A/N: This is my first fanfiction so I hope you like it. I DO NOT OWN Kagome, Sota, or their mother. Hmph, now you can't kill me or any other things like that. I own my mother, father, Rain, (Kagome's mother's name) Kim, Zero and myself.

I also did this a long time ago, I used to be friends with Zero. Underline used to be six billion times. Anyway, I want your opinon on this as the story procress tell me if I should kill her off early, later, or be nice and just keep her in here?

I want to tell you a story, my story. Well of course, it's about me. Well at first it begins with my parents then it comes to me, but that's beside the point. My father is a pure blood dog demon whom originally ruled the southern lands of North America, which is now known as today's Mexico. Many years ago before my father had even met my mother, another dog demon lord from other origin came to my father. He was near death and he asked him to come to his country and help rule his country, which is now today's Japan. For some unknown reason my father accepted his request. He became Lord of the Northern Lands. On one of his visits returning to his homeland he met my mother, whom came from a wealthy mortal family. My mother only being mortal made myself a half demon also known as a "half-breed".

"Hey! What about me?"

"Oh yeah! This is my annoying little sister Zero."

"Hey! Who you calling annoying? I'm only younger than you by one year."

"And?"

"What do you mean and?"

"I'm older by one year."

"Whatever, I still have to help you all the time."

"Yeah! You end up helping me when I don't need it!"

"Yeah, sure you don't need the help."

Zero began to blush and turned away. "Well...um...are you going to tell the story or not?!"

"Of course I am!"

"Then tell it! But tell it the right way! And skip forward a couple years too."

"Okay.... to when?"

"The day you disappeared."

"Alright....I was 7 and you were 6."

The Melody of Life

Prologue

By: Star Braveheart

"Mother! Father! Where are you?" Zero and I yelled walking towards their room.

"Shhhhhhhhh! Your mother's sleeping." Father hissed angrily departing from their room.

"Sorry father." We apologized lowering our voices.

Father then led us outside to the garden, and kindly asking, "Now what can I do for my two darling daughters?"

"Father, Zero and I were wondering…" I spoke softly staring at the ground. "If you would allow us to go play in the forest." I asked raising my head up to have my eyes met with his being as cute as I possibly could.

He smiled down at us, looking us over. "Well...if you two promise to be careful and take care of one another than...it's alright with me."

"Yes!!!" We excitedly exclaimed.

"Now run along."

"Race to the forest?" I asked my younger sibling while walking swiftly out of the palace.

"You're on!" Zero replied swiftly following.

After we had exited the palace, Zero and I blotted into a run.

"I'm going to beat you!"

"No you're not! I'm just warming up!" I yelled over my shoulder as I sped up my pace.

"Wait up for me Star!" Zero yelled trying to catch up.

After a few minutes I stopped and propped myself against a tree with my arms folded across my chest. I smiled to myself and yelled, "Hey Zero!"

Zero was still running oblivious to the world around her, when I called out her name. She turn her attention towards my voice and begin to answer, "Wha-" She didn't even finish her word when there was loud clash as she ran into a tree.

I busted out laughing and couldn't stop myself. I took deep breaths to calm myself and finally regained self-control.

"STAR!!!!!" Zero roared with rage in her eyes as she pried herself off the tree.

I jumped behind her answering to my name. "Yes?" I asked attempting to act as innocent as possible, and not to laugh at her.

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" She barked jumping at me.

I leap back away from her reach causing her to grab air. I only smirked in victory. Zero ran after me in a blaze of range and it seemed she had the intention of killing me once she had caught me.

"Zero! Your it!"

"What do you mean I'm it?" She asked with a bewildered look.

"Tag your it!" I smiled running further ahead of her.

Zero couldn't help but smile at her sister as she quickened her paced and yelled back to her, "You are going to be when I catch you!"

I ran towards an enormous tree and hid behind it.

"Star! Where'd you go?"

I smirked and tried not to laugh at her, it would give away my hiding spot.

