This and last chapter are mostly setting the stage and tone for the rest of the fic. I hope you stick around, this will be the shortest chapter of this piece, and I'll try hard to make sure that all future chapters are the same length as the first, if not longer. The only reason this was separated from the first half was a shift of tone and view! So! Hope you enjoy and leave a review~
She had come home whole, and yet as if something were missing...but she was home...
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Kagome returned home more mature, she had always carried a youthful vigor that was bursting from the seams, and while it was still there, it was hidden by wistful eyes and smiles that didn't quite reach.
They had won the battle, her family away from home were happy and that's all she could wish for, now all she had to do was finish her schooling and become a person her family could be proud of.
She had decided to take her schooling outside of school, the decision was a difficult one but she felt overall it was a better-made choice.
Kagome didn't slack an inch with her free time, putting all of her energy into better the shrine and trying to help bring it back to life, as well as honing her skills and keeping them sharp.
Her grandfather couldn't be prouder...
Kagome's family had been worried about her after her return, and honestly, it had hurt saying goodbye to the friends who had become like family to her, who she had shed blood, sweat, and tears for. Who wouldn't be upset, miss them? But things hadn't ended on a sour note, and as far as she knew, when she left, she left them to fruitful futures.
So she did what she did best, and that was continuing to live, she would continue trying to be the best person she could be and doing what she could as much as she could.
She was fine, really, sure she was still mending, but she wasn't drowning in the sorrow like she was tempted to, though she wondered just what fate would lead her into next...
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Sota had big aspirations, he wanted to make something of himself, be someone who could take care of himself and his family with no issue.
He wasn't overly studious, enjoying sports more so, but he needed equal amounts of both if he wanted to be somebody.
Kagome was a huge help, even with all the school she had missed, she had a very quick and clever wit about her, though it couldn't quite be said the same for her math skills...
Fortunately, unlike his sibling, he tended to excel in maths and sciences. Still, if he wanted to enter a top school, he would need to apply himself twice as much.
He had his sights set on entering Ouran via scholarship, it was a hefty goal, but with his family behind him, he took the plunge.
As unlikely as it was to get his sister into the idea, he wished she would have applied as well...
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Exams were done, all he had to do now was the hear the news deciding his fate.
He had half jokingly, part seriously, asked Kagome for a charm for good luck, she had simply had a good laugh at that. He was reassured instead of miffed when she had replied, that he didn't even need luck.
How he hoped she was right...
