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Ch. 5 The End of Identical Twins

It took Kagome a long time to reach the ski lift with so many new friends surrounding her. These same girls that seemed like swarming sharks with a cruel appetite were now friendly to her, offering her stick of gum or pocky, and having a good time with them. 'Is there such a lovelier word than friendship?' Pain of disloyalty struck her heart. 'Twins is lovelier by far.'

She looked around to see where the new Kagome went. She saw that her sister had arrived first at the chair lift. 'I guess she was able to wriggle through the clouds since she's alone.' Even though there were crowds of people waiting in line, no one seemed to share the seat with the new Kagome. She was alone, swinging on the chair life, in the turquoise suit and ugly blue cap.

Not one other person on the mountain was all by herself. Kagome felt terribly sorry for that girl. 'You're Kikyou now,' Kagome reminded herself over and over. 'So stop worrying about that loser. Tonight, you'll be the popular twin. For this one night the pitiful loser, Kagome, evaporates.'

Botan pushed the group to the head of the lift line. "Oh, Kikyou, you must come visit on our next long weekend in March," The perky girl smiled cheerfully. "You know, Kikyou, you really surprised us when we found out you were the identical twin."

"You're not like your sister at all," said Keiko. "Not at all, because you," Kagura, the popular wind demon pointed at her, "are interesting." "It's amazing how different you and your twin really are," Keiko tilted her head and looked at her. 'They won't even say the name Kagome or Higurashi,' thought Kagome. 'I'm just someone not even worth naming.'

Kagome wished that they would say 'Kagome' just once, but they didn't. "I wish you were the one living here at school. We'd have so much fun, Kikyou, just like all weekend," said Botan.

It felt like fate played a cruel joke on her and was laughing.

'I ruined it. I've ruined my life as Kagome. I'm not getting a second chance. Once they find out the truth, they'll groan and leave me but they'll find it funny how Kikyou could mimic me.' Kagome's eyes hid a deep sadness. 'I don't want Botan and Keiko to like me just because they think I'm someone else. I truly want to be a separate likeable person with my own friends. Oh… Mom and Jii-chan were right. On the next three-day weekend, I'll go home and convince Mom and Grandpa that I understand and I'll do anything just to stay home.'

"Kikyou, are you okay?" asked Botan. Kagome nodded. "Yes, I'm fine. I just can't wait to get on the ski lift then ski." Kagura sighed, "Tell me about it. You'd think the line couldn't get any slower." The girls laughed and giggled.

The sun was bright and hit the snow hard, not even sunglasses could help. The shiny rays of light were blinding but beautiful. The lifts continued to drop of skiers on the top of the mountain, and groups continued to ski down the mountain in swirls.

And then a pause. A pause, that hit Kagome hard, making her want to go home, making her feel like she was going to vomit. A pause, in which the Kagome who was really Kikyou seemed to be stuck on the lift for a moment. Stuck alone. Maybe even equally stuck in life.

The gondola Kikyou was sitting in by herself leaped forward again. The thin metal rod that curved over the top and held the gondola to the cables… had snapped. Over the roar of shouts from the crowd, no sound was audible. The gondola flipped, as if fates hand were shaking the contents out. The contents that were Kagome's twin.

Kikyou's skis tangled, her turquoise legs twisted, her knit cap caught on the protective bar, but her herself fell like a silent stone. 'Kikyou! No! My Twin!' "NO!" screamed Kagome. She couldn't run because of her skis but she was able to kick one foot free from the thick shiny boot. "Hang on! Don't fall!"

Kagome planned to burst away from Keiko, Botan, and Kagura, to run faster than anyone could, and be able to get beneath her tumbling sister, to catch her, to save her…

But she didn't even get the second boot off. Her twin's body spiraled only once, headfirst, becoming a slave to gravity. No, she did not land on soft snow or swiftly on her feet or on her soft cushioned palms, but viciously and cruelly onto the rock scree which divided the bunny slope from the advanced.

The end of identical twins took only a horrible moment.

The mountain had no respect for their twinship. The rocks had not cared. Gravity had not given it a second thought. Fate was cruelly laughing.

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To be continued….