What it seems to be
Chapter 1


"You can't be serious, tell me you're joking!" A young woman with long dark hair and sparkling icy sapphire blue eyes laughed.

She was talking on the phone inside her bedroom while lying on her bed, trying not to die from bursting laughter.

"My kidney it hurts!" She laughed. "Tell me this is a joke."

"I'm not joking." Her friend replied.

"Wow I can't believe it, that whore." She replied.

"You're so mean and violent Kagome." Her friend laughed.

"I know I am, it comes with territorial boundaries, but it's not my fault. Did you see the outfit she was trying to pull off yesterday? For one her ass was hanging out of that skimpy skirt and her shirt was way too small for her figure, making the twins pop out to say, hello look at me world!" Kagome retorted.

"I agree with that, but it's so funny to hear this exaggeration coming from you." Her friend laughed.

"I never realized how funny I can be at times." Kagome said sarcastically.

"Really I love your personality Kagome." Her friend said. "It makes all the boys cringe in fear. They better watch out because I can make them cringe in fear just as well and even worse…"

"Aww, Sango that's the sweetest thing has ever said to me." Kagome said as she pretended to cry.

"Oh Kagome don't cry over my account." Sango said as her and Kagome suddenly burst into laughter.

Kagome got quiet all of a sudden as she soon started to zone out and fade away at thoughts that gathered inside of her mind…

If you actually want to hear about it, what I'd better do is warn you right now that you aren't going to believe it. I mean it is a true story and all, but it still sounds sort of phony.

Anyway, my name is Kagome Taishou and I am sixteen years old almost legal, but not yet sadly, two more years. I live with my mother Izayoi Taishou, my father Inu no Taishou, and my two brothers Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. My family is sort of dysfunctional in a way that is hard to describe. My father for example barely has enough time to spend with the rest of the family because he's at work all the time. Father makes the time for Sesshomaru and when he gets the chance he teaches him how to run the business before he retires. Sometimes I feel jealous and neglected that Sesshomaru gets most of father's attention but it's to be expected. I'm the youngest in our family and therefore hold a lowly status, but it's alright because my mother spends a great deal of time around me. It's sad and I feel sorry for Inuyasha because he barely gets recognized by our father like me as it is. Though he says he does not care I think he actually does and that's why in the past he's tried so hard to make father proud but gave up while not caring anymore. I think that's what made him so rebellious in the first place if you ask me.

Remember when I told you my family was a little dysfunctional, get this. Inuyasha and I are actually fully related by blood. Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, and I are only half related to each other. Our father remarried to our mother when Sesshomaru's mother died when he was just a child. It's sad and it's hard for him sometimes because he only got to know her for a little while. He barely spends time around our mother because I think it deeply hurts him inside. That's why he spends so much time around father and I think that's why father spends so much time around him because they both lost someone special. They lost someone so special why can't they both see what they gained in return? For example a loving family, I guess not. It's kind of weird that Sesshomaru isn't exactly the emotional type or the person who enjoys company or attention. You can tell from school when girls always flock around him he does not seem to care or enjoy their company. At home when I'm sitting playing the piano or drawing he sits there and watches. Sometimes I try to have conversations with him and he sits there listening to my every word. Somehow I've become an equal to him and for some other reason Inuyasha hasn't. Maybe it's because of their rivalry to father? Who knows, it confuses me sometimes but I try not to think much about it.

People would like to think we are the perfect family, just because we are very wealthy and live in this big mansion type house. That's far from true though; don't bet me wrong we just all have our different priorities. Like our father again for example, I love him near to death I really do but sometimes it can be hard because I feel like we've faded apart. We weren't always like that though, when I was little I used to be his little girl, in reality daddy's little girl. All that started to change once father began leaving to attend business trips and meetings all around the world. It was as our bond we once created between one another had shattered right there in my arms. I'd give anything in the world to have that back, even if it meant giving up this luxurious life to have simply a normal one I would not hesitate to do so. I guess we can all wish for things to happen, even if the simplest wish can look impossible, but anything can be possible. Isn't that right?

So like I was saying, sorry I've been rambling so much to you. I tend to talk a lot in times like this where I need some sort of comfort feeling to get across. I tend to talk aloud to myself in situations like this and it comforts me, so don't get alarmed throughout this story if you get pulled from side and hear my thoughts. So don't worry it's just me. Now let's get back to the story and I hope we get the chance to talk again really soon. Bai Bai for now!

(Exiting Kagome's thoughts).


"Hello Kagome are you still there?" A voice echoed throughout Kagome's mind. "Earth to Kagome, hello!"

"Yeah I'm here." Kagome said soon snapping back to reality. "Sorry I zoned out."

"You should be sorry." Sango laughed accusingly.

"So where were we?" Kagome asked.

