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Stranger Things Have Happened

Chapter 2

            Enid studied Kagome as the question rang in her head. Was she avoiding her duties? Why was the girl asking such a question? This was for her credit and she wanted to stuff this paper down her professor's thoat. She looked over her shoulder and noticed the park. Should she take the chance to explain? "Lets sit down somewhere in there. This might take awhile to explain."

            "Explain?" Kagome echoed as they walked into the park to find a spot to sit. Enid chose a place far off from the crowed areas and sat down underneath a tree. Kagome sat next to her. Enid's shoulder length hair had a multitude of colors in it; a splash of red auburn at the ends, some sort of golden color above that and at her roots a dark deep brown. Her glasses seemed to accent her eyes rather than frame or hide them, the light tint of tortoiseshell on the rims bringing out the copper in her eyes. And her skin had this bizarre tone that looked like a sheen.

            "I'm what's called olive toned." Enid confirmed, making Kagome jump." Tell me something Kagome, do you believe in energies? That every single thing has a vibrancy and energy all their own?"

Kagome wasn't expecting a question, especially that question. If someone had asked her that question years ago she would have laughed them off as some wacko. Now, well, she didn't tell anyone that she could see shikon shards, so if they have the ability to be seen, why couldn't everything else?

She shrugged, "A little I suppose."

            Enid nodded. "Well, since for as long as I could remember I've always had this queasy feeling. I've been to specialists and quacks and no on could figure out why. I've tried every medicine known to man and it never goes away. For some reason your shrine seems to make this queasy feeling intensify, and that doesn't happen much."

            Kagome tried to follow, "Much?"

            "Well" Enid looked out trying not to sound like some weirdo, "It only seems to intensify in places of either strong energies or great spiritual imprints. Now hears the weird part.." Kagome leaned in closer to hear. "The first and only time that feeling stopped.. Was when I leaned against the God tree at you shrine."

 Kagome frowned, 'How weird.' She thought as Enid up righted herself, "Well my home isn't far from here, and I'm expecting a call.." The dark haired girl nodded, "I'll be on my way home then. Are you going to the shrine again tomorrow?"

Enid nodded, "Have to. That damn bitch won't get off my case until I finish that thesis."

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Enid sighed as she laid her pack on her tiny couch, and looked around. The place was small, but convenient to school and now to the shrine. She walked over to her fridge and sighed, she forgot to go shopping. All she had were a few cups of ramen. She grudgingly pulled out one that had shrimp. "Ugh! 'I've had to much of this stuff, I think I'll be sick if I have to take much more of this stuff." She growled to no one in particular, save the beta in its tank. She boiled up the water and poured it into the cup. She was about to partake before the phone rang. In two quick strides she reached the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi there honey! How's Japan?" The warm male voice on the other end calmed all her nerves.

"It's still an island. How are you dad?" She walked over to the couch and lied down.

"Oh fine. The project is almost finished? How are you?" Enid bit her lip.

"Actually I really need to hear the truth dad."

"Truth? About what honey." The voice sounded worried, and she couldn't blame him. She had a feeling he had been dreading this since her mother died.

"Tell me about the day you found me." Enid couldn't stop the wavering in her voice as a long silence filled the line.

"Alright honey." Her father, resigned, sighed loudly. She heard the sound of the old couch squeaking as he sat down. "It was in my final year of tour, when our last stop was Japan. I had made sure that it was our last stop, so I could pick up your mother…"

      Enid listened to the story, amazed at what she heard, about her just being abandoned in a shrine, of how no one was around, and how her parents fought like hell to bring her to the United States.

      "..And the rest you know, Enid. You had you name and your statehood since then. I'm sort of angry that her family won't even talk to us, but at least you have us hun." He father breathed a shaky sigh. He sounded so weary, like he had not wanted to tell me the truth.

      "Daddy." She rarely called him that, "Do you remember the shrine that you found me in?"

      "I've forgotten the name." he added, "But.. It had a spectacular view of the sunset."

 Enid dropped the phone.

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Kagome sighed as she dipped herself a little deeper into the tub. In a few days she would have to return back through the well and hunt for the shards. She wondered for a moment about Enid. She was a strange girl, but nice. Kagome wondered why the girl was always so queasy. Could she be a miko and not know it? Should she ask Kaede-babaa about it? She stood up and wrapped a towel around her. She didn't really have time to wonder, she had tests to take tomorrow and the day afterwards. She closed the door and turned, face to face with an angry hanyou face.

"SIT!"

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I know I have no CLUE as to what I'm talking about shrine-wise, but just bare with me ok? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!