Chapter One: The Beginning
Hello.
This is my first 'Inuyasha' story. I do hope you all like it and will read it until the end.
Note:
1. This story is an AU. (In an Alternate Universe.)
2. If you don't like Sess/Kag then don't read!
3. This story is rated T-M, so beware!
Enjoy~!
Life at the Higurashi Shrine was an overall simple yet bittersweet experience.
A mother and her two twin daughters resided at the top of the many stone steps that lead to the ancient shrine. They all lived in a fairly large yet simple home, traditional Japanese housing. All the girls held a love for their home as well as the lovely trees that shaded the shrine on the hill.
The house had two stories and was made of fine wood and stone. The doors were sliding doors and there were fine clean windows on each wall.
The home was fairly quiet and peaceful, for winter was in its prime and the cooling snow fell delicately upon everything in Tokyo.
Though everything was peaceful outside the house, it was completely chaotic inside...
"Kikyo! Hurry! You'll be late for your classes!" called a heavily pregnant Kotomi, placing her daughter's bento on the kitchen table before waddling over to finish the dishes from breakfast. Thudding could be heard from the upstairs as one of her daughters ran about, trying to gather what she needed for her college classes.
"Kikyo!" called her mother again, her tone firm yet soft in volume.
A young woman of eighteen years rushed down the stairs, pulling her red blazer over her shoulders. "Coming mother!" she called as she buttoned the coat.
Higurashi Kikyo. The older twin sister.
Kikyo was a beauty, young and fresh like a blooming rose. She had long straight black hair like that of a raven's wing, wispy bangs and all of it was silky. She wore a black pencil skirt with black pantyhose and red high heels. She wore a white blouse with a pearl necklace and her red blazer. On her shoulder was a black leather tote bag.
"Good morning mother." she said in a sultry voice, her dark eyes looking towards the older woman.
Hitomi happily nodded her head as she pushed her bento towards her daughter, "Here's your lunch. I want you to have a good day, my little fashion designer, do tell me the about your sketches and your professor's opinion!" she said happily as she watched the girl take her lunch.
"Thank you mother. Have a good day yourself." she said with a smile.
Hitomi then looked up towards the stairs, unhappy to new no thudding footsteps from her other daughter, Kikyo's twin. Kagome wasn't awake...
She sighed as she leaned on the counter, she placed her fingers on her forehead. A feeling of annoyance filled her mind as she looked at Kikyo with a tired glance. "Will you wake your sister up? She's going to waste time sleeping when she can be working on her classes." she groaned as she touched her belly.
Kikyo nodded before making her way to the stairs, a plain look on her face.
Hitomi rubbed her pregnant tummy, a smile on her face. "You won't be lazy... You'll be an ideal child!"she whispered to the baby growing inside her.
Higurashi Hitomi was six and a half months pregnant with her late husband's child. The third child she was to had... She was proud and eager to meet her baby, she didn't know if it was a boy or girl but she was going to wait to see he or she when they were born in a few months. Hitomi wished heavily for the baby to be healthy but also ready to take on challenges and be the best student, like Kikyo. Not like her other daughter...
"Kagome! Open the door!"
Hitomi is peaceful thoughts broke apart at Kikyo's raised voice. Sheer annoyance crossed her mind as she heard Kikyo call for her sister. Long pounding could be heard on the door to her other daughter's room.
The mother sighed as she waddled to and up the stairs. At the end of the upstairs corridor, Kikyo was angrily banging on the door on the right side of the wall.
"Kagome! Get up already-!"
Hitomi narrowed her eyes, she brushed off her green frilly apron and tucked a stray hair behind her ear. She brushed past her daughter and grabbed at the doorknob. Twisting it, she began to yell at the girl who was most likely sleeping in her messed up bed in her messy room. "Kagome! Didn't you hear your sister?! Get up!"
She grabbed the knob with her other hand and began to turn it harder. Silence was the only thing that could be heard inside the room, no shuffling of sheets or padding of footsteps.
"Kagome!" her mother cried, her patience long gone. "This isn't funny-!"
"Mom?"
The two girls turned in surprise to see Kagome peaking her head out the bathroom door with a toothbrush in her mouth. Her long black hair was in a messily cute ponytail and she had her black reading glasses on, her brown eyes shining.
