Chapter 1
"Miss Kikyo…Miss Kikyo? Wake up," a maid nudged the girl who was sprawled over the white satin sheets of a queen-size canopy bed. The girl groaned and tried to push the hand away.
Her long raven hair lay in soft curly tendrils around her face. The light that shone through the white lace curtains made the girl's flawless ivory skin seem to glow.
She fluttered open her eyes to reveal two mesmerizing orbs of chocolate brown. Her long eyelashes did nothing but enhance their beauty. She stretched her arms over her head and let out a tired sigh. She looked over to the maid and raised her eyebrows.
The maid got the hint and walked into a large bathroom. The girl heard the turn of a squeaky faucet followed by the relaxing sound of water hitting an empty tub. The girl smiled inwardly and stood. Her knee-length silk nightgown straightened out against her long legs. She walked towards the bathroom, her grace like a swan in water.
As she walked, she glanced to the familiar pictures that lined her walls. All of them were of her. They were photos taken for her first portfolio or ads she had starred in throughout her short career. She was at her peak and loving it.
She didn't truly get excited over them anymore. She should show gratefulness towards them all the time; they had given her her fortune.
She was a famous super model. At the start of her career, she changed her name to be more 'unique'. She was known as Kikyo Miko.
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"Kagome! Wake up! You're gonna be late!" called a young boy through a closed door.
On the other side of the door, a girl was sitting up in her bed. She rubbed her eyes sleepily.
"Sis! Get up!" the boy called again.
"Okay! I'm up, I'm up!" the girl finally replied.
She listened to the boy, her brother Souta, race down the stairs before getting out of her small bed. She pulled up her pink cotton sheets and covers to messily make her bed.
She turned and opened a dresser drawer. She extracted a school uniform and put it on. She quickly brushed her onyx-colored hair. She smoothed some wrinkles out of her green skirt and white shirt, straightening out her long sleeves.
The girl raced down the same stairs and into her family's kitchen. She stuffed some food in her mouth and went back out the door. She grabbed her big yellow backpack, stopping to pat her chubby cat, Buyo, on the head.
"Bye, Mama!" the girl yelled as she walked out her front door. She began jogging down the long steps of her shrine home.
"Wait, Dear! You forgot your lunch!" a woman called after her, holding up a box wrapped in a white cloth. She sighed and turned to Souta. "Bring this to her, please?"
The boy sighed, taking the box.
"Hey, Sis, wait up!" he shouted after his sister. He caught up with the girl. "Mom said to give this to you. You forgot it."
"Thanks, Souta. Bye!" Kagome began jogging again to catch up with a group of girls—her friends—up ahead.
She was a senior in high school…just your average student, nothing special. Her name was Kagome Higurashi.
She thought she had a boring, average life. Little did she know her life was going to veer about ten degrees off average…
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