Disclaimer: I no own Inuyasha. I also don't own the song. I do own this plot though my inspiration came from Transcending a Dynasty. Tanks Jadewing for writing that. It was good, wait, more than good. Anyways, on wit da story.

The song is Imaginary by Evanescence. It will be written like this (-lyrics- ). I got this off a site and don't know if those are the exact words but, you get the picture.

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(11 years later, Kikyou and Kagome are both 16. setting- balcony of palace overlooking life forest)

(-I linger in the doorway of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name- )

Kagome glanced lazily around as the wind softly licked at her hair. Her white sundress flowed gracefully in the wind. Everything was perfect as she tiptoed softy back to her chair.

Well, everything was perfect until she tripped over her own tiny feet and landed in a heap on the ground.

After glaring at her feet in frustration, she remembered her forgotten homework and scrambled back to her lawn chair.

'Why do I still have to be in children's shoes? I wish my feet where bigger. Stupid report. What should I care about the Spartans?' She rambled angrily to herself as she continued writing. She failed to notice the figure in the shadows that was creeping up on her.

Rin snickered to herself as she slowly slipped through the door. She readied herself for the event and stood up straight.

"KAGOME, YOUR NEW TEACHER HAS ARRIVED!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. She smiled as Kagome fell off of the chair and at how the papers went flying. Many of the papers landed in the dihydric monoxide cleanser that latched onto the side of the palace.

(A/N: For those who failed science, that is a water filter. It is spelled how it sounds cause I SUCK at spelling. Yes it is a real word.)

Kagome looked horrified as she ran over to the machine. She reached in and pulled out her soggy report before collapsing on the ground from laughter. Rin joined in. Life is ironic, isn't it?

(-Let me stay where the wind will whisper to me-)

Kikyou stepped out and watched for a second two blobs who clutched their stomachs out of hysteric laughter. After gazing at the two for a moment with cold eyes, she announced, "272, our tutor has arrived. I suggest you greet him this moment." Finding satisfaction at her even tone, she strolled back into the palace.

(-Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story-)

"How dare she address me by my number?! She knows that we are equal!" Kagome said as she followed her sister back into the palace.

Rin followed her yelling something about forgetting her report outside.

~.~ (Front lobby)

The new tutor trembled under the stress of teaching the prime minister's two daughters that were rumored to be little beasts. He was to teach the "Pure Ones" all they needed to know, and yet, ironically, he was known for being an idiot. To calm his fears he glanced at the decorations that lined the lobby.

Brass colored metal was the theme and everything was polished to the last detail, including the thing to his left.

Finally he recognized it as an old fashioned coat hanger. It seemed to attract his attention and he just couldn't resist touching it. Under his gentle stroke, one of the branches of the hanger snapped in half and clanged to the floor.

For lack of anything better to do, he stuffed the broken piece into his jacket pocket as two young ladies entered the lobby. Kikyou entered first and her reputation followed.

She was graceful, pretty, rich, powerful, smart and everything a man could ever want, except for her eyes. The color was not the problem; in fact that was what made them fascinating.

They where as gray and deep as the ocean before a storm, and through the calmness, though, there was a pure, cold bitterness.

This was her one problem with getting married, that and the fact that she had to be 17. The age problem would be eliminated in 6 months.

Kagome seemed to be her exact opposite. She was clumsy, imaginative, naïve, and the epitome of a little sister, which is why she trudged into the room.

Her eyes, however, where a deep, emerald green, which was odd, for nobody else in the family had green eyes. They had a certain warmth about them that seemed to show great care for all living things and deep understanding of life.

The two where very similar in height, (Kikyou was slightly taller), and both carried on the family's long black tresses tiny hands and feet, and pale skin.

Nobunaga was at a loss of words as he stood there. He had heard horror stories of the two girls and how they had only gotten more out of control after their mother's death, but he had never in his wildest dreams (which were confined to a monkey chasing a girl down and stealing her bag) imagined that anybody could wear such a look of death as Kagome carried at that moment.

