Title: Demon ½

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, and some characters are O.O.C

Pairings: Ranma/Kagome, Ryoga/Ukyo, Miroku/Sango

( ) means speaking telepathically

While the boys were in the bath getting cleaned up from their little sparring match and the girls were in the living room chatting, Nodoka and Kyoko were getting the table ready for dinner. Nodoka had made her sons favorite dishes, stir-fry squid for Ranma and Korean-style teriyaki beef for Ryoga, of course she made enough to feed a family of twelve, Kyoko made her families variety seafood wontons with rice.

"Goodness Nodoka, you think you've made enough food for everyone?"

Nodoka smiled at her high school friend, "I hope so Kyoko. After all, my sons are growing boys and they both have quite an appetite. As their mother, I have to make sure that they both get the proper nutrition in their diets."

Kyoko nodded, "I understand that Nodoka. In fact everytime Kagome went to see her friends, I would always make them all special lunches for each of her friends and I would always ask Kagome how they liked them. Of course Kagome did tell me that one of them preferred all meat but I didn't mind that."

"Were these the same friends that… just passed away, Kyoko?" Nodoka asked hesitantly, she didn't want to ask but she wanted to help Kagome through her tragedy.

"Yes they were well two of them."

"What were their names if you don't mind me asking?"

Kyoko smiled, "One of them was Inuyasha and the other was Kouga. Inuyasha would always come by every now and then to pick up Kagome when ever she came home. I have to admit that when I first met him he was a bit rough around the edges but I knew he had good intentions, I could tell. This one time after one of our neighbors gave Kagome their old bike, Inuyasha came over and he accidentally bent the bars, Kagome was so upset that her new bike that she worked so long on cleaning was destroyed and even though Inuyasha offered to fix it, she told him not to, so while she was at school Inuyasha spent the whole day trying to fix her bike for her. He even offered to work for my father in the shrine. That was the sweetest thing I had ever seen."

Nodoka nodded, she had to admit that it was the sweetest thing for anyone to do, "And what about the other boy, the one you said was called Kouga?"

"Well I don't know a lot about him because I've only met him once, but Kagome told me that he's the big brother that she's always wanted, even Souta was quite fond of him." Kyoko smiled at the memory of when she met another one of her daughter's strange friends.

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(Flashback, three months before the journey to China)

Kagome had just finished packing her backpack and was getting her shoes on to head for school, she had informed everybody back in the Feudal Era that she was gonna be gone for a few days to catch up on her school and everything else in her time. She left in a big hurry to get back to her world because she knew what would happen if a certain silver-haired dog-eared demon found out and she really didn't want to argue with him about the importance of her school work and her tests because that would just lead into a bigger argument.

"Bye mom, I'm off to school." Kagome called out after getting her last shoe on.

As soon as she stepped out of her family's house, she turned and found an annoyed looking Inuyasha standing infront of her with his arms crossed over his chest, "So this is where you disappeared to Kagome."

"Inuyasha." Kagome spoke, though she didn't know why she was surprised after all it's not like this is the first time he's come to get her everytime she came back to her world.

"Kagome what do you think you're doing here? We're on a mission to find the sacred jewel shards and Naraku! You know that we can't do it without you." Inuyasha said.

Kagome sighed, 'Here we go again, I really don't have time for this.' She thought, "Inuyasha I know you want to find Naraku and the shards but I have a life here too you know and right now I don't have time too…" She stopped when her miko powers picked up a couple of shards, coming from the well shrine.

Inuyasha knew that look, "What is it? What's wrong?"

"I'm sensing the power of sacred jewel shards and… they're coming from the well." She said turning towards the well house.

Inuyasha blinked in confusion, "What? That's impossible, the well doesn't let anybody but you and me pass through."

"Well apparently not."

Inuyasha ears folded back on his head, reaching for the Tetsusaiga, "Well what ever it is, it's gonna end up dead soon!"

Kagome placed her hands on Inuyasha's arm, "You can't use the Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha. It'll draw too much attention and besides what if it's one of our friends?"

