Small-Town Life
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Chapter 5: Looking to the past
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A/n: I was kinda disappointed with the outcome of last chapter so this one has to be better to get me out of my writing slump. KagomeHigurashi66, just hearing you liked it was encouraging, Arigatou!! ^_^ For the rest of you who didn't review, don't be shy it's not like I'm going to hunt you down or anything. Those of you who care or read my other stories I should be updating Night in Demon manner soon, sorry its taken so long I just haven't been inspired. A small side note I'm thinking of stating another story but, all my ideas kinda got shot down quickly. So if you have anything you want to see me write about let me know. It doesn't have to be InuYasha, and if you want to co-author just e-mail me @ DemonessAyame@sailiormoon.com It'll be fun don't worry, I don't bite.. . often.. . Well on with the story. ^_~
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu.. . only every piece of merchandise I can get my hands on that has Inu's face or is associated in any way. Thank you.
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When you look at the night sky what do you see? Are you looking at what's in front of you or are you really looking for yourself? You feel so out of touch with every thing you could just stay there forever, staring blankly hoping to find something you're not really sure of. In the sky you can see your destiny twinkling faintly and intertwined with everyone else's but its still there. Can you find it? Will you ever?.. . ~ Kagome
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"No, no, just leave me alone." Kagome half mumbed into her pillow as she tuned over in her bed kicking the covers off. " Wait, don't leave me. I don't want to be alone." Kagome finished just a pillow collided with her head.
" Hey shut up up there, some of us are trying to sleep." Sesshomaru growled pulling the covers tightly around him and rolling over in his cot slightly lower than the normal beds in the room. (obviously not a morning person, is he?)
"Hey," Ayame sat up in her bed.
"What," Sesshomaru snarled obviously annoyed. Suddenly with out warning he was pelted with three flying objects.
"Lay off Kagome, its not her fault." Kagura looked at Sesshomaru angrily rearing back with her remaining pillow ready for protest.
"She's had enough problems in her life to have nightmares, and she doesn't need any shit off you." Ayame looked at Kagome a deep pain flickering in her eyes coming from somewhere far off behind her exterior, like a long extinguished candle. "Come on now guys is this anyway to start the morning." Sango leaned over the back of the couch. InuYasha and Kouga just tossed a look of confusion to each other and decided it best not to comment.
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"So faintly I can hardly remember.. ." Kagome sighed closing her eyes. She was sitting under a fairly good-sized tree in Golden Gate Park. The sun felt good against her legs that were exposed from her bright pink polka dot betty dress. The shade was cool and welcoming against her face as she relaxed into almost a dream like state.
"What have you been up to?" Kagome jumped a bit, startled at InuYasha's voice. She cracked open and eye to see him standing above her smiling that warm smile that always melted her like a Popsicle left outside on a warm summers day.
"Well not too much of anything, just thinking mostly." She sat up as InuYasha took a seat next to her. "A dream I had brought back some memories I could go without." Kagome looked wistfully out a passing child and her mother. "So carefree and able to be happy, she has her life ahead of her to look forward to and a caring mother by her side to help her through anything that stands in her way from getting to where she wants to be and becoming the person she sees as her self in the near future.. ." Kagome trailed off the smile that was present before now fading to a desolate look of longing.
"You want to tell me what that was all about, it's okay if you don't though." InuYasha asked his voice laced with understanding and sympathy.
"Its along story,"
"I have all the time in the world for you.. ." Kagome smiled turning to face InuYasha then looking back down at the ground.. .
"I was a normal five-year-old kid, happy, smart, and just like every five-year-old I thought the whole world revolved around me. Everything was as it should be and always was going to be that way forever, a normal life for a normal little girl growing up in a small town, or so I thought."
*Flashback*
Five-year-old Kagome is walking with her mother. She is in a burgundy dress and Mary Jane's. She clings tightly to a few fingers of her mom's hand as they walk. " Momma where are you taking me today," Kagome looks up expectantly to her mother.
"School, you know that, you're going to go and be a very bright little girl and make mommy proud right?" She simply smiles down at Kagome who is very excited.
"Anything for you momma." Kagome smiles and laughs as her whole face lights up.
"I'll be back to get you after school is over. I love you my little angel."
"Bye mom I love you too." She waves as her mother leaves and looks of second thoughts about this school thing begin to set in. "Hiya, I'm Ayame are you going into this class?" a little girl with fiery red hair pulled up into two ponytails, a little yellow sun dress and bright happy green eyes smiles looking at Kagome. " Umm yea, I'm Kagome." She smiles back "Kagome hmmm? I like your name." Ayame laughs. " I like yours too." Kagome laughs along. " Let's be friends." Ayame extends a hand to Kagome. "Okay," Kagome takes Ayame's hand and together they walk into the classroom together. They see a little girl standing alone off to the side of the rest of the children. Her black hair is in a neat ponytail and she is in a blue skirt and a frilly blue top, her red eyes are watering as if she is about to cry.
"Hey I know you, you just moved in next door to me." Ayame calls out to her.
"That's right, I don't know any one yet." Kagura looks up as her tears reside.
