Ok then, to start off let me thank you for giving this story a chance and deciding it was worth reading. Second thing I want to tell you is that I will modify the age Kagome was when she started to look for the shards of the shikon no tama, so just giving you a little heads up there ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own the anime/manga Inuyasha and Fruits Basket; they belong to their creators and owners respectfully.
One of a kind
Chapter one
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It was a nice autumn day in the feudal era of Japan, the cool breeze blowing by made the heat much more bearable than usual. Birds were tweeting away in the trees while small animals rested in the cool shade on the ground, though a very mismatched group was doing very much the same.
Said group consisted of a demon lord, an imp, a little human girl, a fox demon pup, a cat demon, a two-headed dragon, a priestess and monk, a half demon and a demon slayer. Most of them had recently gone to war with a vile being that had roamed the lands for many years, doing the most despicable things one could only have nightmares about to get his evil hands on a powerful jewel called the Shikon no Tama.
The battle against this being had raged on for three days and three nights then, finally, a combination of attacks from those opposing the evil creature led to its certain demise, complete purification making sure there would be no one that could revive such evil.
The one who ensured their victory was currently reading an ancient scroll beneath the shade of a tree, occasionally brushing her long raven colored hair away from her face to reveal gorgeous sea blue eyes that twinkled happily when she laughed and darkened to a midnight sky color when she was angry. The owner of those eyes sighed and neatly rolled up the scroll having finished with it, missing the amused glances sent her way by her companions as she got up to get another one, hopefully one of ancient magic or combat.
"Hey Kagome, why are you reading so much old crap if you're going home today anyway? It's not like you're gonna need it in your time" the half demon, known as Inuyasha growled impatiently as Kagome took her time to answer while she rummaged her pack for another scroll.
"This is valuable information Inuyasha and even if I'm going to take most of it with me, I plan to take advantage of what I can't take back" she tsk-ed unhappily when she couldn't find what she was looking for but she continued "Besides, my own time isn't as peaceful as it seems and it can be just as dangerous as it is here"
"Ah how our young lady has grown up, is this really the thirteen year old girl a stole her shards from? My how times have changed" Miroku laughed at the halfhearted glare Kagome gave him "While I would have said it in other words, what Miroku said is true, Kagome. You really have grown up a lot" Sango was very proud of her friend, she really was but she couldn't help feel a bit guilty over the fact she was forced to grow up so quickly and she already was very mature for her age when she had arrived in this time.
"Hn this Sesshoumaru agrees that you are not the scrawny child that used to hide behind my pathetic brother any longer, but should you slack off in your studies or training, rest assured this one will find you in the future to ensure you do not" the demon lord's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at his apprentice's reply.
"You sure an old dog like you is gonna make it to my time? I mean it's not that I doubt you of anything, it's just that you're like seven hundred and fifty years old maybe even older... Man you need to get married soon or something 'cuz I don't think any potential mate is gonna want to marry an old geezer" Inuyasha snickered but silenced himself when he saw his half-brother glare murderously at him. The half demon awkwardly cleared his throat "C'mon wench, let's take ya home" Inuyasha picked up one of the two bags Kagome had taken with her since the start of their journey while Sesshoumaru grabbed the one she had only recently started to take with her, it was filled with ancient scrolls, weapons and their gifts to her for completing her training with them; how the hell she managed to carry both of them was lost on Inuyasha.
Tearful goodbyes were exchanged by everyone, except for Sesshoumaru of course, but the one with the hardest time letting go of Kagome was Shippo. "P-please stay a little longer Kagome! I-I'll miss you so much when you're gone" the fox demon sobbed into her priestess attire, soaking the fabric of her shirt with his tears "Shh... It's alright Shippo, you're still small and have lots of stuff to live for, maybe if you train you can spar with me in the future and be my protector then instead of the other way around, but for now I need you to stay and protect the others, keep them from splitting up completely for me" Kagome whispered softly to him while putting a thin golden chain with a circular fire pendant around his neck.
"Be safe, all of you" Kagome smiled at them one last time then she turned around and leapt into the well after slinging her backpacks on both shoulders.
The priestess of the Shikon no Tama had finally returned to where she belonged.
