Hey all! Here is chapter 2. I'm so sorry it's taken so long for me to write
it, but life for me became really crappy right after I posted chapter 1.
Not to mention I've got a titanic case of writers block, but since my muse
finally got into a good mood I've been writing some. Now if I could only
just get a hold of my beta reader.
Reader responses:
Lost Darkness: Your wait is over. You can read more now. But I have a small question for you. How did you find my story so quickly? I had only had it up for maybe ten minutes when I got your review. I couldn't even find it.
lostdreams1: thank you for your kind words here's chapter 2
Disclaimer: To my great dismay I don't own Inuyasha. That pleasure belongs to one Ms. Rumiko Takahashi. However I do own Adam and any other OCs I may introduce later.
Adam: I hope you own me! I'm you! Dunbarbalooie2: You are me, but you aren't me at the same time. Adam: Huh? Whatcha mean? Dunbarbalooie2: There are several major differences between us. Adam: Like what? Dunbarbalooie2: One: you can speak Japanese, two: you're still in high school, three: you are more carefree, and four: you aren't sitting at the keyboard. Adam: Oh yeah. Dunbarbalooie2: Ha ha. Dunbarus: I really hope you kept errors down, proof-reading isn't fun, you know.
Ok time for the story!
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Ch 2: Living Next to a Shrine
*Bree, bree, bree, bree.* Kagome rolls over and slaps the top of her alarm clock repeatedly trying to turn it off.
"I hate that stupid clock," mumbled Kagome as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes, "if only Inuyasha hadn't broken. my. old one."
"Sango, Shippo, Miroku, Kaede. Inuyasha. God I miss them so much." Kagome said as she started to cry. "It's been so long since the well stopped working, but I still can't believe I can't get back to the Sengoku Jidai."
FLASHBACK
With that thought, Kagome slid off the edge of the well and fell to the bottom with a loud thud.
"Oww. That hurt," mumbled Kagome, "I've never landed that hard before."
Kagome stood up and rubbed her sore bottom. As she dusted herself off, she looked up to see the ceiling of the well house and gasped.
"What!? I'm still in my time?"
Kagome climbed out of the well quickly and jumped back in to get the same result as before.
"No, it can't be!" yelled Kagome as she tries a third time.
As she began to cry, Kagome climbed out of the well and ran to the house. She leapt the stairs up to the porch in one leap and slammed the door open.
"Mom!" Kagome yelled as she runs in the house crying, not seeing her mother anywhere.
"What's wrong?" said Mrs. Higurashi as she rushed down stairs from where she was running a bath for Kagome.
Kagome embraced her mother fiercely and started to sob into her chest.
'That was far too quick for Inuyasha to have upset her again, let alone enough time for her to get her things.' Mrs. Higurashi thought as she tried to calm Kagome.
Sota heard Kagome crying and ran down from his room to see what has upset her.
"Kagome, what's wrong?!" her mother asked again after Kagome calmed down a little.
"The well." Kagome snuffed out between sobs, "It won't work!"
"What?" said Sota.
"I jumped in like I usually do, but I hit the bottom hard, and when I looked up I was still here."
"Oh my." Said Mrs. Higurashi, "Have you tried jumping in again?"
"Yes!" Kagome yelled, becoming hysterical, "I tried three times! Mom why can't I get back?!"
"Calm down!" Mrs. Higurashi said sternly, "I don't know why it isn't working, but we'll figure out something."
"Maybe Grandpa can do something." Sota chimed in.
"Yes he probably can," said Mrs. Higurashi, "You just sit on the couch and I'll go get him."
END FLASHBACK
"Sigh. Grandpa couldn't do anything after all, and they practically had to tie me down for the first couple of weeks to keep me from hurting myself by jumping into the well." Kagome said glumly.
"Well I better get ready for school," Kagome said as she got up and went to her closet, "at least this school year is almost over."
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"Good morning Mrs. Yamamoto."
"Well good morning Adam, you're up early today." Greeted Mrs. Yamamoto.
"Heh, yeah I guess I'm finally getting over my jet-lag. I suppose it was a bad thing I was a night owl back home." Stated Adam. "I'm still not totally used to the time and date difference though."
