Chapter One
One warm spring afternoon, Kagome made her way up the ladder of the well, to her family's shrine. Upon entering her house and removing her shoes, she was greeted by a very excited Souta. "Kagome! Guess what! Mamma says that we have some cousins that live in America!" Before Souta could finish Kagome interrupted him. "Hold on Souta, slow down. What are you talking about?" "Mamma said we have two cousins in America and they are coming here to visit next week!" Souta exclaimed.
The next week, Kagome was waking up from her comfy bed. She had spent the night in the future to resupply and heard some commotion downstairs. She sleepily walked downstairs rubbing the sleep from her eyes. When she arrived in the kitchen she saw two strange girls sitting with her mom, grandpa and brother. Mrs. Higurashi saw her enter and stood up. "Oh Kagome, I was just going to come and get you. These are you're cousins from America. They are staying for a couple of weeks. It's their very first time in Japan." The two girls made their way around the table and stopped just in front of Kagome. The tallest of the two spoke first. " Hajimemashite, I am Shayla and this is my sister Jesse. I'm 20 and she's 18. We are so excited to be here!" Kagome stood there a little shocked as the two girls hugged her. "Nice to meet you too." Kagome finally said after a few seconds.
The Higurashi's enjoyed a nice breakfast with their two new coustins, catching up on family history and such. "Thanks so much for a wonderful breakfast! Everything was delicious!" the two girls said almost at the same time. Everyone giggled. "You are very welcome." Mrs. Higurashi said bowing. "Kagome, would you mind showing Shayla and Jesse around the house and shrine while I go to the store and by some groceries?" Mrs. Higurashi asked. "Sure mom, no problem." Kagome replied. With Souta tagging along at their heels Kagome showed her cousins all around the house. "Thanks for showing us around Kagome." Jesse said. "Hey what about me?" Souta asked sounding disappointed. "Thank you too Souta." Shayla said smiling as she leaned down and gave her little cousin a hug.
Later that day Mrs. Higurashi decided it would be fun for her and Kagome to take their new found cousins around on a little shopping trip in town. The four women had a fun time laughing and trying on lots of clothes. They also talked more about Shayla and Jesse's lives back in the states. They returned to the Higurashi house late that evening around 7 p.m. with their arms loaded with shopping bags. "That was so much fun!" Kagome said. "It's been awhile since I'be been out shopping like that." "Does high school here in Japan really keep you that busy?" Jesse asked. "Oh, that and other things." Kagome said nervously. She didn't feel comfortable telling them all about her trips to Feudal day Japan and Inuyasha.
Kagome tod her mom that she was going to stay another night and then go back through the wall the next morning after breakfast. She wanted to go back and make sure that Inuyasha didn't come to the future looking for her. She was afraid that her cousins might be frightened by a half dog demon.
The next morning after breakfast, Kagome ran to her room to pack her bag fro her trip back through the well. She went outside, after stopping off lastly in the kitchen for some of Inuyasha's favorite instant ramen. Then she made her way to the well house. She didn't know that her cousins had went outside while she was upstairs to take pictures of the house they would be calling home for the next two weeks. "Hey" Shayla said tapping her sister on the shoulder, "I wonder where Kagome is going with that big bag." " I don't know, " Jesse said, " let's go find out." So, they quietly followed Kagome to the well. When they looked in they saw her standing on the edge of the well. They quickly rushed to grab her afraid that she might fall in and hurt herself. Just as they had grabbed ahold of her bag, Kagome jumped. The three girls then went falling into the well.