In the future, five hundred years later to be precise, a bright blue light shone in a well shack at a shrine in Tokyo, Japan. A few minutes later, a fifteen year old girl wearing a priestess outfit and carrying two huge backpacks emerged from an ancient well in that very same shack, a saddened expression on her youthful face while she dragged her packs to her modest two-story home in the middle of the shrine.
Kagome tiredly opened the door to her home, she felt exhausted for some reason but she shook it off and went to find her mother after going upstairs to place her bags in her room. The time traveler peeked through her head through the archway that led to her kitchen and found her mother sitting on a chair near the table with the phone pressed to her ear, writing something down on a piece of paper hurriedly while mumbling something to the person on the phone.
"M-mom? What's wrong?" Kagome approached her mother quietly so as to not disturb her conversation too much. Mrs. Higurashi merely smiled at her daughter before saying something she couldn't quite hear since it was said in such a low tone then hanging up, only to see her daughter's questioning gaze on her.
"Nothing is wrong dear... It's just that someone called your school and told the secretary to sign you up for the student exchange program that's taking place next week. I only agreed to it because you're being sent to a good school but it's just that I don't really know who signed you up for it, the secretary it was someone called "Mr. Taisho", do you know him?" Kagome was having a bit of difficulty processing everything her mother had just told her "No mom, I don't know any Taisho's"
Kagome took a seat beside her mother and rested a comforting hand on her shoulder despite the fact that it wasn't her that was getting transferred to who knows where thanks to a stranger.
"That's not even half of it Kagome. The secretary also told me that he already paid for the expenses, tuition, uniforms, school supplies... He even left a list of suggested apartments near the area"
Apparently it was a rich stranger too; boy did Kagome attract the best attention or what?
"Wait, hold on... Did you say apartments? Why in the world would I need to move to an apartment?"
Mrs. Higurashi laughed nervously at her daughter's incredulous stare "Well the school is not exactly in the area-" Kagome raised an eyebrow like Sesshoumaru had taught her, oh yes he'd be so proud "-It's on the other side of town" Kagome's jaw dropped.
"What! Why am I going to a school so far away?" Mrs. Higurashi smiled tentatively "Kagome, since the expenses are already paid I thought it would be a new experience for you, a change of scenery since you've already finished your journey, right?" she was infinitely relieved when she saw Kagome smile gratefully at her.
"I'll give it a chance for you, mom. There's still that small detail about where I'm going to live though" but Kagome knew it was all out of her hands when she saw her mother beam with happiness and excitement.
"Don't worry about that dear, we have the list of apartment right here, see? Now come on, let's go get the computer started up so you can pick one!" Kagome wisely kept her mouth shut until it came for her to make a decision on her new place of residence 'Hopefully everything will go smoothly'
But when had anything gone as planned for Kagome Higurashi?
Exactly one week later found Kagome in front of a very big apartment complex with her family at her side. The eldest Higurashi sibling thought her mother had gone a bit overboard with calling all of her family that lived in the area but it was nice seeing her relatives again after so long and the help was certainly appreciated.
'I just wish my aunts and older cousins wouldn't pinch my cheeks every time we see each other' Souta was standing near his sister pouting and rubbing his sore cheeks that had been subjected to pinching like his sister, grumbling about crazy women and how he'd never understand them. Kagome chuckled and went to get more of her stuff for her new apartment
Approximately two hours had passed when the Higurashi family finally finished helping Kagome prepare her apartment and another hour passed when they decided to stay for a while to catch up on things with her. It was a pretty uneventful day for Kagome after they all left so she decided to look around her new home for a while.
It was very spacious for an apartment that cheap; light golden colored walls with intricately painted maroon leaves and vines lined the living room and white couches with throw pillows that matched the design on the wall were placed on polished cherry wood floor in front of a good sized TV and coffee table. There also was a kitchenette with cream colored countertops and an island in the middle with dark wood chairs.
Kagome hummed happily, walking down the short corridor and opened the door to what obviously was the bathroom. The walls were painted a light green color, small black seashells and starfish were dotted seemingly randomly across it. She squealed when she saw the bathtub, she'd really enjoy using that! Aside from that there were the basic things a bathroom had, like a toilet, mirror and a sink. She closed the door quietly and skipped childishly to the next room, closing her eyes in glee as she remembered how cool her new room was.