" You can be our friend." Kagome smiles reaching out to her.
"I'm Kagura, I'm glad I have two friends now instead of none." She laughed as the girls skip off together.
"That was the Happiest day of my life, or at least it was till school was out. My mother was the nicest person in the world I knew besides my new friends, but my father was a completely different story. He always said I was a mistake and wasn't very nice to my mother either. I was glad he wasn't home very often but today, he was. My mother and I moved to apartment after that night, we were afraid for our lives. I never saw or heard from my father again at least. My mother was very stressed out after that and was never the same. She was always tired from working two jobs but always made time for me. When one of the most popular girls in school, Kikyo, started to pick on she came in and talked to the teacher. She always threw a birthday party for me. And was always nice to my friends. Then it happened when I was in sixth grade.. ."
"Mom I'm home, I told the girl who just moved in down the hall I would come over right after I checked in. Sango is her name I think she seems really nice. Mom?" Kagome set her book bag down by the kitchen table and took a complete lap around the apartment. " Mom, mom?" Kagome stopped looking at the answering machine, "five messages, hmmm.. . that's strange mom should have looked at these by now, I know she should have at least been home for a minute, she's always here when I get home." She turned to look at the refrigerator. There amongst the "A" papers and pictures was a note, written across the front side in her mother's familiar scratch was "Kagome" She carefully unfolded it, looking it over then falling to the ground stunned tears freely falling blurring the ink on the pretty flowered paper. " I'm sorry I have to leave you Kagome, It got to be too much for me. You know if there was any other way I would have chosen it. I won't see you again, please don't try to find me. I love you my little angel. Good bye, I'm always watching over you.. ."
*End flashback*
"I never saw my mom again. I moved in with Ayame and her mother after
that and went on with my life. A year later They found my mother's car in
the local lake. They say she committed suicide. I don't think she did,
but I really don't care." Kagome looked back at InuYasha.
"I'm sorry you went through a lot." InuYasha placed his hand on her's
and gently gave her a quick kiss on the lips. She blushed deeply.
"What was that for?" Kagome chocked out, her mouth going dry. InuYasha
rose to his feet, slowly walking away. He stopped suddenly turning.
"It's okay to move on, No one will blame you.. ."
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A/n: Well what do you think? I don't know, it was the kinda mood I was in I guess. What else do you expect from a Saturday afternoon spent at home? Maybe that kiss came in from just watching the second movie, if you haven't seen it yet its pretty good I recommend it. Not sure what next chapie is going to be about yet, It will come when I write it I guess. Yagate ^_^
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Chapter 5: Looking to the past
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A/n: I was kinda disappointed with the outcome of last chapter so this one has to be better to get me out of my writing slump. KagomeHigurashi66, just hearing you liked it was encouraging, Arigatou!! ^_^ For the rest of you who didn't review, don't be shy it's not like I'm going to hunt you down or anything. Those of you who care or read my other stories I should be updating Night in Demon manner soon, sorry its taken so long I just haven't been inspired. A small side note I'm thinking of stating another story but, all my ideas kinda got shot down quickly. So if you have anything you want to see me write about let me know. It doesn't have to be InuYasha, and if you want to co-author just e-mail me @ DemonessAyame@sailiormoon.com It'll be fun don't worry, I don't bite.. . often.. . Well on with the story. ^_~
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu.. . only every piece of merchandise I can get my hands on that has Inu's face or is associated in any way. Thank you.
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When you look at the night sky what do you see? Are you looking at what's in front of you or are you really looking for yourself? You feel so out of touch with every thing you could just stay there forever, staring blankly hoping to find something you're not really sure of. In the sky you can see your destiny twinkling faintly and intertwined with everyone else's but its still there. Can you find it? Will you ever?.. . ~ Kagome
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"No, no, just leave me alone." Kagome half mumbed into her pillow as she tuned over in her bed kicking the covers off. " Wait, don't leave me. I don't want to be alone." Kagome finished just a pillow collided with her head.
" Hey shut up up there, some of us are trying to sleep." Sesshomaru growled pulling the covers tightly around him and rolling over in his cot slightly lower than the normal beds in the room. (obviously not a morning person, is he?)
"Hey," Ayame sat up in her bed.
"What," Sesshomaru snarled obviously annoyed. Suddenly with out warning he was pelted with three flying objects.
"Lay off Kagome, its not her fault." Kagura looked at Sesshomaru angrily rearing back with her remaining pillow ready for protest.
"She's had enough problems in her life to have nightmares, and she doesn't need any shit off you." Ayame looked at Kagome a deep pain flickering in her eyes coming from somewhere far off behind her exterior, like a long extinguished candle. "Come on now guys is this anyway to start the morning." Sango leaned over the back of the couch. InuYasha and Kouga just tossed a look of confusion to each other and decided it best not to comment.
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"So faintly I can hardly remember.. ." Kagome sighed closing her eyes. She was sitting under a fairly good-sized tree in Golden Gate Park. The sun felt good against her legs that were exposed from her bright pink polka dot betty dress. The shade was cool and welcoming against her face as she relaxed into almost a dream like state.
