A/N: Sorry I haven't updated sooner! I have a good excuse this time,
honest! I was sick all weekend. So, instad of me just jabbering away I'll
go ahead and post this chapter. Oh yeah, and special thanks to my regular
reviewers and also to my new ones!
sweet-captor: Glad you liked it!
Yk freak: Glad you thought it was good!
Inukagonly: Thanks for being so supportive! And I will continue my story as long as people seem to like it.
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CHAPTER 11
"Okay, Kagome, you can go." Trish said as she was just finishing counting the money they had made for the day.
"Okay, Trish. I'll see you tomorrow." Kagome said as she walked towards the door of the pet store. She was exhausted, but in a good way. She had worked all day and had only gotten a fifteen minute lunch break and she was ready to go back to Inuyasha's and soak in a nice hot bath tub. But first, she headed for the food courts to get something to drink.
She walked over to a place that sold those big soft pretzils. "Can I take your order, miss?" A guy asked once she had reached the counter.
Kagome looked up to see a guy with short sandy colored hair, blue eyes, and a sparkling smile, and his name tag read 'Hojo'. He was at least a head taller than Kagome and she had to crane her neck slightly to look into his eyes.
Kagome returned the smile. "I'd like a medium Dr. Pepper and one salted soft pretzil, please." Kagome said as she looked at the menu.
Hojo hit a few buttons the the cash register. "Your total is three dollors and six cents." He said as he handed Kagome her ticket.
Kagome fished around in her pockets and pulled out the money. She handed Hojo a five dollar bill. "Keep the change." Kagome said.
Hojo gave her a charming smile. "Thank you, miss. If you'll have a seat, I'll get your order for you." He said as he pointed to a booth in the food court.
Kagome gave him a smile and walked over to the booth and took a seat. A few minutes later, Hojo came up to her table and sat a tray with her food and drink in front of her. "Mind if I have a seat?" Hojo asked and pointed to a empty chair beside her.
Kagome raised an eyebrow at him. "Don't you have to get back to work?" She asked as she took a drink of her Dr. Pepper.
Hojo shook his head. "No, I have a twenty minute lunch break." He said with a bright smile and sat in the empty chair that was beside her before she could even reply.
"My name is Hojo." He said and offered his hand to Kagome.
Kagome reached over and shook his hand. "Mine is Kagome." She said. She went to retract her hand, but Hojo kept a firm grip on it before he let go.
"You must be new to town. I haven't seen you around before. You just move here?" Hojo asked, trying to get a conversation started.
"You could say that. I'm staying with a friend of mine for awhile." Kagome replied. She picked up her salted pretzil and took a bite of it.
"You gonna be in town long?" Hojo asked, trying to catch Kagome's eye.
Kagome chewed on her soft pretzil carefully before she answered. "I don't know yet." She replied shortly. Kagome could tell that this Hojo guy was interested in her. 'Can't he just go away?' She thought as she took another bite of her soft pretzil. All of his questions were starting to get on her nerves.
"You gotta job yet? If you don't you could put a applacation in here." Hojo said and pointed to the place where he worked.
Kagome smiled politly and shook her head. "No thanks. I already have a job at Pet Heaven." She said and pointed at the pet store right across from the food courts.
Hojo's smile brightend. "That's great! I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other then." He said happily.
'Happy, happy, joy, joy.' Kagome thought darkly. She quickly finished her pretzil and her drink and looked at her watch, putting on a fake shocked face. "Oh, my goodness! I'm late!" She exclaimed and looked up at Hojo. "I was supposed to meet a friend ten minutes ago, and now I'm late." Kagome explained and stood up from her chair. It wasn't completely a lie, she really did have to go meet Inuyasha at the front of the mall.
Hojo stood also. "Will I see you tomorrow?" He asked hopefully.
"I dunno. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Bye, Hojo!" Kagome called over her shoulder as she ran towards the front of the mall.
Hojo seemed like a nice enough guy, but she didn't like him. He just wasn't her type. 'How would I know what my type is?' Kagome thought and slowed from a jog to a walk. She stopped in front of a glass window and looked at her reflection. What she saw was a girl with long silky raven hair, deep brown eyes, and a face she didn't recognize yet.
Kagome sighed and continued walking towards the entrance of the mall. Kagome walked out if the crowded mall and into the bright afternoon sun. She lifted her hand to black out the glare of the sun. "When I get my first pay check I'm gonna buy me a pair of sun glassas." She muttered to herself. She looked around the parking lot, looking for Inuyasha's red jag.
