Kagome's family names

mother=Kane

Father= Touga

The KOF Inu no Taisho

Kagome then introduced Terry her mother. "Mama, I have someone I'd like you to meet." She said.

Kane smiled at her daughter and the gaijin next to her. "Ah, you must be the guest, Miss Mei told us. I'm Kane Higarashi." She said with a smile.

Terry gave a bow and replied. "Yes ma'am. Terry Bogard. It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Higarashi."

She gave a laugh and said. "Why the pleasure is all mine. It's not often that we get so many visitors." She then turns to Kagome. "Why don't you show Terry where he'll be staying for the time being?"

Kagome gave a nod and said. "Sure thing Mama."

Kagome showed him the lower part of the house, and then to Sota's room. "And this is Sota's room." She opened the door to him playing, low and behold KOF. Both Terry and Kagome sweat dropped at this. The even more irony, was that he was playing as a blue version of Terry.

To keep the attention off who Terry was, Kagome noticed a poster sized picture of InuYasha on his wall. "Sota how the hell were you able to get a poster sized picture of InuYasha?"

Terry looked in the direction she had pointed to, and saw a young man dressed in red Hakama and Hoari. He had long Silver hair well passed his butt and almost hidden behind the man's bangs were honey gold eyes. But what was most unusual was a pair of little dog ears on him.

Terry would've taken him as a tough opponent with the large sword in the picture, but the ears... he'd never be able to look at him with a straight face. He then heard Sota tell Kagome, that he had taken one of her photos and blew it up at the school poster shop.

Kagome smacked herself in the head. "He's never going to get out of this phase..." She mumbled. With a sigh she had Terry follow her upstairs. "Alright Terry, you'll be in the room across from mine, sorry if it smells weird, it used to be Grandpa's room, but he ended up having to go to a nursing home a few years ago. Mama's been trying to get someone to rent that room out since then." She stated as they arrived between the two rooms. "The bath rooms' just down the hall to the left. If you need anything just let me or my mother know."

The young miko went back to the kitchen leaving the Hungry Wolf to his own devices. When she got down there she asked. "Mama, do we still have some of Daddy's old traditional wear?"

Kane stopped for a moment and said. "I do believe so... you know me, I'm a sentimental person. I keep everything for one reason or another. I think they're still up in the attic." Kagome gave a nod and sped up stairs and went to the attic.

Terry had just gotten conformable and was about to come back down stairs, when Kagome ran up and was jumping up to grab something from the ceiling.

He watched amused for a few moments, then decide to pity her and ask. "Need help?"

Kagome, who continues to jump, replies, "No, I got it."

So Terry just stands there leaning on his room door frame to watch Kagome try and grab the pulley-stair string.

After awhile she stops to glare at the sting. He watches as the gears in her pretty head turned and that glare turned into a huge grin. Kagome walked back down to the edge of the stair and then turns to run at it. He thought she was just going to get a Track-star, but was proven wrong. The last five feet, she jumps, bounces of her bedroom wall, then his bedroom wall and jumps higher and grabs the string and pulls down the stair as she lands.

Her face lights up in victory and he wonders how she learned to do that, without putting her foot through the wall. He knew in order to do that sort of thing, you need to be trained on how to control your weight. It was one of the first things he had learned in martial arts. Terry watched as Kagome tied the string down on a hook on the floor and then went up the final set of stairs

He stayed in his bedroom door way in case she need help caring things down. Not too long after Kagome went up, Kane came up stairs and called up to her. "Kagome, I think some of your father's old gear is still up there too. He did say that it was yours on your 18th birthday."

Kagome's head popped from the stair well. "Are you serious?"

Terry saw the light in her eyes. The joy he saw there, made him smile as well. Kane gave a nod. "Yes. They should be by the box with his traditional clothes, dear."

Kagome gave a huge grin and made a mad dash to the boxes.

Kane just laughed and Terry shook his head with an amused smile on his face. The sound of speedy movement of objects continued for a few moments and suddenly stopped. Kagome quickly called down. "Heads up, Terry!" She tossed down two boxes, in such a way that Terry had to jump, catch and balance the boxes on themselves on each other so they didn't fall.

Kagome came down and exclaimed. "Mom I found it! The picture we were looking for last year? I found it!"

Terry noticed to was a very large picture frame. It had to have been 1x2 feet. Terry wondered what it was of. Kagome looked to Terry and said. "Just set the top box down and bring the bottom one with you." She then headed down stairs with the covered frame.

Not too long afterwords Kagome sat the frame on the couch and waited for Terry and her mom. Said person saw Kagome practically bouncing in excitement. He sat the box down and she grabbed the cloth.

"Ready?" She asked and he gave a nod. Kagome whipped the cloth away and there in the frame was a group of familiar faces. "Ta-da!"

