A revision of one of my first pieces I uploaded to this site back in '06.


"Bye Grandpa, bye Sota" Kagome called rushing over to the front door of the Higurashi Shrine.

"Kagome you're leaving already?" her grandfather asked her, "You've only just returned".

Kagome turned on her heels to face her grandfather, "I only came back to grab some medicine, but I'll be back in a couple of hours I do have a test at school tomorrow".

With that Kagome opened the door and left rushing to the well in the old store room before jumping in and vanishing inside a shining light.

"Hey Grandpa, do you think one day I could go through the well to?" Sota asked after his sister left.

The old priest paced his hands behind his back and closed his eyes, "Maybe, but I would not approve of such a thing. Personally I don't even approve of Kagome being there even for a few days who knows what kind of danger lies there even with someone like Inuyasha protecting her I still worry for her safety".

Sota smirked at the old priest, "Well you seem to be having fun thinking up random illnesses for her to have while she's not at school".

The old man smiled awkwardly and rubbed the back of his head, "Well uh…I guess I do get a bit of a kick out of it, I don't get to be very imaginative very often".

Sota returned to his room to continue playing his video game while his grandfather returned to the kitchen. A few minutes had passed before the front door was slammed open and Kagome could be heard yelling.

"The nerve of that guy, just who does he think he is saying something like that? And after all the trouble I went through to bring him some medicine. Next time I'll just leave him to take care of his own injuries".

"I take it your friend is doing fine then?" her grandfather asked from the kitchen.

Kagome yelled again as she stormed up the stairs and to her room, "Oh he's doing more than fine, he's well enough to go running after Kikyo again so he obviously doesn't need my help".

Her grandfather sighed as he sipped his tea, "Ah to be young and in love".

Kagome returned to her room and fell into her bed, shoving her arms under her pillow before resting her head against it, "Why? Why is he always like this? I know he still has feelings for Kikyo, but I just can't help myself…I have feelings for him to and I can't stand the thought of him being with her instead of me". Kagome took a deep breath and closed her eyes trying to calm herself down.

Opening her eyes, Kagome rolled onto her side and pushed herself up before looking at the clock on her nightstand. Seeing the time she sighed to herself, "Guess I fell asleep".

Looking out of her bedroom window at the storage room she immediately began thinking about Inuyasha and her friends on the other side. "I wonder how they're doing" she muttered before shaking her head, "I'm sure Miroku, Sango and Shippo are just fine as for Inuyasha he can bleed out for all I care".

Kagome immediately began feeling bad about what she had said she was still angry, but she couldn't bring herself to wish harm on someone she cared about so deeply even if that person had hurt her.

Sliding around, Kagome stood up from her bed and looked at the storage room one last time before leaving her room and heading downstairs to join her family for dinner. "Maybe I'll feel a little better after I eat something".

As she walked downstairs, she heard her mother talking to someone whose voice she thought she recognized.

"You know I'm a pretty good cook myself I can help if you like"

"Oh nonsense" her mother's voice said, "You just got off the plane you should relax now that you're finally home".

"I got home two hours ago" the unknown voice replied in a stern tone.

"Mom, is someone here?" Kagome asked as she stepped into the kitchen and saw a young man sitting at the table.

He was wearing a short sleeved unbuttoned brown jacket over a white t-shirt that was tucked under his tan jeans.

Kagome's mother turned around and smiled at her daughter, "Oh Kagome you're awake".

Kagome didn't hear her mother's words as she took a single step forward continuing to stare at the young man who just stood up and walked over to her.

Stopping in front of her the young man smiled at her and held out his arms, "Been a long time Kagome, don't I get a hug?"

Kagome's face lit up in joy as she threw her arms around him, tightly hugging him as if she was about to start falling, "Welcome home" she cheered.

"Good to be back" the young man said before gently pushing away from her, "I've missed you sis" he said with a smile.

"Are you finally home?" Kagome asked him, "For good?"

The young man nodded, "I'm here to stay".

Kagome hugged him again, "It's been so long, I'm glad you're home".

"I see you haven't changed in the past few years huh?" the young man asked her, "So where's Sota? I haven't seen him since I came back".

Kagome's mother looked to them, "Oh I forgot to tell you he's spending the night at a friend's house he'll be back after school tomorrow".

"Huh that's a bummer oh well I'll give him his present tomorrow then"

Kagome's mother walked over to them and placed two cups on the table, "Here you go; dinner will only be a few more minutes".