Her glare, however, was not directed at him, which he thanked heaven for, but at her sister Kikyou.

The receiving end of the glare just looked bored as she cordially greeted their new tutor. Nobunaga didn't like the mischievous glint in their eyes and soon found he was wondering why he had decided to take a job where fifteen others had failed in the last two months alone.

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(Classroom in palace thing.)

Nobunaga continued to rant on about id numbers as the two bored girls stared out the window. "When a person dies," he droned, "their number is recycled and given to the next child born. Some say that two people have a connection if they share numbers. There have been rumors that the child will gain some of the same characteristics of the former holder of the number. People are only addressed by their number by someone of higher rank."

Kikyou glanced at Kagome and noticed that her attention was elsewhere. This gave Kikyou the opportunity to best her at this, too.

Kikyou sat up straighter and pretended to pay attention. The teacher noticed this and allowed Kikyou to skip the pop quiz. Kagome wasn't so lucky.

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(That night)

Kagome glanced up at the sky. The clouds covered the vast majority of it but she found what she was looking for within seconds. She watched the small, yet strong light of the star wrap around her and she relaxed.

It was a comforting feeling as her miko powers calmed and she was willingly vulnerable.

(-In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby I lie inside myself for hours and watch my purple sky fly over me-)

"I miss my mom." She said sadly to her star and almost laughed at the act. "Well, I might as well talk to inanimate objects now if I'm going to die in a few years." She slowly closed her eyes as she recited the old children's song:

"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight."

In her head, she thought the wish as she clutched her bed sheets. 'I wish that I could live to see my grand-children.' Then the girl fell back onto her bed. 'I don't know why I always wish that. It will never come true.'

All of a sudden, the world seemed so unbearable. 'My secret will save me.' She thought as she straightened out her backbone.

(-Don't say I'm out of touch with this rampant chaos - your reality-)

Kagome focused on all of her pain and fears and held them in her head to the point where she was almost dizzy. Then she released all feeling.

Her eyes dilated and became devoid of emotion. All feeling, sight, hearing and every little sense she had was intensified and then left her feeling numb.

(-I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge the nightmare I built my own world to escape-)

She closed her eyes and let the numb sensation wash over her. Then it happened.

To anyone else, she became invisible. She, however, was transported into a buzzing refuge.

(-In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby I lie inside myself for hours and watch my purple sky fly over me-)

Though her eyes where closed, it was not black. Life and death hung in the balance and she felt no pain, no anger, and no joy.

Everything was lost in the rushing sensation that was like sliding through water, without getting wet.

It was not a good feeling nor was it a bad feeling but rather, the lack of feeling. Then it stopped. She was whipped back into reality. The only thing meeting her return was silence.

(-Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming cannot cease for the fear of silent nights-)

After catching her breath again, she looked over at the clock. "Wow, 2 hours. That's the longest I've ever gotten," she mumbled to herself as she fell into an uncomfortable sleep filled with nightmares.

(-Oh how I long for the deep sleep dreaming the goddess of imaginary light-)

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Ok, I am actually finished with another chapter. Wow! Sorry it took so long. I failed a final (Algebra 1) and had to do MAJOR extra credit to make up for it. I love my teacher cuz now I have an 86 in that class. She is SOOO nice! Anyways, I want 5 different people to review my fic before I even start on the next chapter, got that. To motivate you people I have a little contest. The person who can guess Kagome's mom's I.D. number gets to be a character in the story. Leave your e-mail in the review and I will tell who the winner is in the next chapter (or the chapter after it is guessed). It is a pretty major part, but I have a few rules. 1) It must be a makeup. I already have a LOT of the originals in here. 2) You can't rule or have ultimate power. You can be youkai, miko, monk, hanyou, human, or oni... 5 guesses per. e-mail. Bai!