Author's Note: I haven't written stories in a longtime, so please feel free to correct me. I would greatly appreciate it! I am thinking about making this story a Fuji/Kagome pairing. I think Fuji can live up to the expectations I have for the main male character of this fic. The part I edited was that I kept Kagome human instead of turning into a full dog demon. I think it will allow this story to not be completely off the wall, not that anime isn't abnormal anyways. Please review!

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Kagome was off at a sprint around Tokyo. She had just come from the Bone Eater's Well, where she had taken part in the final battle against Naraku. Thanks to her adopted older brother's generosity, there had been less than the expected amount of deaths on their side. He has given her a special sword, one that rivaled the Tetsusaiga and the Tenseiga, to take with her to the past. Kagome stopped running. The crosswalk light across the way was red and cars were speeding by. She couldn't wait to speak to him, to tell him everything that was bothering her with that last battle.

'Naraku did not seem dead enough,' she worried, 'even though his head was completely severed from his body.' The cars paused and all the pedestrians began moving, going every which way. 'Okay, save your worries for Sesshoumaru-nii, Kagome. Now, where did he say this building was?'

Scanning her surroundings, the teenage miko chose to turn left at the next street. She could remember when he had first asked her to become a true sibling, his only sister. It wasn't a surprising event, considering that she had effectively wormed her way underneath the demon lord's rough exterior and into his heart during the two years since she had found out about the well's powers. They had performed the blood ceremony a few months before the last battle. Sesshoumaru had taken her under and, consequently, her friends wing and began teaching her close combat, swordplay, and strategy.

Kagome never quite understood why, but she had a gut feeling that she had been forced into the world of demons sooner than fate had planned. The first time she had been down the well, when the centipede demon bit the jewel out of her side, she was twelve and it was overwhelming. But she took it all by stride, it was the only thing she could do. As Kagome rounded another corner, a regal, stark white building came into view.

'That must be it,' she slowed as she neared the gargantuan building. 'Pompous onii-chan.' Kagome looked at the windows towering over her. 'Pompous ass onii-chan..'

The teenage miko entered the building. Everything was white with either a silver or gold accent. The waiting couches, tables, and even the elevators held to the color scheme. There were two other people on the ground floor, a receptionist behind a white desk, and an elevator doorman, both of whom were wearing silver suits. Kagome walked in awe of the Gothic style high ceiling and the equally tall windows and towards the receptionist.

"Um...I'm here to see Taisho Sesshoumaru," she spoke tentatively. The woman looked at her.

"He's been expecting you," she spoke plainly. "Up the elevator, top floor."

"Thank you."

Kagome walked to the elevator doorman and entered the small, pristine room. The railing and button panel was lines in gold, with white floor tile and silver-lined mirrors. Kagome wouldn't have put it past him to use real gold and silver, with the grandeur of the building. She pushed the button for the top floor, level fifty-six. Slowly, the elevator started climbing the floors.

'Sesshoumaru-nii-chan never mentioned that his company was large enough to have fifty-six floors of management. What the hell has he been doing?' Kagome fiddled with the sword in her hands. At long last, the elevator ceased its movement and the doors opened into a large, spacious room. Kagome stepped out of the elevator. Everything looked bright. The room was floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing brilliant sunlight streaming through. 'Whoa, is the whole floor his office?'

"Obviously," Kagome jumped and spun around. Sesshoumaru was leaning against the wall next to the elevator from which she just came. His long, silver hair reached almost his calves, which were covered by a very expensive looking suit. He smirked at her as she got used to the blinding light inside the room.

"Damn you, Nii-chan! Don't read my thoughts!" Kagome crossed her arms, sticking out her tongue in the process. 'Prick,' she thought.

"I heard that. I wouldn't be able to if you didn't make it so easy, Imouto," he led her to a very plush white couch. They both sat down. "The sword worked well."

"You would know," the teenage miko huffed. Kagome looked at the hand holding the sword. "You were there, Nii-chan. Here ya go."

