It had been a week since Kagome had returned home permanently, she was sliding back into a regular routine of going to school quite well, or so she thought.
"What do you mean I can't come to school here anymore?" She watched as the headteacher leant back in his office chair.
"I mean exactly that, Miss Higurashi, your grades have dropped too far below what we use as our minimum guidelines for this school. While I do understand that your many illnesses do hold a rather large factor in why you could not keep up with the rest of your class, you cannot remain here. It would affect our standings in the education system too far. I'm sorry." She dipped her head in understanding.
"I guess I'll just get my stuff from my locker and leave then." The elderly man sighed before standing up and walking to the door to his office with her.
"You're a smart girl, Miss Higurashi, don't let this issue get in the way of your future, I'm sure you'll be able to figure something out."
Kagome nodded at him as she made her way down the hall towards her locker, morning break had just started and she was greeted by her three friends, Eri, Yuka and Ayumi.
"Kagome, what's wrong? We haven't seen you all morning." Ayumi questioned her friend, the three had become a lot more protective of their friend since she had come back three days ago, covered in scars and bruises. She watched as her friend started emptying her locker out into her bag.
"I'm being kicked out of the school." She stated, to her concealed amusement, the trio gasped together in sync.
"But Kagome, you can't go!" Eri exclaimed, as Ayumi nodded.
"What about your future with Hojo?" Yuka finished, feeling her eyebrow twitch in slight annoyance, she zipped up her bag and started walking, her friends in tow.
"A future where we get together will not ever happen, I never liked him in that way. Besides, my dad would never let him go out with me." The trio paused where they stood.
"Kagome, I thought your dad died when you were seven." Ayumi blurted out.
"That was Souta's dad, my dad is still alive and well." She commented, tilting her head to the side.
Sighing, she continued walking to the gate of her school, the three other girls following in silence. She nodded to the gatekeeper as he opened them just wide enough for her to pass though, turning around to watch as they closed on her. She drank in the view of the school one final time.
"It was nice knowing you girls, maybe we'll see eachother again." She started walking off down the road, ignoring their protests of the fact that they would come and visit her.
As nice as the thought was, she'd be making sure they never saw her again, there were things she wanted to do, things she wanted to see and they did not need to know her.
Looking up at the sky, she hummed in mild thought as she strolled home, the streets were busy with people bustling about, getting their shopping done, going on dates, the usual thing.
But one thing in particular caught her eye, walking backwards a little bit, she peered into the window of a local noodle bar, smiling, she walked in.
The bell chimed as the door opened and shut, Kagome made her way over to the counter and sat on a stool, taking her bag off, she put it down next to her, the waitress hadn't looked over in her direction, which was great.
"I didn't know you worked at a noodle bar, aunt Sombra." The older woman jumped as she looked over at her in shock.
"Kagome? What are you doing here? Wait, shouldn't you be at school?" She questioned the younger girl, who sunk her head down.
"I was walking home from school because I got kicked out, my grades were too low for them, but then I noticed you in the window and thought I'd come say hello." She quickly ducked down and got her purse from her bag. "While I'm here I may aswell get some lunch."
"Oden, right?" She nodded and paid for the noodles, not having to wait very long. "He wasn't lying about your eye." She heard her mutter softly.
"Eh, this? This is nothing compared to what happened to my side, plus I can still see out of it, the injury didn't scratch my eye, I was lucky the doctors say, any deeper and I'd be totally blinded." She was glad that no-one else was in the bar but them or else this would have been a conversation that raised every red flag.
"Of course you'd say it's nothing, you're Reaper's kid and that man thinks everything is nothing." She laughed as Kagome puffed up her cheeks in slight annoyance.
"I guess he told you three about what happened?" She questioned her.
"You mean about your time hopping adventures? Yes, he did." Groaning, she rested her head on the counter. "That being said, how are they going?" She watched as the younger girl dragged her head up before putting her hand in her top and pulling out a full jewel.
"It's all over, I can never go back, well's closed." Kagome gave a slight sigh as she tucked the jewel back inside her top. "Inuyasha, he died to protect us all from a particularly nasty blow from Naraku." Finishing up the rest of the noodles, she rested her face on her hand. "Sango and Miroku were married, I was their priestess of choice, which was nice and Shippo went off with Sesshoumaru to train with him, I think he had a crush on little Rin, maybe he tried courting her?"
Looking up at Sombra, she gave a small smile, before standing up.
"I should head home soon, I have to start looking into new schools or alternatives." The woman looked down at Kagome and gave her a soft smile.
"I'll be sure to let your dad know your home for good now." Kagome nodded, slipping her bag back over her shoulders.
