"Morning Buyo." She said to the animal while she also stretched then stood up and opened the drapes, letting the warm sunshine flood into her bedroom. She sat on the bed for a moment, thinking about the odd dream she had... She saw a guy, with long dark hair tied into a braid with his fangs bared... Fangs? Why would a guy have fangs?
'Well, whatever' she thought.
The dream was soon forgotten when she looked at her clock and smiled because it was 11:37 am, God, did she love weekends. She grabbed a brush and quickly brushed the knots out of her long, ebony locks, then slowly walked down the stairs towards the kitchen, carefully making sure not to trip and decided to raid the refridgerator. She noticed the milk was gone and turned around, seeing her little brother Souta sitting at the kitchen table eating cereal with the empty milk jug beside him.
"Thanks for saving me some milk Souta." came the irritated voice from inside the fridge, searching for more milk.
"It's your own fault for sleeping in Kagome!" the young boy replied.
"Whatever, I'll just have some waffles then."
Kagome searched the upper part of the fridge until she found what she was looking for and popped it into the toaster. While she impatiently waited for the waffles to finish, Souta informed her that their mother was out.
"Where did she go?"
"I dunno, maybe to the store or somethin." The boy said while shoveling a spoonful of Lucky Charms into his mouth.
"Yea, probably to the store to buy more milk because you finished it off!" the girl's sarcastic response was. Suddenly the waffles popped out of the toaster, black.
"Great."
Kagome still ate the waffles just for something to eat, then went back up to her room to get dressed. She pulled on a light blue T-shirt and a knee length, navy blue skirt. The phone rang and Kagome dashed down the stairs and right when she went to pick it up, Souta's small hand got to it first.
"Hello, Higurashi residence." he said sweetly, then sticking his tongue out at his older sister.
"Oh, just a minute please." he said into the phone right before he handed Kagome the phone saying it was for her.
"Hello? Oh, hi Yuka! I'm fine, how are you? Really? That's awesome! Uh, sure. I guess we can hang out. How about we meet at the mall in 20 minutes? Okay, Eri and Ayumi? Okay, Bye!"
As she hung up the phone she turned to Souta and said
"I'm gonna go out for a bit, when Grandpa wakes up tell him I'll be home soon." Climbing the stairs once again she thought of how much money she could spare for a small shopping spree. She decided she could spare around $40 out of her piggy back. When she got to her room she grabbed the money and her purse and went back downstairs and put on her light blue sandals.
"Bye Souta!"
Outside it was a beautiful day. The sun shone, there was a slight breeze and you could hear the birds chirping. Kagome stepped into the sunlight, enjoying the warmth and taking in the smell of spring. She started to walk towards the mall while quietly singing Fukai Mori by Do As Infinity.
"Boku-tachi wa, samayoi nagara
Ikite yuku, doko made mo
Shinjite'ru, hikari motome
Arukidusu, kimi to ima."
Her mind slowly wandered back to her dream. Who was that guy? And what was with the fangs? Soon, without realizing it because she was too caught up in her thoughts, she had walked all the way mall. She walked inside and went to the bench where her and her friends always met at. She glanced at her watch noticing that she was 5 minutes early.
'They're usually here early though, that's weird.' she thought.
'Don't worry, they probably stopped to drool at some hot guy.' her mind argued back.
Then about 15 minutes later her friends came up to Kagome, saying they were really sorry that they were late.
"It's okay, don't worry about it." Kagome reassured them.
"Oh, Kagome! We brought a little surprise for you! Wait right here!" Eri said cheerfully while she walked away with Ayumi.
They turned a corner and then came walking back towards Kagome and Yuka with someone behind them. The girls stepped aside to reveal Hojo, a guy who had been trying for weeks to get Kagome to go out on a date with him.
"Oh, hi Hojo!" Kagome said, trying to act happy.
"Hi Kagome, how are you?" Hojo replied, not even noticed Kagome's phony way of acting happy.
"I'm good, how about you?"
"I'm great, hey, why don't we go get some ice-cream?"
"Great idea!" Yuka butt in.
Kagome mentally slapped herself for even coming because her friends were always trying to set her up with Hojo.
"I'm not sure if I can, I just remembered I'm supposed to be babysitting my little brother. I guess I'll see you guys later!" Kagome said quickly while walking away from the other four teens.
"But Kagome, your brother is way too old to be babysat!" Eri yelled after Kagome's quickly disappearing form. Soon she was gone as another group of kids passed by her.
'Good, I lost them.' Kagome thought as she hid in one of the nearby stores. She looked around the corner to see her friends walking the other way. She started to walk the opposite way and out of the mall. When she stepped in the door of her house she saw Souta, her mom, and her grandpa watching the T.V. She took off her shoes and stepped in.
"What are you watching?" She questioned.
"The new's dear." her mom replied, her eyes still on the T.V.
When Kagome looked at the screen she saw a covered body being taken into an ambulance with cop cars all around.
"Wow, what happened?"
"Someone was murdered." her grandpa said.
"Yeah, some man was killed and the body's been out for hours!" Souta said fascinated.
"Oh my god, seriously?"
Kagome sat down beside her brother and started watching.
"At about 11 o'clock this morning a body was found in an alleyway of Tokyo City. A woman named Miwa Hitomi came across the body and called 911 on her cell phone in a panic. The body has been identified as the 37 year old male Iida Tetsuko. The cause of death was blood loss but forensics are puzzled because there was no blood found around the wound, which his neck was slashed."
