Chapter 2
"Kagome, hurry up with the order. The family has waited far enough." My boss complained to me about the third time in five minutes. "Alright, coming." I picked up a tray filled with fancy foods and made my way to their table. "Hello, nice to meet you. Well here is your food, would any of you like something to drink?" I asked taking out a writing pad. The teenage boy there, around my age, was looking me up and down that I just wanted to slap him. It wasn't like I like to wear this short--too short skirt and tight blouse. "May I help you?" I asked with a bit of annoyance heard in my voice, but the guy barely noticed it. "Um yeah, I could go for some root beer. Hi, my name is Ray, what is yours?" He asked with a confident smile on his face. I smiled back, "My name is your waitress for the evening. So what would the others drink?" I asked ignoring his attempt to find out my true name. Good thing I wasn't wearing my name tag today. "Ok, the drinks will be out shortly enjoy your meal." I turned as my friend yelled out my name far across the restaurant. "YO' KAGOME! YOU KAGOME BY THE FAMILY, COME HERE WE NEED YOUR HELP! ARE YOU DEAF? COME HERE OR BE FIRED!" I mumbled. "FINE! excuse me." As I went towards the area where I'm needed Ray grabbed my wrist. "Wait, so your name is Kagome? What a nice name." I snorted as i pulled my hand out of his grasp. "ENJOY your FOOD." I said sternly and left quicker.
"Good job kagome, here is your weekly pay check. And I send best regards to your family." The manager said in his office. I nodded and took the check. "And Kagome, I've added a bit of something extra for all your over shifts, even the ones you weren't assigned to." He smiled. I thanked him again and left. I met up with my friend and he took me home with him. "So Hojo-kun, How much did you earn this week?" I asked looking at the price on my check. He stopped at a red light and turned towards me. "I've got about the same, did the boss give ya bonus and some extra?" I nodded slowly. "How did you know?" "I just asked him to. I know your family needs your money since your mom hasn't been quite right and no one else there can work enough." I bent over and captured my best guy friend in a big bear hug. "Thank you so much. And for everything else. I don't know what I would've done without my guy friend here to comfort me." He blushed. "So when is your boyfriend coming back?" He asked as he resumed driving. "Tomorrow I think, when are you and Tomoe going out again?" "Tonight in a few hours, so you wanna join us? We're going clubbin." He rounded into the front of the shrine. I took my bag of clothes and my purse and kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks for the invite but I need to stay home and take care of the family, plus I think Shippo is a little sick, he threw up this morning." I opened the door and left waving as i descended the stairs.
"Kagome You're Home!!!" Shippo jumped me when I came entering the house. I fell back on the ground by his unexpected impact. My mother came out to greet me also. "Hey Kagome, Suppers about ready, you wanna get up and help me prepare the dishes?" She asked helping me to my feet without an answer. "Mom, I got my pay check today, so tomorrow I'll cash it in and I can go buy more groceries to stock up on. And then pay gramps medical bills that we still owe. Then the rest I'll save it until we need it for something else." I said casually placing the forks here and there. "So it's from your fancy restaurant right? What about your other job...what is it again? Um...that company secretary? When is it your going to get paid for that job?" She ushered Gramps and Shippo to the table while still talking to me. "Um probably tomorrow, but the money from there is used for big money emergencies, like the roof or for fixing the car and other stuffs like that. Alone with that job I could keep up with everything but i like working at the restaurant too." She pushed me towards a chair and made me sit down next to her chair. "Let's eat!" She clamped her hands together and we soon dug into the delicious smelling food.
"kagome? KAGOME!!!" The scream shook me from my haunting nightmare of Souta as I found the source of sound thrashing about my side. I took hold of Shippo into my warm embrace and he settled somewhat but not because of me, because of the dream, perhaps nightmare. "Kagome, why? Why leave me? I need you, don't go, Please..." I heard everything Shippo mumbled as tears fell from him closed eyes. I felt like crying myself, "I won't ever leave you Shippo, Not you." I whispered sitting up and hugging the little fox to my chest rocking him back into a restful sleep. As soon as I was sure his thrashings would end I set him back on the bed and pulled the sheets up to his chin. I smooth it out and watched as his chest rose and fell. "Sleep tight Shippo-chan." As morning neared i couldn't sleep any longer. I went to the bathroom instead to wake me up totally with a cold shower and then I could get ready for work.
