Rikku: Hee-hee, this fic is turning out great....thank you to everyone that reviewed, Arigatou!! Chapter 6 took FOREVER to finish. But eventually I finished it just for you guys!! I hope I'm not keeping you in suspense, this story might turn out LONG. But that means more for you guys right? Heh-heh...
Oh Ya! And about the whole ear thing, (See chapter 4 at the very beginning) I promised to explain this so here's the explaination: Before I had an intention for InuYasha to have his oh-so-famous dog ears, but I didn't wanna make him a freak after so I reposted chapter 4 and instead of Kagome noticing his hat move she notices that once again, his hat is covering something up. I know I'm repeating what I wrote at the beginning of chapter 4 but I don't wanna spoil the surprise of what he has under his hat and why. Ok? *nods* ok!
Me no own InuYasha, (though I wish I did) ok?
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Chapter 7: A Broken Heart and a Gift that Repairs it
Kagome's birthday was turning out to be the worst birthday ever. After a heart crushing moment with InuYasha, Kagome slowly made her way back to her house. She sat as a loner on the edge of a couch, watching everyone have a good time unaware of what she was going through. She sighed. Sango was probably even more angry since Kagome left her to be 'taken care of' by Miroku. Kagome didn't want to go check up on her friends, not just yet. 'Let them have the time alone,' she thought. 'they've been fighting more than ever, they should get the chance to REALLY make up.' But she knew Miroku would ruin their chance, just like he did all the time.
The doorbell rang again. But everyone continued on with chatting, dancing, eating or whatever they were doing. Seeing that no one was going to answer it, Kagome walked slowly to get it herself. And when she opened the door, the three people that would make things worse for Kagome just HAD to come....this birthday sucked.
"Happy Birthday Kagome!!!" they cheered.
'Yippie...' Kagome thought dully.
It was her mother, brother and grandfather that seemed to have forgiven Kagome for HIS cruel actions.
"We were going to spend more time at the mall, but we didn't want to miss your party, and it seems it's still on!" Kagome's mother said observing the teens.
Souta plugged his ears. "This music is really loud! Say, did you get any presents?"
"I haven't opened them yet..." Kagome spoke in a very uncheerful voice.
"Well that's too bad, because we got you a gift and you're gonna have to open it NOW!" her grandfather squeeled happily.
Kagome's stomach flipped. She was gonna get sick. 'He must be drunk...' she thought. The only good thing was that none of the teens were watching her again, it seemed they got tired of getting into others' business, about time anyway. She snatched the small, gift wrapped box out of her grandfather's hand and walked toward a large pile of gifts in the corner of the living room, she threw the box with the others. "I'll open it later...." she said plopping down on the couch again.
Her family followed and sat down beside her.
Kagome gave them a disgusted look.
"Nani?" Souta asked.
Kagome shook her head shamefully. (sp?)
Her mother chuckled. "Oh, I remember when I was a teenager.." she said.
Kagome groaned.
"Yes, I was very popular. And all the guys were always on my back, especially your father."
Kagome couldn't remember her father, he left for a business trip when she was ten and never came back. She knew Souta couldn't remember him very well either, since he was only a little toddler when he left. Kagome wasn't in the mood to hear another story about her father anyway.
"Oh and I remember when I was a teen too..." her grandfather said thoughtfully.
"When was that? A hundred years ago?" Kagome asked sarcastically and annoyed. She hadn't quite forgiven her grandfather yet.
He ignored the comment. "Anyway, I was a handsome young man and-hey...Kagome isn't Houjo supposed to be here?"
Kagome was now twitching. AGAIN, her gramps was trying to get into HER social life. "Hai...."
Her grandfather smiled. "Did you talk to him yet?"
"Hai..."
"Ooh! That Houjo is such a nice boy!! Reminds me of me when I was his age and-"
"Hmm?" Kagome's mother spoke. "Houjo? Another boy Kagome?" she giggled. "Whatever happened to InuYasha though?"
Kagome's grandfather was the one twitching now. It seemed he liked Houjo a lot and couldn't stand to hear that Kagome was interested in another guy. She would laugh at the scene of her grandfather meeting Kouga though.
But Kagome's head hung. She didn't want to talk about InuYasha....he was the VERY last subject she wanted to talk about.
"What's the matter?" Souta asked.