Inuyasha growled in annoyance softly but he knew she was right, what if it was one of their friends but then again what if it was a demon from his world? He didn't know, he couldn't pick up anything from the well except the smell dust and rotting old wood. His doggy ears picked up the sounds of someone or something climbing out of the well and up the steps to the opening of the shrine, he flexed his sharp claws making them crack loudly, he couldn't use his sword but that didn't mean he couldn't use his claws. Both he and Kagome watched the well house carefully, waiting for their unexpected visitor to show themselves.

"Oh man, what a trip." A familiar male voice came from inside the well shrine.

'That voice, can it be?' Kagome thought, no doubt Inuyasha did as well.

As if to answer her question, Kouga the young wolf-demon tribe leader walked out of the well shrine looking a little disorientated, he shook his head trying to get his thoughts cleared. Kagome felt a little relieved to see that it was only their wolf-demon friend but she was also wondering what he was doing here? She knew that when her littler brother Souta tried to get through the well he couldn't get through, so from then on she always thought that only she and Inuyasha were the only ones who could pass through, but apparently she was wrong.

Inuyasha was relieved but he was also annoyed, even though the two rivals agreed to set aside their differences and work together to destroy Naraku, old habits were hard to break so everytime the two saw each other they couldn't help but growl at each other. It's a canine thing. They were still learning to trust each other, little by little.

Kouga looked up and smiled when he saw Kagome, "Hey Kagome, I was wondering where you ran off to when I couldn't find you in the village." He started walking towards the couple, ignoring the glare Inuyasha was shooting at him.

"What the hell are you doing here, you mangy wolf?"

Kouga grimaced at the half-demon, "What's it to you mutt-face?"

Kagome decided that now is a good time to step in before the two started fighting, "Inuyasha, Kouga, please don't start fighting now." Through her words the canines slowly backed off, Kagome sighed in relief before turning to the wolf prince, "Kouga, not to sound rude or anything but what're you doing here?"

"Well I came to see you in the village but the old woman Kaede said that you went back home, so I followed your scent to the old well in the forest and came here, that and I came to give you this." He reached back behind him and pulled out a hard-covered book, he handed it to Kagome, "You left this in Kaede's hut. I know that it's yours because it's got your scent on it, so I thought I'd bring to you incase you needed it."

Kagome curiously looked down and immediately her eyes were glued to the book in Kouga's clawed right hand, it was her math book, "My algebra book!" She cried before snatching the book from his grasp, "I left in such a hurry this morning that I must've forgotten to make sure that I packed it." She opened the book and began thumbing through the pages, she stopped and sighed in relief when she found a sheet of folded paper inside he pages, it was her homework that she had been working on last all night that was due today. She looked up at Kouga and threw her arms around him, "Thank you! Thank you so much Kouga, you're a real life saver and a true friend."

Kouga was taken aback by Kagome's actions but then he smiled with a soft blush on his face, "Always happy to help Kagome." He said. Luckily before he started traveling with Kagome and her friends he realized his feelings for the future girl because if this happened just after they met, Kouga wouldn't accept being called just a 'friend'. He now knows where Kagome's heart truly lies and now his feelings for her are that of a brother caring for his little sister, of course that didn't mean that he would stop protecting Kagome when Inuyasha wasn't around. He still loved the young priestess, just not in the way that he claimed to love her in the beginning.

Of course that didn't stop Inuyasha from glaring at the wolf, he knew about the relationship between Kagome and Kouga but old habits were hard to break. Before he could say 'get your paws off of her' Kagome's mother Kyoko and her little brother Souta came walking out of the house, Kyoko was carrying a small box wrapped in cloth, "Kagome."

Kagome released the blushing prince and turned to her mother and brother, "Mom."

Kyoko smiled while approaching her daughter, "Good you're still here. You almost forgot your lunch again." She saw Inuyasha nodded, "Hello Inuyasha." Inuyasha lifted his hand in acknowledgement it was his way of saying 'hi'. She handed her daughter her lunch box, that's when she noticed the handsome young wolf prince standing beside Kagome.

Souta was staring up at Kouga confusingly, "Hey Sis, who's the guy in the furry skirt?"