The walls were light blue and had white cherry blossoms painted on them; the bed had a deep blue comforter and sky blue pillows and had drawers on the bottom, a fluffy white rug was placed at the foot of the bed and a nightstand with a purple lamp and alarm-clock on it was placed beside the bed over the smooth light brown wooden floor. There was a white desk near a large window that had most of her scrolls stacked up on it and the computer her aunts had given her was already assembled on top of it.
Kagome and her family had bought her a closet for her room, but it already had a built-in closet so Kagome decided to store her weapons in the built-in closet and her clothes would be placed in the closet they had bought and the drawers under her bed.
The last room was a guest room with two twin sized beds and a black nightstand between them, the walls were white with yellow swirls here and there.
That night Kagome slept in wait of the next day, hoping that her transferring almost in the middle of the year wouldn't gain her too much unwanted attention.
"You know this is pretty cruel, even for you" green eyes angrily glared a the person on the other side of the room, the person beside him doing the same with his own icy blue eyes.
"She doesn't deserve this! She probably hasn't coped with it completely yet and you pull this crap on her? What the hell is wrong with you!" molten eyes narrowed and stared coldly at the two he trusted most.
"These people will help her, do you think this one would purposely do something that would cause her pain?" a feminine sigh sounded through the room and another set of green eyes closed sadly as the person who had yet to speak plopped down on a chair and rubbed her tired light purple eyes.
"The only thing I want is a chance to see her again..." the rest of the occupants of the room softened at those words, for it was what they wanted too...
BEEP BEEEP BEEEEP B-SMASH!
"Nnngh what?... Oh crud I broke it! Man, mom won't be happy- maybe I could get a job and buy another one? Ah well, I have to get a part-time job anyway" Kagome mumbled to herself while she got ready for school, mentally thanking her mother for requesting a longer skirt, slipping the sailor-styled top over her head with ease and fingering the blue material of her skirt once she'd put it on over a pair of black shorts; she liked the color.
She made her way to the bathroom to get her brush and once there she pulled her hair into a high ponytail that reached her lower back. Satisfied with her hair, she went back to her room to look for the necklace Ayame and Kouga had given her on behalf of the entire wolf tribe. She found it in her small jewelry box on her nightstand and clasped the silver chain around her neck after admiring the iris pendant that hung from it.
They had told her the pendant and chain was good for storing energy of any kind, be it youki or reiki and even the aura of the person that wore the necklace could be hidden within it. Kagome loved it just like she loved her other gifts- but now wasn't the time for that, she had to get going if she wanted to be early and avoid the curious stares of her new classmates.
The clock read 6:30 when Kagome left her apartment, which meant she had little over an hour to get to school on time. Not being one to waste time, Kagome headed straight for school with her backpack slung casually over one shoulder and her homemade bento in her other hand held close to herself. Thankfully school was only a few blocks away from her new residence so there was no chance of her taking a wrong turn somewhere though she wasn't in any hurry to get to school either way.
"Hey I heard we're getting a new student today, do you know who it is?" A blonde haired teenager asked her friends "No Uo, I didn't know anything about that until now" Tohru shook her head making her long brown hair sway this way and that "We should... go meet this new person, yes?" Hanajima tilted her head a bit to the side then glanced out the window "It seems as though our new classmate has arrived Tohru, Arisa" an eager silence overwhelmed the mostly empty classroom while they awaited the new kid.
Their patience was rewarded with a timid knock on the door that was soon opened to reveal a girl with long black hair placed in a ponytail and deep blue eyes. She scanned the room briefly as she walked in, taking sure and confident steps to the desk the secretary told her she was to sit in and set her bento and backpack down before turning to the rooms three other occupants.
"Good morning! My name is Kagome Higurashi and I'm the new transfer student, what are your names?" the girl, now known as Kagome introduced herself with a bow, smiling brightly at them when she finished.
Uo grinned, she liked this girl already "Nice to meet ya, my name's Arisa Uotani but most people just call me Uo." she gestured to the girls beside her "These are my friends, Tohru Honda and Saki Hanajima" both girls nodded or smiled when they heard their names "It is very nice to meet you Miss Higurashi! I hope we can become good friends" Kagome giggled at the cute girl in front of her "Of course! But please call me Kagome, honorifics have never suited me well" Tohru nodded happily.
"You have most soothing electrical waves, Kagome" Saki said in a light voice, her friends tensed beside her awaiting the other girl's reaction and ready to stand up for their friend if needed. What they got though was completely, even for Saki.
