Disclaimer:

A. I do not own any of the characters stated below, except for the following:

1. Hideyoshi Higurashi - Father of Kagome and Kikyou

2. Kun-Loon - Late mother of Kagome

B. This story is purely fictional and original. Should any part of the plot resemble any other piece of article, it is purely coincidental and nothing intentional.

If somebody wanted to get around Tokyo safely, they had to know two rules. The first rule was to know who the Higurashi family was.

The second, was to stay away from them.

Other than the jewels that they were famous for, that family had two other precious family jewels – Kikyou and Kagome Higurashi. Their father – Hideyoshi Higurashi - was a formidable man and definitely not one to be rifled with. Once, someone tried to kidnap Kagome when she was merely four years old and her bodyguards found the kidnapper within half an hour – it is rumoured that he is still recovering from his injuries. No one really knows, but within family members and house help – if one listens carefully through the grapevine – they'll find that the love that the father gives his children isn't all that fair and equal.

Kikyou and Kagome may share the same father, but Kagome only joined the family when she was six and when Kikyou was eight. Kagome's mother – Kun-Loon – was an employee at the Higurashi organization and was part of a short fling with Hideyoshi. She had Kagome by accident and did not want to reveal the secret of her parentage until she died of ovarian cancer when Kikyou was six. It was by accident that Hideyoshi stumbled upon Kagome.

He was at the office one day when he saw this little girl wandering about. Kagome was there with a legal guardian to collect the remaining items that her mother had left behind at the office. While she was there, she got bored and started walking around, observing everyone behind their desks when she bumped into Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi was a very formidable man, but he had a weak spot for children. He loved children but he was told by the family gynecologist that his wife, Shiori, could not give birth anymore after Kikyou was borne. He looked down at the little girl he had bumped into and was startled by how much she resembled his own little girl. Bending down, he asked, 'Where's your mother?' thinking that her mother must work in this office. Kagome started crying and pointed to the legal guardian to her left. Hideyoshi saw that the guardian was clearing an employee's office belongings but he wasn't entirely sure which employee it was. He held that little girl's hand and walked over, startled to find that it belonged to Kun-Loon's.

"Is this child's mother Kun-Loon?"

"Yes," the legal guardian raised a skeptical eyebrow at Hideyoshi.

"If she is, then kindly make a trip to my office. I need to discuss something with you."

As he watched the guardian raise her eyebrow even higher, he added softly, "It's about her adoption."

After the DNA testing, Hideyoshi brought Kagome home. She had never seen anything like that before. She walked around her room and it seemed to take ages. The four-poster bed was huge and it had pink and slightly translucent curtains lightly draped across. The mattress was soft and the pillows felt like they contained air in them. She ran her hand across her clothes in the walk-in wardrobe and they felt like silk to her.

The bathroom itself looked like half of her old house. The bathtub was sparkling and there was a TV in the bathroom. The soaps smelled of lavender and in fact the whole room did, too.

She went back to the bedroom and sat cross-legged in the middle of her bed and the mattress seemed to envelop her. She looked around her and her eyes fell upon the photograph of her mother and her. She remembered that day, when her mother brought her to the park for her birthday. Her mother bought her a cheap Polaroid camera for her birthday, something that she had been saving up for. She had taken that photo using that camera and that was the only thing she took from her old house. It was the only thing that mattered.

They seemed so happy then. Kagome wondered, as she looked around the room once again, whether all these really made someone happy.

"Ah, shut up."

"You always say that when I'm right."

"Keh!"

Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were constantly fighting. Inuyasha's hot-headed nature just could not stand watching Sesshoumaru get away with being right about everything. Sessoumaru was the older one, and he certainly acted like it. Everything he did was done in a calm demeanour and he was the quiet one in the family. Inuyasha, on the other hand, loved to pick fights and his stubborn temper had definitely led him head-first into many. The late Inutaisho was a humble man and the older of his sons was very much like his wife, Izayoi. She, too, was level-headed and quiet. But if she ever lost her temper, many would quiver before her. Raising two sons alone was not easy, as Inutaisho had passed away when the brothers were nine and seven respectively, but she did it anyway. Sesshoumaru was less emotional, but the one who inherited Izayoi's inner strength was Inuyasha. He might seem like a hooligan at first sight, but if people got to know him, they'd find out what a kind soul he actually was at heart. And when Inutaisho passed on, Sesshoumaru hid in his room for what seemed like ages before he was willing to talk again. Inuyasha had to be the stronger one out of the two and he constantly gave Sesshoumaru pep talks. It wasn't because he was ignorant as a child - it was because he had come to facts earlier and that he accepted that his father was in a better place.

"Anyway, don't you think it's time to pack for tomorrow?"

"It's just boarding school. Please don't tell me you're excited about it?" Inuyasha scowled at his older brother.

"Of course not," Sesshoumaru shrugged it off.

"Whatever. It's time for soccer. You joining?"

Sesshoumaru first looked down at his unpacked things and then at the time. "No, you guys go ahead."

"Keh!"

Inuyasha's phone started ringing. "Yeah, yeah I'm coming out now." He turned to Sesshoumaru. "You sure you not coming?"

"Yeah, I'm sure."

"Fine. Be the boring person that you are. Bye."

Inuyasha left the house and soon after he turned the key, he heard someone honk. When he turned around, he saw his best friend behind the wheel of a jeep.

"Shut up, Miroku, I'm coming!"

He got into the car and they drove on in silence for a while.

"Miroku?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you packed for tomorrow?"

"Huh?"

"You know, for Kenshin^?

"Erm.. No?"

Inuyasha laughed and relaxed in his seat, as he was reminded once again why Miroku was his best friend. Even then, there was a tiny part of him that wondered what high school would bring for them.

Legend:

^ Kenshin International School (purely fictional)

**End - Chapter One: Origins