Chapter 2: In which we see Kagome again.
A/N: Okay. This has to go first. I apologize for the web commands on last chapter. I was trying to make the thoughts italic. It didn't work, but I love my reviews so much it's hard to upload a new chapter. I really, really do.
On to chapter 2. And I promise no web commands. ^^;
"Talking"
'Thinking'
(numbers) for explanations
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Kagome sighed as she came out of the well. Why did she do this again? 'Oh, because I broke the jewel and honor demands that I put it back together,' she thought glumly. 'Way to go Kagome.' Not like they were doing a wonderful job, as Naraku had most of the jewel now. She had all of 3 shards.
'And if that isn't enough, midterms are coming up!'(1) She didn't see how she was going to pass. But it wasn't important, she was most likely going to die anyways.
'Not like Inuyasha will bother to protect me. Arg! Inuyasha no baka! How dare he get upset at me about Kouga when he has Kikyou! Why do I even stay with him?!'
Souta interrupted Kagome's thoughts.
"Nee-chan! You're home! I'll tell grandpa. He's on the phone with one of your friends."
"What?! Souta, take this!" She shoved the backpack into her little brother's arms and ran toward the house as fast as she could. She skidded up to her grandfather, who was flipping though a medical dictionary, with far too many diseases (she briefly wondered if she should be grateful that he was still in the A section) crossed out.
"Grandpa! Give me the phone!"
"-no, Yuka, she-" he broke off at Kagome's shout. "She's right here." He ended gracefully. Well. As gracefully as he could, which wasn't very.
Kagome picked up the phone. "Ne, Yuka?"
"Kagome! I was afraid you were sick again. How's the small pox doing?"
"Erm." 'Small pox?! If I had small pox, I'd be dead!'
"Anyways, Kagome-chan, I know you've been sick a while, and I know that midterms are coming up, and I found this great tutor in English. His name is Kit-sama." She sounded far too cheerful. Something was up.
"Kit-sama? Pretty strange name. What are you really up to, Yuka- chan?"
"Well.nobody really knows his real last name, but that's what he said his last name was. Kit Shippou."
That was too much of a coincidence. Kit Shippou?! 'Well, if he has fox feet and a tail, maybe, but otherwise.' "And he tutors in English." Kagome stated, not quite believing.
"He's really good, Kagome-chan. I'm getting better marks in English that I have before, and I might be ready for midterms!"
What the hell. Her worst subject after math was English. It was worth a shot. "Sure, Yuka, I'll meet this tutor of yours. When do you want me to come?"
She could practically feel Yuka grin. "Well, now, unless you have something more important to do."
"Now?! Yuka-chan, can't it be later or something? I have work to do!"
"Fine, fine, later it is. But you better be there! I went to all this work, and if you don't show up...!" she didn't have to finish her sentence. Kagome knew that Yuka could make her life horrid, and this was obviously something of great importance to her. 'Joy. Can't wait.'
"I promise, Yuka-chan. I'll be there later." She said distractedly, trying to talk to Yuka and figure out what the heck her grandfather was doing. It looked like he was either doing interpretive dance, or Souta had made dinner again. If she hadn't been distracted, she would've remembered that Yuka's 'later' did not match her definition of the term 'later.' "Look, I think I have to go. My grandpa's being odd again."
Maybe he was trying to say something. He was pointing to her, then outside, and sticking his fingers on his head like horns and wiggling them around. ' I got the 'go outside' part, but what the heck..?'
"Okay, but remember, you promised!" Click. 'That's Yuka for you. No phone manners.' Her grandpa was still dancing around, but now it seemed like her was waving paper-wait, waving paper?! Kagome sent a small prayer to the gods that this was not what she thought it was. And started walking outside.
You know, those gods have a really nasty sense of humor.
"I doing care what the wretch is doing! She needs to come back!" yelled a voice from the well house.
"Back evil demon! You cannot set foot on this sacred ground without the blessing of a priest or miko!"