It seemed Kagome's mother got the point, she gave Souta a little nudge, signalling (sp?) him to leave and she pulled Kagome's grandfather by the ear away, giving Kagome time alone. She may be older now but she knew about boys, heart-break and other teenager girl problems, Kagome was thankful of that.
She sighed. It was only 7p.m. and the party was on till midnight. She couldn't possibly sulk for 5 hours straight, what was she to do? Without another thought, she absent-mindedly made her way to her mother's bedroom, knowing Sango was still trashing hers. She locked the door and laid down on the bed.....it was going to be a long night.
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**KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK**
"Huh? Nani?"
Kagome woke up from a long rest that had built up all her energy. She gave the digital clock a glance and gasped. 8a.m.!!! She had slept through the rest of the party!! She wanted to miss out on most of it but she also wanted to be there to say 'bye' at least. Kagome dashed to the door and unlocked it. Her mother opened it and smiled.
"Congratulations, you're now 16 and you have just slept through your first teenager-suited party!" she chirped.
How annoying.
Kagome sighed and walked by her cheerful mother toward the kitchen. Souta and her grandpa were there. They were snickering.
"Ok, stop laughing!" Kagome cried. "I didn't intend to fall asleep so stop!!"
But they didn't, and Kagome just ignored them.
"What's for breakfast?" she asked.
"We left you a piece of cake you can eat that." her grandfather said.
"For breakfast?"
"Hai!" Souta cheered.
"Why me?!"
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After enduring her crazy family breakfast, she made her way to the living room, coming face to face with a a large pile of presents she had forgotten about.
"You gonna open them?" Souta asked appearing behind Kagome.
"Hai..." she said. Even though she was thrilled to open all her gifts she was still upset with InuYasha's little surprise. (Rikku: Meaning the talk, lol.)
First up was her family's gift she slowly opened it as Souta rushed her, it was beautiful. Kagome took one look at it and completely froze. It looked very pricey too. A silver bracelet with beautiful shaped hearts, flowers and stars dangling from it. Sure, it did look like it was best suited for a little girl but it reminded her of her family so much....
The hearts- Her mother had always said she loved Kagome and Souta so much, she meant every word.
The flowers- Whenever Kagome had a bad day, Souta would go out to a nearby field and pick flowers for her, but Kagome had stopped telling her brother about her bad days since they had gotten more personal....
The stars- Well, her grandfather always had his head in space, well actually in the clouds. He was always looking out for the best for his family and he believed the best usually involved his rituals.
But there was no reminder of her father...but still....Kagome's eyes watered, it was great....it had almost completely cheered her up....almost.
"I'm glad you like it, Kagome." her mother said.
"I love it..." she spoke.
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It took almost an hour to go through all the gifts. She now had a WHOLE new wardrobe, (sp?) almost a dozen 'precious moments' statues, (Rikku: Ha-ha so kawaii!) and someone even threw in a bow and arrow for fun. (Rikku: Hmm....sounds familiar...)
There was only one gift left. It had really caught Kagome's eye. Nicely wrapped in red and...wait. 'Red?' Kagome thought. 'No it couldn't be....' She quickly grabbed it and unwrapped it as fast as possible, her family was giving her a worried look.
"Calm down..." her grandfather said.
After it was unwrapped Kagome found a small white box...one used to put jewelry (sp?) in... She opened it and a piece of paper fell out, she picked it up and studied it for a moment, completely shocked.
'Kagome, happy birthday.
From: InuYasha.'
She slowly passed the note to her mother and heard her shriek with joy. Then, Kagome stared blankly at his gift. A silver necklace with something that looked like a piece of a light-purplish (sp?) shattered jewel. (Rikku: What? I couldn't resist!!) She was shocked at the sight of it....InuYasha wasn't as cold-hearted toward her as she had thought he was. Now she regreted ever forcing the truth out of him....he probably hated her now.
"Wow! Kagome that looks wicked!" cried Souta.
"What a sweet boy!" her mother chirped.
"Hmph!" said her grandpa.
It was simply beautiful. She was delighted. Kagome had ALMOST forgiven InuYasha entirely...but not completely. She slowly put in around her neck and got up heading toward the door.
"Where are you going?" her mother called.
"There's something I have to do..." Kagome replied.
