Disclaimer: All things Inu Yasha are copyrighted to Rumiko Takahashi, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, Viz Video, etc. The only character I created was Gao. I do not own the rights to Inu Yasha and I don't make money off this. This was made only for free entertainment and nothing else.

Half of Heaven, Inu Yasha

A Inu-Yasha fanfic. Alternate Uni./New Character

I feel like if I fall in love with a girl, there can be no happily ever after. And the pain eats away at my soul.

Chapter 1- A Golden Opportunity

Who am I? Jeez…start with the hard ones. That answer is rather complex, and even if you understand, will you hate me, or worse, pity me? I don't care if you hate me, but don't hand me your pity. I don't need it. I don't want it. I will do what I must do, what they need me to, and when that is done so am I. But enough. You came to hear a story…our story.

"Good Morning Kagome-san!" Gao greeted her pupil. For one reason or another, Kagome had been cursed with unusually bad health at a young age, and as such, missed a great deal of school. Gao Kon'an was a specially appointed tutor, an prodigy in her field. However, she had yet to get this particular student through even one test. One.

"Uh..... Good Morning Kon'an Sensei." Kagome's face was flushed and pink, she appeared to have run from somewhere... but where? Gao blinked. Didn't she just come out of the shrine? Gao reached for her glasses and attempted to clean the badly marred lenses with her shirt. Scratch resistant my ass.

"Hello Kagome. Shall we go inside and continue the lesson from last time? That is, if you remember the lesson from last time. I fear I shall spend all my time reviewing the last lesson we had... oh, what was it, four weeks ago?"

"Uh... no, that's okay. We can start a new one." Kagome seemed to find the ground very interesting.

"Good. Then let's be off. I have class at three." Gao grabbed her briefcase and headed for the house.

"Um... Sensei... maybe not today...I have… this thing…"

"Nonsense. How will you ever pass your entrance exams with an attitude like that? You must study if you want to go to a good school."

"Um.." Kagome hesitated.

"Well? Are you coming or do I have to bash you over the head with my briefcase and carry you?" Gao tapped her foot and gave her pupil a belligerent glare.

"No… I'm coming."

"Incredible, absolutely incredible," Gao congratulated herself as she left for her own class. "For once we actually got through the entire lesson without a 50 minute bathroom break or five hour phone call. What can that girl possibly be doing in all that wasted time? Ah, well. Today, at least, I know I got through to her. Maybe being a student teacher isn't that bad after all."

It wasn't easy being a student in college, especially in Japan. At 21 a woman should be married, have a career, or at least a steady job. Not Gao. She had tried again and again to land a teaching position, but even though she already had her bachelor's, in a city where you have to know somebody to become somebody, Gao was a nobody. She was lucky to have tutoring to cover her college bills. At the moment, it was all she could do to fend off the suitors her parents kept throwing at her while balancing her g.p.a..

Gao was a attractive young lady, and very well thought of by the men in her community. Black hair that shimmered as she walked cascaded down her back and accentuated her slender, but not petite, figure. Her eyes where a soft brown, the color of a chocolate bar (which she had sworn off due to gaining 10 pounds the previous month) and a adequate nose coupled with a fairly large smile that contained all but perfect teeth (Gao blamed the coffee). Her lips were always nude, but carried a certain allure because of their good size and chaste shape. The men were shameless. They all proclaimed their love, their desire to protect her, their ability to care for her, but somehow 'they' were never hers. She just couldn't get close to them, couldn't trust them, and most definitely couldn't love them. Having them near didn't make her feel like any more or less of a woman. Perhaps one day there would be somebody, perhaps not. Gao did not need anyone to protect her. In fact, one of the things her parents complained of the most was her 'lone wolf' syndrome.

"Gao, it's okay to let someone else handle things once in a while. You don't have to be perfect or alone. It's nice to have someone by your side. Sometimes I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have your father."

Gao sighed, No matter what I do, every time I think of relationships my mother's words come to mind. Am I really that much of a freak? Is it really that big of a deal? What's wrong with being alone? I like it. Besides, I'm only 21, I have my entire life to think about things like that. Just not right now. Later, when I have time, when I'm ready.....

"Gao! Pay attention!" Gao snapped out of her daze in time to catch her books as the professor's fist came down on her desk. Damn karma, she groaned. Am I really this irritable with Kagome?

"Yes sensei."

"Well then, answer me. What is the English equivalent to gozen roku-ji?"

"6 am." Gao couldn't help but crack a wicked smile. No matter what question Sensei tossed her, she always answered perfectly. English was her favorite subject, after all. Gao had a passion for all things foreign.

"Humph. Be quicker next time."

"Yes sensei."

"And wipe that smug smile off your face."

"Yes sensei."

"Where in the hell are you going!?!" Gao, having lost all semblance of patience, made a desperate lunge for Kagome.

"I'm sorry Kon'an Sensei, I can't explain!"

"You can't go! You haven't even finished your algebra lesson yet! If you won't do it for you, do it for me! If you don't pass the next test I'll look bad! Do you want me to starve to death?"

"Sorry, sorry, I'm so sorry about this!" Kagome darted into the older part of the shrine and slammed the door behind her. Gao heard the click of a key as she and the door experienced a meeting of the minds.

"OOWWW! DAMMIT!!!!" Gao, now sprawled on the ground, rubbed her sore forehead. What in the hell is wrong with that kid? Her eyebrows narrowed and a frown quickly spread across her soon-to-be-bruised face. "THAT is IT. I am going to find out just what the hell is so damn special about this particular part of the shrine." Maybe if I throw myself at the door... oh wait. Done that. Well, there's always.....

"Sorry, Higurashi-san. I can't imagine how I managed to lock the door from the outside. Thank you for letting me call the locksmith."

"No, no trouble at all. Just make sure he doesn't break down the door."

"Yes, of course." Having gained access to the shrine via a little white lie, Gao began her search for the mysterious vanishing pupil. "I just don't understand, how does she disappear like that? Maybe a tunnel, or .." Gao noticed a curious hole in the middle of the room. "Of course! The well! I hope you like algebra Kagome, because after this little charade, you're gonna be practicing it until x's start chasing you in your dreams!" With a swift jump, Gao landed at the bottom of the well. Or so she thought.

"Wha... what is this light?" A warm feeling swept over Gao as she plummeted into the abyss of the time warp. What the hell is going on? Gao wondered, extremely confused. However, as the multi-colored lights passed before her eyes, a soothing notion came over her… I belong.