Tragic Hearts
By Alex
Chapter Summary- Kagome got caught up into her curiosity and ended up reading the diary. It was very sad to learn how this girl's 'Kikyo' life was altered since her childhood years. Kagome came to realized she had took her family for granted…
Chapter 2 - Family is important…
"Kagome!" A sudden call startled her.
Kagome quickly pulled away from the pocket that holds the diary. "Souta?" She asked.
"Come here!" He yelled for her.
Kagome quickly got out of the bathroom and out of her room and into Souta's. "What is it?" She asked worriedly.
"Look! I beat my high score!" Souta exclaimed excitedly.
Kagome's face faulted.
"What?" Souta asked her, confused.
"I thought something happened to you, you little twerp!" Kagome growled. "You made me run here just to see your stupid score?"
Souta frowned. "Why, I'm sorry." He said, sarcastically. 'Sisters…' He thought.
PLAY AGAIN? Popped up onto his screen after a listing of his high scores came to an end.
"You bet!" Souta yelled and clicked yes, he then glued his eyes back to the screen as the game begins again.
Kagome rolled her eyes. 'Brothers…' She thought as she left his room.
Kagome made it to her room in 2 minutes, she was walking. She opened her door and found Buyo sleeping on her mattress. 'Lazy cat, does nothing all day except getting in trouble, sleep, and eat.' Kagome sighed and made her way to her mattress. 'I wish I could be like that…'
She sat on the far end of where Buyo was sleeping and took out the small blue book. 'Hmm…should I even be reading this?' Kagome asked herself. Hey, it IS a diary, something that's meant to be kept away from wondering curious eyes.
Kagome managed to push the guilt away after a few seconds and opened the little book to it's first page.
It read…
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August 10, 1990
My name is Kikyo Higurashi, I am the heir of the most richest couple on the face of Japan. I have everything, anything anyone could ever wish for. But I am not satisfy. For there is one thing in the world that I cannot have, if by destiny, the love of my one true love. You could say I am but a selfish princess like every other but I say differ. Some times, you just cannot have what you want, but in my case, I'm used to having all that I desire. Here's my tragic life, as they all say, for you all to avoid countering someday. I learned that sometimes, you just have to be grateful with what you already have …
It all started on…
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"KAGOME!"
Kagome abruptly closed the diary. 'It was mom.' She acknowledged. "COMING." Kagome yelled back. 'Gosh, ma home already?'
She looked around. 'Where to hide this? Where to hide this?' Kagome's eyes widen at her underwear drawer. "Perfect." Kagome thought as she made her way to the drawer.
Kagome opened it and dug deeply into her pile of clean underwear. She place the diary all the way at the bottom of the small cabinet, near her grandmother's great, great, great grandmother's crystal jewel.
Te jewel was past down from generations to generations and now it came to her as her 15 birthday present. That was how old her grandmother's great, great, great grandmother was when she received the jewel from a boy she secretly loved…or so the story was told.
Kagome treasured the jewel, not because it was the most beautiful thing she ever laid eyes on but because it was very special.
"KAGOME!" Her mom called again, this time desperately.
Kagome tear her eyes away from the jewel and closed her drawer. She quickly made her way out of her room and down the stairs.
Her mom wasn't in the living room so she ran into the kitchen. Kagome couldn't help but laughed at the sight.
Her mom was hanging from the ceiling's fan. It was pretty high up.
"Help me down honey!" She ordered, frightened.
"How did you get up there?" Kagome snickered a laugh.
"No time to explain dear, I'm going to fall any second!" Her mom panicked.
"Alright alright." Kagome looked around and she mentally hit herself on the head. 'Yeah Kagome, as if a ladder on the floor isn't noticeable.'
Kagome put the ladder back up and towards her mother. Her mother quickly grabbed onto the ladder and climbed down.
Right when she was down safely, she sighed in relief and sat down on a chair. "Dear, never climb on a ladder without anyone there to help you." She gave Kagome a smile. "Or you might end up hanging on to dear life."
