The Fifteenth

A/N: Hey! I am back!

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Disclaimer: This is a Inuyasha x Brothers Conflict crossover. I own neither of the characters but I do own the story.

Ema has been living with the Asahina brothers for a year and we all know what has happened. But what happens when Kagome comes to live at the Sunrise Residence? Will things turn out to be for better... or for worse?

6. The Party

Kagome waited in the elevator, staring at the screen above the doors that displayed the number of floors. Finally, the doors opened and just as Kagome could adjust to the sight in front of her, numerous confetti burst along with the startling sounds of party blowers, leaving her covered in small colourful pieces of paper.

"Holy Mary Mother of Jesus!" Kagome jumped while everyone broke into laughter. She leaned on the wall to recover from the shock as she kept her palm on her chest. "Goodness divine, you scared the hell out of me!" The startled girl said as she glanced at the people in front of her.

"Good! Because that's what we planned to do! Our plan worked! Woohoo!" Tsubaki forcefully but merrily kissed Natsume on his cheek, while the orange-haired guy tried his best to break out of his older brother's grasp. "Oye! Azusa's over there. This is me."

"Ora! Seems like I did a mistake!" Tsubaki took his tongue out and winked, which made Natsume, Fuuto, Yusuke and Kagome shiver. "Azu dear! Come here!" He approached his twin and almost kissed him on the cheek but Kaname interrupted.

"Tsuba-chan! You can make out with your brother later and do invite me to see it, but now let's focus on why we are here today." Kaname said which got him a smack at his head from Ukyo for saying the making out stuff. As much as it hurt, Kaname was grateful that Ukyo didn't have the frying pan in his hand. 'Otherwise, it would have been a blood bath in here.' He thought.

"Take this, you dumbass!" Everyone turned in the direction of the voice and saw Fuuto angrily handing Yusuke some money and even though Fuuto had called him a dumbass, Yusuke looked as if he was on cloud nine.

"What's going on?" Kagome asked to which Fuuto replied with a snort in derision. "I am sorry Fuuto, but your phlegm failed to explain the situation. Perhaps try using words?" She asked sarcastically and Fuuto shot her an annoyed look.

While laughing, Yusuke explained, "He is mad 'cause he lost a bet to me." Kagome and others nodded while Ema asked the further question.

"What was the bet about?" She questioned as she eyed both the brothers.

Yusuke's face developed a wider grin as he replied back. "Our Mr Big Shot Idol thought that when Kagome will be surprised with the party blowers and all, she will scream some swear word.

Kagome raised her eyebrow at this. "Why just swearing in particular?" She asked.

"Yeah, why not dying with a heart attack? Because I would celebrate then, even if I didn't win." Fuuto said and Kagome rolled her eyes as Yusuke went on,

"Well... Because, uh... See you're from England. This is what you people do, don't you? You swear a lot." The red-haired boy replied innocently as he rubbed the back of his neck.

Kagome sighed inwardly but still asked. "Okay, so then? What happened?"

"This show-off lost!" Yusuke said and roared with laughter and made mocking noises. "He thought you would shower us with the melodious words."

Kagome glanced at Fuuto with folded hands to which he just shrugged. "You just seem like a person who would swear a lot."

Everyone screamed 'Oooooh' as they heard this while Tsubaki exclaimed, "BURN!"

"What the hell are you all oohing about?! And don't you dare say burn! It didn't burn at all! Why are you cheering for him anyways? I thought you didn't like Fuuto?!" Kagome yelled as she questioned the silver-haired boy.

Tsubaki blinked as he comprehended the situation and again stuck out his tongue. "Yeah, I forgot that I hate him. Just got excited for a second. Hehe. Don't worry, baby doll. I am rooting for you!"

'I don't know if the words baby doll are supposed to encourage me or shatter my dignity...' Kagome thought with a scowl on her face but she turned and spoke to the young idol. "You... Have you ever heard or seen me swear? How could you assume that I am to swear, just based on where I grew up?"

Fuuto dramatically sighed which only made Kagome madder. "I didn't make the bet because you apparently grew up in England." A loud gasp left Tsubaki's mouth but he covered his mouth when he saw Kagome glare at him. "As I said before, seeing the kind of person you are made me think that you might swear." He said nonchalantly.