A starry-eyed Kagome grasped Saki's hands with her own, looking at her with excitement gleaming in her eyes "You have a very energizing aura Miss Hanajima, very thrilling to feel" Tohru anime fell while Uo sweat dropped as a colorful background filled with twirling flowers appeared behind the two almost abnormal girls "You sense auras?" Hana's usually smooth voice had an undertone of surprise as she spoke, eager to know if there was really someone similar to her.
"Of course! Tohru and Uo have very settling auras too a-" Kagome didn't get to finish as the door slid open harshly before she could. Yelling soon followed and two teenage boys entered the room in what appeared to be an argument, one of them sported an annoyed face and spoke in a leveled irritated tone while the other practically had a snarl on his face and was yelling his head off.
"Hey carrot top! Quiet down will ya? Is that how you plan on making a good first impression on Kagome?" Uo smirked in victory when they shut up and finally noticed the new person standing next to them, who blushed prettily at the attention she was getting.
"Hello, I'm Kagome Higurashi... The new student." Kagome mentally berated herself for sounding so shy, she's fought demons since she was thirteen for goodness' sakes!
"It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Higurashi, I am Yuki Sohma and this guy here is my... cousin, Kyo Sohma." Yuki glared coldly at Kyo when he heard his mutter of "Damn rat". Kagome studied the boys intently with piercing blue eyes trying to figure out their strange auras, it was clear that they were human but to her, the aura surrounding their life energy seemed animalistic and that Kyo had another one surrounding him aside from the other two...
It almost resembled that of a demon.
Kagome's eyes zeroed in on the black and white beaded bracelet on his wrist 'It must be a seal of some sort, the energy it emits is similar to that of tetsaiga when keeping Inuyasha's demon blood in check' happy with her conclusion, but worried mostly for him, Kagome smiled brightly despite it all.
"So Kagome, what made you switch schools? Did you get in trouble?" Kagome blinked and shook her head "Nah it's just that I was signed up for the student exchange program without my notice and I had to move into an apartment not far from her because I used to live in a shrine on the other side of the city with my family" Tohru gasped "You lived in a shrine? Wow! That's incredible Kagome, where you a priestess there?" The brunette was eager to learn about her new friend and to her it was amazing that she was living in a shrine before.
"Yep! I was the only priestess there I guess, my grandpa was always throwing sacred sutras at people he thought were "demons" but they never really worked" the girls laughed while Kyo and Yuki watched on.
"She's... she's weird" Yuki snorted at his cousin "You're one to talk, stupid cat." Kyo ignored him for the moment and kept talking "I mean she gives off a strange vibe, like when she introduced herself something weird stirred and it felt like she was seeing through us... and seeing the curse" unbeknownst to them, Kagome's advanced hearing had picked up on their whispered conversation and was seething inside 'Why the hell would someone curse two teenage boys? I swear if I find this person...' Hanajima sensed her troubled feelings and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, nothing's wrong... But I just remembered I have to get a job to pay the rent of the apartment" Kagome sighed "It's going to take forever to find one that pays enough" Tohru tugged at the hem of her skirt "W-well there's a spot open where I work, you could go apply there if you want to" her friends smiled, it was just like her to try and help out when she could.
"That would be great! Do you live in an apartment too Tohru?" Kagome noticed the way the boys and Tohru stiffened up at her question while Uo and Hana merely blinked "Nah, Tohru's been living with her grandpa for a while" there was something Uo left out but Kagome wouldn't question it, she was sure that if she wanted to, Tohru would tell her when she felt comfortable enough around her. "Ok then... So where do you work, do you think you could give me the address later?" Tohru agreed and after talking a while longer, the warning bell rang, signaling that there were five minutes for class to be in session.
"Ah... Time to introduce myself again, I guess I'll see you all at lunch?"
"Sure! You can find us by the fence outside, you know, the one with lots of trees and grass around it?" Tohru cheered when Kagome nodded while Uo smirked and Hana smiled.
The teacher walked in and asked Kagome to wait outside of the classroom while she settled her students down so she could introduce her to everyone.
"Class, we have a new student today. She came from across the city so be nice to her. Higurashi, you can come in now." for the second time that morning, Kagome slid the door to the classroom open and stepped inside. She wasn't nervous anymore now that she'd made a few new friends and she introduced herself with all the gracefulness that had been drilled into her by a demon lord; she refused to let his work go to waste!