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"Inuyasha, as soon as you get over there, tell Kagome what has happened." Miroku said as he tended some wounds on Sango. Inuyasha nodded remembering the events.
Sango and Miroku was fighting when he reached this side of the well. And as soon as he joined in battle Naraku came out doing a dirty trick no one could ever do. He made Souta fight against Inuyasha and this wasn't the same as Kohaku, no it wasn't. At least Kohaku was dead before being brought to life with a shard, Souta was very much alive. He is just being used against his will to fight. Unfortunately, this one can talk his mind tell the plans he will partake in, but can slay Inuyasha merciless.
"I will, but how?" Inuyasha asked as he remembered how close he was to dying when Souta wounded his chest. How Souta cried as doing so repeating, "I'm so sorry, I can't stop it, please run. Now, please, I didn't mean to..." And that really made things harder as the boy was speaking the truth. So the gang fled from the battle and took cover to regain strength back. Sango has been asleep for a whole day an Miroku was beginning to worry so they made their way back to Kaede's hut. There everyone was treated and was on their way to recovery.
"Time will soon tell you, but now you must go." Sango whispered as she tried to talk to Inuyasha, insuring him doing this was best.
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I walked out my bathroom covering myself with a mere towel around my body. I then sense someone staring a hole into me, so I quickly turned my eyes to where i felt the someone at. "Inuyasha? What?" I tighten my grip on my towel as I stood there waiting for him to respond. "Oh, Um... Miroku...Everything's alright and I thought today I was supposed to come back?" He asked, I smiled. "Of course it is, just don't scare me like that anymore." I went to my closet pulling out my secretary suit/very formal and went back into the bathroom to change. As i came out Shippo was in Inuyasha's lap telling him about where he went for fun, like places called the mall and to theme parks and just plan walks. Inuyasha looks like a father that way. I came up behind him and wrapped my arms around his waist; causing him to be stiff for a moment before settling down. "What's the occasion?" He asked. "Just for looking like a father, it's quite cute." I kissed him on the cheek and let go, going over to my dresser i applied make up on, light natural looking ones only. "I don't know why you bother with those "make-up things" you're already pretty." He said as Shippo bounded up his head and sat perched there like a bird. "Well, thank-you. I have work to go to, so you two have fun." I grabbed a briefcase and a purse and made my way downstairs to the shoe closet. Inuyasha leaped after me.
"Kagome, can I take Shippo back to my time for just a while to pick up some of his things he wants?" Inuyasha asked me as i slipped on some stiletto heels, why? I just don't know why I own them much less wear them. "Sure Inuyasha, be sure to be back before I get back from work so we could all go out and eat and probably have some fun later too." I smiled as I caught Inuyasha smiling and catching glances at me. "Shippo go upstairs and change from your pajamas to your clothes and then we could go." Inuyasha told him and he gladly obeyed. "So...no Shippo..." He whispered grabbing me closer to his body. "Yes, no Shippo." I leaned in and we kissed for a while before I broke and I remembered that they need breakfast. "Oh, come one, you guys need some food before you leave." I said catching the jumping Shippo and Inuyasha followed never saying no to food.
"Mom, can you set an extra plate for Inuyasha?" I asked entering the kitchen, she had already prepared one. "I heard some talking upstairs and assumed he was here, so I went ahead and made him one. I Made you a to-go breakfast so you can go to work on time." She handed me a box and gave me a quick hug. I went out waving bye to my boyfriend and my sort-of son and mother. Gramps was still sleeping I guess. I made my way out to the front and waited for Hojo to come by. I then heard my cell phone ring. I picked it up. "Hello? Hojo? Where? Oh, why? No, it's ok, I'll find my own way...thanks." I hung up. Hojo was across town catering some fancy restaurant under short notice. Oh well, he needs his time. I started walking to the nearby bus stop. I chose a seat by this young girl about the age of 15, how long ago was I when I was 15? About 3 years huh? 18 and already juggling 2 jobs, finished high school and post poning college. That's my life. I looked over at her and smiled she smiled back. "My name's Diana, what's yours?" She said to me. "My name's Kagome, so, who are you looking for?" I asked as she was looking around the bus. "My lil bro that's all." "Oh." I was crestfallen again as the image of Souta filled my whole mind. Tears fell from my eyes without me noticing it. "Kagome? Are you alright?" Diana asked me. "Yes, I am. Just remembering someone very close to my heart." I wiped the tears away with my fingertips as my stop was here. "I got to go, nice meeting you Diana." I shook her hand and left to the busy sidewalk of the streets. I was pushed here and there but my mind wasn't on the situation at hand.