Sesshoumaru leaned the sword against the side of the couch. "What is wrong, Kagome?"

"I don't know if it means anything, but," she began, twiddling her thumbs, "it didn't feel as if Naraku was truly dead. I mean, I know his head was severed completely, but it didn't feel right."

Both of them sat there, deep in thought for several minutes. Finally, her brother spoke. "Well, we'll just have to wait and see. Until then, you're staying with me."

"What?" Kagome was startled. "Why? The shrine has a protective barrier around it and the well is sealed. No one can go through it now. Why do I need to stay with you, Nii-chan? I don't want to leave my human family.."

"Exactly," He poked her nose, chuckling as she scrunched the said appendage. "You want your family to be safe, don't you? They cannot fend for themselves if Naraku somehow has survived and seeks revenge. However, if you stay with me at my mansion, they will be safer."

Kagome though for a moment. "Okay. But you gotta let me inform my family and my school. I don't think I can make it all the way across town to that place twice every day."

"Deal."

Kagome remembered something.

"Onii-chan, did the adoption papers go through yet?"

Her brother got up and sifted through a stack of papers on the desk by the windows across from the elevator. He found the right paper.

"Congratulations, you are now Higurashi-Taisho Kagome. Since last week, actually."

….

"Moshi moshi. Sato Gakuen, co-ed school. How may we help you?"

"My name is Higurashi Kagome and I called to inform you that I will be out for the next several weeks." She knew they wouldn't have her new name in the system since she hadn't attended in two weeks.

"Okay..." She could hear her typing. The tapping did not cease. "For how long did you say?"

"Indefinitely," Kagome winced at the words. She had already missed so many days these past two years. She needed to catch up with everything and now her education would be postponed again...not that she truly minded. Her mother did and would, however. And that was a wholedifferent world of pain.

"Um, please hold, Higurashi-san."

She cursed.

"Okay."

A few minutes later, the woman spoke again.

"I am very sorry, Higurashi-san, but Takashido-san believes that because of all your missed days and this indefinite absence that he will not be able to keep you as a student here."

"What!" Kagome shouted. Her mother would be pissed. Takashido was the principal at Sato Gakuen. If he had said that she was not allowed back at Sato Gakuen, then it was almost certainly final. "What am I supposed to do about school?"

"Well," Kagome could almost hear the woman think. "I don't think there's any harm in telling you this... There's a school across town from here that would most likely take you in. Your file says that you were tennis captain here, so I'm guessing you're pretty good. This school has a very good tennis team and wouldn't mind taking in another good player."

"Okay, thanks," Kagome calmed a bit. Her mother would be less mad if she had already found another school to take her in. "Wait, what's the name of this school?"

"Seigaku."

"Okay, I'm coming over to get my records in a minute."

"Okay."

The line clicked and their conversation ended. Kagome sighed.

"Okaa-san!" She called down the hall from the house phone. Hearing a reply, she continued, "I'll be transferring schools, too. I just called Sato Gakuen and apparently I've missed too many days there to be considered a student."

"What?" She saw her mother come from the kitchen, wooden spoon in hand. She was making some pasta, Kagome deduced, because there was a stray noodle stuck to the utensil. "How will you receive an education? Let me call them back!"

"Okaa-san, it' fine," Kagome tried to reassure her. "I talked to the secretary and she told me of a good school across the city that will take me in. Plus it's super close by to my friend's house, where I'll be staying."

"If you're sure, Kagome," Her mother looked uncertain.

"I am, Okaa-san," she sighed, running a hand through her hair. "I'll go over there right now and enroll."

Kagome got up and walked to the front door. Pausing for a second, she turned back and called, "Hey, Okaa-san?"

"What, Kagome?" Her mother didn't bother to look around from where she was cooking the kitchen. She could hear bubbling water and the sounds of her mother fiddling around in the other room.

"I've been adopted," Kagome winced at the sound of a bottle falling to the floor. He mother appeared in the hall.

"You're joking, right?" She looked too shocked for words. "What the hell, Kagome!"

