I walked into Kagome's house to be greeted by her mother and grandfather. "Hello Ms. Higurashi." I told her as Bankotsu was at my side. Kagome then appeared beside us with my bag in her hand. "Now you will be living here from now on and we have a visitor for you." Ms. Higurashi told me. I was confused when she told me this. I really didn't know many people on this side of Tokyo. Then Jakotsu appeared in front of us. A wide grin grew on my face. "JAKOTSU!" I exclaimed in joy. I was close to Bankotsu and Jakotsu in the entire group and seeing him before me was a surprise. "Hey Emily and Big Brother. I'm glad that you are here and alright. I was so worried." He told me as he came and hugged me gently.
"So how is everyone?" I asked him.
"They are doing good but I missed you." Jakotsu told me.
"I missed you too." I told him. Bankotsu helped me to my room where all my original stuff was. "But how?" I asked Kagome who was sitting on the bed with me. "I had my mom get your stuff when all of your family wasn't home." She told me. It sounded like breaking in but I remember hearing Mrs. Higurashi talking to a lawyer about her getting full custody. Then Mrs. Higurashi entered the room. "Hey Bankotsu and Kagome could I talk to Emily alone?" She asked. Bankotsu and Kagome nodded. They left the room and Mrs. Higurashi sat next to me. "Now Emily did you go to school when you lived with your parents?" She asked. "Yes but at the age of sixteen I've been taking online classes." I told her. "Well I signed you up to go to public school. You will be starting after you are well again. You will be going the same days Kagome goes to feudal Japan and Bankotsu and Jakotsu can stay here while you go to school during the day." She told me. "Wow thank you Mrs. Higurashi. Thank you for everything." I told her. "Your welcome dear but please call me mom." Mrs. Higurashi told me before she left.
"Okay mom." I told her as I smiled. Bankotsu and Kagome reentered with Jakotsu.
"I guess I will be going to school now." I told them.
I was uneasy about going to a new school because I really was the quiet girl in the back no one would want to talk to. It was true because at my old school people saw me as a freak for being so different. Back then I lived on the wrong side of town. Now I could only hope that this was the right town. I smiled at them and slowly got up without Bankotsu's aid. "What do you guys want to do?" I asked them. "Why don't you go back on the bed and rest." Jakotsu suggested. "I feel fine." I told him. "Please for me?" Bankotsu asked me. I let out a long frustrating sigh.
"Fine." I said as I slowly got back on the bed. I got under the covers and I adjusted the clothes that I borrowed from Bankotsu since I didn't really own a pair of sweatpants and if I did they were still at my past residence. I closed my eyes and could hear Jakotsu and Kagome leave the room while Bankotsu stayed and sat down beside me. He stroked my hair. He laid down beside me and we fell asleep.
The days went by quickly since I had nothing to do during the day except watch TV, rest or play cards. It wasn't a whole lot of variety since I was strictly ordered to not use the computer by Bankotsu because he didn't want me to be on there all day. The day after I arrived at my new home I was on the computer most of the day playing video games. Plus I couldn't really hangout with Kagome because she had to go back to Feudal Japan from time to time and was at school when she was home. The only time I could spend sometime with her was when I was helping her study or having dinner with her.
Finally the day came where I got all of my stitches out and I could dance again. I was told that the next day I would be going to school because I felt up to it. The next morning came and I got ready and headed out the door giving Bankotsu a good-bye kiss as I was walked to school by Jakotsu in clothing provided by my new mom. Once I arrived I found my classroom with ease. I sighed as I was totally nervous about being there. I really wanted people to actually like me instead of hate me for being totally different. I stepped into the classroom to see the teacher in the middle of a lesson. "Why hello there. You must be our new student, Ms. Emily Thompson. Please take a seat in front of Aika. She is the one with the brown hair waving." He told me as Aika waved at me. I sat down in front of her and started to pay attention to the lesson. Once class was over Aika and two other friends came over. "Hi I'm Aika and these are my friends Emi and Ken." She told me as the boy and girl waved at me."That's a really nice necklace where did you get it?" Emi asked me as she pointed to Michiko's necklace.
"This was my ancestor's necklace." I told her. "You know that kind of looks like Michiko's necklace." Ken told them. "You mean the demon slayer priestess that we are studying in history?" Emi asked. "Yeah her. It looks exactly like her necklace." Ken told her. "It's my ancestor, Emiko's necklace. It has been passed down." I told them. I didn't want to tell them that it was Michiko's because they would probably not believe me and think I'm totally out of my mind. "So what else have you guys been studying in history?" I asked them. "Well we have been studying Bankotsu of the band of seven and Michiko because they have some sort of connection." Aika told me. "It is said that Bankotsu actually knew Michiko and that they died on the same day." Ken added. "That's interesting." I told them. 'I guess I'm going to have to talk to Bankotsu about Michiko when I see him at the end of the day today.' I thought as Aika and Ken were arguing about something. "Hey Emily you want to hang out with us sometime?" Emi asked me. I was a little shocked by this because I thought that no one would not want to talk to the new kid. "Sure." I told her. Soon the bell rang for class and we passed to the next room.