A car horn honked behind Kagome and she turned around to see Inuyasha waving at through his open window.
Kagome smiled and hurried over to the car. She was relieved when she got out of the hot sun and into the air condition of Inuyasha's car. "Thank God fot A.C." She said as she sank back into the cousioned seating of the car.
Inuyasha looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Hello to you too, wench." He said as he began to drive towards his home.
Kagome groaned slightly. "For the last time, my name is NOT wench, it Kagome." She said and closed her eyes.
"Feh." Inuyasha replied while rollinf his eyes.
They rode the rest of te way in silence.
The gently humming of the car motor and the smooth motions of the car soon lulled Kagome into a light sleep. And almost instantly, she began to dream.
*~Kagome's Dream~*
Kagome opened her eyes to find herself in the middle of a shrine. She looked around. There was the main shrine, a storage building, and a well house.
The door to the shrine opened and out walked the form of a person. Kagome looked closely at the person to see that it was... herself?
'Whats going on?' Kagome wondered. The girl standing in front of the shrine was a younger version of herself, maybe no more than fifteen.
"Kagome!" A voice called out from the well house. The younger Kagome looked in that diresction. "Yes?" She called.
"Could you come here for a minute, dear?" The voice asked.
The younger Kagome hopped off the pourch and ran to the well house, and Kagome decided to follow. 'Maybe this is another memory.' She thought hopefully.
She and the other walked Kagome walked into the well house. The well house was dimly and Kagome could hardly see anything. She squinted her eyes and could just make out the figures of two people. She walked deeper into the well house and saw that it was herself and an older woman. She couldn't make out the womans face, it was shrouded in shadows.
Kagome walked closer to hear what they were talking about.
"Kagome dear, I have something very important to tell you." The older woman started.
"What is it?" The younger Kagome asked.
The older woman sighed a little. "Kagome, as you know you are a miko from a long line of miko's. Your miko abilities have by passed every ones expectations. There has not been a power like yours in a long time." She took a deep breath. "And now that you are fifteen its time you took on the burdan that has been passed on from miko to miko." She said in a heavy voice.
"What is it?" The younger Kagome asked, her voice full of courosity.
The older woman sighed again and walked over to the well. She bent down beside it and pulled out a little box that was hidden behind it. She blew the dust off the top and walked back to Kagome. She slowly opened the lid of the box and there, nustled in dark red velvet sat a jewel. It shoned a bright pink and it was on a chain of sharp teeth.
"Its beautiful." The younger Kagome breathed. She reached out a hand and when her fingers came into contact with the jewel it pulsated slightly.
"This is the Shikon no Tama." The older woman said.
The younger Kagome's head jerked up. "The jewel of four souls? That can't be, its only a legend." She said with disbeliefe in her voice.
The older woman shook her head. "The legends are true. Even the part of the the girl going back in time and releasing the dog hanyou from the tree. Its all true." The older woman said as she gently lifted the Shikon no Tama out of the box.
"Ever sence that girl put the jewel back together, her decendants have protected it. My mother passed it on to me when I turned fifteen. Now, its your job to protect it, Kagome." The woman said and put the jewel around Kagome's neck.
The younger Kagome brought her hand up and grasped the jewel.
"You have a great power, Kagome. And with great power, comes great responsibility. Its your duty as a miko to stay pure of heart and keep the Shikon no Tama purifide and protect it from evil." The older woman continued.
The younger Kagome looked up at the woman. "How am I supposed to handle this? I don't think I can handle this big of a reponsibility. I'm not sure I WANT to. I'm still just a kid. I can't handle something like this!" She said, her voice raising slightly in volume.
The older woman smiled slightly. "That's exactly what I said when I was told I was to protect the Shikon no Tama. You can do it, Kagome. Just keep your heart pure and believe in yourself."
*~End Dream~*
Kagome's eyes slowly fluttered open. She was on the black leather couch of Inuyasha's and covered with a blanket. "Shikon no Tama." She said aloud. 'Is that what that guy in the tunnel was talking about? Is that what he wanted?'
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I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I sure enjoyed writing it. Remember how I told you guys that I was sick at the begening of the chapter? You wanna know how to make me feel better? Review! If people tell me that they like my story it'll make me feel better! So go on and click that little button in the corner, you know you wanna, the buttons your friend.
