Well. Wow. It's been years since I've touched a fanfiction, but with renewed passion for both series- I've decided to come back and see if I still have it in me to write one of these. This will be my first Inuyasha / Ouran High School Host Club crossover fanfiction, and it will be updated at my own convenience as I have quite the busy life outside the internet, so please be patient with me.

Inuyasha (c) Rumiko Takakashi
Ouran High School Host Club (c) Bisco Hatori

Could It Be You

Prologue / Chapter One

"Scholarship?" Sapphire blue eyes had widened in genuine shock, her voice unbelieving but curious. "By who? And why?" Surely Kagome Higurashi was still in the Feudal Era and dreaming this moment. For some reason a lot of her dreams consisted of thinking about school, and more specifically, math. Of course, math had nothing to do with this, but it was still that unbelievable.

Mama Higurashi gave a soft smile in response to her daughter's reaction to the news, she had expected as much seeing as she too was also trying to accept the big news that had been thrust upon them. "Akinari Studios," The older woman glanced down at the sheets of high class stationary that littered the living room coffee table. "They requested use of the shrine grounds for a movie they're filming."

Kagome still didn't look convinced, her hand seemingly grabbing one of the papers at random in order to read it for herself while her mother excused herself to check on their mid-prep dinner. "Ouran Academy..."

After giving the letter a twice-over, the priestess gave a dejected sigh and sunk back into the couch cushions in thought.

She was sixteen now, having turned said age only three days prior, and while her birthday was always something to be excited for... the fact of the matter was that she had spent the last week or so cramming for her finals. Miraculously, and despite her constant absence's throughout her final year of middle school, she had somehow managed to pass. This was great news, although there was the minor detail she hadn't given any thought during any of the times she had returned home; high school, she hadn't taken exams for a single one. A part of her felt the need to leave it alone and focus solely on her travels to the Feudal Era, but another part of her also wanted stability in the case that once their adventure came to an end, she would be forcibly sent back to her own era. Stability, or "insurance" as she preferred to call it, required her to finished her secondary schooling.

'It's been a year already...'

An entire year since she was first pulled down the well and discovered her second life, the life as a protector of the fabled jewel of four souls; the Shikon no Tama. They were still chasing after Naraku who seemed to have pulled a disappearing act on them as he always liked to do when he was plotting something big. It had her and all her friends on edge, especially their beloved monk, Miroku. The curse in his hand was growing dangerously close to it's limit, and having not gained a single lead in the past month, the normally good natured mood between them all was quickly turning to desperation. Kagome felt horrible about coming home during such a crucial time, but ironically it had been Miroku to convince her to tend to her modern era responsibilities, and while this annoyed Inuyasha to no end, Miroku had seized all objections by saying he wished to spend his last days with Sango in peace. Naturally the demon slayer refused to give up though, and it was decided that they would split up in order to gain more ground and hopefully intel on Naraku's whereabouts. Sango and Miroku would travel together(with Kirara), so that they could enjoy their time together in case they didn't find Naraku in time. Inuyasha had darted off in the opposite direction, both unhappy but surprisingly understanding.

The time traveling priestess hadn't been able to get much of a say in, and with only her and Shippo left at Kaede's village, she had decided that she would go home, even if she hadn't liked the thought of doing so. Ironic how the one time no one puts up a fight against her going home, she didn't want to go home. That had been a week and a half ago. She had only gone back once since then, to bring sweets for Shippo, and to check to see if any of them had returned with news. There had been no updates. Inuyasha came a few days after that, sullen and distant as he updated her again, on absolutely nothing. He left without even trying to force her to come back with him, and that only caused more pain in Kagome's heart at the situation they were in. The "shard detector" wasn't necessarily needed at the moment, seeing as the only remaining shards were either in Naraku's possession, her own, Kouga's, and lastly... Kohaku's single shard. Attempting to sense Naraku's portion of the jewel was useless as he was always two steps(if not more) ahead of them and was probably keeping it hidden from her senses. So even if she didn't have responsibilities in her era, she still would have been useless.

In Inuyasha's mindset, he would do everything in his power to help one of the few people who had accepted him, and she knew she would only slow him down if she traveled with him. He seemed to have realized that as well, resulting in the reason he wasn't forcibly dragging her back. But the fact he took the time to come fill her in was enough for her to understand that he missed her just as much as she missed all of them.

