Chapter Two:

"Hello," Mr. Tanaka said. "Kagome, I'm afraid I have some very bad ne….."

"I'll tell them" InuTaisho said, interrupting Mr. Tanaka. "You may leave." With a nod, Mr. Tanaka left.

"Kagome, come here," he said. When she did, InuTaisho pulled her into a hug. Kagome's thoughts whirled in her head. 'What is he doing? Sure, he's like a father to me, but this is crazy.'

After a few more minutes, InuTaisho pulled out of the hug and gripped her shoulders. Unshed tears began to gather in his eyes. "Kagome," he started. "I'm so sorry. Your family died in a car accident this morning." With that said, the tears come down uncontrollably.

"Everyone? Mom, Grandpa and Souta?" she asked.

InuTaisho nodded, letting go of her.

"No." she whispered, barely audiable. "No, it can't be true. I just saw them." Then Kagome fell to her knees and sobbed heart breaking sobs. Inuyasha went over to her to try to calm her down while Sesshoumaru went to talk to his father.

"What happened?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"A drunk driver ran a red light" InuTaisho answered, drying his tears with the edge of his shirt.

"So what will happen to Kagome?"

"She will be staying with us."

"WHAT?!?" Sesshoumaru shouted, getting Inuyasha's and Kagome's attention.

InuTaisho sighed as he started to explain since Kagome had calmed down and only a dry trail 0of her tears remained.

"Well, Kagome's family is very few in numbers and most can't afford to take care of her…"

"What about the rest of her family?" Inuyasha asked, interrupting InuTaisho.

"They don't want to take care of her." InuTaisho answered while Kagome started crying again. They waited patiently until Kagome got control over herself. Then InuTaisho continued with the explanation.

"Since she can't go with her family, we are the family's closest friends, so I agreed to take Kagome in and I will now be her legal guardian."

Kagome got up and ran to InuTaisho's arms. Then a couple minutes passed as he tried to cam Kagome down, who had started to cry again.

Let's go home then" InuTaisho said when Kagome was quiet.

"What about school?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"The three of you will be transferred to a new school and Kagome will be able to start a new life," InuTaisho answered, leading the way out of the office.

Sesshoumaru nodded to himself before following Inuyasha out the door.