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Chapter One

The house was homey inside and out. And the people were nice. Like a family. They were everything that Kagura's real family wasn't. She liked it that way. Especially since they treated her like an actual daughter and sister.

"Come on, Kagura. Get your fat butt down here. Mom won't let us eat without you!!" Inuyasha yelled from downstairs.

Kagura slammed her book shut and growled.

"I'll be there in a minute." she yelled back. She put the book down on the bedside table and uncurled herself from her "reading mode." The plush carpet cushioned her feet as she walked across the room to the door.

"Are you dead or something?!" Inuyasha screeched. Kagura rolled her eyes. She was taking her sweet time just to spite him. She made her way down the stairs, through the den, and then through the kitchen. Slowly, she walked over the dining room threshold.

"Finally!" Inuyasha said, throwing his hands up in the air. Kagura stuck her tongue out at him as she took her seat beside Rin. She put her elbow on the table and laid her chin in her hand. They would still have to wait a bit longer.

Inuyasha had picked up his fork, fully ready to stab the meat on his plate.

"Wait. Where is Sesshoumaru?"Izayoi asked. Inuyasha's eye widened.

"No!" he said while still staring down at his plate. He clenched the fork tighter, making it fold in his grasp.

"Mom, do we really have to wait on him?"

Yes. I would like for us all to eat as a family." she said.

Kagura peeked over at Rin who was playing on her PSP.

"Seven-thirty." she said simply.

"Six-thirty-eight." Rin replied without looking up. Kagura nodded as she glanced at her phone that she pulled out of her pocket.

Six-twenty-five. Supper usually started at six.

"Dad!" Inuyasha's pleading voice broke Kagura's thoughts.

Touga Taisho had survived the twenty five minutes by reading the newspaper and sneaking food to his mouth when his wife wasn't looking.

"Listen to your mother, son." Izayoi gave him a proud smile while Kagura nodded. It was a very dad-like reply.

"Why don't we have a normal conversation? Touga, how was your day?" Izayoi asked. Her husband's eyes shifted under his bangs.

"Fine." he said. He turned the page of his newspaper, not noticing the glares from his better half.

"You're worse than the kids."

Kagura's eyes glided down to the phone in her lap.

Six-thirty-six. She smirked and looked at Rin who wasn't paying attention.

Outside, a car door slammed shut. Inuyasha's ears twitched as his head shot up from the table.

"He's here!" he said excitedly. Probably the most excited he'll ever get over Sesshoumaru.

Kagura's eyes widened.

'Wait! No!' she thought. Her phone read six-thirty-seven.

The front door opened and clicked shut. Rin smiled beside Kagura.

'Okay. I can still make it.' she though as she religiously watched her phone. She caught a faint whiff of Sesshoumaru's cologne. He was in the front hall. Keys jingled as they were set on the bookshelf in the den.

Kagura gripped the phone with a death grasp.

"Good evening, Sesshoumaru." Izayoi said as he cam through the doorway.

"Hey." came his baritone voice. He made his way around the table to where he said on his father's right. He pulled out the chair and sat down right as it turned six-thirty-eight.

"Crap, man!!" Kagura yelled as she jammed her phone in her pocket and took out a wad of chast. Everyone stared at them as Tin held her hand out and Kagura slammed a five onto it.

"Alright everyone, dig in." Izayoi said. Kagura picked up a fork and knife and began cutting her steak. She scowled at Rin.

"Do you have a tracker on him or something?"

Rin didn't answer. She just glanced at the PSP beside her plate. Kagura looked up to see Sesshoumaru staring at her. She cocked an eyebrow as she chewed on her meat.

Touga took Sesshoumaru's attention away from her.

"Where were you tonight?" he asked. Sesshoumaru took a bite of his baked potato before answering.

"Studying." He said as he swallowed.

"For what?" his father asked persistently.

"Psychology test."

When is it?" Kagura wished Touga would quit the Q&A. It would just make Sesshoumaru less likely to talk.

"Thursday." Sesshoumaru's voice was agitated and tired. Touga finally nodded his head and went back to his food.

The rest of the meal was quickly and quietly finished.

Kagura tired to keep her focus on her literature homework but her eyes were slowly dragging to the book beside the bed. Her hand was itching to pick it up.

"No. I need to do my homework." she glanced at the clock. "Even though it's 12:30 and I really want to fine out who Estacia fall in love with." she said to herself as she laid down on her stomach and continued her homework.

A knock cam on her slightly jarred door.

"Yeah?" she asked while picking up her pencil.

"It's me." Sesshoumaru said as he came through the door and closed it behind him. She glared at him as he walked over and sat on her bed.

"What?" he asked lazily.

"So far, you have cost me 25 bucks." she growled. He chuckled as he leaned on his elbow.

"That's your fault for betting against a genius." he laughed again as she 'humphed' and turned away.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Homework. I've been working on it for a while."

"What subject?"

"Literature." she said while writing a few more words on her sheet of paper.

Sesshoumaru's eyebrows furrowed.

"That's your best subject."

"It's not that I'm having a hard time, it's just that I'm distracted." she quickly wrote down the answer to the next question.

"Oh, so in other words, you want to read." he picked up the book beside the bed and moved to lay down on his stomach beside Kagura.

"Exactly." she closed her binder and book.

Sesshoumaru looked at the cover and the flipped through the pages.

"Another romance?" he asked handing the book to her.

"Yep."

"Every time I see you, you're reading some kind of sappy romance novel."

"They're not sappy. Besides it's just may fad. Sooner or later I'll go back to the super natural world."

"Yeah. But until then, you'll stick your nose in the passionate love scenes." he smirked at her and nudged her shoulder.

"They're not sex books." she gasped.

"I scanned over a love scene."

"It was brief!" she was glad the door was shut because the situation was getting embarrassing.

"Shhhh." he reprimanded playfully.

"Whatever." Kagura pouted.

Sesshoumaru shifted and then got up from the bed.

"Anyway, I'll leave you to your 'climactic moments'." he said, hinting at dirty matters.

"Get out Sessh." Kagura said. He ruffled her hair and then quietly left.

Kagura stared at the door and then shrugged.

"I do enjoy the climactic moments. Just not the ones he's thinking of." Kagura mumbled to herself as she put her homework away and turned off her lamp.

fin

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