"Well losing thirteen hours of a day will do that to a person." Mrs. Yamamoto said grinning.
"Yes I suppose so," Adam laughed, "is breakfast ready yet? I'm so hungry this morning I could eat a horse!"
"Not just yet," Mrs. Yamamoto said with a chuckle, "but if you can do me a favor it will be ready when you get back."
"Sure, what do you need done?"
"When Akira left for work this morning he forgot to take the offering up to the shrine," she said as she pointed to a large jar of pickles by the door, "could you run it up there for me?"
"Ummm."
"Something wrong?"
"A jar of pickles for an offering?"
"We invited the caretaker and his family down one evening and they loved my pickles." Mrs. Yamamoto said cheerfully, "Does that bother you?"
"Nope, no problem Mrs. Yamamoto, just curious. Just point me in the right direction and I'll be there and back."
"Ha ha, it's just around the corner towards the school and up the stairs, just give them to Mrs. Higurashi and tell her who they're from."
"Ok, I'll be right back."
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As Kagome walked down the stairs she was feeling a little bit better after getting ready had made her forget her depressing wakeup-call. She went into the kitchen to get some breakfast and was greeted by her mother.
"Good morning Kagome, how are you feeling today?" Mrs. Higurashi said; far too chipper for Kagome's liking.
"Sigh, I'm fine mother." Kagome said halfheartedly as she sat at the table.
'Poor thing, she hasn't been the same since the well stopped working. I wish there was something we could do to cheer her up.' Mrs. Higurashi thought.
"Here's your breakfast Kagome. You're up a little earlier than usual, aren't you?" Queried Mrs. Higurashi as she set a plate of food in front of Kagome.
"I couldn't sleep." Kagome mumbled bluntly as she ate her breakfast.
Mrs. Higurashi just sighed and turned back around to the stove to get the rest of the family's breakfast ready for them. Kagome ate in silence as she thought about her friends from the past, once again becoming very depressed.
'I wonder what everyone is doing right now. They are probably eating breakfast too. I wonder what they are eating since I'm not there to cook. Inuyasha probably ate all the ramen out of my bag on the first night I was gone. Bah, what am I thinking, they're fine; I know that they can fend for themselves.' Kagome thought as she more played with her breakfast rather than ate it.
Kagome finished her breakfast and stood to leave.
"Bye Mom, I'll see you after school." Kagome said as she picked up her new backpack and started out the door.
"Goodbye dear, would you tell Grandpa that breakfast is ready?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.
"Sure mom, I'll tell him."
Kagome put her shoes on and walked out of the house.
"Grandpa!" she yelled as she walked towards the shrine, "Where are you?"
"I'm in the well house sweeping." Came the muffled reply.
Kagome's heart tightened up when she heard where he was, as more memories forced their way to the front of her mind. 'Somebody must not want me to have a good day today.' She thought as she walked over and opened the door to the well house.
"Breakfast is ready Grandpa, go eat."
"Oh good, I'm fairly hungry this morning." Grandpa said as he set the broom down and went to leave the well house, "Aren't you coming to eat?"
"I already did Grandpa, I'm gonna go on to school." Kagome replied.
"Leaving fairly early today aren't you Kagome?"
"I want to take my time walking to school so I can think."
"Alright, have a nice day then and stay out of trouble."
"Yes Grandpa." Kagome said rolling her eyes.
As Grandpa left Kagome stayed there looking at the well. She walked down to the well and rested her hand on the edge.
"Sigh. It's been three months since I've seen them. I've got to try at least one more time.
With that thought Kagome took off her back pack and sat onto the edge of the well.
'Please let it be working now.' Kagome thought as she turned and slid into the well, ready for a hard landing if it didn't work. She landed with a soft thud at the bottom of the well. She looked up and was still in her time.
"Sigh, somehow I knew it wouldn't work." She said to herself as she stood and started to climb out of the well. When she got out she dusted herself off and picked up her backpack.
"Well time for another lovely day of school for me." Kagome said as she opened the well house door to leave. "At least I don't have any tests for awhile."
