My Reflection

Chapter 2: The New Kagome

"INUYASHA! GET OUT!" yelled kagome as she grabbed her pillow and threw it at InuYasha. He caught it and threw it on her bed.

"Why did you hit me Kagome?!" said InuYasha as he climbed into her room and sat down Indian style on her bed. He refused to move and said, "Answer me Kagome!"

"You wanna know why InuYasha! IT'S BECAUSE IM NOT KIKYO! GOT IT! I'm sick and tired of you calling me your old lover. I'M NOT KIKYO! NOW GET OUT!" kagome screamed as she pointed out the window. InuYasha began to glow and lift into the air. He frantically tried to sit down when he went zooming out the window, through the well and into the feudal times.

Kagome looked out the window with her eyes wide open. She then looked down at the finger she used to point outside. It was faintly glowing green. She opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't seem to say anything. Kagome turned around and continued to look at her finger.

Maybe, it works on everything! I'll just do a quick test.

Kagome pointed at her stuffed teddy bear and then quickly pointed to her wall. Nothing happened. She looked at her finger and then at the teddy.

Why isn't working now? What was different? Kagome pondered. Then it hit her! I was MAD at InuYasha! Maybe, if im mad at my teddy bear, it'll fly towards the wall.

Kagome looked at the teddy. Its cute button eyes and yarn mouth. She couldn't hurt it. Then she had an idea. She ran outside the house and gathered some sticks and other things. Then, she set up a little InuYasha doll in the corner. Smiling at her work, she took a few steps back and looked at it. She could hear InuYasha talking in her mind; she despised how he called her Kikyo or made her feel inferior. Her finger began to glow green again, and she pointed at the makeshift InuYasha.

"I HATE YOU! GET OUT!" she screamed, and the doll, lifted up and smashed against the tree, where she pointed.

"Ka...Kagome!" said a voice from behind her. She slowly turned around and saw her grandpa.

"Oh, h...hey gramps!" Kagome said as she smiled. What a relief! I thought it was Hojo or someone else! Kagome thought. She didn't want to be thought of as a freak. She began to walk back into the house, when her grandpa stopped her.

"Kagome Higurashi! Where are you going?" Grandpa Higurashi said. He pointed at the sticks and then to the spot in front of him. They zoomed over and stacked themselves into a perfect stick pyramid. Kagome looked at grandpa, then at the sticks

"You...You too Grandpa?" Kagome said as she looked at her own finger.

"How do you think I clean this place up so fast?" her grandpa said, laughing. Kagome smiled and then asked her grandpa what this was and why it was happening to her.

"Well, my dear, this is called the Shingon Finger. It's a technique that allows you to move things, kind of like Telekinesis, but much more powerful." Grandpa explained, "If you come to me everyday after school for about three weeks, I can teach you to control it."

Kagome smiled and hugged her grandpa. She ran into the house and asked her mom a very important question.

"Sure Kagome, I might not like it, but if that's what you want." Mrs. Higurashi said. Kagome hugged her mom and ran upstairs to get her money. She quickly jammed her savings of four hundred into her wallet.

Then she ran outside and grabbed her Sledgehammer Bike and peddled off towards the mall. She arrived in thirty minutes. The mall wasn't extremely far from her house, but it was a ways. She chained up her bike and walked inside the mall.

As she opened the door, the wave of cool air hit her and made her hair fly back. She walked straight up to the map of the mall and searched for what she was looking for.

"Ah ha! #43! Let's, see, if im here, it should be...right next to the shoe store, on the second floor!" Kagome said as she ran for the stairs. She climbed up the stairs and turned the corner. She then bumped into her friends from school.

"Hey Kagome! How's it going?" said Akio

"Pretty good, I'm on my way to the Salon. You guy's wanna come?" Kagome said

Akio and Kaiko followed her towards the salon and they talked about the end of school coming closer and closer. It was only three weeks away, so when Kagome finished her training, school would be over and she could go to the feudal times all she wanted. She could hang out with Sango all she wanted!

Kagome, Akio, and Kaiko walked into the salon. Kagome's regular hair stylist rushed over to her.

"Kagome! It's good to see you again girl!" Joe said

"Hey Joe! I'm here for something a Lil different today!" Kagome said as she whispered in his ear what she wanted.

"Really? Well, that might look good! What the heck, I'll do it!" Joe said as he pointed her to a chair. Kagome chuckled as she remembered the Shingon Finger. She sat down as Joe began to work.

Akio and Kaiko stood up and gasped at Kagome's new hair style. She looked completely different!

"Ka...Kagome! It's...WOW!" Akio said as she walked towards Kagome. She touched it and Kagome smiled

"It's not to much is it?" Kagome asked

"Oh, no! It's perfect!" Kaiko said, she touched the other side of Kagome's hair and smiled, "A girl!"

