Hi! I was just rereading the rest of the story to get inspired, and the mistakes were really bugging me! I must seem really stupid, I even put 'gait' instead of 'gate' in chapter 2 . And all the 'she's…she did this, she did that; it's so repetitive! (and that was a run on sentence….does it ever end? –wail of despair-) I'm sorry for being such a terrible writer. : (
Ok now onto reviews! (-mood swing-) -sweat drop- wow talk about faithful reviewers…I received 3 reviews only 3 hours after I posted! (which was in school…I was supposed to be doing research for science, but that didn't stop me from following your every wish and command! TT) ((I wrote that the day I got the reviews….I just didn't write the actual chappie –cringe-))
Kasatka: Glad u liked it! Thanx for reviewing! (Wow, that was short…feels like something's missing…o yeah, I know: my long-windedness)
CherryBlossomLove: I know…poor Kagome…I am truly evil! Muah ha ha! Thanx for the review!
Fiona-Angel: Haha! You used my word! I luv u! And in answer to your question (YAY QUESTIONS! –dances with glee-) Kagome is a very screwed up person. Even more screwed up than you may suspect right now, as will be displayed in later chappies. Possibly even –gasp- suicidal! Dun dun dun dun! She tries so hard to be normal and get over it…I feel kinda bad for her. O well….-evil grin-
Superfrog: Yay, someone actually read my profile! I think your review got cut off tho…Well, thanx for the review!
Kougas #1 fan: Thank you! But, Kagome probably wont tell them how her mom died for a while…sry! Thanks for reviewing!
Tara: -grins- A lot of people have told me they love this story, but I still get a warm fuzzy feeling inside whenever a new person says they do (this applies to anyone who tells me they love it…the warm fuzzy feeling, I mean). : D Thanks for the review!
nekoinuhanyou: -is confuzzled- 'ouch' as in it sux (the story) and it's so bad it hurts, or ouch, those dream things would suck? Well, um anyway, thanks for the review! (-is happily oblivious-)
korokochan16: Thank you! Here's the update! Thanx for reviewing!
midnightscry: Be prepared for more shivers ; ) (though not in the near future, exactly –sweat drop-)…Well, thanx for the review!
rabbitstew: (yay, more questions!) They will find out about her mom eventually, but it will take a while. I want to try and draw out the plot. Thanx for reviewing!
Ritsuki-Chan: I totally consider us friends! And getting well known, is awesome! We're going to be rich and famous (besides the fact that you can't make money off fanfiction -sweatdrop-) and ur not weird for being proud of me, I'm proud of you, too! ; )
I modeled the teen lounge after the 'youth lounge' at my temple, so if the people who read this story picture it as the place their youth-group or whatever meets, then that's cool. I drew up a floor plan, but I don't own a scanner –sweatdrop-. If I can force my friend who owns one to let me come over then maybe I could post it on deviant-art (I got an account). Well, s'all for now, and thanx for your review! Luv ya!
LaRohaZeta: lol! I really want to buy that movie! the quote at the end reminded me of what you drew in my sketch book…the one where you could see this fly-like figure through all this fog-stuff, and it said that quote. It's too bad Sirius looked like a fly or it would've been really good…but then again you did draw it in the dark…well, I'll see you at Prozy! I can't wait to hear more of that oh, so sexy Moses lisp! ((I wrote that a while ago…Prozy is over now. NOOO! –wail-))
Darkness spreads: thanx for the review! Here is the chappie! (de ja vous…that is so not how you spell that)
InuLuvr18: As you wish. –bows- Thanx for the review!
: thanks! Here's the next chapter…(more de ja vous (and more bad spelling of French –sweat drop-)) Thanks for the review!
If I missed u I'll get to you next chapter…get over yourself .
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(if that wasn't clear enough for you check out chapters 1-5…and if you haven't read them yet then what the hell are you doing reading chapter 6!)
Healings of a Broken Heart
We Don't Mix
Kagome's eyes snapped open. For a moment she was terrified. Eventually her heartbeat began to slow, and her breathing returned to normal. She was beginning to become accustomed to these dreams, but Kagome wished she knew what had triggered them…at least her 'condition' had improved over these past few days. Lately whenever she was reminded of That Night she had forced her eyes to see, her mind to work. She had begun refusing to be pulled in. The dreams had started soon after, but she preferred them to the accusations that she had an eating disorder and the public humiliation.
