Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha
Ki-Chan, Ka-Chan!
She was in a peculiar place. It was lit with a brilliant light, the sky merging with the ground.
"Tell me, what is your name?" a voice asked. "You look like somebody I used to know…"
A man came out of nowhere and cupped her chin in her hand, trying to get a better look at her.
"Who are you?"
"Kagome! Are you still asleep?"
"Ugh…" Kagome sat up and rubbed her eyes. She spotted the culprit in the form of her twin sister Kikyo, leaning through her bedroom's window peering at her. "Ki-Chan? Why did you wake me up?" Kagome asked in annoyance. "I'm leaving, of course. I had told you the night before to awaken early to bid me farewell. But I see that was wishful thinking on my part." Kikyo teased. Kagome smiled.
Kikyo and Kagome often mocked the stereotypes that their parents and the villagers that put them into. According to anyone else, Kagome was the cute, bashful twin with an eagerness to make friends and solve conflicts. Kikyo was the beautiful, serene twin with an air of no-nonsense about her and a tendency to be a 'lone wolf'.
The truth being, Kagome was a lot less innocent than many people thought. Being often exposed to fighting, she only solved peoples' problems because she feared the worst for them if the conflict wasn't resolved. Kikyo, however, only appeared to be unconcerned with other people because she believed she could better focus on protecting them if she wasn't "in the middle of them" so to speak.
Kagome had once said to her sister, "Ki-Chan! Let's never show our real selves to the other people! That way, you'll be the only one who knows me, and I'll be the only one who knows you." Kikyo considered that, then replied, "That sounds… terribly lonely." "No its not! This way, we'll always have each other!"
Kikyo and Kagome were twin priestesses who guarded a shrine near the ocean. The village had natural protection from the sea and surrounding mountains. Kikyo was traveling away to heal the wounded of a sister village, and keep it safe from demons.
"I'll be right outside!" Kagome shouted, and then promptly shut her window in Kikyo's face. Kikyo sighed in exasperation, then smiled when she heard Kagome giggling at her from inside the house.
A while later, Kagome caught up to Kikyo as she slowly walked up to the path leading away from the village. They took their time, taking in the sights. They reached the edge of the little town. And then…
"Ki-Chan…" Kagome started.
"Kagome, we've been through this-"
"Ki-Chan!" Kagome protested.
"-And you know that my departure-"
"Kiii-Chaaan." Kagome whined.
"-Is, in fact, completely necessary-"
"Ki-Chan?"
"-And beneficial to the village alliance. You know that."
"Ki-Chan."
"Ka-Chan!!"
Kagome then smiled, having gotten what she wanted all along. "You know Kikyo, when you became an official priestess, you had promised never to use childish names ever again."
"Just this once, I will make an exception to that promise." Said Kikyo.
"Kikyo, promise me that you aren't going to go off and get married!"
"Of course not…" said Kikyo.
Kikyo started walking into the tree line.
"Goodbye, Ki-Chan!"
"Sayonara, sister."