A/N: Few things I forgot to mention, I think. Everyone will be a bit more in character, at least by my story standards. As well as the romance between Sasuke and Kagome. It will be a lot slower with more buildup. At least, that's what I'm going for. That coincides with Sasuke being more in character lol. So, that's it. Hope you enjoy. Sorry for posting this so late. I had finals all week which hindered any editing.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Dreaming/Flashback

0o..Previously..o0

"Imouto are you alright?" Sesshomaru asked. Kagome seemed to have saddened greatly after Naruto left.

"Yes I am aniki." Kagome said trying not to cry. "I just miss them so much. Especially my son." With that she started to cry.

When they arrived at the apartment Sesshomaru carried Kagome to what is to be her room and put her on the bed. On their way up she cried herself to sleep and is dreaming of her old friends.

'Sango...Miroku...Kilala...Kaede...Inuyasha…Shippo...' and with that last name more tears kept falling.

0o..Now..o0

If you kept walking the path to the largest tree in Inuyasha's forest you would come across a dry well. Most likely you would think, 'Oh it's just a dry well nothing weird about it.' unless you wait long enough to see a girl climb out of the well with an over-grown backpack and a green and white uniform mumbling about 'stupid hanyous' and 'ramen'.

"Geez! Inuyasha is going to pay for making me buy all this ramen." Kagome said. She runs toward the village, but paused mid sprint at the sight of someone with silver hair and a red outfit standing in front of her.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked and received no answer. She started walking slowly toward the hanyou when she noticed a pool of red liquid surrounding the area he was standing on. She was nearing him when he started to move. He looked like he was turning to look at her when she saw that his feet weren't moving and the fact that said feet weren't even touching the ground. Mid-turn and you see something protruding from his stomach. Kagome gasped noticing it was a sort of bark-like tentacle as it was roughly taken out of the man's body, dropping it harshly on the floor and behind it stood...

0o..o0

A blood-curdling scream was heard throughout the silent home.

"AAAAAAHHH!"

Rushing footsteps came from the one-story apartment where the newcomers of Konoha reside. A door was slammed open and a worried voice filled the room.

"Kagome, what happened?" the worried voice asked. The only response he got was the soft whimpering of the young girl. When you look at her you would see someone broken, eyes wide with the fear of a non-existent monster, body slouched up on the bed with her arms wrapped around her body and a river of tears running down her face.

Low whispers were heard coming from Kagome. "Another dream?" Sesshomaru asked. All he received was a nod. He sighed. That was the third time tonight. Each time she wakes up, she does it screaming and crying and whispering the name of the person she saw mutilated. The other two were Sango and Shippo.

He approached her and sat down putting an arm over her, in an attempt to once again comfort the poor girl. "It's alright Imouto. This Sesshomaru knows that your friends wouldn't want to see you break down like this." he said. "Are you going to try and sleep again?" This time, she speaks.

"No. I'm not sleeping. If I do, I will end up dreaming again. I'll just go study those scrolls that were delivered to us by the Hokage until it is time for us to get ready for school." she said. She unwrapped herself from her brother's arm and walks over to the box that contains the scrolls. She walked back to her bed, turned on the lamp and started to read. At this time Sesshomaru had already left the room.

For about two hours the girl studied about five scrolls on Konoha's history and some basic jutsus. She tried the hand signs and succeeded each one on her third try. Since Sesshomaru doesn't usually sleep he already studied all the scrolls and perfected all of the basics before Kagome's third wake up.

Now it was time to get ready for their first day of the academy. Sesshomaru already showered with the help of Kagome on how to operate the unfamiliar contraption. Kagome grabbed a change of clothes she got on her way to the apartment yesterday and went for the bathroom.

