Demonic Dou

Chapter 1

If anyone had told her she'd end up this way she would have laughed in their face after setting their pants on fire.

It had only been roughly a week since she was violently forced back into the future when she learned the truth about one of the men that stood for everything she thought a man should stand for. She learned the truth about the man she at one point called father.

How could he have done this to her mother and herself? How could he have hidden another family right under their noses? It really was to bad that he had passed away ten years ago, right after her mother found out she was pregnant with Souta, otherwise she would feel pretty much obligated to kick his ass for such deplorable actions.

A young man had showed up after what was left of her family left to go grocery shopping. It had truly only took one look to know who he was, even if she never knew he existed. 'Brother!' repeated itself multiple times across her mind as she drew herself up to her full height, her shoulders held back in the prideful stance her Sesshoumaru had literally beat into her. The young man hadn't said a word yet, but she knew. Her miko powers told her he was family, his physical appearance just confirmed that fact. Kagome let herself slip into her old persona, the one her family knew and believed. With a bright, yet fake, smile on she met the one man that would change her life once more.

"Hello! Welcome to the Higurashi Shrine. Our priest is away with personal business, My name's Kagome, and I have been trained to take over in his stead. How may I be of service?" Kagome internally cringed.

The whole bubbly persona she had perfected in front of her old classmates and mother was seriously draining. Was she seriously this unbelievably happy before she fell into the well? It was almost as bad as her completely pink colored room, she would have to paint it another color before she started at this new school her mother was telling her about.

"Yes, hello. I was looking for a Rui Higurashi. One of the people a few streets over pointed me to this shrine." The young man was extremely shy, this young woman was his sister. He had always wanted a sister.

"Yes, but sadly about ten years back my father died in a car wreck." Kagome let her voice trail off. The urge to really mess with her new 'brother' was strong, but she squashed the thought as being a bit to cruel. He looked so fragile. She mentally sneered. He just gave off a kind of 'kick me down' vibe.

"Okay, let me say this before you go to say anything," Kagome held up her hand as he went to say something. "I can tell that what you're about to say is probably going to be extremely hard for you, so let me make this easy for you." Kagome walked away toward the house. "Follow me."

The young man slowly walked after her, nervously wringing his hands together. Coming up behind Kagome the young man looked at her in question as she once more gestured to him.

"Right here is a picture of my father Rui Higurashi, this is the memorial we put up for him after his accident. Correct me if I'm wrong..." Kagome trailed off once more looking at him.

"Sena." He simply supplied.

"Sena," Kagome nodded. "You almost exactly look like him. So either you are a long lost cousin, which would be impossible considering the fact that my father and grandfather were the only ones left of his bloodline, or you were his son. So tell me Sena, are you my long lost cousin or are you my half brother?" Kagome tilted her head to look at him, her bubbly persona still firmly intact.

"I… I… I am your brother." Sena hung his head sadly. This was one of the hardest things he had had to do to note.

"How old are you Sena?" Kagome kept the cold look she was feeling from her bright eyes.

"I'm 16, I'll be 17 come December." He said his head still down looking at his dark coal colored shoes.

Kagome sighed. So she had already been born when her father had run off to his other woman. Was this how Sesshoumaru felt after he found out about Inuyasha, this complete and utter feeling of disgust for one she had placed above all overs? She could almost see why he was so cruel to his younger half brother, of course her past with the half-breed had brought her to completely understand Sesshoumaru's hatred for him. She hated him more than she could have ever hated Naraku.

"I turned 17 in March, so that would make you my younger brother." She offered him with her signature 'happy' smile. "You also have a younger brother, Souta. He'll be 10 a few months from now in October."

Sena lifted his head when he heard the acceptance in her voice. He had expected to get cursed out, at the very least he had expected tears.

"How… How can you be so..." Sena started before she cut him off.

