Alright! Another chapter! This one's based on Kagome's life; the next chapter will be based on Inuyashas'.
Thanks to all those wonderful reviews!
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Chapter Five
Crawling in the Dark
"I want to heal, I want to feel, what I thought was never real,
I want to let go of the pain I felt so long, erase all the pain 'til it's gone.
I want to heal, I want to feel, like I'm close to something real,
I want to find something I've wanted all along,
Somewhere I belong."
- Somewhere I belong by Linkin Park.
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Kagome took in a deep breath, who would have thought Sango got into UCLA? She then slowly opened the door and walked in, no one was there, and she sighed in relief. Kagome then put her bags on the bottom bunk.
She walked around the room, there was a small living room, a tiny kitchen, and an average sized bathroom, and it was much better than she had expected.
Kagome then saw the door open; she closed her eyes and prayed that it would not be Sango. How was she going to live with her? But, it was not a green eyed girl with red hair walked in.
"Hi," Kagome smiled, "you must be Ayame."
The girl went up and gave her a hug, then said, "Yup! Is the other girl here?"
As if on cue, Sango casually walked in the door, she looked around, her eyes stopped on Kagome, "You!" She screamed.
"Me." Kagome answered; there was not much to say, since they both hated each other. It seemed no matter how hard she tried, she just could not get away from high school.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Sango pointed angrily.
"I'm one of your roommates," Kagome said, she wasn't the arguing type
"Calm down!" Ayame eyed Sango, "Now someone please tell me what is going on?"
"Hi, I'm Sango and I'm telling you, you do not want to befriend that girl, she's the worst person you will ever meet, plus, in high school, she…"
"…what? That's not true, don't listen to her Ayame." Kagome broke in. She was not going to let Sango put her down like that. She should speak for herself. s
"Now, Kagome," Sango said, "go find another room, or you'll regret it." Sango glared at her.
"Alright, alright, both of you behave yourselves; seriously, if this is about high school, then get over it, this is college. And if one of you guys stole the other ones' boyfriend," Ayame casually assumed, "well, get over it too, it's not like you were gonna marry the guy, seriously!" Ayame rolled her eyes, "And both of you are staying here until you become friends." She smiled sweetly.
"What?" Sango scoffed, "I can't become friends with her!" She dropped her bags onto the ground and crossed her arms.
"Now, Sango is it? Go over there and shake her hand." Ayame tried. She was not the type of person to see others argue. Kagome seemed really nice. Sango just needed to calm down.
Sango stood there.
"Now, go shake her hand!" Ayame raised her voice and got behind Sango. She then pushed her towards Ayame.
Sango quickly stuck out a hand, waiting for Kagome to shake. They didn't even look at each other. Kagome sighed, Sango was very stubborn, she then shook her hand.
"There we go!" Ayame clapped, "all better!"
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August 10,
Well, the first day of here at UCLA was a bit unexpected.
First, I met this guy named Hojo, he was really nice, that was the good part.
Well, the bad part you won't believe. Sango is one of my roommates! How am I going to handle her? I'm trying to be nice, but her screaming and complaining isn't helping. Ayame, another one of my roommates, is trying to get us to like each other, trying to get us to be friends, but she just doesn't get it, we cannot be friends, it's just not possible!
Right now, the room is very quiet, for once, Sango and Ayame are unpacking, which I have already done, that's why I'm writing. Sango seems to have quiet down a bit, and I hope it stays that way, so peaceful.
Oh, well, someone's knocking at the door, I have to go, I'll write more later.
She closed her diary and put it under her pillow, safe and secure. She had a lot more to write down. Kagome then quickly went to the door, for Ayame and Sango were both busy. Rapidly, she opened it.
Both of their jaws dropped, the person that stood in front of her was none other than Miroku. High school was beginning all over again.
"Great, just when I thought the day couldn't get any worse…" She whispered to herself, and then looked back at Miroku "You're here for Sango right?"
"Ye...Yes." he stumbled.
"I'll go get her," she then screamed without even turning around, "Sango!"
"Coming, give me a break!" She grabbed her purse and went to the door. Just as she got there, Kagome saw Sango give her first smile of the day, "Miroku!" She hugged him and they kissed each other.
Kagome rolled her eyes and walked away.
"Sango's finally gone!" she said to Ayame, smiling. She could finally relax and have time to think over everything. School was about to start, how was she going to do well with Sango in her room?
"Where'd she go?" Ayame asked, sitting on Kagome's bed.
"With her boyfriend," she shrugged and answered casually.
Ayame grinned mischievously, "the one that you stole?"
"I did not steal anyone! You're making up stories now!"
"Well, I guess, but that's what usually happens in high school, people hold grudges because of silly things like this."
"Yeah," Kagome turned her gaze downward.
Ayame sighed, if she wasn't getting her story, she would figure it out herself. Why did the two hate each other so much? They both seemed like really nice people once they settled down.
There was a knock on the door. The two girls looked at each other, as if not expecting anyone to visit.
Ayame got up and opened the door. It was a boy in which she had not met yet. He stood in front of her smiling, "Is Kagome here?"
"Yes she is and may I ask who you are?"
"Hojo."
"Are you Kagome's boyfriend?"
Hojo flushed, "No, I'm just a friend. We met earlier, may I speak to her?"
"Did you go to her high school?"
"No, I'm a sophomore here."
"Alright then," she said with disappointment, he obviously did not know anything about Kagome's past. "Kagome, Hojo's here to see you!"
Kagome paused for a moment. Hojo? What is he doing here?
"Hi Hojo!" She waved.
"Hi Kagome!" He waved back.
