~*~You Stole My Heart~*~
A/N: Here you go.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha, got it?
Chapter 27: A Shrine Priestess
Kagome sat next to Sango in gym class and stared into space.
"He's avoiding me," she thought as she glanced at Inu Yasha. "He avoided me during all our classes and lunch. I wish he would say something.."
"Okay, class!" Ms. Kaede exclaimed. "Today, I will announce the two top teams. The first team is-"
The gym doors flew open and Ms. Takahashi hurried over to Ms. Kaede. She whispered something into her ear and as she did, Ms. Kaede stared at Kagome. When Ms. Takahashi was done, Ms. Kaede cleared her throat.
"Kagome Higurashi, please come here. There has been a family emergency."
Kagome gasped, stood up, and walked over to her.
"You are to go to the main office where your mother is waiting for you," Ms. Kaede told her softly. "Such a shame that you have to go..your team was one of the top two too."
"Will my team still be able to participate in the final competition?" Kagome asked.
"Of course child," Ms. Kaede answered gently. "Now take your things and go."
*****
"Mom, what is it?"
"Kagome!" Mrs. Higurashi cried out. "Your grandfather was stabbed!"
"What?"
"Kagome," her mother sobbed. "Your grandfather.he died."
*****Wednesday*****
Kagome rang the shrine bell 3 times in the late afternoon to signal that it was 3:00.
"Me, Kagome Higurashi, a shrine priestess," she whispered. She was wearing a traditional miko garb, like the one from the festival play. "How did it all end up like this?"
~Flashback~ A/N: This is after Grandpa's funeral (which was on Tuesday)
"Kagome," Mrs. Higurashi said to her daughter. "You won't be going to school for the rest of this year. You're going to be a shrine priestess and you'll be helping with the shrine until we move this Friday, December 30."
"But, I want to go to school!" Kagome argued. "Why do we have to move?"
"Don't argue with me, Kagome. I've made up my mind, and no one, NO ONE, will be able to change my decision."
~End of Flashback~
"I understand her grief," Kagome mumbled. "I feel sad myself, but this is just-unfair."
"KAGOME!" a voice shouted from the shrine steps. Kagome shot her head in that direction.
"Sango?" she said in disbelief. Her best friend ran over to her and hugged her.
"Kagome," Sango said again. "Why'd you miss school yesterday and why did you leave in the beginning of gym class on Monday?"
"My grandpa died," Kagome's voice wavered.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," Sango said quickly. "But how did he die?"
"He was stabbed."
"He was stabbed?!"
"Uh huh."
"Why would someone stab someone so innocent as your grandfather?"
"I don't know," Kagome replied silently. "The police are still investigating."
"Is there any piece of evidence?" Sango asked.
"A knife. The murderer left it stuck in Grandpa's chest."
"Man, the person is S.T.U.P.I.D.," Sango remarked. "That would give the police some help since the knife will have fingerprints."
"What if they were wearing gloves?"
"Oh, good point."
"All we can wish for is a miracle to help us find the killer."
"Yup," Sango sighed. "Anyways, guess what?"
"What?" Kagome said with boredom.
"Our team is one of the top two."
"That's great," Kagome answered sarcastically.
Sango frowned, "Don't be like that. Anyways, can you guess who the other team is?"
"Kikyo's team," Kagome said knowingly.
"How did you know?"
"I'm psychic."
"Really, Kagome."
"Isn't it obvious? Kikyo is one of the top volleyball players, remember?"
"Oh, yeah." Sango slapped her forehead. "Gee, I'm dumb."
"No you aren't."
"Kagome?"
"Hm?"
"What's the matter with you?"
"Nothing."
"Don't lie."
"Really, nothing."
"Tell me, Kagome, NOW."
Kagome sighed in exasperation.
"Fine," she grumbled. "I'm can't go to school for the rest of this year. I have to be a shrine priestess."
Sango gaped, "WHAT?!"
Kagome continued, "I'm moving on Friday morning too."
"NO!" Sango said desperately. "We need you! We're going to lose the final competition if you aren't there to help us!"
"I'm sorry, Sango," Kagome said sadly. "But my mom made up her mind and it's going to stay that way."
