Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co…
A/N: Hey!! I'm back!! I just didn't want to leave this story…I left too much open…so now…THIS IS PART II!! Enjoy, minna!!!
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Part II Chapter 1: Internal Combustion
"I'm home!!" Kagome called as she slipped her shoes off slowly and walked into the living room where her mother had just recently crashed after a long day of cleaning, washing, and being a house wife.
"Oh, welcome home Kagome." Her mother said as she gave her daughter a tired kiss and stared at the television screen once again.
Kagome looked over at the screen and clutched her books tightly. "That man just slapped her!" she yelled as she dripped her books. Four small throwing daggers fell into the ground.
Mama snapped a glare at her daughter and then at the offending knives protruding from the carpet.
"Kagome! I told you to get rid of those! You youkai are going to attack you!" she scolded.
"How do you know? I have strong energy and even the most dormant of youkai would be able to find me." Kagome said in a less then prideful tone.
"Kagome…" Asuka held her "adopted" daughters' hands and smiled sadly up at her. "Youkai aren't around anymore…they are form the Sengoku Jidai…please try and understand, dear, they won't attack you, even if you are powerful." Asuka looked down at the daggers on the floor. "What is a policeman thought to rummage through your bags on a random check? You would be thrown into jail faster then any old man who was beating up a younger person with his cane. Please try and act…like a normal girl..."
"Kagome can't b normal. She's too weird and uptight!" Souta called from the kitchen, sounding as if he had something in his mouth.
"Shut up, Souta-chan!!" Kagome yelled as she picked up her books as slid the daggers into the pockets of her high school uniform.
"How long has it been…Kagome?" Asuka asked quietly.
"Five minutes…I've only been home since five thir--."
"Not that, Kagome. Not that…" Asuka looked down. "How long has it been since I found you in the well house?"
"I don't know…3 or 4 months?" Kagome estimated as she placed her books on the low table and stood next to Asuka.
"Y'know…I gave birth to a young girl just as happy and determined as you…but…" She looked down sadly, a depressed smile turning up her lips. "She died…from internal combustion…"
Kagome gasped as she stared at her mother. "How? How…could something like that happen?"
"It wasn't a disease…I can tell you that." Asuka looked up at the ceiling and Kagome noticed tears at the corner of her eyes. "Oto-san said it was youkai going after her weak body. And it's try, my daughter had such a frail and delicate body. When she was just a baby it took her such a long time to learn how to crawl. Her arms were too weak to hold up her body and she broke her arms countless times."
Asuka turned to look at the miko with sad eyes. "She died…happy…that she was able to see the world through a normal girls' eyes…that's what she told me…before her body blasted to bits."
There was a gagging noise and the sound of pounding feet. Then the sickening sound of someone just regurgitating their food unwillingly.
Kagome snapped out of her memories as she turned to look at the stairs. "Souta?"
"Kagome…" Asuka brought the girl back to their conversation. "I'm so glad you're strong...happy…and…I just don't want to lose another little girl.." she reached her hand up to touch the unreadable girl's face.
"Y-Y'know…this is the…the f-first time…I was e-ever emotional…" Asuka said as she stared at Kagome.
The deep scowl on Kagome's face was something Asuka hadn't quite expected to see. "Youkai feed off emotional, Soap-Opera watching, grieving, depressing, sad, weak, and ill willed people. So get rid of that attitude and get happy!" Kagome turned and walked quickly out of the room, leaving a very dumbfounded Asuka to stare after her.
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"Oh yuck, it's snowing!" Eri groaned as she opened her umbrella and pulled her oblivious friend underneath. "Kagome-chan…aren't you cold…Kagome-chan!" she yelled in the spacing out miko's ear.
"Gomen Eri-chan…yes…I believe I am cold." She said absently.
"Kagome-chan…"
"Yes?"
"Please talk normally."
"I am talking normally!!"
The two girls entered a large department store and immediately started searching through just about every rack of clothing in the store.
The one thing Kagome had come to love over the course of only a couple days in Modern Japan was shopping. Buying things, bargaining, and threatening reluctant customers for the necklace she desperately wanted to have. She earned quite a violent reputation in the first couple of days she had been in Modern Japan.
"How 'bout that, Kagome-chan?!" Eri called to the other girl across the store.
Kagome squinted at it and smiled. "That would match you perfectly, Eri-chan!" she glanced at the clear case filled with jewelry. Almost drooling, she slithered over to the case and stared down.
"May I help you, Miss?" the man behind the counter asked charmingly.
Kagome wiped her mouth as she stared up at him. "How much are those…armlets?" she asked as hse stared at a concealed set of green and blue metal armlets behind a large rack of earrings.
"Those are not for sale, miss." The man said immediately.
"Oh…that's fine…" Kagome turned but glanced over her shoulder once more at the man behind the counter. An ominous feeling seeping off him. A familiar power washed over her but she ignored it as she walked back out of store with her friend behind her.
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"I won again!! Hee hee! You suck Souta-chan!" Kagome yelled triumphantly as she dropped the controller and started to walk out of the room.
"Quick callin' me –chan!" Souta yelled he threw a controller at his sisters' head, knowing already that she would dodge it.
Or so he thought. The controller met her head, knocking her unconscious.
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Coming to, Kagome stared up at the white patterned ceiling of the living room, feeling a wet cloth on her forehead.
"Kagome, are you alright? I didn't…I didn't mean for it to hit your…your head…" Souta stammered as Kagome pushed herself up.
She stared at her brother for a second and squinted. "Who are you?" she asked.
"Wh-What?" Souta jumped.
"I can't see you." Kagome said as she put a hand to her face. "It's all black…"
"Uh-oh…" Souta stepped back. "Where's Shippou…when I need him." He ran out of the room, calling Asuka and searching for Shippou.
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A moment later Shippou, Kirara, Souta, Asuka, and Ji-chan were all staring down at the girl. Her eyes were glazed over as hse sat straight and stared at nothing.
"Kagome!" Shippou flung himself at her.
The miko's reflexes were sharp as hse caught him. "Shippou-chan."
"You can't see!!" he howled as he buried his small kitsune head into her shoulder and wept.
"Kagome…I'm so sorry I made you blind…" Souta said regretfully.
"It's a new experience."
"Maybe glasses would help?" Ji-chan offered.
"Don't be stupid, ji-chan, blind people can't see at all!" Souta said in a matter-of-fact voice.
"Be quiet, ji-chan, Souta." Asuka scolded as she felt Kagome's forehead and placed Shippou back on the ground.
"I can get some herbs." Shippou offered as he turned happily toward the door.
"Alright, but remember which ones are good, Shippou-chan!" Asuka called after the young kitsune.
"Alright!" Shippou jumped out the window, Kirara was right behind him.
"Kagome, just hang on. We'll get your sight back."
"NO thank you."
The two adults took a double-take. "Wh-What?"
"It's great training…" with that said, Kagome stood and walked toward what she thought was the door and walked smack dab into the tv.
"Training alright…training for awareness of your surroundings…" Asuka muttered.
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So…how was that for a comeback? I was getting sick of how I started off Feudal Recollections so I thought…hey! I should just continue where I left off on We Aren't Much Different!!
Anyway, how did you like the first chapter of Part II? Please review!! I know I won't have all my reviewers for a while but…hey! I'll keep trying!!
Inuyasha will come up in the next chapter…this was just a little look into a modern day of her life…so yea…
Next chapter:
Chapter 2: But…People DO Love Me for That