Kagome walked out of the well house and shut the door. As she crossed the shrine grounds to the stairs she saw a young man coming to the top of the stairs carrying something.
'Hmmm. I wonder who that is, I've never seen him before, and he's kind of cute.' Kagome thought as she looked him up and down. Before her was a tall American boy with short dark brown hair with a slight curl to it. He was kind of heavy set, but not fat, with broad shoulders and long legs. He was wearing a baggy gray t-shirt, baggy denim jeans, and some very worn looking sneakers.
The boy stopped at the top of the stairs and looked around the shrine. Kagome walked over and greeted him.
"Hello, can I help you with something?" Kagome asked as she noticed what he is holding. 'Hey, a jar of Mrs. Yamamoto's pickles, but why does this guy have them? He can't be related to the Yamamotos, they never mentioned any family, and he doesn't look old enough to be a friend of their daughter.'
"Oh! Umm. yes," the boy sad startled because he hadn't seen Kagome come up to him, "Mrs. Yamamoto asked me to give these to Mrs. Higurashi since Mr. Yamamoto forgot to deliver them when he left this morning. I'm gonna assume you aren't Mrs. Higurashi, right?"
When he said this he gave her a small grin and looked her directly in the eyes. Kagome's knees just about gave out when she saw his eyes, they were so incredible. They were deeply set, almond shaped eyes that were the darkest shade of brown that she had ever seen, almost black. Kagome couldn't help but giggle at his rhetorical question.
"Yes," Kagome said with a genuine smile that hadn't been seen since the well broke, "I believe that Mrs. Yamamoto meant my mother, she is in the house." Kagome pointed towards the house. "I'm Kagome Higurashi; I live here at the shrine with my family. What's your name?"
"I'm Adam Dunbar," he said giving her a small bow "I'm staying with the Yamamotos while I'm here as an exchange student."
They turned and started walking toward the house.
"An exchange student starting at this time of year?" Kagome said with a confused look on her face, "The school year is almost over now, why would you come over now?"
"Actually I don't start until next year, but I wanted to come early to become familiar with the area and maybe make a few friends." Adam answered her.
"Oh I didn't know that you could come early."
"Well, technically you can't, but since the Yamamoto's daughter stayed with my aunt and uncle when she was in America, she suggested that I could stay with her family here."
"Oh, I didn't know that you knew Yukiko."
"Yeah, actually she is the one who started teaching me Japanese when I was younger," Adam said matter-of-factly.
"She always did want to be a teacher. How is she? I haven't seen her for a very long time."
"She is doing great. After she graduated she met a guy named Matt, and last I heard they were engaged."
"Oh, that's wonderful!" Kagome said.
"Yeah, she deserves a great guy, and he is pretty nice."
When they got to the house Kagome opened the door, took the jar of pickles, and walked in.
"Please come in while I give Mom the pickles," Kagome said as she took off her shoes and walked into the kitchen, "feel free to sit anywhere."
Adam walked in and took off his shoes. 'They have a very nice house, it reminds me of home,' Adam though as he looked around.
While he was looking at a few of the pictures on the wall, Sota bounded down the stairs and came to a sudden stop when he saw the stranger in his house. Adam smiled at him and wave.
"MOM!! There is some strange guy in our living room!" Sota yelled as he ran into the kitchen. Adam just sweat dropped and went back to looking at the pictures on the wall. After a few minutes Kagome came back from the kitchen followed by Mrs. Higurashi, Grandpa and Sota.
"Adam this is my mom, grandpa, and little brother Sota," Kagome said pointing to each person respectively, "and everyone this is Adam."
"It's very nice to meet you all." Adam said as bowed to the group.
"Heh, sorry about earlier," said Sota as he stepped forward and bowed slightly.
"Don't worry about it munchkin, I've actually done that a few time myself," Adam said as he patted Sota on top of his head.
Sota grinned and ran off upstairs to finish getting ready for school. Grandpa stepped forward and looked Adam up and down examining him. Adam grinned and sweat dropped again.
".You aren't a demon or evil spirit, are you?" Grandpa said after a minute, and Kagome face-faulted.