"Talking about your brother's whore of a girlfriend." Sango laughed.

"Inuyasha's, oh yeah I remember now." Kagome laughed as she learned more towards the edge of the bed.

Suddenly the door swung open causing Kagome to be startled and fall off the bed in the process. There he stood in the frame of the doorway dressed in a pair of black pants and a grey sweater to match. He had long silver hair and amber colored eyes. In the middle of his forehead was a blue half crescent moon and two dark magenta stripes adorned each of his cheeks.

"Would you keep the racket down?" He asked in a cold voice.

Standing up Kagome flung back her raven dark hair that was in her face and gave a little scowl towards her brother. She let her icy blue eyes pierce into his for a moment to show he was not intimidating to her. Kagome then rested her hands by placing them on her hips to look fierce like, Xenon the Warrior Princess. But instead of making him scared he simply chuckled and laughed. Wait he laughed? He isn't supposed to laugh…what is this world coming to?!

"Do you really think that this Sesshomaru finds that intimidating?" He asked sarcastically.

"Yes I do!" Kagome retorted. "I was in the middle of an important conversation until you butted in."

"Important huh? So is that why this Sesshomaru heard you laughing some sort of jackal?" he smirked.

Kagome gasped at Sesshomaru who stood smirking in front of her as she pretended to be offended.

"I take offense to that!" Kagome almost yelled.

"Take it down a notch will you, everyone is asleep and besides you're hurting this Sesshomaru's ear drums with that boisterous voice of yours." He replied icily.

"You don't like my voice?" Kagome said as she pretended to be hurt while curling up into a little ball on the bed.

"You're so dramatic." Sesshomaru said rolling his eyes.

Suddenly Kagome bounced up with a wide smile on her face replying,

"I know!" she smiled.

"How are you even related to this Sesshomaru?" He asked.

"Oh don't say that fluffy-sama, you know you love me with all your heart." Kagome smiled.

"Don't push your luck with this Sesshomaru." He said.

"Oh come on don't be so modest." Kagome said.

Sesshomaru raised a sculpted eyebrow at Kagome. "Is that true now?" he asked.

"Yes it is." Kagome said.

"Well then." He said.

"Well then indeedy." Kagome said. "Hey are we still hanging out tomorrow with Sango and Sephiroth?"

"If you let this Sesshomaru, get a night of rest." He replied.

"Oh Gomen." Kagome replied feeling guilty.

"Yeah right you don't really mean that." Sesshomaru smirked.

"I do so!" Kagome argued back. "So anyways are we?" she asked.

"After school this Sesshomaru supposes." He replied.

"Oh yay!" Kagome said happily as she danced around in small circles until she got dizzy and started to fall over landing on her butt.

"Sometimes this Sesshomaru wonders if you have A.D.D" He said sarcastically.

"I don't know, maybe I'm just a happy go lucky child." Kagome smiled.

"Or maybe it's because you were dropped on your head when you were a baby." Sesshomaru said in his monotone voice with a slight hint of sarcastic in it.

"I was not! I am perfectly normal and capable in every way possible!" Kagome claimed.

"Look down." Sesshomaru said.

Kagome looked down.

"Look up." Sesshomaru said.

Kagome looked up and that's when she was too distracted to see Sesshomaru start tickling her was a wide smirk appeared on his face when he heard Kagome's freaking out. She hated to be tickled and would kill anyone for sure who even remotely tried to do so. The only one she would allow to tickle her was her closest friends.

"Quit it you ass! That is my weakness!" Kagome laughed so hard she thought she was going to pee in her pajamas but did not. "Bastard, I hate being tickled."

"That is this Sesshomaru's great tactic against you. Well this Sesshomaru is going to bed now."

Sesshomaru turned while walking outside the bedroom door. Kagome stuck out her tongue and blew raspberries at him on the way. Suddenly Kagome remembered Sango was still on the other line! Quickly Kagome sprung from her place and leaped over the bed just missing it and falling hard towards the floor. Sesshomaru walked back to Kagome's room to see what happened at saw Kagome lying on the floor in pain.

"Foolish girl." He stated as he left.

Kagome found the phone and picked it up.

"Sorry to keep you waiting love." Kagome said.

"What happened? I heard Sesshomaru's voice in the background." Sango said.

"Yeah he came in and was being annoying. So are we on for tomorrow after school then?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah sure." Sango replied.

"Great, well I'm see you tomorrow at school I'm going to bed it's, oh wow 2:00 in the morning." Kagome laughed.

"Okay see you then and I'll meet you by your locker." Sango said.

"Bye love." Kagome yawned.

"Bye sleepy head." Sango said hanging up the phone.

Kagome hung up the phone and turned off the lights to get some what of a deserved good nights sleep as she could not realizing what the morning would have instore for her yet to come.