Ja ne, Pam
sweet-captor: Glad you liked it!
Yk freak: Glad you thought it was good!
Inukagonly: Thanks for being so supportive! And I will continue my story as long as people seem to like it.
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CHAPTER 11
"Okay, Kagome, you can go." Trish said as she was just finishing counting the money they had made for the day.
"Okay, Trish. I'll see you tomorrow." Kagome said as she walked towards the door of the pet store. She was exhausted, but in a good way. She had worked all day and had only gotten a fifteen minute lunch break and she was ready to go back to Inuyasha's and soak in a nice hot bath tub. But first, she headed for the food courts to get something to drink.
She walked over to a place that sold those big soft pretzils. "Can I take your order, miss?" A guy asked once she had reached the counter.
Kagome looked up to see a guy with short sandy colored hair, blue eyes, and a sparkling smile, and his name tag read 'Hojo'. He was at least a head taller than Kagome and she had to crane her neck slightly to look into his eyes.
Kagome returned the smile. "I'd like a medium Dr. Pepper and one salted soft pretzil, please." Kagome said as she looked at the menu.
Hojo hit a few buttons the the cash register. "Your total is three dollors and six cents." He said as he handed Kagome her ticket.
Kagome fished around in her pockets and pulled out the money. She handed Hojo a five dollar bill. "Keep the change." Kagome said.
Hojo gave her a charming smile. "Thank you, miss. If you'll have a seat, I'll get your order for you." He said as he pointed to a booth in the food court.
Kagome gave him a smile and walked over to the booth and took a seat. A few minutes later, Hojo came up to her table and sat a tray with her food and drink in front of her. "Mind if I have a seat?" Hojo asked and pointed to a empty chair beside her.
Kagome raised an eyebrow at him. "Don't you have to get back to work?" She asked as she took a drink of her Dr. Pepper.
Hojo shook his head. "No, I have a twenty minute lunch break." He said with a bright smile and sat in the empty chair that was beside her before she could even reply.
"My name is Hojo." He said and offered his hand to Kagome.
Kagome reached over and shook his hand. "Mine is Kagome." She said. She went to retract her hand, but Hojo kept a firm grip on it before he let go.
"You must be new to town. I haven't seen you around before. You just move here?" Hojo asked, trying to get a conversation started.
"You could say that. I'm staying with a friend of mine for awhile." Kagome replied. She picked up her salted pretzil and took a bite of it.
"You gonna be in town long?" Hojo asked, trying to catch Kagome's eye.
Kagome chewed on her soft pretzil carefully before she answered. "I don't know yet." She replied shortly. Kagome could tell that this Hojo guy was interested in her. 'Can't he just go away?' She thought as she took another bite of her soft pretzil. All of his questions were starting to get on her nerves.
"You gotta job yet? If you don't you could put a applacation in here." Hojo said and pointed to the place where he worked.
Kagome smiled politly and shook her head. "No thanks. I already have a job at Pet Heaven." She said and pointed at the pet store right across from the food courts.
Hojo's smile brightend. "That's great! I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other then." He said happily.
'Happy, happy, joy, joy.' Kagome thought darkly. She quickly finished her pretzil and her drink and looked at her watch, putting on a fake shocked face. "Oh, my goodness! I'm late!" She exclaimed and looked up at Hojo. "I was supposed to meet a friend ten minutes ago, and now I'm late." Kagome explained and stood up from her chair. It wasn't completely a lie, she really did have to go meet Inuyasha at the front of the mall.
Hojo stood also. "Will I see you tomorrow?" He asked hopefully.
"I dunno. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Bye, Hojo!" Kagome called over her shoulder as she ran towards the front of the mall.
Hojo seemed like a nice enough guy, but she didn't like him. He just wasn't her type. 'How would I know what my type is?' Kagome thought and slowed from a jog to a walk. She stopped in front of a glass window and looked at her reflection. What she saw was a girl with long silky raven hair, deep brown eyes, and a face she didn't recognize yet.
Kagome sighed and continued walking towards the entrance of the mall. Kagome walked out if the crowded mall and into the bright afternoon sun. She lifted her hand to black out the glare of the sun. "When I get my first pay check I'm gonna buy me a pair of sun glassas." She muttered to herself. She looked around the parking lot, looking for Inuyasha's red jag.