Kagome checked her clock. It was 6am, and today was Wednesday, the first day she would be attending the high school here. (A/N: They had some days off. Why? Well, because I realized I kept referring to 'a few' and 'a couple' days when only one had passed, so voila: 3 DAYS!) Kagome wasn't tired so she got out of bed and turned off her alarm so that it wouldn't go off later. She grabbed some clothes and headed out the door and down the hall to the shower. While she was walking Kagome wasn't exactly paying attention to where she was going and suddenly ran into someone else who was striding quickly toward her. Both of them found themselves on the floor.
"Watch where you're going, bitch!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Excuse me," the disgruntled girl retorted, "But why don't you follow your own advice!"
Their yells continued escalating in volume, until a bleary-eyed Sango stuck her head out the door. "Would you shut-up!" she moaned, "I was trying to sleep!"
"Feh," Inuyasha muttered, crossing his arms and turning away, "It was all her fault anyway!"
"Don't you 'Feh' me! Now either shut up or get back to sleep!" with that Sango slammed the door in his face.
Kagome sighed and walked off down the hall, ignoring what Inuyasha called after her and feeling guilty about waking Sango. When she reached the bathroom she went into one of the shower stalls, stripped, turned the water on, and stepped under the warm flow of water. Over the past few days she had mastered these showers, so the water was a perfect temperature.
'I wonder what Inuyasha was doing up so early,' Kagome thought as she washed herself, 'He doesn't seem like a morning person.'
"On second thought," she muttered, "he doesn't seem like the kind of person who knows how to be polite at any time of the day." Kagome scowled; how had she been so stupid as to think for even a second that he, of all people, had a sweet side!
'He's more likely to the King of Spain's illegitimate son, separated from his triplets and hiding out here because a terror organization by the name of Fluffy Kittens is after him!' she thought angrily. Kagome continued listing Inuyasha's faults, 'mean, inconsiderate, insensitive…' in her head until she realized she was beginning to repeat the first few.
Sighing, she got out of the shower and dried off. 'I can't let him ruin today,' Kagome thought. 'It's too important that I get off to a good start!'
X.x
"Hey," Sango greeted Kagome as she slid into the chair next to her.
"Hi," Kagome smiled at her, she and Sango had become close friends over the past few days. "Sorry for waking you up so early," Kagome said guiltily.
"Oh, it's ok," Sango grinned, "It was probably Inuyasha's fault anyway." When Kagome didn't respond after about a minute had passed, Sango followed her gaze to the door.
Inuyasha and Miroku, who Kagome had noticed the entrance of, had just finished getting their food and were now walking towards them. "Hey!" Sango told them cheerfully, as Miroku sat across from her, and Inuyasha sat next to him.
Kagome, who had been glowering darkly at them, stood up and said stiffly to Sango, "I'll see you at the bus stop," before walking off.
"What's up with her?" Miroku asked, raising an eyebrow.
Sango scowled and jabbed a finger through the air at a certain hanyou sitting next to Miroku, who just so happened to be smirking.
X.x
(A/N: Two words: Writers. Block…Fuck. Ok, that was 3, but I really don't care. I know what's supposed to happen, I'm just at a loss for the right words.)
(A/N: I got over the writers block (obviously)…it took a really long time, though)
The bus was just like the ones in her old school district; it smelled of car exhaust, old food, and chewing gum. From her seat next to Sango near the back, every bump they went over was exaggerated, causing the pair to get a few inches of air between the seats and their bodies. Kagome chatted happily with Sango on the way to school; giggling with her when the girl Miroku had sat next to started screaming at him for something he had done to her. Inuyasha was in the seat across from them, sitting by himself, reading something that Kagome couldn't see.
The bus pulled up at the school, and the kids started getting off the bus. Kagome and Sango went inside together before splitting up to go look to their lockers. Kagome walked around looking for her locker, the number of which she had on a piece of paper in her pocket. After about ten minutes of wandering about, she realized that she was completely lost. Kagome sighed. "I should've asked Sango where to go," she muttered, while she kept on.
Suddenly she collided into a well-muscled chest, and started to fall backward. A pair of masculine arms grabbed her about the waist and steadied her. The boy, who appeared to be about her age, stood back, blushing. "I'm s-sorry," Kagome mumbled apologetically, "I should've been watching where I was going." Her cheeks were even redder than his.
"Oh, no," he replied, waving a hand in a dismissive manner, "it's my fault, I wasn't paying any attention to the world around me." The boy paused, looking at her in an interested manner. "I don't recognize you, are you new here?" he asked with a smile.
"Umm, yeah," Kagome replied, feeling a bit weak in the knees. He had a dazzling smile, and was, in general, very good looking. His short brown hair looked windblown, as if he had biked to school, which, Kagome realized, was very possible, and he had sparkling blue eyes. From the way people around them were staring and whispering Kagome realized that this must be a common opinion among the school's girl population. "I was just looking for my locker," she said weakly.
