Disclaimers: I do not own any of the marvelous characters in this story, all creations of Rumiko Takahashi.
A/N: Hello, thank you for the reviews that were given, I really apreaceate the commplements so thank you and enjoy chapter two. :) This chapter won't proably be that exciting, but it's nessesary.
Kagome kicked the stone she had been kicking all the way from school as hard as she could. She was so flustered, this stupid dinner she agreed to partake in was tonight and somehow she felt like she had been conned into going. Her friend, Sango, was about to turn off towards her block as she put a comforting hand on Kagome's shoulder. "Kagome, just go with an open mind, I know it will proably be a pain, but try to have fun." Kagome just let out a heavy sigh, her shoulders dropping as she did so. "I don't know Sango, it's just not fair, I'm not mad at Kikyo, but really, I really had it for InuYasha."
Sango smiled, saying with care, "Well maybe there is still hope, you never know." With that the young dark eyed student turned toward her block that was filled with swaying trees. "Good luck Kagome." She waved as she departed.
Kagome waved back, saying her goodbyes and continued down the road. To get to the shrine was quite a walk and what a beautful day it was. Kagome closed her eyes for a second and thought 'I've been stressing over this all week, I'm just not gonna think about it the rest of the way home...' She tried to focus on some thing else, but thoughts just keep sneaking in her head. 'What am I supposed to wear? Is it gonna be formal? I hope not, that would suck. I heard that the Taisho family's pretty loaded.'
"Hey Sis! What's up, ready for tonight?" Souta ran as fast as he could as soon as he saw her. Kaede,not far behind, was having trouble keeping up with her speedy cousin. Kagome stopped and slowly turned, seeing the two kids approaching. She put on a fake smile and laughed, "Oh yea, of coarse I am, Souta, you know just how much I love dinners!" Kaede caught up and looked at her cousin with curiosity. Sure, she was acting happy, but something didn't seem right about her. "Kagome" asked the inquisitve girl "what are you going to be wearing tonight?"
Inside Kagome cried, but she still kept the insanly large grin on her face. She said as fast as she could "Dunno-but-lets-worry-about- that-later-right-now-I-don't-wanna-think-about-any-stupid-dinner-that-I-really-don't-want-to-go-to-but-hey-thats-beside-the-point-so-lets-just-go-home-so-I-can-do-homework-so-I-don't-have-any-over-the-weekend-and-I'll-just-worry-about-things-like-stupid-dinners-until-later!!" With that she burst off into a run, trying to keep to her claim about homework. Souta and Kaede looked at each other, completely at a loss about anything the tempermental teen just said. "Um..you think she's okay?" Kaede put a small finger to her chubby chin. Souta looked that the fast departing dot that was his sister and sighed, "Dunno, never know with her."
Kagome ran up the stone steps of the Higarashi shrine and ran to what was known as the sacred tree. It was a magnifecent tree that was ages old. Its trunk was so wide that if Kikyo and Kagome tried to meet their hands around it, they would be at least a foot off. The branches were healthy and rich looking, no part of the tree was dead. The leaves were also a healthy green that defied how old the tree really was. Kagome always went here for time alone, so she sat down and pulled her bag near. She pulled out English first, which she knew she could fly right through. "Hmm...In chapter seven what was symbolized as the character Tom?" As she read aloud, Kikyo came around the corner, knowing that Kagome was in distress.
"Kagome, are you alright?" Kikyo voice expressed deep concern, she had noticed Kagome had been giving her the cold shoulder for the last few weeks. They had always gotten along really well, but she could only guess the reason for this sudden rejection.
Kagome looked up, somewhat stunned, "Oh yeah, I'm fine, just getting English done and over with." Kikyo, having a uncanny way of knowing peoples true feelings knelt down in the recently cut grass looking Kagome in the eye. "Don't kid yourself Kagome, I know that your sore over the fact that InuYasha and I are seeing each other." the jean clad girl said quite bluntly. Kagome slammed her hands on her textbook, upset that she had been found out. "N-no, it's just.." Kikyo interjected, "I just want you to know this...I did not ask him. I knew you had something for him and I thought about it long and hard, it's just I found that we had many things in common. I felt really guilty at first, but something in my heart told me it was right." Kikyo stopped, feeling guilty, but at the same time felt good about telling Kagome the happenings of her new love life.
A slight breeze swayed through the braches of the sacred tree, sounding like a gentle whisper. Kagome had her head lowered, her hands ringing her green skirt uniform. A tear escaped her eye as she turned to Kikyo with a real smile. "Thank you Kikyo, now I know, I almost convinced myself that you did it yourself out of spite, but you would never do that to me, I know." Kikyo was a bit shocked, usually Kagome liked to argue for a little while about a situation. All Kikyo could do was smile back, she was so proud of her, she actually understood. The releived cousin offered a comforting hug and Kagome gladly took it, rejocing that she and Kikyo were on a ground of understanding. The gentle breeze stopped as the cousins broke their embrace and Kikyo smiled and stated, "No, thank you Kagome, for being so understanding."
After working on their homework under the lively tree with the wind playfully dancing through the soft locks of the two cousins they finally decided it was time to get ready for the dinner. Coming up on her knees, the girl still in her school inform finally asked a question she had been desiring to ask all day. "Don't tell me it's formal Kikyo." Kagome said with her normal liveliness in her voice again. The girl with a red tanktop and jeans looked up at her from the ground, not ready to move yet, replied with a yawn, "No, causal, I'd kill InuYasha if I had to get all decked out."
After streaching out on the grass, Kikyo finally decided it was time to move. She slowly stood up while Kagome went about packing her stuff back in her backpack. "Kagome, is it suppose to rain?"
Kagome looked up at the sky, noting the gray clouds on the horizon, "Dunno, better go inside and check out what's goin on."
The two girls finshed packing up and walked across the shrine's ground. Kagome suddenly thought of something, "Oh, is mom coming cause gramps left this afternoon, right?"
Kikyo appeared to be in thought for a second, but said again with a yawn, "Yes, she coming, geez I'm so tired, had to run in P.E. today, took a lot out of me." with that, she yawned again.
As they entered the house Kagome's mom was washing some dirt smudges off of Souta and Kaede's faces. Apparently they had been rough housing when they fell into some mud the the back yard.
"Mom!" Kagome, wondering whether it was going to storm on them or not asked, "What's the weather doing? It's gettin kinda chilly out there!"
Kikyo rubbed her eyes and helped her aunty by washing Souta's face. "hmm..." Her mother thought for a second, "It's suppose to rain, maybe a chance of a thunderstorm, nothing to stop us from going to that dinner though." Mom went on with her cheery countinance, "I meet InuYasha's mother, Taijya, you'll love her Kagome, she's very much into music like you are."
Kagome beamed, she loved choir and music, anything along those lines, heck, she just loved to sing. Maybe this dinner wouldn't be bad at all! "Well" Kikyo, now finished wiping Souta's little hands, "we better be getting ready." With that, the girls ran up stairs to change clothes, put on makeup, and what not.
Mom just smiled as the two girls ran upstairs, feeling relieved that they now were not avoiding each other anymore, she couldn't bear to see her daughter and neice angry at each other.
A/N: Yes, not too much exitement, but it's nessecary, like I said. I promise plenty of Sesshomaru in the next chapter! :)
(Sorry for a late update, I planned to do this much earlier this week, but comptuer problems and viruses and what not, thanks to my brothers, so sorry)