I have the first few chapter already written so they will be posted really close in date.

Chapter 2

Walking further on the trail, I had reached a street. I had awoken earlier and after gaining back my energy and leaving a little behind as thanks, I returned to my trek. It was about an hour later, I finally reached the road.

This one was silent, and I heard no ongoing cars so I kept on following the route Obaa-san had written, and it said to follow the sidewalk heading north. Usually I would enjoy the soft silence, though there was no sound at all right now, and being by myself only made it seem creepier. My feet were beginning to ache and I was already starting to get hungry. I didn't pack anything food related in my bag because I was afraid that it would spoil, boy did I regret it now.

I didn't know what to do, so after an hour more of long walking I decided to take a break. Granted it was not the best idea to sit near the road but I was too tired. Looking in my bag I got out my journal and a pencil. I looked around me and wrote what I am seeing. These thoughts of mine can sometimes scatter, and my grandmother says it is because my energy takes a good portion of me, and that means some parts of me don't regulate as they should.

So it helps when I note down my surrounding and my feelings about them. So I just wrote down the trees and the road. Why I was there and how I felt about it. Nothing to sappy just brief, so just in case I needed to return back here, I could refer to this.

Standing back up, I dusted off my shorts and stuffed my items back into my pack. Looking around my surrounding I wished for food again.

Though complaining was wasting effort, so I began walking again, though I didn't make it too far till I heard a honking sound behind me. I let out a startled yelp as I let my energy barrier rise around me, though it was not visible.

I noticed a blue Sedan, there was a person inside and they climbed out. It was a mid-thirty year old man, but he was also wearing the same uniform that the officers were. I yelped as I turned around quickly and began running

"KAGOME!" this person shouted as I heard the sound of the footsteps coming closer. My feet began to quicken but it was already tired from the walking it has already done, looks like the break didn't do much.

"KAGOME WAIT! LET ME EXPLAIN!" he shouted desperately, though I just glanced one more time at my grandmother's map and kept going.

"There are things that you don't know, and I understand that you are confused right now but you got to listen to me!" He kept on shouting, he sounded tired but determined.

"I don't want to, just leave me alone!", I shouted back as I continued on running, though my foot got snagged by a tree root and I fell forward
"Kagome!", the man now said with concern as he made it my way. Though as soon as I felt his aura too close I set the barrier around me.

He hands stop as they collided with the barrier, he looked startled though realization set through.

"You have trained your gift"?

I shrank back, not knowing really how to respond since Obaa-san and I never really talked about what to do in these case scenarios though words flew out of my mouth

"don't get near me" , I said with strength in my voice that I wasn't actually feeling.

"Kagome, sweetie, it's me", he said as he stepped back, hands raised to show that he meant no harm.

I looked at him with a cold stare but I couldn't tell what he was thinking, I felt that I had never met this man in my life, yet those eyes did ring a bell somewhere, maybe because they were almost the same stormy grey as mine.

"I'm your dad", he said as he crouched down. Though I shook my head as I began scooting backward and my back hit a tree.

"Your Full name is Kagome Midori Higurashi, you were born on October 31st on a Sunday morning and have a birthmark the size of a star behind your left ear. You dislike the smell of onion and refuse to eat anything with peas in them." he said with confidence, I could just stare at him, shocked that he knew that, I didn't know that.

Obaa-san and I always celebrated my birthday on July 4th and I didn't even know my last name, it was never really of importance till now. My grandmother told me that my birthday was on the day of Halloween and she didn't like that, so she suggested on the day with Fireworks because I always liked the light show I could see from the cabin.

"Your Grandmother is Kaede Higurashi, and she took you from us when you were small. You have been missing for 10 years and it isn't till now that we got a lead on you. Sweetie it's me, papa", he said as had tears at the edge of his eyes. I could only stare at him. What he said still didn't make any sense to me.

He then pulled out something from his back pocket, though he kept his right hand raised and eyes directed to me as he used his left hand out pull out a leather wallet. He opened it and an album of four photos appeared. He placed it on the ground and made sure I could see it. It was a picture of a smiling women and man, with a 2 year old me.