"Thanks mom" the young man said before sitting down again and taking one of the cups, waving for Kagome to sit with him.

"So Ryuu" Kagome said after she sat down, "How was high school?"

"Boring mostly" the young man replied.

Their mom turned to them again, "You said you joined the soccer team in your third year, you were a goalie right?"

Ryuu nodded to her, "Yeah the entire time I was on the team I've only been scored against twice".

Their mom smiled at him again, "My boy the defender. Remember when you and Kagome were still kids?"

"How could I forget she was the most annoying person in the world at the time" Ryuu joked.

"Hey!" Kagome barked at him, "I'll have you know I've changed quite a bit since you've left".

"I can tell" he said looking at her, "Enough about me how have all of you been?"

"Well" Kagome began hesitantly, "School has been going fine I guess there's really not much else to tell from that".

Ryuu gave her a suspicious smirk, "What you don't have a social life outside of school?"

Kagome shook her head, "No I do it's just that…" Kagome fell silent as she looked away from him, "Should tell him about the Feudal Era? He might think I'm crazy. The only reason mom, Sota and Grandpa believe me is because they've actually met Inuyasha. And I don't want him to worry about me while I'm on that side, but I'll have to go back eventually and now that he's home he'll find out eventually".

Ryuu snapped his fingers, "Kagome" he called quietly bringing her out of her thoughts.

Kagome smiled and faked a yawn, "Sorry I'm still feeling a little sick maybe I should go back to bed for tonight".

"Are you sure Kagome?" he mother asked.

Kagome nodded, "I'm still tired so it's probably for the best besides I need my rest for that test at school tomorrow".

Kagome said goodnight to them and returned to her room for the night.

Waiting a few seconds until the sound of her footsteps stopped, Ryuu looked to his mom, "She's hiding something".

"What do you mean?" their mother asked him.

"There's something she wasn't telling me. When I asked her if she had a social life outside of school she suddenly fell silent for a bit you don't think that's odd?" Ryuu looked over his shoulder at the doorway behind him.

His mother smiled at him, "Maybe she's just having some trouble at school is all you don't have to worry about her that's my job".

"Even so I worry about her to" Ryuu said returning his eyes to his mother, "I know I've been in a different country for three years and I have a lot of catching up to do with everyone, but I hope she hasn't forgotten that she can always come to me if something is bothering her".

"Its been so long since I last saw you" his mom said with a small, reminiscing smile, "I forgot how much you're just like you're father".

Ryuu fell silent as he looked away from his mother, "I can just barely remember him, I'm only three years older than Kagome so I was still pretty young when he died".

His mother was still smiling as she spoke, "That's true, but you're like him in so many ways. You're always worried if you're family is ok or not and you've never hesitated to help Kagome or Sota if they needed help".

His mother turned around and set a bowl of beef stew in front of him along with a small bowl of rice, "I can still remember when you were about to graduate junior high school and Kagome was still in primary school. How you went to her school to walk home with her because she told you about those three boys that would always pick on her".

Ryuu suddenly had a mischievous smile on his face, "You mean those three boys I knocked into the following week".

His mother continued to smile, "You were protecting your little sister. Of course there were times when you were a little excessive at it, but I couldn't possibly be more proud of you. After your father died you took it upon yourself to protect this family".

Ryuu smiled again, "Yeah that's where I got this from" he said pointing to a small scar next to his left ear.

His mother kept smiling as she recalled the day Ryuu came home with that cut, "I can still remember that day. A high school student was bullying Sota and then you and Kagome came to help him".

"And then I got hit with a glass bottle" Ryuu said as if the distance injury still hurt him.

Once again Ryuu looked over his shoulder at the doorway to the kitchen, "Have they been alright since I left?"

His mother nodded, "Yes there hasn't been any trouble for either of them for a long time".

"Good" Ryuu said as he began eating immediately fumbling his chopsticks in his fingers, "Argh, I've been in England for three years. I'm going to have to relearn how to use these".

After he finished eating, Ryuu thanked his mother for dinner before saying goodnight to her. Getting up from the table Ryuu turned around and walked to the doorway of the kitchen before stopping and looking back at his mother, "I've missed all of you. I'm really happy to be home".

"Get some sleep dear, I'll see you in the morning" his mother said to him.

Giving her a quick nod and wave, Ryuu walked up the stairs to his bedroom, stopping in front of Kagome's door. He could hear Kagome talking to someone, but whoever it was wasn't responding back to her.

Knocking on the door Ryuu called her name, "Kagome are you still awake? Can I come in?"

