Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters, the talented Rumiko Takahashi does..

Hey, first fanfic, hope you like it.. I'm kind of nervous about it.. Please r&r! Don't flame me too harshly. :S

Chapter 1 : End of an Era

"But mom, I just graduated. Can't we wait until mid summer before we move?" a girl cried in angst, throwing the last bit of her clothing into her suit case and shutting it. She played with her bull ring, and went into the bathroom to rinse her face and make sure her eyebrow didn't look infected. The piercing she had got on her birthday with her friends. 'That was a crazy night' she thought suppressing a giggle at how wasted they had gotten. She didn't quite care or understand why she was still arguing about it. I mean, they were leaving that night from J.F.K. International airport for Los Angeles.

"Kagome, I know you don't see it as a good thing, but think of the benefits that I'll be able to afford for you in California, how could I not take this job offer. New York I know has always been your home, but, Los Angeles won't be bad. Think of all the famous people I'll be able to work with there. I mean, it's not everyday that I get offered a job doing movies." her mother answered.

"But mom, the people there are all plastic…" her voice trailed off.. Her brain started putting things together. Some of her most favorite bands had come from California, a lot of famous clubs like the Whiskey were located out there.. "you know what, on second thought, as long as someone knows about the Misfits, and the Dropkick Murphy's, this move won't be all that bad. I just don't want to leave my friends."

Her mom shook her head. The decision her daughter had just made on the move was that the music scene would be almost the same. Her and that damn punk rock! At least she was more interested in moving three thousand miles away. "What ever you say, Kagome. Why don't you go say goodbye to your friends, and your old 'band mates'?"

"Yeah, I better. They would want to kick my ass if I didn't." she said. She finished putting the clothes she had still in New York into her suitcase and shut it. She put her leather jacket on and headed down the hall. Her mother shook her head at the daughter that had been molded by the city. 'What a style sense.' she thought shaking her head somewhat disapprovingly, 'maybe once out there, her tastes will change. I can only hope.' watching the cluster of patches and things written in white out on the back of her daughters jacket.

"Where are you going?" her little brother Sota asked as Kagome went to the front door of the apartment.

"I'm going to say goodbye to my band." she said opening the door and closing it behind her, not waiting for a reply.

She went to the elevator and went to ground level. 'Remember all of these last moments Kagome, it won't be long until we leave.' she thought frowning and pushing her self out the glass doors.

There was a busyness only this city seemed to have. She would often walk around on the streets just to listen to the hustle and bustle of the streets. The cabs being hailed by many different people all usually in suits, she had the money to take a cab, be she preferred the brisk walk through the city. She made her way to the corner of 9 and 87, to meet up with her friends for one last cup of coffee. Her band mates were sad she was leaving. After she joined they started getting gigs at small party's and clubs. She was the singer, and it was easy to see why they wanted them to play. She was tall with long raven black hair, and blue eyes. her mother and father both were directly from Japan, her father had passed a short time after her mother announced to be pregnant with her brother Sota. She was really pretty, and grew up in the punk scene; or really what seemed to be left of it. She wasn't a skin head punk, as so much of the scene here seemed to be. She was the goofy happy punk. Like NOFX, for instance was one of her major influences. And though she wasn't Irish, she loved the Dropkick Murphy's, they were one of her major influences as well.

"well," she said looking at her best friend since before grade school, Eri, "I have to leave. Our plane leaves in about 4 hours, and you know how traffic is and how airports are."

"Yeah. We're going to miss you Kagome." Eri said the tears welling up in her eyes.

"I'm going to miss you guys, too. "she said, trying to be macho and not cry all over like a big sobbing baby.

She hugged all her friends goodbye and told them she would call them from Los Angeles once she got to her new home. After a few hugs and finally getting away, she headed back up to the front of her apartment building, where she found her mother waiting for her, holding her brothers hand and talking to the limo driver that was taking them to the airport. 'A limo? I thought we were going to take a cab.' Kagome wondered as she finished wiping the tears from her cheeks from saying goodbye.

"Good Kagome, your back. I was wondering when you'd get back here. You know, I really wish you hadn't decided to wear that to LA." her mother said frowning at her daughters red plaid skirt, fishnets, doc martins and her DKM tank under her leather jacket.

"hey, we're going to be in air for what? 5 hours or so, the idea is comfort." she answered. "I thought we we're going to be taking a cab. What's with the limo?"

"My new boss sent it for us. We'll be departing from LAX in one as well, wait till you see what is in store for us once we arrive at our new home. Then you will better understand Kagome." her mother replied, scooting her in the limo.

Making herself comfortable she pulled her MP3 player out of her bag and said a silent goodbye to the city she loved and would miss dearly. She felt her eyes well with tears and kept her head looking out the window.

After about an hour of traffic, they finally reached the airport, already having their possessions sent over, each of them only had one bag of luggage and a carryon. The cops watched her from the moment she hit the door. Until they made it through security checkpoint. Security was overrated, and she couldn't believe some of the things people got through with. 'I need a cigarette, and a nice cold Guinness Stout' she thought walking past a fat cop munching on a doughnut and sipping coffee. He watched every move she made and she desperately contained all comments in her mind that was screaming lyrics to 'puke on the cops' by NOFX.

They waited a short while in the terminal and they boarded. The in flight movie blew, so, she listened to her music as the plane started to take flight. Sitting in First class was bomb, and sometime after lift off, she dozed out and stayed asleep until they arrived at LAX.

'Wow, what an overrated airport.' Kagome thought passing a California Pizza Kitchen after exiting off the plane. Her little brother was drowsy and rubbing his eyes, she followed a safe distance behind her mom. Just in case, that, and she had her head phones on. They went down the escalator and were met by a driver holding a sign reading Higurashi on it. 'hey, he's not bad looking' she thought checking him out. He was tall and looked sort of built. Tan skin, dark brown hair, and shades.

He didn't speak to anyone except her mother, and that was to tell her to follow him. He put their luggage in the trunk and let them in the limo and shut the door. 'Wow, he was nice.' she thought rolling her eyes, bracing herself for what was next.

**** Well.. R&R. sorry if you guys didn't enjoy it, but if you did, please, let me know and I'll continue.