: "Souta...SOUTA!!!"
"No, come back here you brat! That's my money!"
"Nah nah nag that's all you sisters do."
"Kagome...Don't....Leave...me..." :
I collapsed on the ground burying my face in my hands crying. I couldn't stand it, being around people didn't help nor was working all the time. It made it worse! People stop to see if i was ok and others walked past me as if I was just a piece of paper. "Kagome? Is that you?" I heard a voice familiar and looked up to see Miroku and Sango walking hand in hand. "What happened why are you crying on the ground?" sango quickly rushed to my side and helped me up. "What? What are you guys doing here in my time?" I asked wiping away the tears that stained my face. "We wanted to see the place for ourselves tour around stuff like that. Kaede told us that we could find you here so we could give you this." Miroku produced a necklace of some sort, much like Inuyasha's but it all black. "What's this?" I asked as i took it from him. "She told us to tell you to wear it and it'll help him get back to normal in our time." He continued explaining. "Who?" I asked as i placed it around my neck. "You mean you don't know?" Sango asked. "No, who?" I asked again. "Um you'll know soon enough. Kay we're finished seeing the sites so we're going to return to slay some demons for some money." Miroku said and that earned a slap from Sango. "We help people because it's right not because of it's rewards." She lectured him on their way back to my shrine. Who? Who am I supposed to get back to normal? "Oh no! I'm gonna be late!!!" I tried my best to run in my heels and made it to the building in less than 3 minutes. I raced past the front desk and up into the elevator and raced my way to my desk in front of the boss's office. AS I sat on the top of my desk to catch a breath he came out. "Good your here early. I need you to place a call for me." He went on about the call while I was doing as he asked.
A/n: Okay I'm going to end there, because i guess I want to. Anyways Thanks for all those who review and I'll finish this story as soon as I can, but i doubt I'll have time since school starting in a few days so I will try my best to finish this story and keep it interesting so I hope you guys review!!! ^ - ^
"Kagome, hurry up with the order. The family has waited far enough." My boss complained to me about the third time in five minutes. "Alright, coming." I picked up a tray filled with fancy foods and made my way to their table. "Hello, nice to meet you. Well here is your food, would any of you like something to drink?" I asked taking out a writing pad. The teenage boy there, around my age, was looking me up and down that I just wanted to slap him. It wasn't like I like to wear this short--too short skirt and tight blouse. "May I help you?" I asked with a bit of annoyance heard in my voice, but the guy barely noticed it. "Um yeah, I could go for some root beer. Hi, my name is Ray, what is yours?" He asked with a confident smile on his face. I smiled back, "My name is your waitress for the evening. So what would the others drink?" I asked ignoring his attempt to find out my true name. Good thing I wasn't wearing my name tag today. "Ok, the drinks will be out shortly enjoy your meal." I turned as my friend yelled out my name far across the restaurant. "YO' KAGOME! YOU KAGOME BY THE FAMILY, COME HERE WE NEED YOUR HELP! ARE YOU DEAF? COME HERE OR BE FIRED!" I mumbled. "FINE! excuse me." As I went towards the area where I'm needed Ray grabbed my wrist. "Wait, so your name is Kagome? What a nice name." I snorted as i pulled my hand out of his grasp. "ENJOY your FOOD." I said sternly and left quicker.
"Good job kagome, here is your weekly pay check. And I send best regards to your family." The manager said in his office. I nodded and took the check. "And Kagome, I've added a bit of something extra for all your over shifts, even the ones you weren't assigned to." He smiled. I thanked him again and left. I met up with my friend and he took me home with him. "So Hojo-kun, How much did you earn this week?" I asked looking at the price on my check. He stopped at a red light and turned towards me. "I've got about the same, did the boss give ya bonus and some extra?" I nodded slowly. "How did you know?" "I just asked him to. I know your family needs your money since your mom hasn't been quite right and no one else there can work enough." I bent over and captured my best guy friend in a big bear hug. "Thank you so much. And for everything else. I don't know what I would've done without my guy friend here to comfort me." He blushed. "So when is your boyfriend coming back?" He asked as he resumed driving. "Tomorrow I think, when are you and Tomoe going out again?" "Tonight in a few hours, so you wanna join us? We're going clubbin." He rounded into the front of the shrine. I took my bag of clothes and my purse and kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks for the invite but I need to stay home and take care of the family, plus I think Shippo is a little sick, he threw up this morning." I opened the door and left waving as i descended the stairs.