There was a stomping sound. "Yea? That didn't look like it worked too well. Now, where's Kagome?" asked a sneering voice.
Kagome sighed. What did he want now?! He had told her she could spend 3 days here! She'd been home for 15 minutes tops!
She could hear sounds of her grandfather cowering and Inuyasha being overly dramatic. Time to make more holes in the floor.
She walked outside, and Inuyasha jumped and grabbed her. "Wretch! You're coming back! NOW!"
"Sit!"(2) Thud.
"What the hell was that for, idiot?!" Inuyasha yelled as soon as he wasn't getting a close-up tour of the Higurashi residence floor. "You have to come back! There isn't any time left; Naraku is getting more shards as we speak! Kikyou would never have left us at this crucial a time!"
You would think he would have learned by now that Kagome didn't like to be compared to Kikyou. 'Oh, that little--!' "Sit!"
Inuyasha was really getting to know that floor well. "Bitch! I should- "
"Sit! Sitsitsitsitsitsit!"
Those floor repairs were getting really expensive, Higurashi-san(3) mused. Maybe she could get her daughter to do that elsewhere? Nah.
"Look bitch, I told you that if anything came up, I'd bring you back!" Inuyasha was focused so much on Kagome that he didn't notice a two people come up the path. That and the fact that his face was still glued to the floor. In fact, no one noticed.
The girl spoke up. "Eh he he.have we come at a bad time?" Yuka asked.
Shippou wasn't sure whether to laugh or to cry. Or rip Inuyasha limb from limb. The last one was looking good. Really good. But laughing came in a close second.
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I'm really tempted to end there. I am. But I value my life and reviewers (what little number of reviewers I have) can get awful creative. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Kagome was horrified. This could not be happening. It simply couldn't. It wasn't allowed to. But yet, it looked like it was happening all the same. 'I would now officially like to state that the god in charge of my life is doing a really bad job of keeping me out of a mental institution.'
Inuyasha was too busy getting his face out of the dirt and the dirt out of his nose to notice that the man next to the girl Kagome's age smelled awful familiar. It's hard to smell with dirt up your nose, all right?(4)
Yuka was really confused. There was a guy in very outdated clothing lying in the middle of a hole in the Higurashi floor. Kagome and him had been yelling, she had heard a little of it, but why was he in a hole?! For that matter, why wasn't he getting up? And why was he wearing fake ears? And for that matter, why had Kagome yelled 'Sit!'?
And Kagome-chan's grandfather was alternating between cowering and waving little paper scrolls. Higurashi-san looked faintly amused. And Kagome's little brother was gazing adoringly at the guy in the hole. What the heck was going on?!
'You know,' thought Yuka 'Kagome-chan looks really healthy for having small pox.'
"Yuka! What are you doing here?!" Kagome shrieked after her brain stopped sputtering. This might have gone well if Inuyasha hadn't decided to grab Kagome and jump to the well house and down it while Kagome wasn't paying attention to him.
Higurashi-san briefly wished that she had sent Kagome and Souta off to boarding school like Kagome's grandfather had suggested.
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I needed a good important test that didn't signify the end of a semester, and since I have NO IDEA what Japanese high school tests are like, midterms it was. (Good luck, Zizzy! Pass them evil tests!) I cannot remember how to spell the Japanese subduing spell word correctly. If I can ever get in contact with my Japanese-speaking friend Eliza about the correct spelling, it will be changed. But until then, dub is good. Higurashi-san refers to Kagome's mother. If I add things like -chan & other Japanese words smattered throughout, I can't call her Mrs. Higurashi. I think. Must ask Eliza about that.
(4) Yes, actually it IS hard to smell anything with dirt up your nose.
Really, really hard. Don't ask me how I know. Now it ends. Ha! See, I'm not that evil! Now, all you need to do for chapter 3 is get other people to read this if you like it. Really! I'm not even demanding sacrifice or anything! Well.a good pigeon sacrifice would get you in good graces, but.