"Oh sure come on in" Kagome answered.

Slowly opening the door, Ryuu stepped inside and saw his sister sitting at the edge of her bed with the family cat Buyo in her lap.

"So that's who you were talking to" Ryuu said, "Hey Buyo, remember me?"

The cat looked up at him and purred before resting its head in Kagome's lap again.

"Lazy as always" Ryuu smirked before seeing something glinting on Kagome's desk. Looking over at the desk he zeroed in on a small bottle containing a dim light. "That light" he muttered walking over to the desk and grabbing the bottle.

"Ryuu be careful with those" Kagome said once he grabbed them, but he didn't seem to hear her. His eyes appeared to be empty as if he was in a trance while staring at the glinting shards inside the bottle.

"Ryuu!" Kagome called to him snapping him out of his trance.

"What?" he said quickly looking around finally remembering where he was.

"Are you ok?" Kagome asked watching him as he set the bottle back on the desk.

"I think so…That light. I felt like it was drawing me toward it".

Ryuu lightly shook his head before taking a seat at Kagome's desk, "Mind if we talk for a bit?"

"About what?" Kagome asked him.

Ryuu smiled at her, "Well I haven't seen my little sister in over three years I've missed you, you know".

"There's not really much to say" Kagome told him, "I go to school hang out with my friends for a little bit afterwards then come home".

"So you don't have much of a social life then?"

"I wouldn't say that it's just…" Kagome tried to think of something to tell him, she didn't want to lie to him, but there was no way he would believe her if she told him about the feudal era.

Ryuu said her name bringing her out of her thoughts, "Sorry" she muttered, "I'm a bit tired. I should go to bed so I'm rested enough for my test tomorrow".

"Alright" Ryuu nodded, slowly getting up and walking to bedroom door, "Hey Kagome" he said turning around.

"Yes?"

"That bottle on your desk" he said nodding toward the bottle with the shikon jewel shards, "What are those things inside?"

"Oh those um…Those are just some old crystal shards grandpa gave to me, you know how he likes to go on and on about artifact this and authentic that".

Ryuu chuckled, "So he hasn't changed then. Alright, sleep well sis I'll see you in the morning".

After Ryuu left Kagome looked down to Buyo who was still curled up in her lap, "I wonder if I should tell him do you think he'd believe me?"

Buyo looked up at her and yawned before turning over onto his side.

Kagome frowned at the cat, "Well you're no help at all". She lifted the cat into her arms and set him at the side of her bed before walking to her closet to change out of her clothes for bed.

Further down the hall, Ryuu opened the door to his room, it was the way he left it three years ago before he moved. "I feel kind of weird being back here after so long" he muttered to himself as he walked over to his bed and set his bags on it. "Looks like mom kept it clean while I was away" he noted as he opened the first of his bags and retrieved small box.

Opening the box Ryuu pulled out an item covered by brown wrapping paper. He sat at the edge of his bed as he slowly began unwrapping the item in his hands. Dropping the paper at the foot of his bed Ryuu cradled the item in his hands, a picture frame of him and his family when he was younger.

"It was so long ago" he said to himself as he stared at the picture, "Sota was five, Kagome was twelve at the time and I had just turned fifteen". Setting the picture on the nightstand next to his bed, Ryuu grabbed his bags and set them on the floor deciding to sleep for now and unpack his things in the morning.

Lying on his back, Ryuu stared at the ceiling of his room and yawned loudly, "A lot to do tomorrow" he said as he rolled onto his side and closed his eyes.

"Ryuu" his mother's voice called from his door.

Ryuu opened his eyes and slid into a sitting position, "Yeah mom?" he answered from the edge of his bed.

The door opened and his mother stepped in, "Your grandfather needs some help cleaning the store room and I need to make a trip to the store would you mind helping him?"

"Well what needs to be done?" Ryuu asked her jumping off his bed.

"Just some cleaning and moving stuff around that's all"

Ryuu looked at the clock on the wall above his desk, "I have a counter offer" Ryuu said stretching his arm out, "You help him and I'll go to the store for you, that way I can walk Kagome to school along the way".

Again his mother smiled at him, "That sounds good it will give the two of you a change to catch up".

"I'm off see you later" Kagome yelled from downstairs as she left.

"I better hurry, give me a list" Ryuu said chasing after her.

Stopping at the front door to put his shoes on before running after his sister, "Kagome!" he called.

Hearing him call her name, Kagome stopped at the steps to the shrine, "Ryuu? Is something wrong?"

