A/N: coming to you live (sort of) from the maniacal minds of Shadow and Whisper, we now present to you...-drumroll- 10 Easy Steps! This plunny has plagued myself and Quiet Whisper for well over two years, so we decided to start posting it. (Yes this is a collab between me and her, so give her props and go read Death's New Mistress if you haven't already. Please and thank you. XD) Anywho, I hope you enjoy the hilarity that is about to ensue!

P.S. The prologue is in first person POV but after that, only the beginning or the end of a chapter will be in first person POV (italics), the rest of the time it will be in third person POV so don't give up on it before you start! It's also in Souta's POV! Very important to know this. Sess/Kag, as told by Souta.

Disclaimer: As always, Quiet Whisper and myself own nothing pertaining to the Inuyasha verse, nor do we own the various snippets of worldy wisdom garnered from the ever reliable interwebz, mainly stated in the beginning of each chapter.

Prologue: It Begins

-Relationships are like yard sales, they look really fun from a couple hundred yards away, but then you realize it's just a bunch of crap you don't need.-

"My name is Souta Higurashi, Master Puppet… Master, evil genius, and defender of my sister's heart. Oh yeah, I guess I should also tell you that I'm one desperate boy who needs his sisters affection.

My sister's name is Kagome and she just started her first year of college. I knew it was going to make things harder for her to spend time with me, but a few weeks after she started, I discovered that the situation was much worse than had I thought. It all started out one sunny day, the leaves were beginning to turn their colors, and I was impatiently waiting for Kagome to come home so I could show her the A+ I got on my science project.

But the moment she walked through the door, all dazed and grinning like she'd just won the lottery, I felt the first shiver of fear run down my spine. Desperately, I tried calling out to her. All she said was 'Not now Souta', and I knew for sure, the Winds of Change were beginning to blow. Kind of like a fart, in crop dusting form."

"Souta what are you doing under there?" Mrs. Higurashi asked as she stepped into the room.

The boy straightened while yanking his blankets off his head to peer at her. "Nothing mom, I'm just finishing up my homework before I go to bed."

"Alright." She said dubiously, before wrinkling her nose and waving a hand in front of her face. "Oh Souta, what is that smell?"

"Uh… the winds of change?" He hazarded.

"What?" She asked curiously.

"Uh I mean I uh… left some food in here." He said quickly. "Yeah… food. And I took care of it already."

Mrs. Higurashi eyed her son a moment before doing her best to stifle a smile. "Alright, just make sure you don't do it again. And there are extra air freshener's in the bathroom if you need one."

"Okay mom, now would you go away? I have to get this done." He huffed and rolled his eyes.

"Lights out in ten minutes young man, I mean it." She warned before leaving.

Once the door was closed, Souta yanked his blankets back over his head, reforming his makeshift tent… err lair. With that he picked up his flashlight and journal, then quickly began writing again.

"Sorry about that, my mom came in and I had to get her out of here before she could catch onto what I'm really doing. Anyway where was I?

Oh yeah, so my sis was acting all weird that day she came home, and it kept on for awhile until I finally asked my mom what the deal was.
She told me it was young love, and if I'd been younger I probably wouldn't have known what that meant. But you see, I'm twelve years old now and a lot smarter than half the kids in my class. Though, even being as smart as I am, I wasn't quite sure how to go about trying to get my sister back to the way she was. It took me a couple more days before I decided that I needed to meet this boyfriend.

Since Kagome started dating Inuyasha, she wasn't home as much, so I had to bide my time until she finally came back. As soon as she was through the door, I pounced like a ninja and asked her if I could meet him. I mean I'm her little brother so it would only make sense for me to meet the guy, just to make sure he was good enough for her.

Kagome tried to say no, but I made sure to ask it loud enough so mom would hear. Because of that, mom made her take me with to the movie Inuyasha was going to take her to that night. It was some dumb chick flick called Twilight and I get the feeling Inuyasha only agreed to go because he was trying to impress my sister.

The dude seemed alright when I first met him, though the ears on his head were kind of strange. Kagome warned me not to say anything about them before I met him because he was a hanyou and kind of touchy about it. I guess I have to admit I thought that was kind of cool, but I was cool myself and a guy never compliments another guy.

Anyway the movie was weird and after it was done, I accidentally asked how a guy could compete against a dude like Edward Cullen. That was when Inuyasha messed up my hairdo and said all I needed to do was pour a bucket of glitter on myself and stand in the sun.
I thought that over a couple days before I decided I'd give it a try, just to see if he was right or not. I mean he got Kagome as his girlfriend so I thought the dude knew what he was talking about. Turned out I was wrong, and the only thing the girls did was make fun of me."

Souta slanted the flashlight away to shroud his eyes in darkness while growling softly, the dramatics of the gesture instantly thrilling him. After a moment, he picked up his pen and started writing once more.

"I looked like the love child of an Easter egg and Tinkerbelle, and despite it being cool on Twilight, girls really don't dig it in real life. Anyway after that, I decided the chump needed to go. I mean if he could be mean to me, then chances were he was going to end up being mean to my sister somewhere along the line. It took longer than I wanted it to, but I've finally found a way to get rid of Inuyasha for good. And hopefully, I'll get my sister back in the end."

Deciding he'd written enough for the moment, Souta shut his journal and set it aside before picking up the book he'd found in the library just that afternoon. The cover was white with big black letters that read:

'How to Get Rid of Your Sister's Jerk of a Boyfriend in Ten Easy Steps. Written by: Quiet Whisper and Creature of Shadow.'

He assumed the two names were pen-names, but wasn't to worried about it. They could be the most horrendously evil, peanut-butter smearing, smut peddling, vicious beasties in demondom. But so long as the book helped him get rid of the douchey hanyou his sister was dating, that was all he cared about.

He ran his hand over the cover and couldn't help but cackle maniacally. Unfortunately he was forced to cut it off as his mother yelled for him to go to bed. He winced then quickly tucked the book away before doing as told.

What a world we live in… when an evil genius has a bedtime.

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