For hours it seemed, they had been on the same dirt road.
The city she knew and loved, full of smoke and tall business buildings disappeared in a flash.
Kagome head her titled just enough to see her surroundings zip by her.
She barely know ledged things she usually commented about, even old houses where childhood friends use to live. The music tamed her, and the thoughts of her mother was overwhelming. She had always been the sensitive one, she figured being the only girl in the family, and the oldest had a lot to say. Then again she had always been that way.
Her brother was distracted enough with his loads of batteries, headphones and assortment of snacks. Her grandfather was occupied listening to the radio, and neither her grandfather or her brother were willing to say anything about mom. It made her wonder in her own mind, if they even realized how dangerous this was, or even cared.
Kagome closed her eyes. The darkness fell again. The picture of Kikyou was slowly coming back into her mind. It was always there, imprinted but she refused to remember. After all they resembled one another perfectly, and that's all Kagome could remember. The only thing in common they had, was having the same hate to be called one another by mistake.
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" Kikyou, show Kagome around. She loves spending time with you, and you know that." Kagome's aunt voice rang, preparing a nice huge salad and dinner as always. Her curly blonde hair bounced every time she moved or talked, and Kagome could remember the beautiful diamond earrings she wore almost like to say if she was better, and better off with money then anything else.
Kikyou just nodded. She didn't even need to speak to express her emotions, especially anger. It wasn't a good sign if she was quiet, it never was. Kikyou wore just her tight leather pants, an over sized shirt that she cut down into what looked like a mid top and a single purple ribbon that matched perfectly with her tinted black hair.
Kagome had never been more scared in her life.
Kikyou saw her frozen in the kitchen, and gently placed her arm on her shoulder as if to be a friend.
" Kagome I've got a lot to show you. Don't be so timid, just follow me." Her voice was very dark and lyrical at times. Kagome nodded with a slight noise and headed off down the long stretch of dirt road.
Kagome eyes opened in wonder, staring at the beauty of the forest and the animals she spotted along the way. She counted a few number of deer. With a smile she had stopped, and Kikyou turned her head enough to see she was trailing miserably behind.
" Kikyou look. Deer! Come here, before they head off."
Kikyou snuffed her head up to the air. In arroganance and control she turned around swiftly, and pounded her boots against the gravel, a sound that sent them fleeing. It was bad enough there was an age difference, it was worse to be called the wrong name. To be called her name.
" What the heck did you do that for! They were hap-" We don't have time to be gazing at every little animal we see. Besides they are just deer. Nothing truly exciting. Now come on."
Her voice crack like a whip.
Kikyou grabbed her carefully by the wrist, enough to get her moving at her pace. Kagome had never seen beauty like this before, after all she lived in the city. She'd be gracious enough to see maybe a raccoon or something like that. Kikyou loved ruining anything that made her happy. It disgusted her that she could travel around with an endearing smile on her face, grin at the simplest of things. Kagome had even the green ribbon in her hair, exactly like Kikyou once had. That was sometimes the best, and the saddest way to tell them apart.
Kagome could feel her grip tightening with every step. Kikyou's dark brown eyes said a lot more then her voice ever did. Kagome could recall so many times she had told her to shut up, that she was just girl who was useless and didn't want to be caught dead with her. If her aunt didn't say one word, Kikyou would of trailed off, disappeared, shunning her away with ease.
" Look here we are. You like horses right?" Kikyou smiled with delight, seeing a horse stable of a few horses running in a distance, away from the tall black horse. Kikyou just smiled watching the aggressive horse whine and snort the minute it caught sight of herself and her cousin.
" Ya, but not that black one. No way I'm riding that one."
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Kikyou stood there with patience, watching the horse snort and whiny as she sat on the wooden fence. Carefully she dug her hands into her pockets and revealed a treat that tamed the beast instantly. Kikyou smiled knowing she could tame that horse, and that it didn't take a liking to anybody else. Quickly she grabbed a hold of the mane, and watched the anxiousness and fear dancing in her eyes.
" Kikyou get off! That horse will hurt you. Come on this wasn't a good idea."
Kikyou refused to answer her. With a swift kick she made the horse run after her. It kicked open the fence, and Kagome watched it stand on its two legs and Kikyou did her best to make herself look scared.
" Kagome run! I have no control of the horse at all!" She lied.
. She pouted her lips, her eyebrows furrowed and aimed at Kagome like a target. Kagome ran as fast as she could, kicking up dirt as she turned every corner. Kikyou of course enjoyed the chase, she wanted her out of her sights far away from her home. Kikyou was always forced to be with her minute after minute, hour after hour. Jealousy quickly became anger.
She watched Kagome flee. The horse was right behind her, and it was at that moment she fell hard. Kikyou swiftly kicked the horse again, and gently touched its soft face to calm it down. The horse understood and gently placed his hoofs her skirt, pinning her to the ground.
Kagome's eyes were glazed over with fear, while Kikyou face remained the same. It never changed. Only her pout transformed to a smile to signal she did everything she wanted to do. Kagome thought she was beautiful, everyone did. Even with the hate written on her face.
" Kagome get out of my sight. I don't want to see you ever again. Not tomorrow, not the next day. Stay thehell out of my sight. Don't even bother saying another word. Now get out of here, before I go after you again."
Those words cut her like a knife. Kagome awoke in a panic, like a nightmare. Her brother just smiled in greeting the sleeping beauty, throwing her a Ziploc bag of fresh fruit and snacks.
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" Your finally awake. You've been asleep for a few hours. We were going to stop at your favorite store, but we didn't want to wake you up."
Kagome rubbed her eyes. If she had any strength she would of smacked her brother upside the head. Her grandfather was humming along to the tunes, while she stretched out slowly recognizing where they were.
" Gramps how much longer until we get there?"
He smiled, realizing she was awake. He tapped on the steering wheel and turned down his old funky tunes that each of them would rather be spared from.
" Oh Kagome. Your awake..Hmm I'd say about a half an hour. I heard a lot about Kikyou lately. She's a very successful lady now. She owns her flower shop, on a soccer league, and is a talented authoress. She's done a lot in these few years. She even met this young guy. His name escapes me, but he'll be there for the dinner later on. Kikyou says she can wait to see you again."
Kagome twirled her fingers in her hair, and laughed the thought underneath her breath. Ya so she can ruin me like she did the last time. That's the only reason she wants to see me. She's done all that? Ya right. I'm surprised she even managed to get a guy, that would actually stick with her.
Even though her grandfather had bad hearing, he picked up on Kagome's muttering perfectly, that took her off guard. He smiled at her, hoping her scowl would fade away.
" Kagome dear. That was years ago, you two were just kids. Besides she has matured, so have you. She's excited, and you should be too."
Kagome rolled her eyes, only imagining how a girl like her so hateful, and demonic could have all success come to her hands. Kagome swallowed at the thought meeting her. She would of rather stayed home, or at a friend's place at least. She lacked a boyfriend, only had a job at her grandfather's shop, and wrote like a two year old. It would make her look so good, in front of that whole family. By the way my mother's dying of cancer. Is yours?