"That's horrible!" Kagome exclaimed.
As they showed a picture of the man, Kagome reconized him from her dreams...
'Odd, well whatever, it's just a bizarre coincidence, I mean seriously, a lot of guys look the same... Right?' Her mind asked herself.
"Kagome, I thought you were at the mall with your friends." her mom said slightly surprised."You're
home so early."
Kagome's mind snapped back to reality.
"I was getting bored so I just left." She quickly lied while heading up the stairs to her room. She flopped down on the bed, trying to think of something to do.
'I could call up another one of my friends...Nah, all they want to do is gossip and talk about guys.'
"Kagome!" A voice suddenly shouted up the stairs.
Kagome went to the top of the stairs and looked down to see Souta standing at the bottom.
"What do you want?" Kagome aked him, slightly irritated because he interrupted her thoughts.
"Wanna play some video games with me?"
'Hey, at least it's something to do.' Her mind told her.
"Sure, whatever." She said boredly as she started to walk down the staircase.
By the time she got into the livingroom, Souta had already turned his PS2 on and the title of the game flashed across the screen.
"Soul Calibur 2 again?"
"Why not? It's one of my favorite games." Souta whined.
"You only like it 'cause you always kick my butt... You know I suck at games like this."
"That's the point!" Souta said, smiling slightly.
"Ugh! That's the seventeenth time you've beaten me! Don't you ever get tired of this game?" Kagome asked her younger brother while she fell onto her back.
"Nope! Not when I always win, anyway. Maybe if you didn't choose such a sucky character you might have a chance!"
Kagome just rolled her eyes. She looked at the clock, which now read 2:28.
"Woah! It's already 2:30! We've played for 2 hours? What a waste of time!"
Kagome stood up and walked over to the computer and clicked the button to turn it on. While it loaded she went, got a drink and then sat down. She logged onto her MSN file and noticed a lot of her friends were online... Including Hojo, who she quickly blocked. A conversation window popped up on Kagome's screen. It was Eri.
Eri Angel says:
Hey Kag, what's up?
SakuraBlossom says:
Nothing really, cute name.
Eri Angel says:
You think so? I was gonna change it.
SakuraBlossom says:
No, leave it! It's cool!
Eri Angel says:
Why did you leave earlier? You're brother is way too old to be babysat.
SakuraBlossom says:
Because (but you can't tell Yuka!) I can't stand Hojo!
Eri Angel says:
Really? But you guys would make such a cute couple!
SakuraBlossom says:
Cute couple? You're kidding me right? We go together like ice and heat!
Eri Angel says:
Seriously? You hate him that much?
SakuraBlossom says:
YEAH! He is soooo dense! I always hint that I don't like him and like 5 minutes later he asks if I wanna go do something on Saturday.
Eri Angel says:
Okay, okay, I get the point! God! I knew he was dense but I didn't know it bothered you that much!
SakuraBlossom says:
LOL, it does. I don't see how you, Ayumi and Yuka can stand hanging out with him so much!
Eri Angel says:
I dunno, I guess after a while you get used to it.
SakuraBlossom says:
Hahaha, soon you'll be dense too! I'm just kidding!
Eri Angel says:
I gotta go, my mom says I have to go do homework...Grrrr..
SakuraBlossom says:
Homework? But it's Saturday?
Eri Angel says:
She hates me doing it on Sunday because I never finish it...Hehehehe...
SakuraBlossom says:
Okay, whatever... See ya later!
Eri Angel says:
Bye!
Kagome watched as Eri's MSN sign went to offline.
'Great, there's no one else online.. What do I do now?'
Kagome started to play some online games and easily got bored and just turned the computer off...
'Guess I'll just have to go and start my homework...'
She walked up the stairs and pulled out her math homework, took one look at the complicated math paper and sighed.
'This is gonna take me forever'
After answering 12 problems on her sheet she started to feel sleepy so she laid down on her bed deciding to take a short nap...
7 pm
Kagome bolted up in her bed, covered in a cold sweat.
'It's that dream again...But this time the man was bitten, I felt it myself'
She rubbed her hand across her neck where the bite marks would have been while slowly standing up so she didn't get dizzy. She started to walk downstairs to grab herself a drink. Once she had gulped down a glass of orange juice she decided to go for a short walk.
"Mom, I'm gonna go for a short walk in the park down the street, 'kay?"
"Sure dear, but make sure to be home soon, it's starting to get kind of dark."
"Okay Mom, see you soon!" Kagome yelled back as she closed the front door.
'She's right, it is kinda dark...Guess I'll just have to take a quicker walk tonight.'
As Kagome started to walk down the street she got the really weird feeling she was being watched. She shook off the feeling as just being paranoid. She entered the park and started to walk down the main path. She heard a shout to her right a looked over. Two men were fighting with 3 others around them.
'What's going on?'
Kagome started to walk faster, sort of freaked out at the men fighting..
'Some of those guys don't even look more than a couple of years older than me.'
She heard the yells get louder and noticed that one man was running while the other four were chasing him...One of them had a gun and was shooting at the single man running from the others.
'Oh my god! What do I do?'
She started to run out of the parked, scared of the guy with the gun. She left and turned up a street then up an alleyway.
'I'm safe here'
Suddenly Kagome felt a hand around her mouth and shoulders. She struggled to pull free but wasn't able to. She tried to turn around to see who was holding on to her but only succeeding in tripping and falling over. She looked up at whoever it was and saw the last person she expected and the first person she was afraid of.
'It's him...The guy from my dreams..'