Disclaimer: I used the plot from the book Twins written by Caroline B. Cooney. I don't own the characters from Inu-Yasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale or Yu-Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files. And before anyone reviews me saying this is plagiarizing I did not copy from the book word for word but I made it my own in a way and I did the official disclaimer too.

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>>>Mirror Images>>>

Ch. 1 Shipped Off.

"Boarding school?" Kagome repeated in a confused daze. She couldn't believe it; they were sending her to boarding school. Her and her sister would be... separated. Her usually slightly tanned skin looked pale from fear. 'No, I won't let this happen, they don't understand!'

Kagome looked at her mom and grandpa with pleading dark brown eyes. "Kikyou and I have never been separated. You don't know what it's like! You're ordinary people but we're not. We're identical twin sisters, if you send one of us away, we won't be complete!"

Her mom looked broken but set on her decision, "Kagome, this is what's best." Kagome started shaking, 'Why? Mom always adored dressing us up the same, she always admired having twins moving and talking in sync. Why all of a sudden do Mom and Grandpa want to split us up?'

Soon her voice became frantic, "Mom, you can't do this! You've spent sixteen years dressing us up and making us match! No one's able tell us apart. You pulled it off. We are one. What makes you possibly think that separation is the best thing for us?"

Why did it seem that they were only talking to Kagome when Kikyou was there too? It was like Kagome was the one out of sync from her sister. Like she was the one that needed to be fixed and boarding school was the only way to do that. Kagome's eyes landed on her little brother, Souta, who's own dark brown eyes looked saddened. He stood in between their Grandpa and Mom.

His eyes tried avoiding his sister's. That instant… Kagome knew that no matter how much her little brother loved her, he would not back her up on this. It was like they were all prepared for this. Her mom stroked Kagome's heavy, long, black hair while her eyes were pushing back tears.

Kagome was confused, why separate her not only from Kikyou but from the rest of her family too? Separation was just going to break all their hearts. "Try to understand, sweetie," her mother said soothingly. Kagome was tired of trying to understand. "Understand what? That you are tearing us away from our own selves? Why can't you just accept what we are?"

Her Grandpa suddenly became angry, "Kagome, listen to yourself. You say 'us' instead of 'me' and 'we' instead of 'I'. It's not healthy. You are not one person. You are two different people and you are Kagome, not half of a twin set. You must be independent and fly solo."

'What!' She screamed in her head. 'Fly solo? Be independent? No it's unthinkable… I won't do it!'

"We're identical twins, you can't fight the biological fact that we can't be independent. We can't live without the other!"

Her mom shook her head and sighed, "The fact is that we decided to separate you and your sister. It's best for your mental health and Kikyou's. Kikyou will stay here under supervision and you will go to boarding school. You're just going to have to trust me and Grandpa."

The room started to spin and her family members looked like reflections of a fun house mirror. Kagome's life felt like it was breaking apart into small shattered pieces that couldn't be glued back together. 'Kikyou must disagree with this. She'll back me up!' She turned to her sister.

"We're not going to let them do this, will we Kikyou?" Kikyou just smiled. A smile Kagome did not do not like nor share. Kikyou finally spoke, "It's a good idea. I think that it's best this way, Kagome." Kagome's eyes widened, "Wh-what?"

>>>Later That Day>>>

"You are only to write letters, no telephone calls." Grandpa had ordered. "But jii-chan! I have to call, letters take too long and I won't be able to hear any of your voices!" Kagome pleaded. "That's the point Kagome." Her grandpa said sternly. Kagome shook her head, "No." She turned to her twin, "Don't listen to them Kikyou, call me when they're not watching you."

"No, Kagome, they're right. Letters will be better," said Kikyou. Betrayal beat her heart up into a bloody pulp. Kikyou never disagreed with one thing, she had not once objected. She never fought back. Not once. Kagome knew that the separation wouldn't have happened if Kikyou had just backed her up.

'Would Kikyou not even miss me?' Kagome pushed that thought out of her head faster than she thought it. No, her sister would be as devastated as she would. Nothing was making sense to Kagome anymore. The night before she left Kagome cried into her pillow wondering why this had to happen. 'Why is this the only way?' She thought before she went to sleep.

In the morning, Kagome walked downstairs with her suitcases and fount her Mom's eyes to be red, her Grandpa's to be darkened with circle's underneath, and Souta's to be filled with tears. Only Kikyou's were clear and bright.

Kagome put down her suitcases on the floor and hugged Souta. Souta began crying into her shoulder as he hugged her back. "I'm going to miss you, sis."

How did her family, who seemed to love her so much, have the heart to ship her away?

>>>On The Plane>>>

One thousand three hundred and fifty-five miles to her new school. One thousand three hundred and fifty-five miles away from her sister. On the big plane, Kagome was sitting in a surprisingly comfortable chair, staring out the window. Her eyes watched the gray sky while her heart was beating empty. 'I can't do this… how can I do this? I've never went anywhere without Kikyou.' Kagome thought with fear.

It wasn't exactly true, there were a few exceptions.

There was the time in ninth grade that Kagome went shopping with Yukina Jaganshi. How odd it felt to go somewhere without Kikyou and to be with someone that didn't look identical to her, whose laugh was not the same, who had different taste in boys. But she admitted she did have fun but only because it was with a friend.

Then there was the afternoon that she and Hiei, Yukina's older brother, had chocolate milkshakes together. It wasn't considered a date but just a coincidence that Kagome cherished.

To be honest, the twins never dated. They never did anything without each other and their presence overwhelmed any guy that crossed their path. Identical twin girls that were beautiful like these two were not ordinary girls but an Event.

The only thing in Kagome's eyes that were on the same level to an even was that afternoon with Hiei. She remembered it to be like an old classic romantic movie that replayed in her mind over and over. Not even Kikyou knew how much that afternoon meant to Kagome.

But the biggest Event to Kagome right now was the Separation. It was huge as the endless sky and unavoidable like puberty.

To Be Continued...

black fire angel : Well… there we go… review and let me know what you think. No flaming please. I'll update if you like this story.