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A/N: sorry bout my chapters being so differentiated when it comes to lengths… I guess sometimes when they're shorter it's just because it's what the scene calls for. Hope you don't mind if it gets a little long. Enjoy pease!
Snowflakes Keep Falling On My Heart
Chapter 3: Death's whisper
8-year old Kagome Higurashi stood erect. No tears flowed down her cheeks, her eyes were not bloodshot from crying. She just stood there, her face expressionless.
A soft breeze ruffled through her long black locks and long black kimono. Her clasped hands held in front of her body were the only sign of emotion as they kept clenching then unclenching.
The falling snowflakes lay upon her long, black eyelashes, unnoticed. The hopeful cherry blossoms that had held onto their petals for as long as possible finally shed them along with the lonely december snowflakes.
Kagome looked up from the lowering casket, which held her deceased grandfather, to watch the falling mixture of petals and snowflakes. A few petals laid upon the black coffin, seeming to be the unshed tears-those which Kagome yearned to let fall.
Baby Sota slept peacefully in his mother's arms as Rumiko cried softly into her husband's shoulder. He seemed to be whispering something to her. She looked up to where Kagome's gaze seemed to fall but she caught something else.
A woman with flowing, silky black hair that fell like a graceful waterfall stood not far off. She wore a beautiful pink kimono with a blue flowery pattern sewn skillfully into the silky material. Her hands rested upon a young boy's shoulders. He looked to be Kagome's age. The young boy adorned a black hakima which contrasted greatly against his strewn-about white locks. Two doggie ears sat upon his head and they twitched slightly, sensing the two stares.
Kagome slowly took notice to the two faraway figures. She blinked slowly, taking in the puppy ears. A memory flashed in her mind of white hair and ears similar to this boy's. However, blurry as it seemed, it felt real. She quickly dismissed the thoughts as nonsense.
The beautiful woman seemed to be crying.
People murmured their condolences to her parents. Soon there were no people left but the Higurashi's and the two distant figures.
Kagome watched as snow covered the barren, fresh dirt. Her eyes were unfocused. She felt as if she were in a daze… a waking dream. Still too young to fully grasp the concept of death but old enough to feel the impact. The little girl's heart felt torn apart. Just like the cherry blossoms loosing their petals… they would grow new ones but they would never redeem those that were lost. It was like loosing a part of itself. Like Kagome was loosing a part of herself…
Mr. and Mrs. Higurashi, unseen by Kagome as they stood behind her dazed form, bowed to the woman. In turn they received a bow as well. The two then seemed to disappear into the snowy darkness.
"The sun is setting, we should go," said Mr. Higurashi.
"Yes. I agree. Kagome. Kagome? Are you ready to go home?" asked Rumiko softly, bending forward to see her daughter's stoic face.
Kagome just turned around solemnly without a word or a glance to her parents and walked towards their car, speaking nothing of the two unknown, strange, distant figures.
Sorry once again bout tha shortness. Please, please, please contemplate leaving a teeny little review!! I will be absolutely, positively outright thrilled at the prospect!!! Thank you , thank you, thank you so mucho for reading. And don't worry, this story ain't ony about death… it's an amazingly awesome luuuuv story people!! So pwease read on!!
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