Kagome paid for her haircut and then She, Kaiko, and Akio walked across the mall towards the big store labeled: HOT TOPIC. They walked in and looked around. Kagome found what she was looking for and took it to the dressing room. Akio and Kaiko kept handing her more clothes to wear. Kagome came out of the room dressed in each one. Kaiko and Akio picked out the ones they liked and Kagome picked out the ones she liked. Together, they had a pretty big stack of clothes. Kagome pulled out the rest of her money, which was just enough. Kagome actually had about 150 dollars left. Kagome said bye to Akio and Kaiko, they had to go. Then she went off in search of an Asian antique store. She luckily found one.

"Welcome ma'am. How may I help you?" said the clerk behind the counter

"Uh...yes, I was wondering if you carried any Japanese katanas." Kagome said.

"Oh, yes ma'am, we have many, would you like me to point you towards them?"

"Oh yes, thank you. Um...if I may ask, do you carry any twin katanas?"

The clerk smiled and nodded his head. He pointed her over towards a group of twin swords.

"If you can find them, I will give you them for free. There is one pair of twins in this pile."

"Very well, I accept you're challenge." Kagome said as she began to pick up and examine each sword. This would be easy, InuYasha told her once that only the real katanas we flexible. She picked up each one and put her finger on the tip and pushed down. Letting go, this sword hardly wobbled. She put it off to the side. She had narrowed it down to three swords.

"Hmm, which one of these three swords has a twin?" Kagome picked up the first one and examined it. They all wobbled and were flexible, so she couldn't use that test. So she grabbed the hilt and swung the sword. The air made a slight SWOOSH! Sound, the second one made the same sound and the final one made a SWISH! Noise as it cut through the air. Kagome smiled and took that one and put it to the side. Grabbing the two that made the same noise, she hit them together. The sword in her left hand wobbled a lot and the one in her right hand, wobbled, but not as much.

"Very Clever, Clerk. The answer to your challenge, is that neither of these swords are twins. I believe that this particular sword," said kagome as she picked up the one she had set to the side, "indeed has a twin. Its twin is on the shelf over there."

Kagome pointed to a katana that was settled on the wall. The clerk's eyes widened. Nobody had ever figured out the riddle.

Whoever this girl was, she deserved these swords. He smiled and walked over to the shelf. Grabbing the sword from its place, he brought it over to Kagome. She grabbed the two sheaths that matched. They were midnight black and they both had a yellow ribbon like string tied around the top.

Kagome took the sword in her hand and stuck it in the sheath carefully. Then, she took the sword from the clerk and stuck it in the other sheath. She walked up to the counter and left her 140 dollars. It was about the same price as the swords were together.

"I quite enjoyed the little test, see ya later grandpa!"

The clerk flinched, how did Kagome know it was him? Then he felt the corner of his mask. It had lifted up and you could see the birthmark on his chin. He chuckled and took off the mask. The real owner walked in as Grandpa Higurashi left.

"Thanks for letting me borrow the shop Bill."

"No problem Higurashi! Let me know when that granddaughter of yours needs those swords fixed!" replied Bill

"Will do Bill!" replied as Grandpa Higurashi left the mall.

Kagome rode her bike home and put her new clothes in her closet. Her mom smiled and adored her new hair cut. It was cut short and dyed a shade darker than light blue. It shined and shimmered as Kagome moved. Kagome was happy with her new do. She went upstairs and put her clothes in her big yellow bag. She changed into her a pair or baggy black jeans with a silver chain that went from the front pocket to the back. There was also a green dragon sowed on the leg. She also put on an illing clip strap hoodies and a tank under it. She zipped her hoodies just above the top of her tank. Then she put on her black suede sketchers with nylon pink trim shoes. She looked in the mirror and smiled. She didn't even look like the old Kagome. Kagome grabbed her twin swords and attached them to her back. She grabbed her bag and ran out the front door and smiled at her grandpa. He smiled back and waved. Kagome opened up the door to the shrine and jumped down the steps. She put one hand on the side of the well and jumped in. She passed over into the feudal times and oddly, didn't feel the shiver up her spine.

"I guess I don't feel it anymore because I'm stronger now!" Kagome said as she finally felt the ground beneath her feet. She threw her bag up and out of the well. Shippo, who was sitting by the well saw it and went to get Sango, Miroku, and InuYasha.

Kagome climbed out of the well and dusted off her pants. She heard foot steps behind her and drew her swords. Turning around, she held one flat in front of her stomach and the other sword flat to block her eyes.

"Who are you!" shouted InuYasha

Kagome laughed, she hadn't thought of a name yet. She quietly thought of one, and then finally thought of one.

"Who are you? ANSWER ME!" InuYasha bellowed

"My name you ask? He he, I'm known as Shadow."Kagome said, as she lowered her swords to look at InuYasha, "There is one name that people used to call me, Kagome Higurashi."