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Chap. 2

Kagome whirled around and caught a site of her mother, hands on her hips and boiling. Her dark black hair in rollers, and a fuming face, she looked like she was going to blow up. Steam was practically coming out of her ears.

" Uhh…. hi mom" Kagome said nervously. Inside she was cursing over and over and over. She was in deep shit.

" Kagome, you said you were going to go with some friends to a movie, then you would come straight home!!!!! Where in the hell did you go instead, and don't you dare get smart with me!!!!" her mother tried to say quietly, but didn't succeed, as Kagome's father came stumbling in. " What's going on" he said groggily. " Kagome, why aren't you in bed?' Her mother answered for her. " Because she's been gone all night!!!!! Oh Kagome, tell us what you have gotten yourself into."

Kagome sighed. She would have to tell the truth. A couple months before, she had been banned from partying, because Ayame had gotten drunk, and her parents had called all her friends, to see if they had been drinking with her. Her parents thought Kagome had been drinking, so she got in trouble. " I went to a party with the girls." She finally told them. " There was no drinking, I promise, just dancing. A perfectly safe high school party, with really cute boys, but adult supervision." She didn't know if Sesshy qualified as an adult, but in her world, it did.

Her mother sighed this time. " Kagome, we told you you were banned from parties after what happened last time. How do we know that you didn't drink at this one?" Now Kagome was mad. Her parents didn't even trust her!!! " Mom, I didn't drink last time, and I didn't tonight. How can you think that! God, my parents don't even trust me!!!" Her father got up. " Kagome, we trust you, but we are just worried about you. How do we know if you're hiding something from us, like if you went too far with a boy or something?" he finished. Then her mother took over. " Which is why we're grounding you for a week. No phone calls, no going out unless school or errands, and no staying up past 10:00." Kagome jumped. " What!!! I can't believe you guys! I hate you! You don't trust me! You're lying." She turned around and fled to her room. " You just changed it to 2 weeks Kagome" she heard her mother say. As she got up the stair, Souta had walked out of his room, rubbing his eyes. " What did you do?" he asked drowsily. " Shut up" she told him. Tears were streaming down her face, mixing with mascara and eyeliner. She got into her room, and jumped onto her bed. She silently cried herself to sleep with her black hair sprawled everywhere.

In the morning….

Kagome woke up; her face feeling chapped and crusted. She got up a noticed she was wearing her clothes from the night before, even her flip-flops. Remembering what had happened last night, she threw one of her flip-flops at the door. What were Ayame, Eri, and Rin going to say? They had planned to go to a movie, and they hated it when Kagome had to cancel. She got up and started to get ready for the day, choosing a pink tank with a fuzzyish cardigan and khaki capris. Going down the stairs, she caught site of Souta once again playing video games. " Souta, you'll get fat if you keep playing that mind junk." Kagome told him, hearing him mutter a " shut up". As the kitchen came into view, she noticed her mother making pancakes, and her father reading the newspaper. She stuck her nose in the air and grabbed an apple from the fruit basket, while going over to the sink to wash it. Her mother and father stared quizzically at each other, and then her mother opened her mouth to speak. " Kagome, I'm sorry about last night, but we have to punish you for you to learn your lesson." " I know…" Kagome paused. " But why does it have to be two weeks!!!!!" Her mom and dad laughed and Kagome proceeded up the stairs mumbling curse words.

The whole day Kagome stayed in the house, doing homework and watching TV. She thought about sneaking out twice. She thought about playing video games with her brother. She even thought about trying her mom's exercise tape. Kagome was so bored the whole day, that she had alphabetized her Cd's, and danced psycho to each one. Finally, at 8:30 after supper, she took her shower and fell asleep on her bed, dreaming about a young man with long, black hair, and gold eyes. It was a weird dream. The young man was dressed in black, and he kept telling her something bad was going to happen. Then he had grabbed her, and started to make out with her. She told him she loved him, and her eyes spilled with tears. Then Hojo came in a ninja suit in a purple bug, ran the young man over, and said he would kill all her loved ones. Kagome sat bolt right up clutching her chest with tears stinging her eyes. She was in a cold sweat. What the heck was up with that dream? The young man was cute, but she had told him she loved him, and he made out with her. And Hojo in a ninja suit? While Kagome was thinking, she didn't notice footsteps coming near her door.

The door swung open to reveal Souta, tears streaming down his face. He jumped onto her bed into her arms, sobbing. " Souta, what's wrong? Did you have a bad dream?" Souta looked up at her, sniffing, and shook his head. " N-noooo…. Dad is sick, really sick; we have to take him to the hospital." " What!!!" Kagome yelled, and jumped out of bed. She went out of the hall to find her mother waiting outside her door. " Kagome, Souta," she said. " We're going to the hospital, your father has been taken there in an ambulance." She hugged them both, then handed them their coats. Kagome couldn't believe this was happening.

When they got to the hospital and were waiting outside the hospital room, Kagome asked her mother what had happened. " Well" her mother said. " I woke up to him coughing, and he said he didn't feel very well. He got up to take Tylenol, and then he just collapsed." Her mother finished, and burst into tears. Kagome hugged her mother, completely forgetting she was mad at her for grounding her. The doctor came out of the hospital room, holding a clipboard and rubbing his sore temples. "Um…. I'm sorry to say Mrs. Higurashi, but your husband didn't make it. His heart failed." It hit Kagome so hard; she grabbed her mother and Souta for support. Souta had a look of shock on his face, and her mother clung to Kagome, sobbing very hard, soaking Kagome's pajama shirt. What was going to happen to their family?

End of Chap. 2

Oh, so sad, so sad. Please review!!!