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Heh-heh....might be shorter than the other chapters, but I got to the point quickly, didn't I? And that's a good thing, right? RIGHT?! Well I'm gonna start to work on 8 as quickly as possible! Please keep those reviews coming!!!
Oh Ya! And about the whole ear thing, (See chapter 4 at the very beginning) I promised to explain this so here's the explaination: Before I had an intention for InuYasha to have his oh-so-famous dog ears, but I didn't wanna make him a freak after so I reposted chapter 4 and instead of Kagome noticing his hat move she notices that once again, his hat is covering something up. I know I'm repeating what I wrote at the beginning of chapter 4 but I don't wanna spoil the surprise of what he has under his hat and why. Ok? *nods* ok!
Me no own InuYasha, (though I wish I did) ok?
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Chapter 7: A Broken Heart and a Gift that Repairs it
Kagome's birthday was turning out to be the worst birthday ever. After a heart crushing moment with InuYasha, Kagome slowly made her way back to her house. She sat as a loner on the edge of a couch, watching everyone have a good time unaware of what she was going through. She sighed. Sango was probably even more angry since Kagome left her to be 'taken care of' by Miroku. Kagome didn't want to go check up on her friends, not just yet. 'Let them have the time alone,' she thought. 'they've been fighting more than ever, they should get the chance to REALLY make up.' But she knew Miroku would ruin their chance, just like he did all the time.
The doorbell rang again. But everyone continued on with chatting, dancing, eating or whatever they were doing. Seeing that no one was going to answer it, Kagome walked slowly to get it herself. And when she opened the door, the three people that would make things worse for Kagome just HAD to come....this birthday sucked.
"Happy Birthday Kagome!!!" they cheered.
'Yippie...' Kagome thought dully.
It was her mother, brother and grandfather that seemed to have forgiven Kagome for HIS cruel actions.
"We were going to spend more time at the mall, but we didn't want to miss your party, and it seems it's still on!" Kagome's mother said observing the teens.
Souta plugged his ears. "This music is really loud! Say, did you get any presents?"
"I haven't opened them yet..." Kagome spoke in a very uncheerful voice.
"Well that's too bad, because we got you a gift and you're gonna have to open it NOW!" her grandfather squeeled happily.
Kagome's stomach flipped. She was gonna get sick. 'He must be drunk...' she thought. The only good thing was that none of the teens were watching her again, it seemed they got tired of getting into others' business, about time anyway. She snatched the small, gift wrapped box out of her grandfather's hand and walked toward a large pile of gifts in the corner of the living room, she threw the box with the others. "I'll open it later...." she said plopping down on the couch again.
Her family followed and sat down beside her.
Kagome gave them a disgusted look.
"Nani?" Souta asked.
Kagome shook her head shamefully. (sp?)
Her mother chuckled. "Oh, I remember when I was a teenager.." she said.
Kagome groaned.
"Yes, I was very popular. And all the guys were always on my back, especially your father."
Kagome couldn't remember her father, he left for a business trip when she was ten and never came back. She knew Souta couldn't remember him very well either, since he was only a little toddler when he left. Kagome wasn't in the mood to hear another story about her father anyway.
"Oh and I remember when I was a teen too..." her grandfather said thoughtfully.
"When was that? A hundred years ago?" Kagome asked sarcastically and annoyed. She hadn't quite forgiven her grandfather yet.
He ignored the comment. "Anyway, I was a handsome young man and-hey...Kagome isn't Houjo supposed to be here?"
Kagome was now twitching. AGAIN, her gramps was trying to get into HER social life. "Hai...."
Her grandfather smiled. "Did you talk to him yet?"
"Hai..."
"Ooh! That Houjo is such a nice boy!! Reminds me of me when I was his age and-"
"Hmm?" Kagome's mother spoke. "Houjo? Another boy Kagome?" she giggled. "Whatever happened to InuYasha though?"
Kagome's grandfather was the one twitching now. It seemed he liked Houjo a lot and couldn't stand to hear that Kagome was interested in another guy. She would laugh at the scene of her grandfather meeting Kouga though.
But Kagome's head hung. She didn't want to talk about InuYasha....he was the VERY last subject she wanted to talk about.
"What's the matter?" Souta asked.
It seemed Kagome's mother got the point, she gave Souta a little nudge, signalling (sp?) him to leave and she pulled Kagome's grandfather by the ear away, giving Kagome time alone. She may be older now but she knew about boys, heart-break and other teenager girl problems, Kagome was thankful of that.
