The Shadows of Dreams

|Meduza|

Chapter Three: Left Leg, Right Leg, Wrong Leg.

Kagome was in a bad mood. It hadn't even been four full hours since she woke up, and she was having the feeling that she was going senile, everywhere she heard things she thought were prophetic, or things that were meant to be, and being betrothed. Now she was hungry.

The best way to start a day, she thought dryly. Now, I wonder how it will end.

Although she remembered where her mother's rooms were, she found out she didn't remember where the kitchen was. She walked around the house several times already, and never dared to open the doors.

Great, Kagome. This is the best way to find a kitchen.

Walking in those shoes and skirts wasn't fun either. Her legs hurt, and she stumbled after almost every second step.

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Don't ever come back here again!!!.

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That JERK! He had no right to keep her away from him, no right to keep her away from her friends, no right to... She punched the wall.

But it was so long ago... she sighed, and tried to soothe her hand. I'm angry again for things that are long gone...

"Doesn't it hurt?" someone asked behind her.

"Ah?" She turned around. "Ah! Souta!"

"Did you know that Inuyasha-no-nii-chan will come here? I missed him, and now you can meet him too!" He said, thrilled.

She stared at him for a moment. "First, I wish I didn't. Second, I don't want to meet him. Now, come on!"

"Nee-chan? To where?"

"To the kitchen!!"

"But, Nee-chan..." Souta freed his hand from hers. "The kitchen is on the other way..."

"Then let's go to the other way!" She decided, and started to go to the opposite way, only to have Souta dragging his legs on the floor when he walked after her, looking at her in disbelief.

"Ano... Nee-chan?" He cleared his throat.         

"Yes?" She turned her head to face him.

"You just missed the kitchen by two doors..."

Without turning around Kagome walked two doors back, and opened the door to the kitchen.

"Finally," she sighed, and barely remembered to grab some food before sitting at a table. "Itadakimasu!"

"Nee-chan... Are you sure you're all right?..."

Kagome stopped eating and faced her little brother, flames forming in her eyes.

"Don't ask me that again. Never."

"H—h—hai..."

And in his mind, he thought, she scares me like that...

^*^

"Mama?" Souta went to his mother's room as he searched her in the house. "Mama?"

"Yes?" Mrs. Higurashi sat on a couch, thinking.

"When Inu-no-nii-chan will come?" He asked.

"I hope that he will be here in a week. That is what Sesshoumaru had said- it takes some time to get here."

"Did you know that Nee-chan doesn't want him around?" he said, offended by his sister's refusal to meet Inuyasha. "I mean, he's so cool! I want to be just like him when I grow up!"

His mother laughed and stroked his hair. "I don't think that Kagome will appreciate it, but you can try if you want to,"

"Why won't she appreciate it, Mama?"

"Can you keep a secret from everyone, Souta?" His mother smiled.

Souta looked at her, his eyes sparkling. "Of course I can!" He answered.

"Then, Souta dear, you will be happy to hear – but keep it as a secret from everyone. Kagome already knows – that he and your sister are going to marry each other."

"Really?!" Souta could jump. " Then He'll be my brother-in-law!"

His mother just laughed slightly. With how everything with Souta was going, Kagome wasn't going to run away from it. Souta would surely help her to drag Kagome to her own wedding.

"Mama," Souta remembered why he came here. "Did you notice that Nee-chan is acting strangely?"

She's different than herself...


VOCABULARY:

Nii-chan- Big brother

Nee-chan- Big sister

Ano- Ummm...

Itadakimasu- Let's eat, I'm going to eat {and my sweet lil imouto-chan. XD}

Preview:

He jumped-flew to the place where Kagome had stayed. He saw her sitting in the same spot, resting her head on the table and her arms.

"Kagome, we're going," he told her firmly. When she didn't respond he went closer to her, and saw she was sleeping.

"Oh, great." He grumbled, lifting her and holding her in his arms. "Just when I'm being decisive, she sleeps." He glared at her. "Way to go, Kagome."\

A/N:

WAHHH!!! I'm late!!! Errr... hope you enjoyed, I posted a new CCS one shot... errm... bye bye! Or-chan, here I come!