"Grandpa!!" Kagome yelled red in the face from embarrassment.
"Forgive my father," Mrs. Higurashi said chuckling, "he takes protecting the shrine a little too seriously."
Grandpa huffed and went back into the kitchen.
"It's very nice to meet you Adam," Mrs. Higurashi continued, "Kagome said that you were staying with the Yamamotos while you are here, Please tell her thank you for the pickles and to come visit whenever she has a chance."
"Of course Mrs. Higurashi, I'm sure she would like to talk to you sometime," Adam answered with a smile.
"Kagome you better get going, you're gonna be late for school," Mrs. Higurashi said as she turned to Kagome.
"Oh no!" Kagome said as she looked at her watch, "Not again! Bye Adam, nice meeting you."
Kagome ran over to the door and grabbed her shoes put them on quickly and left.
"I've got to go also Mrs. Higurashi," Adam said, "my breakfast is probably ready by now."
Adam bowed and went to the door and put his shoes on and followed after Kagome. He caught up with her at the top of the stair.
"Kagome wait a second," Adam yelled after Kagome.
Kagome stopped and waited for Adam, "Yes?"
"I've got to be at the school later today to fill out some paperwork, so I was wondering if you wanted to walk back with me after your classes are over."
"Sure, I'd love to," Kagome said smiling, "I usually leave around four."
"Perfect," Adam said, "I'll be waiting in front of the school."
"Alright, I'll see you then Adam," said Kagome as she turned and ran off toward the school.
"Bye Kagome," Adam waved as he went back to the Yamamoto's house.
Unbeknownst to the pair, Mrs. Higurashi smiled at them from the doorway as they separated. 'I think the cure for Kagome's depression has just let itself be known.'
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Good grief this chapter took FOREVER to write. I finally finished it because I had a major sugar rush from our leftover Halloween candy. We have a great big bowl full of candy left, we only had 5 trick-or-treaters this year, and we gave them all like three BIG handfuls of candy each.
Ahh. Now I get recognition. This is the beloved Beta Reader, brother, and general good guy, Dunbarus. I've had the honor of reading this fine work, along with now getting my hand in things. If you catch any mistakes or anything, send the blame to me (or maybe send any caring adoration, that's nice to hear too ^_^)
Reader responses:
Lost Darkness: Your wait is over. You can read more now. But I have a small question for you. How did you find my story so quickly? I had only had it up for maybe ten minutes when I got your review. I couldn't even find it.
lostdreams1: thank you for your kind words here's chapter 2
Disclaimer: To my great dismay I don't own Inuyasha. That pleasure belongs to one Ms. Rumiko Takahashi. However I do own Adam and any other OCs I may introduce later.
Adam: I hope you own me! I'm you! Dunbarbalooie2: You are me, but you aren't me at the same time. Adam: Huh? Whatcha mean? Dunbarbalooie2: There are several major differences between us. Adam: Like what? Dunbarbalooie2: One: you can speak Japanese, two: you're still in high school, three: you are more carefree, and four: you aren't sitting at the keyboard. Adam: Oh yeah. Dunbarbalooie2: Ha ha. Dunbarus: I really hope you kept errors down, proof-reading isn't fun, you know.
Ok time for the story!
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Ch 2: Living Next to a Shrine
*Bree, bree, bree, bree.* Kagome rolls over and slaps the top of her alarm clock repeatedly trying to turn it off.
"I hate that stupid clock," mumbled Kagome as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes, "if only Inuyasha hadn't broken. my. old one."
"Sango, Shippo, Miroku, Kaede. Inuyasha. God I miss them so much." Kagome said as she started to cry. "It's been so long since the well stopped working, but I still can't believe I can't get back to the Sengoku Jidai."
FLASHBACK
With that thought, Kagome slid off the edge of the well and fell to the bottom with a loud thud.
"Oww. That hurt," mumbled Kagome, "I've never landed that hard before."
Kagome stood up and rubbed her sore bottom. As she dusted herself off, she looked up to see the ceiling of the well house and gasped.
"What!? I'm still in my time?"
Kagome climbed out of the well quickly and jumped back in to get the same result as before.
