Wow, I was surprised to have already gotten a review for this. Ah well on to the second chapter then.
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After hanging up the phone Urahara tucked his hands into his sleeves and stood there looking thoughtful before grinning.
"Mah, this should be interesting. I hope Kagome isn't still mad at me for leaving when Souta was born..." He sweat drops and thinks of some of what he had just learned about his daughter, "Kasumi-chan I think she must have become just like you somehow." Shifting back to a playful attitude he heads out into the shop, he would need to inform the others staying at the shop of Kagome's arrival. "Mah, perhaps I should let Ichigo know?" Scritching his chin he thinks it over.
Reaching the main body of the shop he sees Tessai sweeping just outside the door with Jinta. Jinta seemed to be just kicking up dust though, where as Tessai was taking the work seriously. Looking around he sees that Ururu is organizing some of the stock, most of which is used as a front for his real business in dealing shinigami items to shinigami visiting the living world.
"Mah, Jinta-chan, Tessai-san, Ururu-chan, we're going to be having a guest starting this Saturday. She will probably be here for a while. You will all be nice to her, won't you?" Though speaking very politely each of the three noticed that the question was not meant to be answered and was more of an order than a request.
"Urahara-san, is this guest the woman that called earlier?"
He looks at her and smiles a bit, though his expression is hard to read as happy, more jovial than anything one would suppose. "Ei, the one coming is actually her daughter. It seems she had a hard time lately and she thinks it would be best for her to come and stay here."
"Are you sure that it is alright for her to be here. She might get caught up in things."
Urahara scritched his chin as he got a thoughtful look on his face. "Normally I wouldn't allow it, but seeing as how there are no current problems in Seiretei and the circumstances under which she is coming I see nothing wrong with her being here."
"Does this have anything to do with you being scared of the woman that was on the phone, Urahara-san?"
He almost seems to stumble abit, taken off guard by the question. "Mah, well that could be it too I suppose."
Sweat drops can be seen on all four in the shop as Urahara scritches his chin once again. None of them even bothered trying to figure out why or how anyone would be able to intimidate Urahara Kisuke into taking in their daughter and none of them really wanted to meet her to find out the how, thinking that if she was able to do this to him then she must truly be frightening.
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Saturday seemed to come rather quickly to the Higurashi home. Kagome had managed to come out of her room to eat and meet her friends, who had heard from their homeroom teacher that Kagome would be transferring to another district.
"I can't believe your leaving Kagome. It's so sudden."
"Yeah, Hojo's going to miss you the most I think. Are you going to try a long distance relationship?" Kagome blushed at this and then just looked exasperated at the question.
"We are not even a couple Eri."
Ayumi looks thoughtfully at Kagome, "This move isn't because of that Inuyasha guy, is it?" At her silent answer she moves over and gives Kagome a hug. "Do you want to talk about it Kagome?"
Her other two friends almost seem shocked, but quickly move in. "Did something happen between you two?" They chorus.
Kagome looks down at her lap, a single tear falling and landing on the back of her hand. "He... he's gone..." She nearly breaks down after the whispered confession and all three of her friends move in and hug her tightly.
After making sure that she had recovered from the emotional confession, though they all had different interpretations of its meaning, the three friends excused themselves and left for home.
The next day was Saturday and Kagome was escorted to the train station by her mother and brother, her grandfather had stayed at the shrine since it couldn't be closed during the day.
"You take care, ok sis?" Souta said as he gave her a hug. "Say hi to Dad for me ok."
Kagome nods and hugs him back. "Alright Souta, I will. I'll write too, so don't worry about me alright?"
Mrs. Higurashi stands there with a slight smile on her face as she watched her children say goodbye to each other. In her hands she held a brown suitcase; Kagome's yellow backpack was back at the shrine in Mrs. Higurashi's closet as it was a constant reminder of Kagome's time in the feudal era, a reminder she did not need at this moment. It would be there when Kagome came back and had dealt with her loss.
She handed Kagome the brown case and embraced her in a gentle hug, the two women looked at each other, neither needing to speak already knowing what the other wanted to say.
With that Kagome boarded the train and waved to her family as it pulled away from the platform.
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It had been about an hour since Kagome had gotten on the train. She looked at the map of the train route and knew that the next stop would be the one for Karakura, where her father was. Kagome stilled had mixed feelings of seeing her father. It had been about 11 years since he had left and she had felt very betrayed at the time to discover he had left so abruptly. Her mother had told her that he had good reasons for why he left and while Kagome was skeptical it seemed that her mother at least knew those reasons and so she felt she should at least let him explain himself before judging him so harshly.
As the train came to a stop Kagome gather her bag and readied herself to exit the train.
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Ichigo couldn't believe that he had been roped into coming to the train station with Urahara to pick up this guest of his. The old man wouldn't even tell anyone the exact reasons behind the girl's visit, just that for some weird reason the girl's mother scared him enough that he was going along with the whole thing. Another thing that confused Ichigo about the whole situation was that Urahara wanted him there incase as he put it 'something happened'. That something he could only guess at but he had the distinct feeling that it had something to do with the girl's reasons for coming, or maybe the old man had finally lost it.
He let out a sigh as the train finally came up to the platform and slowed to a stop. He watched as a dozen or so people emptied the train before a young woman, around Ichigo's age, stepped of the train and Urahara lifted his hand to call her over.
"Mah, Kagome-chan! You've grown up into quite the young woman haven't you?"
The girl seemed to blush before all but stomping over to the two. Ichigo couldn't help but think that she was rather cute with an angry pout gracing her face and making her lips seem even larger than he was sure they were. She seemed to look over Ichigo and then turned even angrier eyes on Urahara.
"I just want to know one thing before we leave." Urahara seemed to freeze, his face falling slightly, "Why did you leave?"
Leave? What was this girl talking about?
"Mah... Ah well you see, this isn't something we should discuss in such a public place..."
The girl seemed to get even angrier at his response before closing her eyes, he hadn't realized what a beautiful shade of blue they were until now, for a moment, calming down. When she opened them again she almost seemed like a different person. "Alright, but if I don't like your answer I'm going home. Do you understand that Dad?"
Wait did she just say DAD!
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Ooooo a cliffie. I just had to, it was too perfect to end it on that note. If you can't tell the last bit was all in Ichigo's perspective and his thoughts on the whole matter. Yes Urahara decided to let Ichigo know, especially since he had foreknowledge of the Shikon and Kagome's strong spirit. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. The next one I hope to have out soon.