Sara: Okay I know…. But I couldn't resist. I was reading one of my favorite Manga's Othello (praise you Satomi Ikezawa-sensei.)
Summary (full): Kagome. Quiet Kagome that always let's people walk all over her. Never getting a say in anything. She can't ever catch Inuyasha's eye… the one she has always lingered for. By night, she imagines her favorite defender, Kikyou who never surrenders to a man. Suddenly, when she looks into a mirror or gets bumped in the head, she turns into the feisty Kikyou she has always imagined, who never lets anything stand in her way. The sexy Kikyou that always gets all of the guys to fall for her and walks with great confidence. She sets her eye on Inuyasha and never plans to let go. KIK
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Othello written by Satomi Ikezawa. This has NOT I repeat NOT been copied word for word and barely anything has to even do with the book…
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Translation notes:
(x) Sunday I am going with the Japanese style of having school on Saturday.
(x) Cosplay When everybody dresses up as somebody they admire,like famoussingers or anime characters,(hard to describe) and they meet other people like that.
(x) Kimichi A type of rice with seafood and stuff like that.
(x) Business Card Most people in Japan have business Cards to show what their names are and who they are.
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From the gently crying sky, I also heard your voice
I laughed through gathering tears, but I couldn't see anything...
-Birdcage by Gackt
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"Kagome c'mon"
The jeering voices called from each side of her. She looked towards the door that had written in bold letters 'Do Not Enter'. Those were the only words locked in her vision for the last ten minutes.
"Don't tell me your afraid Kagome!"
She tugged the corner of her black skirt for around the thirtieth time that day. All of the girls around her were tugging their little black skirts. She assumed it was in style to trim your skirts high and wear the small tank tops that were fitted under the shirt over the black dress shirt. Kagome Higurashi placed her hand on the cold iron of the door. She closed her eyes and breathed in and out. She felt as if she was having a heart attack at the exact moment. She knew what she was doing wasn't right but there was nothing she could do against it. These were her friends. They were her lifelines. You needed somebody to protect you in this school. Kagome could hear one of them behind her sneer.
"I knew you would be too afraid to do it in the first place." It was Suki Nagasaki. Third year that had all of the 'special' boys, especially the ones with foreign blonde hair, wrapped around her finger. She turned to the girl next to her with long black locks and hazel contacts. It was Rini Hano, another third year that was one of the best on the gymnastics team at school. Kagome memorized them. She memorized their profiles incase they ever came up to talk to her. So she would know. She would know everything there is about them. "We should have just left her in the dumpster with those other girls right?"
Rini smiled. She smiled how she does in all of the pictures that Kagome has of her. With her pink braces showing so they would reflect off of the light.
"Maybe we should have left Mitsumi pounding her into the nothing she already is." Kagome turned around before she could see another one of Rini's perfect smiles and instantly forgiving her. She placed her palm on the 'Do Not Enter' that cooled her touch. She realized that her palms were unconsciously sweating. Should she open the door and risk suspension from such a prestigious school that her mother tried so hard to get her into? Tears began burning in Kagome's eyes when she felt a presence looming over her shoulder.
"Aren't you the least bit curious about what's behind that door?"
It was undoubtedly Sakura Kuranoske, first year that has the body for a model that has gotten her associated with all of the older people. She could feel Sakura's itchy brown curls rough on her delicate cheek. Sakura smiled. "And its not like you would get in much trouble anyway. We are all right behind you. There is no need to be worried Kagome."
The words of Sakura lifted her sprits somehow. She smiled and moved her hand down towards the doorknob. She heard light cheers from the people behind her. She turned the doorknob slowly and solemnly, knowing that her true friends were right behind her one hundred percent. She pushed the door open and was greeted by black nothingness.
"Turn on the lights. Duh!" Kagome heard from behind her. She stood, her feet flat in the same position they had been in before. Why didn't she question why the 'Do Not Enter' sign was there? She didn't need lights to see what was in there. The first thing that caught her eyes was the gun that lay calmly in the corner. She then looked over to the piles of needles in the bucket that was off on the left side of the wall.
"Kagome you idiot! Do I have to do everything for you?" Rini snapped and stomped into the room. She groped around the walls for an out of shape object and finally found the light switch. The rest of her friends, their friends, piled into the room and shut the door behind them. With the lights on, Kagome could see more clearly what was lining the walls. There were skateboards of all colors racked neatly.
"Dude. Is this like the dope room or something?" Kagome heard Mayu Shimata call behind her. Mayu was a second year that had really nothing special about her. She just acted cool and then she was 'in'. Kagome looked over to where she was to see what she was talking about.
In the center of the room were piles and piles of drugs. They had every type you could imagine. They were held in small Tupperware boxes. Now Kagome knew what kind of room this was. It was the confiscation room. Kagome turned to leave when Suki grabbed her arm.
"You got us in here Kagome so you should be celebrating too!" She dragged her over and cleared a patch of floor that was filled with Playboy magazines and a bag full of unnecessary rings and chains that weren't aloud. The crew of girls cleared their own seats and one named Tsuki brought down a Tupperware case. She opened the lid and it was full of all kinds of unmentionable drugs inside. Tsuki calmly lifted a bag out that was full with weed joints.
"Do you have a lighter with you Kagome?" She asked and narrowed her eyes, as if she knew Kagome didn't have one. She could feel all eyes on her and her face was kind of warm. Why did they always have to pick on her like this?
