I'm Still Here: Chapter 3 I Miss You
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Kagome spun around and saw Hojo. He looked perfect as usual. His face was flawless, his hair was neat and he was always smiling.
"Hi Hojo-" Kagome began but was cut off.
"Where have you been? I haven't seen you in such a long time! Ohh right! I almost forgot we have to go pick out flowers and table settings today." Hojo said with a big smile on his face.
"But I have to go with Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka to pick out bridesmaid gowns." Kagome replied.
"Don't worry it can't take that long. We'll be in and out before you know it."
"Well…..okay but I have to be out at 2:00." Kagome said.
"You will don't worry about it." Hojo said and gave Kagome a kiss on the cheek, "Now lets get going!"
2 hour later Kagome and Hojo walked out of the wedding planners building. Hojo offered to walk Kagome home and she accepted. When they reached the bottom of the stairs to the shrine Hojo turned to Kagome and said,
"I'm so glad we're getting married. You're the most beautiful and intelligent girl I have ever met. I love you Kagome."
Kagome was taken aback. Hojo had told her that everyday, but the look in his eyes showed that he really meant it. The look in his eyes calmed her but scared her at the same time. Only one other person had ever looked at her like that, him.
Hojo lowered his head, and locked his arms around Kagome. Kagome closed her eyes as she felt Hojo's soft lips brush against hers. But this time felt different in two ways. First it felt like Hojo was pouring out his heart to Kagome through a kiss. Second Kagome felt like pushing Hojo off of her. Why? Why did she feel like that? She never wanted to push him away before, and they had kissed many times before. Her thoughts were broken when she felt someone tap her shoulder.
"Ayumi what are you doing! Leave them alone!"
Kagome broke the kiss and turned around. Ayumi was standing there and Eri and Yuka were running up to them.
"Sorry to interrupt, but we need to take Kagome away from you for awhile Hojo." Ayumi said and smiled.
"Ohh ya your gowns right? Well have fun! Bye Kagome!" Hojo said and gave her one last kiss and walked away.
Eri and Yuka finally reached them.
"Ayumi you shouldn't have interrupted them." Eri yelled.
"Well it had to stop eventually. I just sped up the process." Ayumi said defending herself.
"You'll never learn!" Yuka sighed.
"It's okay guys, really," Kagome said not wanting to cause a fight, "why don't we go get those dresses?"
"Yeah!" they all shouted.
On the way there the girls managed to bring up the topic of Hojo.
"You guys are so cute together!" Ayumi screeched.
"I'm so glad you broke up with your mean over-protective old boyfriend for him." Yuka said cheerfully.
"Ya……….me too…."Kagome said sadly as they entered the store.
After about an hour they had picked out three beautiful lavender dresses. They all wanted something extra on the dresses, so Eri said they could all come to her house tomorrow to customize the gowns.
When Kagome finally reached home she remembered her mother didn't know where she had been all day. Kagome ran up the shrine steps, she was running so fast she almost didn't see her Grandpa standing at the top.
"Kagome don't run so fast! And where have you been?" her grandpa asked.
"Wedding preparations. Sorry I didn't tell you I never had time to come back after I walked Sota to his friend's place."
"That's okay but next time tell us before you leave. Would you like to help me go through some old books? They're packed with history!"
"Um, no thanks Grandpa I'm really hungry." Kagome said. She really didn't feel like another history lesson right now.
When Kagome reached the house she walked into the kitchen were her mother usually was.
"Mom? You in here?" she asked as she opened the door.
"Kagome where have you been!" her mother ran up and hugged her.
"Just wedding stuff. Sorry I didn't tell you."
"That's okay, I know how much this wedding means to you." Her mother said letting go of her, "I made your favorite tonight."
After dinner Kagome had gone straight to bed. That night was peaceful, she didn't have any nightmares.
Although at about 12:30 am she awoke to the sound of tapping on the window. Kagome got out of bed and walked over to the window. Nothing was there but her window was open and Kagome always closed her window.
"Maybe I didn't lock it and the wind blew it open. Ya, that must be it." Kagome thought.
She didn't feel tired anymore so she decided to stay up. She got dressed and decided to clean her closet. It was a mess! She picked up all the clothes off the floor and hung them neatly in the closet. Once everything had been picked up Kagome could see three boxes on the ground at the back of her closet.
The first one was a huge box filled with old toys and dolls. The second and third boxes were really quite small. The second had some old keepsakes her mother had given her.
Kagome reached down for the third box and looked at it. It was made of wood with beautiful flower designs around the edge. Her name was embedded on the front. Kagome couldn't remember were she got this box or what was in it. She carefully lifted up the lid and was shocked at what was inside. Pictures she had taken of her friends in the Feudal Era. There were only two the first one had all of them together smiling. The second was of him looking very angry at the camera. Kagome couldn't help but laugh a little. Then she remembered the well.
Kagome quietly ran down the stairs and out into the yard. She opened the door to the Bone Eaters Well and ran down the stairs until she reached the second to last step.
"Just one more step…." Kagome thought she lifted up her foot and stepped down.
One thing flashed in her mind, one thing she didn't even notice before. When she left the Feudal Era for the last time he had been standing there just looking at her. The thing she had noticed before was a single tear running down his left cheek.
He never cried, his ego was too big to let him. Kagome suddenly felt guilty, she had hurt the un-cry-able so much to make him cry.
"I miss you." She whispered
Kagome was about to turn around when she noticed something. She stepped closer to the well. When she had sealed the well 7 years ago she used a magic paper seal and an arrow.
The paper was gone and the arrow was broken.
Kagome slowly backed up. So many things were running through her head.
"What if a demon managed to get though? What if he is here? Maybe….maybe it was just Sota trying to scare me. That must be it that has to be it."
Kagome was frightened what if something did get though? She ran back to the house as fast as she could. As soon as she shut the door she could hear footsteps coming closer.
Chapter 3 is done Yay! This one is for alliedoll, phoenix-tabuutz, and Kayizzle who all reviewed! Thank you all!
Amberling