"Skirt?!" Kouga said.

"Skirt…" Inuyasha managed to say before laughter took hold of him.

Kouga frowned at the snickering half-demon and smacked him on the back of the head, "What the hell are you laughing at, mutt!?" He asked, but all he got was muffed laughter from Inuyasha, never mind that the wolf just hit him, before turning to the small boy, "It's not a skirt, it's a fur wrap!" He told him, as calmly as he could.

"Still looks like a skirt to me." Souta muttered quietly, unfortunately both Inuyasha and Kouga heard him. Inuyasha just snickered whilst Kouga growled softly.

Kagome almost forgot that Kouga was standing right next to her, "Oh… uh mom, Souta, this is Kouga, he's from the Feudal Era like Inuyasha and he's also one of my dearest friends. Kouga, this is my mother and little brother."

Kouga cleared his throat and bowed respectfully, "Nice to meet you."

As soon as Kagome said that Kouga was from the Feudal Era, her mother and brother both smiled big, "He came from the well too? Does that mean that he's a half-demon like Inuyasha, sis?" The boy's eyes went to the wolf's head and he frowned, "Hey, how come he doesn't have fuzzy ears on his head like Inuyasha?"

Kouga almost fell over when the small boy asked if he was a half-demon, 'Doesn't this kid know the difference between a half-demon and a full-demon?' He thought but then reminded himself that the boy was only a child and probably hasn't seen another demon other than Inuyasha, "No, I'm not like Inuyasha and I don't have furry ears because I'm a full-blooded wolf-demon, whereas Inuyasha's only half demon."

Inuyasha stopped laughing and glared at his rival, "Half's all I need to kick your scrawny wolf butt, you arrogant jerk."

Kouga returned the glare, "I wasn't being arrogant, you idiot. I was only speaking the truth, but if it's a fight you want I'll be happy to oblige."

"Only if you're up for it, wolf."

"Anytime you are, mutt."

"Kouga, Inuyasha…" Kagome spoke.

As sparks started flying between the two canine rivals, something caught Souta's attention from the corner of his eye, it was the furry wolf tail that flicked behind the wolf-demon, "Hey cool, he's got a tail!" He reached out and grabbed hold of Kouga's tail, running his little fingers through the texture of the soft bushy brown fur, "It's so soft and bushy."

"Ahh!" Kouga's body tensed as the small boy continued to inspect his tail, he always hated it when someone grabbed his tail and pulled on it, like they didn't think it was attached to him or something. It's not that he didn't like his tail, it's just that his gramps had told him when he was young that he was the only wolf-demon born with a tail and neither he nor the other elders knew why. Inuyasha watched with interest and confusion,

Kagome was embarrassed by her little brother's actions, "Uh… Souta, I don't think Kouga likes that."

Souta stared up at his sister, "Oh c'mon sis, don't tell me you've never petted the guy's tail before."

Kagome's cheeks turned red, "No I haven't! Infact I didn't even think that it was a real tail."

Finally Kouga grabbed his tail and gently pulled it away from Souta's hands before turning to the girl he now refers to as his little sister, "Of course it's real Kagome! What'd you think it was a piece of fur that was attached to my butt?"

Before Kagome could answer her mother walks up and starts petting his tail like her son was just doing, she smiled at the feel of how soft the fur really was, "Oh my, what a cute tail."

Kagome felt sorry for her friend for being at the mercy of her mother and brother, whereas Inuyasha found it somewhat hilarious, even though the same thing had happened to him with his ears when he first met Kagome's family.

Normally whenever someone grabbed his tail Kouga would make death threats to whoever it was, however since it was Kagome's family he had to stand there and do all he can to not strike them, "Would you please stop that?!" Kouga asked desperately but his pleas fell on deaf ears, he turned to Kagome, "Kagome stop her!"

Kagome snapped out of her daze and went over to help her 'big brother', "Mom, Kouga doesn't like that." She reached out to pull Kouga's tail from her mother's hands but then she found herself feeling the texture of the soft wolf fur, "Oh wow, it 'is' soft and cute too." With that being said Inuyasha fell over laughing.