Kagome gave him a deadly glare to which Fuuto replied in a dry voice. "Oh look, Lagome is glaring at me. I am dying... Ah. Save me!"

The ebony-haired girl gritted her teeth. "Well, sorry to break it up to you but I don't swear okay? So, serves you right, for making a judgemental opinion about me. And congratulations on losing the money." Fuuto rolled his eyes. 'Huh! What an a****le! Thought that I must utter some curse word all the time! Well guess what you f*****g cretin, you will never catch me swear because I don't f*****g swear.' Kagome thought with pride.

"I don't care about the money anyways. I got all the money in the world." The young idol commented and Kagome pressed her lips from saying anything and she moved her glance to see that the rest of the family was looking at them with proud eyes. 'Huh? Now, what?' Kagome thought.

Well, the reason all of them were looking at the pair like that was- Small banters were not a surprise at the Asahina household where thirteen men had grown up, with the constant bickering, name-calling, trash talks including of course many fights... Fights that were so vigorous which might make the show WWE look like a walk in the park.

However, having a female member, who was not their mother, participating in such banters was very new to them, but not alarming. Because they thought that since Kagome and Fuuto were doing trash talk with each other, they are ought to be close like the other siblings. Only if it was true.

It was Wataru who finally changed the subject, brought it back on the right track by calling out to his new-onee-san, who was having an 'If-looks-could-kill' war with Fuuto. "Kagome-onee-san, you look really beautiful tonight!" Wataru said as he hugged Kagome. She blinked with surprise, as she was so engrossed in Fuuto, she forgot that she had dressed up.

Everyone else also praised Kagome's appearance. And why not? She did look like a girl who was just about to go out for an elegant photo shoot- in her mini, short-sleeved black dress that had a white collar and her hair tied in a ponytail with her bangs brushed thoroughly- which gave her a chic look and were perfectly matching with a black Casio Enticer watch strapped on her left wrist and her black wedge sandals. In an outfit, that looked fresh and appropriate for a gathering with a newly-met family, Kagome surely did make quite an impression.

"You have done your hair beautifully, Kagome-chan. It brings out your eyes and accents your earrings." Louis spoke in his soft voice and held one dangle pearl drop earring in his fingers. "The dress looks gorgeous as well."

Quite flattered and embarrassed with the sudden attention granted to her (But not when everyone watched her bicker at Fuuto), Kagome said with a shy smile, "So... let's go downstairs then? Right? To have dinner?" She said as she saw a shy Subaru nodding at her proposal, making up for not uttering a single word since her arrival, while she stroked Wataru's hair like a kitten, who very much seemed to enjoy it.

"Finally someone said it! Let's just get downstairs! The black cat has enough attention already." Fuuto whined which made him get in a fight with Yusuke again. Nastume interfered, being the usual peacemaker he was and Azusa ran to his aid. Kaname enjoyed the sight along with Tsubaki, who had taken the camera from Ema and now was taking pictures with a hungry look in his eyes. 'I bet I can sell these on the internet and earn good money.' The silver-haired boy thought.

Kagome could have said something to Fuuto as he did call her a 'black cat' because of her all-black outfit- kind of suggesting that she had overdone the black colour (Which she absolutely hadn't). But the words 'black cat' made her feel so hot. 'Like that sexy girlfriend of Spider-Man...' So she took it as a compliment.

But Yusuke, grown very friendly with Kagome, didn't take it well that someone was calling her names and there they went again. Some of their brothers tried to stop them but in vain.

"My my, the night hasn't begun and I already see my brothers on top of each other." A just-arrived Hikaru said in his unique feminine voice, with his hands on his hips. "On top of each other... I like how that sounds." He said with a smirk but saw that Ukyo was glaring at him. "Uh... I don't. No, I don't think so. It actually sounds weird. Hehe. I wasn't serious! Please, not the frying pan!" He almost pleaded because he knew what happens when you get that glare from Ukyo.

"He left it in the kitchen, so we're safe." Kaname gave a thumbs-up to his younger brother with a cheeky smile.