"No, Okaa-san. Taisho Sesshoumaru wanted to become my brother since we became close enough to be siblings back in the past. I wanted to be his sister, too." Kagome looked at her feet.

"Taisho Sesshoumaru's a demon?" Her mother looked faint. Kagome thought she would've, too, had she not braced herself against the wall. "The one who was always around here before? With the long silver hair?"

"Yes, Okaa-san, and don't tell Jii-chan, please," She attempted a joke. The mood was too thick. "Why else would a big time mogul like him come around a runt like me?"

She snickered, but stopped when she saw her mother's face.

"You will always be my mother, Okaa-san, because all I did was gain a brother and you gained a son that can take care of everyone," Kagome smiled. "I love you, Okaa-san."

"H-Hai," Kagome hugged her mother. "I love you, too, Kagome."

"CRAP! I gotta go, Okaa-san, or I won't make it today! Bye!" She ran out the door. How could she forget about the time? She had to go get her records from Sato Gakuen and make it to Seigaku before they closed for the day.

'I will never make a day this full again,' Kagome vowed. Today was just too hectic, even for a fourteen-year-old.

….

For the second time in the same day, Kagome found herself across town. This time, instead of a sword in hand, she held a stack of papers, her school and health records she received from Sato Gakuen and the adoption confirmation sheet that Sesshoumaru had given her with her new name. Kagome was supposed to not go to school while at Sesshoumaru's place, she pouted. She could have used all this time that she would now be in school training with her brother.

'Oh, well,' she sighed, 'if it'll make Okaa-san happy.'

Suddenly, she ran into something hard. The recoil of the hit made her fall onto the pavement.

"Ow! What the hell?" Kagome rubbed her backside. Hearing a chuckle, she looked up. She had ran into a boy who looked to be around her age with brown hair and wearing a green uniform. "Oh, sorry. I didn't see you there. Are you all right?"

….

He stared at her as if she had grown a second head. She had just asked if he was okay when she was the one who had gotten hurt when they bumped into each other.

'I might as well be nice to her,' he thought and he held a hand for her to take. Once she was up, he noticed her appearance. She was wearing a pair of tight jeans and a purple shirt. She had nice, black hair and what looked to be smooth skin. 'She looks kind of...good.'

"...you even listening to me?" He face was right in front of his.

He blinked.

"What?"

His answer seemed to anger her for the next thing he knew, he was sprawled out on the ground, his cheek stinging. He hissed. She had punched him! Him! She could have at least waited for him to explain an excuse or something before decking him in front of his friends. He could hear their snickers from behind him. He rubbed his cheek and got back up.

The girl had already stalked off.

"Nice job, Kaidoh," Momo put a hand on his shoulder. "You know how to make an impression on the ladies."

Momo couldn't continue because he doubled over, laughing. He shrugged off the hand on his shoulder and glared. They had just finished the first matches against their rival school, which they had won, and since they had finished early, they had to go back to school for the last hour.

"She did seem mad that you were too busy checking her out to pay attention to her apology, Kaidoh," Fuji smiled, his eyes closed. He would have sworn that the smile was actually a smirk for an instant.

"Shut up."

….

"Well, Higurashi-Taisho-san, it's not often that we get minors who come here alone and wish to join our school," The principal put down her files and smiled at Kagome, who tentatively smiled back.

"I know it's such short notice, but I would really like to become a student of your school," Kagome bowed from her seat. "Please take me."

"I'm sure Seigaku would love to have a student with your standardized test scores and not to mention your ability in tennis, but, first, I have one question."

Kagome looked on expectantly. The principal ruffled through the papers until he found the right one.

"It says here that you missed so many days at Sato Gakuen because of illnesses, that you were kicked out. Will this happen again?"

"No, sir," Kagome bowed again. " I am perfectly healthy now."

"Good to hear," He smiled. "Welcome to Seigaku, Higurashi-Taisho-san. I hope you enjoy your time here with us and the tennis team."