"No, it can't be!" yelled Kagome as she tries a third time.
As she began to cry, Kagome climbed out of the well and ran to the house. She leapt the stairs up to the porch in one leap and slammed the door open.
"Mom!" Kagome yelled as she runs in the house crying, not seeing her mother anywhere.
"What's wrong?" said Mrs. Higurashi as she rushed down stairs from where she was running a bath for Kagome.
Kagome embraced her mother fiercely and started to sob into her chest.
'That was far too quick for Inuyasha to have upset her again, let alone enough time for her to get her things.' Mrs. Higurashi thought as she tried to calm Kagome.
Sota heard Kagome crying and ran down from his room to see what has upset her.
"Kagome, what's wrong?!" her mother asked again after Kagome calmed down a little.
"The well." Kagome snuffed out between sobs, "It won't work!"
"What?" said Sota.
"I jumped in like I usually do, but I hit the bottom hard, and when I looked up I was still here."
"Oh my." Said Mrs. Higurashi, "Have you tried jumping in again?"
"Yes!" Kagome yelled, becoming hysterical, "I tried three times! Mom why can't I get back?!"
"Calm down!" Mrs. Higurashi said sternly, "I don't know why it isn't working, but we'll figure out something."
"Maybe Grandpa can do something." Sota chimed in.
"Yes he probably can," said Mrs. Higurashi, "You just sit on the couch and I'll go get him."
END FLASHBACK
"Sigh. Grandpa couldn't do anything after all, and they practically had to tie me down for the first couple of weeks to keep me from hurting myself by jumping into the well." Kagome said glumly.
"Well I better get ready for school," Kagome said as she got up and went to her closet, "at least this school year is almost over."
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"Good morning Mrs. Yamamoto."
"Well good morning Adam, you're up early today." Greeted Mrs. Yamamoto.
"Heh, yeah I guess I'm finally getting over my jet-lag. I suppose it was a bad thing I was a night owl back home." Stated Adam. "I'm still not totally used to the time and date difference though."
"Well losing thirteen hours of a day will do that to a person." Mrs. Yamamoto said grinning.
"Yes I suppose so," Adam laughed, "is breakfast ready yet? I'm so hungry this morning I could eat a horse!"
"Not just yet," Mrs. Yamamoto said with a chuckle, "but if you can do me a favor it will be ready when you get back."
"Sure, what do you need done?"
"When Akira left for work this morning he forgot to take the offering up to the shrine," she said as she pointed to a large jar of pickles by the door, "could you run it up there for me?"
"Ummm."
"Something wrong?"
"A jar of pickles for an offering?"
"We invited the caretaker and his family down one evening and they loved my pickles." Mrs. Yamamoto said cheerfully, "Does that bother you?"
"Nope, no problem Mrs. Yamamoto, just curious. Just point me in the right direction and I'll be there and back."
"Ha ha, it's just around the corner towards the school and up the stairs, just give them to Mrs. Higurashi and tell her who they're from."
"Ok, I'll be right back."
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As Kagome walked down the stairs she was feeling a little bit better after getting ready had made her forget her depressing wakeup-call. She went into the kitchen to get some breakfast and was greeted by her mother.
"Good morning Kagome, how are you feeling today?" Mrs. Higurashi said; far too chipper for Kagome's liking.
"Sigh, I'm fine mother." Kagome said halfheartedly as she sat at the table.
'Poor thing, she hasn't been the same since the well stopped working. I wish there was something we could do to cheer her up.' Mrs. Higurashi thought.
"Here's your breakfast Kagome. You're up a little earlier than usual, aren't you?" Queried Mrs. Higurashi as she set a plate of food in front of Kagome.
"I couldn't sleep." Kagome mumbled bluntly as she ate her breakfast.
Mrs. Higurashi just sighed and turned back around to the stove to get the rest of the family's breakfast ready for them. Kagome ate in silence as she thought about her friends from the past, once again becoming very depressed.
'I wonder what everyone is doing right now. They are probably eating breakfast too. I wonder what they are eating since I'm not there to cook. Inuyasha probably ate all the ramen out of my bag on the first night I was gone. Bah, what am I thinking, they're fine; I know that they can fend for themselves.' Kagome thought as she more played with her breakfast rather than ate it.
