Okay, I would like to thank icecream0626 for being my 100th REVIEWER! w00t! Thank you all for so much support on this story!
BTW, I would like to say something. I have gotten reviews saying that if Inuyasha and Kagome got together, it would be incest. It wouldn't be. They are not blood-related, and they are not even step-brothers/sisters. She was just adopted into the home. No relations at all. Just thought I would clear that up.. Well, on with the story now!
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Kagome had now gone up to her room, and cuddled up in her new fuzzy
bed. She loved this family.. they were nice, kind,
gentle, spoiling! Except for Inuyasha. He was a rude jerk.
But what side of him did he show her about an hour ago? Would he ever show it to her again?
She secretly hoped so. For some reason, she had a good feeling, that maybe, they would become friends..
She put her covers over her shoulders, and laid on her side. She drifted her eyes closed, and repeated in her mind, 'I hope so..'
Then, she fell asleep.
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The chef's were cooking dinner, the maids' were cleaning, the butler's
were taking orders...basically a normal evening for them.
One of the maids' were sent up to check on how Kagome was doing, so
she opened the bedroom door and smiled.
Sound asleep. The maid walked in, and sat on the edge of the bed. "I
hope you have a wonderful sleep, my dear. Your in for a
treat if you have to deal with Inuyasha." She then walked out.
If she would have stayed in a second longer, she would have seen Kagome putting a small warm smile on her face.
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Grave Of The Fireflies
Fifth Shot
Dinner Time
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At 6:00 PM exactly, the grand-father clock downstairs' went off, signaling, it was dinner time. Inuyasha knew never to miss dinner time, because the last time he was just about ten minutes late, for he was taking a shower, he was severely punished. Dinner time was the time where the family spent this time together, and no one could ruin it.
Well, that was going to be put behind in the past, for what will occur today.
Mr. Taishio sat at the high end of the table, the front. His wife sat next to him, then Inuyasha, then Kagome. Some of the butler's and maids' joined them once and awhile, so the table was filled. One-hundred and thiry-six chairs. When Kagome sat down, she was in awe at how many people were here.
Mr. Taishio spoke, "I would like to propose a toast, to our new adopted friend, Kagome! I wish you all to be nice to her, and help her around the house since she does not know it all that well yet.." He stood. "..To Kagome!" He held up his glass, and everyone else did at the table, but Inuyasha. He was too out-of-it to even notice food was starting to be served in front of him.
He sat back down, and everyone began eating, not noticing the looks Kagome was giving Inuyasha. She wished she could just get a long with him, for a little bit! I mean, its not like she bites or anything. She looked over at him from the corner of her eye, and everyone else was talking very loudly. About stocks, political stuff, religion, family issues..yeah.
That's why she barely heard him when he said, "Its rude to stare, Kagome." Her turned her whole head to him, eyes wide, and cheek's flushed a bright pink, and decided her chicken fettichini was very interesting. She just looked down at her food and began eating.
Inuyasha smirked on the inside. 'It won't be so easy to win this girl over to my looks, but it looks as she'll be there in no time..'
Inuyasha knew she could talk, well sing, so maybe she could just talk around him.. it has been four years since she last talked or sung in front of everyone, not counting today. She got to the orphanage when she was twelve. She needed some freedom, someone to talk to. One thought popped in her mind, 'A note book! I could write in a diary!' She thought after dinner, her new 'relatives' could go pick one out, or had an extra nice one lying around the house. She actually hoped for the latter.
He spoke very low, once again, so only she could hear him. "Will you tell me WHY you keep staring at me? I know I'm beautiful, but as I said, its VERY rude. Especially in my presence." He snickered. He had caught her again.
As she said earlier, he was the one who knew she could talk, so she used it. Just this once. But, she spoke so low, that ONLY Inuyasha's ears heard it. And he had to strain big time. "Your presence is nothing to me but a burden. You are a jerk, so has too high of a self-esteem." She stood up gracefully, and left the table. Inuyasha got up violently, and followed.
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Kagome walked down the corridor, and went outside on the back porch. It was breath takingly beautiful outside. The stars were bright, and the moon shone down on her frail form. The warm breeze threw her hair around softly in the back of her, and the smell was wonderful. Cherry blossoms were scattered around the palace, floating with the breeze, and one landed in her hair.
Inuyasha was following her and was about to scream at her, but then he saw her form. It was.. like..
A girl out of a fairy-tale.
Fairy-tales were something he ultimately hated, because they were never true. A happily ever after ending. No, those NEVER happen. Something, or someone in the REAL life, gets hurt, or dies. Never, is it happy. And he knew, this was no exception but...
She was just too beautiful for being real. He at the moment, thought he was just dreaming, and he would wake up in his flannel sheets, and look up at the dog poster he had on the top of his ceiling. But, this wasn't a dream.. this isn't something he would wake up from. This was reality.
He whispered, something only for his ears, but Kagome caught it. "Beau..tiful.."
She turned her head around slowly, and her hair still blowing softly behind him, and her eye's showing despair. She then turned her body around the face him, and they locked gazes. Inuyasha gasped.
There was a small tear, making it down Kagome's cheek. He really felt horrible now. The one thing he hated the most was people crying. Then women crying. Then him MAKING the women cry. That was the worst feeling, and he had just done it. He did what just came instinctively to him.
He walked up to her, and took his thumb and brushed away the tear. He whispered, and looked at her. "I'm sorry."
No one, and I mean NO ONE had ever apologized like that to her, ever. Not even her family. This one was so sincere and full of hurt. She was sorry she ever said anything mean to him. She was the kind of person, who was sensitive, and she was full of love and light. So, what she did was really normal for her, but shocking to Inuyasha.
She hugged him.
She did this, to tell him, 'Its okay. I forgive you.' She put her hands around his waist, and smiled. It was already about 9:00 PM, so she just whispered, "Goodnight." Into his chest, and left him to watch the view before him in his backyard.
Maybe, this wasn't the worst thing after all. No one had hugged him. Ever. Not counting fan girls of course. But like, real friends. Family. No one.
And he was just hugged by that wench, how dare she just do it so unexpectedly! Well she couldn't exactly TELL him.. well yes she could have. He just looked at the moon, as if saying, 'Give me the answer..why?'
He never noticed the tiny little star at there, twinkled at him.
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Kagome went up to Mrs. Taishio kindly, and already wrote something on a piece of paper for her to read. They didn't know she could really talk, it was just because she didn't want to. Her soul was broken. No voice in that soul needed to be heard. She handed her the piece of paper she had written on, and she read it a loud.
"May I get a diary? I want to write out my thought on there, or a note book. Something which I can let my freedom out on." It read. She smiled, and said, "Wait here a moment, dear."
Kagome sat down, and Mrs. Taishio came back with a red velvet book, about the size of a normal book, but 2,000 pages. It printed in real gold letters, 'Kagome' on it. Kagome gave her a questionable look, and she answered her. "I got one for you today. I knew you would probably want one, and I was right." She then handed her a golden pen, that wrote in gold. "That's for you also, if the pen runs out, come to me and I will get you another one."
Kagome smiled, and then hugged the woman. She was surprised at the early display of affection, but she returned the hug warmly, just as if Kagome was her own daughter.
Kagome ran up to her room, looking at the clock, 9:17 PM and decided, it was time to write, and make her first entry!
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AN: What will Kagome write as her first entry? And what does Inuyasha have to say about this girl? But still, the BIG question, what happened to Kagome in her past? Why was she in the orphanage since she was twelve??
Find out some of the answers, next chapter!