I was smiling in the photo and my arm was wrapped loosely around the women's shoulder. She had brown eyes and a happy face as she smiled happily at me, her hair was cut to her shoulders and I had my other arm swung casually against a man, he grinned at the camera and had a hand in my hair. Gulping I looked back up, it was the same man, and there was a spark of hope in his eyes. I looked back down and the other two pictures were the same, though in one of them there was a baby in it. A name was fluttering on my lips, though I kept it shut. This was too much, I was already getting kicked out of my home. I looked at the map my Obaa-san gave me and I looked back up.

"Higurashi-san?" I asked my voice wavering slightly, the man smiled and nodded. I looked back down and re-read the note

"Your father is Hakuto Hiroshige, now higurashi, and your mother is Aoi Higurashi", it was little info that I already knew but I looked back up

"Can I see some ID?"

He nodded as he slowly got his wallet and pulled out a driver license, it showed him and his name

"Hakuto Higurashi".

I looked back up and carefully slide it back. I looked one more time at the man. He was now sitting on his bottom, I guess his feet got tired.

I stayed there, feet to my chest and my arms around my legs. There was silence around me as I contemplated what to do. I don't think I could get really far with him so close. I was starting to believe him also so doubt would have me pausing too much. Sighing I let the barrier fall, though he didn't notice yet as I gathered my wits and began to stand. He mimicked me and then we were both standing.

"I-I don't know you, D-Demo, Obaa-san has mentioned your name", I said softly as I placed my hand out as a gesture to shake. Though full alert if this man tried anything, I would still not physically hurt him but I could project my barrier fast enough to stop any attack.

He smiled at me as he took my hand and gently shook it

"Hai, she is your Mother's mother, as for why she took you, that is a story that I wish to explain", he said as he let go and I nodded.

Though I looked at him in the eye, he seemed to wait for me to do something and I tilted my head.

"Won't you tell me and what going to happen to Obaa-san?"
"O-Oh! I thought it would be best to head to my car, I can tell you there where it is warmer and as for your grandmother ….we will discuss her later". He said while he looked sort of uncomfortable by the subject.

I bit my lip in hesitation, I sense no lies from him and letting my energy wander toward the car, I felt no other people there. He seemed okay and this map was going to lead me to the secret shed. It was better that I didn't leave him there just in case another emergency happened and I could still go there. So I complied and nodded to him.

"You can tell me on the way", I said as I gestured that he began walking, he nodded and walked ahead of me and I followed. He gave out a nervous cough as he began.

"Well you see..."
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Flashback 10 years ago~ Hiroshige POV

Walking into the house I sighed as I rubbed my forehead and fell lazily on the couch. My day was filled with nothing but women screeching about their husbands taking their car and old women hitting pedestrians. Though I noticed Aoi's mother's car out in the back, I guess she was visiting. Though I heard small footsteps running and a smile broke through my face as I forgot all about that.

"PAPA!" a little 7 year old Kagome yelled as she jumped into my arms, she had her hair short and was holding on to her favorite toy, a small stuffed dog.

"Welcome home Hun", my wife said as she walked in, she was dressed in her apron and look tired with her hair in a messy bun, but she still looked beautiful to him. Especially when she smiled and her brown eyes got the shine to them. She came over and they shared a quick kiss as he then kissed Kagome's forehead.

"Papa! Inu and me went to the grass today and found some treasure, you want to see!?", little Kagome said as she look up excitedly at her father, her face lightly muddy and her purple sundress already dirty. He smiled as he nodded and she left his lap with a jump and went running outside

"She sure is a wild one" he joked to his wife as she placed a plate full of curry and rice in front of him.

"She gets it from you I swear" she said kidding back as she sat next to him on the couch.

"How is the baby?" he asked as he began to eat, he didn't mean to be rude but he didn't eat any lunch and the food looked really good.

"He is the calm one out of the two, he is sleeping right now", she said as she laid her head on her husband shoulder.

I smiled as I wrapped an arm around her waist and gave her some of the food.

"Papa! It is too heavy!" she heard his daughter yelled at him, though a soon as he was about to get up she said
"OH wait, never mind I got it"

He smiled at his wife

"She also gets her smarts from me"

His wife rolled her eyes and then they saw Kagome walked in, though she just had her stuffed dog in her hand.

I was about to ask where her treasure was when it floated in. I was stunned.

It was a normal boulder, yet it had those little talismans around it that symbolized warding off evil demons. Yet it was surrounded by this hazy blue sphere and it gently plopped it down, though its weight had made the wood underneath cry out and shutter as it settled.