"Seems like there is more and more need for me to carry it around with me." The lawyer said and Kagome chuckled at the simplicity and childishness of the conversation.

Seeing that Ukyo still had not retracted his deadly glares, the novelist interfered with the "men in action".

"Come on boys," As Hikaru separated them, Yusuke blabbered some insults at Fuuto, which were reciprocated. Hikaru continued, "Enough with the outburst of testosterone." Kaname laughed with Kagome, Tsubaki, Masaomi and Wataru. "Let's get down already. It's literally claustrophobic here." Hikaru commented.

All of the younger brothers nodded in unison, almost on cue, as if they were eager to leave. Probably for the first time in the history of Asahina household, this much unity had been witnessed. And they also groaned together when Masaomi interrupted them. "Hold your horses, boys." The eldest said as he stood beside his three mature brothers. "Aren't we all forgetting something?"

"We are?" Subaru asked innocently, speaking for the first time throughout the evening.

Fuuto displayed apparent confusion on his face and Yusuke trailed Subaru's statement, "Yeah, I don't remember anything. I am sure Natsu-nii also doesn't... Right?"

"Ahem. Of course." Nastume spoke and Azusa moved his head in agreement.

"What are we forgetti- OH! Right! We are going to-!" Wataru couldn't speak because his mouth was covered by Fuuto's palm but there was a brother who wouldn't let this go.

"Are we really not forgetting anything?" Tsubaki asked as he was finally done checking the photos he took of his brothers earlier. 'Goodness me! Look at those pics! I can sell these under 'Boy On Boy' section. Boy, the Internet is going to be blessed... And I think I watch an unhealthy amount of BL.' He finally tore his attention from his questionable method of earning income and continued. "Are we not to welcome our sister properly?"

'Welcome me properly?' Kagome confusedly glanced at Ema but her brunette sister only chose to give her a bright and cheerful smile. 'Okay... What are these people up to now?'

"Tsubaki... let this one go." Nastume said in a surprisingly vulnerable tone.

When Fuuto, along with everyone, saw that Natsume said something like that... boy, it was definitely serious. "Yeah, dude." Fuuto agreed. "Why don't we just get past this and proceed for dinner? What do you say?" He asked Tsubaki in the most polite way he could.

"Oh my dear, how the mighty have fallen..." Tsubaki said with a smirk, referring to Natsume and Fuuto - the two of his brothers who really didn't give much crap about him, at least not Fuuto. "I bet you all are thinking that if you had just treated me like the mature older brother I am," 'No, you're not' The two boys thought as the one-eyed-tyrant kept on blabbering. "Maybe it wouldn't have come to this. I wish I could let this one go... but I can't. We have to welcome her! Just like we always do!"

"That's right, we should welcome Kagome in our own way." Kaname said as he swiftly helped his youngest brother to escape Fuuto's grasp. "Isn't that right, Wataru-chan?"

"Yup! In Asahina style!" Wataru replied cheerily while Fuuto glared at him.

"Well then, allow us to say this formally…" Masaomi said as he coughed to get more clarity in his voice.

"So, shall we do it?…" Ukyo said as he looked at his siblings. 'Huh? Do what? What are they saying?!' Kagome was now annoyed about this 'thing' they were gonna do for her. What was it? And why was it such a pain to some while fun for the rest? It became even more confusing as she saw Fuuto doing a 'Tsk, tsk' with his mouth while there was a blush covering the faces Yusuke, Natsume, Azusa and Subaru. "Is it something very embarrassing?" She asked Ema.

"A bit. But you'll love it. I am sure!" Ema replied with a genuine smile.

'Something that I will like? And it's embarrassing for them to it? Are they gonna… sing?... They're gonna sing? Yep! That seems like it. Well their voices are nice, so maybe hearing them won't be that bad... But I don't know about Yusuke though... His voice is kinda rough.' But it was definitely not what she expected to be.

"Are we seriously doing this again?" Fuuto asked with an annoyed voice. "Can't believe the things a famous celebrity like me has to do to just have a dinner..."

