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April 10- Sibling Day
Kagome yawned as she walked down the stairs to the kitchen. While traveling, she looked around for her hanyou friend, who was supposed to be by today to get her back down the well. Not seeing him, she smiled as she sat down at the breakfast table. Ah, for once, a nice quiet breakfast.
"Mom! Have you seen my book for Japanese?! The teacher'll be steamed if I lose it!" her beloved little brother yelled as he ran downstairs to search the living room.
"What book is that, Souta?"
"Kwaidan!"
Kagome shuddered. She remembered that book. The Yuki-onna always had freaked her out and she kept praying that she wouldn't run into any such youkai traveling around with Inuyasha. Although, if it went after anyone in their little group, it'd probably be Miroku. He had a habit of being attacked by beautiful, deceptive demons, who usually turned out to be not so beautiful.
Finishing up a piece of toast, which had gone exceptionally well with her eggs and cheese, Kagome walked into the living room to see if Souta could use her help. "Hey, Sou-"
"Ah! Kagome!" Souta trotted over to her, now un-missing book in hand. "I need you to come with me to see my teacher today."
"Eh!? Why isn't Mama going with you?" Kagome stopped stressing and looked down at her little brother suspiciously, "What'd you do? Did you get in a fight? Fail a test?"
Rolling his eyes (quite noticably), Souta shook his head. "No, no, no. Mom can't come with me because she's going with Jii-chan to the doctor. Besides, it's just a meeting about what school I'm going to."
Kagome was shocked momentarily to find out that it was so late in the school year. Shaking it off, she queried, "But, don't you not need a parent to go? Isn't it just recommended?"
"Yeah, but the teacher gets kind of... angry when the parents don't show up. And he's scary enough without him being angry!"
"So, you're just being a chicken?"
Souta glared, "I am not a--"
"Okay, I'll try to come with you. When is it?"
"In, like, two hours."
--
Kagome squirmed on the small chair and glared over at her brother. "Do you realize how out of place I look? You owe me a bowl of Oden or something."
Banging his head against the wall, Souta groaned, "I figured that out now. There is no way this is going to work." Kagome looked on, amused, as the boy pulled at his hair, "That's the last time I listen to Jii-chan!"
She almost laughed out loud. This did sound like something Jii-chan would think of. She counted herself lucky Souta was old enough that she couldn't look like his mother. She just hope she looked enough like a high schooler to not get a truant officer or, worse, the school called.
"Higurashi."
After Kagome stood, the two siblings made their way towards the door to the teachers office. Kagome closed the door as they entered the room. She looked at the teacher who looked to be in either his late twenties or early thirties. Sitting down next to Souta (in another little child's chair), she waited for the man to look up from his papers.
"Higu-" Insert very slight pause here. "-rashi-san. This is not your mother."
Glancing at the poor boy, Kagome sighed. She hated to say it, but she'd told him so. Now they were probably both screwed, but not until her brother stroked out. Should she save him? Why not? She'd faced down with scarier demons before. "No, I'm not. I am listed as a guardian however, as of last year. I'm his sister, Kagome Higurashi."
Warning bells went off in Kagome's brain as the man's golden eye met with hers. He smirked and gave her the once over, "So you are, but I believe I was speaking to the boy."
The miko glared at the flippant dismissal. She'd show him! She wasn't quite sure what she was going to show him, but it was going to be something he wouldn't like. He was such a-- Was he just hitting on her?! Kagome blushed darkly, glaring at the teacher, as Souta began stuttering out his excuse. She waited for him to finish to add her two cents, "Yeah! Beside, Mama doesn't mind what we do, as long as we're happy." She completed the statement with a muttered "jerk."
"Higurashi, go complete the sheet you failed to turn in the other day while I talk to your... sister." Souta gulped, nodded, and took the paper. He moved to a desk near them and grabbed the pen resting at the top of the desk. Kagome looked back towards Souta's teacher and realized something. "I'm sorry. I don't believe I know your name."
He smirked, "Mr. Taishou." He shuffled through his papers, looking for appropriate forms and such. "You seem to care very much for your brother."
She took the pen and paper and began to read the sheet. "Yes. My family is very important to me and I feel horrible knowing I make them worry all the time."
She continued reading in silence and was reaching the end when Taishou asked, "Why would they worry?"
"Oh! I'm sick quite often and the illnesses follow quickly behind each other and tend to be somewhat serious." She signed the paper and smiled as she handed it back to him. "But because of that, Souta helps me out sometimes by asking my friends for their notes for me."
"Kagome." Souta groaned.
She grinned, "Right, right. No embarrassing you."
Souta came back over to Mr. Taishou's desk and handed him the sheet. He glanced at the schools Souta had chosen and nodded. "Fuujin is a good school. The curriculum is well-taught and well chosen. It isn't an elevator school, but you should be fine getting into a good high school if you so choose."
Grinning, Souta stood and bowed, shocking Kagome. He left the room as she began to stand. She'd ask her little brother about that later. She nodded her head towards him and as she reached the door she heard him. "Tell Inuyasha I said hello."
"EH?!" Spinning around, the miko gaped at the now obviously similar-looking taiyoukai. "Sesshoumaru-sama? Is that really you?"
He looked down at her, taking her hand after he crossed the room, "Do you know?"
Kagome tilted her head, "Know what?" Kagome heaved a heavy sigh, "Oh, dear God, Inuyasha is going to have a coronary when he figures this out. And what would the old you (or is it young?) say when he smells you on me?! Oh God, he'll kill me!"
Sesshoumaru shook her lightly, getting her to calm down. "I don't think you'll have to worry about that." And wouldn't you know it, the first time Kagome saw an expression on his face other than disdain and other similar emotions, she wouldn't understand it.
She gave his a suspicious glance, "You all ready know what's going to happen, don't you?" He said nothing, but she could tell he did by the smirk on his face. She glared and pushed his hands away, "I'm leaving now."
So much for her plans of finality and getting the last word. As she closed the door, he called out, "See you soon, Higurashi-san."
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Sesshoumaru, the familiar, feudal era version we all know and love, was sitting down by the well. His new hanyou chair, who was currently cursing him out in ways that would make even the most seasoned of sailors blush, made him sure that the girl he was currently waiting for would be back to him through the well soon enough.
She didn't know he was here, but after years of waiting and working towards this goal, he wasn't about to wait any longer and give either her another chance to get away or anything else to throw his plans another curve ball.
A flash of blue light and she was there. She was calling out questions as she climbed up the well, "Inuyasha? Are you alright? Are you up there? Why didn't you come eat dinner with us? You're-- Oh."
Irked, Sesshoumaru noticed that Kagome didn't look very suprised to see him. In fact, when she noticed him, all the tension worrying over Inuyasha's predicament left her. Now, while the Taiyoukai didn't find this a bad thing, he was also irritated that she wasn't afraid of him. (At least, since he hadn't yet given her any reason not to be afraid.)
She grinned at the two Inus, both of which were glaring. "Oh, Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru told me to tell you he said hello."
A/N: Ah, bet you thought it was going to be all about Inu versus Sesshy, didn't you? Well, it was. . Then I was like, Oh yeah! Kagome has a brother! I swear I think with blinders on. Anyway, we're a third through at this point (yay!).
Oh, I'm gonna do some plugging and say you should read SunsetMiko's stories. She got a rainbow of different stories. Funny ones, angsty ones, confusing ones, long ones, and short ones.