"That's it." Kouga said before he leapt away from Kagome and her crazy tail-grabbing and landed beside Inuyasha who was getting back to his feet.

Inuyasha couldn't help but find this amusing, "Didn't like the attention you were getting wolf-boy?" He said in a taunting sorta way.

Kouga glared at his rival, "Oh just shut the hell up mutt-face."

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(End Flashback)

Kyoko smiled at the memory, "I still remember how the two of them argued like I know how boys like to argue, still even though Kouga and Inuyasha didn't look like they got along with one another, I could tell that deep down they were good friends, even if they didn't think so. Infact Nodoka, your sons kinda remind me of Kouga and Inuyasha." Kyoko set the plate of rice balls on the table before walking over to a desk, opened a drawer and pulled out a photo. She wondered for the longest time if she should tell her high-school friend about her daughters bizarre friends from the other side of her families shrine well, but she was confident that Nodoka could handle it, "Here's a picture that Kagome had one of her friends take of the three of them." She handed Nodoka the photo.

Nodoka took the photo and her eye widened, 'It can't be…' She looked over the photo carefully, it was the picture of Kagome standing between Inuyasha and Kouga, all three of them looking so happy with their arms wrapped around each other. She couldn't believe it the boys in the photo looked just like her sons cursed bodies, silver-white hair, golden amber eyes, doggie ears, a wolf tail, sapphire colored eyes, and pointy elf ears, it was far too coincidental but she had to make sure before making assumptions, "Kyoko, these are the boys you were just talking about?"

"Yes, the one dressed in all red with the cute little ears one his head is Inuyasha and the other that's dressed in fur and armor is Kouga, though he didn't have cute little ears on his head like Inuyasha, he did however have the cutest and softest tail I've ever seen, but I guess it has to do with Kouga being a full-blooded wolf-demon as Kagome called him whereas Inuyasha's only a…"

"Half dog-demon." Nodoka finished for her.

Kyoko just blinked, "Yes that's right. How did you know that Nodoka?"

Nodoka looked at her best friend, ignoring her question, "Kyoko do you know how these boys died?"

Kyoko nodded, "Kagome says it was during their journey to..." She paused for a moment before continuing, "Maybe I should start from the beginning. Nodoka you know that old well inside of the shrine?" Nodoka nodded. "Well according to Kagome, the well is like a portal that goes into the past, five hundred years in the Feudal Era, where demons and monsters existed and that's where she met Inuyasha and all her other friends."

"So you're telling me that the old well in your shrine lets Kagome travel back in time to the Feudal Ages to battle demons?" She said incredulously, and she thought her sons adventure in China was incredible but this took the cake.

"I know it's hard to believe Nodoka, believe me I had trouble believing it myself at first, but after meeting Inuyasha the first time he came through the well I became a believer and so did my family." She assured her.

"Your family knew?"

Kyoko nodded, "Of course they knew, we were all in the same room when Inuyasha first arrived after Kagome had returned from the Feudal Ages."

Nodoka remained silent before a question popped in her head, "So how did the boys die?"

Kyoko was about to answer when Ryoga came into the kitchen, he was dressed in a clean pair of clothes, he was using a towel to dry his still damp raven hair, "Hey mom, is dinner ready yet? I'm starving."

Nodoka quickly shook off her surprise and smiled at her youngest child, "Yes Ryoga dinner's ready. Where's Ranma?"

"He's upstairs in our room getting dressed." He told her, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"No sweetie we pretty much have everything done, but you can tell everybody that dinner's ready."

Ryoga nodded, "Okay mom." He turned to leave the kitchen, but not before Kyoko caught a glimpse of his wolf tail as he left.

Kyoko was thunderstruck, "Nodoka… was that… did Ryoga just…?"

Nodoka sighed then turned to her best friend, "We'll talk about it at dinner."

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Meanwhile outside of the Higurashi house inside the old shrine, a bright shimmering glow came from inside the old well and inside the well was the sounds of three grunts and a soft meow and also the sounds of bodies hitting the ground at the bottom of the well.