"No!" Sango repeated, tears streaming down her face. "You can't do this to us-to me! You're my best friend!"
She ran off and made her way down the shrine entrance steps, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Sango." Kagome whispered.
*****Thursday*****Lunchtime*****
"Sango," Miroku waved a hand in front of his girlfriend's face. Sango continued to sit still. "What's wrong?"
A tear slipped down her cheek.
"You're crying," Miroku said, surprised. He hugged her and asked comfortingly, "Tell me what's wrong."
Sango's mouth twitched and then she broke out into a small sob. Miroku looked at Inu Yasha and they both stared at her.
"Kagome-Kagome is-is mo-moving," she managed to say.
"Kagome is moving?" Miroku asked.
Inu Yasha frowned.
"Kagome is moving?" he asked the same question.
Sango nodded. Inu Yasha felt a jab in his heart.
"When is she leaving?" Miroku inquired.
"Friday morning," Sango replied bitterly.
"That's the day of our volleyball match though!"
..Silence..
"We're going to lose," Miroku moaned.
*****Thursday, 3:30 P.M.*****
Kagome swept the shrine courts slowly.
"Tomorrow," she murmured. "Tomorrow I move."
Everything was packed up, ready to be moved tomorrow. She looked up at the sky.
'I'll never forget this place,' she thought. 'I loved it here so much..'
Kagome sighed and continued sweeping the brick ground.
A silver jeep pulled up in front of the shrine. Her eyes wandered over to the street. She gasped and rubbed her eyes.
"It can't be-Inu Yasha?" she thought. "I thought he was avoiding me."
Her heart thumped against her chest and she quickly dropped the broom and ran inside the house. Once inside, she scrambled up the stairs, ran into her room, slammed the door shut, slumped down against the wall beside it, and cried softly to herself-knowing that she would move tomorrow, knowing- that there was no chance of them being together.
A/N: That was the saddest chapter that I'd ever typed! I mean it! My eyes filled up with tears as I wrote this, literally! Well, review! Let's see: 2-3 chapters left! ^_^
A/N: Here you go.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha, got it?
Chapter 27: A Shrine Priestess
Kagome sat next to Sango in gym class and stared into space.
"He's avoiding me," she thought as she glanced at Inu Yasha. "He avoided me during all our classes and lunch. I wish he would say something.."
"Okay, class!" Ms. Kaede exclaimed. "Today, I will announce the two top teams. The first team is-"
The gym doors flew open and Ms. Takahashi hurried over to Ms. Kaede. She whispered something into her ear and as she did, Ms. Kaede stared at Kagome. When Ms. Takahashi was done, Ms. Kaede cleared her throat.
"Kagome Higurashi, please come here. There has been a family emergency."
Kagome gasped, stood up, and walked over to her.
"You are to go to the main office where your mother is waiting for you," Ms. Kaede told her softly. "Such a shame that you have to go..your team was one of the top two too."
"Will my team still be able to participate in the final competition?" Kagome asked.
"Of course child," Ms. Kaede answered gently. "Now take your things and go."
*****
"Mom, what is it?"
"Kagome!" Mrs. Higurashi cried out. "Your grandfather was stabbed!"
"What?"
"Kagome," her mother sobbed. "Your grandfather.he died."
*****Wednesday*****
Kagome rang the shrine bell 3 times in the late afternoon to signal that it was 3:00.
"Me, Kagome Higurashi, a shrine priestess," she whispered. She was wearing a traditional miko garb, like the one from the festival play. "How did it all end up like this?"
~Flashback~ A/N: This is after Grandpa's funeral (which was on Tuesday)
"Kagome," Mrs. Higurashi said to her daughter. "You won't be going to school for the rest of this year. You're going to be a shrine priestess and you'll be helping with the shrine until we move this Friday, December 30."
"But, I want to go to school!" Kagome argued. "Why do we have to move?"
"Don't argue with me, Kagome. I've made up my mind, and no one, NO ONE, will be able to change my decision."
~End of Flashback~
"I understand her grief," Kagome mumbled. "I feel sad myself, but this is just-unfair."