Catching up to her Ryuu smiled at her, "Mom is going to help Grandpa clean the store room so I'm going to the store for her. Don't mind if I walk with you do you?"

Kagome smiled and nodded, leading Ryuu down the stairs and to the street, "So what was England like?"

"Not a bad country, but I wouldn't want to live there. Those English summers are horrid. It's like a constant typhoon raging right above you and it only stops for like half a day. The country side is nice enough".

"Do you miss anyone from there? Any friends you made?"

"Of course I do" Ryuu told her, "But I missed my family even more. All of you are more important to me than anything else, but enough about me I want to know how my sister is. What kind of test do you have today?"

Kagome's face darkened as she hung her head, "Algebra, I hate Algebra".

Ryuu began laughing, "Still a math hater. I don't blame you math is the enemy of mankind, but look at the bright side I'm done with school so I don't have to do it anymore".

"And how is that the bright side?"

Ryuu continued grinning, "I meant bright side for me".

Kagome's gaze fell to the ground and she shook her head, "At least until you get to college anyway" she told him.

"This is true" Ryuu replied, "But that's not for a while. I'm going to wait a bit before I get around to that".

"You said you brought a present back for Sota, what is it?" Kagome asked him.

"Just a soccer ball with João Havelange's autograph".

"Who?"

"João Havelange" Ryuu told her, "He's the seventh and current president of FIFA. My school opened the first of the playoff games and he was there as a special guest. After we won he congratulated us personally".

"I guess that's cool" Kagome said as they crossed the street.

"Actually in 1992 FIFA"

Kagome cut him off, "Sorry I'm not a big soccer fan I wouldn't even know what you're talking about".

"Alright then new topic, tell me about your friends"

Kagome looked over to him, "Which ones?"

"Those threes girls you hung out with all the time. What were their names...Yuki, Ari?"

Kagome corrected him, "Eri, Ayumi and Yuka".

"Those three" Ryuu said pointing at her, "So do you still hang out with them?"

Kagome nodded, "Of course. They've been my best friends for years". Kagome giggled a little before looking up at Ryuu, "I remember you had a little crush on Yuka before you left".

"Oh yeah I remember that" Ryuu said with a half smile, "We never told her that did we?" he asked in a suspicious tone, giving his sister a glare from the corner of his eye.

Kagome shook her head, "No I never mentioned it and she is still single though".

"Not interested" Ryuu immediately snapped.

"A bit flustered are we?" Kagome teased.

"No I'm not" he defended, "Its just she's a Junior High student and I am a High school graduate. There's a bit of an age gap I'm not comfortable with".

"Well here we are" Kagome said after they finally reached the school.

"Alright then" Ryuu said, "I'll see you after school then". Ryuu turned around to leave before Kagome called out to him.

Running up to him she gave him a quick hug, "I'm really glad you're back".

"Hey Kagome!" a female voice called from behind Ryuu.

Kagome let go of her brother and looked behind him to see her three friends running over to her, "Hey guys good to see you".

"Wow you look really good how do you feel?" the one with long wavy hair asked her.

Kagome stuttered for a brief second before her other friends asked her, "Your skin looks fine does this mean your Eczema is gone?"

"What about your polio?" the other asked.

"You didn't tell me you had a bad skin disease and polio" Ryuu said looking at Kagome before snapping his head to the side to look at her friends, "Eczema? Polio?" he repeated as if he was amused. "You three do realize that if she did have Eczema even if she was cured of it there would still be scars and after marks from the blisters on her skin. And I'm just going to assume you don't know what polio is because if she had it she wouldn't be walking around right now".

"Who are you?" the three of them asked in unison as they turned to face him.

"Oh right" Kagome said before holding her hand out in front of Ryuu, "Eri, Ayumi, Yuka you three remember my brother Ryuu right?"

"Your brother Ryuu?" the three of them mumbled before they remembered the short encounters they had with him in the past.

"Oh I remember him now" Yuka said, "When we would all have a sleep over we made you our personal servant for the night like we were princesses in the feudal era".

Ryuu nodded his head with an obvious expression of annoyance; "Out of all the times we've met that's the first memory that comes to your mind?" he looked to Kagome "I'm leaving now".

Kagome nodded, "Alright, I'll see you after school".

Ryuu nodded back to her before walking away to do his mother's shopping.

"I almost completely forgot about him" Eri said, "You said he left the country to study abroad a few years ago right?"