Kagome finished her breakfast and stood to leave.
"Bye Mom, I'll see you after school." Kagome said as she picked up her new backpack and started out the door.
"Goodbye dear, would you tell Grandpa that breakfast is ready?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.
"Sure mom, I'll tell him."
Kagome put her shoes on and walked out of the house.
"Grandpa!" she yelled as she walked towards the shrine, "Where are you?"
"I'm in the well house sweeping." Came the muffled reply.
Kagome's heart tightened up when she heard where he was, as more memories forced their way to the front of her mind. 'Somebody must not want me to have a good day today.' She thought as she walked over and opened the door to the well house.
"Breakfast is ready Grandpa, go eat."
"Oh good, I'm fairly hungry this morning." Grandpa said as he set the broom down and went to leave the well house, "Aren't you coming to eat?"
"I already did Grandpa, I'm gonna go on to school." Kagome replied.
"Leaving fairly early today aren't you Kagome?"
"I want to take my time walking to school so I can think."
"Alright, have a nice day then and stay out of trouble."
"Yes Grandpa." Kagome said rolling her eyes.
As Grandpa left Kagome stayed there looking at the well. She walked down to the well and rested her hand on the edge.
"Sigh. It's been three months since I've seen them. I've got to try at least one more time.
With that thought Kagome took off her back pack and sat onto the edge of the well.
'Please let it be working now.' Kagome thought as she turned and slid into the well, ready for a hard landing if it didn't work. She landed with a soft thud at the bottom of the well. She looked up and was still in her time.
"Sigh, somehow I knew it wouldn't work." She said to herself as she stood and started to climb out of the well. When she got out she dusted herself off and picked up her backpack.
"Well time for another lovely day of school for me." Kagome said as she opened the well house door to leave. "At least I don't have any tests for awhile."
Kagome walked out of the well house and shut the door. As she crossed the shrine grounds to the stairs she saw a young man coming to the top of the stairs carrying something.
'Hmmm. I wonder who that is, I've never seen him before, and he's kind of cute.' Kagome thought as she looked him up and down. Before her was a tall American boy with short dark brown hair with a slight curl to it. He was kind of heavy set, but not fat, with broad shoulders and long legs. He was wearing a baggy gray t-shirt, baggy denim jeans, and some very worn looking sneakers.
The boy stopped at the top of the stairs and looked around the shrine. Kagome walked over and greeted him.
"Hello, can I help you with something?" Kagome asked as she noticed what he is holding. 'Hey, a jar of Mrs. Yamamoto's pickles, but why does this guy have them? He can't be related to the Yamamotos, they never mentioned any family, and he doesn't look old enough to be a friend of their daughter.'
"Oh! Umm. yes," the boy sad startled because he hadn't seen Kagome come up to him, "Mrs. Yamamoto asked me to give these to Mrs. Higurashi since Mr. Yamamoto forgot to deliver them when he left this morning. I'm gonna assume you aren't Mrs. Higurashi, right?"
When he said this he gave her a small grin and looked her directly in the eyes. Kagome's knees just about gave out when she saw his eyes, they were so incredible. They were deeply set, almond shaped eyes that were the darkest shade of brown that she had ever seen, almost black. Kagome couldn't help but giggle at his rhetorical question.
"Yes," Kagome said with a genuine smile that hadn't been seen since the well broke, "I believe that Mrs. Yamamoto meant my mother, she is in the house." Kagome pointed towards the house. "I'm Kagome Higurashi; I live here at the shrine with my family. What's your name?"
"I'm Adam Dunbar," he said giving her a small bow "I'm staying with the Yamamotos while I'm here as an exchange student."
They turned and started walking toward the house.
"An exchange student starting at this time of year?" Kagome said with a confused look on her face, "The school year is almost over now, why would you come over now?"
"Actually I don't start until next year, but I wanted to come early to become familiar with the area and maybe make a few friends." Adam answered her.
"Oh I didn't know that you could come early."
"Well, technically you can't, but since the Yamamoto's daughter stayed with my aunt and uncle when she was in America, she suggested that I could stay with her family here."
