After I left the house was when I noticed the rough time I was going to go through, trying to find a place to live and managing the little amount of money I took with me .The street was cold and my jacket wasn't doing a very good job keeping me warm… The wind froze my face and my lips were almost blue, it was already about 10pm and I was tired of walking around Tokyo trying to find a nice place to sleep and continue my hard journey in the morning and then I remembered to do something that I forgot to do, something really important and necessary. I took out my pink cellphone and dialed my father's number.
"Hello, this is Ayumi speaking" Said my father's wife in her nasal voice…
"Umm, hi Ayumi… this is Kagome!" The words came out in a pained sort of way
"Oh! Is you, what do you want?" I could just picture her flipping her ebony hair and rolling her green eyes at my fake enthusiasm
"I want to talk to my dad" I told my step-mother firmly, I didn't have time for useless drabble.
"I guess…" Ayumi said in annoyance
After she called my father's name and muttered something that I couldn't understand and after a minute I heard my father's voice.
"Hey sweetie" He said nervously
"Hey dad… I have something I have to tell you" I said while chewing my nail all because I was worried about how my father would react, I felt dumb.
"Yes honey?"
"Umm, I ran away from home and… Yeah" I muttered
"Hmm, took you long enough" My father laughed "What are you going to do now?"
I was still in shock after my dad's carefree answer "Well, someone will welcome me!"
We chatted on the phone for a while until he said that his baby girl a.k.a Kikyo my step-sister, needed the phone…
God I was tired and so, when I rested my head on the bench and closed my tired brown eyes I fell asleep.
When I woke up there was a gorgeous woman sitting next to me eating an ice cream with a little paper bag in her manicured hands. She turned to me with a big smile and waved.
"Hello there, I'm Izayoi Takahashi" she greeted me "Are you hungry?"
"Ummm, yes" I answered still a little in shock
The woman just laugh and handed me the little bag that held a bagel.
"Thank you!" I said smiling "I'm Kagome Higurashi"
She just laughed and watched me eat
"Well, Kagome…. I want to ask you something" She began, not waiting for my answer "Did you run away from home?"
The questions flooded my head and yet all that I could manage to do was stare at her and say a quite yes…
"I thought so…. Well you are on your lucky day, honey!" she giggled "My husband and I have a big house and we serve as a house for some runaway girls like yourself…"
And the smartest response that came to my mind was "Really? Are you kidding?"
"Nope, we have 4 girls at the house "
"…" I was speechless
"You want to come with me back to the house?" She asked very slowly as if I was a second grader
And I just nodded…
As we walked through the long street she asked me all kind of questions
"How old are you?"
"17"
"Oh, did you graduate High school?"
"Yeah…"
"Why did you run?"
"My mother remarried and the guy is a total creep…"
And Izy (as she asked me to call her) took my arm and leaded me to a HUGE mansion where a young man came out wearing a black polo and loose jeans
"Hey Izy! New girl?" He asked
"Yes, Bankotsu, this is Kagome" She said pointing at me
"Nice to meet you, Kagome!" He waved at me; hmm I think this guy is gay… "Hey, Izayoi the girls tried cooking today and it didn't go well, hehe" the man scratched his neck.
"WHAT!" She tensed and took my arm a little too hard and dragged me to the house.
You see, when I first thought about the other girls was that they were going to be weird girls that smoked and complained about life, but no.
As the very angry woman dragged me in I was surprised to find the gigantic house in perfect condition.
"Girls!" Izy yelled "Come down here to meet the new girl!"
And four very pretty and excited girls ran down the wooden stairs to meet me.