Author's Note: Over the last few months I have been striving to be accepted into a private high school. I spent hours suffering over my appilcation, went to their school play and other school functions, talked to teachers about courses while visiting the school, and did anything else I could think of to make a good impression. Unfortunatly it seems like my efforts weren't good enough because I was put on the waiting list.
This story is my hope. Just as there's hope for Kagome, there's still hope that I will get into my high school. Therefore that is why this story is called A Story of Hope.
Wish me luck because from here on all I can do is pray and hope that I get accepted into the school.

I did it again. Two things. I forgot to update the author's note. And then I had to repost a chapger. I'm getting bad. -.-;
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"So are you sure you want to go right now?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.
"Yes mom." Kagome replied. She had her yellow bag packed. Inuyasha, who was standing next to her, carried it. The two were just about to leave for the well.
"There's still time!" she insisted, "You could still stay home!"
"Come on." Kagome said sighing, "You know I have things to do through the well. I've got friends too! They're waiting for me! I can't take anymore time off from the hunt. Four weeks is too long already." Inuyasha nodded in agreement.
"Alright." Kagome's mother said, "But be extra careful from now on!"
"I will."
The doorbell rang. Mrs. Higurashi's glance went from Kagome to Inuyasha and his ears. "You two stay here." she said, "I'll go get that. Please don't leave until I come back." With that she hurried off to the front door.
"Come one Kagome." Inuyasha said, turning towards the window, "Let's go. We can be out of here before she comes back."
"Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed, "That would be rude! And besides, mom asked us not to do that. She's being nice enough to accept the fact that I'm going back through the well even though I'm blind. I'm not going to make her anymore upset!"
"It was worth a try." the hanyou mumbled.
Mrs. Higurashi came hurrying back into the room. "It's your friends Kagome!" she said quickly and quietly, "What do you want me to do?"
"Inuyasha, go to the well house." Kagome replied, "I promise I won't let this visit take long."
"But what about you being blind?" her mom asked.
"They're going to find out sometime, aren't they?" she asked, "They might as well find out now." Kagome began feeling around for a chair. Finding one, she sat down carefully." "You've got to help this be a quick visit mom."
"Of course." Mrs. Higurashi said nodding. She walked off to bring in the girls.
"Are you sure you want me to leave?" Inuyasha asked Kagome.
"Yes." she replied, "You know that I don't want my friends seeing you. Go to the well house, but don't go through the well. Wait for me please. I'll be right there."
"Alright." Inuyasha nodded and jumped out the window with her bag.
Kagome heard the thunder of three teenage girls running at full speed towards the chorus of three voices shouting her name.
"Kagome!"
"Kagome!"
"Kagome!"
"How are you?" Yuka asked, "I heard you had some awful unknown disease!"
"Will you be coming to school soon?" Ayumi asked.
"Yes." Kagome replied slowly, not bothing to turn her head to them. Why would she when it wouldn't help see them.
"Is there something wrong Kagome?" Yuna asked, "Why are you looking away?"
"The medicine that they gave me to make me get better," Kagome began, "It made me go blind.
The three friends gasped.
"Oh Kagome!" Eri exclaimed, "That must be horrible! I'm so sorry!"
"Yeah!" Yuka agreed, "How are you ever going to get through this!"
"Is there a chance you'll get your sight back?" Ayumi asked, "Maybe it's just temporary."
Kagome smiled. "I don't think there's a chance for me to get my sight back." she admitted, "But so far it really isn't that bad. I know the layout of my house weel enough that I really don't need sight to get around. As long as my mom and Grandpa don't move anything, that is."
This got weak laughter out of her friends.
"So when do you think you'll be getting back to school?" Eri questioned, "Now that you're better it'll be soon, right?"
"Not that soon." Kagome replied, "I mean, I think I should get used to being blind."
"When you get back to school we'll help you around." Ayumi said cheerfully.
"Yeah!" Yuka agreed, "We're in all of your classes. You can depend on us!"
Kagome smiled. "Thank you, you guys." she said, "It means a lot to me that you're willing to help me out."
"What are friends for?" Eri asked, "Don't worry about it. We just want you back in school as soon as possible! It's so lonely without you and you're always out!"
"Yeah!" Yuna added, "You must be having an awful year with all these illnesses!"
"You have no idea..." Kagome said trailing off. The really didn't. It hadn't been a bad year, it had been great, but they'd never know.
"Girls?" Mrs. Higurashi asked. Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi turned. "Kagome needs her rest. You should leave now."
"But we just got here!" Yuka insisted.
"Kagome just got up for the first time since she got up an hour ago." Kagome's mother insisted.
"Really?" Ayumi asked, "Then maybe we should go."
"Maybe." Eri agreed, "See ya Kagome!"
"You too, you guys." Kagome said nodding, "Bye. Thanks for visiting."
"Don't worry about it." Yuka said. With that the three girls walked out of the kitchen and left the house.
"Thanks mom." Kagome said, "But we could have had a little longer."
Her mother raised an eyebrow. "I know Inuyasha." she said, "He's probably just about ready to run back in here and get you."
"You're right." Kagome admitted, "Can you bring me over to the well house? I'd probably run into something or trip if you don't."
"You didn't even have to ask." Mrs. Higurashi replied, "I was going to walk you over anyways."
"Thank you." Kagome said smiling. She stood up, letting her mother lead her over to the well house.

Inuyasha, who had been sitting on the well waiting, stood up when Kagome pushed back the door. "Here!" she announced.
"I see that." he replied, "Ready to go?"
"Yeah." Kagome replied. She began shuffling towards the stairs. Mrs. Higurashi took a step towards her nervously. So did Inuyasha. Just as the two had feared, Kagome missed the stair and began to fall. Before she could even hit the first stair, Inuyasha was holding her.
Kagome, Inuyasha, and Mrs. Higurashi breathed a sigh of releif. "Thank you so much Inuyasha!" Mrs. Higurashi exclaimed.
"Thanks." Kagome said nodding. Her heart was still beating quickly from the fall.
"Your welcome." In the milliseconds Kagome had fallen, Inuyasha had been terrified for her safety. Not that he'd ever let her know that. And for that reason he said this, "Feh. Girl, be more careful."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "You can put me down." she said softly.
"If I do you'll probably hurt yourself." he retorted. I'm not putting you down until we're at least through the well."
"Bye dear!" Mrs. Higurashi said, "Be careful! Take care of her Inuyasha!"
"I will." he replied nodding.
Kagome waved to where she thought her mother was as she and Inuyasha jumped through the well.

"Did we get through?" Kagome asked as they landed on the bottom."Of course we did." Inuyasha replied, "Why wouldn't we?" "I don't know." she admitted, "I just can't see it anymore... I don't know."
Inuyasha immidiatly felt bad. "Sorry." he mumbled.
"It's alright." Kagome insisted, "It's new. None of us are used to it yet."
Inuyasha jumped out of the well. "Well let's see how the others take this." he said.
"You didn't tell them?" Kagome questioned, surprised.
"I haven't been back through the well since before you woke up." Inuyasha told her. There was silence as he ran, holding her. Both of them were too busy thinking to talk.