'She won't find me here...Ooooo...an open meadow. I wanna got lay down in it. Zero won't find me there.' I thought as I walked into the meadow and saw a well. "Hmmm..." I saw darkness at the bottom of the well. All I could see were bones. 'Bones?'

"Star..." A feminine voice called.

My eyes widened at the call of my name. It sounded like it came from the well. My body slightly shivered from the thought of it. The well seemed to be pulling me to it, as if it had a mind of its own. 'I must be going crazy or something! Wells can't talk...well at least I don't think they do. Unless someone is trying to scare me...but why would some one want to scare me?'

"Star!" Zero yelled pushing me slightly from behind. Startled I fell face first into the well closing my eyes shut and yelped. Landing, I mumbled as I picked myself up, "Owww! That hurt!...Zero!"

The only anwser that returned to me was silence.

'Wow...why is it so dark?' "ZERO!... Are you there?" I jumped out of the well as curiousity took over me. 'No wonder it's so dark in here. The well is surround by a hut...but there wasn't a hut here earlier...'

"Hey Sota! I heard something in the well! Let's go see what it is!"

'I don't like the sound of that...Father taught Zero and me how to make ourselves appear human.' I closed my eyes and held my head down transforming my body to a human appearance. 'I have no desire to scare these human children.'

The door had slowly began to open with a young girl standing at the entrance. "Sota! It's a girl! There's a girl in here!" the girl in the doorway, who seemed to be about my age, yelled over her shoulder opening the door wide open.

She wore a sky blue dress that fell down to her knees, and she had raven hair

that fell to her shoulders, and bright chocolate eyes.

"...Kagome? Are you sure?" a young boy's voice about 4 years old asked.

"Hello...um. My name's Star..."I said nervously.

"...My name's Kagome." She replied with a smile.

"....Is that your sibling behind you?" I asked pointing to the frightened boy behind her, wearing a simple outfit of a pair of jean shorts and a blue t-shirt. He also had those bright chocolate eyes but he had short chestnut hair.

"Yeah. He's my little brother, Sota. Sota, this is Star." She said pushing her brother from behind her to where I could see him more. "...Can you wait here for a minute?"

"Sure." I replied watching Kagome pull her brother with her out the door.

I sighed with relief and transformed back to my hanyou appearance. 'This is much better. Now where am I? ...I know I'm not home, because I don't even smell or sense Zero. And I know she couldn't have got very far that fast...Maybe if I go back down the well again I'll be back home.'

Zero's POV:

"Star! Where did you go?" I said looking down the well. "Stop picking on me! When we get home, I'm telling mother and father! Star..where are you!? Why can't I smell or sense you? Star...Star.....STAR!!!!!" I yelled looking around beginning to panic. "I'm serious! This ISN'T funny!" 'Maybe she went to that old tree.' I ran as fast as I possibly could to the old tree where I could usually find my sister. "She's not here.....It's just that boy pinned to the tree....But if Star's not here then....Oh no!" I yelped pushing past my running capablity to get home as fast as possible.

Star's POV:

"Nothing happened..." I whispered to myself looking up to see the ceiling of the hut. Then I heard 3 pairs of footsteps running towards me. I jumped out the well presuming it was Kagome, her brother and either her mother or father and yet again transformed. When they appeared through the door way I had just finished.
"See mom! She's right here." Kagome said pointing to me.

"Kagome...What's here name?" The woman who she called mom asked. She obviously bore both Kagome and Sota. They had many physical traits she had. She look to be in her mid 20's, had short chestnut brown hair, bright chocolate eyes, and wore a dress similar to Kagome's but was navy blue.

"Rain! Come here!" She yelled over her shoulder still keeping her eyes on me.

I heard yet another pair of footsteps coming and faintly woman's voice yell. "I'm coming!"

"Hurry up Aunt Rain!" Kagome yelled out the door way.

After a few moments a young woman appeared in the door way and saw me instently. "Kim! She's sooo adorable!" This woman looked to be in her late 20's, had dark bown hair the flowed to her waist, and eyes that seemed to be black but were truely just a dark shade of brown. She even wore a dress similar to both Kagome and her mother, however her dress was a light shade of purple.