Kagome and her mother started laughing at that.
"Dang mom, I didn't expect you this early." Kagome exclaimed as she sat onto a chair next to her mother.
"Early?" Her mom gestured her to the clock.
Kagome was surprised, it was already 9:38, almost 10. "But I didn't heard your car alarm." She said, as if to explain why she didn't know her mom was home.
Mrs. Higurashi smiled. "The alarm broke yesterday honey."
"Oh…" Kagome said, kind of feeling stupid. 'Car alarm isn't the reason…the book.' She remembered. It was interesting and she felt like reading it. "Mom."
"Yes dear?" Mrs. Higurashi turn to her daughter.
"Don't worry about dinner, I'm covered at Sango's." Kagome said as she stood up.
"Oh?" Her mom said, kind of disappointed.
Kagome nodded. "I'm just gonna go up to my room and…uh, do my homework." She did a white lie.
"Ok honey." Her mom gave her a smile. "Call Souta down for me."
"K." Kagome turn and headed up the stairs. She look back to see her mom in front of the stove. She felt bad for asking to skip dinner but then again, she could have dinner with her family tomorrow and such.
"Hey Souta!" Kagome called to her little brother when she reached her room. She wanted to read the diary badly and was too lazy to walk to his room. "SOUTA!" Kagome yelled again.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Souta yelled back as he ran out. "Geez lady, what's up?"
Kagome glared at that title. "Mom. Dinner. Go." Kagome replied and gestured downstairs.
Right after she finished, Souta made a run downstairs. "Fooooooodddddddd!" He screamed excitedly as if he hadn't eaten the whole day.
Kagome's eyes widen at that. It was true, she hadn't left anything out for him to chow on when he got home today. 'Oh shoot!' Kagome turned to the stairs. "Shut up you brat!!!" She yelled after him, though it was clearly useless.
Kagome quickly made her way into her room and locked it. Half of her felt bad for forgetting to feed Souta before she went to Sango's house. Then again, it wasn't her fault. She was embarrassed because of Inuyasha and went striate to Sango's.
'You could of fed him when you got home.' Kagome reasoned with herself. She sighed and sat down onto her bed. Her fat cat was still dead asleep. 'Lucky cat, you don't have to worry about feeding…' Kagome stopped when she remembered she hadn't fed Buyo either.
"Oh man." She gently shook the cat. "Buyo." She said softly.
It meowed and yawned.
Kagome got up and opened the door. "Out Buyo, go to the kitchen." Kagome had a feeling her mom knew she hadn't feed Souta and is preparing food for Buyo too.
The cat stared at her for a mere second before leaving the room.
Kagome closed the door after the cat. She took out the book from her drawer and leaped onto bed. 'Bed time story!' She exclaimed in her thoughts as she made herself comfortable.
Kagome then opened to the first page, continuing what she had started reading earlier.
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…August 10 1957, when I was 17. I was one of those who, as people say, mature faster than others. But they don't bother to wonder why is that. If my parents were there for me as other kids' parents, I may of still enjoy my childhood. No, it's not their fault…it's the world's fault. If everything don't rely on money, then maybe I wouldn't of lost them to the cruel world of business.
People may think it's lucky to be rich, loaded with anything and everything you can dream of…wish, but they're wrong. I may have had everything a kid can dream of owning, but I don't have one thing every kid should have but take granted for…time with their parents. Sure my parents are alive, but some times I have my doubts.
I rarely get to see them, they're to busy that they couldn't have even one second with their one and only daughter. Actually, it is when I turned 9 that I was introduced to my 4 year old 'sister'. I wouldn't exactly call her my sister though. She looks nothing like me, share not one single interest in what I do. It doesn't really matter anyways, she was gone when I turned 13.
My dear sister Kaede. I hope she is happy where she is now. I'm not much of an admitter to things. I do so miss her very much. The way she calls me 'sister Kikyo' and floods me with her immature questions. I've tried to ask my parents where they had sent her to, but I never got the chance. It's really a wonder to me if I really do have parents.