"Shut up Fuuto!... Though, it is a bit embarrassing..." Yusuke said, blushing more.

"Well, we should do it, for Kagome-chan..." Louis said with his soft voice which left Kagome even more bewildered and just then Wataru interrupted. Everyone assembled in front of Kagome, at each other's side. 'I would love it if they sing Beethoven. They really have voices of idols... I wonder what they will sing?' But they didn't sing after all.

"Ready! Set!" The little boy exclaimed, followed by something very unimaginable.

"Welcome to the Asahina family." All of them said this in a perfect chorus, even Ema. With their smiling and cheerful faces, they said those words as they officially welcomed Kagome in their family.

Only that Kagome's reaction didn't prove to be much helpful.

"Pfft!" Kagome made a sound with her what looked like a mouth closed with great efforts. But it did not last long as she burst out laughing. Laughing like a bloody idiot.

"HAHAHAHAHA!" She held her stomach as tears came out of her eyes, while she laughed recklessly. "Ooh! Ooh! Haha haha! Hhn... wel-welcome to the Asa-Asahina family! Oooohhhahahha! Oh my god! Oh my gawwwwd! Ohhhh myyyyy gawwwwwwd! Ohhh dear! Hahahaha! We-welcome… hahahhehe! Holy m-molly! We-Welcome to the... HA! Haha! Em-Ema, haha, what... what are y-you doing... sa-saying... hhhee... welcome to the Asahina family? HAHA! Your last name is Hin- Hinata! D-dude! Haha!" She laughed for some more time, it more sounded as if an old woman was vigorously coughing to clear the phlegm out of her throat.

After 23.9 seconds later, she stopped laughing but only for the sake of her makeup. She wiped her eyes while some giggles still left her mouth. "And what is with that 'Welcome to the Asahina family?' It honestly sounded so much like 'Welcome to the Ouran High School Host Club!' Haha! I love that anime. Brings back memories." Kagome said with nostalgic eyes and finally, her gaze landed on the people in front of her.

Everyone was looking at her, surprised... and somewhat hurt. Fuuto just let out a snort while everyone else refused to speak.

"Okay... what?" Kagome eyed them with a questioning glance. "That was a joke... right? To liven the party... It was funn... oh my Lord! It wasn't a joke?!"

Ema shook her head sadly as she looked at her 'brothers'. She knew that this was not something they agreed to do willingly. She remembered the first time they said it for her at her dad's wedding, and how much embarrassing it was for them. And now, even though they had done it, Kagome had just messed it up horrendously by laughing her head off.

Kagome's heart beat rapidly increased as she gulped. She pressed her lips together as she realized what she had done. 'Oh shiiiit! Shit, shit shit!'

"Sorrrry!" Kagome apologised in her accent while bowing deeply. "I am so sorry. I... I can't believe I did this to you all. You were just being nice and warm to me and... I am very, very sorry. Please forgive me!" Kagome said, extremely guilty, her heart pouring in her apology.

"Ah! That's okay. I can see... why it was funny." Masaomi said, hoping to relieve the girl. Ukyo also did the same along with Azusa and Yusuke. Louis went ahead to keep a hand on her shoulder. "That's okay, Kagome-chan."

She somehow managed to smile. Even though they were saying it was okay, Kagome knew she had screwed up the night in the word way possible. 'Oh dear! I hope they don't throw me out of their house! What will I say to papa and mum? Worst of all... what about the comic cons of Japan?! I've been waiting my whole life to visit an actual anime festival and now they're sending me back! I don't want to go!"

"Kagome?" Azusa called out to the girl.

"Don't send me back! Please! I am yet to see a Japanese comic con! Please don't!" Kagome pleaded with her faltering voice.

Kaname chuckled. "Nobody is sending you back Kagome-chan. It was funny. Don't worry. We did kind of thought that it'd be weird but… well, we won't do it again."

"Not even if you get another sister...?" Kagome asked softly.

Now it was everyone else's turn to burst into laughter. Some moments went by while everyone relished the moment. "Dear God, we hope not!" Azusa exclaimed.

'Plus, that'd make your father's character very suspicious...' The thought ran through each and every brother's mind, excluding Yusuke and Wataru.