Kagome sweatdropped. 'It better be co-ed,' she thought as she walked down the hallway.

"I am sure I will, sir. Thank you for your time."

She got up and exited his office.

'Yes! Now Okaa-san won't be mad! Neither will Nii-chan, for that matter,' Kagome did a mental fist pump before exiting the school and later the grounds. Her stomach growled. 'Now, time for food..'

….

"I'm home!" Kagome shouted as she made it back to the Higurashi shrine. She opened the font door and took off her shoes. The scents of dinner still lingered about. It hadn't taken her as long as she thought it would to enroll in her new school. "I was accepted into Seigaku!"

"That's great, dear!" Kagome heard her mother's voice coming from the dining room. "Souta told me to tell you goodbye. He's at a friend's house tonight."

"Okay, Tell him I say bye, too, please," Kagome walked into the dining room. All she ad to do was pack now and then she'd be on her way. The miko figured that she would call Onii-chan on her way to get directions. "Nani? Nii-chan, why are you here?"

Sesshoumaru, her mother, and her grandfather were sitting around the table having tea, the remnants of dinner still on the table.

"Because, Imouto, you being you, you would not have properly told your mother about the adoption and, by the looks of things, I am correct," He sipped his tea. "And, to pick you up. You'd have gotten lost if I left you to your own deivces."

"Hey! I was gonna fix it!" Kagome huffed as she sat down at the table. Judging her mother's and grandfather's looks as being confused, she added, "Sesshoumaru can read minds. He probably read yours, Okaa-san, and saw worry or something."

"Demon!" Jii-chan shouted and placed a useless seal on Sesshoumaru. Kagome snickered. While it was funny to see Jii-chan try to use his old seals on one of the strongest and oldest demons alive today, it was even more comical to see her brother's expression. "Begone!"

"Otou-san, stop it, please," her Okaa-san pleaded, hiding a smile behind her hand, feigning shock. She knew her mother had a sense of humor in there somewhere, especially under the circumstances. "Sesshoumau-kun is not a demon."

"Then how do you explain his ability to read minds?" She could tell that Jii-chan didn't believe her. He had another seal ready. Kagome saw Sesshoumaru's eyebrow twitch. That was never a good sign when caused by anyone else, but her.

'I will handle this, Nii-chan,' Kagome warned him. 'And I don't want them to know that I am also a demon so please don't saw anything that would give it away. It'd be too much on them.' She saw that her silver haired brother relaxed on his cushion and gave a slight nod.

"Jii-chan, Sesshoumaru-nii-chan is telepathic. He has powers kind of like our family of priests and priestesses," She lied. She was the only one in generations of Higurashis who had any spiritual power whatsoever. "He's so human that he puts us to shame."

'I'm warning you, Imouto, do not go too far,' he had projected his thoughts into her mind. Kagome snickered.

'I can't have even a little fun, Nii-chan?' she added mental puppy eyes to the whine her inner voice used. Kagome swore she could hear him scoff.

'Not on your life,' His tone softened. Kagome smiled.

Her grandfather sighed. "Good, at least there's another one in the family that can ward off demons," Jii-chan looked like he was going to rant about the evils of demons in society. Kagome knew that looks well, getting a demon rant at least once a day whenever she was back home. He shut his mouth when Okaa-san placed a hand on his shoulder. Kagome mentally thanked her mother. Jii-chan's rants were usually minutes long. "Keep her safe, will you? From that demon you mention earlier."

"Aw, Jii-chan," Kagome got up and hugged him. He was a sweet man when he wasn't on the subject of demons. "I'll be perfectly safe, I promise."

….

Sesshoumaru watched as his sister hugged her grandfather. He had reinforced the shrine with his own protective spells upon entering the sacred place. He doubted that Naraku, if he is alive, would be able to break the barriers in place. If that demon somehow did, he would know immediately. He didn't want any more harm to come to his little sister. She was still so young and trusting. Too trusting, if you asked him.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some plans to attend to," Sesshoumaru cleared his throat. "Would you get your things, Imouto?" Once Kagome left the room, he looked at her other guardians. The older woman, she introduced herself as Kun-Loon, seemed as if she was going to tear up any second. They needed reassuring, he saw. So, he did. "I will make sure that she spends time here every weekend and holiday. Once this demon is destroyed, then she will live here with you all again."

