Left emotionless and lost
(A week after Inuyasha came to say goodbye)
Kagome was always self confident in herself, but when the mail had come that day she wasn't so confident anymore. It was a letter from the school stating that Kagome had been held back a year and was required to repeat ninth grade due to the fact of her consistent absence. The school felt that she had not obtained enough of the material to move up to the next grade. Reality hit her like a ton of bricks. After that Kagome changed. She was now the bad girl of the school, with her new best friend Misuteri though Kagome called her Misu. Kagome was now the purest troublemaker. She was used to being this was but deep down she knew this wasn't who she was.
One day she was walking in the hallway when a guy bumped into her.
"Move it punk you're in my way. This is no place for newbie scum like you." Kagome shoved him into the lockers, her aura a dark evil black, warped from her once pure pink.
"You should watch where you're going, Kagome. This IS a free world. I can be where I want when I want, and right now I want to be right here right now." The boy shouted wanting to push Kagome into the lockers, but couldn't. He caught a glimpse of her necklace, it was fully out from under her shirt. It was a crystal dagger.
"Hey punk, I don't know who you are and frankly I don't care, but how do you know my name?" She asked, eyeing him intently.
"Hey I like your necklace, where'd you get it?" The boy asked not hearing her question.
"Someone gave it to me. It's special, not that you would care. You probably don't even have a reason to make trouble. You're probably a fake. Me, I have my own sob story. So move it. I'm going home." She said pushing her backpack into her locker.
"Look we got off on a bad start. Meet me here in 40 minutes. I'll be waiting. I want to ask you something private." He whispered as he brushed past her, slipping a piece of paper into her hand. She zipped up her coat and walked out of the school. She was once again cutting class.
She was now down a couple of blocks from the school. She looked at the piece of paper. It said on it:
Kagome,
Meet me at the park under the old tree near the pond. You will see me waiting there for you.
Be there or be square,
Anonymous.
"Why do guys have to be so mysterious? Anyway the park is right up the next block. I guess I'll get some ices for the two of us I'm hungry." Kagome was now beginning to have a one-track mind like Inuyasha has. Something poked at her chest. She looked down. It was her dagger that was poking into her soft tender flesh. She pulled it out over her shirt. She got right near the tree, she was about 15 feet from the tree when she looked down at her dagger and held it in her hand. She stared at it and in the reflection she saw all of Inuyasha's moods. The last one was the exact saddened expression he had given her when he had come that day to say goodbye. She finally snapped out of her daydream and walked over to the tree near the pond, to find the boy sitting there under the shadow looking at an opened locket. When he saw Kagome he snapped the locket shut and shoved it under his shirt. She approached him handing him an Italian ice she pulled out of the bag.
"Hope you like lemon, Anyway why did you want to ask me "Mr. Anonymous"?" Kagome asked not realizing she as tearing till she bent to sit down and a tear fell onto her hand.
"Why are you crying?" The boy asked cocking his head to the side.
"It's nothing, just sweet but sorrowful memories. As my friend Misuteri always says 'the past is the past it cant ever be changed, sticking to the past only brings you down in life. Memories stay memories they never happen again'. So why did you want me to meet you here?" Kagome asked wiping her tears away as if it was nothing, but in actuality it was more than nothing.
"My mom always said ' There's no use crying over spilt milk'." The boy said finishing up the topic and moving to Kagome's question. "I wanted to ask you what your "reason" is for making trouble. And to answer your question from the hallway, I know your name because everyone in the school knows your name. And 2 you're right I don't have a "reason" to make trouble, I do it to fit in. And one more thing is that I can see you trust no one and just barely trust your friend Misuteri, but you can trust me." The boy said his sunglasses slipping down revealing a pair of golden eyes.
"Not to go off topic but are those contacts?" Kagome stared intently into his golden eyes.
"Yea, contacts" He said pushing his glasses back up.
" So Mystery Man, what is your real name?" Kagome said eating her ice.
"My real name is Cody, and I'm a transfer student from Shinkoku, at Henmaito High." He introduced himself.
"1 more question. Why did you me to meet here for last time" Kagome cocked a brow.
"I…uh…I wanted to get to know you better, because I can just feel that this isn't who you really are. And about your necklace." Cody answered.
"Oh I see. Then I apologize for the scene I caused in the hall and what I said back there." Kagome said looking rather upset.
"Why the long face Kagome?" Cody asked sounding a bit concerned.
"It's weird but you look oddly familiar, almost like someone I know, but you have a totally different name and you act nothing like him. But I miss him so much, but he said something to me the last time I saw him. ' I came to say two things, I came to say goodbye and also this, this isn't the last goodbye…'." Kagome remembered, starting to cry at the sad and lonely face of that hurtful visit.
"Kagome don't be sad things will get better just look on the bright side, he did say that wasn't the last goodbye. Wouldn't that mean that he is going to come back doesn't it?" Cody said with a hint of sadness in his own voice.
"I guess so!" Kagome said pulling out a tissue and blowing her nose.
"Well then cheer up!" Cody said leaning on Kagome's back.
"um… sniffle sniffle What are you doing?" Kagome said blushing a deep red. I can't cheat on Inuyasha, but being with this guy feels so right, almost as though he were Inuyasha. Kagome thought to herself.
"Um huh? Oh sorry, you just look so similar to my girlfriend back home." Cody said slowly getting off Kagome's back leaning against the tree trunk, his necklace fell out under shirt.
"Hey where'd you get that bad ass necklace? Heh Dèja vu!"
"Dèja vu?" Cody cocked a brow.
"Yea, You asked me the same question about my necklace." Kagome gave a small chuckle.
"Oh this?" Cody held up his necklace. "It's an heirloom that's been in the family for almost over 500 years." Cody answered simply.
" CRAP!" Kagome said looking at her watch. " its that late already? I was supposed to go food shopping for my mother!" Kagome gasped.
"Why what time is it?" Cody asked.
"5" Kagome said getting up rather quickly.
"Oh I have to go to, I have to find my new home." Cody got up as well.
"Well see you tomorrow in school!" Kagome shouted from across the park.
"Yea later." Cody shouted.
With Kagome
"Gotta get, what does this say?" Kagome squinted her eyes trying to read a shopping list. "Oh she wanted pickled radish? Geez we haven't had that in a long time." Kagome said. The last time I had pickled radish was when I was with Inuyasha. Kagome remembered
End of chapter
Sorry it took so long to update. I was "away" for a while. But now I'm back so yay!
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