"Hey! Don't say that! We could always use more candidates!" Tsubaki exclaimed and even though every original family member knew what he meant, they let it slip and laughed instead.

"I want more onee-san! Cute, cute onee-san!" Wataru exclaimed as he went on to hold Kagome's hand.

"If we're laughing this much now, I wonder how the rest of the night will turn out to be!" Azusa said and soon enough, they moved towards the dining room.

*abababab*

"And then she just said, that game sucks dude! Haha! Oh my! And she also said some ultra-British word… very sophisticated. Uh, now, what was it…" Tsubaki was lost in thoughts as the brothers, who weren't there at that particular incident, listened to him with great interest.

"Ghastly." Azusa replied and Tsubaki nodded feverishly.

"Yup! Ghastly! That's it! She said it's a ghastly game! And Natsume just ran away, covering his embarrassed face with his coat!" Tsubaki, very tastefully, described the time when Kagome had said that she absolutely hated Natsume's game. While Kaname openly laughed along with Tsubaki, Yusuke and Wataru, everyone else just helplessly smiled.

"Did this really happen?" Fuuto asked Louis, who was sitting next to him. Louis simply replied that he wasn't there then, but that was in fact what had happened. 'She really is more stupid than I thought her to be...' The idol thought.

Kagome further sank in her chair with complete embarrassment as she heard Tsubaki reciting the story. 'This is so mortifying! Why can't he just let go of it?! Ugh!' Someone save me, please! I take back what I said before! I wanna leave! I don't wanna stay here!'

"I neither ran out of the room nor did I cover my face. And it's a blazer, not a coat... Plus, you're making her uncomfortable." Natsume commented with his neutral face.

Ukyo nodded. "Yes, as enjoying the topic is for you, she doesn't seem to like it much. I suggest we change it." Kagome blessed Ukyo for intervening and sparing her from the utter embarrassment she was enduring. To her benefit, nobody pushed it no more.

"So, how is the food and all?" Masaomi asked as he glanced at his new sister, who sat at the other end of the table.

She smiled in return while others kept digging in the food. "Very delicious indeed! Ukyo-san and Ema make a really good team. I can't believe they made such great food… and that also for fourteen people. This really is a feast."

"It's nothing, Kagome. I am glad you like the food." Her sister said with a smile and Ukyo nodded.

"More importantly, are you settling in here well?" Hikaru asked as he passed the bowl of rice to Louis.

With the click-clack of the spoons and forks with the plates, Kagome replied, "Yeah. Actually, uh, I was hoping to talk to you all about this." She said and everyone looked up. "Oh… I was going to clink my glass, but it seems I already have your attention." Everyone smiled at Kagome's awkwardness while she glanced at all of them. 'Well, I don't seem to have everybody 's attention..' She thought as she saw Fuuto just looking at Ema. Thinking that it was just something he was doing to piss her off, Kagome let it slide aside.

She stood up and gave a fleeting glance over her spectators before continuing, "I just wanted to say a few words… on the occasion of all of us being together." Masaomi and Kaname nodded while Natsume slightly shifted on his seat to face Kagome.

"First of all, I am extremely sorry for the horrendous laughing riot I set before. It really wasn't right of me to do so, and I am just very sorry. I can see how uncomfortable it was for you, but still, you welcomed me in such a nice way and I… well, sorry again. I just… am very annoying some times…"

"How about all the time?" Fuuto commented as he put the piece of finely cooked meat in his mouth.

"Fuuto…" Ukyo warned.

"No, he is right. I am like that, all the time if you could say so. I did it with Natsume-san as well, and I am incredibly ashamed of my mistake." Nastume opened his mouth to say it was no big deal, but Kagome went on.

"I just want to you all to know that I am not like this always. The reason... I am being so very foolish like this is... is because I am kind of uncomfortable with whatever that is going on around me." Azusa looked at her with worry in his eyes and Kagome saw that. "No, nothing is wrong with y'all… You people are very nice… It's about me actually." She quickly took a calm breath as she continued. "But I guess you can't blame me. Because coming here to live with everyone only because my father remarried is... so weird."

