Twins of the Jewel

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. If I did why would I bother writing this?

A Past Remembered

The rosy serenity of dawn descended upon the Higurashi shrine as Inugome stared passively out her window as she thought of times past and times yet to come. She had been up for several hours now. She had had a strange dream the night before. She had seen a shimmering rose tinted jewel divided in half and then become whole again. She had also seen strange yet somehow familiar faces. The faces didn't seem to be much older than she, but one of them seemed to be younger.

The two that had appeared most vivid were that of a young man no older than 19 with silvery white hair much like her own, he also had strange golden eyes, and cute little doggy ears, only slightly larger than the ones she and her twin brother had. The other was the face of a very familiar looking woman, perhaps 15, with eyes and hair both as dark as a ravens wing.

The others had been a young man dressed in ancient clothing, a woman astride a fiery cat with 2 tails and sabre-like fangs, and a young child with pointed ears, a large furry tail, and bright red hair.

It hadn't been the first time she had dreamt of something that seemed momentous. She had tried discussing it with her twin brother, Kagayasha, but he didn't seem to understand. He was a very practical person, who didn't believe anything unless he saw it. He even appeared practical, except for the fact that two canine like ears protruded from his shaggy, black hair. She sighed pensively as she thought of where the ears had come from. Her grandmother had told her that her father had had the same peculiarity in his features.

She had never met either her mother or her father, and there were no pictures. Instead she lived at the Higurashi shrine with her grandmother, her uncle Sota, and her great-grandfather. She often wondered about her parents. Kagayasha just seemed to accept everything. It pained her other relatives to speak about them, all she knew was that they had died when she and her brother were very young. She didn't know why or how all she knew was that they were dead.

She began to hear noises, as the house seemed to come alive as everyone awoke. She smiled to herself, "They're probably getting ready for the surprise party tomorrow." As smart as Kagayasha was, he probably didn't know about the party yet, she had known for weeks. If he did know he was doing a very good job at hiding it.

It hadn't been really hard for her to figure it out, grandmother and great-grandfather were really bad at keeping secrets, except for those about their parents. Whenever she asked questions the answer had always been, 'You'll find out when your older,' or 'I'll tell you when your ready.' Sometimes she doubted that they would

ever tell her.

A sharp staccato knock broke the silence of her room. She left her spot at the window sill, and walked towards the door, all the while calling,

"I'm up."

It was her brother. He was already up and ready for school even though it didn't start for another few hours.

"What are you doing still in your pyjamas. You should be ready for school!"

"Kagayasha, school doesn't start until 8:00."

"Still you should be dressed."

"No I shouldn't!"

"Yes you should!"

"No I—"

"Children stop fighting!" Their grandmother's voice came from downstairs.

It was actually comforting fighting with her brother, especially after that weird dream, that dream had really crept her out to tell you the truth.

She got dressed quickly and went downstairs, only to find her brother already done breakfast. She grabbed the cereal and proceeded to make a mess with the milk. Her grandmother sighed and grabbed a cloth to wipe it up.

"You really should try to be more careful Inugome." Kagayasha told her.

"Oh shut up Kagayasha. Do you ever let up?"

"Don't tell me to shut up!!"

"I'll tell you whatever I like."

"Why I otta—"

"Children stop your bickering and eat up! You can at least act like your turning thirteen." Grandma said sharply.

Inugome sighed and returned to her cereal while Kagayasha went to pack his school bag. When she was done she decided to pester her grandmother a bit.

"Grandma tell me again why we can't have a birthday party?"

The look her grandmother directed her was rather smug, "We can't afford it dear. You know that."

"I know but we're going to be the only one's not having a party. People will make fun of us."

Her grandmother sighed, "Don't you have to pack your bag?"

"Yes, but—"

"Now!"

Inugome left the kitchen sulkily.

The rest of the day went on as usual. She forgot to do her homework and got yelled at, bombed a test and got yelled at, punched someone in the face and got yelled at, and got out of school with only 1 detention. At home she got yelled at for forgetting her homework, failing a test, punching the kid, and for getting a detention. She also got sent to bed without dessert. A typical Friday.

Inugome went to sleep anticipating the weekend and her party. Little did she know her weekend would be one you could never imagine.

Author's Note: A HUMONGO thank you to Vollupra(my best friend) for helping me with the story(actually she did a little more than help so ya…..)but I'm typing it and a lot of the ideas were mine. Anyway I'll probably update really soon, even later tonight, so keep checking. Please review and if you have any suggestions id love them. See ya soon!

Nicola

(PS: If you think the names are dumb I'm sorry. I was really hyper when I thought of them and Vollupra and I kind of used them as a joke. Please keep reading!!!!!!!!!)