Kim smiled nodding in agreement walking slowly towards me down the stair case between us.

"I think she'd be a good friend!" Kagome smiled following her mother.

I turned to Kagome unaware of the situation. "....Kagome who are those two?"

"You can call me Kim." Kagome's mother said with a welcoming smile somewhat inrtoducing herself placing a hand on my shoulder.

"And you can call me Rain....What's your name?" Kagome's aunt following Kim's lead, introducing herself and had a warm smile upon her face.

"....My name is Star." I said introducing myself slightly bowing.

"Mom? Can she stay for awhile? Please?" Kagome asked pulling the edge of her mother's dress.

"Star where are your parents?" Kim asked before answering her daughter.

I didn't know what to tell her. I really had no clue where they were. Well I did know but I didn't even know where I was, so I could I possilbly know how to get back to them? I started to panic the more I thought about the situation I got myself into. That was the last thing I remembered before blacking out and dreaming....

'I wonder if I should tell them what I truly am...and that I came here through the well. I'm not home....and I'm not able to go back home either....I know that for a fact. ....That's a scary thought....I don't know where I am, and I don't know how to get back home. I have no other choice, I have too stay here....I wonder how life is going to be here.....I miss mother, and father. I miss Zero too already. I hope they notice I'm gone and try to find me and get me back home some how...I'll come back home one day Zero....I promise....'

Weeks Later...

I found that Rain and Kim are sisters. Rain had just recently moved in with them. They lived in a shirne called the Higurashi Shrine, and the well I came through was on their propriety, Their family had protected this shrine for generations and continued.

"...So your going to adopt me?" I asked bewildered at what the word had even meant.

"Yes, if you'll let me. It was quite odd though... There is no trace of your exicentence... That doesn't matter any more though. I got you all the papers you would possibly need in life done." Rain said with a questioning look but smiled.

"YAY! Star's going to be our cousin!" Kagome and Sota yelled jumping up and down and hugging me.

"Well what do you say?" Rain asked.

I smiled at the young ones I learned to care for and love. How could I say no to them? Although I did feel quite gulity for calling some one else other then my birth mother "mom" it was my only opition at the time that I saw. I hoped my mother would forgive for this. I replied in a low toned voice, "Yes..."

Rain smiled and hugged me, hugging Kagome and Sota too. She got up and walked towards the front door. "Well I'm off then. I'll be back after work. Bye Star! Bye Kagome! Bye Sota! Love you all!"

We all yelled back to her, "Love you too! Bye!"

After hearing our reply she opened the door and exited the house heading towards work.

Kagome hugged me tightly then looked up at me. "Your a good big sister." For an instent I swore that I saw Zero there hugging me, not Kagome....I guessed I imagined it again, because after I blinked it was Kagome again. I hugged Kagome back tightly and smiled sadly being reminded of my sibling. "I'm gonna be your cousin from now on too."

"I know, and I'm happy that you are going to be Star!" Kagome grinned.

I imagined she was Zero every once in awhile because Kagome considered me to be her big sister and I am Zero's older sister. She reminded me of Zero so much sometimes and said a couple things that Zero would say to me. So for now...Kagome was Zero's replacement. It helped eased my pain of home sickness a little.

Few months later...

"So we're leaving to America? Where's that?" I asked attacking her with questions randomly very confused of the entire idea. I had told Rain about everything. About my real mother, father and Zero, even how I had gotten there. Therefore, she was willing to answer any and all of my questions. I also had her promise me not to tell Kim, Kagome, or Sota about anything of my true origin.

"It is a country half way around the world. We'll go on an airplane to America."

"What's an airplane?" I asked still very confused.

"Star, you will know soon enough. I'll show you."

"Okay." 'Rain reminds me so much of mother.'

"Star, don't worry about anything, Just worry about getting your things packed."

"But how are Kagome and Sota going to be when I'm gone?"

"They'll be fine, they have they're mom."