"Good," Kun-Loon-san smiled at him. It was odd to think that he now had a mother and a grandfather once again, especially ones millennia younger than himself. He knew that the older woman believed him to be a demon, most likely Imouto's doing. Sesshoumaru could her his sister paching things up and moving around. "I'm glad."

"Done!" Kagome called down the hallway. She appeared a minute later holding her positively exploding yellow bag. It seemed as if she had stored her entire room inside that tattered, yellow bag. He would have to get her a new one soon, one that was fit for the sister of a Taiyoukai. That would have to wait though, at least until she was settled in with him.

They all shared a few goodbyes before the two demons left the shrine. He could sense his little sister thinking about what to do when she got to his house and what to eat and sweatdropped.

"All you ever think about is food, Imouto."

His plan had worked, he had gotten a reaction out of her. She stuck out her tongue at him. Then, she looked around.

"Nii-chan, are we walking back?" She asked. He smirked.

"No, Imouto." At that moment, his black limousine rolled around the corner. His driver liked to arrive at what he deemed the coolest second to get some reaction out of newcomers, but Sesshoumaru saw it as the last possible second before the man lost his head. Kagome squealed. He winced. "Did you think I drove myself?"

"Sugoi," she breathed. "Nii-chan has style."

….

"Don't I always?" She stared at him. He seemed serious. How could he be serious? All he wore was white and silver.

"Stop joking, Nii-chan. I just figured you had a aversion to cool colors," she finished, poking fun at him.

"Push it any further and you're walking, Imouto," he growled at her. She stuck out her tongue. "No matter if you are my sister. And I do own black suits, also."

"You wouldn't do that to me," she declared, catching his lie. "Besides, I don't know where you live. You don't have the heart to leave me in the middle of nowhere, defenseless and alone."

"Fine," He let her inside the limousine, following after. Kagome smirked. Playing the "little sister" card was her favorite.

"Say, what does your company do anyways?" She mused. "Stare people down? Is it like an intimidation consulting agency?"

"No," He sighed. "I own Taisho Industries and it's a manufacturing company. We produce various items."

"Like what?" She was curious. 'What could he possibly produce that would catch his interest?' She mused.

"Everyday household items, like appliances, sports cars and other vehicles, and all kinds of sporting equipment," he flipped through other items his company produced, smirking at the surprised look she gave him.

"You do all that? I thought that your company was just some bogus corporation that made completely useless items like 'Snuggies' and the like." Kagome spoke innocently. 'Of course, sports cars. Who would've thought that Sesshoumaru-nii-chan was just like every other male...'

His eyebrow twitched.

"You think so low of me as to not contribute to the world that I helped shape? I'm disappointed in you, Imouto," he drawled.

He sucks the fun out of everything, she pouted. Kagome looked out the window. They were already almost across town.

"Fun sucker, am I?" She froze.

"I love you, Onii-chan." She rubbed the back of her head.

"I'm sure you do," Nii-chan smirked at her again. He looked out the window. "We're almost there, Imouto. Just a few more minutes."

"Sugoi! So what's your house like? Is it big?" He nodded. Kagome pressed further. "Like three floors big?"

"You'll see." She hated that. She could tell that Sesshoumaru loved it.

"Aw, come one! Tell me, Nii-chan!" She whined. Kagome despised surprises. They usually led to an awkward predicament in some way or another.

"Patience, Imouto, is key."

"Jerk," she pouted. 'Patience my ass, Onii-chan.'

"I think you are mixing up your thoughts for words."

She looked at him. "Nope! Completely straight."

"You wouldn't have the courage to say what was on your mind, Kagome."

He smirked again. She hated that, too.