"What have you been up to?" Kagome jumped a bit, startled at InuYasha's voice. She cracked open and eye to see him standing above her smiling that warm smile that always melted her like a Popsicle left outside on a warm summers day.
"Well not too much of anything, just thinking mostly." She sat up as InuYasha took a seat next to her. "A dream I had brought back some memories I could go without." Kagome looked wistfully out a passing child and her mother. "So carefree and able to be happy, she has her life ahead of her to look forward to and a caring mother by her side to help her through anything that stands in her way from getting to where she wants to be and becoming the person she sees as her self in the near future.. ." Kagome trailed off the smile that was present before now fading to a desolate look of longing.
"You want to tell me what that was all about, it's okay if you don't though." InuYasha asked his voice laced with understanding and sympathy.
"Its along story,"
"I have all the time in the world for you.. ." Kagome smiled turning to face InuYasha then looking back down at the ground.. .
"I was a normal five-year-old kid, happy, smart, and just like every five-year-old I thought the whole world revolved around me. Everything was as it should be and always was going to be that way forever, a normal life for a normal little girl growing up in a small town, or so I thought."
*Flashback*
Five-year-old Kagome is walking with her mother. She is in a burgundy dress and Mary Jane's. She clings tightly to a few fingers of her mom's hand as they walk. " Momma where are you taking me today," Kagome looks up expectantly to her mother.
"School, you know that, you're going to go and be a very bright little girl and make mommy proud right?" She simply smiles down at Kagome who is very excited.
"Anything for you momma." Kagome smiles and laughs as her whole face lights up.
"I'll be back to get you after school is over. I love you my little angel."
"Bye mom I love you too." She waves as her mother leaves and looks of second thoughts about this school thing begin to set in. "Hiya, I'm Ayame are you going into this class?" a little girl with fiery red hair pulled up into two ponytails, a little yellow sun dress and bright happy green eyes smiles looking at Kagome. " Umm yea, I'm Kagome." She smiles back "Kagome hmmm? I like your name." Ayame laughs. " I like yours too." Kagome laughs along. " Let's be friends." Ayame extends a hand to Kagome. "Okay," Kagome takes Ayame's hand and together they walk into the classroom together. They see a little girl standing alone off to the side of the rest of the children. Her black hair is in a neat ponytail and she is in a blue skirt and a frilly blue top, her red eyes are watering as if she is about to cry.
"Hey I know you, you just moved in next door to me." Ayame calls out to her.
"That's right, I don't know any one yet." Kagura looks up as her tears reside.
" You can be our friend." Kagome smiles reaching out to her.
"I'm Kagura, I'm glad I have two friends now instead of none." She laughed as the girls skip off together.
"That was the Happiest day of my life, or at least it was till school was out. My mother was the nicest person in the world I knew besides my new friends, but my father was a completely different story. He always said I was a mistake and wasn't very nice to my mother either. I was glad he wasn't home very often but today, he was. My mother and I moved to apartment after that night, we were afraid for our lives. I never saw or heard from my father again at least. My mother was very stressed out after that and was never the same. She was always tired from working two jobs but always made time for me. When one of the most popular girls in school, Kikyo, started to pick on she came in and talked to the teacher. She always threw a birthday party for me. And was always nice to my friends. Then it happened when I was in sixth grade.. ."
"Mom I'm home, I told the girl who just moved in down the hall I would come over right after I checked in. Sango is her name I think she seems really nice. Mom?" Kagome set her book bag down by the kitchen table and took a complete lap around the apartment. " Mom, mom?" Kagome stopped looking at the answering machine, "five messages, hmmm.. . that's strange mom should have looked at these by now, I know she should have at least been home for a minute, she's always here when I get home." She turned to look at the refrigerator. There amongst the "A" papers and pictures was a note, written across the front side in her mother's familiar scratch was "Kagome" She carefully unfolded it, looking it over then falling to the ground stunned tears freely falling blurring the ink on the pretty flowered paper. " I'm sorry I have to leave you Kagome, It got to be too much for me. You know if there was any other way I would have chosen it. I won't see you again, please don't try to find me. I love you my little angel. Good bye, I'm always watching over you.. ."
*End flashback*
"I never saw my mom again. I moved in with Ayame and her mother after
that and went on with my life. A year later They found my mother's car in
the local lake. They say she committed suicide. I don't think she did,
but I really don't care." Kagome looked back at InuYasha.
"I'm sorry you went through a lot." InuYasha placed his hand on her's
and gently gave her a quick kiss on the lips. She blushed deeply.
"What was that for?" Kagome chocked out, her mouth going dry. InuYasha
rose to his feet, slowly walking away. He stopped suddenly turning.
"It's okay to move on, No one will blame you.. ."
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A/n: Well what do you think? I don't know, it was the kinda mood I was in I guess. What else do you expect from a Saturday afternoon spent at home? Maybe that kiss came in from just watching the second movie, if you haven't seen it yet its pretty good I recommend it. Not sure what next chapie is going to be about yet, It will come when I write it I guess. Yagate ^_^