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Story time!

Cousin's Return

Chapter 3: The Face in the Mirror

Shawn slowly dragged herself up to her room. It was only 8:00pm, but she was wiped out. When she had gotten home Kagome had bombarded her with transfer work.

"I swear if I have to sign one more thing tonight I'm gonna kill somebody," Shawn groaned.

"Sorry," said Kagome, "If you lived in Japan you wouldn't have had quite as much, but with the whole moving from the other side of the Pacific ocean thing…" Kagome trailed off.

"Oh, well. At least it's done," said Shawn, "It is done right? There's nothing else?"

Kagome laughed, "Yeah, it's done. By the way, they aren't going to have your uniform until Wednesday."

Shawn shrugged, "I'm going to unpack a bit."

"Do you need any help?"

"No that's OK. You need to do your homework. I'll manage alone," said Shawn with a fake smile. She really just wanted to crash. She walked into her room and shut the door and turned to face the many boxes piled on the floor, "Let's get this over with."

The first thing Shawn did was open the box that read MUSIC and took out her portable CD playing alarm clock (A/N you know those ones that play CDs. I don't' know the technical term). She set it on her bedside table, which at the moment wasn't really at her bedside. She popped in her Phil Vassar CD and cranked the volume. For a minute she just stood and let the beat flow through her. Then with renewed strength she started dancing around the room and shoving furniture where she wanted it.

"Wanna pop a top

Pop a top

Wanna go

Wanna roll

Wanna rock it

Heeeyyyyy" Shawn sang along with the CD player as she opened box after box and put item upon item onto shelves and into drawers.

When the CD finally ended Shawn glanced at the clock (which she had found in a box full of sheets). It was 9:07pm.

Shawn sighed. She had gotten her bed moved into a coroner and had set it with her purple and white Tie-Dye bedspread. Her desk was on the opposite wall. Her dresser had been moved by the closet and her very large bookshelf was by the end of the bed. There were still about a dozen unopened boxes on the floor, most containing old papers or clothes.

"I'll finish tomorrow," said Shawn yawning. She grabbed her bathrobe and went to take a shower.

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Shawn stepped out of the shower dripping wet and wrapped her fuzzy robe around her body. The mirror was fogged up so that all that could be seen were shadows of the bathroom and its contents. Shawn turned on the fan to clear up the mist. She listened to the gentle thrum of the spinning blades as she brushed her teeth and bent down to wash her face. She rubbed facial cleanser onto her cheeks, nose, and chin and then splashed it all off with icy cold water. As she dried her face with a towel she straitened up and looked in the mirror.

Shawn screamed, for instead of seeing her own face she saw Harashi! Harashi looked almost exactly like Shawn except her hair was extremely long and her eyes were completely black. Harashi smiled.

"Get out!" screamed Shawn. She threw the closest thing at hand (her towel) at the imposter reflection. The Harashi reflection did not follow Shawn's movements, but when the towel made contact with the mirror Harashi disappeared, leaving Shawn to stare at herself. Her face was white and her breathing heavy.

"Shawn? Are you OK?" Kagome asked through the door. She walked in with out waiting for an answer, "What happened?"

"She was here. She was in the mirror," gasped Shawn, still staring at her reflection, half expecting it to change back.

"Who?" asked Kagome, looking worriedly into the mirror.

"Harashi," whispered Shawn. She finally turned to face Kagome, "She was there."

"How?"

"I… don't know."

"Shawn, are you sure you weren't seeing things. I mean you've just gotten through a very traumatic experience and-"

"I know what I saw!" shouted Shawn.

"OK OK. Chill out," said Kagome, " Sorry."

Shawn sighed put her fingers to her temples, "It's OK. Just forget it. I'm going to bed.

"Night then," said Kagome, "Remember, you need to be up by 7:00."

"Got it. G' night," said Shawn. She looked at the mirror one final time before heading to her room.

Author's Note: Sorry it was such a short chapter, but I'm really busy lately and I want to try to update often so I don't lose my reviewers. Also sorry that Inuyasha hasn't shown up a lot yet. But fear not, I'll make sure he's in the next chapter at least a little bit.

Gotta roll,

DramaQueenABZ