A/N: Okay. This has to go first. I apologize for the web commands on last chapter. I was trying to make the thoughts italic. It didn't work, but I love my reviews so much it's hard to upload a new chapter. I really, really do.
On to chapter 2. And I promise no web commands. ^^;
"Talking"
'Thinking'
(numbers) for explanations
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Kagome sighed as she came out of the well. Why did she do this again? 'Oh, because I broke the jewel and honor demands that I put it back together,' she thought glumly. 'Way to go Kagome.' Not like they were doing a wonderful job, as Naraku had most of the jewel now. She had all of 3 shards.
'And if that isn't enough, midterms are coming up!'(1) She didn't see how she was going to pass. But it wasn't important, she was most likely going to die anyways.
'Not like Inuyasha will bother to protect me. Arg! Inuyasha no baka! How dare he get upset at me about Kouga when he has Kikyou! Why do I even stay with him?!'
Souta interrupted Kagome's thoughts.
"Nee-chan! You're home! I'll tell grandpa. He's on the phone with one of your friends."
"What?! Souta, take this!" She shoved the backpack into her little brother's arms and ran toward the house as fast as she could. She skidded up to her grandfather, who was flipping though a medical dictionary, with far too many diseases (she briefly wondered if she should be grateful that he was still in the A section) crossed out.
"Grandpa! Give me the phone!"
"-no, Yuka, she-" he broke off at Kagome's shout. "She's right here." He ended gracefully. Well. As gracefully as he could, which wasn't very.
Kagome picked up the phone. "Ne, Yuka?"
"Kagome! I was afraid you were sick again. How's the small pox doing?"
"Erm." 'Small pox?! If I had small pox, I'd be dead!'
"Anyways, Kagome-chan, I know you've been sick a while, and I know that midterms are coming up, and I found this great tutor in English. His name is Kit-sama." She sounded far too cheerful. Something was up.
"Kit-sama? Pretty strange name. What are you really up to, Yuka- chan?"
"Well.nobody really knows his real last name, but that's what he said his last name was. Kit Shippou."
That was too much of a coincidence. Kit Shippou?! 'Well, if he has fox feet and a tail, maybe, but otherwise.' "And he tutors in English." Kagome stated, not quite believing.
"He's really good, Kagome-chan. I'm getting better marks in English that I have before, and I might be ready for midterms!"
What the hell. Her worst subject after math was English. It was worth a shot. "Sure, Yuka, I'll meet this tutor of yours. When do you want me to come?"
She could practically feel Yuka grin. "Well, now, unless you have something more important to do."
"Now?! Yuka-chan, can't it be later or something? I have work to do!"
"Fine, fine, later it is. But you better be there! I went to all this work, and if you don't show up...!" she didn't have to finish her sentence. Kagome knew that Yuka could make her life horrid, and this was obviously something of great importance to her. 'Joy. Can't wait.'
"I promise, Yuka-chan. I'll be there later." She said distractedly, trying to talk to Yuka and figure out what the heck her grandfather was doing. It looked like he was either doing interpretive dance, or Souta had made dinner again. If she hadn't been distracted, she would've remembered that Yuka's 'later' did not match her definition of the term 'later.' "Look, I think I have to go. My grandpa's being odd again."
Maybe he was trying to say something. He was pointing to her, then outside, and sticking his fingers on his head like horns and wiggling them around. ' I got the 'go outside' part, but what the heck..?'
"Okay, but remember, you promised!" Click. 'That's Yuka for you. No phone manners.' Her grandpa was still dancing around, but now it seemed like her was waving paper-wait, waving paper?! Kagome sent a small prayer to the gods that this was not what she thought it was. And started walking outside.
You know, those gods have a really nasty sense of humor.
"I doing care what the wretch is doing! She needs to come back!" yelled a voice from the well house.
"Back evil demon! You cannot set foot on this sacred ground without the blessing of a priest or miko!"