"Oh, really? Do you need help? I'm Hojo, by the way," he smiled again, and Kagome could feel herself melting. She didn't notice the hanyou down the hall scowling in her direction, or the smirk the boy standing next to him wore, as he internally laughed at the other's facial expression.
"That would be great, thanks. Oh, and I'm Kagome," she smiled shyly.
Hojo continued smiling. "Nice name," he said, a bit dismissively, Kagome thought. "Hey, Saki!" Hojo called to a girl walking down the hall, "C'mere."
The girl sighed and came over to the pair, "What do you want?" She sounded annoyed.
Hojo laughed, and said (while Kagome continued turning into jelly), "This is Kagome; Kagome, my twin sister, Saki." He turned to the other girl who, Kagome saw, looked a lot like him. Her chin-length hair was a slightly darker shade of brown, but the eyes were the same blue. She wore a short, red plaid skirt, as well as black knee socks, and chunky black shoes. A black t-shirt bearing the schools name in neon-green letters covered her top half.
Kagome gave a small smile, and said, "Hi, it's nice to meet you."
The girl smiled back, but still appeared slightly annoyed, "Same. So is that all?" she asked her brother.
"Do you think you could help Kagome find her locker? She's new, and I was going to help her, but I have to get to the Before-School meeting," Hojo told her.
"Fine, but you have to make that American exchange student stop following me around. Tell him I was just dumped and will come to him when I think I'm ready for a new relationship," Saki commanded.
Hojo chuckled, "I'm surprised at you, sister, do you actually like this one? Are you sure you don't want me telling him you have some huge boyfriend who will beat out his brains if he touches you?"
Saki glowered at him." Tell him that and die, brat. Come on, Kagome," she said and started walking off down the hall. Kagome trotted after her, and Saki called back over her shoulder, "And remember, no matter how popular you are, you're still my baby brother, and I can still whip you!" Kagome smiled to herself, seeing that these two were just as close as her and Souta.
"You're older?" she asked Saki, as they continued down the hall.
Saki turned her head and grinned at her, "Yep! By three and a half minutes, and I like to give him hell for it." She laughed, "You should see some of his facial expressions!" Kagome grinned with her, and told her the answer when asked for her locker number. The pair talked the whole way there, Saki laughing ever few minutes, and Kagome grinning happily.
Eventually they reached Kagome's locker. "Hey, you're new, right?" Saki asked, and when Kagome nodded she continued, "Wanna eat lunch together?"
Kagome grinned, secretly overjoyed at the invitation. "Sure," she said.
"Cool, I'll see you later," Saki said, and gave a small smile before walking away down the hall.
Kagome left her stuff in her locker, and then memorized where it was. She then began to walk down the hall before she froze, suddenly realizing that she had no idea where her first class was.
X.x
Kagome flopped back onto her bed, grinning. Today had been the best she could have hoped for. She had eaten lunch with Saki and her friends and had fit right in. Her classes were challenging, but interesting, and the work doable. And then best of all there was him. The fact that she was normal enough to fall for a guy the first day back made her glow inside.
Kagome sighed happily and got out her homework. She sat cross-legged on her bed and started on it. Sango and Miroku had to drive the younger kids again today, and Kaede was bringing some of the youngest children to their annual doctors appointments, so once again she was left alone with Inuyasha, who appeared to be not only anti-social, but also uninterested in all after school activities. He was probably down in the basement playing Halo 2, right now.
As Kagome was sitting there, contemplating the math homework Sango burst into the room. Kagome looked up, surprised to see her friend back so early and so out of breath. "What are you doing here?" Kagome asked, "I thought you had driving duty."
"Yeah," Sango gasped, "But I forgot my wallet." She grabbed the offending object and stuck it into her pocket before saying, "Look, I gotta go. Miroku drove me over, and he has to take me back to where the car is. I'll see you later." Sango headed for the door.
"Wait!" Kagome cried.
Sango turned, "What?"
"Well, umm, it's two things," Kagome said shyly.
Sango sighed, deciding that Miroku and the kids they still had to pick up would have to wait, "Yeah?" She sat down on the bed next to Kagome.
"I was just wondering," Kagome began, "What do you know about that guy, Hojo?"
Sango rolled her eyes before putting on a falsely ditsy voice and saying, "Uggh, you know the story," she gave a long, loud, pining sigh, "totally dreamy, but totally out of reach."
Kagome smiled at her friend's antics, and Sango giggled. "But why is he, as you so eloquently put it 'totally out of reach?'"