Aoi got up and she went straight to Kagome, her messy bun already falling apart and going around her shoulders.

"Kagome, sweetie did you do that?" she asked worriedly. Kagome nodded proudly and began talking about how she did it. Though I still stared at the boulder. I attempted to carry it though it truly was more than sixty pounds.

"Listen to me Kagome, you can't do that no more, I thought we had a talk about this, no using your gifts", Aoi said

I looked at her in shocked, she knew? Why wasn't I clued in?

"Why was I not told till now?" I asked, not really mad just shocked. Aoi looked guiltily at me and she sighed

"I was trying to keep it under control but her power seems to keep on growing", she said as she patted Kagome's hair and asked her to take it back outside. Kagome nodded and began to lift the boulder and take it outside.

I looked at Aoi as she began explaining

"My mother and those before her were all Miko's, they were the shrine priests of this temple and have always guarded it. There was one of them who was very powerful, her name was Midoriko, she had sacrificed herself in a great battle and her line of power was said to be loss. Though it appears it was just skipping generations or those that had it didn't even know it and went their whole life time without knowing the power they have in them. Kagome awoken to her gift about a few months ago, I didn't really understand but I began talking to my mother, and she began to explain it to me. Though I thought it would just gradually fade away, though it has only gotten stronger". She said as she looked down

I sighed as I took her in my embrace

"You didn't have to shoulder it all by yourself, I could have tried to help too", I said murmuring in her hair. She snuggled closer as I heard her apologize

I patted her head

"You only did what you though was best, it is okay", I told her as I patted her head.

"I was hoping to get things under control, my mother has been scaring me lately with all the talk she has been saying about Kagome's gift". She said

I looked at her weirdly

"Why?"
"I don't know, she was talking about how Kagome need to learn How to train her gifts in a good environment, and that this city life we live is not right for her." She said shrugging.

I furrowed my brows and sighed
"maybe she is right, we could try to move to a more rural part of Tokyo, I could always relocate there and then we don't have to worry about her gift's being exposed" I said as I looked down at her.

"a-are you sure? I thought you loved it here?" she asked as she looked at him with shock. He just shrugged his shoulders

"I would love it even more of it meant that Kagome and you wouldn't be under too much stress here in the city", I said smiling as I kissed her forehead. She smiled widely and just as I was about to kiss her I heard the baby monitor turn on. I grinned at her as she pecked my lips quickly and went upstairs

"Go check on Kagome please" she called out as she began going upstairs. I gave her a salute as I headed to the backyard.

Looking around I saw the boulder and the whole that Kagome must've dug up. Chuckling I looked around it and was proud of my little treasure hunter. Though oddly enough she wasn't nearby. Looking around I noticed something sticking out of a bush. Curious I began making my way there and noticed it was her stuffed Inu pup on the ground. Crouching down I picked him up as I dusted off his fur. That was weird, she usually didn't go anywhere without him. Looking around more he found a piece of paper. Picking it up, he began reading it.

"I did what had to be done

Don't look for us, we will be okay

-Kaede"

I let the paper slowly flutter down on the ground as I heard the sound of a car racing away. Quickly looking behind me I raced toward the sound. I made it around the house as I saw the familiar figure of Kagome through the car as I made its way over the hill and out of sight.

Back to normal POV

"I chased after you guys, called your mother and even called the station but we couldn't find you. We found your Grandma's car stashed away, apparently she had a back-up car with her and had dumped her Old Sedan. We have searched for years for you… though it wasn't until last year that we had a found a promising lead on you." he said as we began to arrive at the car. He grabbed his keys and clicked on something that made the car beep and the car unlocked. He opened the passenger side and gestured for me to go in. I looked cautiously in, there was no weapons or anything that can be used to tie me up, so with one last look at the woods I climbed in.

"What was the lead?" I asked as he finally climbed in and began to turn on the car to let it warm up.

"Well, let's say about that time I met a few people that could pull a few strings to help me investigation for you, they had send fliers further out and your Grandma's face was registered in the state nearby here, we had spent the last few months searching the land over there when we had the idea to spread around, it was the two cops that had spotted the lone cabin and called in for back-up", he said as he lifted of his cap and brushed his short hair back .

