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Chapter 3: Dreams of the past

It was January 15th, 2011.
Souta and I were plopped on the couch watching Billy & Mandy. I looked out of the shrine house's window and saw a plane fly through the sky. My mother and grandfather were on a business trip to America. I was left here to watch Souta.

"Souta! That's mama and grampa's plane I bet!" I told Souta pointing at the plane.

"Sis! Why is smoke coming out of the plane?" Souta asked with confusion written all over his face.

"MAMA! GRAMPA!" I shouted as I ran outside. The plane was now on fire and falling from the sky. Tears began streaming down my face.

"NO!" Souta screamed as he tried to run after the falling plane. I ran after my little brother and tackled him before he reached the shrine steps. "MAMA! GRAMPA!" He screamed as tears poured from his eyes. I threw myself and Souta back inside the house. We ran to the living room and turned on the news.

"That's right, flight 137 to America has fallen from the sky!" The nows woman announced on TV. I covered my face with my hands as I cried even more. My new Iphone 4 began vibrating.

"Hello...?" I answered in a shaky voice.

"Kagome dear, it's mama!" My mother yelled into the phone. I put her on speaker so Souta could hear her voice too. "Grampa and I don't have much time! We love you so much! You're our babies! We love you! Take care of Souta!" My mother yelled. "WE LOVE YOU!" My mother, grandfather, Souta, and myself all yelled at the same time. Then, the line went dead and we heard an explosion outside. We could see the fire and smoke from our window in the living room. Souta latched onto me and cried his eyes out. I followed suit. After an hour of crying the news finally released more devastating information on the plane crash.

"Oh this doesn't look good..." The news woman said with a tear slipping down her cheek. "The plane has crashed in Kyoto Park. No one has survived this tragedy... I'm so sorry for those of you who have lost someone in this accident.." The news woman chocked out through tears.

The news channel began showing a photo of all of the victims. When Mama and Grampa's pictures came onto the screen Souta fainted. I held him in my lap and cried myself to sleep. When I awoke the next morning I noticed Souta was missing from my lap. I saw him at the front door. It looked like he was conversing with someone.

"Souta, who's at the door?" I asked, a hint of sadness in my voice. When I arrived at the door I saw a woman in a business suit standing there. She eyed me warily.

"You must be Kagome Higurashi. I'm Mrs. Moto from Child Services. I know your guardians have passed away in the plane crash and I am so very sorry for your loss, however we must take Souta into our custody." The woman said with a straight face. She made a grab for Souta but he ran behind me. "Come on sweetie, you have to come with us!" The woman again tried to make a grab at Souta , but I blocked her way.

"You are NOT taking him." I told her firmly. " I will care for him. I've read my mothers and grandfathers will. Souta and I inherit all of their money."

"Fine, girl. We will settle this in court." She pulled out her cell phone and made a call. She was obviously trying to set a court date. Once she hung up the phone, she got a slip of paper and wrote down a time in place then proceeded to hand me the paper. I took it cautiously, in case she tried to take off with Souta again. "Be at Kyoto Court House by 5:00am exactly." With that, the woman left.

The next day

Souta and I slept together in my room. We clung to each other in our sleep, both of us afraid to lose the other. My alarm clock went off at 4am. Souta and I got out of bed with sadness gracing our features. Our dreams were nothing but horrid memories of two days ago. I put my hair in a neat bun and picked out a suitable outfit for court. It was a plain black dress and black flats. I put a pair of reading glasses on my face so that I would look more mature. Souta had on A white button up shirt, black slacks, and black dress shoes. Once we were finished getting ready we made a dash for the bus stop. I paid our bus fare and we took a seat together. After 15 minutes we arrived at Kyoto Court House. We were 7 minutes early. We rushed inside and waited for the judge to call our names.

"THE HIGURASHI SIBLINGS!" The judge hollered for Souta and I. We rushed to stand before the judge. He looked us up and down. "It says here that you want full custody of your younger brother, am I right Ms. Kagome?"

"Yes Sir. He's all I have left, I can't lose him." I told him. I faked bravery so that I would appear stronger to the judge.

"In your mother and grandfathers wills, they leave both of you everything. However, how do I know you will be responsible with him?"

"Please sir! Give my sister custody! She's my only family left! Please, give her a chance! We won't mess this up!" Souta cried as he fell to his knees. He was begging the judge to let me keep him under my care. The judge looked at us both with sad eyes as I picked my crying brother off of the floor and held him to my chest.

"Alright, I will give you one chance Ms. Higurashi! Don't screw it up!" With that, he banged the gavel dismissing my brother and I.

That was the day Souta and I began our new lives.

I sat up in my bed panting. I hadn't had that dream in a long time...The 'incident' was plaguing my dreams again. It wasn't a dream though...It was what happened to Souta and I two years ago. I sighed and rolled over onto my side. Souta lay in my bed facing me. His eyes bore into mine.

"You had the dream to, huh?" I asked him quietly. He nodded and pulled me closer to him. We just lay there and cried the rest of the night until my alarm went off. Neither of us got a wink of sleep. We feared that memory to no end. We didn't want it to haunt our dreams again.

"Thanks for being there for me Kags." Souta whispered as he kissed my cheek, "Then and now." Souta sat up and removed himself from the comfort of my arms. I got up as well and began getting ready for school.

Once I was finished getting ready Souta and I began our journey to our school.

"Souta.. I don't have any money for lunch." I told him honestly. He nodded his head in understanding before grabbing my hand.

"Don't beat yourself up Kags. You work too damn hard. We can go without food for a few days, alright? We've done it before and we can do it again. Atleast now we both have well paying jobs. This Friday we'll get our paychecks and have enough money to eat for months!" He told me with a big smile. Since when did we swap roles? I was supposed to be caring for him, but now it seems he's caring for me.

As if reading my thoughts, Souta answered the questions I had been asking myself moments ago.

"Kagome, you're my big sister. You took me in when you were 15 and took care of me. It'll be three years soon. I owe everything to you. You've taken on the role of mom and dad in my life. You've made me the person I am today. I love you, Kagome. I'd do ANYTHING for you. Now.. Now it's MY turn to take care of you." Souta pulled me into a tight hug. I returned the hug. We both held back tears at the sentimental moment we were sharing. We pulled away from each other and entered the school, ready to take on the days challenges.

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