Disclaimer: Okay, do I *really* need a disclaimer? Honestly? Would Rumiko Takashi-Sama *really* be writing a fic on ff.net?
This fic is for Fuzzy 'Lil' Bella-Chan. Your newest story completely inspired me, and I know of your absolute obsession with Inukag fics. And I also now about how you dread Sesskag. I rather like it, but since you are so against it, this is for you. I wuv you muchly!
What Happens When the Sun Goes Out
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Ch. One: Knife in the Bag
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She sat, head resting in her palms, sighing sadly, on the short, concrete wall. School had been out for hours, but she just didn't feel like going home. She tugged at her new blue uniform, as the harsh Autumn wind blew around her. She didn't mind this new school, but she certainly minded how she had left her last one.
Expelled. She was expelled. She never liked that one girl, but it wasn't like she gave her trouble. The girl had brought a knife to school, but Kagome never expected for her to stash it in her school bag and blame it on her. She knew that girl had the knife, she saw her with it. She told the truth until she cried.
But no-one even believed her.
That was the worst part. The girl was bad, the knife was bad, the framing was very bad, but to have no-one believe her…. It was like they didn't trust her, like they actually expected Kagome to do something like that. That was what she hated most.
She didn't want to go home because she didn't want to face her Mom, or Grandpa, or Sota, or even that damned Buya. 'It's not FAIR', she screamed in her head, as her fists tightened around her bag until they were white.
The wind blew even harder. Kagome released the innocent bag and brought her hands to her hair to keep it from blowing wildly in the wind. Her blazé white-and-gray school lay behind her, it's huge clock ticking away. 5:46, Thursday afternoon.
With a sigh, she stood, and dusted off the concrete dust that collected on her bottom. With bag in hand, Kagome walked forward into the long path of trees that led from the school to the street, where she could begin heading home. However much she dreaded going back there, going back to the shrine, she had to. She was hungry, and she didn't have any money on her.
As she walked, she began space out. Watching the tan ground, watching the trees with their browning leaves. She kicked a gray rock here and there, and her eyes fell. She almost started crying. To dishonor her family like that broke her heart.
She began to swing her bag at her side, as she adjusted her new blue uniform. It was the kind with the jacket and bow, which she didn't care for that much. In fact, she kind of hated it. Blue was not one of the colors she looked best in. Green was better.
"I'm worth so much more," she muttered to herself, "and I should be doing something more." She pursed her lips in never-ending frustration. She was exhausted, uninspired. Depressed.
"Please help me," she whispered, as the tears began to fall. To someone else, it might've seemed a trivial problem, but to Kagome, it was as large as a pirate's ship and just as devastating. She didn't like the fact that no-one believed her and still, even a month later, it haunted her. All there was, was school, home, eat, sleep, school. Every day. Every day. Every day.
She walked even slower until she finally stopped, halfway down the path. Tears fell silently as she fought to hold back racking sobs. The wind blew her hair forward and it stuck to her tear-stained face. She looked up to the sky and it was beginning to get dark.
"I wish for something more," she told the stars, "for someone to trust me, to believe me." All of her friends had left her behind. They didn't trust her anymore, no matter how much she told them.
"For someone to love me," she mouthed in a barely audible whisper. She stared at the stars for a few minutes longer, until she felt hypnotized. She blinked and shook her head, continuing on her way, head bowed low.
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Okay, not so bad for a first chapter, eh? If you review and keep reading, I promise it'll get more interesting. Really.
For Bella-chan.