"Well lets put it this way," Sango said, dropping the sarcasm, "He is the most popular guy in school, as well as the hottest, and he has two parents," the last of those reasons she said bitterly before continuing, "So he is completely untouchable for people like us."
"What do you mean 'people like us,' and why can't we be popular?" Kagome asked, confused. Sango seemed to dismiss any thought of being friends or going out with anyone who didn't live at the orphanage.
Sango shrugged. "That's just how it's always been," she looked at her watch, "Oh, crap! I have to go, what was the other thing you had to tell me?"
Kagome smiled, but inside she still was confused. What Sango said hadn't made sense. 'Why has it always been that way?' she thought, before telling Sango, "Your license isn't in your wallet. You put it in your desk for safe keeping and asked me to remind you."
Sango's eyes were as large as saucers, "Oh my God! I can't believe I almost forgot it again!" She ran to her desk and rummaged through a drawer before discovering the license. "Thanks so much, Miroku would've killed me if I didn't have it!" Sango grinned at Kagome and then left the room, thumping down the stairs and out the front door, which she slammed behind her.
Kagome sighed and returned to her work. She finished it in about half an hour and checked her watch. She had to make dinner tonight because Kaede was out, and they would have to eat in about an hour, so she should get to work. Kagome put her stuff away, and went downstairs to the kitchen. She was soon chopping up vegetables for a salad, carefully slicing them up with a large knife.
"What do you think you're doing?" a quiet voice whispered dangerously from right behind her. Kagome jumped, the knife slitting through the soft flesh of her palm. She cried out and wheeled around to see who it was, dropping the knife on the floor out of surprise.
Kagome scowled when she saw who it was. "I'm making dinner, you idiot!" she told Inuyasha, "Look what you made me do to my hand!" Blood oozed from the inch long cut that slanted across Kagome's palm. She bit her lip against the pain and shoved him aside as she walked toward the sink, fighting to control her breathing. Kagome rinsed the cut for a moment and then grabbed a piece of paper towel and held it against the cut, applying pressure to the wound. She took a deep breath and congratulated herself on the inside for not having another 'episode' as her therapist used to call it.
Inuyasha was scowling at her when she turned to face him "That's not what I meant," he said. Kagome's mind raced to try and understand what he was saying, but all she found was confusion. Seeing this his scowl deepened, and he took a step closer to her. "Today. Those people you ate lunch with." What was he trying to say? "Don't do it again." He gave her a final frown before turning to leave.
"Sure, Inuyasha," she said sarcastically, she couldn't believe his nerve. "Look, I'll be friend's with whoever I want."
He turned back to her, exasperated. "You look. Look and see, do the rest of us eat with anyone who doesn't live here?" he asked angrily, taking a step forward with each word until he had backed her up against the wall by the door to the basement. "Does anyone else talk to them? Date them?" Inuyasha's voice that had been raised to a yell was lowered back to one that was quiet, but angry. "Just know that we don't mix with them. And if they knew you were a Shikon they would drop you like a rock. They probably think you're just new, but when they find out," he scowled, "be prepared for the fall." He turned and walked away, about to go out into the room where the stairs that led to the second floor were, but then he paused and turned, "And stay away from that boy." He sent Kagome a final scowl before leaving the room, and going upstairs.
Kagome remained against the wall feeling two, very different, things at once. He had been so…so intimidating. She hadn't known he could so effectively scare her, and get her to shut up. The second thing was what he had said. It bounded right to the core of what Sango had said, skipping around the tactfulness she had used to say it.
"They don't mix," Kagome mused, as she got the first aid kit down from a high shelf that was out of reach of any small, curious hands. 'But why' she thought, as she bandaged up her cut hand. She sighed and returned to her chopping, retrieving the knife from the floor and rinsing it off. One thing was apparent. Things had been a certain way around here for a long time, and Inuyasha, even if he didn't necessarily like it this way, wanted it to stay how it was.
X.x
A/N: the end. I apologize a million and 7 times for taking so long to update…please forgive me? Please? -puppy dog eyes-
Inuyasha: -rolls eyes- Stupid wench, if you're trying to be cute enough to make them stay, then you better stop now. You're more likely to scare them away.
Me: -sticks tongue out at him- Yeah, right, you're just jealous!
Inuyasha: -rolls eyes again- I'm leaving, you're such an idiot!
Me: -mutters- baka.
Well, as I was trying to say, sorry, a lot. I hope you still read this story because I plan to be updating more frequently. No, really. –scowls- It's not funny.
Erm, so, I guess that's all, and I hoped you liked it. And so, in the words of Raygirl(97, or some other such number), "REVIEW OR DIE! (I rather like that one) -Pulls out Bazooka-"