Author's Rant: Yes, yes, I know that it has been forever and a day since I got back to this fic... But, guess what?! This time it's finished! (Bet that you're all proud of me... no three month long wait this time around!) And, I went ahead and added a prologue (this) just to make it seem like it makes more sense! Can't promise you anything, because my beta told me that this just created more questions... Oh, speaking of my beta, this whole fic will now be dedicated to her. Because, she was my muse and my beta! She gave me such great commentary, and my writing style improved because of it! And, if I had tried to create this fic without her, then this story would not be here! (waves banner) So, let's here a big 'yay' for the greatest little usling there is!: Sarah/ CR/ Beta/ Vegetachanlover/ Oh My Blush/ Us (not us as in we, but Us as in me!)/ Kazou! ...Now, onto the fic... uh, prologue...

Disclaimer: Not mine, and I will never lay claim to them. Any original characters, however, are of my own creation, even if they are based off real people.

Warning: Respect whatever the rating is

Summary: When Kagome's cousin appears at the Shrine, several events unfold, eventually leading to new demons and humans making their appearances, along with several old ones. Rating will go up due to the nature of chapter(s) 32/33.

The Cousin

Opening the Scroll

Scurrying up a tree trunk, a tiny brown squirrel gnawed at the acorn that it held in its little paws and watched its surroundings carefully. As it began to near the end of its small meal, it felt the tree shake beneath from a loud explosion not far from where it sat. Quickly running into the thick leaves for hiding, the squirrel watched the unfolding scene cautiously.

In the sky was a large blast of light, followed by several hundreds of smaller streaks of light bursting from the center of the explosion to scatter swiftly across the sky. Eyes widening, the small animal quickly jumped to another tree branch as two of the bright streaks of light flew past the tree branch and continued on their downward fall until they both landed deep inside a cave, burying themselves deep into the earth, falling rocks from the quake of the explosion quickly covering the small holes that they had each made in the hard stone. Finishing its acorn, the squirrel twitched its tail as it watched the cave and, seeing that the two strange objects posed no sort of threat, made its way down the tree and quickly left the area.

Five Hundred Years Later...

"Hey Joe! I think that I found some other type of rock!" a dark haired man yelled, waving his pickaxe in the air to signal to his partner. Jogging to where his co-worker was chipping away at the rock that the city needed for the new government buildings, Joe asked, "Oh? What is it David?"

"Look at this!" David said, holding up two small shards of a bright pink and purple jewel. The light shone off the smooth edges, and Joe felt a small pull in his chest to the items. Shaking his head at the strange feeling, he asked, "Well, where did you find 'em?"

"Just underneath some stone. Who knows how old they are! What do you think the selling price on 'em would be?" David asked, holding the crystals up to the light of the brightly blazing sun, closing his right eye so he could watch the ways that the crystals created little rainbows of light.

"I dunno. Don't look that expensive, so maybe twenty or so bucks. They could make for a nice necklace or earrings or sumthin'." Joe told him, picking up his tools and beginning to resume his work. Shrugging in consent, David left it at that and told himself to take it to the local jeweler after work that day.

Walking home at six o'clock, David fingered the fifteen bucks that now lined his pockets. The little jewels had made him only that much money, but he didn't care. He had wanted to get a beer that night, and if it came from his paycheck or a new source of income, he didn't care. Beer was beer.