"Kagome You're Home!!!" Shippo jumped me when I came entering the house. I fell back on the ground by his unexpected impact. My mother came out to greet me also. "Hey Kagome, Suppers about ready, you wanna get up and help me prepare the dishes?" She asked helping me to my feet without an answer. "Mom, I got my pay check today, so tomorrow I'll cash it in and I can go buy more groceries to stock up on. And then pay gramps medical bills that we still owe. Then the rest I'll save it until we need it for something else." I said casually placing the forks here and there. "So it's from your fancy restaurant right? What about your other job...what is it again? Um...that company secretary? When is it your going to get paid for that job?" She ushered Gramps and Shippo to the table while still talking to me. "Um probably tomorrow, but the money from there is used for big money emergencies, like the roof or for fixing the car and other stuffs like that. Alone with that job I could keep up with everything but i like working at the restaurant too." She pushed me towards a chair and made me sit down next to her chair. "Let's eat!" She clamped her hands together and we soon dug into the delicious smelling food.
"kagome? KAGOME!!!" The scream shook me from my haunting nightmare of Souta as I found the source of sound thrashing about my side. I took hold of Shippo into my warm embrace and he settled somewhat but not because of me, because of the dream, perhaps nightmare. "Kagome, why? Why leave me? I need you, don't go, Please..." I heard everything Shippo mumbled as tears fell from him closed eyes. I felt like crying myself, "I won't ever leave you Shippo, Not you." I whispered sitting up and hugging the little fox to my chest rocking him back into a restful sleep. As soon as I was sure his thrashings would end I set him back on the bed and pulled the sheets up to his chin. I smooth it out and watched as his chest rose and fell. "Sleep tight Shippo-chan." As morning neared i couldn't sleep any longer. I went to the bathroom instead to wake me up totally with a cold shower and then I could get ready for work.
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"Inuyasha, as soon as you get over there, tell Kagome what has happened." Miroku said as he tended some wounds on Sango. Inuyasha nodded remembering the events.
Sango and Miroku was fighting when he reached this side of the well. And as soon as he joined in battle Naraku came out doing a dirty trick no one could ever do. He made Souta fight against Inuyasha and this wasn't the same as Kohaku, no it wasn't. At least Kohaku was dead before being brought to life with a shard, Souta was very much alive. He is just being used against his will to fight. Unfortunately, this one can talk his mind tell the plans he will partake in, but can slay Inuyasha merciless.
"I will, but how?" Inuyasha asked as he remembered how close he was to dying when Souta wounded his chest. How Souta cried as doing so repeating, "I'm so sorry, I can't stop it, please run. Now, please, I didn't mean to..." And that really made things harder as the boy was speaking the truth. So the gang fled from the battle and took cover to regain strength back. Sango has been asleep for a whole day an Miroku was beginning to worry so they made their way back to Kaede's hut. There everyone was treated and was on their way to recovery.
"Time will soon tell you, but now you must go." Sango whispered as she tried to talk to Inuyasha, insuring him doing this was best.
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I walked out my bathroom covering myself with a mere towel around my body. I then sense someone staring a hole into me, so I quickly turned my eyes to where i felt the someone at. "Inuyasha? What?" I tighten my grip on my towel as I stood there waiting for him to respond. "Oh, Um... Miroku...Everything's alright and I thought today I was supposed to come back?" He asked, I smiled. "Of course it is, just don't scare me like that anymore." I went to my closet pulling out my secretary suit/very formal and went back into the bathroom to change. As i came out Shippo was in Inuyasha's lap telling him about where he went for fun, like places called the mall and to theme parks and just plan walks. Inuyasha looks like a father that way. I came up behind him and wrapped my arms around his waist; causing him to be stiff for a moment before settling down. "What's the occasion?" He asked. "Just for looking like a father, it's quite cute." I kissed him on the cheek and let go, going over to my dresser i applied make up on, light natural looking ones only. "I don't know why you bother with those "make-up things" you're already pretty." He said as Shippo bounded up his head and sat perched there like a bird. "Well, thank-you. I have work to go to, so you two have fun." I grabbed a briefcase and a purse and made my way downstairs to the shoe closet. Inuyasha leaped after me.
