(A/N): Hi and welcome to the first chapter of my fic A Modern Fairy Tale Genie in the Cell Phone. I swear you will enjoy this fic one thing that you will love is that besides romance and fantasy there's lots of humor too. Please send me your reviews and I want no flames! Please!
Disclaimer: Okay, (takes a deep breath) Inuyasha will never belong to me it's only Rumiko Takahashi's! Hope that was clear enough for y'all. But (sigh) that was really depressing...
The character is having a flashback
´´ The character is thinking
"..." The character is talking
Chapter 1:
Imaginary
"I remember when a young boy fished stars from the moon, the three blind mice roamed across the table looking for a one-week-old cheese, it also reminds me of the monsters under my bed, of the lady who wouldn't wake up if it wasn't for love's true kiss. It also comes to my mind when knights in shiny armor galloped on their majestic steeds for days and nights with no rest in order to defeat the great evil dragon. I could hear to the gnomes' giggling, the fairies' singing, the elves' humming, and the unicorns reigning along with the sweet spring breeze. I lived all that personally, when fairytales existed. Not only in my dreams but in the real world; and I, was a princess."
A 15-year-old Kagome opened her maple eyes as the gentle rays of light beamed on her white face and rosy cheeks. She yawned widely, then stretched her arms skywards and got up. She sat on her bed's mattress as she looked around. Her room was almost like a box, a cereal box with a prize inside; she was the prize, maybe the only thing with value in that room. Her bed with dark blue blankets was against the wall, on its left was a medium sized shelf with a carrousel lamp and coming out from its drawers were some dirty clothes. On the bed's right was a small window from where the light came from and next to it was a small desk with a computer and some pencils, pens, erasers, and books. From another shelf that was against the wall, many boxes were almost falling out. They had toys, books, clothes, photos, and other old stuff full of powder. Her shelves and the computer were full of dust too because of the dirt that gathered in the old wooden ceiling. Kagome looked around again with her eyes squinted 'cause of tiredness. That was her room, the worst place she'd liked to live in: the attic. She looked down her bed and took a small shoebox. She smiled broadly when she lifted the tape and gazed at its containment. There were many pictures of her at the age of 6 with a man with dark hair who had oversized glasses and both were smiling, laughing, or waving. She turned the pictures one after the other and her grin grew wider and wider. She already had an ear to ear smile when she arrived to the last two photos, one of her with the same man on a carrousel smiling broadly and saying hello. The fellow had his arms around her shoulders and she leaned backwards on his chest waving happily as they sat on a white plastic horse of a carrousel. The final image was her favorite besides the one of the carousel, there was that same man, her looking 4, and a gentle looking lady. She had Kagome's eyes and short dark hair that hung up to her neck. She had a friendly arm around Kagome's shoulders as she waved. The man was next to the lady smiling and with an arm around her waist. In the middle of them all was Kagome staring and smiling proudly at the four candles of a small birthday cake. The smile in Kagome's face faded as tears formed in her eyes and trailed down her cheeks.
´I shouldn't be sad, they are watching me now...´
She turned to the ceiling and sniffed, then she returned her attention to the photos. She put them back inside the box and continued rummaging inside it. She found a small white candle with the form of a heart at its bottom and also had pink stripes.
"My first birthday..." she whispered silently as she recovered her smile.
She continued looking at the stuff inside the box and found more mementos. She finally spotted a small key the size of a baby's palm and took it. She then put the box on the floor and kneeled beside it, then she looked underneath her bed. She took a lantern and looked at what was down there, she could see old clothes, scraps of paper, or buttons. When she was little she once believed that monsters hid under her bed and that they would come out at night to capture her.
4-year-old Kagome shivered with fear and shut her eyes close. A second later she opened them again. Cold sweat poured down her forehead and warm tears formed in her eyes. She moaned silently a sniffed. She heard the door opening and held the blankets tighter. She suddenly felt a warm hand touch her shoulders and pulled her into a bear hug. She turned upward and saw her father smiling broadly down at her.
"What's wrong Diddums?"
Kagome sniffed and held tighter to him.
"It's the Boogie Man, he will come from down my bed!"
After saying this she sobbed loudly against his shirt. Her father smiled gently and petted her back.
"No worries dear, do you want me to tell you a story?"
Kagome nodded shyly as she climbed back to her bed as her father tucked the blankets back on top of her. Kagome giggled when her father started tickling her and whipped the last tears off her eyes. He took a big book out from a shelf and put a small carrousel lamp on. The horses started going in circles as a sweet tune played along.
"Once upon a time..."
Kagome finally spotted what she was looking for, a big raven book with golden letters that read "Fairy Tales". She cleaned the dust from its cover and grinned. Then she turned to the key on her hand and to the little heart shaped lock and put it in. After a loud click, she took the key out and opened the book. She turned the pages gently and watched at its images carefully, then she started reading some paragraphs and remembering those stories that were once her favorite.
"Once upon a time...," she started, "... was a little girl who lived happily with her family and father."
She turned to the image of a smiling girl with a long dress and honey colored hair locks. She then turned to her own hair; it was long, dark with some brownish locks and played with it in between her fingers. Then she turned back to the story.
"Her mother died because of a terrible disease and her father married again with a woman who was cruel and despised the little girl..."
Suddenly, she felt someone hitting on her room's floor and listened to a woman's screaming. She had a hoarse voice that sounded like teeth gritting, metal clacking, or chalk against the blackboard. The hitting on the floor became louder as the woman shouted her name.
