Summary: An odd woman with two young children ends up befriending Tohru after she rescues the girl from a demon. She has many secrets and offers nothing but good intentions. She's familiar with the Mabudachi Trio, and the curse has no effect on her. Oddly enough, that's not even the strangest thing about her! That definitely goes to the demon "father" of her children.

Pairing: Ayame x Kagome.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Fruits Basket. Each belongs to their rightful owner.

Note:
Rated for language, and in case of potential "mature content."

Prologue

This wasn't right…

The occasional droplets cascading from the sea of clouds overhead left her at a standstill. An unpleasant glare adorned her features, light blue eyes narrowed in mild distaste at this situation. One of her hands was pulled on a few times, and her attention briefly swapped over to the child standing at her side. She glanced down at the dark-haired girl and reached to comb her fingers through her hair in a gentle motion.

'Where is it?' she silently questioned herself when she finally looked back up. Her eyes swept the area in confusion, only to pull up an empty search.

"I hate searching through the rainy weather," Kagome sighed to herself, her tone weak and her voice weighed down a bit due to the gloomy weather. "He said to head this way, but I can't sense anything with this weather… I can't focus on anything other than how wet and murky it is." The mist in the air definitely did not help at all, either. She turned and knelt a bit to tighten Rin's coat so it was a bit more secure around her to keep her from being affected by the chill afloat in the air.

She was about to turn and start trekking through the park she stood in when her actions were put on pause by a loud, terrified screech. Kagome froze and stopped dead in her tracks as she whirled around to face the direction the scream had come from. The lack of people out sent her down one path. She scooped Rin up so she could cling on tight to her shoulders, and she started off in the direction.

She only ran for a minute or two before she found the source of the scream: A girl laying and attempting to scramble away fast enough so she could flee the demon looming over her. She managed to get up, only to take a couple of steps before she fell down once more due to a bleeding wound on her leg. She ducked down and cowered under her arms in an attempt to shield herself when she couldn't move anymore. Kagome set Rin onto her feet and pushed her a step to two further back before she took off in a sprint towards the girl.

She dove in between her and the demon. Her current concern fell on protecting the girl, and she ran in and wedged herself between the two. Her arms became littered with deep gashes, and she bit down on her lip to keep from crying out in pain. Her blood dripped to join the crimson already splattered on the concrete under her feet as she slowly lowered her arms to place her eyes on the demon. Kagome swung her leg out and nailed the demon in the front of its chest with the heel of her boot, making it stagger back while it remained in a haze of confusion at her sudden appearance.

"Here you are!" she commented as her wounds healed up. A light pink bow formed at her fingertips as the demon backed up further, but, before it could flee the area, she had an arrow drawn back and aimed at its torso. She shot it and watched as it erupted in a blaze of blue and white. Once done she let her bow vanish, and she turned to face the girl still seated on the damp ground. Kagome dropped to her knees next to her in order to observe the wound on her leg.

Without giving it any thought, she removed her coat and pressed it along the gash so she could clean away some of the blood surrounding it.

"W-Wait!" The girl found her voice and waved her hands with a shocked look on her face. "You'll ruin your jacket!"

True to those words, the once white and gray coat Kagome was wearing quickly turned stained by the blood. Even with her protests, the blue-eyed girl did not halt in cleaning it away.

"I'm not worried," she responded and motioned to the sleeves. "It was already torn and bloody before this. It can still be used as a rag, though," Kagome said.

She set her coat to the side and looked at the wound on her leg. It took her a few seconds to slow the bleeding down, and she quickly began to tie her coat around it as a makeshift bandage. "I can't heal it until it gets cleaned," she said. "There are dirt, clothes filaments, and bacteria your body is not used to and cannot fight off. If I can get it cleaned up, I can heal it up good as new," she told her.

"O-oh… Thank you! I'm Honda Tohru… Um… What's your name, Miss?"

Tohru was slightly flustered at having the older woman worry so motheringly over her. A large part of her was left in shock over what she had just seen, but she was hesitant to question any of it. First, a monster had attacked her on her way back from the store. Then this woman swept in and saved her! She felt the need to thank her several times over, but she held her tongue at seeing her focused so intently.

"Is she okay?"

A second and much softer voice chimed in, and Tohru glanced up. Her eyes landed on a small girl with brown eyes and black hair. She stood with her hands cupped in front of her. Her expression showcased her worry, even though she only stood off to the side watching as the woman worked her magic.

"Yeah," Kagome nodded and turned to face Rin. "She'll be okay," Once she was finally finished tying the coat around Tohru's leg as if it were a bandage, she looked back at her and offered her a warm smile. "I'm Higurashi Kagome," she told her once letting her hand fall away from her leg. She stood and took a look around to spot the spilled bag, and she quickly gathered it up so everything was back inside the bag.

Tohru attempted to get up, but she settled back down when Kagome held a hand out to her.

"Don't try to get up," she said. "You shouldn't put so much pressure on your leg or else the wound will start bleeding profusely again. You've lost more than enough blood as it is. Let's keep it from becoming even more."

"How am I going to get home then?" Tohru asked, her voice going soft upon being scolded by the older woman.

"I'll carry you."

"Eh? No! I'm too heavy," Tohru attempted to deny that idea. She had already inconvenienced her enough, and she didn't want to keep adding to that list. "I… I can make it back on my own, so please don't worry!"

Kagome looked Tohru over, taking note of the paleness of her skin and weary look on her face and let out a sigh. "Even if I believed you and let you go on your own, you wouldn't make it back without fainting due to blood loss," she commented. "I can't let you go on your own, sorry sweetie," she added on with a softer tone.

Tohru blushed and gave in with a nod of her head. Kagome smiled and approached her again. She knelt in front of her and allowed Tohru to clamber up onto her back. A pair of thin arms wound around her shoulders, and Tohru gripped the front of her blouse to secure her hold. Kagome kept a firm grip on the brunette's legs as she stood back up with Tohru seated piggy-back style on her.

"I'm not hurting your leg, am I?" Kagome asked her and received a quiet "no" in response. She nodded and looked towards Rin. "Ah… Rin-chan, please get that bag and carry it for us."

At hearing the words, Rin's eyes lit up and she dashed over to pick the bag up. "Okay!" Kagome smiled at her actions before focusing back on Tohru.

"Alright! Let's get going, then. Which way do we head first, Tohru-chan?"

"O-oh! Right!" Tohru perked up a bit and took to showing her the way back to her home.

C.R: So, you guys heard about the reboot for Fruits Basket? I'm so excited!

Some info about this;

Yes, Rin is still a child. (She was brought over from the Feudal Era. More will be explained later.)
A platonic relationship between Kagome and Sesshoumaru in order for Rin to have a maternal figure.
Kagome is 23/24. (Feudal adventures from 15-19.) Rin is 12/13 in this fic. As is Shippo.

I think that's it for now.

Thank you all for reading, and I hope you all enjoyed! Hopefully I caught all the errors, but, if not, apologies!

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