There was a stomping sound. "Yea? That didn't look like it worked too well. Now, where's Kagome?" asked a sneering voice.
Kagome sighed. What did he want now?! He had told her she could spend 3 days here! She'd been home for 15 minutes tops!
She could hear sounds of her grandfather cowering and Inuyasha being overly dramatic. Time to make more holes in the floor.
She walked outside, and Inuyasha jumped and grabbed her. "Wretch! You're coming back! NOW!"
"Sit!"(2) Thud.
"What the hell was that for, idiot?!" Inuyasha yelled as soon as he wasn't getting a close-up tour of the Higurashi residence floor. "You have to come back! There isn't any time left; Naraku is getting more shards as we speak! Kikyou would never have left us at this crucial a time!"
You would think he would have learned by now that Kagome didn't like to be compared to Kikyou. 'Oh, that little--!' "Sit!"
Inuyasha was really getting to know that floor well. "Bitch! I should- "
"Sit! Sitsitsitsitsitsit!"
Those floor repairs were getting really expensive, Higurashi-san(3) mused. Maybe she could get her daughter to do that elsewhere? Nah.
"Look bitch, I told you that if anything came up, I'd bring you back!" Inuyasha was focused so much on Kagome that he didn't notice a two people come up the path. That and the fact that his face was still glued to the floor. In fact, no one noticed.
The girl spoke up. "Eh he he.have we come at a bad time?" Yuka asked.
Shippou wasn't sure whether to laugh or to cry. Or rip Inuyasha limb from limb. The last one was looking good. Really good. But laughing came in a close second.
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I'm really tempted to end there. I am. But I value my life and reviewers (what little number of reviewers I have) can get awful creative. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Kagome was horrified. This could not be happening. It simply couldn't. It wasn't allowed to. But yet, it looked like it was happening all the same. 'I would now officially like to state that the god in charge of my life is doing a really bad job of keeping me out of a mental institution.'
Inuyasha was too busy getting his face out of the dirt and the dirt out of his nose to notice that the man next to the girl Kagome's age smelled awful familiar. It's hard to smell with dirt up your nose, all right?(4)
Yuka was really confused. There was a guy in very outdated clothing lying in the middle of a hole in the Higurashi floor. Kagome and him had been yelling, she had heard a little of it, but why was he in a hole?! For that matter, why wasn't he getting up? And why was he wearing fake ears? And for that matter, why had Kagome yelled 'Sit!'?
And Kagome-chan's grandfather was alternating between cowering and waving little paper scrolls. Higurashi-san looked faintly amused. And Kagome's little brother was gazing adoringly at the guy in the hole. What the heck was going on?!
'You know,' thought Yuka 'Kagome-chan looks really healthy for having small pox.'
"Yuka! What are you doing here?!" Kagome shrieked after her brain stopped sputtering. This might have gone well if Inuyasha hadn't decided to grab Kagome and jump to the well house and down it while Kagome wasn't paying attention to him.
Higurashi-san briefly wished that she had sent Kagome and Souta off to boarding school like Kagome's grandfather had suggested.
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I needed a good important test that didn't signify the end of a semester, and since I have NO IDEA what Japanese high school tests are like, midterms it was. (Good luck, Zizzy! Pass them evil tests!) I cannot remember how to spell the Japanese subduing spell word correctly. If I can ever get in contact with my Japanese-speaking friend Eliza about the correct spelling, it will be changed. But until then, dub is good. Higurashi-san refers to Kagome's mother. If I add things like -chan & other Japanese words smattered throughout, I can't call her Mrs. Higurashi. I think. Must ask Eliza about that.
(4) Yes, actually it IS hard to smell anything with dirt up your nose.
Really, really hard. Don't ask me how I know. Now it ends. Ha! See, I'm not that evil! Now, all you need to do for chapter 3 is get other people to read this if you like it. Really! I'm not even demanding sacrifice or anything! Well.a good pigeon sacrifice would get you in good graces, but.