Hello and welcome to a brand new story, it's only my second one but it's going to be quite long anyways... It's again another Kagome and Inuyasha one so Kikyo lovers read at your own risk! Hope you like it The first chapter is kinda boring and just about Kagome moving but at the end I think you'll be in for a surprise and it also has a few important key bits included within the story so it's proberly best if you do read it even if it does bore you...

Note: Some previews at the end of chapters proberly aren't worth reading as I've uploaded quite a lot of chapters to begin with...

EDIT: Even though their are previews at the end of chapters when the one after that has already been put up just ignore them lol.

Settling In

Kagome sat in the back car seat staring outside the window watching as the many busy streets of Tokyo passed by her. As she stared her thoughts once again drifted off to when to her mum had first told her the news...

"But mum I don't want to move! I like it here!" Kagome cried in protest as her mum's suggestion.

"Kagome dear, it's really nice and it's in the heart of Tokyo. You always wanted to go there didn't you?"
"But that was years ago, I don't want to leave this house. We've lived here all my life, how can you expect me to move so suddenly and anyway this is where dad lived..." Kagome replied back.

Her mother sighed, "I'm sorry Kagome I thought you'd like it but even so... I've already signed the papers.

"What?" Kagome gasped feeling tears in her eyes, not wanting to discuss it any further she ran up the stairs and slammed the door shut as she escaped into her room and threw herself on her bed in the room which very soon wouldn't be hers any longer.

Kagome sighed and wasn't in anyway looking forward to visiting her new house, why should she have to leave? She's loved the house they'd lived in and it was where... where her dad had grown up with her before dying. Kagome's brother on the other hand was very much excited.

"Look there it is!" he cried nearly jumping out of his seat next to Kagome and pointing forward.

Kagome looked ahead to see a street named Crescent Moon Avenue. (Sorry for the lousy name...) as they drove down it houses were on either side of the road. When they had driven nearly half way down the road they stopped in front of a house more or less similar to the others except for the different colour as most of the houses on the road were white where as this and some other odd one's were brown. The bright blue door also made it kinda stand out to Kagome's eyes.

"We're here!" her mother cried from the front seat as she got out.

Souta cheered and enthusiastically opened his door and hopped out, Kagome not really all that ecstatic also got out of her door. Looking at the house in front of her the only thing she was thankful for was that it wasn't in any way rotten. A green lawn was laid in front of it as the front garden with a patio path leading up to the door, on either side of the path were several rushes which Kagome was sure would produce roses when the time came.

Kagome turned around to see two white vans had pulled up aswell and the men inside them had gotton out and were unloading the things from the back. All their furniture was inside it and her mother was talking to one of the men.

"Sis! Sis!" Souta cried running to her and holding some keys so she could see, "Mum said we can take a quick look inside!" he then grabbed Kagome's hand and dragged her with him to the front door.

Once it was open he pushed the door open and pulled Kagome into their new living room, Kagome had to admit it was rather nice. A calm cream colour covered the walls and ceiling with wooden floorboard for the floor. In the centre of the side wall a fireplace was intact with pieces of coal inside it ready to burn and let out warmth. A lightbulb hung from the ceiling which very soon would have a lampshade on it to match the walls and ceiling.

"Wow!" Souta cried, "I dib biggest bedroom!" he cried turning to Kagome.

Kagome smiled, "No mum gets the biggest one as she's parent and then I get second biggest as I'm older and you..." she said putting her finger on the tip of his nose, "have whatever is left."

"Awww it stinks being young." he pouted before running up the stairs which were a few metres opposite from the door.

Kagome decided to look in the kitchen and crossed the living room to take a look inside; the kitchen was rather big as it had a large enough space for a table and chairs to be put in the centre. Shelves, cupboards and necessary kitchen things were built into the walls and to the left was a door leading to the back garden.

Kagome's spirits began to liften as she realised how nice her new house was and she decided to go upstairs and find her room, returning to the living room she saw the men beginning to bring in the furniture from outside and quickly hurried out of their way and ran upstairs or in other words... escaped from being asked to help.