To the right were Master Tung Fue Rue and his father Jeff Bogard next to a man he's never seen. He had raven black hair tied up in a high pony tail and wore a gee in a forest green color and the Higurashi crest on the right side. He also had large eyebrows and blue eyes. He was an inch or two taller then his father and had a similar build that Terry him self has. On the other side of him was what looked like a younger version of Kagome's mother in priestess outfit and last but not least was Master Jubei "The Demon" Yamada.

Terry looked at Kagome and asked. "Your Father was a fighter?"

Kagome lifted a finger as she opened the box he had brought down. She dug in is for a moment and pulled out an old magazine. On it was a picture of her father at the KOF arena. "Not just any fighter, he was The King of Fighters for three years in a row. They called him the Great Dog General, since he had the same name as the legend." Kagome replied with pride.

"What legend?" He asked.

Kagome sat down with a beloved photo of her and her father.

Terry saw that in the picture, she was in a fighter's gee in the colors of a Mako. "They say over 1000 years ago, when demons were more than myth, a Great Daiyoukai, ruled the west lands of Japan. He was a dog demon of great power. With the three swords of supreme conquest, he went unchallenged as the strongest demon in the lands. His Name thought lost to history, was Touga.

'The three swords of conquest represented the three worlds." She started. Terry was like a little kid again listening to the tale being spun.

"Three worlds?" He asked confused at the term.

Kagome gave a smile and clarified. "The three worlds known as Rekai-the spirit world or Heaven; Nendekai- earth where we humans roam and Makai-the land of Demons or as some people call it. Hell.

'The three swords were called Tensaiga of Heaven, said to save 1000 lives. Tesaiga of Earth to kill 1000 foes in a single swing and Sawunga of Hell had the power to send 1000 souls to Hell. With these swords he was unstoppable.

'Centuries pass and Touga had his first son Sesshomaru, the "Killing Perfection'. Unable to handle the coldness of the demoness who gave him his heir, Touga left. Two centuries later he fell in love with a human princess known as Iziyoi. She was kind and soft spoken. Not long after their meeting, she came with child. Months pass and right before the day the child was to be born, an enemy of the Eastern Lands attacked. The Dragon lord Ryukotsei thought Touga unfit to rule the Western lands for taking a mortal wife.

'An so the battle began they fought for three days and nights till finally, the Great Dog General found and opening and used his own claw to seal the dragon on the face of a cliff. Feeling that his love endanger he fled to her side even though he was severely wounded.

'You see the Princess's father hated demons with a passion and for his daughter to take one as a husband, he thought it a dishonor. He put his whole army at the palaces gate and entrusted everything to his commander, Takimaru.

'What he didn't know was that Takimaru was also in love with his charge. When he had heard that she was with child and the Demon lord the father, he became cold and hurtful towards Iziyoi.

'On the day of her giving birth, she begged him to take everyone from the castle and flee; she knew that they wouldn't be able to stop him. But she was ignored. Takimaru did something that would forever taint him. He killed Princess Iziyoi."

She saw that Terry was about to protest, when she just motion for him to stop so she could continue. "Touga had arrived at his beloved's home and greeted with the army. Takimaru was coming back from the birthing room, when he heard Tesaiga's attack. "WIND SCAR!"

The attack blew apart the gates and his enemy. He called for Iziyoi, but was answered by Takimaru. "You had just missed her departure. I dispatched her myself."

The demon lord growled. "Damn you Takimaru!" And their swords clashed only for a moment. Touga being the victor for, Takimoru lost his arm.

'Not even taking backward glance, he rushed to Iziyoi's side. Takimaru then ordered them to set fire to the building and everyone inside. Touga heard the cries of a new born child and ran in the direction. He found his loves cold body next to his new born son. The child was a hanyo, half human, half demon.

'Touga took out Tensaiga and saw the demons of the afterlife try and take her. He cut them away and life once more breathed back into her body. She awoke to the site of her love and before she could say anything to him. Takimaru arrived ready to kill Touga. The room was being consumed by fire and so Touga pulled out the robe of the fire rat to protect them.

'He ordered Iziyoi to flee with their son. But not before he gave it a name. InuYasha.

With that being the last thing Touga said, Takimaru walks up with a demon encircling his sword. "We shall battle and both be sent to the afterlife."

the Daiyouki replied. "So be it." And so the battled in the burning building.

'On a hill a little ways away, Iziyoi stood atop watched as the building collapsed on top of her love and once friend. In the winds she thought she heard her beloved's voice once more. "Live long Iziyoi...Live long with InuYasha."

After Kagome was done with the story Terry looked like he had just won KOF again.

Kagome laughed. "That was the legend of Inu no Tashio. But the point is, is that my father and the Taisho had a lot in common. So much so, that my father made three attacks with the same names at the Taisho's swords. 'Tensaiga, Tesaiga, and Sawunga."

Kagome sat and seemed to visit a sad memory as she stared at the photo in her hands. Kagome looked outside and saw that it was dark and said. "I best put these up and help mama with dinner." So Kagome put the box and pictures up in her room, but not before she got a kimono for Terry. She laid it down on the dresser.

