Chapter 2

"I wish..."

The rain had begun to pour before she'd even left the park grounds and by the time she finally reached the front steps of her home, she and Kilala were both soaked to the bone.

"It's not fair!" Kagome cried as she came to a stop at the foot of the stairs, gazing into the reddened face of her step mother, Sango.

"Really, Kagome!" Sango sighed, her hands on her hips. "Look at you! Well, don't just stand there in the rain, you'll catch a cold! Come on, inside!"

"I'm sorry! Come on, Kilala,"

"Not her!"

"But it's pouring!"

"Into the garage!" Sango barked, pointing the huge cat in that direction.

"Oh, go on, Kilala. Go on!" Kagome cried helplessly, pushing past her step mother to get inside of the house.

"Kagome! You're an hour late!" Sango followed her step daughter inside, glaring. "Look, your father and I like to go out and it's rare when we get to! I asked you to babysit because you said you didn't have plans!"

"How would you know? You never ask me what I want anymore! And you two go out every single weekend!" Kagome protested, the skirts of her dress gathered in her hands to reveal the blue jeans underneath.

"I shouldn't have to ask you, Kagome! For goodness sakes, I would assume that you would tell me if you have something planned! You should be dating at this age! I'd like it if you did!"

Kagome growled, frustrated.

"Kagome! There you are! We were worried," Her father, Miroku, gazed down at her, his young infant son, Shippo, in his arms.

"Nothing I do is ever good enough any more, is it!" Kagome shoved her way passed him, taking the stairs two at a time to get to her room all the more quicker.

"Oooh!" Sango stomped her foot in defiance. "No matter what I do she always treats me like some wicked step mother in her fairy tale books! I don't know what to do anymore, Miroku!"

"Ah, don't worry about it. She's a teenager, sweetheart. I'll go talk to her!"

Kagome stared at herself in the mirror as she sat down, running her fingers over the beads that made up the crown she had custom made for her Halloween costume and heaved a heavy sigh. She reached through her many stuffed animals and other fantasy collectables and grasped her lipstick, putting on a thin layer of it.

"You will get the line right this time, Kagome," She grumbled at herself, making sure her face was set in a serious expression. She murmured, determined, "Through dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered. I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin city...to take back the child that you have stolen...!"

"Kagome?"

She growled, throwing her lipstick at the mirror. "What did I do now?"

"Can I talk to you, sweetheart?"

"There's nothing to talk about!" She shouted, stubbornly as she looked away from her mirror, her eyes falling expectantly on her bedroom door.

"Well...I've fed Shippo and I'm putting him to bed. We'll be back around midnight, sweetheart," And then Miroku's voice was gone. Kagome glared at her door, more angry than she had been before and in a huff, she threw herself onto her bed. "Yes, well, you really wanted to talk, didn't you!" She grabbed her pillow and screamed into it, only to roll around and stare at the shelves above her. Of course, as usual, her favorite stuffed bear was gone. "Damnit! That witch of a step mother has been in my room again!"

Kagome knew exactly where that bear was, and in furious frenzy, she left her room and strode across the hallway to her parents room where Shippo was standing up in his crib, crying hysterically. She found the bear on the floor next to the crib, tossed down as carelessly as ever. It only angered her more, and in that frenzy she snatched the bear up, clutching it to her chest. "I hate this!" She shouted, glaring at her little brother. "I hate you!"

Shippo's wailing doubled and she glared, tears filling her brown eyes. "Someone, please! Take me away! Take me away from this awful place!" She glared back down at Shippo, her brown eyes turning to ice. "What do you want? A story? Yeah, you want a story? Well fine!" She threw herself onto her parent's bed, glaring at the baby. "How about this one? Once upon a time there was an evil step mother who always made her step daughter stay home with her spoiled rotten child! The step daughter was practically his slave, always having to give up the things she loved just for him! Just to shut him up! But no one knew her secret! No one knew that the King of all Goblins had fallen in love with her! He even gave her powers of her own! So one night, in her frustration, and when the baby had been particularly annoying, and she was tired from a long day of school and chores, and was hurt by the cutting words of her step mother, the girl called to the goblins for help!" She walked towards the mirror, forcing a wicked face and a strangely evil voice. "Say the right words, the goblins commanded, and we'll take that wicked child to the castle and he'll become one of us, forever!"

Somewhere, deep in the heart of the Goblin city, a gathering of a hundred or so Goblins stirred at her words. "Hush, listen! Do you hear that?" One among the hundreds called out, his eyes wide in surprise and anticipation. They gasped as they heard Kagome's speech, growing more and more excited by the moment.

"Oh good, I'm glad you hear it,"

"Master!" One of the goblins called. "She's going to say it!"

"I know, shut up, Naraku," The goblin silenced himself as his master commanded and returned to listening with the others.

"Of course, the girl knew that if she did ask this of them she would never see her brother again. So of course she never made the request. But on that particular night, she didn't care. She was too angry to care," Kagome knelt down in front of the crib, growling as her brother continued to cry, his face growing red. "Oh, fine!" She lifted him, bouncing him. "Shut up already! I gave you a story, Shippo, what more do you want from me? Shut up! Shut up! I'll say it! I mean it! I'll say it!"

She danced with him in her arms, annoyed still. "No, but of course I mustn't say those words! But...I wish..."

The goblins gasped in surprise, eagerly awaiting the rest of her words. Their anticipation was building, rising ever higher, even their master looked on with golden, shining eyes. Would she make the request?

"She's going to say it!"

"Say what?"

"BE QUIET!"

"I can't stand it anymore!" Kagome cried, holding Shippo above her head. "Goblin King! Goblin King! Wherever you may be! Take this child of mine far away from me!"

The anticipation dwindled into disappointment, and the king fell back in his throne with a chuckle and a sigh.

"That's not it!" Naraku growled. "That doesn't even start with 'I wish'...! Stupid girl!"

"Be quiet, Shippo!" Kagome cried, setting him back on her hip helplessly. "It's times like these that I really do wish that I knew what to say to make the goblins take you away!"

"I wish the goblins would come and take you away! THAT'S NOT HARD, IS IT!" Naraku screamed, flustered. His master's amusement doubled at this, but his eyes focused on the crystal ball that occupied the center of the elaborate but crowded throne room, eagerly awaiting his beautiful love's request to be spoken.

Kagome's lips parted, her eyes narrowing as the words came to her. "Is it really that simple?" She looked down at Shippo then, sighing. "I wish..."

"Did she say it?"

"SHUT UP!"

Kagome shook her head, placing her baby brother into his crib, covering the crying mess up in his blanket. She glared at him for a moment and then walked towards the door, shutting off the light. "I wish the goblins would come and take you away...right this instant!" She strode back towards her room and paused in the sudden silence. "Shippo?"

A/N: Ok, as you've probably noticed, the first few chapters mimic the movie, save for a few subtle differences in this chapter. However, this was just to get the story going. Everything that happens from this point on(save for a few minor details in chapter 3) will not be the same as the actual movie. There will be drama, betrayal, a love interest cough inuyasha!cough XD And of course the cowardice of Jaken as Hoggle. It's just going to be an interesting little ride. I really hope you guys like reading this as much as I adore writing it. bows before the god that is David Bowie

Love to all!