Kagome nodded as the four of them entered the school, "Yes he went to England for his high school years and he came home last night".

"I bet you're happy that he's back I seem to remember you and him being as close of friends as we are" Ayumi noted.

Kagome smiled as she looked at the ceiling, "It's been three years I'm happy he's back".

"Well I'd hate to ruin the happy mood" Yuka said as she opened their classroom door, "But I hope you're ready for the test today".

Kagome hung her head and groaned, "I managed to forget about it why did you have to remind me?"

Her friends giggled at her, "Same old Kagome".

Sitting at her desk, Kagome took out what little notes she wrote down the night before and began going over them before her class began.

"So how do you think you'll do?" Eri asked her.

Kagome dropped her notes and hung her head again, "Poorly. Even if I had a decent set of notes I won't be able to memorize them in time".

"How much studying did you do?" Yuka asked leaning toward her.

"A good bit" Kagome sighed, "I actually studied a lot for once I just didn't take down any notes".

"Then you're set" Ayumi told her, "Listen there have been a few times when I wasn't able to study or review my notes in time" she shifted around in her desk and leaned closer to Kagome, "Here's what you do. Ignore the clock and what time it is, ignore everything around you the world outside the test doesn't exist. Just take a calm, deep breath and let what you read last night come back to you. Don't force yourself to remember just let it all come back to you on its own".

Eri and Yuka looked at her with an impressed smile, "So that's your secret huh Ayumi?"

"Well it's not really a secret just something I've never mentioned before" Ayumi replied seeming a little uncomfortable.

"All right" Kagome said holding her fist next to her face, "Let's do it. Bring on the test".

Within a few minutes their class started and the homeroom teacher handed them their tests. As Ayumi told her Kagome closed her eyes and took a deep breath, tuning out everything around her the only thing that existed at that moment was the paper in front of her. Four questions answered and her mind began to drift she couldn't focus she was still happy that he had finally come home, her brother who had been gone for three years attending school in another country.

"What kind of things did he do over there I wonder?" she thought staring out the window into the school's entrance yard, "He said he was the goalie for his school's soccer team, but he didn't say anything else. Doesn't seem like he changed that much, he's always gone around smiling mostly to make Sota and me smile as well. What kind of friends did he make? What kind of classes did he have? How were his grades?"

Looking back to the test in front of her she inhaled another deep, silent breath and held it for three seconds before releasing it in a slow exhale, "I can do this, tune out the rest of the world".

The final bell sounded at long last and Kagome's school day was over, thankfully there was only one test even though she wished it wasn't first period so she could have a chance to review one of her friend's notes. She felt confident though, it would probably be an average grade at best, but definitely better than he grades in the past. Kagome met up with her friends at the entrance lockers and walked outside with them discussing their day.

"Finally done eh?" someone asked them as they passed under the gate's archway.

"Finally" Kagome confirmed seeing her brother he had changed his clothes since that morning, he was wearing a dark green shirt with the animals of the Chinese zodiac displayed across it and blue jean shorts with black sneakers. He had combed his hair back and was wearing sunglasses perched over his forehead.

"Glad to hear it" he said leaning against the stone wall juggling four pieces of fruit, "You three hungry let's go get lunch, my treat".

"What are you juggling there?" Eri asked.

"Kiwis" Ryuu answered, "Good for the immune system, you know since you've recently contracted a potentially fatal disease and all" he reached out his right hand to his sister offering her one as he continued to juggle the other three with his left hand, "Take one".

Taking one of the fruits Kagome continued watching her brother, "When did you learn to do that?"

"Two years ago" he answered slowing down his pace before offering the remaining kiwis to her friends, "Take I have more".

"Thanks" Kagome said as her friends accepted the offered fruit, "We just had lunch a few hours ago, but if you're hungry I can join you".

"I'm good" he told, "Just wondering if you four were" he pushed off the wall, "Smoothies then?"

"That sounds nice" Ayumi said.

"Definitely" Yuka agreed.

Eri happily agreed, "Especially after today, I had two tests you three got off lucky".

"Well its over now" Ryuu told them, "Smoothie time…although you're going to have to remind me how to navigate this city it has been three years and I do not have a sense of direction".

Kagome took the lead with her friends flanking her and Ryuu behind them. At their favorite smoothie shop the group of five found a booth in the corner and began talking about their day, of course they were all happy enough that school was over.

"What about you Ryuu?" Eri asked.

Ryuu's eyes shifted to her, "What about me? I wasn't listening".

"What kind of things did you study in England?" she asked again.

