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Tsukikage
By: LilBlueFairy
A chilly breeze swept past the autumn leaves, making them dance and drift in the wind. Kagome Higurashi smiled at the small display but maintained her brisk walk to the library. The wind played with her glossy raven locks as she turned the corner.
"I can't believe Sato-sensei assigned us a last minute research paper!" Kagome grumbled. "Not to mention its over Feudal Japan and its mythology. I bet he did that just because I live in a shrine."
Kagome would have done her research at home, but she would rather be sick with the cold for a month rather than ask Gramps for help. Once the old man got started, he would just keep going and going and going. He could give the energizer bunny a run for his money! The though of Grandpa giving one of his boring lectures to the pink fluffy bunny with the giant drum made a happy little grin grace Kagome's cherry-blossom pink lips once again. As you see, Kagome was easily amused.
As she turned another corner, Kagome saw the library in sight. "Finally!" Kagome sighed happily. Her button nose and rosy cheeks were tingling from the cold and it didn't help that she was wearing her school uniform. The draft had made her legs feel stiff and longing for warmth.
As she approached the stone steps of the library, a sense of forbidding crossed her six sense.
Gramps said she had a unique gift since she had been born and raised on a shrine, but Kagome always laughed it off or at least till her dad died when she was twelve.
She hadn't had such strong pull since that day, but apparently something was waiting for her in the library. But Kagome shrugged it off, thinking it was just despair from having to waste a perfectly good day and the feeling that she wasn't going to do so well on this last minute assignment.
A breath of warmth settled over her being as she entered the well-heated library. "Thank you, God, for the marvels of modern technology!" she mumbled quietly as she rubbed warmth back into her arms.
The library was lit up from the sunlight outside and books graced every corner. Kagome breathed in the dusty and woody scent of the library as she choose a nice secluded area to set down her belongings.
She took off her mittens and light jacket that covered her white and forest green uniform and began to take out the needed materials for the dreaded research paper. As she set the materials down, the forbidding and annoying sense of fate filled her being again, making Kagome stop and steady herself.
Her blue-gray eyes became unfocused and a shiver ran down her spine. As it passed, Kagome looked around the library to see if anything was different.
The aged librarian with her hair tightly pinned into a bun was still laboring over organizing the books, a few scattered people were reading silently to themselves, her pencil and papers were still laying on the desk waiting to be used, a bright pink-glowing book in the darkest aisle of the library was still pulsing annoyingly, a young man was looking at the latest Star Trek arrivals... 'A GLOWING BOOK?'
Kagome slowly turned her head to prove what she had seen. "It can't be glowing! Why would anyone want a glowing book?" Kagome told herself as she set her sights on the book. There it was.
It was a calming pink that surrounded the book, and it slowly pulsed. Each pulse drawing in Kagome and her curiosity.
No one noticed the high school girl enter the dark aisle close to her. They didn't even notice when the aisle was covered up by the real shelf of books that was supposed to be there, but they did notice when the librarian close the blinds and told them in an aged voice that the library was closing early for the Tsuki Festival held by the local shrine.
As the librarian began to switch off the lights, she felt as something was missing. Shrugging to herself, she sighed and grumbled about old age as she locked the doors and began heading towards the Higurashi Shrine.
Meanwhile, the senior Higurashi jerked from his crouched position and stopped making charms for the festival. His old eyes took a far off look and his face turned towards the setting sun. "What is it, dad?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.
"It's time, my dear daughter. It seems my grand-daughter has finally reached her destiny." The old man smiled proudly as he faced his only daughter. She smiled slightly but the worried and worn look in her eyes conquered the small gesture.
"Do not worry, my child!" said Gramps as he settled back to his task of finishing off the charms. "I know, dad. But she is still my little baby girl."
"As you are mine, but if you had been chosen I could do nothing to prevent it. As you can do nothing now." Gramps had finished and said a small blessing for the newly made charms. Once he had finished he slowly stood up and took his daughter's hand.
"All we can do is pray for her safety. If she is anything like her father, it will take something of a phenomenal force to bring her down." Mrs. Higurashi gave a true smile this time and set back to finishing up the preparations for the festival. 'He's right, my Kagome will be fine.' And even within her bones she could feel the truth of her thoughts.
Tsukikage : Moonlight
This is my first Inuyasha fanfiction! Yay! I'm not experienced in the writing field but I do enjoydaydreaming, so I thought I would share my little daydream with all of you! Please leave a review, whether its nice or ummm... Well... Anyway! Thank you for reading!
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