Sango pushed herself to her knees as she shook her head to clear her thoughts from all of the swirling lights from the well, "Whoa that was weird. How Inuyasha and Kagome could stand it I'll never know." She said to herself, she looked down at Kilala, "Are you okay Kilala?" The little fire cat nodded and gave her master a soft reassuring meow, she turned to her left where she found Shippo looking a little disoriented, "You alright Shippo?"

"Uhh… I think so…" The little fox cub said. "Did it work?"

"I think so." She looked up, "That's odd. The well was outside in the forest, now there's a ceiling over our heads."

"Does that mean that we're in Kagome world?" Shippo asked with hope lingering in his voice.

"I think it does Shippo." She looks down at her side and saw that Miroku was lying face down on the ground, "Miroku!" She crawled over to his side to see if he was okay, "Miroku, are you alright?" She asked her voice full of concern.

"Is he okay Sango?" Shippo asked.

"I don't know." She placed both hands on his shoulders and gently shook him, "Miroku please say something! Uhh…" She turned stiff when she felt his hand stroking her butt.

'SMACK!'

Sango's fist made direct contact with Miroku's head, leaving a huge lump on his head, "You sneaking lecherous monk!!" She yelled, a vein throbbing on her forehead, "Here I am worrying about you and you go groping me again!"

Shippo and Kilala watched the couple with sweat drops on their brows and little dots for eyes, "There he goes again. He'll never learn."

Kilala meowed which anyone can guess means 'Nope.'

Luckily Miroku kept his head down so no one could see the lecherous smile on his face, 'It was worth the pain.' He thought while pushing himself to his feet, he looked up at the opening of the well and noticed that there was now a ceiling above them, "Did it work?"

Sango forgot about her anger for a second, "I think it did, after all that ceiling wasn't there before when we jumped in."

"And neither was the rope ladder." Miroku said pointing at the rope ladder that led up to the top of the well, "Well c'mon, no sense in staying down here all night." He says as he begins climbing up the ladder.

"Right." Sango picks up Kilala and Shippo and follows the monk out of the well, 'I hope Kagome's in the mood for visitors.' She hoped.

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Kagome and her family, the Saotome's, and Ukyo all sat around the dinner table eating their dinner. The two mothers were seated next to each other, on Kyoko's left were her father, Souta and Kagome, and on Nodoka's right were Ukyo, Ryoga, and Ranma. Ranma looked up from his bowl of rice and saw that Kagome was staring at him again, when she saw that he caught her she quickly resumed eating her meal while trying not to blush. Normally the silver-haired Saotome would be a little annoyed when he found that someone was staring at him, but for some reason he didn't find Kagome staring at him to be annoying, infact part of him kinda liked it, although the other part of him wished he knew why she was staring at him at the time. Then he realized maybe it was because his hair was white and he had gold colored eyes? I mean how often do you see a person walking down the street with bizarre colored hair and eyes that's now become your new natural colors? For Ryoga it didn't really matter because other than the pointed elf ears, the sharp looking claws and fangs, his abnormal looking eyes, and the wolf tail, he looked completely normal when he wore his disguise, for Ranma it was his silver-white hair that always drew everyone's attention to him and if wasn't that then it would be his little doggy ears on his head. At first it bothered him a little bit but then after their mother said that she still loved them no matter what they looked like he started ignoring the stares and the comments. Although the countless questions he got from the girls from their old school almost made his ears bleed. Plus he had to admit that Kagome sure did look cute when she blushed like that, infact other than Ukyo she was probably the cutest girl he had ever seen.

Ranma blinked, 'Oh great, now I'm starting to think like my brother.'

Ryoga smirked while finishing his rice, he wanted to tell Ranma that he heard what he just thought and that he was right about Kagome staring at him, but he decided to be the good little brother and stay out of his big brother's thoughts. He lowered his rice bowl then turned to his mother, "Hey mom, can I have another bowl of rice please?"

Nodoka smiled at her youngest son and set down her chopsticks, "Of course son?"

"Can I have another bowl too mom, please?" Ranma asked after finishing his first bowl.

