Thanks everyone for the wonderful and supportive reviews. Chapter length varies based on where I feel the best place to end each one is, but I plan to keep them all about the same length. Anyway on to the next chapter.
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Kagome came to in a dark room. Getting up onto her elbows, she looks around and finds herself in a very traditional Japanese room. Shoji walls surrounded her and she realized she was sitting on a futon. Her bag was off to one side of the room, near a set of sliding shoji. Looking around again she confirmed that she was either in an interior room or it was dark out. Sighing she lays back down and stares at the ceiling while thinking about what she had been told.
"Great, out of the frying pan and into the fire." She turns over onto her side, her head being supported by her arm. "I think this is worse than having to deal with Naraku. At least I knew he was evil." She closes her eyes, "Arg, all I want is to live a normal life, go to school like a normal girl and hang out with friends like a normal teenager. Ever since I fell through the well my world has been turned upside down. Demons, magic... This blasted jewel. Hollows, shinigami, a life that is forbidden to exist." She opens her eyes. The blue orbs blaze in anger. "Who are they to determine who can and can't fall in love, can't have children, can't live..." The anger fades away as tears well up in her eyes. "Inuyasha..." She nearly chokes on the name and closes her eyes to banish the tears. "I'm a half-breed..." She takes a deep breath and smiles slightly. "Well if I'm a half-breed I will not let them intimidate me. I'll make you proud Inuyasha, I'll get through this and I'll do it with my head held high." She sits up and looks to the ceiling. "You hear me! You won't break me, you won't beat me. I'll prove to you that I deserve what I have!"
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The next morning came and Ururu was on her way to check on and wake their guest for breakfast. Arriving at the door she slides it open and looks inside shyly.
Kagome turns around at the sound of the door opening and smiles at the girl, "Ohayo gozaimasu."
Ururu blinks at the girl's cheerful demeaner, "Ah, its time for breakfast Guest-san."
"Oh, alright. Feel free to call me Kagome though, alright?" Ururu nods as Kagome steps towards and through the door with a bright smile. "Well lead the way, I'm not quite used to the layout here yet." She looks a bit sheepish saying this and follows Ururu to the dinning room.
When the two entered the room Kagome's cheerful attitude caught Urahara and Ichigo off guard.
"Ohayo gozaimasu Kagome-chan. Did you sleep well?" He looks at her curiously and with an innocent air about him.
Ichigo doesn't bother hiding his shock, "Why aren't you mad at him?!"
Kagome blinks before shrugging and sitting down. "I'm not going to let it get to me. If these Seiretei or shinigami or whatever don't like the fact that he's my dad then they can deal with it. I'm not going to just lay down and let them walk all over me, telling me that I'm worthless or anything else."
Urahara looked at her a bit stunned from her declaration and gradually smiled, now realizing that Kasumi was right, this was just what Kagome needed. Ichigo just stared at her, 'Damn, I like her even more now.'
Ururu meanwhile looks up at Kagome, "Kagome-san, you're Urahara-san's daughter?"
Kagome nods and shoots and angry look at her father, "Yeah, I guess he didn't tell anyone that, did he?" Ururu nods and Kagome sighs in frustration. Closing her eyes she slowly counts to ten before letting out a slow breath and opening them again.
"Mah, well you can't exactly blame me given the circumstances can you?" He looks at her hopefully.
"No I can't I guess." She sits down and looks at Ichigo, "So, uh, why are you here Ichigo?"
Urahara interrupts his answer, "Actually I thought he could show you around. Help you to get acquainted with the area."
Ichigo blinks and then looks at him angrily, "I never agreed to that!" He sees Kagome starting to get angry out of the corner of his eye, "Not that I don't want to. I just need to stop by my place and let my sisters and dad know." Kagome seemed to accept this and calmed down.
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After Ichigo had called and let his family know he was going to be out all day and now the two were walking down the street chatting amiably.
"And then she just looked so pathetic struggling with opening the juice box that I just took it from her and did it for her." Kagome laughed lightly as Ichigo recounted Rukia's first day at his school. He looked down at her and smiled, he liked hearing her laugh.He considered about asking about her friends, but thought better of it. After all it sounded like whatever had happened to them was something she had taken rather hard.
"Hey Ichigo." He stops and looks back to see that Kagome had stopped a few feet back. He raises his eyebrow in question, "Have you ever been to Seiretei? I mean Dad said you were a shinigami and so I thought you may have gone there at some point."
Ichigo blinks in confusion at her question, but nods. "Yeah, I've been there. Kinda boring the whole place looks like the feudal era." He scratches her head and sees her sigh in relief. "Uh, you might be able to ask your dad about it if you want to know more."
She smiles and puts her hands behind her back making him blush as it makes her chest appear larger and overall for her appearance to become cuter.
"So where to next, Ichigo?"
"Uh, I was thinking I'd show you where the school is." It was at this time that Rukia, in shinigami garb, decided to jump down in front of the two and looked at Ichigo, ignoring Kagome completely.
"Ichigo, there's been an outbreak of hollows in the area, we need your help in dealing with them."
Ichigo looks at her with a tired look, he looks at Kagome and scratches his head. "Damn that thing's like bait." He turns back to Rukia as Kagome reaches up to the jewel hidden under her shirt. "Rukia, don't suppose you brought Kon with you?" Rukia nods and then looks at Kagome with concern. Ichigo rolls his eyes at her, "Kagome this is Rukia, she's a shinigami. Rukia this is Kagome, the hollow bait."
"Hey!" Kagome smacks him on the arm and glares at him.
Rukia just looks at Ichigo as though he's nuts. "Just hand over Kon so I can change and we can get this over with."
Still skeptical, Rukia hands over a small green candy which Ichigo pops into his mouth quickly. As soon as the candy is swallowed Kagome watches in shocked amazement as he splits in two. Both Ichigo's stumble at their separation before the one dressed in the shinigami uniform hefts a large sword onto his shoulder and looks at the one dressed in a white printed t-shirt and blue jeans.
"Kon, you're going to keep Kagome here safe. If anything happens to her you're going to regret it." He turns to Rukia, "Lets go. We don't want them getting near here."
Nodding, but confused none the less, Rukia follows Ichigo down the street and towards where the hollows are located.
After the two shinigami have run off Kagome turns to 'Kon' and looks at him questioningly. Too bad for her no one had warned her about Kon, who promptly gave Kagome a hug where his face was buried amongst her cleavage.
Smack! "Pervert!" And Kon found himself getting to know the sidewalk better while Kagome stood over him glaring.
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Okay... where do I go now...? I think I may be blocked at this point. Suggestions would be helpful, so if you have any please share. Anyway hope you all like this, let me know if I messed up on Kon or Rukia.