Lone Wolf

I stand alone…..

By Crystal Arrow

Disclaimer- You will notice that there are a lot of original characters in this story, along with the characters from Inuyasha. Please get it through you thick skull that I don't own any of the Inuyasha characters, but all of the original characters, which I am hoping you're able to discern on your own.

Chapter Two: A Normal Life…

Beep…Beep…Beep…CRASH!!!

The alarm clock met a sad end, falling into a very disgusting trash can while being turned off. Upon colliding with the different hard objects inside of my trash can, the thing cracked and the sound died pitifully. "Aiko, is everything alright?" my mother called from the hallway, "It sounds like something broke."

Turning over in bed, I called back, "It's okay, I'm just going to need a new alarm clock."

I stretched, it is impossible for me to just get up from sweet slumber, it always takes me forever to get up. With a contented sigh, I pull the blankets up to my chin. My room was nice and dark, just like I liked it, with no disturbances and no troubles to look forward to…until Mom comes in. My mom, Ayaka comes in every morning exactly ten minutes after I get up when my alarm sounds. She opens the blinds in my sweet little room exposing me to all the troubles of the world again with the light of the beautiful sunrise every morning. She then drops my ironed school uniform on top of me and warns me that my breakfast will get cold if I don't hurry up.

However, until then, I can relax, and get ready for the day my way. Snuggling in bed, I close my eyes and return to the wonderful land of slumber. "Rise and shine, sweet heart!" Mom called as she opened the blinds. I groan as the uninvited light invades my eyes. I try to pull the covers over my head, but instead get my school uniform, freshly ironed, dropped on my head. "Hurry up, Aiko, before your breakfast gets cold."

""I'm up!"

"That's a good girl."

Picking up my clothes, I go into the hallway and into the bathroom. Hanging my uniform for the handle, I tie up my hair, my puffy, wild, shoulder length hair that somehow turned into waves when brushed properly. After a quick shower, I get myself wrapped up in my towel and brush my teeth and wash my face. After getting dressed, I release my wild hair and comb it out, yet again managing to tame it. With one last look in the mirror at my green skirt and white blouse, I turn out of the bathroom and rush downstairs.

I practically jump into my seat and immediately start eating. "How's your breakfast today, sweetie?" My mom asks, smiling down at me.

"As great as always, Mom!" I say after gulping down a mouthful of pancake.

Across from me, my dad, Kazuki, is reading the paper. "Slow down sweet heart, before you choke on your food." Smiling at him, I finish my last bite as he finishes his sentence. Looking up at me, he shakes his head, smiling. "Have a nice day in school, honey."

Rising from the table, I hand my plates to mom, "Okay, Daddy. See you later, Mommy, Daddy." With a wave I rush out of the kitchen and back up to me room where I put on my shoes and pick up my bag. Rushing back downstairs, I pass the kitchen and wave good bye one more time before heading to school. "Bye!!"

Running down the street, I see another girl walking ahead of me. She was a native Japanese, with black hair and dark eyes, but her hair was cropped short, like a boy's. "Hey, Kai!!" I shout.

"Hey, Aiko, I see you forgot your glasses again today." Kai greeted me.

"Nope, got them in my bag." I answer.

"For once."

"Hey! I resent that you know."

Swinging her arm over my shoulder, she leaned on me and laughed, "Has that ever stopped me?"

"Sadly no." I giggle. This is how we always head to school. We walk together, having mock fights and teasing each other. It's fun. Oh, and about the glasses, I can see without them, it's just that some accident back when I was in the orphanage strained a nerve in one of my eyes. When my parents adopted me, the doctor said I should get glasses just so I don't strain the nerve so far that I loose full vision in that eye. But that doesn't stop me from forgetting my glasses!

As you most likely have figured out, my name is Aiko. I'm a girl of who knows what origin adopted by Japanese parents. I don't like to recall my time in the orphanage, those were sad times, so I just think about the present. I have green eyes, and I wear glasses. I'm 15, and am a freshman in high school. Kai is my best friend. I like my life, I don't care that the other girl's in school talk about me behind my back, I don't care, because I have friends that understand me, like Ryushi and Kana, and Kai. I don't need friends that won't like me. So, this is my life, it's the year 2000, and things are great.

Today is great, I'm heading to school with my best friend, Kai, just like I do every other day, nothing could possibly go wrong! Several minutes later, Kai and I reach our school. We were freshman here, so we were practically invisible, however it seems that a certain junior was not. Every day, if she wasn't there, all of her friends would be talking worriedly about this, Kagome girl being sick with some odd diseases that she could not possibly have at her age! Yet the other girls, most of which, friends of Kagome, actually believed it! Not that I care, I don't even know the girl, and I don't care to. Kagome was probably just like all the other girls in school, none of them even know that I exist.

Kai and I passed by a group of junior girls, talking worriedly that Kagome had come down with Down Syndrome, which was absolutely impossible. Down Syndrome was a genetic disorder, a person would not come down with, but have since birth, which Kagome obviously didn't. With a sigh, we passed them by. The day passed just like any other day, I went to my classes, had paper wads thrown at me, heard people talking about me behind my back and teachers be clueless on who the other students were dissing, even when they called me by name and I was in fact in that teacher's class. But hey, that happened every day, and I never let it get me down, today is no different. When the bell rang at two, I left with Kai and headed home, just like any other day.

When I reached home at 2:15, I was greeted by my dad, back home early from work. "Hey, Daddy!" I called out when I came in through the back door.

"Hello sweetie, how was school today?" he asked.

"The usual, nothing special today."

"That's good. You have martial arts class tonight, make sure you get your homework done before then." Dad said.

"Okay, Daddy" was my reply as I hugged him when I found him reading the paper in the living room. With a kiss to my forehead, he sent me up to my room so I could get started on my homework.

I had a lot of homework tonight, but that was according to the other kids. With at least one assignment from every class, I still managed to finish my homework within half an hour. At 2:45, I was finished with all of my homework, as usual.

Now, do you want to know a secret? I'm not here right now. Funny huh? I'm telling you this story from within my mind. I'm in an empty space void, heading who knows where. Today was normal, just like any other day. Do you want to know how I got here? Huh, it's sad, it was just a normal day. At four o'clock, I kissed both of my parents good bye and entered my martial arts school for the last time. I watched as my parents who had taken such good care of me turned away from me and walked away. They had chosen the orphan that nobody wanted, and raised me with more love than I ever knew existed, I wish I could have thanked them… HELL!! I WISH THIS WASN'T HAPPENING!!!

Dressed in my heavy red martial arts uniform, my green belt tied about my waist, I fell into line, Kai in front of me, as usual, her already being a red belt. After stretching and getting warmed up, the master of the school called for us to practice our kicks. The entire class was standing before him, ready for him to signal for us to kick. You should have felt that darkness I felt when the floor disappeared, I was so scared. All of the instructors and students fell through the floor. I remember the shocked screaming and cries of fear from the people around me. I didn't scream, I was too scared. So this is where I am, in an empty void of space, seemly frozen in time. For the past few seconds, the events of this normal day had flashed before my eyes. Somewhere, deep in the back of my mind, I knew, I would never get to go back home,………I wish I could have said goodbye…..I'm so sorry….

Author's note:

Okay, here's the next chapter. It's funny, on the last chapter, I made the story, but I forgot to post the chapter, heehee, yeah, I know, I'm stupid. Note, I've signed this story Crystal Arrow. That's because I'm eventually going to change my penname to that, probably sometime in the following week, I hope. Well, the stories going to become much more detail from here on out, and Inuyasha and co and actually going to appear! Yeah!

~Crystal Arrow