Disclaimer – I don't own any Inuyasha characters; Rumiko Takahashi does. I'm still getting the feel of this story so, I hope you like it and comments are welcome.. Domo!!

Chapter One – HoukiBoshi

Sesshomaru sat reclining against a tree in a rare trance as he replayed the fight with his brother.

'Damn it Sesshomaru!' yelled Inuyasha as he charged at the demon again.

Sesshomaru sighed as he dodged another loose swing, 'Foolish brother. You will never hit me.' Sesshomaru rushed forward with poison at his fingertips and attacked his half-brother across the chest, 'You're a mere second. You are not worth my time.'

'Damn you Sesshomaru!' screamed Inuyasha as he was forced to retreat due to his wounds. 'What makes you so different?! Why are you so damn cruel? People aren't born that way!' Sesshomaru watched as Kagome and Miroku forced Inuyasha to leave the fight unsettled, 'What the hell happened why you're so cruel?! Why do you hate me?!'

"Yes, foolish brother." murmured Sesshomaru "I detest you because you made me an insignificant second."

Inuyasha stomped down the village's dusty path. "What the hell is his problem?!"

Kagome sighed, "Inuyasha, sometimes things are not the way it seems. Maybe something happened to him that you were vaguely related to."

"Indeed, none is what he seems." Echoed a voice from a dark alley. "Deep inside a hatred that raged is demanding to be fueled."

"W-w-who was t-that?" asked Shippo shaking in fear.

A woman with long black hair, which acted as a cloak, emerged from the alley. "It is I."

Miroku "observed" the blue eyed lady. "And 'I' is who?"

The woman's beauty mark above her lips danced and her blue eyes crinkled when she smiled. "I am Houkiboshi."

The Inuyasha Team stared at the lady like she was seriously insane. All of a sudden Sango gasped, "You're the famous fortune teller! You can show the past, present, and future! You're famous all over!"

Houkiboshi smiled again.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "Feh! If you're so great, I wanna see what made Sesshomaru so uptight!"

"Sesshomaru is you're half brother, is he not." asked Houkiboshi. "Follow me and I will show you." The Inuyasha Team glanced at each other before following Houkiboshi into a house (A/N – or hut…whatever they live in) and proceeded into a bluish-black room with curtains and furniture that sparkled like stars. "This is the Houshi Heya, The Star Room. From here I connect with the stars that light up the sky."

Houkiboshi ordered everyone to sit in a circle around a glittering globe. When they did she began to sing in a ,

"Life isn't always what it seems
Once you see your light so clear
In the sky so very dear

You're a shining star, no matter who you are
Shining bright to see what you can truly be
That you can truly be

Shining star come into view
Shine is watchful light on you"

The Inuyasha Team sat mesmerized as the globe began to glow brightly and engulfed everyone in its light. They heard Houkiboshi whisper, "You will now witness everything to be seen but there you will not exist. I will monitor you're beings in the past."

And so the Inuyasha Team were taken into the past . . .

A/N – The chant is an excerpt from the song Shining Star by Earth, Wind and Fire. I hope you like it, it's a first time thing. So, click the light purple button and write something. Onegai – Shimasu.