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Kagome couldn't bare to continue. She quickly closed the little book. Two tears dropped onto the cover, it landed on the name in the middle.
'Omg, the poor girl.' Kagome thought. She felt guilty all over now. 'The girl never had any chance to see her parents…and here I am, in my room while my family is eating downstairs.'
Kagome quickly place the blue book away in her underwear drawer and ran downstairs.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Kagome exclaimed as she gave them both kisses. Her eyes landed on a confused Souta. "My dear little brother!" She squealed and ran over to hug him tight. "Don't you ever leave me!"
Souta's eyes gone wide. "Eww!! Cooties!" He yelled and tried to pry his sister off. "What up with you?" He asked once she finally let go.
"Nothing." Kagome replied, not a little calm. "I just love my family!"
Mrs. And Mr. Higurashi didn't know what's up wit their daughter but it was fine by them. They thought maybe her hormones were acting up or something happened today that made her so happy.
Kagome ignored her family's awkward stare at her and started digging in on the little spread. "Yum!" She exclaimed as she bit into the food.
That made her mother smile. "Eat as much as you want honey, there's plenty."
Kagome nodded, her mouth was stuffed with food.
Souta glared at her. "Geez woman, didn't you heard mom? There's a lot more so stop eating as if you're going to starve…"
Kagome turned to him. "Aww you're so adorable Souta!" She smiled, then turned to her parents. "Isn't he just the cutest?" She asked as she pinch one of his cheeks.
Their dad laughed softly. "Yes dear, all of god's children are beautiful."
Their mom smiled warmly. 'It's good to see them getting along…'
Souta gave her a death glare and swipe her hand away. "Something is wrong with you today…did you bump your head on something???"
"Don't be silly little brother." Kagome pulled him into a death hug. "It's just that I love you so much!"
Souta was freaked out by now. This was the Kagome who wouldn't talk to him on a daily basis, who would yell at him if he touched anything that belonged to her, who would pretend he wasn't related to her when going outside, who would well…not exactly proud to be his sister.
'Something is REALLY wrong with her…did she just discovered she has cancer or something???' He wondered, pushing his sister away.
Kagome gradually let go of him and continued eating. "So pop, how was work?"
Boy was Mr. Higurashi surprised. Kagome never seemed interested in how his day went…today was a big mystery.
"Uh, good honey." He only replied. Hey, if he starts describing his day in details, maybe he'll push his luck.
"Oh that's good to hear!" Kagome exclaimed. "But did anything unordinary happened??" She asked afterwards. "I would love to hear it."
Mr. Higurashi smiled. Mrs. Higurashi was also happy in her daughter's change of attitude. Souta, in the other hand, wanted his sister back.
"Oh ok." Mr. Higurashi took another bit out of his dinner. He swallowed and cleared his throat. "I went into the office and…"
-----26 minutes past-----
"Dang daddy, that seemed like an awesome day!" Kagome exclaimed after hearing his whole story. 'Never thought his life would be that interesting….' She thought.
"Souta, honey, wake up." Mrs. Higurashi gently shook Souta. "You're lying all over your rice dear."
"Huh? What? Where am I???" Souta asked as he opened his eyes. "Damn…" He moaned as he rub his head.
"Oh I almost forgot!" Kagome suddenly yelled, getting up. "Excuse me father." She bowed slightly to her father. "Mother." She gave a little bow to her too. "Souta." She said and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
Souta almost died. 'God! What did you do to Kagome??? I want her back!!! Please, I'm sorry for everything I've ever done! Give me back my stupid sister please!' He mentally begged.
Kagome brought herself towards the sink with her plate. She placed it in and filled it with water. "If anyone needs me, I'll be up in my room." Kagome smiled warmly at her family before leaving.
Mr. And Mrs. Higurashi nodded and smiled back while Souta stared in bewilderment.
Kagome skipped up the stairs and to her room humming happily. 'I dunno what I'll ever do without them!' She thought.
To Be Continued….?