A.N.This is my first attempt at a fanfic, so my muse commands you to be kind or he'll cry-- well not cry, maybe just grab a box a pocky and shrug.... but hey, I'll cry! But if it's utterly horrible, I'll cut it off, I promise
Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Inuysha..... But if I did mwahahaha
Dancing in the Moonlight
By: Silver Rae
Chapter 1
The
sun poured through the thin gold trimmed navy blue curtains of
Higurashi Kagome's temporary bedroom.
Kagome was a raven
haired twenty-two-year-old with lively blue-gray eyes that were now
slightly dull.
She contemplated her situation as she raced
around her room, tripping over random objects strewn across the floor
in the dim light.
"Aya!" The raven haired girl
shrieked, as she landed on her rear.
"Ow..." she
winced while she got up. She frowned at the iron that caused her
fall, and continued her search for the outfit she should have put out
for her to wear before she fell asleep. 'Shoulda, woulda, coulda,'
Kagome thought with a roll of her eyes.
If the circumstances
were different, she would have been ecstatic. She had managed an
interview with a prominent company. She had applied for secretary.
Kagome sighed, 'I would be able to get a better job than
that, but I have to be home before four o'clock. I hate working late,
then leaving Souta to make his own meal when he comes back from
school. Buying those instant noodles didn't help at all. Last time he
made Ramen, he burned it.' She sweat-dropped, 'How in the world can
you burn Ramen?'
She and her brother were close, and despite
their occasional spouts, they depended deeply on one another.
That
thought brought a smile to her face as she ran around in her
undergarments, searching for her black knee length skirt.
Kagome
was glad that she had someone who had her back. Especially now. It
was a hard time for the siblings.
The Higurashi well-house
had caught fire while Mrs. Higurashi and Kagome's grandfather were
still inside. They were looking for Buyo, the family cat, who was now
at the veterinarian's in special care.
Both her grandfather
and her mother were in critical condition at the best hospital in
Kyoto. Kagome and Souta had been out when the accident happened,
buying a celebratory cake for Souta's grades on his progress report.
That was 2 weeks ago; it was now mid-October.
Kagome picked
up her white blouse, and put it on with a sigh.
'I really
hope our luck turns.'
After finding her matching suit jacket,
she shoved her dainty feet into her black high heel shoes. They were
two inch heels. Normally she wouldn't have bought shoes so high, but
it was on a spur that she did.
She decided that she would
place her hair up in a bun and stick with a professional look.
Leaving her room, she headed downstairs to the kitchen. The
clock on the wall said that it was 5:45 a.m. Souta would be awake in
fifteen minutes. She would leave after she made sure that he caught
the bus to school.
He had gotten a scholarship, which
fortunately provided transportation.
She had decided the
night before that she was going to move into her parents home that
was by a secluded beach. It would be better than what they had now.
They were sharing the house with a woman that was never home, but on
the rare occasion that she was, she would always be sickeningly
drunk.
She had told Souta, and he had heartily agreed. They
had started packing, and would be out in two days.
Unfortunately,
she had forgotten that her parent's house was an hour away, and that
she would have to quit her jobs in order to carry out her plan.
Souta would have to stay at his friend Kohaku's house in
order to stay at the same high school, but it would only be for the
weekdays.
She had never met Kohaku because she was so busy,
but she would have to arrange a date to meet him and his family if
Souta was going to stay with them.
"This is all so
unorganized!" She whispered fiercely.
"I'm never
doing anything on some stupid incite ever again," She groaned as
she got out eggs, bacon, and orange juice from the fridge that their
house-mate kept so well stocked. She pulled the bread off the counter
as well.
Though she rarely ate any of it, she was always out
doing God knows what.
She sighed for the umpteenth time as
she made her and Souta breakfast.
Souta, a brown haired boy
with cinnamon eyes, came down thirty minutes later after he had
showered, brushed his teeth and was dressed in his high school
uniform.
Kagome shoved a plate in front of him along with a
cup of orange juice. "Here you go, eat up!"
Souta
grinned, "Smells great sis, thanks a lot."
Kagome
sat across form him at the table "No prob..."
She
put her head on the table. "So tired!"
Souta
frowned, 'She can't keep pushing herself like this, it's only Monday
and yet she's so exhausted.'
Kagome sighed "I have to
go. Make sure not to leave the house until the bus comes to pick you
up. And call my cell phone as soon as you get to school. I want to
make sure you get there okay."
Souta gave a salute:
"Yes, ma'am!"
Kagome rolled her eyes, and ruffled
her brother's hair. He gasped in feign annoyance.
"Hey,
I just combed it...took forever to make my hair all nice and--!"
Kagome giggled, "Bye, Souta. i'll be home by nine this
morning, and I'll finish packing the rest of our stuff, and have it
sent to the house,"
' I also have to call Kohaku's
family.' She added with a sigh.
Souta nodded, a troubled look
marring his handsome features. "Okay, I'll see you later, but
please get some rest."
Kagome smiled, waved and walked
out of the house, keys in hand.
She didn't have time to rest.
She had to call her Uncle Mushin, and tell him that she had to quit
her job at his eminent hotel. Her uncle let her have a job there, and
paid her double so that he could help pay for his sister-in-law's
hospital bill.
"Well maybe I don't have to quit, I could
just work there on weekends." She smiled.
"Finally,
one thing straightened out.... Now like five more to go."
She
hopped in her car. It was a blue convertible that her father had left
to her before he passed on.
She smiled sadly, as she drove to
I & S. It was a very successful company that used to be lead by
father and son, but the father had passed on earlier that year.
She
reached there in twenty minutes. She straightened her skirt, "I'll
just go in, tell them that I am no longer interested in the job, and
come out." She briskly walked up to the building, and pulled
open the door.
Sadly, for Higurashi Kagome, nothing ever went
as planned...
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A.N. Sorry if it's short. Or if it's too long. Review Please! Tell me how good, or bad it was. I need your opinion to make the story better.... Or to know if this is a lost case.
Rae : Wow... Chapter 1 done! Hurray!!! Now, I can work on the mystery of why my credit card bills are so high... Rae mumbles taking out a pile of bills
Silver: That rhymed! One done, one done, one done takes out a box of pocky, and munched on some One done, one done, one done—
Rae: Hey.... Where do you get all that pocky anyway?!
Silver: Um.... From the store
Rae: glares But you have no money
Silver: That's where your credit card comes in....
Rae: eye starts twitching as Rae menacingly advances on her muse