She struck a cord there. Hikaru leaned in and put his elbow on the table, with his palm under his chin. The room resembled him, silent and taking in what it could. His brothers- Masaomi, Kaname, Azusa and Subaru stared at Kagome with some considerate emotions on their faces while Ukyo and Natsume kept their faces expressionless. As Louis glanced at his sister with his mauve-hued orbs, Tsubaki and Yusuke shared seriousness in their gazes. Wataru munched on his rice as he looked at his sister with some concern. Even Fuuto had stopped staring at Ema and now looked at his new sister, to hear what she had to say. All this only because what she was talking about was dangerous territory. Because even if it was their mother, Miwa's remarriage was never ever discussed in the household. It was just a topic that was never brought up, and all of them had agreed upon this silently. And now Kagome was planning on giving a speech. One wrong word, and who knows what could happen?

"… And that brings me to the two things I want to mention here today." Ema anxiously nodded, eager to hear what Kagome was to say, as she herself didn't know of this until now. The brunette gulped slightly as she stole glances from the Asahina brothers. 'They all look so serious... I hope Kagome says the right thing.' Kagome was a nice and very smart person. But she also had these very weird instincts that would just kick in out of nowhere... something that their mother said, was inherited from their father.

"First is that I can't say that I was very keen on coming here." Ukyo's eyes narrowed but he still nodded. "I just didn't want to. The reason for my reluctance was that… basically, you all are strangers." Azusa shifted in his seat and Kagome noticed that. "I know I am being very weird here, but it is true. I really didn't know any of you at all. I know that Ema did all that… she came here, settled with you all, lived with you for two whole years… But for me… See, I have a hard time trusting people. And you all are not only some strangers but thirteen grown men, well twelve grown men…"

Everyone immediately glanced at Wataru but he didn't catch it and all the brothers, along with Ema, sighed in relief. Kagome proceeded, "I think you all can understand how uncomfortable and insecure the idea is." Masaomi and Natsume nodded while Ema pressed her lips nervously. Kagome was actually talking about all this. And Ema was somewhat scared that maybe something wrong may come out of it.

"But when Papa insisted that I should come here… I did. And when I came here, I realized that this is not a dream. Not some fantasy or an illusion that will fade away. This is a reality that I had to face. This was actually happening. I knew you all existed, obviously. But since I lived so away and I hadn't seen any of you... so I never really cared that much except for the fact that my sister lives with all of you. It was sort of a bubble for me... which broke when I came here. And even though I have practically spent the last two years listen to Ema blabber about how good you people are. She's always talking about the fun you guys have and I personally felt incredibly happy for her... for Papa. But still… I wasn't much convinced. Especially, when you have read and seen reverse harem…"

"Which ones are you referring to?" Tsubaki excitedly asked out of nowhere, clearly distracting the subject for which his brothers glared at him.

"Um… Diabolik Lovers, Uta No Prince Sama, Hakuoki, Akatsuki No Yona and all of that?..." Kagome sheepishly replied and Azusa, who knew what she was saying, nervously smiled.

"Wow. You watched animes even there? I mean, even in England?" The silver-haired boy asked, his eyes shining with admiration.

With a smirk, Kagome replied, "Yuh-huh! Animes are like my blood and soul. I have always been a fan of them. And then there's Papa, who thought that I needed to rejoin my Japanese roots. Ha! So ironic! I-"

"Yes Kagome, because this is all Japan is about. Animes and mangas. Very ironic indeed." Ukyo said with unveiled sarcasm. "I would love it if you could resume what you were talking about before. About this household." He bluntly said this without beating around the bush, but his tone was very polite and considerate like he intended to be.

"Uh… yeah. I got carried away. Anyways, you can imagine what I must be thinking, as a girl, when I was told that I had to live with all of you." The living room was strangely quiet. This girl in front of them was speaking so freely and about something that has been the burning topic for the past two years. All of them were eager and anxious to hear what she had to say.

"My mum told me I had nothing to worry about. That Ema has been living here for so long and she has said nothing but amazing things about all of you. But, I really didn't like it. And then there was the sad feeling of leaving my home, my friends… a place where I grew up. This was all very hard for me…" She took a pause as she glanced at all of them.