" Are you awake yet you fool! Bring your butt down here immediately and prepare breakfast for me now!"
Kagome sighed heavily and rolled her eyes.
"Did you hear me girl!"
" Yes I did!" she shouted back as she turned to the book again.
" Sadly her father died too and the little girl was only left with an evil stepmother and two greedy stepsisters..."
Suddenly an alarm clock started ringing and then some pop songs echoed around the walls of her room. Kagome turned to her watch and gasped, it was pretty late! She put the book back under her bed and the shoebox with the photos too. Then she took a brush and started combing her messy and tangled hair. Then she kneeled in front of the shelf and rummaged in between her dirty clothes. Finally she spotted a clean shirt and a squirt and took them out. She was wearing a squirt with red and green squares and a dark pink shirt with a yellow heart in the middle. She then put her green socks on and some red shoes in a hurry, and finally took her backpack. She leaned on the floor as she heard the woman's voice again shouting for her to hurry up and calling her "fool" or "maid". She opened a door on her room's floor and removed its golden chain that locked it. She ran down some wooden stairs and arrived to the house's second floor. She took the bathroom's door handle and tried opening it but it was locked. She groaned and let go of the knob and crossed her arms in angst.
"Ruri! Please open the door! I'm in a hurry!"
A female voice answered from the other side of the door, " Didn't you forget something?"
Kagome rolled her eyes with disgust. " Please?"
Kagome could hear the songs of the radio that her stepsister Ruri was listening to. She could also hear her high pitched singing.
" I'm not satisfied," answered the girl inside the washroom.
"Please wonderful Goddess Ruri." After saying these she stuck her tongue out and tried cleaning it with her fingers.
"Hmmm. I'll think about it," answered the feminine voice.
Kagome desperately pounded on the door.
"Please let me in! It's my turn! Now!"
The door slowly opened to reveal a tall girl with amber eyes, she had short blue hair tied in two topknots, and was wearing a blue marine shirt with a smiley face on it, and a long squirt. The girl smirked as she passed next to Kagome.
"Sure, go ahead. Enter, but..."
Kagome turned to the bathroom and shrieked. She saw a real mess, water pouring down the sink and dripping then ending on the floor, shampoo and cream were smeared on the bathtub, and soap bubbles hovered all over the place, smeared in the walls, the floor, and even some in the ceiling.
" You must clean it."
Ruri chuckled loudly as she walked down the stairs as Kagome fell to her knees while looking at the mess.
Kagome ran down the stairs as she glanced at her watch. She was late for school and her stepmother, Tsubaki would get really mad if she missed one day of school. She would say that she didn't care about her studies and about the money she spend on her education. Tsubaki would even threat her by saying she wouldn't allow her to got to school anymore if she was lazy, besides it would earn lots of money for her. Kagome, Ruri, and her other stepsister Hari attended to one of the snobbiest schools in all Tokyo, Shikon High where only the rich people's daughters and sons attended. Her father, when he was alive was not precisely wealthy but the school's principal was his friend and allowed Kagome to enter that place. Besides he also had a great fortune with owning a restaurant. At school Kagome had not much popularity, in fact, she had none. She was a straight A student and everyone made fun of her because of that, that is except for Sango Taijiya, her best friend and two other girls named Ayame and Rin.
Kagome ran toward the kitchen to prepare breakfast for her stepmother and stepsisters but she stopped and stiffened when she saw an angry looking Tsubaki staring at her. She was wearing a black shirt with pearls around her neck and a dark long squirt. Next to her were Ruri and Hari. Hari had green eyes, long violet hair with flower ornaments on it, and was wearing clothes similar to her sister's, except hers were green and purple. She was frowning and had her arms crossed while Ruri and Hari chuckled silently.
"So, why'd you take so long, girl. We are starving."
Tsubaki smirked evilly, "Better say, maid."
Kagome bent and turned to the floor.
"I beg your pardon mother, I was just." She paused and stood stiffer. Tsubaki frowned and smirked evilly.
"How did you call me? You have no excuse for that."
Kagome closed her eyes shut and gulped then she turned back at the grey haired lady. Tsubaki started walking her way and crooked her chin against her fingers.
" Don't call me that way ever again, you know it's forbidden, maid."
"Yes, mom... I mean Tsubaki-sama..."
Tsubaki smirked and continued talking.
"You know, you're old enough for me to tell you this, I've always though your not a good daughter, you're not brilliant, and you're not pretty."
Kagome looked away and felt the warmness of the tears that formed in her eyes.
"I'm glad we had this talk," added Tsubaki who lifted her hand and smacked Kagome across the cheek as hard as she could. Kagome almost lost her balance because of the strength of the blow, then she put a hand on her cheek and rubbed it.
"I'll think about your punishment, now get out of my sight!"
" Yes, Tsubaki-sama..."
Kagome walked dumbly out of the house as her tears trailed down her face, she could listen to her stepsisters chuckling.
She accelerated her pace until the house was gone from sight and the school bus came into view. She walked faster and was about to reach the bus when suddenly Ruri and Hari bumped into her on purpose and knocked her on the floor. They laughed at her before boarding the vehicle. Kagome got up and was about to enter when the doors closed in front of her and the transport started driving away in the street and disappeared within the other cars. Kagome ran for after it for a moment but then stopped as she watched it moving in the busy streets and then it was gone.