"See you later, aunt Sombra!" She called out as she swung the door open, heading home, a slightly happier vibe around her.
Sighing, she suddenly felt a presence on her shoulder.
"Your aunt is quite interesting, Kagome." Came the voice of Katsuo, she hummed in agreement, feeling content just knowing he was there and soon the steps to the shrine were in full view.
Walking up the steps, she heard the sound of what seemed like arguing, hurrying up the last few stairs, she got prepared to break up a fight, just incase. Tourist fights weren't that uncommon on the shrine grounds and thanks to her dad's teachings, she had learnt how to break them up.
"Ma'am, countless people have told us that on many occasions, they have seen this man come to your shrine, he is dangerous and armed and you-" The strange man was cut off as Kagome cleared her breath.
"What's going on here?" She questioned, the man seemed to be part machine, which greatly confused her. He turned his head to her and from behind him, she could see her mother shaking her head in a 'no' position.
"Who are you?" He questioned her, she took a step back, as he got into her personal space.
"I, uh, I'm Kagome Higurashi?" She said it more of a question, as the person was making her rather uncomfortable. He nodded in acceptance and she quickly ran inside of the house, dropping her bag off before returning outside to help her mother deal with this strange situation.
The following day had Kagome sleeping in until 10, she had been exhausted and hadn't realized it, from the strain of being kicked out of her school, seeing her aunt and then being practically interrogated by what she had learnt was a cyborg, she had learnt that his name was Genji and that he was rather pushy.
Apparently, the neighbours had seen her dad coming to the shrine a few times while still dressed in his 'Reaper' outfit as her mother had called it and had then reported it to the police, which had caused trouble for them.
Sighing and rolling onto her side, she got up and ready for the day.
Yawning, she walked down the stairs and into the kitchen, preparing the coffee machine so she could wake up properly.
While leaning on the side, she heard her mother enter, turning her head, she stared at her.
"Kagome, we need to talk." Yawning once again, she nodded, pouring a cup of coffee out, they headed into the livingroom and sat down on sofas facing eachother.
"What's wrong?" She asked, taking a sip of the bitter drink.
"I don't think it's safe for you to stay here anymore." Kagome paused before setting her mug down on the table in front of her.
"What do you mean?" She questioned, she could feel tears welling in her eyes.
"I mean, Kagome, that man who was here yesterday, I think he knows something's up, the neighbours wouldn't be constantly reporting your dad if he didn't come. I have a feeling he will keep coming back and I know how you get when things start to happen. What if they did something that put more emotional strain on you than you could handle? Kagome, we both know your powers can't handle too much stress, you could accidently show them what you can do. They'd immediately link it to your father. I don't want them to hurt you because of what your dad did, what he still does." By that time both of them were crying.
Kagome made her way over to her mother and enveloped her in a hug.
"It's alright, mama, I understand." The two sat there in silence for a few minutes, before her mother spoke up again.
"I want you to go with your dad. I know he'll be able to keep you as safe as he possibly can and he can teach you to use your powers better, get them under control properly." Kagome just nodded into her mother's shoulder.
Time went by and within a week, she was packing to go with her dad, who had been more than happy to have his kid live with him, he even had a room made up for her where he was staying.
Currently, there was one problem.
Genji was back and he was in the house. He was right behind her currently as she was packing.
"Where are you going?" He questioned her, watching in a lot of interest as she packed her underwear, which had her blushing all sorts of reds.
"I'm going on holiday before I transfer to a new school." She replied bluntly, it was a rather big lie, but he had no reason whatsoever to know where she was going. Nor did he need to be openly staring at her underwear. "Will you stop looking at my underwear? You pervert." She muttered, he easily picked up on it and backed out of the room spluttering in embarrassment.
After she had finished packing, she put the suitcase and her backpack by the front door, before turning around to head to the livingroom to spend some time with her mother before she left. Only to be surprised when Genji was directly behind her.
"Why were you just stood there?" She screamed at him, making sure he knew just how uncomfortable he made her.
"Because I find it funny to make you jump." He replied. Kagome stared at him with unmasked annoyance.
"Maybe you should stop before I let our cat at your wires." She spat at him, taking him by surprise, he watched as she stormed off into the living room, very obviously annoyed with him.
After three hours he had finally left and an hour later, her dad arrived. Picking her backpack up and swinging it over her shoulders, her dad picked up her suitcase and she hugged her mother goodbye and left the shrine for what would most likely be a few years at the least.
She would enjoy her time with her dad, probably take online school and have fun with her dad's makeshift family. She would be fine, looking over at her dad, she smiled as they walked along to where they'd be picked up. It had been a long time since she'd been with her dad for more than a week.
Getting away from the shrine would be the first step to healing from her past after all.