She walked back down and went into the kitchen. "HI sweetie." Her mom said as she cooked oden for dinner.

"Hi mama, need any help?"

She shook her head. "No. Why don't you relax for the night? You leaving tomorrow evening aren't you?" Kagome gave a nod and went to her room to get her Mako outfit ready for tomorrow's job. She didn't know if she was ready to become head of the shrine. But she was the only one willing to, since her mother had a job and Sota was too young.

'When did my life get so difficult?' she thought to herself as she walked to the Goshubiku. It had started to rain slightly, but under the large tree it was dry. So she jumped up into its welcoming branches and contemplates her future.

Kagome knew that the final battle was near. It was down to the battle now. They had gotten the last jewel shard, but at a price. Kohga had lost his life. Niraku's new incarnation a crow demon with steel like feathers had killed him. To the last of his tribe it was an honorable death, but to her, to her she blamed herself.

She sat wondering what would happen once the jewel was whole and if to make a wish on it. But even if it was a pure wish, it would still be tainted. The very definition of wish was to want or yearn for. Want was a type of greed and greed was taint. So no matter what a wish wouldn't make the jewel vanish.

She ran her thumb across the scar on her side and had an epiphany. She would put the jewel back into her body, the only reason it was noticeable then was that she didn't have her powers awakened. But now they wouldn't be able to tell between her aura and the jewel's.

Terry was wondering on how his father knew Kagome's and what it had to do with the KOF. He thought the KOF was something new, but apparently not.

Something big was going to happen and he didn't know on whether or not if he was ready for it. After fighting Loucorn and losing Selia he was thinking of calling it quits, But there was something nagging at him and he just couldn't figure out what it was. With a sigh in defeat he went down stairs to see if Ms. Higurashi needed any help.

Once in the kitchen he saw her dishing up. "Need any help?"

She turned to smile at him. "Why yes. Would you set the table for me?" He gave a nod and did as told.

After a few moments Kane said. "You know, Jeff was a great friend of Touga's."

Terry was caught off guard at her statement but didn't complain. "Then why didn't my father ever tell us about him?" He asked.

"Touga was a very private man, and with his fighting he made many enemies. So he had asked your father not to mention outside of the people in that photo."

Terry watched at the time seemed to drag her shoulders down. "Did you know Kagome one time wanted to be just like her father? He was her hero and wanted someone like him to marry. I thought it was so cute when she stated that after she won her first match.

'But when she was ten Touga was killed before her very own eyes. That bastard Geese Howard had been trying to get Touga to give him the Conqueror's techniques since his last KOF win. He would never give him them. He then looked for other means to get them.

'Howard had kidnapped Kagome right off the shrine steps and threaten to keep her and take her with him to America. But that was before he found out about her gifts..."

Terry wasn't surprised that Geese had killed someone else for power. He wanted to know more but didn't want to push. "What gifts?" He finaly asked.

Kane smiled. "You've heard of mikos before, haven't you Terry?"

He gave a nod. "Master Jubei said they're the most pure things on earth."

Kane have a nod. "He's right. Kagome at the time didn't know it, but she was a mako and was able to heal almost anything. Whenever a friend of hers would get hurt she would heal them no matter how tired it made her."

'At this time Kagome had made a new friend. Her name was Lilly. She was a sweet girl. Kagome had heard a cry and saw that Lilly had fell on the shrine steps and Kagome went straight to her and healed her. When Geese came out of nowhere, Kagome had told her to run. But Lilly wouldn't."

'Kagome will never blame Lilly for what happened. I was almost ready to have Sota when we got the note. Touga told me that he would get her back no matter what. When he said that, I knew that would be the last time I ever heard his voice.

'Touga was told to meet alone at the river front over on the west side of Tokyo. He had Kagome and Touga had the mock scroll. I don't know what happened next, but Kagome ended up making a mini form of one of Toga's moves. Of course it wasn't as strong as his but it was enough for a distraction. But that bastard had pulled a gun out and was about to shoot Kagome when Touga became her shield.

'Since then she stopped, she stopped her training. She now makes sure that others are put before her and that the right thing is always done. She blames herself for what happened that stormy night. She hates storms now..."

Terry knew there was more and right when he was going to ask Kane added. "Kagome now has a duty to full fill and might not come back to us. She's leaving tomorrow evening after your brother's wedding." She looks to Terry. "Terry, please go with Kagome and make sure she's safe. I don't Trust her friend to watch over her like he said he would. Please, Terry, protect my little girl." Kane begged as she bowed.

He didn't know what to say, but he knew that this woman trusted him enough for this task and though he refusing to admit it. He was falling for Kagome and falling hard. Terry made up his mind. And he was going to stick to it.

"Ms. Higurashi, you can count on me." He said. Kane was so relieve that she gave the young man a hug. She thanked him a dozen times and proceeded to tell him the short version on why Kagome was where he is now.

A/n

One-san-big sister

Anue-sister

Daiyoukai-demon lord

Goshubiku-tree of ages