"Good morning, I am Kagome Higurashi. Nice to meet all of you" She stared evenly at the students while analyzing all of the different auras, smiling when she felt Saki probe back playfully. "Why don't you tell us something about yourself, Higurashi" the teacher, Mayuko, leaned expectantly on her desk, hoping she wouldn't get any trouble from this student "Ok? I used to run a shrine with my family on the other side of Tokyo, I'm trained in martial arts, I like archery and I love nature. Is there anything else you'd like to know about me, sensei?" Mayuko watched Kagome curiously for a moment but gestured for her to take her seat "That's fine Higurashi. Take a seat"
"I think Kagome is a really nice person" Tohru commented from beside Uo and Saki, all of them walking to the spot they would meet up with their new friend for lunch.
"Yeah, she seems easy to get along with" Saki hummed in agreement to Uo's statement "She can sense auras..." Uo laughed "Looks like Hana found a playmate" the girl in question smiled "Megumi would like to meet someone like her" the girls paused when they saw the object of their conversation being surrounded by three members of the "Prince Yuki Fan Club" and closely watched the interaction play out.
Kagome's brow ticked in annoyance while the Yuki Fan club did their weird entrance song, couldn't they just get to the point already? She crossed her arms and leaned back onto the wall behind her while the obsessed girls finished their little "theme song", they would have to make this quick.
"Hey new girl, you better stay away from our prince, you got that?" Minami Kinoshita stuck her nose in the air.
"Yeah! We've got first dibs on him so back off" Mio Yamagishi exclaimed proudly.
Mai Gotou place her hands on her hips "You better not mess with him!" the trio of girls froze in fear when Kagome glared murderously at them, un crossing her arms and pushing herself off of the wall to take a threatening step towards them "You three airheads have no right to claim this guy belongs to you! A person is free to talk and hang out with whoever they want to and if you dare disrespect me like this again, I'll send all of you straight to the hospital with a broken nose!" Kagome smirked, her entire posture screaming DANGER. The fan club members gulped and hastily ran away.
Laughter from behind snapped Kagome out of her angered state and she smiled at the girls as they approached "Way to go Kagome! You had those girls practically whimpering when you were done with 'em" Uo ruffled her bangs in praise.
"Well I wasn't about to let those girls treat Yuki as some kind of possession rather than a person or let them think they can walk all over me" with that said, they all went to eat their lunch.
Yuki had been walking calmly down the hall when he heard the argument between three members of the Prince Yuki Fan club and the new student, Kagome Higurashi and he was surprised to hear Kagome stand up for him- he was grateful to say the least. That and he as also glad to hear she was not interested in becoming part of the dreaded club either.
"Say... Hana? Those two boys from earlier, Yuki and Kyo I think, do you feel something strange from them?" Kagome had to make sure she wasn't just imagining things back in the classroom, it would help knowing someone else felt something odd from them "Now that it is mentioned, yes there is something odd about the electrical waves they give off... They feel inhuman" Tohru's frazzled moves in protest went mostly unnoticed by all except Kagome, now she knew that Tohru was aware of the nature of the strange auras but was trying to keep it a secret apparently.
"Don't be rude you two, but I guess they are pretty odd too" Uo went back to munching on her potato chips "You know Kagome, there was a rumor that went on a few days ago that a girl from his Fan club confessed her feelings to him and launched herself at him, but he pushed her away. Literally. Then he left" Kagome saw Tohru tense again and was about to defend her friend but Kagome beat her to it.
"I don't really care much for rumors, because they are just that; rumors. And besides, if some random guy confessed his feelings for me and threw himself at me, I wouldn't push him away but I sure as hell would dodge and see if he lands on his face..." Tohru marveled at her answer, she was one of the few people she knew that didn't immediately jump to conclusions when they heard of the rumor.
'It makes me wonder how she would react to the curse'
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End of chapter
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Please don't kill me for starting another crossover! But the poll on my profile is still open on my profile if anyone wants to vote for the next Inuyasha/ ? crossover I write, ok?
I plan to make this a Kagome/Yuki pairing for the simple reason that Kyo and Tohru belong together~ (that can be changed though...)
Please review and stay tuned for the next chapter of "One of a kind"!