"Of course she won't." Sakura snapped from her left as she pulled a lighter from her purse. Kagome felt her heart grown fond of Sakura as they all reached for their share in the new discovery.
The room quickly filled with Candy smelling smoke and Kagome felt so out of place that she wanted to run home and cry. But soon it felt like all of her problems were floating away, lost in the clouds of her own joyful world. Suki and Rini will talk to her without those taunting voices. Mitsumi would never beat her to pulp again, Mayu wouldn't knock over her books in the hallway anymore and he would finally talk to her.
Everybody in the room was oblivious to the conversation going on the other side of the walls. Nobody heard the person approaching the door and nobody heard it squeak open. But even Kagome could hear through her heightened state,
"There are kids in here!"
Sakura was very quick about it.
"Damn, what will my parents think?" she mumbled. Sakura was from a very prestigious family that always gave to the community with their wealth and dashing family looks. So she didn't want to destroy her family picture. Kagome understood that and as to why she quickly placed the joint into her hands and the bag of white powder. She then crawled behind the skateboard rack. The smoke soon cleared and the only one that was left in the view, with all of the drugs and the bag that Suki was currently stuffing with them was…
"Kagome?"
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The tears burned her eyes as well as her heart. She could feel the note to her mother on the tip of her fingers. The blood that came out of her mouth after leaving that room stained her cheeks. Her beautiful brown eyes were left emotionless, haunting. She cursed herself. Those girls, her friends. She has called them her friends and she will always remain their little dummy. They pull the strings and nobody can ever see them behind the play stage.
:.What are you doing? You think they are really your friends?.:
"Yes they are really my friends. They all love me. As much as I love them." Kagome dried the tears from her eyes as she thought of her kind friend Sakura.
:.Always the bride's maid huh Kagome?.:
"Yeah I am Sakura. That is all I'll ever be." Her friends were her prized possessions. They will always be there for her and she for them. So they have been on the receiving end more times, her time will come. And they would bundle her up in a wrap of love and squeeze the life out of her.
:.Do I have to do everything for you?.:
:.I knew you would be to afraid in the first place!.:
:.Maybe we should have left Mitsumi pounding her into the nothing she already is.:
"If Kikyou were here… Kikyou would have made them all go away."
Kikyou. Sexy Kikyou that never lets anything get in her way. Confident Kikyou that always walks with her head of. Strong Kikyou that would beat that stupid smirk off of Mistsumi's face for good. Beautiful Kikyou that will has all of the boys wrapped around her finger. Sweet Kikyou who will finally be Kagome's friend.
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"Why? I can't believe you!" Kagome covered her eyes so she didn't see her beautiful and frail mother crying at her feet. Her shadowy brown eyes were filled with crystal tears and she sniffled, "How could you do this?"
Kagome's Grandfather was comfortable on the living room couch, reading the note over and over again.
Your daughter Kagome has been found possessing illegal drugs on school grounds.
Kagome covered her ears. She didn't want to hear the content of the note again. She went over to the other couch and sat quietly.
"It's a lie! I didn't do it!" She shouted again. Over and over again she has been saying the same thing.
And its not like you would get in much trouble anyway. We are all right behind you.:
How could you lie to me Sakura, Kagome thought to herself as she kept her head down to keep her little brother from seeing her tears.
She would have been immediately suspended if it weren't for her perfect school record. If Kagome is caught one more time
Kagome walked up to her room, tears in her eyes from disgracing her mother. How could she allow those girls to trick her? How could she let them frame her without putting in another word? How could they! Those girls claim to be her friends yet she can never tell them no. She can never say to them that she doesn't want to go or that she doesn't want to do it.
Kagome slammed her room door shut and flopped on her pink furry bed. She screamed and screamed. She cried for her mother that had to put up with her. She cried for all of the people at school who had to see her ugly face. She cried for Sakura, Tsuki, Suki, Mayu, and the others that had to put up with her whiney shit. And most of all she cried for knowing all along that they weren't her friends and she felt that they just might become it sooner or later.
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Kagome awoke in the more groggy and tired. But it was (x)Sunday and she had a lot to do. She spread the pink furry blanket on her bed and opened her blinds to her window. Kagome grasped her white towel and went into the bathroom for a warm shower. She lathered on the musky smelling soap and was careful to wash it all off so she didn't smell like it. She finished her shower and wrapped the towel tightly around herself.
She tried to look into the mirror but it was too foggy. She decided to do it by instinct and applied her eyeliner. After she applied it until the outer lobe of her eye, she added black eye shadow. She ran to her room and added her fake eyelashes and black lipstick. She opened her wardrobe and pulled out her favorite Lolita dress.
This is what she really lived for. (x)cosplaying with her friends under her disguised name of Megumi. This was the time she had friends. And this was the time she was allowed to be herself without running into Sakura-chan or Suki-chan or anybody that she knew from school. This was her chance to be Kikyou, the type of person that she never could be. It was like she was trapped in a birdcage that she could never escape from and never belonged in in the first place.
Kagome went down to the table and took her seat. Her mother handed her (x)Kimichi. Kagome looked over to the clock and saw that It was already 12:30.
"I'm late!" She cried as she wolfed down her food and ran over to the door. She saw Souta at the corner of her eye.
"Tell your freaky friends I said hi." He said as he continued to watch television. Kagome nodded softly and left. She couldn't even tell her own brother if he hurt her.
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Inside of the light, I saw my youthful memories
Even the soundless smile is happy right now
I can't return to that time ever again
When we were laughing
-Birdcage by Gackt
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