Hey all, my first FanFiction, I plan on this being really long and loads of fun to read. I've only watched the show, haven't read much Manga, so if there's anything not connecting right let me know!
Never Sleeps
"Yet another beautiful day in Tokyo." Kagome says as she sits up in bed and stretches.
The sun is shining, the streets are packed, the hustle and bustle of Tokyo has already sprung into action this morning. But that is all far removed from her family's shrine. It's the weekend so she could have slept in a bit, but she knows InuYasha will be coming for her soon so she'd better start on her chores. Making him wait is like making a child wait for presents on their birthday. It just doesn't happen.
"Hmph, InuYasha, always in a rush. Why can't he ever just sit back and enjoy life?" She thinks to herself as she reluctantly climbs out of bed, walking right past the Math homework she hadn't touched yet.
"That can wait til tomorrow." She thinks with a smile, really kicking off High School with a bang.
It has been a year since they had defeated Naraku, that sinister demon who destroyed nearly every life he touched. It had taken effort from every friend and even their enemies to bring him down. In the end, it was with one shot of her arrow that tore through Naraku's heart and sent him to hell.
InuYasha had proposed to her the day after. Once she said yes, she was bound to his life cycle, never aging. It really is a nice thing if you think about it, not worrying about aging or dying. But those around you will succumb to death. Not to mention everyone will wonder why you look like you're 16 years old still. That is why they've decided to move Kagome to the Feudal Era once she finishes schooling. She can still come back and visit her mother, since the still had the Shikon Jewel.
Once Naraku had been slain, there were still some missing pieces that won't be able to go back to the Jewel. Koga has two in his legs which he needs in order to protect his pack. He is the highest ranking ruler of the wolves and needs them to defend himself and his people. He won't age a day with those shards in his legs. And she could never ask him for them. Even though he and InuYasha still argue about it every chance they get.
Kohaku is another who still owns a shard. Taking the shard from his back would be ending his life. Even though he is out of Naraku's control, he still needs that shard to live. How could she do that to Sango? Even Miroku would be devastated. He and Kohaku had become very close since he and Sango were married a few months ago. And what a beautiful wedding it was!
Kagome had to stop herself right there. If she gets too involved in her thoughts she won't get a thing done today. She daydreamed right through breakfast and hadn't paid attention to one word her mother or grandfather had said.
"What could that child have going on inside her head at all times of the day?" Her grandfather asked outloud.
"Oh leave her be, there is a lot going on right now." She heard her mother respond.
"Hey Sis! Earth to Kaggoommee!!!" She heard Souta shout.
"Hm? What's going on? Did I miss something?" Kagome asks, looking bewildered.
"Oh dear, you must have really forgotten." Her mother responds, placing one hand on her right cheek.
"Forgotten what? What's going on!" Kagome asks, standing up quickly.
"The Foreign Exchange student is coming today. Remember? The program for your English class credits?"
Kagome looked as if the wind had been knocked out of her. How could she forget something like this!? This is HUGE! She had been writing her pen pal, Lily, for weeks! She had been so excited about this before. And then InuYasha proposed and Sango and Mirkou's wedding had to be planned. Oh, and Shippo had been put into training to fine tune his fox demon skills.
"OH MY GOD HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN!? THAT'S TODAY! WE NEED TO CLEAN! WE NEED TO MOVE THE COT INTO MY ROOM!" Kagome screeched, running around the house then like a mad woman, her mother right behind her.
"Oh Kagome, what can I do to help? I've already cleaned up the lower level, all you need to take care of is your bathroom and room. Souta will get the cot into your room for her to sleep on, I'll go grocery shopping while grandpa takes you to go pick her up. How does that sound?"
"What's all the noise about?" A voice asks from the doorway.
"Oh no. No no no no. Not happening. You need to leave." Kagome says in a panic-stricken state.
"Oh, hey InuYasha!" Souta yells, struggling with the cot he retrieved from storage.
"Yo. You need some help with that, Souta?" InuYasha asks, heading over to Souta and planting a quick peck on Kagome's cheek. He's never been one for public affection...let alone any affection at all, but ever since he's proposed, he's been more open around her family.
"Mom. I need to go run upstairs and get things cleaned. Thank you so much. Make sure grandpa is ready to go. Oh wait, what time is her plane getting in?" She asks, running up the stairs.
"3 hours dear, you have time!" Her mother yells after her.
Lily Anzo is a foreign exchange student from America. She's half Japanese and half German. Kagome remembered what drew her attention when reading all the American student's Biographies was the fact that she wished to get in touch with her Japanese roots and that she was extremely clumsy, opinionated and adventurous.
"Pretty much sounds like me, just half German." Kagome had thought to herself at the time.
Kagome furiously dusted, scrubbed, polished every surface she could come across. InuYasha followed close behind, lifting objects up so she could clean under them and balancing them on his head and finger tips. Kagome couldn't be bothered to notice right now. Usually they would giggle together and get distracted. Not this time. Kagome was a woman on a mission right now.
Thousands of miles away, a young, beautiful 17 year old girl is sitting and has been sitting in the same damn seat for hours.
"How the hell long is this flight? I get that I'm crossing an ocean but c'mon! This is like torture! There is literally NOTHING to do. I've read every stupid magazine and I know should probably be doing my Math homework but...Ew. No thanks. I wonder what Kagome is like. And her family. Oh my God I'm so NERVOUS!" Lily thinks to herself, her knee bouncing up and down, arms crossed over her stomach.
Lily had done everything from braiding sections of her hair to trying to have a conversation with the creepy guy next to her on the plane who, by the way, hasn't stopped staring at her for the past 3 hours. That was clearly a bad idea.
Lily looks down at her arm, tracing over an old scar that has been on her arm for years. It's long and jagged at the edges. She usually found herself poking at it whenever she was nervous or anxious. She received it from her mother's boyfriend years ago. He was a self-centered bastard who took his drunken frustrations out on her ever since she was 12 years old.
Her father had passed away on her 11th birthday. He had a tumor in his brain the size of a softball. Lily still kicks herself to this day that she hadn't noticed he had been ill. Her grandmother (her father's mother) told her recently that he always put on a brave face whenever she was around. She hadn't told her til now because she thought she wouldn't have been able to handle that. And she was right. She still was unable to handle it. She cried for hours, crying out for her father that night.
She glanced to her right to see that creep still staring at her. She had been told before that she was beautiful but really never considered herself to be anything but ordinary. She had features that you could tell were slightly Asian such as the shape over her face and eyes and skin complexion. But her skin tone and eye color were more on the German side. Her long, wavy, black-brown hair resting right below her breasts was usually always tangled. Her eyes were icy, almost clear with a hint of gray. She was always very feisty and sarcastic and not afraid to tell you exactly what she thought of you. And this creep was really starting to get on her nerves.
"Listen, guy. If you keep staring at me, I'll poke your eyeballs out with a chopstick." She simply stated, staring straight ahead at the lame movie that was being played for the third time in a row.
She could see the man stiffen and turn, looking away from her and leaning as far away from her as possible. Good.
She would have to tell Kagome her little plan when she landed. She had a feeling she'd be totally into it. She hadn't completely explained everything about herself to her and was feeling a bit guilty. She knows Kagome hadn't left anything out. She went to school every day like a normal 16 year old girl, nothing too exciting except grabbing a burger with her girl friends after school some days. But Lily had left something out. Something really important. Something she hadn't told a soul.
Can I trust Kagome?