Dinner was both eventful and uneventful. The topic of discussion was, of course, the overly generous scholarship both her and Souta received from "Akinari Studios". It was a full scholarship, for both of them to attend Ouran Academy, and all just because they wanted to use their shrine as a setting to a film, a very small part of the film. Ironically, around the same time they got notice of these scholarships, a large sum of money had been deposited in the shrine's donation box, enough to last the shrine many years to come. Grandpa Higurashi had practically ran laps around the shrine in happiness, which was mighty impressive for the older man. Her mother, if suspicious, didn't show it, and the only problem Souta seemed to have with the whole thing was that he would be split from his girlfriend, Hitomi.

Kagome had heard of "Akinari Studios", it was an entertainment agency that focused on building up the careers of young actors/actresses, and musicians. Was she the only one curious about why such a company was randomly giving her brother and herself scholarships to not any school in Japan, but the Elite Private School, Ouran Academy? "Isn't Ouran a rich kids school?" Sota's voice broke her from her thoughts and she turned to look at her mother, also curious about the answer. She already knew that it was; her three friends, and other students from her junior high school, spoke of it on occasion. Although it was mostly subject to sarcastic remarks and ill-judgement, often more than naught being made fun of for being "rich snobs" who looked down on people from average and lower class families.

"It's true that a lot of children from prestigious families attend Ouran Academy, but I'm sure this isn't the first time someone's received a scholarship. I really think you two should take this opportunity, it'll be a good experience for the both of you." Mama had always been the optimistic one of the family, and as much as Kagome wished she could say the same for herself... she was still just a normal teenage girl. Well, other than the fact she lived a double life.

"I don't know, this just seems too good to be true." Kagome finally spoke up on the topic, thus preventing her from thinking negatively about the problems of the literal past. "I'll admit I've heard Ouran is the best when it comes to being accepted into a high school, but would they even tolerate my constant 'illnesses'?"

"No kidding. You barely passed junior high, Kagome nee-chan. I hear Ouran's classes are hard too." Her nine year old brother spoke up with a mix of dry humor and seriousness. "I can't wait to see your math scores when you take your exams."

Kagome flushed angrily, "S-shut up!" That was the last thing she wanted to think about. While the scholarship has already allowed them entrance to the school, she was still required to take the entrance exam in order to determine which class she would be placed in. Unlike her previous school, the classes at Ouran Academy were determined by grade point average. "My math isn't that bad..." She fumed and directed her gaze elsewhere in the room pointedly ignoring the grin her brother was giving her and the amused and knowing look her mother had upon her face. Her comment wasn't completely false... her math grades were only slightly below average, and that was only because she didn't like it, nor did she have enough time to study for it.

"I'll go." Her blue eyes looked toward her mother, and her grandfather who had lowered his newspaper enough to peer at her over it. "I would have liked to finish school with my friends, but I guess a fresh start might not be so bad either." At the assurance that his big sister would be attending the new school, Sota quickly agreed to attend as well.

"That's wonderful! I know you two will make your Jii-chan and I very proud."

A week later and the siblings found themselves with a nearly complete spring break and roughly half a week away from their first day at Ouran Academy. The two, along with their mother, had spent a majority of their spring break preparing for the extravagant transfer. Kagome took her exam and without even receiving the results of said exam, had been placed in class 1C. Finding out that there were four classes, she wasn't entirely happy with the placement, but also extremely happy that she wasn't completely on the bottom of the food chain. Over in the elementary section of the Ouran Academy campus, Sota had been put in much of the same placement as her, although he didn't seem nearly as upset as her about it.

The tour of the campus was long and overwhelming. The school was just way to big, and even though their tour guide(a simple staff member of the school) was good at his job, Kagome couldn't help but feel bad that his tour wasn't doing much to relieve her of her fears of getting lost. She made sure to pay extra attention to the location of her classroom, the lunch room, the faculty office, and the easiest way to get to Sota's school(which was conveniently all on the same campus) but everything else was quickly lost on her.

After receiving their tour, and getting the paperwork out of the way, the two had received their uniforms(also provided to them by their sponsors; what a surprise!). There was little persuasion on their mother's end who insisted that she could at least pay for the uniforms, but while the two children hadn't heard the price, Mama had immediately turned to Kagome and informed her that she would no longer be allowed to travel to the Feudal Era in her school uniform. By the look on her face, it appeared as though she hadn't been given a choice but to depend on their mysterious sponsors to pay for the uniforms as well.

"Why is everything so expensive here? It's like another world." Sota mumbled after they had left the property, and the two women couldn't help but silently agree with the nine year old.