She sighed. It was only 7p.m. and the party was on till midnight. She couldn't possibly sulk for 5 hours straight, what was she to do? Without another thought, she absent-mindedly made her way to her mother's bedroom, knowing Sango was still trashing hers. She locked the door and laid down on the bed.....it was going to be a long night.
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**KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK**
"Huh? Nani?"
Kagome woke up from a long rest that had built up all her energy. She gave the digital clock a glance and gasped. 8a.m.!!! She had slept through the rest of the party!! She wanted to miss out on most of it but she also wanted to be there to say 'bye' at least. Kagome dashed to the door and unlocked it. Her mother opened it and smiled.
"Congratulations, you're now 16 and you have just slept through your first teenager-suited party!" she chirped.
How annoying.
Kagome sighed and walked by her cheerful mother toward the kitchen. Souta and her grandpa were there. They were snickering.
"Ok, stop laughing!" Kagome cried. "I didn't intend to fall asleep so stop!!"
But they didn't, and Kagome just ignored them.
"What's for breakfast?" she asked.
"We left you a piece of cake you can eat that." her grandfather said.
"For breakfast?"
"Hai!" Souta cheered.
"Why me?!"
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After enduring her crazy family breakfast, she made her way to the living room, coming face to face with a a large pile of presents she had forgotten about.
"You gonna open them?" Souta asked appearing behind Kagome.
"Hai..." she said. Even though she was thrilled to open all her gifts she was still upset with InuYasha's little surprise. (Rikku: Meaning the talk, lol.)
First up was her family's gift she slowly opened it as Souta rushed her, it was beautiful. Kagome took one look at it and completely froze. It looked very pricey too. A silver bracelet with beautiful shaped hearts, flowers and stars dangling from it. Sure, it did look like it was best suited for a little girl but it reminded her of her family so much....
The hearts- Her mother had always said she loved Kagome and Souta so much, she meant every word.
The flowers- Whenever Kagome had a bad day, Souta would go out to a nearby field and pick flowers for her, but Kagome had stopped telling her brother about her bad days since they had gotten more personal....
The stars- Well, her grandfather always had his head in space, well actually in the clouds. He was always looking out for the best for his family and he believed the best usually involved his rituals.
But there was no reminder of her father...but still....Kagome's eyes watered, it was great....it had almost completely cheered her up....almost.
"I'm glad you like it, Kagome." her mother said.
"I love it..." she spoke.
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It took almost an hour to go through all the gifts. She now had a WHOLE new wardrobe, (sp?) almost a dozen 'precious moments' statues, (Rikku: Ha-ha so kawaii!) and someone even threw in a bow and arrow for fun. (Rikku: Hmm....sounds familiar...)
There was only one gift left. It had really caught Kagome's eye. Nicely wrapped in red and...wait. 'Red?' Kagome thought. 'No it couldn't be....' She quickly grabbed it and unwrapped it as fast as possible, her family was giving her a worried look.
"Calm down..." her grandfather said.
After it was unwrapped Kagome found a small white box...one used to put jewelry (sp?) in... She opened it and a piece of paper fell out, she picked it up and studied it for a moment, completely shocked.
'Kagome, happy birthday.
From: InuYasha.'
She slowly passed the note to her mother and heard her shriek with joy. Then, Kagome stared blankly at his gift. A silver necklace with something that looked like a piece of a light-purplish (sp?) shattered jewel. (Rikku: What? I couldn't resist!!) She was shocked at the sight of it....InuYasha wasn't as cold-hearted toward her as she had thought he was. Now she regreted ever forcing the truth out of him....he probably hated her now.
"Wow! Kagome that looks wicked!" cried Souta.
"What a sweet boy!" her mother chirped.
"Hmph!" said her grandpa.
It was simply beautiful. She was delighted. Kagome had ALMOST forgiven InuYasha entirely...but not completely. She slowly put in around her neck and got up heading toward the door.
"Where are you going?" her mother called.
"There's something I have to do..." Kagome replied.
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Heh-heh....might be shorter than the other chapters, but I got to the point quickly, didn't I? And that's a good thing, right? RIGHT?! Well I'm gonna start to work on 8 as quickly as possible! Please keep those reviews coming!!!