"We had figured that you and your Grandmother would be in a Cabin or a trailer, so it sparked hope in me. The thing is that they said that they got your Grandmother, but you had managed to get away. I figured you would go downhill and away from towns so I took this road, hoping that I would spot you….. As soon as I saw your eyes, I knew you were my baby girl". He said as he smiled at me, his eyes glistened as he used the back of his hand to wipe away the tears that he didn't want to release.

I looked away since I didn't really know what to think about this, I had faintly remembered that, though what he didn't know was that I chose to go. Obaa-san had come to me as I set the boulder down and had told me that my power was dangerous, that if I couldn't get in under control I could hurt people, being that young I already knew what that could mean, problems. So I had agreed to go with her, yet I guess after years of training I buried that memory, though it was surprising that I even faintly remembered that, my gift usually overwhelmed my conscious and I had to difficulty remembering, though there were times where I remembered random things as if I read them off the book, it was usually novels and books that I remembered very well, yet it was things in my past or day that might fleetingly go away.

Sighing I rubbed my forehead as I let the energy in me close up again, if I let it out too much it would try to cling to the items around me.

I looked back up, he was still looking at me, waiting for what I have to say next. Grabbing my own hand, I decided that I wanted to take a chance, plus if I go with him I might be able to meet up with Obaa-san again, I bit my lip.

"I want….to see my mom", I murmured as I ducked my head. I could feel his aura shift to an elated and he nodded his head as he turned on the car.

I have not been in a car for a long while so it felt weird as my stomach felt like it was tightening, though I just rolled down the window and let the cool wind calm my nerves down.

During the drive down the rest of the hill, we were silent, I didn't mind it though it seemed as if he wanted to ask me questions. I didn't know what I would tell him, I didn't want to tell him too much because I knew that ten years could really change someone.

Though we soon reached open road and I looked around. The town had not changed much since I had visited quickly 2 months ago, but that was barely a hour, there was still an old man outside the gas station with a now bigger version of a German Shepard, and her nose was in between her paw as she lazily laid on the ground. I smiled at the sight as we began driving away.

The ride was very silent, though he turned on the radio and the comfortable notes of a singer that I didn't know the name of began making its way around the car.

Cause I give you ~all of me

And you give me ~all, of you

You're my end and my beginning, even when you I lose I'm winning

,

I hadn't realized that I was mouthing the words since the lyrics were repetitive, and had fully relaxed until he had stopped the car. I frown a little but straighten up and looked around, we were still near the town but we had stopped at a gas station.

"I just need to fill up the car with gas, then we will head back the motel I was staying at, we need to book a flight for the way home but we should be there in 2-3 days", he said as he already unbuckled his seatbelt and laid a hand on the door, I realized he was waiting for my response so I just nodded my head as he smiled at went back out. He checked the pump and then moved around to check the number, then he began heading in the store. Slumping in my seat I got out my journal and marked down what I saw, and what I felt. Though it was just one word …"curious".

I wasn't full trusting him yet but could it hurt to try? I was curious of the world that I was separated from for so long, and I finally get to meet my mom.

Though I got bored waiting for him so I let my energy wrap around my pencil and let it float around me, when I concentrated hard enough I could make it write, though that took some time and energy, though Obaa-san said that if I kept practicing I could master it and write without a second thought.

I let the pencil flitter down and recalled back my energy, letting it out a few times during the day kept it stable. Though the sudden rap on my window caused me to jump and force the energy that had not fully been stored to form a barrier around me. Though I realized it was only him.

He shyly smiled apologetically and lifted up a bag. I rolled down the window and he passed me the bag.

"I grabbed a few things, wasn't sure what you would like this early in the morning but I thought you should eat something, ill finish up with the pump and just pick whatever looks good".

I nodded to him as I glanced inside the bag and found various bags of chips, two doughnuts, a cheeseburger and a hot dog, and my favorite… Nutter Butters.

I grabbed a doughnut and the Nutter Butters, I was really hungry so I wolfed down the doughnut, and had already opened my packet of Nutter butters when he entered in. he smiled widely

"I hope that you still loves those things", he said smiling as I handed him the bag. He grabbed it and pulled out the hot dog, I picked the hamburger and he began to happily eat the hot dog. I couldn't help but grin back, this man… didn't seem too bad.

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