Soon the day was over in a flash. I hurried outside after I said good-bye to my new potential friends. I saw that Bankotsu was waiting for me and I ran up to him. "I'd like to know about you and Michiko." I told him. His mouth practically dropped. I closed his mouth and waited for him to answer. He sighed and looked at me. "I didn't want to tell you because I thought it wasn't all that important." He told me.
"Well it is because it's about my ancestor." I told him. "Let's start walking home. I will tell you when we get there." He told me.
Once we arrived home Bankotsu and I headed to my room followed by Jakotsu. We were all sitting on my queen sized bed. "Okay I'm going to start but don't judge me." He told me. I nodded and then looked at Jakotsu. "I promised not to tell." He told me. "So it all started when I was passing by Michiko's old village. I met her while I was with Jakotsu. We were traveling around I was looking for demons to kill as was Jakotsu. As one day we came across this priestess. I thought she was very beautiful as you are now. In fact you look like her and act like her in several ways." He started. "Please continue because you are getting side tracked." I told him. "Well I stopped her and asked if she saw any demons around but she said no. She continued on her way but I started to follow her because I didn't know her name and I said that the area was a demon infested area and she needed to be accompanied by us. She didn't look capable of fighting off demons at first glance but she quickly proved that to me when she defeated a demon that was going to kill me and Jakotsu so I vowed to repay her for her kindness so I traveled with her. She never revealed anything about her past nor did we but she heard about how my village got attacked by mercenaries and demons. She wanted to talk to me about it."
"So you didn't?" I interrupted.
"No, I talked to her about it and it felt good to tell someone. She only told me that she was a demon slayer and a priestess by her father and mother's wishes. As the days passed I liked her more and more as did Jakotsu but it took a little bit longer for him to warm up to her. Soon I fell in love with Michiko and she fell in love with me too. We had something going on for a while but after she got the necklace, which wasn't long after we were together. She discontinued loving me because I was meant to be with someone else. I asked her who but all she said was 'You'll know when you see her.'. Before we went off in our separate ways she told me to take care of the girl that will be accompanying me in the future. She said it'd be a way for me to repay her. I didn't see her since but I heard that she saved villages from demons. I didn't know that she had a family. I didn't even know that we died on the same day. I didn't find out until someone told me after Naraku revived us. When he told me that we had to kidnap you I didn't know a thing about but I did as he said. When I actually looked at you for the first time in the hut, I couldn't believe my eyes. You looked so much like Michiko but I didn't think that you were the girl she was talking about. I didn't believe that you were the one I had to take care of to repay her until I found out that you were her ancestor. Soon I fell in love with you like she said. I guess she saw the future and you see the past." Bankotsu explained to me.
I was a little overwhelmed at what he told me. I couldn't believe that Michiko and Bankotsu actually were together. It took me a couple of minutes to process what he told me. "So what did you first thought when you saw me?" I asked him and Jakotsu.
"Well I was thinking that you and Michiko couldn't of been related because I thought that she didn't have a family because of all of the work she did." Bankotsu answered.
"I thought you looked like her but you were a little defenseless so I thought that you two couldn't of been related." Jakotsu told me. "Thanks Jakotsu." I told him. We all laughed. I laid down on my bed and sighed. Kagome should be home from Feudal Japan any second now. I really wanted to tell her that I made some friends at school but I don't think I could wait much longer.
"GOOD-BYE INUYASHA!" I heard Kagome yell from outside. I ran downstairs to go to the well in to see what was going on. I saw Kagome come out of it angry with Inuyasha following. "She was hurt! I just wanted to help her and you get all silent around me and I can't ask what is wrong?" he asked her. Kagome turned around and faced him. Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks.
"Inuyasha sit!" Kagome yelled before she went continued her way into the house. Inuyasha's body went straight to the pavement. He laid there for a minute and then slowly got up. "Whaddya looking at?" he asked me. "What did you do?" I asked him as I ignored his question."I went to go help Kikyo because she was hurt. And then she gets mad at me." He told me.
I really didn't know the full story of Inuysha and Kikyo but Kagome told me that they used to be in love but then Naraku tricked Kikyo into killing Inuyasha. She also told me that she was the reincarnation of Kikyo and that Kikyo was made out of clay and a soul. I could see why she would get mad at Inuyasha because she liked him and I could see that he liked Kagome too but it sounded like he had some unresolved feelings with Kikyo because they had a past together. Inuyasha didn't have a clue about girls and there feelings. Eventually Inuyasha would have to pick Kagome or Kikyo. He just couldn't go in-between girls. If I were Inuyasha I would pick Kagome even though I have never met Kikyo I would still pick Kagome over her.
"Well Inuyasha you are going to have to pick between them eventually. If I were you I would think long and hard about your decision." I told him before I turned around to walk to the house. "What does that suppose to mean?" he asked me. "Well you have to choose between two people and one will be very hurt and the other will be fine despite the past between you two." I told him. I walked into the house to leave Inuyasha to think for a while. I returned inside and told Kagome of Michiko's and Bankotsu's past together and my new potential friends.