"I sincerely hope that you intend on adding a 'but' now." Nastume said and some of the stiffened shoulders in the room eased up. Natsume sure knew when to lighten the mood.

Kagome gave a genuine smile. "There is."

"BRAVO!" Almost every brother shouted, happy with the fact that there was a good end to the speech and that it was not going to end in something very uncomfortable.

Kagome giggled, "Let me finish guys!" Everyone nodded as they listened on. "But… when I actually came here and spent time with all of you, even though I had my guard up, I couldn't help but realize that I was worrying for… almost nothing." She still didn't completely accept the fact that nothing was going on in the house, but she chose to ignore it, as for now it didn't seem that big a deal. "Ever since I came here, all of you have been incredibly nice to me. It became quite easy for me to blend in here because I had and have, you all looking out for me. Taking on another family member along with the fourteen ones. Dude, that's a huge deal." Masaomi let out a laugh at this.

"And also very kind and generous. I know you will say I am family and all, but I've seen many actual blood-related families fall apart for nothing." Natsume, for a second, thought that maybe Kagome was referring to her parents' divorce, but he said nothing.

"And here you all are, all excited and happy that I am here. You guys are actually throwing a feast in my name… It just makes me know that as much as strangers you all are to me, for you, I am the same as well. As I have to get used to all of you, you also might have a hard time getting used to me. But still, even if I was just a related girl... you all are so loving and eager to have me and take me under your wings. I must say, I really didn't didn't expect this. What a surprise... but a beautiful one." Ukyo's smile spread even more and now his brothers held kind and proud emotions in their eyes."

"So, I just want to say thank you. Thank you very much. I have barely spent some days here and I already think that we are going to be great friends, if not siblings… 'cause it's too early for that." Everyone understandably nodded, smiling. "I very eagerly look forward to the times we are to send together… the memories we will make together. I hope to be close to you as you all are with each other… And I want everyone to make me family as well."

"We all stand together in this. Not ahead or behind, but together. This is the starting line... I think we've started off great, which makes me think that it's going to be one hell of a journey. So let's make it count.

And again, thank you very much."

As soon as she uttered the words of appreciation, loud claps were heard.

"Onee-san, you speak so nicely…!" Wataru said with teary eyes and Azusa was patting him on his back.

"Thanks Wataru. Although, you shouldn't cry…" Kagome lovingly said and continued, "Same goes for you three…" She pointed to Ema, who was wiping her tears, and to Tsubaki with Yusuke, who were practically whimpering.

"No, don't stop me. This are my tears… an artist's tears. You shouldn't stop them… let them flow. Otherwise, a Tsunami will come." Tsubaki melodramatically said while Yusuke, very loudly, cleared his nose in his handkerchief. "You should run for President Kagome. You really move people." The red-haired boy said.

'How can she? We don't have a the post of President…' Nastume thought. But he was feeling glad. Kagome's speech wasn't very emotional but it was very honest and touching. He hardly gets affected by all this stuff but even he felt something. 'Great speech skills... not bad for a business aspirant.'

"Glad to see that you've got some self-esteem, to admit the fact that you are in fact being a nuisance and just preying on our free food." He said with a smirk, which was halfway to a smile, the nicest gesture she had received from him yet. Even though she knew it was nothing and that she had a long way to go with Fuuto, that smile made her feel warm. The idol continued, "Remind me to ask you for my acceptance speeches at award shows. I could really use some of this melodramatic crap you know..." Kagome smiled, very happy with the way he complimented her. "Now, let's dig in, shall we?" He said.

"Ahem. I am not finished though." She continued. "There is that second thing I wanted to talk to you about. Remember?"

"There's more?! Just because I complimented you, doesn't mean you go on and on about it." Fuuto commented. However, no one said anything to Fuuto as they more or less agreed with him, but Kagome wanted to continue, saying that it was very important.

When the table became quiet again, she took a deep breath and licked her lips. She finally opened her mouth and everyone soon realized that it, in fact, was very important.

Done! How is it? Don't forget to tell me! Next update will be coming on Saturday!