"Yes of course dear." Nodoka smiled, "Ukyo would you hand me their bowls?"

Ukyo nodded, "Sure auntie." The brothers gave her their bowls then she handed them to Nodoka, after she refilled them with rice she handed them back to Ukyo, who handed them back to the boys. She almost dropped the second bowl when Ryoga's hand accidentally grabbed her own hand.

"Sorry about that Ucchan." Ryoga said with his cheeks turning pink.

Ukyo smiled and shook her head, "Th… that's okay Ryochan." She told him. She still couldn't figure out why she was so nervous whenever she was around Ryoga, they've known each other since they were kids and she was acting like a lovesick school girl again. Her hand still tingled where his hand touched hers, but truth be told she kinda liked the brief contact that they just had and was glad that it happened.

"What's up with those two?" Souta muttered under his breath, having seen the whole thing, but he shrugged his shoulders and resumed eating his meal.

"My, don't you two make an adorable couple." Kyoko spoke out, making the young teens blush.

Ukyo cast her eyes down at her lap, "We're not exactly a couple Mrs. Higurashi."

"Oh really?" Kyoko asked, the young chef nodded her head, "Well if you two were, you'd make an adorable couple, no doubt about it." She giggled.

"Kyoko stop it, you embarrassing my children." Nodoka told her, with a small sly smile on her face.

Ukyo turned redder when Nodoka called her one of her children, the youngest Saotome member chuckled softly, "Well I don't know about me but I know that Ucchan will make someone a great wife one day and that any man that Ucchan chooses to be with will be the happiest man in the world." He looked towards the cute chef next to him, his sapphire blue eyes gazing deeply into her own blue eyes, he gave her a gentle fanged smile, "I know I would be." He winked.

Ukyo's face turned a deeper shade of red, her first reaction was to slap him, not because she was angry at him for saying that but because it was her way with dealing with embarrassment, but she restrained herself, "Cut it out will ya? You're embarrassing me Ryochan."

"What? I'm just telling the truth." Ryoga said before resuming eating again, as did Ukyo.

Nodoka smiled behind her tea glass, Ryoga and Ukyo were becoming closer and closer, but she was really proud of Ukyo. Before they left Nerima she advised Ukyo to rediscover her femininity and that she was going to help her. The Saotome mother knew that Ukyo had a hard time after what Genma did to her but she told the young chef that she was too young to give up on love and that she'll find a man who love her and treat her right. In the short amount of time that they had, Ukyo had already won her affections and Nodoka had already begun treating the Okonomiyaki chef like a daughter she had always wanted. Infact Nodoka believed that she already has and that Ukyo did too, it was clear that she and her youngest son had already formed a special bond that was far greater than friendship. She couldn't wait until he proposed to her, then Ukyo will officially become part of the family.

Kagome's grandfather looked up from his meal, he had his eye one the eldest Saotome boy, "Excuse me Ranma, but why are you still wearing that hat at the dinner table?"

Ranma almost choked on his second helping of rice when he heard the old man ask that question, he didn't know how to answer that question because his mother warned him and Ryoga about the old man's obsession with evil demons and any other supernatural thing, "Uh… it's my… favorite hat. I got it while Ryoga and I were trained in China." He chuckled sheepishly, almost causing Ryoga and Ukyo to choke on their food.

"And I suppose those bandannas you and your brother wear, also came from your trip from China?" He asked.

Ryoga shook his head, "No actually we've had these since we were kids. Since Ranma and I are twins, this was our way of telling each apart, so to speak."

Kagome's grandfather grunted, "I don't know much about teenagers and their fashion statements but I still don't approve of hats or bandannas being worn at the table. So if you two will be so kind as to…"

'Knock, Knock!'

Everyone's attention was on towards the front door, the three Martial arts teens sighed in silent relief when they all heard someone knocking at the door, Kyoko stood up from the table, "I wonder who that could be?" She wondered as she went to answer the door. When she opened the door she found a young man dressed in black and purple robes holding a staff standing next to a young woman wearing a pink and green kimono who was holding a small five year old looking child and a cute looking cat in her arms, "Can I help you?"