"Understanding?" Sena nodded his head. "I've been through so much more than someone else my age Sena. I'm looking at this from the positive side. I have someone else to add to my pa… my family. Though let me be frank with you, Sena." Kagome dipped her head in a fashion that she seemed to be asking a question, Sena nodded his head.

"I don't want you to bring this before my mother, or Souta for that matter. They won't be able to handle the betrayal of father. Souta never met him, so my mother has built up his good qualities in his eyes. To my mother, father was the love of her life and the only man she has ever known or ever plans to know. The Truth that he had the nerve to step out on her right after she had given him a child would literally crush her." A bit of steal had entered her voice as she pretty much demanded that he obeyed her. Sena nodded his head in understanding.

"But!" Kagome continued. "I would love the idea of getting to know you and hearing about how your life has been." She flashed him one of her bright smiles.

Sena smiled back eagerly, sure he was bit bummed that he wouldn't be able to meet the brother he never knew about, but getting to know his sister and be accepted into her life, even to a small degree, was more than he could have ever asked for. It was nice knowing he had family out there somewhere, specially since his mother had recently passed. He wouldn't be alone anymore.

A few hours later found the two sitting down at a nearby cafe telling each other about their lives, Kagome only mentioning her pre- feudal life. Between the two of them they had managed to eat almost a complete cherry cheesecake.

"So, next week I'll be going back to school. I had missed a lot of school due to traveling and my grades were affected. Being unable to pass and attend class like I should have, I'm being transferred to the only school that will take me. Some little known school called Deimon, have you ever heard of it?" Kagome asked her little brother as her sharp blue eyes eyed the last piece of cake on the plate.

Sena grinned happily as he pushed the plate towards his sister, and laughed lightly as she wasted no time in snatching the sweet tasting cake.

"Know it! That's the school I go to Nee-Chan. I just started there at the beginning last week. It's a really fun place. I joined a club, you won't believe the amount of clubs we have there! I joined as the secretary to the American football club." He wouldn't dare to mention the fact that he was being turned into a masked player, The Eyesheild 21.

Kagome clapped her hands in a show of happiness, truthfully she had enjoyed getting to know her new brother. He wasn't close enough to her to spill all her secrets, neither were her mother or brother, but she could see a bright and wonderful relationship in the works. Sena appeared to her eyes as a young man that while protected, was trying his best to be a man. He reminded her so much of her little Shippo. A gentle smile appeared.

"I'm excited for this new adventure and knowing you'll be there with me will make everything worthwhile. Though I am a year ahead of you, I am sure we will see each other every day. I will have to check out this club of yours, I remember seeing a football game on the television a long while back and seemed like a lot of fun. I'll come to every game and cheer my little brother on for being the secretary." Kagome beamed as Sena blushed.

"Since today is Friday, would it be alright if I come over Monday morning and walk with you to school?" Sena's blush darkened as he waited, hoping she'd say yes.

"I'd love that Sena. I'll meet you at the bottom of those never ending stairs at six o'clock, does that sound like a good time?" Sena nodded, before he stood up.

"I have to get back to practice now. Our leader, Hiruma, is gonna kill me for being gone so long, but you know what Nee-chan?" Sena grinned as Kagome looked at him with a 'what?' face "It was totally worth it!"

Sena sprinted off as Kagome looked on fondly.

A few moments after he was gone, Kagome's persona seemed to crumble as her smile was replaced with a frown and the happy glint in her eye became empty and hollow. She was alone once more. It was at moments like this that she missed her feudal family. After all Sesshoumaru, Shippo, and Rin had been the only ones in her pack that understood everything about her. She was on her own until her pack found her, and she dared not let her family in on what she had endured while lost in the past.

Piece by piece Kagome rebuilt her persona before she left to go home. She'll keep this half of her family in the dark, while getting to know this newest member, as she waited for her Alpha to come and bring her back into his safe arms.

"Please Hurry Sesshoumaru, even just one week is to long to be away from my beloved pack. I wont be able to act all nice and bubbly like I used to be forever. I already feel the cracks beginning."