"Alright," Ayame put her hands together at the awkwardness of their conversation. "Well, I'll leave you two here," She then went into the kitchen to fix herself dinner, since she obviously was spending her night alone.
"So Kagome, I was wondering if you would…but if you don't that's ok…but could you…I mean could I, sorry…could I take you out for dinner?"
Kagome couldn't help but laugh a little bit on the inside; he wasn't very good at this. "Sure, I'd love to." She smiled, "Ayame, I'm going out for dinner!" She yelled into the kitchen.
"Alright! Have fun! And just leave me here all by my lonesome self!"
Kagome laughed. "She'll be fine," she said to Hojo, they then left.
"Alright," Ayame suddenly had an idea, "time to find out what happened in her past."
She went to her bed and dug out her diary from under the pillow, even though this is not what friends were supposed to do, but she felt like she had to do it. She read the short first entry.
"Let's see," She said to herself, "She wants to be an actress and hopes people will treat her like she is on the inside, not outside. Nothing important here."
She then flipped to the second entry.
"Well, not much help there either, other than how much she hates Sango." She sighed, "Figuring this out will take longer than I expected."
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"Hojo, where are you taking me?" Kagome asked curiously, while he was driving to an unknown place.
"You'll see, I hope you will like it." Hojo said, with his eyes on the road.
Kagome studied him; he was a very skinny boy under his baggy clothes. His hair was blonde, messy and short. His eyes were soft. He was very different than Inuyasha. But why was she thinking of him? She got over him a long time ago.
"Are you ok, Kagome?" He asked sincerely, while looking at her. Then, he put his eyes back onto the road.
"Uh…yeah, I am, sorry, I was thinking."
"About what?"
"Oh, nothing really, just where you were taking me."
"Well, here we are."
Kagome looked up, it was…Pizza Hut. She wasn't…disappointed, she just thought he would take her to a real place, but this would do. She recovered herself with a smile, as Hojo dug out his wallet.
"Sorry it couldn't be anywhere fancy, but my parents don't give me any money for college. I work a few jobs, so I'm still kind of broke."
Kagome laughed, "No, I love it." Love was a bit of an overstatement, but she liked people who had to earn their own money, earn their way through life.
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"Welcome to Pizza Hut, May I take your order?" the man at the counter said.
"How about a medium sized pepperoni pizza and two Dr. Peppers."
He didn't even ask Kagome what she wanted, but he had good intentions on the inside. After they got their food, Hojo immediately started eating, biting down pizza and slurping down the soda.
"Hojo, slow down," She whispered, looking around to see if anyone was staring.
Hojo stopped, chewed, and swallowed, "I'm not doing this right am I?"
"No, it's fine, it's just that you might choke." Kagome did not want him to feel bad about himself.
"Sorry, I've never been on a date before."
She nearly laughed, he actually called this a date. However, she did not want to hurt his feelings, so she asked, "so this is the first time you've ever taken a girl out?"
Hojo nodded, "I suck huh."
Kagome laughed, "No, this is my first 'date' too." If she was starting a new life, why not start fresh?
"Well, I wouldn't exactly call this a date." Hojo said, finally realizing where they were, "so tell me, what was your life like before you got here?"
Kagome stared down at her small slice of pepperoni pizza lying on her plate, "well, I don't really want to talk about it, what about yours?"
Hojo shrugged, "bad, people would just ignore me, I never found out why, I guess they just never liked me. They didn't even give me a chance."
"Hojo, listen, I know exactly how you feel, my life was like that too."
"Well, we have each other now, huh?" Hojo grinned.
Kagome laughed, "Yeah, I guess."
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When Kagome got home, Ayame was lying on the couch, watching TV, she looked bored. As she saw Kagome walk in, she turned it off. Her face brightened.
"How'd dinner go?" She asked with a grin, suggesting something more.
Kagome rolled her eyes; it was not even a date. "Fine, what about yours?"
"Ok I guess…"
It was getting very late and Sango still had not come back. Kagome was quietly watching TV, while Ayame lied on the bunk above her, listening to music and thinking.
She had nothing better to do, so why not try to find out what happened to Kagome in high school? She knew it was mean, but if she uncovered it, she might be relate to her more and help her out in life. Ayame even read through her two entries in her diary, although it did not help at all.
All of the sudden, the door opened, "I'm home girls!" Sango yelled happily.
"Sounds like you had a good time." Ayame sat up from her bed and climbed down.
"I did!"
"Well, what'd you guys do?"
"Oh, we just went to dinner, nothing much."
"Is that all you did?" Ayame eyed her.
"Ajama, you're such a funny girl, of course we didn't do that, I'm in college, now, let's sleep. I'm tired."
Sango had completely ignored Kagome, and Kagome thought it was better off that way; she took out her diary, and started writing.
Sorry I had to stop writing, but you won't believe this. When I went to open the door, it was Miroku, Sango's boyfriend! How did those two ever manage to get into UCLA! Seriously, this is weird, so much for having a good time in college. Well, after Sango left with Miroku, another person knocked on the door. I was so surprised because it was Hojo, the sophomore that I met earlier today. He asked me to dinner, it was so funny seeing him stumble, later on I found out it was his first time asking a girl out to dinner. Well, he took me to Pizza Hut, why? Because he had to work for his own college money, so he didn't have much spare change, I like people like that. Hojo is very different from Inuyasha and I like him for it.
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Alright, here we go, another chapter done.
The four years of college will take probably three to five chapters, the first couple of days will be detailed, because of Sango, Hojo, and Ayame's connection with Kagome. But after that, it will get real brief. Because my summary isn't even based on college, it's based on the movie they're going to act in, so I don't want to make college half the story.
Please review and tell me what you thought because I thought this chapter was kind of pointless and boring.