Miroku cleared his throat, "Forgive us for interrupting ma'am but we're friends of Kagome and we just came to see her, if that's alright with you of course?" Sango and Shippo nodded in agreement.

Kyoko was a little taken back by this information, after Kagome didn't tell her that she was expecting company and she's never seen this group of friends before, then it occurred to her that these three must be her daughters 'other' friends, "Well we're having dinner right now but you're more than welcome to join us if you like. Friends of Kagome's are always welcome here."

Miroku gave the elder woman a smile and bowed respectfully, "Thank you for your generous offer Mi' lady."

Kyoko smiled, "Please come in."

The two teens from the past walked into the house and not a second after they entered Kilala picked up her little feline head and meowed excitedly, "Hmm, what is it Kilala?" Sango asked the little fire cat, but Kilala hopped out of Sango's arms and ran down the hallway.

"Maybe she smells Kagome." Shippo said.

"Well it would only make sense because this is where she lives." The demon-slayer pointed out.

"Kagome's in the dining room with the rest of the family. I'm sure seeing all of you here will cheer her up, follow me please." Kyoko led the three strange travelers to the dining room.

There they found Kagome holding a very happy two-tailed kitten as it was rubbing her little head on Kagome's cheeks, Miroku and Sango were just as happy to see their friend as the little feline was. They also spotted an old man, a little boy, and middle aged woman and three other teens with Kagome. Kagome was no doubt very happy to see Kilala though at the same time she was also confused as to why she was there, she looked up and saw her friends from the past, safe to say she was beyond awestruck.

"Sango? Miroku? Shippo? You're all here?"

Miroku smiled, "We all came to see you."

Sango nodded, "Because we missed you and we came to cheer you up. Of course we didn't know that you had company." She said referring to the Saotome's and Ukyo.

"Friends of your sis?" Souta asked his big sister.

"Excuse me but who are you people?" Kagome's grandfather asked.

"I'm sorry, forgive our rudeness. I am Miroku and this is Sango and Shippo, we're friends of Kagome's." He gestured to the young woman beside him and the little fox cub in her arms, "And you've already met Kilala, she belongs to Sango."

"Pleased to meet you." Sango bowed to their host.

"KAGOME! KAGOME, I MISSED YOU!!" Cried a crying Shippo as he jumped out of Sango's arms and onto Ranma's head, he launched himself towards into the young school girls' arms, unfortunately when he jumped off of Ranma's head, he also knocked the green military cap off of the cursed Saotome's head.

"Hey watch it kid!" Ranma yelled, completely oblivious that his hat had fallen off his head. The Higurashi's and Kagome's guest from the past all looked at him in complete shock while his family was terrified, "What?"

"Ranchan… your hat!" Ukyo said.

"My hat…?" Ranma lifted his hand to his head and took notice that his hat was missing, instinctively his hands went to his doggy ears even though everyone has seen them, (Oh… shit.)

(You can say that again brother.) Ryoga spoke telepathically to his puppy eared brother.

"INUYASHA!?" Everybody shouted in shock, save Ukyo, Nodoka, and Ryoga.

Kagome pushed herself to her knees, 'I knew it! He 'is' Inuyasha's reincarnation.' She turned to the other Saotome brother, 'Than that makes Ryoga Kouga's reincarnation.'

Ranma slowly removed his hands from his ears exposing his dog shaped ears once again, he cleared his throat, "Uh… I can explain all of this."

Ryoga placed a reassuring hand on his big brother's shoulder, and then he turned to the Higurashi's, "No, we can both explain." Ranma gave his twin a confused look, Ryoga smiled and shrugged, (Might as well show them because they're gonna find out anyway.) A smile came to Ranma lips and he nodded. Ryoga lifted both his hands and everyone watched as his fingernails lengthened into claws, after that he reached up pushed his bandanna up a little ways, exposing his sharp shaped ears. They just hoped that the Higurashi's family would take this better than the Tendo's did.

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A.N. Here's chapter ten, sorry for the wait. Haven't decided on a villain yet but working on it. Hope you enjoy it.