The top of the stairs leaded to a corridor which went straight through the house till it reached that far wall with a window in it. Wooden doors lined either side of the corridor and Kagome walked down opening each door, curious as to what was inside. The first was merely a small cupboard for storing things, the next was the boiler and when she opened the third one she found the bathroom.

It was all white and clean as if it had never been used, the only thing that Kagome disliked was the huge cobweb in the corner of the ceiling with a dead-looking spider in it. A bath with a shower was opposite the door and to her left was the toilet in the corner and besides it the sink.

Eager to get away from the "dead" spider Kagome closed the door and looked in the next one which was a bedroom. It was very large and Kagome guessed it was proberly going to be mum's.

The next two were also not Kagome's as one of them and Souta in who was looking around and the other was quite small really with only enough room for a double bed and desk so Kagome labelled it as the 'spare' room.

Reaching the final door at the end of the corridor Kagome turned the door knob and opened the door. Entering the room she was rather pleased at her new bedroom and managed a small smile. The walls and ceiling had been painted a light purple... more lilac than purple really and the carpet covering the floor was a darker colour and between purple and dark blue. Some shelves had been built into the walls and also a large wardrobe on the far wall aswell however upon first looking at it Kagome mistakes it as some mirrors until she realised they slided to behold the inside of the wardrobe.

Another thing pleasing Kagome was the balcony on the far side of her bedroom and she knew she would enjoy standing there and watching the sun set during the summer. By now Kagome was starting to think that living here wouldn't be so bad.

"Kagome! Souta! Come down and help please!" her mother's voice echoed from downstairs.

Sighing Kagome walked out of her new room and together she and Souta walked down the stairs ready to face whatever heavy things they'd have to carry.

-X-

"Mum how could you!" Kagome cried loudly.

"I know it's not the best school dear but—"

"The best? Try the worst!" Kagome interrupted.

"Just listen Kagome..." her mother begged trying to calm Kagome down but failing horribly.

After a long, hard day of moving things into the house the house was now starting to look more homely. Most of the furniture had been placed wherever need be however there were still several of boxes containing items covering the floor in many of the rooms.

Not really settled in well enough to cook anything Kagome and her mum and brother had ordered takeaway and eaten it on the sofa whilst watching T.V. which one of the delivery men had kindly plugged in.

Just after tea Kagome's mum had taken the car and gone over to Grandpa who also lived in the city to pick up their cat Buyo. One of the main reasons they had moved over here was so they could be closer to Grandpa who was quite ill and currently in a care home. They had kindly accepted to keep Buyo whilst they moved in hope that it would cheer Grandpa up slightly.

With it now dark and around 8.00pm their mum had called them into the kitchen where she had sat down at the table with them to discuss their education. Souta had been delighted to find out that he was going to nearby junior school called Sunny Dale (again... sorry about the lousy name) as it didn't have a uniform meaning Souta could go in his own clothes. However when she had told Kagome the school she was going too she hadn't been so happy.

"You see Kagome," her mother began, "Most schools for your age around here are very hard to get in as they have a good reputation and other's have the maximum number of pupils so this was the only once I could find..."

"But mum! It's a mixed school" Kagome cried, "They allow demons to go their too!"

Hardly any schools in Japan educated demons and it was even rarer for a school to mix humans and demons together and if one did it was usually mostly made up of demons as not many human children wanted to go there. Schools only educated certain demons though and if they were big ugly and scary then they proberly wouldn't get in. If they resembled a human however they were more a favourite, it was kind of prejudice but it stuck any how.

The school Kagome's mum had chosen for her was called Hanayome high (Yes yes... weird name but most people call it Shikon High so I just used a random word...) and wasn't one of the best schools Kagome could have hoped for and Kagome wondered and hoped if she could still get good enough grades to get into college.

"Maybe so but I think you'll like it as your cousin goes there."

"Cousin... you don't mean..."

"Kikyo, yes..." her mum replied.