She finished her bath and she started changing into her ninja gear. She wore a black strapped shirt with a crescent moon on the back. She was also wearing a fishnet undershirt and black finger-less gloves. She put on dark, skin-tight leggings and on the right leg of her bleach white cargo shorts was her kunai pouch. Around her neck was the Shikon jewel while around her wrist was the bracelet with all of the weapons she brought from her world. She finished putting her hair up in a high pony-tail and exited the bathroom when she ran into Sesshomaru. He was wearing his standard outfit of white hakama and haori, which was smaller than the one he owned when he was older, but without the armor and his blue and yellow sash replaced with a purely yellow one. His trusted swords tokijin and tenseiga on his left hip while his kunai pouch rested on his right leg. He nods to her in greeting and heads toward the kitchen.

"You do know that we have nothing to eat in there right?" Kagome stated in a bland tone.

"Then where do you suggest we eat?" Sesshomaru asked her. She just walked up to the door leading to the outside part of their apartment. She looked to him and said:

"We passed a ramen stand on the way to the apartment and I think I still know the way." Her voice noticeably darkened at the mention of ramen, but that was the only food stand she was able to remember and she was really hungry. Sesshomaru nodded and followed her out of the apartment.

0o..o0

'I swear if they don't stop staring I am going to go up to every single person and gouge their eyes out!' The two thought.

They were just about to crack when they noticed the ramen stand and ran right to it. When they entered it, a very delicious scent invaded their noses and they nearly melted with how hungry they were. They sat down and was about to order when they noticed a large stack of used bowls covering the head of the consumer. Kagome noticed the orange outfit and knew who it was right away. The tiniest smile formed on her face. She got up from her seat and walked up to the figure, head still being obscured by the steadily increasing amount of bowls.

"Good morning Naruto-kun."

He looked up from his almost-finished bowl and nearly spat out the contents when he saw who it was who was talking to him. Luckily he swallowed the contents in his mouth before tackling Kagome to the ground laughing.

"Hi Kagome-chan!"

"Naruto-kun! Can't~gasp~breath!" Said the suffocating girl. He chuckled nervously and got off Kagome rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, the widest smile plastered on his face.

"Sorry about that Kagome-chan." the boy said blushing a bit. "I didn't think that you were serious about what you said yesterday... Not many are…" His face started to sadden, but he perked back up instantly and said, "Anyway, what are you and your aniki doing here Kagome-chan?"

"We were hungry and didn't have anything to eat, so we came here." Her stomach let out a growl as if to prove it. She chuckled nervously. "Eh he… See?"

"Well then, you better take a seat 'cause Ichiraku Ramen is the best in the village!" the boy said enthusiastically. She let a small smile grace her lips. She and Sesshomaru ordered, ate and left for the academy with Naruto. Along the way the two siblings noticed the glares and 'whispers' aimed at Naruto, but as they looked at the boy, he didn't seem bothered by it.

"Naruto, don't you notice all the glares aimed at you?" Kagome whispered to him. He just looked at her curiously and responded.

"Sure I do. I've been getting it all the time so I'm used to it."

"Do you know why?" she asked.

"No I don't." he said with a shrug.

"Oh.. Um, ok." she said dumbly, not knowing what else to say.

0o..o0

They walked into the academy and they realized they were a few minutes early; so they, instead of going into the classroom, went to practice their aim and jutsus out in the training grounds, but saw that someone beat them to it.

"Hey who is that?" Naruto asked. It was a boy with a blue shirt and beige cargo shorts. His midnight-black hair was up and looked like a chicken's butt. Kagome and Sesshomaru's eyes widened in realization, noticing a red and white fan on the back of the mysterious boy's shirt and one name came to mind.

Uchiha

One of the scrolls of Konoha's history talked about the Uchiha massacre and Kagome and Sesshomaru spent most of their reading time on that certain scroll. They learned that only one boy was able to survive that massacre and they knew who this boy was already, but Naruto never heard of the massacre so he doesn't know who he is.

"Let's see if we can make friends with him!" Naruto said, excited. The other two looked at each other and nodded, finding nothing better to do. They approached the boy and notice him stiffen when they came in range of his senses, well they besides Naruto, who is as oblivious as ever. He walked closer.

