Chapter 2
"You came home looking like this?!"
Kagome nodded sharply in answer to the healer's question.
Kikyou Shikon shook her head but made no comment.
She was the strongest loving member of her line, and had nearly been disowned recently due to her associations with vampire. Kagome had disliked the girl ever since the trail and looked like her, but Kikyou was an effective healer, and Kagome only turned to the best.
Kagome had been raised to ignore pain so it would not incapacitate her in a fight and tonight those lessons had proved invaluable. Both bones on her right forearm had broken when Naraku grabbed her wrist and threw her into a wall; her head had hit hard enough that had she been human it would have knocked her out. Instead, she had simply drawn another knife with her left hand.
Fortunately, Naraku and his guests had all been more interested in the pleasures willingly provided by their human sycophants than in fighting a vampire hunter, and had quickly lost interest in Kagome and allowed her to escape.
Kagome had been lucky. She had survived because the vampire had gotten bored. That-added to the fact that she hadn't seen Inuyasha-grated on her.
It was almost five o'clock in the morning by the time Kikyou was finished setting the arm. The healer moved on to deal with Kagome's numerous others scrapes, bruises, and minor sprains when Dominique Higurashi returned from hunting and came to see her injured daughter. As she sized up Kagome' condition, her expression was calm, but marked with distinct disapproval.
"You were careless," Dominique chastised, after she heard the details of Kagome's night. "You went into that group unprepared, and you stayed past midnight."
Kagome lowered her gaze, but did not allow her defiant expression to fall.
Finally Kagome spoke up, her voice sure despite Dominique's reproach." Inuyasha was there." Dominique could complain all she liked about Kagome's carelessness, but if Inuyasha was part of that group, then they had a lead to finding him.
"Inuyasha?" Dominique's voice was sharp. "You saw him?"
Kagome shook her head. "One of his prey-marked."
"That doesn't help much unless you saw the vampire himself," Dominique pointed out dryly, and Kagome set her jaw to keep from arguing. "And now we have no way to keep from tracking him down." Kagome did not bother turning over the invitation she had received. After having teased and release the hunter they had found in their midst, the vampire would know better than to host the bash she had mistakenly been invited to.
"You're set," Kikyou said, her normally quiet voice to interrupt the conversation. She patted the cast on Kagome's arm gently. "You'll need a week or so to heal completely, and until then I recommend that you take it easy. Okay?" the last was said with a sharp look to Dominique.
The Higurashi matriarch nodded. "Thank you for your help, Kikyou. Sorry to bother you so late."
Kikyou shrugged, her fatigue visible. "No problem. I was in the neighborhood, at a SingleEarth hospital."
Dominique did not react to the remark, and Kagome copied her mother's neutral mask. SingleEarth. The organization was growing be leaps and bounds, with humans; witched, vampire, and shapeshifters joining, all working toward a common cause: unite al the creatures on Earth. Though a noble goal, it was never going to work. Vampire were hunters, evil by nature, and most were incapable of containing their for bloodshed. Even the vampires at SingleEarth, who survived by feeding on animals or willing donors, admitted that it was painful to love without killing.
"I guess you probably wont be at school tomorrow?" Kikyou asked on her way out.
Kagome glanced to her mother but saw no sympathy. "I'll be there." No matter how hard a night Kagome had had, Dominique was not one to allow her daughter, not even for a few days so she could start at her new school on Monday. Kagome would start bright and early on Wednesday morning.
Kagome had been expelled from her last school for fighting on school grounds. In the process of extinguishing a vampire, some school property had been broken, and the administration had not been particularly understanding. Only some quick thinking by Kagome's brother, Souta, had kept anyone from the finding nody.
After the incident, Dominique had decided to move her daughter away from the constant excitement of the city and into a dull Massachusetts suburb named Acton form Tokyo, Japan. Kikyou and her family lived there.
Dominique returned upstairs to sleep, and Kikyou caught Kagome's good arms.
"I should warn you. There are a few vampires in the school." Upon Kagome's look, she added sternly, "They're harmless, and they have every right to be there. If you hurt any of them-"
"If they're harmless, I'll just ignore them. I can't afford to get kicked out of another school, anyway. Okay?" Kagome offered. Kikyou nodded.
Kagome's pride, already ground into the dirt, deflated even more when the door opened again and her brother entered the house.
"Hey, little sis," Souta greeted her. Noticing the cast, he added, Rough night?"
Souta Higuashi was almost as perfect as their father-intelligent and controlled. He had graduated last year, but was taking a semester off before starting college to train harder, and to "look out for" his little sister.
Right then Souta's brown hair was tousled, and Kagome saw a smear of blood on her dark blue jeans as if she had wiped a knife clean. She had just obviously been fighting, and she had just as obviously won.
Souta patted his sister's shoulder as he passed toward the stairs. "Rest up. The world will survive without you for a week or so."
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"You came home looking like this?!"