Sorry to but in but just want to explain... Kinda shocking isn't it to discover Kikyo and Kagome as cousins eh? But at least in this story it'll explain why they look so much like one another. Anyway sorry for interrupting... on with the chapter!

Kikyo and Kagome very much resembled one another and although they were related they didn't see each other very much and if best only met twice a year and the last time Kagome had met her had been over a year ago. However Kikyo would occasionally ring Kagome up like she had done so about a month ago to ramble on about things Kagome didn't even care about such as her love life or things she wasn't looking forward too... it would usually end with Kagome getting fed up after an hour or so of Kikyo talking and shout something. The two would then argue over the phone and both angrily hang up till some months later when Kikyo would again ring Kagome up and so the cycle continued...

So in all the two didn't get along very well.

"Oh yeah she lives near here doesn't she." Kagome stated remembering, "So she goes to that school aswell does she?"

"Yes and her older sister teaches there aswell and is deputy head." her mother replied happy that her daughter was no longer arguing.

"Sister you mean Kaede? Oh is she then I suppose it'll make it easier then." she replied.

Kikyo's family was rather odd, mainly because of the fact that Kaede was around 60 years old and Kikyo was only in her teens so the two were more like grandmother and granddaughter rather than siblings.

"And what about Shippo?" Kagome asked rather curious

"Oh him? He's doing well and from what I've heard Kaede is tutoring him as she couldn't find a school he could go in. However when he's old enough he'll go to Shikon High she's told me."

Kagome nodded, Shippo was a little fox demon and the only demon Kagome really knew. Although she didn't hate demons she was rather embarrassed to find out she would be going to a school with them. Shippo was a demon child that Kaede had found on the street some years ago after his father had been murdered by another demon and after taking him in she had begun to bring him up and educate him. Kagome had only ever met him once when she had long ago visited Kaede and Kikyo and he seemed rather sweet, she wondered if he still was.

Finally giving in about the school Kagome wearily went upstairs into her room and gladly went to sleep.

-X-

"Kagome!" her mother cried.

"I'll be right down!" she replied finishing to brush her hair, quickly looking in the mirror of her wardrobe she smiled slightly as she admired the reflection in front of her.

The uniform for Shikon High for girls was a red skirt with a short sleeved white blouse which had a red kerchief around the collar. The shirt had red ribbon around the end of the sleeves and collar and also the end of the shirt. Her socks were white to match her shirt and she had decided to wear the same black shoes she had worn to her old school. A red long sleeved jacket was worn over the shirt with the school badge imprinted on one of the breast pockets and like her blouse it had red ribbon around the edges. Her mum had also bought her a red ribbon to put in her hair but Kagome had shook her head, never the less her mum had given it to her telling her it would be useful for tying her hair back in sports lesson.

Although she had no need for them Kagome had seen what the boy's uniform for her school was. It was a pair of black paints, black shoes and black jacket that was worn over a white shirt. Just like her blouse and jacket the boy's blazers had red rims around the end of their sleeves and jackets along with the school badge on the one pocket of the jacket.

Quickly grabbing her brown satchel with all her school things inside it she ran out of her room and headed for the stairs.

At the weekend her mother had had a quick conversation with the headmaster of her new school for a short while and on Saturday had taken Kagome shopping to buy all necessary books and clothes for her new school.

Kagome reached the bottom of the stairs only to be surprised to see an unexpected visitor in the front doorway.

In more or less the same uniform as Kagome, except for her long hair being tied back, Kikyo stood smiling at Kagome.

"Kikyo?" Kagome asked in disbelief.

Now I know that's rather a short first chapter but never mind... here's a preview of the next chapter I'm going to upload... I'll proberly upload it along with this so there's proberly no need for the preview but oh well...

Chapter 2: First School Day

Meeting with Kikyo, Kagome walks to her new school with her whilst listening to her rambling on about her ex-boyfriend. Kagome enters her new class and meets many interesting characters... how will her first school day be? Well you'll find out soon enough...