Her mother shook her head, "Why didn't you answer me? Or your sister?" she asked in a strained voice, her hands beginning to shake. Kikyo said nothing but she glared at her sister with dark eyes, her arms crossed.
Kagome blinked as she took her toothbrush out of her mouth. "Umm." she mumbled as she tilted her hard to the foamy toothbrush. "I-"
"Oh never mind!" Hitomi burst as she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "I need you to get ready and start your classes. The computer is downstairs and fully charged."
Kagome said nothing, but nodded as she placed her toothbrush in her mouth to finish. Her mother placed her hand over her forehead as she began to walk back towards the stairs with Kikyo following. Both had an irritated look on their faces and didn't say anything as they passed by the girl.
Kagome turned back into the bathroom, looking in the mirror to finish brushing her teeth. But as she began the process again, she heard her mother mumble, "Sometimes I wonder about that child... She is nothing like you, Kikyo..."
The two disappeared down the stairs, not knowing that Kagome had heard them.
Not that what she said was new to Kagome.
The girl knew her mother favored her twin over her. Everyone did...
Kagome and Kikyo were twins but they were total opposites.
Kikyo was an outgoing yet very serious-minded girl; she had many friends and worked hard on her dream to become a fashion designer, something she was attending a local college for. Kikyo was the second born twin and yet she received much more attention from both her parents before their father died.
Kagome was her complete opposite.
Kagome was a bookworm who would rather sit at a local cafe with a cup of coffee and a good novel. She had glasses and wore jeans instead of pencil skirts like her sister. She was introverted but she had a few friends and was pursuing a career in journalism, a topic that she was studying for with online college courses.
Kagome was happy with her hobbies and habits but it didn't seem good enough by her mother's standards. Her mother had been like Kikyo at her age, perfect...
Kagome sighed as she spat into the sink and placed her toothbrush into the cup where Kikyo's rested. Looking down at her purple button-up pajamas, she realized that she did need to get ready and that her mother would most likely have another 'tantrum' as she called it.
Leaving the bathroom, she went into her room and turned on the light.
The room lit up with white and violet light, revealing the slightly messy room.
The room was painted a light purple and had the essentials: a bed, a desk, drawers and a closet. The wooden bed was queen-sized and had blue covers and white sheets, white pillows nestled at the head. Across from her bed sat her desk, a very plain desk with stacked books and papers, pencils and pens as well as sketchbooks.
Her dresser was a pure white color and it had brass knobs, also plain.
But Kagome's favorite part of her room were the three bookshelves, all filled with the many books she had collected in her eighteen-year-old life, soon to be nineteen.
Rushing over to her closet, she pulled out a gray sweater and jeans. She changed quickly and then grabbed her black messenger bag that hung on her desk chair, a random book from the floor and her lucky chain necklace.
She lumbered down the stairs and into the kitchen. Hitomi was sitting at the table and drinking her morning tea. She looked at her other daughter out of the corner of her eye, sipping the hot beverage. Looking at her apparel, she rolled her eyes and continued to drink carefully as to avoid spills.
Kagome grabbed the laptop computer from the kitchen table and placed it in her bag. "I'm going to the cafe today. Call me if you need me home." she said briefly as to avoid saying something her mother would criticize. She held up her pink phone to show that she had it and was then out the front door.
Hitomi sighed as she placed her tea down, "Off she goes." she murmured, rubbing her stomach.
Kagome walked down the stairs humbly with her bag on her shoulder, her brown eyes concentrated on the steps before her.
Having been living at the shrine since she was born, Kagome had been familiar with the steps and knew which ones were stable and which ones were somewhat loose. Kagome skipped a cracked step as she looked back up at the shrine gate.
Her life was simple and yet she wanted something new and exciting. She wished for something other than a proud mother and a hard-working sister that didn't like her.
"When will something new happen...?"she asked he wind as it rustled her hair. Her brown eyes twinkled behind her glasses, she was happy but she had a feline that something was missing. Maybe all people who read as much as she did felt that way... She didn't know...
And done!
I do hope his wants too bad. It's my first Inuyasha fanfiction...
Now, I will try to update soon but the first few chapters may be a little boring. You never know!
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