Kagome nodded sharply in answer to the healer's question.
Kikyou Shikon shook her head but made no comment.
She was the strongest loving member of her line, and had nearly been disowned recently due to her associations with vampire. Kagome had disliked the girl ever since the trail and looked like her, but Kikyou was an effective healer, and Kagome only turned to the best.
Kagome had been raised to ignore pain so it would not incapacitate her in a fight and tonight those lessons had proved invaluable. Both bones on her right forearm had broken when Naraku grabbed her wrist and threw her into a wall; her head had hit hard enough that had she been human it would have knocked her out. Instead, she had simply drawn another knife with her left hand.
Fortunately, Naraku and his guests had all been more interested in the pleasures willingly provided by their human sycophants than in fighting a vampire hunter, and had quickly lost interest in Kagome and allowed her to escape.
Kagome had been lucky. She had survived because the vampire had gotten bored. That-added to the fact that she hadn't seen Inuyasha-grated on her.
It was almost five o'clock in the morning by the time Kikyou was finished setting the arm. The healer moved on to deal with Kagome's numerous others scrapes, bruises, and minor sprains when Dominique Higurashi returned from hunting and came to see her injured daughter. As she sized up Kagome' condition, her expression was calm, but marked with distinct disapproval.
"You were careless," Dominique chastised, after she heard the details of Kagome's night. "You went into that group unprepared, and you stayed past midnight."
Kagome lowered her gaze, but did not allow her defiant expression to fall.
Finally Kagome spoke up, her voice sure despite Dominique's reproach." Inuyasha was there." Dominique could complain all she liked about Kagome's carelessness, but if Inuyasha was part of that group, then they had a lead to finding him.
"Inuyasha?" Dominique's voice was sharp. "You saw him?"
Kagome shook her head. "One of his prey-marked."
"That doesn't help much unless you saw the vampire himself," Dominique pointed out dryly, and Kagome set her jaw to keep from arguing. "And now we have no way to keep from tracking him down." Kagome did not bother turning over the invitation she had received. After having teased and release the hunter they had found in their midst, the vampire would know better than to host the bash she had mistakenly been invited to.
"You're set," Kikyou said, her normally quiet voice to interrupt the conversation. She patted the cast on Kagome's arm gently. "You'll need a week or so to heal completely, and until then I recommend that you take it easy. Okay?" the last was said with a sharp look to Dominique.
The Higurashi matriarch nodded. "Thank you for your help, Kikyou. Sorry to bother you so late."
Kikyou shrugged, her fatigue visible. "No problem. I was in the neighborhood, at a SingleEarth hospital."
Dominique did not react to the remark, and Kagome copied her mother's neutral mask. SingleEarth. The organization was growing be leaps and bounds, with humans; witched, vampire, and shapeshifters joining, all working toward a common cause: unite al the creatures on Earth. Though a noble goal, it was never going to work. Vampire were hunters, evil by nature, and most were incapable of containing their for bloodshed. Even the vampires at SingleEarth, who survived by feeding on animals or willing donors, admitted that it was painful to love without killing.
"I guess you probably wont be at school tomorrow?" Kikyou asked on her way out.
Kagome glanced to her mother but saw no sympathy. "I'll be there." No matter how hard a night Kagome had had, Dominique was not one to allow her daughter, not even for a few days so she could start at her new school on Monday. Kagome would start bright and early on Wednesday morning.
Kagome had been expelled from her last school for fighting on school grounds. In the process of extinguishing a vampire, some school property had been broken, and the administration had not been particularly understanding. Only some quick thinking by Kagome's brother, Souta, had kept anyone from the finding nody.
After the incident, Dominique had decided to move her daughter away from the constant excitement of the city and into a dull Massachusetts suburb named Acton form Tokyo, Japan. Kikyou and her family lived there.
Dominique returned upstairs to sleep, and Kikyou caught Kagome's good arms.
"I should warn you. There are a few vampires in the school." Upon Kagome's look, she added sternly, "They're harmless, and they have every right to be there. If you hurt any of them-"
"If they're harmless, I'll just ignore them. I can't afford to get kicked out of another school, anyway. Okay?" Kagome offered. Kikyou nodded.
Kagome's pride, already ground into the dirt, deflated even more when the door opened again and her brother entered the house.
"Hey, little sis," Souta greeted her. Noticing the cast, he added, Rough night?"
Souta Higuashi was almost as perfect as their father-intelligent and controlled. He had graduated last year, but was taking a semester off before starting college to train harder, and to "look out for" his little sister.
Right then Souta's brown hair was tousled, and Kagome saw a smear of blood on her dark blue jeans as if she had wiped a knife clean. She had just obviously been fighting, and she had just as obviously won.
Souta patted his sister's shoulder as he passed toward the stairs. "Rest up. The world will survive without you for a week or so."
So tell me how is it? Pleaz review. Thaz you very much.!!!!!!!!!
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