"But I'm so close to them now...I just don't know how they're going to take it."

"Let's go break the new to your Aunt, Kagome, and Sota." She said grabbing hold of my hand and walking towards the door but hesitated for a moment before continuing. Rain opend the door and descened the stairs holding my hand.

"Kim! ...Kim! Where are you?" Mom asked sadness within her voice, walking on the last step.

"I'm in the kitchen Rain!." Aunt Kim replied.

We walked into the kitchen and saw Kim already serving breakfast.

"Good morning Aunt Rain. Good morning Star." Kagome and Sota chripped giving each of us a hug.

"Good morning Kagome. Good morning Sota." Rain replied hugging them back.

"Good morning morning Kagome." I replied returning their hugs.

"Yes Rain? Did you need something?" Aunt Kim asked. Mom walked over to Kim and took her into another room most likely to tell her the news.

Ever since I came and started to live with this new family of mine, I've played and cared for both Kagome and Sota. I smiled at their excitement. I heard Aunt Kim begin to cry faintly in the other room. 'Mom must have told her already. I need to tell them now then...'

"Star? What's wrong?" Kagome asked worried and pulling back to look at me.

"....I have to tell you two something." I said holding back my tears as best as I possibly could and sitting down on the floor to tell them the news.

"What is it?" Kagome asked worry still within her voice as she sat down in front of me.

"Mom and I are moving." I blurted out as a set of tears streamed down my face.

"WHAT?!" Kagome and Sota yelled they're eyes getting glassy and tears beginning to form.

"Don't cry you two....Your going to make me cry. ....What am I talking about?! I am crying." I said hugging them both.

We cried for a few minutes together and then slowly began to calm down.

I had stopped and caught my breath. "I'm going to miss you both."

"Where?" Kagome asked catching her breath.

"America."

"That's so far!" Kagome and Sota whined.

"I know...." I sighed hugging them again.

Mom and Aunt Kim walked in with their faces red and tissues in their hands. I was hard....for all of us, but I think I took it the hardest. I replaced my family with this one...and now they are being taken from me too. I hope that I'll find friends that will be like family in America.

"Star....I think we should go and start packing."

Mom and me walked back upstairs and talked about everything. We talked about what to pack, the preparations for the trip, and how this was going to work.

Two months later, the day we leave Japan...

Rain and I had moved out of the shrine and had everything planned. We were staying at a hotel until today. I'm glad that I knew the plans of the day. I also knew what objects we woulds see that I didn't know of. Mom told me everything because she said that people would wonder about me if I kept asking questions about everything.

We woke up at 8 o'clock that morning. Mom and I rushed ourselves to prepare for the day. Mom had called the taxi and put our bags at the door for the hotel service to take it down while we checked the hotel room for anything that we left behind. We didn't find anything so we left. Our baggage was already downstairs, so we just continued downstairs to pay the hotel. When mom had finished paying the hotel a man was leaning on a taxi held a sign that read 'Miss Higurashi'. Our taxi was here to take us to the airport. All our luggage was still on that little thing with wheels they put all of the luggae on to transport them places...like I knew what they were called. However, mother did push it to the cab and told the man that she was Miss Higurashi. He nodded and put all our luggage into the back compartment of the taxi. She said a small thanks and open the back seat door and told me to get in. I listened to her and she followed me in right behind me closing the door behind her. We waited for the driver to finish putting our luggage in the car, when he was finished he procceed to the driver's seat and waited...for something I wasn't exactly sure what of.

"Where to ma'am?"

Mother paused a moment. "To the Higurashi Shine."

I looked at her dumbfounded. Why we're we going there? Didn't we already say our goodbyes? I sighed smiling dismissing my doubts. At least I would get the chance to see them one last time before we left.

The ride there seemed endless, it was slient the entire time. I didn't say word and neither did mother. When we finally arrived the driver asked if he should wait for us or if he should get out the baggage. Mom hesitated before anwsering. "Willing you be willing to wait about 15 minutes?"

