The Boardroom

Summary: AU When Kagome's mother tells her that finding an apartment of her own would be a good life experience she never thought she would get the experience that she does. Now she finds her life putting a soap opera to shame as she moves into The Boarding House of doom.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha or any of the characters. And technically Kat own the house that they are all staying in this story.

Kagome hummed to herself as she walked up the steps to her families shrine after yet another day of school. Stopping at the top of the steps she paused and looked around with a happy sigh. All around her were the familiar sights of her families shrine: the god tree, the well house,storage shed, and finally her house. Smiling slightly she almost skipped the last little bit to the door.

"I'm home!"She called out as she slid the door open and kicked off her shoes. Dumping her backpack down beside them she hopped up the single step into the hallway and headed towards the kitchen.

"Ah Kagome,"Her mother's voice was soon followed by her head sticking out of the kicthen doorway, "could you come in here for a second? There's something I wish to speak with you about." So saying her mother dissapeared back into the kitchen leaving a blinking and slightly confused Kagome standing in the hall.

Shrugging Kagome padded down the hall and into the kitchen to find her mother bustling about getting dinner ready for that evening. Sitting down at the table she watched her mother for a moment wondering what her mother wanted to talk about. Finishing up the last little touches on what she had been doing Miss Higurashi turned and beamed down at her daughter.

"Kagome, your grandfather and myself have been talking, and...well we believe that you're old enough to live out on your own." Miss Higurashi said smiling brightly down at her daughter who just looked up at her stunned.

Kagome blinked unable to process what she had just heard. Her, live out on her own? She was only 17! She couldn't live on her own! She didn't even have a job! Where would she live? How would she get to school? What was her mother and grandfather thinking?!

"Now I know that you don't have a job but that's alright. You're grandfather and I have made a bank account for you and we will put money in to cover your food,clothing and rent. Not to mention transportation. And we've already picked out the perfect place for you to live. Although you're going to have to change schools but not to worry we already have that worked out as well. You start on Monday at Shikon high." Miss Higurashi said all this while she handed Kagome a set of keys, a debit card, and of course a bus pass.

Kagome just sat in shock looking down at the items in her hand with unseeing eyes. Suddenly something clicked in. Kagome's head shot up and she looked at her mother evenly in the eyes.

"Is Kikyo moving out as well?" Kagome asked a bit bitterly for she could see in her mothers eyes as soon as she asked the question that her twin wasn't. Kagome's hands tightened around the key and card so tight that her knuckles turned white. She could feel the rage burning in her stomach at being forced to leave while her prissy perfect sister stayed.

"Now Kagome of course Kikyo isn't leaving. You know as well as I do that your sister is far to delicate to go out on her own. The poor dear, oh Kagome how horrible of you to wish such a cruel thing on your sister." Miss Higurashi scolded Kagome earning a dark glare from her daughter who stood suddenly looking down with her bangs covering her eyes.

"I think I'll go pack." Kagome bit off each word angrily and stormed off as soon as the last was out. Tromping up the stairs she stalked into her room and slamed the door. Standing at the entrance to her room she looked at it a tight lump forming in her throat.

'I'm leaving, they're making me leave. Am I such a bad daughter that they can't wait to get rid of me?' Kagome's bottom lip started to quiver and she moved towards her bed slowly her feet feeling like they were made of lead. Suddenly she sprang forward throwing herself across her bed to cry silently into her pillow.

She stayed like that for a while not noticing the passage of time. Finally when she felt as though she had no more tears left she sat up. Looking around her room again another thought intruded into her mind. 'What am I going to take with me?' Looking around her room she suddenly felt as if she couldn't bear to be parted with anything.

Chewing on her lip she swung her feet over the side of her bed and looked down at her feet. Kicking at her carpet she blinked when she realized another thing her mother had said.

"Shikon high, Sango goes there,"She said softly her voice sad and depressed, "so at least one good thing is coming out of this. At least, I can go to school with my best friend now." Kagome forced herself to smile not feeling it at all. Falling back on her bed again she closed her eyes and sighed.

Sleep came to her quickly and wrapped her in a warm blanket of comfort and a feeling of rightness.

Authors note: Ok yes I know this is short but this is more a prologue than anything. Next chapter will be Kagome moving in and meeting some of the people living in the house with her. I'll also add in a description of the house in the next chapters authors note so you all get a pretty good idea of what it looks like. The idea for this story comes from just pure boredom and the fact that Kat and I have written a story similar to this and I felt that it would work here too.