"Kagome, can I take Shippo back to my time for just a while to pick up some of his things he wants?" Inuyasha asked me as i slipped on some stiletto heels, why? I just don't know why I own them much less wear them. "Sure Inuyasha, be sure to be back before I get back from work so we could all go out and eat and probably have some fun later too." I smiled as I caught Inuyasha smiling and catching glances at me. "Shippo go upstairs and change from your pajamas to your clothes and then we could go." Inuyasha told him and he gladly obeyed. "So...no Shippo..." He whispered grabbing me closer to his body. "Yes, no Shippo." I leaned in and we kissed for a while before I broke and I remembered that they need breakfast. "Oh, come one, you guys need some food before you leave." I said catching the jumping Shippo and Inuyasha followed never saying no to food.
"Mom, can you set an extra plate for Inuyasha?" I asked entering the kitchen, she had already prepared one. "I heard some talking upstairs and assumed he was here, so I went ahead and made him one. I Made you a to-go breakfast so you can go to work on time." She handed me a box and gave me a quick hug. I went out waving bye to my boyfriend and my sort-of son and mother. Gramps was still sleeping I guess. I made my way out to the front and waited for Hojo to come by. I then heard my cell phone ring. I picked it up. "Hello? Hojo? Where? Oh, why? No, it's ok, I'll find my own way...thanks." I hung up. Hojo was across town catering some fancy restaurant under short notice. Oh well, he needs his time. I started walking to the nearby bus stop. I chose a seat by this young girl about the age of 15, how long ago was I when I was 15? About 3 years huh? 18 and already juggling 2 jobs, finished high school and post poning college. That's my life. I looked over at her and smiled she smiled back. "My name's Diana, what's yours?" She said to me. "My name's Kagome, so, who are you looking for?" I asked as she was looking around the bus. "My lil bro that's all." "Oh." I was crestfallen again as the image of Souta filled my whole mind. Tears fell from my eyes without me noticing it. "Kagome? Are you alright?" Diana asked me. "Yes, I am. Just remembering someone very close to my heart." I wiped the tears away with my fingertips as my stop was here. "I got to go, nice meeting you Diana." I shook her hand and left to the busy sidewalk of the streets. I was pushed here and there but my mind wasn't on the situation at hand.
: "Souta...SOUTA!!!"
"No, come back here you brat! That's my money!"
"Nah nah nag that's all you sisters do."
"Kagome...Don't....Leave...me..." :
I collapsed on the ground burying my face in my hands crying. I couldn't stand it, being around people didn't help nor was working all the time. It made it worse! People stop to see if i was ok and others walked past me as if I was just a piece of paper. "Kagome? Is that you?" I heard a voice familiar and looked up to see Miroku and Sango walking hand in hand. "What happened why are you crying on the ground?" sango quickly rushed to my side and helped me up. "What? What are you guys doing here in my time?" I asked wiping away the tears that stained my face. "We wanted to see the place for ourselves tour around stuff like that. Kaede told us that we could find you here so we could give you this." Miroku produced a necklace of some sort, much like Inuyasha's but it all black. "What's this?" I asked as i took it from him. "She told us to tell you to wear it and it'll help him get back to normal in our time." He continued explaining. "Who?" I asked as i placed it around my neck. "You mean you don't know?" Sango asked. "No, who?" I asked again. "Um you'll know soon enough. Kay we're finished seeing the sites so we're going to return to slay some demons for some money." Miroku said and that earned a slap from Sango. "We help people because it's right not because of it's rewards." She lectured him on their way back to my shrine. Who? Who am I supposed to get back to normal? "Oh no! I'm gonna be late!!!" I tried my best to run in my heels and made it to the building in less than 3 minutes. I raced past the front desk and up into the elevator and raced my way to my desk in front of the boss's office. AS I sat on the top of my desk to catch a breath he came out. "Good your here early. I need you to place a call for me." He went on about the call while I was doing as he asked.
A/n: Okay I'm going to end there, because i guess I want to. Anyways Thanks for all those who review and I'll finish this story as soon as I can, but i doubt I'll have time since school starting in a few days so I will try my best to finish this story and keep it interesting so I hope you guys review!!! ^ - ^