The man shrugged and nodded.

"Thank you very much!" She said with a smile and rushing me up the many steps up to the shine. I could of been there much faster...if I wanted but, then the man driving the taxi would most likely wonder about me if I did that. I didn't chance it and just ran up the stairs along mother. When we finally reached the house mother stopped a moment to catch her breath before she rang the doorbell. I heard foot steps dash to the front door before it actually opened...

"SURPRISE!!!"

I blinked. Once. Twice....Okay? It was Kim, Kagome, Sota, and grandpa holding a cake reading 'Happy Birthday Star'.

My eyes widened as I smiled. Yeah, of course I was surprised. I had completely forgot that today was my birthday. Can you believe that? Me? Forget my birthday? The one day when it was all about me? ...Well some how it happened.

"Thank you!" I replied speechless.

They all smiled in respond including my mom.

"Happy Birthday, sweetie." She said leading me in the door.

I smiled at her. "Is that really cake mom?"

We all walked to the kitchen and grandpa set the cake on the table.

"No, it's a cake with muffin batter. Kagome helped me bake it last night." Kim said getting the knife to cut it.

Kagome smiled and nodded grabbing the plates and forks.

"...So its a big muffin?" I asked.

"Yup." Sota said with a grin.

My smile widened. A big...muffin....for me? ....HEAVEN!!! Mother introduced me to muffins awhile ago...and well needless to say I've become fond of them.

Grandpa enter the kitchen once again with two shiny present bags (he was gone?). "These are for you Star." He smiled giving me the bags. I sat one on my lap and the other on the ground next to me looking to mom. "Can I open them?"

"Of course you can. We don't have much time so we should hurry." she replied.

"That's mom's and my present to you." Sota said standing behind me with a smile.

I nodded opening the present reviling a cute midnight black stuffed dog. I hugged it tightly. "Thank you! Aunt Kim! Sota! I love dogs! Thank you!" ...What am I thinking? I am a dog. I dismissed the thought and got up to give them both hugs.

The muffin cake was then served. ...I ate about half of it within a matter of minutes. ...I told you I was "fond" of muffins didn't I? (more like addicted).

Then moved on to the other present. It was much smaller than the other.

"That one's from me." Kagome stated.

I smirked and opened the present surprised to find a thin silver chain with the japanese symbol for hope also in silver. I turned towards her and hugged her tightly. "Thank you Kagome! I'll miss you!"

"I'll miss you too Star."

When we let go I put on the necklace...with some complitcation. Mom ended up putting it on for me.

"Star, honey we need to go now. The taxi's waiting." Mother said.

I thanked them for the muffin cake and the presents as we gave our hugs goodbye as we said farewell. We left rushing back to the taxi. We didn't want to miss our plane. We got in the car and looked back to the shine we see Kagome, Aunt Kim, Sota, and grandpa waving to us from the top of the flight of stairs. We waved back and turned back around facing the driver.

"To the airport please."

The driver nodded and started the engine taking off the the airport.

I hardly remember anything after that. Well that is until we got the airport. It was huge! The airplanes were enormous and there were so many people. I couldn't believe it. All I could do was investigate every small detail. When we finally boarded our plance. I was overwhelmed by and unexplainable excitement.

The plane's take off was memorable and by the time we were in the air I felt as light as a feather. The entire trip the only thing on my mind was...

How will life be now?

A/N: Okay done! Damn...I retyped like almost this entire chapter....this copy is just about completely different from my orginal. Well that's the end of that...finally. This story may seem to be only based on characters from the Inuyasha series, but I assure you this a crossing of many variety. I own nothing but the plot of the story, Kagome's mother's name, her sister Rain, Zero and Star.

Zero: Hey! You don't own me!

Star: Fine! Shut up already!

Zero: Don't tell me to shut up!

Star: *Eyes turn red in rage* I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I WANT!!!!

Zero: Will you shut up and keep typing?!

Star: *Hits Zero on the head and knots her out* YOU SHUT UP!!!! *sighs* Okay...now I'm calm....