A car horn honked behind Kagome and she turned around to see Inuyasha waving at through his open window.
Kagome smiled and hurried over to the car. She was relieved when she got out of the hot sun and into the air condition of Inuyasha's car. "Thank God fot A.C." She said as she sank back into the cousioned seating of the car.
Inuyasha looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Hello to you too, wench." He said as he began to drive towards his home.
Kagome groaned slightly. "For the last time, my name is NOT wench, it Kagome." She said and closed her eyes.
"Feh." Inuyasha replied while rollinf his eyes.
They rode the rest of te way in silence.
The gently humming of the car motor and the smooth motions of the car soon lulled Kagome into a light sleep. And almost instantly, she began to dream.
*~Kagome's Dream~*
Kagome opened her eyes to find herself in the middle of a shrine. She looked around. There was the main shrine, a storage building, and a well house.
The door to the shrine opened and out walked the form of a person. Kagome looked closely at the person to see that it was... herself?
'Whats going on?' Kagome wondered. The girl standing in front of the shrine was a younger version of herself, maybe no more than fifteen.
"Kagome!" A voice called out from the well house. The younger Kagome looked in that diresction. "Yes?" She called.
"Could you come here for a minute, dear?" The voice asked.
The younger Kagome hopped off the pourch and ran to the well house, and Kagome decided to follow. 'Maybe this is another memory.' She thought hopefully.
She and the other walked Kagome walked into the well house. The well house was dimly and Kagome could hardly see anything. She squinted her eyes and could just make out the figures of two people. She walked deeper into the well house and saw that it was herself and an older woman. She couldn't make out the womans face, it was shrouded in shadows.
Kagome walked closer to hear what they were talking about.
"Kagome dear, I have something very important to tell you." The older woman started.
"What is it?" The younger Kagome asked.
The older woman sighed a little. "Kagome, as you know you are a miko from a long line of miko's. Your miko abilities have by passed every ones expectations. There has not been a power like yours in a long time." She took a deep breath. "And now that you are fifteen its time you took on the burdan that has been passed on from miko to miko." She said in a heavy voice.
"What is it?" The younger Kagome asked, her voice full of courosity.
The older woman sighed again and walked over to the well. She bent down beside it and pulled out a little box that was hidden behind it. She blew the dust off the top and walked back to Kagome. She slowly opened the lid of the box and there, nustled in dark red velvet sat a jewel. It shoned a bright pink and it was on a chain of sharp teeth.
"Its beautiful." The younger Kagome breathed. She reached out a hand and when her fingers came into contact with the jewel it pulsated slightly.
"This is the Shikon no Tama." The older woman said.
The younger Kagome's head jerked up. "The jewel of four souls? That can't be, its only a legend." She said with disbeliefe in her voice.
The older woman shook her head. "The legends are true. Even the part of the the girl going back in time and releasing the dog hanyou from the tree. Its all true." The older woman said as she gently lifted the Shikon no Tama out of the box.
"Ever sence that girl put the jewel back together, her decendants have protected it. My mother passed it on to me when I turned fifteen. Now, its your job to protect it, Kagome." The woman said and put the jewel around Kagome's neck.
The younger Kagome brought her hand up and grasped the jewel.
"You have a great power, Kagome. And with great power, comes great responsibility. Its your duty as a miko to stay pure of heart and keep the Shikon no Tama purifide and protect it from evil." The older woman continued.
The younger Kagome looked up at the woman. "How am I supposed to handle this? I don't think I can handle this big of a reponsibility. I'm not sure I WANT to. I'm still just a kid. I can't handle something like this!" She said, her voice raising slightly in volume.
The older woman smiled slightly. "That's exactly what I said when I was told I was to protect the Shikon no Tama. You can do it, Kagome. Just keep your heart pure and believe in yourself."
*~End Dream~*
Kagome's eyes slowly fluttered open. She was on the black leather couch of Inuyasha's and covered with a blanket. "Shikon no Tama." She said aloud. 'Is that what that guy in the tunnel was talking about? Is that what he wanted?'
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I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I sure enjoyed writing it. Remember how I told you guys that I was sick at the begening of the chapter? You wanna know how to make me feel better? Review! If people tell me that they like my story it'll make me feel better! So go on and click that little button in the corner, you know you wanna, the buttons your friend.
Ja ne, Pam