"The normal stuff" he answered, "Math, Science, Social Studies…boring stuff".

"Anything you liked?"

"History" he answered quickly as their smoothies arrived, "Merci beaucoup" he said to the waiter who merely nodded and returned to his duty.

"What did you say to him?" Kagome asked.

"Oh right" Ryuu muttered realizing what he said, "I said thank you very much, but I said it in French…some friends of mine dragged me to a French café a lot after school force of habit".

"What you know French now?" his sister asked.

"No" he answered, "Two languages is enough for me I will stick with English and Japanese thank you…although I did get a part time job as a translator while I was over there".

"How much did you make?" Yuka asked him.

"Well let's see" he muttered staring at the ceiling, "I had just over nine hundred pounds saved up by the time I came back with the current exchange rate that would be somewhere around one hundred forty-thousand yen".

"You saved up that much?" Kagome asked.

"Well I never had to buy anything" Ryuu told her, "The transfer program paid for boarding and the boarding dormitory over there paid for everything else, I was set. I just wanted something to do in my free time".

"Alright so what else did you do?"

"Where were you in England?" Ayumi asked.

"Oxford" Ryuu answered quickly, "If my grades were a bit higher and I stayed longer I could have had a shot at Oxford University…a long shot, but a shot, but I really wanted to come home. As for what else I did over there not much in my free time I either worked or studied martial arts".

"Martial arts?" Eri repeated, "What kind?"

"Mixed mostly" Ryuu answered, "I joined a martial arts gym, the owner is actually from here used to live on the other side of the city before he moved. Great guy, out of all the friends I made I'm going to miss him the most. Master of five styles of martial arts Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, Judo and Hapkido".

Kagome asked, "How long were you doing that?"

Ryuu took a sip of his smoothie, "I joined in my first year a couple of months after I arrived. Akira Yamamoto was his name, great old man. Eighty-three years old and could toss people to the ground without a problem. It was fun, I am no where near as good as some of his other students, but those are people who were there a lot longer than I was and that stuff takes a long time get good at. That being I did pick up a lot, Sensei said I was observant and perceptive and with another few years could have been one of his best students".

"So your brother knows how to hurt people now" Yuka said to Kagome.

Eri grinned a little, "Yeah you should tell that delinquent boyfriend of yours to be careful from now on".

"Boyfriend?" Ryuu hummed dropping his gaze onto his sister who blushed and shifted.

"Um, well you see I…he's not".

"And a delinquent" Ryuu continued as his sister fumbled her words, "Introduce us I'll set him straight".

Finishing their smoothies they left the shop and continued walking together until it came time to go their separate ways, when it was just Ryuu and Kagome left he sighed with a grin and placed his arm around her shoulders.

"I knew there was something you were hiding from me" he said, "My little sister has a boyfriend".

"He's not my boyfriend" she responded, "But he is someone I like a lot".

"As long as he treats you right and behaves I'm alright with it. Does mom know?"

"Yeah they've met him a couple of times although it wasn't a planned meeting. He kind of just showed up one day".

"Again as long as he behaves himself".

"He does" Kagome said adding in her mind, "Sometimes…at least when he's over here".

"What's his name?"

"Inuyasha" she answered.

"I'll remember that" he said as they arrived home, "I got first dibs on the shower" he added as they walked in the front door.

"We're back" Kagome called taking off her shoes.

"Oh right" Ryuu said jumping back into the entranceway, "That's something else I forgot. Shoes off in house…I have been corrupted by the west" he joked, "Its good to be home".

"I'm really glad you're back" Kagome said, "I missed you".

"Ryuu!" Sota yelled charging at them and hugging his brother's waist, "Welcome home".

"Sota" Ryuu gasped as his kid brother ran into him, "My god you have gotten big".

"Our little family is finally back together now" their grandfather said from the living room as he finished reading the day's newspaper, "It makes an old man feel happy".

"I'm happy to Gramps" Ryuu said after kneeling to return Sota's hug, "I'm going to take a shower before we start dinner".

After Ryuu vanished down the hall their mother stepped out of the "Oh Kagome guess what, Inuyasha came to visit while you were at school".

"Really?" Kagome asked before a panicked gasp burst from her mouth, "He's not still here is he?"


A/N. And finally done, chapter 1 readers really hope you enjoyed it I'll even settle for "Its alright".

Been wanting to get this one done for a couple of years now I just never got around to it. Hopefully I'll be able to update at a decent frequency, but for now I won't promise anything.