Hey! Second Chapter is here! And I don't know if it worked, but I tried to add something to the first chapter. I added that Kagome's father is Japanese and her mother is American, and her father moved to America when he married her mother. So that makes it a little more like the anime, in the sense that she is Japanese. I didn't want to set it in modern day Japan, cause I know absolutely nothing about Japan. I've never been there, I only watch animes and read mangas.
Chapter I
"I spend all that money on a Christmas tree, and they don't deliver it at least to my door?" Kagome asked herself agitatedly. "Now how am I gonna get it up to my apartment?"
She heard the door to the complex open, and out came the landlord, Mr. Sato, and his son, Koga.
"Need a little help there, Kagome?" Mr. Sato asked kindly.
"Thank You. That would be so great," Kagome said.
"Hey Kagome," Koga greeted, obviously checking her out.
Kagome raised an eyebrow and said a short "Hi".
Mr. Sato and Koga both grabbed an end of the tree, and Kagome held open all the doors for them. After about 15 minutes of struggling, they had it in her small family room.
"Thanks Mr. Sato. I can't believe they didn't even deliver it to my door."
Mr. Sato smiled. "Well, it was no problem to help you."
As Koga left the apartment, giving Kagome one last look, Mr. Sato said, "You know, Kagome, you're a nice young girl. And Koga's still single and looking."
"That's, uh…shocking," Kagome said. She wasn't surprised. Koga always referred to her as "his woman". A lot of women would find that annoying.
Mr. Sato left, and Kagome started decorating her tree. When she was done, she put on her jacket, scarf, hat and gloves and left to get some lunch at the near-by Taco Bell.
"Two hard tacos and a large soda, please," she said to the cashier.
When she sat down to eat, she saw her boss, Mr. Smith, come in. He spotted her right away, ordered his food, and came to sit next to her.
"Hello, Kag!" he greeted. He could never pronounce her name correctly, so she just let him call her Kag.
"Hi Mr. Smith."
"You know, Kag, I have a problem. Everyone is going off on vacation, and I promised my kids I wouldn't work on Christmas. I don't know who I'm going to get to work on Christmas day…" he trailed off and Kagome shook her head.
"No way, Mr. Smith. I am not working Christmas."
He looked desperate. "Please, Kag, you're the only one who-"
"Doesn't have family to visit on the holidays. I know, I know…"she said bitterly.
"So you'll do it?" he asked. But before Kagome could answer, he said, "Great! Thanks a lot, Kag. I'll promote you for employee of the month!" Then he left.
Kagome sighed. She always worked holidays, because she had no family to visit.
Kagome jumped off of the bus in front of Cinnobun. Great, she had to work on Christmas Day.
The building was decorated with wreaths and ribbons and other Christmas-y decorations. Kagome glared bitterly at the decorations before walking in the door to face even more decorations.
Today she was the only cashier, and only a couple people were working in the kitchen. She took off her jacket, put on her apron, and got ready for another slow holiday at Cinnobun. She didn't even think that the golden-haired man would come today. He was probably spending Christmas with his gorgeous model girlfriend, or with his perfect, happy family.
But at seven o'clock, straight up, in he came. He had on a pinstriped, double-breasted suit on, and his hair was neat and clean as usual. He came briskly to the counter and placed his order. When he had paid, he gave a small smile and said, "Merry Christmas" and left.
All Kagome could do was stare. Then, coming out of her reverie, she bonked herself on the head a couple times.
"You had to just stare. Why didn't you say something?! 'Hi!' 'Merry Christmas to you, too!' 'I like your suit!' 'I love you!!'" Then she proceeded to knock herself on the head, earning odd looks from the kitchen staff.
Then, as she looked up, she saw him through the window. He was standing patiently by the bus stop, when two boys came up to him. Kagome couldn't hear what they were saying, but she saw the boys grab the man's bag, push him into the road, and throw the bag back down, having gotten what they wanted.
"Ooooh, Crap!! Hey, can you watch the counter?!" she called into the kitchen. Then she raced out the door to the man on the road.
He was unconscious. There was a red light, so luckily he hadn't gotten hit. But the bus was waiting for the next green light, and if he didn't get out of the road, he would get hit.
"Mr.?! Mr.?! Please, sir, can you get up?! Oh, this isn't good…" Kagome tried desperately to get him to wake up, but to no avail.
So, she got into the road to try and wake him up, but he still wouldn't budge.
Then the light turned green.
"Oh no…Mr.!!!" As the bus drew frighteningly close, she rolled the both of them into the driveway, out of harm's way. The bus stopped, and the door opened.
"Lady, what are you doing?! What happened to him?" the bus driver yelled.
"He got knocked into the road and he won't wake up!" Kagome yelled back frantically.
Then they both heard sirens. Thank God…Kagome thought. Someone had seen and called the ambulance.
As the ambulance approached, she looked down at the man. His eyes opened a crack, and she gave a small, hopefully reassuring smile.
"Hi," she said quietly. His eyes closed and his head fell back down. Then the medics pushed her off of him and rushed him into the ambulance. They raced to the hospital, and Kagome ran inside, got her coat, and took the bus to the hospital.
There's the next chapter! You should find out soon which brother is which! See ya!
-Moony