"KAGOME!" a voice shouted from the shrine steps. Kagome shot her head in that direction.
"Sango?" she said in disbelief. Her best friend ran over to her and hugged her.
"Kagome," Sango said again. "Why'd you miss school yesterday and why did you leave in the beginning of gym class on Monday?"
"My grandpa died," Kagome's voice wavered.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," Sango said quickly. "But how did he die?"
"He was stabbed."
"He was stabbed?!"
"Uh huh."
"Why would someone stab someone so innocent as your grandfather?"
"I don't know," Kagome replied silently. "The police are still investigating."
"Is there any piece of evidence?" Sango asked.
"A knife. The murderer left it stuck in Grandpa's chest."
"Man, the person is S.T.U.P.I.D.," Sango remarked. "That would give the police some help since the knife will have fingerprints."
"What if they were wearing gloves?"
"Oh, good point."
"All we can wish for is a miracle to help us find the killer."
"Yup," Sango sighed. "Anyways, guess what?"
"What?" Kagome said with boredom.
"Our team is one of the top two."
"That's great," Kagome answered sarcastically.
Sango frowned, "Don't be like that. Anyways, can you guess who the other team is?"
"Kikyo's team," Kagome said knowingly.
"How did you know?"
"I'm psychic."
"Really, Kagome."
"Isn't it obvious? Kikyo is one of the top volleyball players, remember?"
"Oh, yeah." Sango slapped her forehead. "Gee, I'm dumb."
"No you aren't."
"Kagome?"
"Hm?"
"What's the matter with you?"
"Nothing."
"Don't lie."
"Really, nothing."
"Tell me, Kagome, NOW."
Kagome sighed in exasperation.
"Fine," she grumbled. "I'm can't go to school for the rest of this year. I have to be a shrine priestess."
Sango gaped, "WHAT?!"
Kagome continued, "I'm moving on Friday morning too."
"NO!" Sango said desperately. "We need you! We're going to lose the final competition if you aren't there to help us!"
"I'm sorry, Sango," Kagome said sadly. "But my mom made up her mind and it's going to stay that way."
"No!" Sango repeated, tears streaming down her face. "You can't do this to us-to me! You're my best friend!"
She ran off and made her way down the shrine entrance steps, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Sango." Kagome whispered.
*****Thursday*****Lunchtime*****
"Sango," Miroku waved a hand in front of his girlfriend's face. Sango continued to sit still. "What's wrong?"
A tear slipped down her cheek.
"You're crying," Miroku said, surprised. He hugged her and asked comfortingly, "Tell me what's wrong."
Sango's mouth twitched and then she broke out into a small sob. Miroku looked at Inu Yasha and they both stared at her.
"Kagome-Kagome is-is mo-moving," she managed to say.
"Kagome is moving?" Miroku asked.
Inu Yasha frowned.
"Kagome is moving?" he asked the same question.
Sango nodded. Inu Yasha felt a jab in his heart.
"When is she leaving?" Miroku inquired.
"Friday morning," Sango replied bitterly.
"That's the day of our volleyball match though!"
..Silence..
"We're going to lose," Miroku moaned.
*****Thursday, 3:30 P.M.*****
Kagome swept the shrine courts slowly.
"Tomorrow," she murmured. "Tomorrow I move."
Everything was packed up, ready to be moved tomorrow. She looked up at the sky.
'I'll never forget this place,' she thought. 'I loved it here so much..'
Kagome sighed and continued sweeping the brick ground.
A silver jeep pulled up in front of the shrine. Her eyes wandered over to the street. She gasped and rubbed her eyes.
"It can't be-Inu Yasha?" she thought. "I thought he was avoiding me."
Her heart thumped against her chest and she quickly dropped the broom and ran inside the house. Once inside, she scrambled up the stairs, ran into her room, slammed the door shut, slumped down against the wall beside it, and cried softly to herself-knowing that she would move tomorrow, knowing- that there was no chance of them being together.
A/N: That was the saddest chapter that I'd ever typed! I mean it! My eyes filled up with tears as I wrote this, literally! Well, review! Let's see: 2-3 chapters left! ^_^