"Oh, I didn't know that you knew Yukiko."
"Yeah, actually she is the one who started teaching me Japanese when I was younger," Adam said matter-of-factly.
"She always did want to be a teacher. How is she? I haven't seen her for a very long time."
"She is doing great. After she graduated she met a guy named Matt, and last I heard they were engaged."
"Oh, that's wonderful!" Kagome said.
"Yeah, she deserves a great guy, and he is pretty nice."
When they got to the house Kagome opened the door, took the jar of pickles, and walked in.
"Please come in while I give Mom the pickles," Kagome said as she took off her shoes and walked into the kitchen, "feel free to sit anywhere."
Adam walked in and took off his shoes. 'They have a very nice house, it reminds me of home,' Adam though as he looked around.
While he was looking at a few of the pictures on the wall, Sota bounded down the stairs and came to a sudden stop when he saw the stranger in his house. Adam smiled at him and wave.
"MOM!! There is some strange guy in our living room!" Sota yelled as he ran into the kitchen. Adam just sweat dropped and went back to looking at the pictures on the wall. After a few minutes Kagome came back from the kitchen followed by Mrs. Higurashi, Grandpa and Sota.
"Adam this is my mom, grandpa, and little brother Sota," Kagome said pointing to each person respectively, "and everyone this is Adam."
"It's very nice to meet you all." Adam said as bowed to the group.
"Heh, sorry about earlier," said Sota as he stepped forward and bowed slightly.
"Don't worry about it munchkin, I've actually done that a few time myself," Adam said as he patted Sota on top of his head.
Sota grinned and ran off upstairs to finish getting ready for school. Grandpa stepped forward and looked Adam up and down examining him. Adam grinned and sweat dropped again.
".You aren't a demon or evil spirit, are you?" Grandpa said after a minute, and Kagome face-faulted.
"Grandpa!!" Kagome yelled red in the face from embarrassment.
"Forgive my father," Mrs. Higurashi said chuckling, "he takes protecting the shrine a little too seriously."
Grandpa huffed and went back into the kitchen.
"It's very nice to meet you Adam," Mrs. Higurashi continued, "Kagome said that you were staying with the Yamamotos while you are here, Please tell her thank you for the pickles and to come visit whenever she has a chance."
"Of course Mrs. Higurashi, I'm sure she would like to talk to you sometime," Adam answered with a smile.
"Kagome you better get going, you're gonna be late for school," Mrs. Higurashi said as she turned to Kagome.
"Oh no!" Kagome said as she looked at her watch, "Not again! Bye Adam, nice meeting you."
Kagome ran over to the door and grabbed her shoes put them on quickly and left.
"I've got to go also Mrs. Higurashi," Adam said, "my breakfast is probably ready by now."
Adam bowed and went to the door and put his shoes on and followed after Kagome. He caught up with her at the top of the stair.
"Kagome wait a second," Adam yelled after Kagome.
Kagome stopped and waited for Adam, "Yes?"
"I've got to be at the school later today to fill out some paperwork, so I was wondering if you wanted to walk back with me after your classes are over."
"Sure, I'd love to," Kagome said smiling, "I usually leave around four."
"Perfect," Adam said, "I'll be waiting in front of the school."
"Alright, I'll see you then Adam," said Kagome as she turned and ran off toward the school.
"Bye Kagome," Adam waved as he went back to the Yamamoto's house.
Unbeknownst to the pair, Mrs. Higurashi smiled at them from the doorway as they separated. 'I think the cure for Kagome's depression has just let itself be known.'
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Good grief this chapter took FOREVER to write. I finally finished it because I had a major sugar rush from our leftover Halloween candy. We have a great big bowl full of candy left, we only had 5 trick-or-treaters this year, and we gave them all like three BIG handfuls of candy each.
Ahh. Now I get recognition. This is the beloved Beta Reader, brother, and general good guy, Dunbarus. I've had the honor of reading this fine work, along with now getting my hand in things. If you catch any mistakes or anything, send the blame to me (or maybe send any caring adoration, that's nice to hear too ^_^)
