photographs, please do check out my dvArt page. I also have a Toradora greeting card I put together there.
So with all that said, thank you for reading my story and I will see you around.