They hadn't gotten a good look at the uniforms until they reached home, both having received two winter uniforms, and two summer uniforms. Sota's uniform was very sophisticated looking, and a deep green in color, and the only difference between his summer and winter uniform was that the summer bottoms consisted of shorts, and the latter as pants. When Kagome took a look at her own uniform, pulling the attire from the cover bags, she was surprised but not disappointed. It was a pale yellow in color, white trimming, and had a red bow on the front. Instead of it being a traditional two piece uniform, it was a full out dress, and the time traveling teenage girl couldn't help but think it was cute.

Even if the mysterious price of the uniforms hadn't been found out, Kagome didn't think she would've had the heart to wear the uniform to the Feudal Era in the first place, the girl was almost afraid to wear it on the railway system on the way to her new school.

The two Higurashi's transport system of choice was to depend on the Tokyo railway system, seeing as the school was located on the other side of the city, in the Bunkyo ward, but luckily only ten or so miles away from their shrine. This put the two at relief, as Sota still wished to spend his extra time with his girlfriend of half a year, Hitomi, and Kagome who wanted to make sure she stayed near the well in case she were needed back right away for anything.

That led her to what she was doing now, grass crunching beneath her feet as she made her way toward Kaede's village from the well she had exited only moments ago. It just seemed so quiet and lonely with no one there to greet her return as there usually was. The "usual" being Inuyasha literally pulling her from the dark depths, of course, but he must have been out searching for Naraku still. Shippo never failed her though, and as she reached the peak of the hill overlooking the small village that was Edo, the sight of a bushy brown tail bouncing along the path in her direction made her smile to know she was right.

"Kagome!" Said person caught the bundle that had thrown himself at her form, her prepared stance preventing her from stumbling back.

"Hey Shippo-chan, I take it I'm the only one back then?" She resumed her walk, carrying the seven year old kit(or so he appeared in human years).

"Sango and Miroku-sama were here a few days ago, but they set off again right away." A sullen look crossed the boys features. "They weren't able to find anything either, and Inuyasha hasn't come back yet either."

It wasn't news either of them wanted to hear, but it unfortunately wasn't surprising either.

"I see..." She sighed, then quickly hugged the kit in her arms tightly and gave a bright reassuring smile to the younger boy. "Don't worry, Shippo-chan! We'll figure this out, we'll find a way to save Miroku-sama." The kit's frown was quickly replaced with a smile of agreement.

"Yeah we will! We'll beat Naraku and then everyone live happily!" Shippo then seemed to notice her yellow bag and beamed brightly, as he knew what it meant. "Are you gonna stay?"

She gave a smile of amusement at his reaction and ruffled his hair lovingly. "Yep! School doesn't start for another four days, so I decided to come spend the rest of my spring break over here." Shippo was ecstatic as she had predicted he would be. Even though he had Kaede around, she imagined he had been getting just as lonely as she was with no one else around.

The two continued chatting as they headed down to the village, sharing what each of them had been doing over the time they hadn't seen each other, and while Shippo didn't understand half the things she was telling him about her plans, he nodded eagerly and was excited for her nonetheless.

A/N: This chapter had a lot of information, but I promise that the future chapters will have more interaction. I wanted to really focus on the feelings Kagome was having concerning the dire situation she has been placed in. It's not easy knowing you have a good friend close to death, and it's affecting them all because of it. On top of that, she's a girl who went to a relatively normal school all her life; to suddenly be sent to a school as grand as Ouran Academy, that would be overwhelming to anyone. Can you imagine yourself going through that? I'd be scared out of my mind.

I'd like to explain some things as well...

This story isn't going to be like a lot of typical Inuyasha / Ouran crossovers, as you've probably already could tell. No, Kagome will not be dressing as a boy. This girl is beautiful and was one of the most popular girl's in her junior high school(if Hojo; who was deemed the "popular boy" in her school wanted to date her, it should be pretty obvious that she is), and in my opinion, I just don't think it's possible for her to be able to pull something like that off. With that said, she will be wearing the girl's uniform as she should be and she will enjoy it. Honestly, I don't see why so many people seem to hate the uniform, it's very classy looking and suits Kagome(she wears her yellow sundress in the series afterall), why wouldn't she like the yellow uniform?

She is not a mary-sue. She did not suddenly become a fighting expert. She's not emotionally unwell or detached(she's the heart of the group!). She's not related to anyone from Ouran. She's not a demon. Kagome is Kagome. :]

Published: November 12th, 2012