"Hey! My name is Naruto Uzumaki, future Hokage, believe it! Who are you?" He said excitedly.

"Hn." he said bluntly. He took one long look at both Sesshomaru and Kagome, and walked away.

"Well, that was rude." Naruto said.

"Oh forget him Naruto-kun. Let's just go and practice." Kagome said. She noticed his staring, but thought nothing of it and they practiced until the school was opened.

0o..o0

Sesshomaru walked the two to their classroom. Almost every girl in the room looked to the door and just kept staring. He walked up to the sensei and told him about his sister being in his class. The sensei nodded and beckoned Kagome over.

"Hello and welcome to my class. I am Iruka Umino, your sensei." He turned to Kagome, "I take it that, you are Kagome?" He asked. He was tall and had a green chuunin vest. He had a scar across his nose and his chestnut hair up in a pineapple top. He looked at her smiling like a teacher would.

"Yes, my name is Kagome Higurashi." She replied back kindly. He nods and turns to the class.

"Everyone, this is our new student. Please treat her kindly!" Iruka turns to her and says, "Please introduce yourself to the class."

"Hello everyone." She turns and bows down. "My name is Kagome Higurashi and I hope that we become the best of friends." She looks up with the best fake smile she can muster.

"Alright then, about the seating..." Iruka looks around the room and notices only two seats empty. One near Naruto and another by Sasuke. "Well Kagome, how about you sit by Sasuke?"

"I don't want to be a bother to you sensei, but may I sit by Naruto?" She asked with another bow. Everyone looked at her with surprised faces.

What is wrong with that girl?

"Um... Are you sure about that Kagome?" Iruka had the same curious stare as the rest of the students.

"I am very sure." and with that she walked to where Naruto was currently seated, but not without a goodbye kiss to the forehead from her brother. And with that class started.

Sasuke stared at her curiously. 'It's that girl agian. She looks strong, but where did she come from? I never seen her in the village before; maybe from another village.' Iruka was about to start class, so he decided to ponder on it later with one more glance at the girl. "Hn."

"Hey, Kagome," Naruto waited until the person he was talking to looked at him. "Did you see that chicken-head person stare at you for some reason?"

"No, I never noticed, but I really don't mind nor care. Now c'mon Naruto we need to pay attention." Kagome looked back at the board.

"Well, alright." Naruto said, deflated that there wasn't much conversation between him and his friend. The day went on that way until the end of school. Outside the school, Sesshomaru waited for her and Naruto. Kagome walked up to him and gave him a rare and sincere smile.

"Aniki can Naruto come home with us?" Kagome asked. "He is all alone and I can't bare it when we can offer him to stay with us instead."

"Why not?" Sesshomaru answered as he started walking. "I am quite fond of him." He said with a smile only Kagome noticed.

"Then it's settled." She says with an affirming nod. "Naruto, you're going to be living with us from now on. We'll move you in tonight and talk to the Hokage about the paperwork in the morning." The last bit she says more to Sesshomaru.

"Really? That is so cool!" Naruto shouted, ecstatic. Kagome just grinned.

They stopped by Naruto's place to gather all of his stuff. Kagome brought her bag which was surprisingly big enough for all of Naruto's essentials, which included his cup-ramen. Dinner was eaten in a comfortable silenced and was provided by Naruto. Surprisingly, Sesshomaru developed a taste for ramen.

'I guess Aniki and Inuyasha aren't as different after all.' Was the thought running through Kagome's head as she slurped her soup.

They all took a bath and changed into their night outfits. Naruto was arranged to sleep in Kagome's room. Sesshomaru believed Naruto innocent enough not to try anything.

When everyone said good night they all went to sleep, not thinking of what awaits them the next morning. They all drifted blissfully into the land of dreams.

That is, until early the next morning, a scream was again heard throughout the house.

A/N: Thanks to all who are reading! I appreciate every single one of you! Onto the next chapter!

Until next time!

Ja ne!