A/N: Sorry if it took me so long to update this fic. I got so many fics going on. I'm so stubborn, you know. I should be making only two fics at the same time and now I'm making three different stories about Inuyasha and Kagome… I may not update this fic for a long time again because I will be busy in making the sequel for my first fic, "It's Hard To Tell".

Please R&R. Thanks!-xianora

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To Be With You

Chapter 2

"You are destined for this Kagome. You can run…but you can't hide. Your destiny will follow you wherever you go. You should accept this…"

Where is that voice coming from? She wondered.

"It's I who will decide your destiny."

There it is again…Who are you? She called out.

And there it was, in front of her, more clearer than ever…

The Shikon-no-tama…

Sh—shikon-no-tama? Kagome asked herself totally confused.

"I am your destiny…that you should follow…"

There was a knock on her bedroom door and her eyes flew open. She sat upright and placed her shaking left hand on her forehead.

"Kagome? Wake up! Breakfast is ready. You shouldn't make it wait. It will get cold." Kikyo said from outside her room.

"Yes, I'm coming." She said, still thinking about her dream.

"That was really strange. I only dreamed of it when I was a child…and now it came back." She said to herself. "No it's just a dream. My destiny? I will make my own destiny."

As she freed herself from her blankets, she felt her right hand locked on something. She slowly opened her hand. A round pink object is in it.

The shikon-no-tama…

Her eyes widened and suddenly it was hard for her to breathe. How did this happen? Because of the dream? But that was just a dream. How come she's now holding the weird jewel?

She was broke out of her concentration when her sister shouted from downstairs. "Kagome, come down!"

"Coming." She went in front of her mirror and hurriedly combed her hair. She placed the jewel carefully on top of her desk and watched it for a moment. It was sparkling innocently as the sun hit it with its light.

She opened the door and went to the kitchen to eat breakfast.

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"Dears, I have already enrolled you in your new school. I heard that it's a special school because humans and hanyous study there together." Their mother said as she brought the dishes to the sink.

"What! There are monsters there!" Kikyo exclaimed.

"There are some youkais too. But I assure you, they're not evil. The evil ones are…uhh…banished a long time ago…" she said quietly.

So that's what's in the forest. Monsters called youkai live there. And mom said they're the evil ones. Kagome thought with a shiver.

"Mom?" Kagome called. "Are you sure they won't harm us?"

"There may be some bullies in the flock but I assure you, evil youkais and hanyous are already locked." She said looking meaningfully at Kagome. "By the way, Kagome I don't want you straying far okay? Keep away from the forest."

"Okay, mom." She said carelessly, obviously not listening to any of her mother's warning about the forest. She wasn't sure she was going to obey her.

"In the mean time, you'll take your usual archery lessons." She said as she looked at her daughters.

The two smiled and stood up to take their gear.

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"That's the target. You'll each release three arrows and try to hit the middle, okay?" their mother said.

"Okay." They said in chorus.

The two girls did it with ease. They've always been good in archery because their mother taught them since they were five and six.

"I don't really know why you insist on regular archery lessons. You two are very good already." Mrs. Higurashi said with a smile.

"We want to have regular practice, mom." Kikyo replied. She walked forward to their target to remove the arrows from the middle.

"Who's that?" Kagome asked to no one in particular when she saw a figure of what looked like a woman with long white hair watching them.

When she saw her looking, she left.

"Who?" her mother asked, looking at the direction of Kagome's gaze.

"No one. Don't mind me." She said while walking to the shade of the Sakura tree.

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"She's a fair shot." He said to himself. "No. More than fair. She's really good at archery."

He was the person watching Kagome all through her archery practice. She wasn't a woman but a boy in his near-late teens. He has long white hair and unusually cute dog-ears.

"Kagome…her name is nice." He muttered.

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Tell me what you think about this chap. Please review okay? I want to ask…What's the name of Mrs. Higurashi? I'm getting tired of calling her by her surname or calling her 'mother'. Please if anyone knows, tell me.