Chapter 12

Kagome had just been dropped off at the library when she noticed that she had forgotten most of her books at home. After realizing that this would give her a chance to find more books at the library, Kagome walked in and got her library card before she requested a room for Inuyasha and herself. After being told that it would be a while until a room was prepared for them, Kagome began to look for some different books to gather new information for her project. Just as she had walked into the room with five different books on the subject they had yet to research for Kagome turned around when she heard the door open and said, "I thought I told you not to keep me waiting."

"Feh, I had some things to do for my mother, got a problem with that?" Inuyasha growled out as he sat down and placed the books and copies he had brought with him on the table, along with her laptop and everything else she had bought at the mall the other day.

"Nice, but I found more books, the information we agreed we'd use I left at home." Kagome stated.

"Before anything, you are going to answer my questions…right? We did have a deal after all and I'm sure you would like to know what I meant by effects." Inuyasha growled.

"Yeah, alright…so do you want to go first or should I?" Kagome asked as she leaned into her seat.

"You go first since you have only one question to answer." Inuyasha stated as he began to lean back into his own seat.

"Alright…" Kagome stated with a smile on her face as she took in a calming breath before locking eyes with Inuyasha to ask, "Just what did you mean when you said that you wanted to make sure I didn't have any serious side effects."

With a grin on his own, Inuyasha leaned forward and answered, "Simple, I wanted to make sure you were alright and didn't get any other side effects, besides the fact that you got high last night, since you mixed your medication with alcohol."

"First of all how did you know I was on medication and secondly, I got high?" Kagome replied.

"Yeah…Ms. Princess of the monkeys, you got high since you mixed your meds with alcohol." Inuyasha answered with a devilish grin on his face.

"Oh god, please don't tell me that Miroku and Sango heard that." Kagome stated as she looked away to hide her growing blush.

"Feh, they heard you alright, you were on a light post, but anyway I'm sure Sango will fill you in once you call her later." Inuyasha growled.

"Alright…fair enough…but since I only got to ask one question, you only get one…so you better make it count?" Kagome replied.

'Trust me…I'll make it count alright.' Inuyasha thought as he took in a deep breath knowing that after this she would want nothing to do with him. Once he was ready to ask his question, Inuyasha locked eyes with her and asked, "Is your name really Lilith?"

With a smile on her face and knowing that her mother had allowed this, Kagome smiled and was glad that he hadn't worded himself so that she would have to go into detail Kagome kept her eyes locked with the inu hanyou and answered, "No,"

'Did she just…did she really just tell me the truth? Shit…if Kikiyo finds out she is going to think that I tricked her into it…shit.' Inuyasha thought as he just stared at her.

When he wouldn't say a word, Kagome rolled her eyes at him as she leaned back into her chair to add, "You're lucky that I trust you with this."

"With what?" Inuyasha growled out once the shock wore off. "If I remember correctly I helped you out before you got arrested."

"Yeah, and I'm still thankful. My name is Kagome Higurashi, I'm not Kikiyo's cousin I'm her sister and that's all I'm going to tell you…take it or leave it." She hissed out in a cold and emotionless voice.

"Fine…fair enough…now can we get to work?" Inuyasha growled as he relaxed a bit and began to look for the papers he wanted to show her.

"Just like that?" Kagome asked in a surprised voice.

"Just like that, you answered my question, just like I answered yours. It makes us even and if you don't want to talk about it than I won't force you…Ka-go-me." Inuyasha answered with a devilish grin on his face.

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean that you can start calling me Kagome in front of any one…especially my sister." Kagome warned.

"I cross my heart." Inuyasha whispered as he kept his eyes locked with hers.

"Alright…good…now let's get to work." Kagome stated as she looked away so that she could get her laptop and turn it on so that they could start working on the paper part of the project.

They had two months to finish it and knew that it would have to be good. It had to be a fifteen to twenty page paper and it had to be very detailed. Their presentation would not be due to be presented to the class until a week after their papers were due. Once they were done with most of the organizing part and once they had finished an outline for their paper, Kagome accepted Inuyasha's ride home. Inuyasha had just pulled up to her house with a smile on his face while Kagome laughed at the story she had just been told about how Sango and Miroku first got together. Once her laughter had died down, Inuyasha grinned and said, "Don't tell Miroku and Sango I told you that story, they'll kill me if they found out."

"Oh, don't worry, I'll protect you…I'm a big strong miko." Kagome teased with a grin on her face.

"Ha, ha, very funny…Lilith." Inuyasha growled as he pulled away from her and began to turn his car back on.

Before Kagome could ask him why he had called her that, Kagome took in a deep and calming breath when she heard her sister yelling at her and mumbling on as to why the hell she was in Inuyasha's car. Just as Naraku and Kikiyo had reached the car, Kikiyo glared at the inu hanyou in the car as she turned to lock eyes with her sister before asking, "What are you doing in his car?"

"He is my partner for the project in case you forgot, secondly he offered me a ride home and I said yes. I don't have a license yet so I figured it would be better for aunt." Kagome answered in a calm voice.

"I'll see you tomorrow at school Lilith." Inuyasha was heard before he drove off like a bat out of hell.

"God Kikiyo you didn't have to be so fucking rude." Kagome hissed out in anger as she began to make her way up to and toward the house with her things in hand. 'Damn it…and I still left everything in his fucking car.'

"I can and will be rude to him…I don't like him and I don't like the fact that your friends with him." Kikiyo hissed as she followed after Kagome only to stop when Kagome turned around to glare at her.

"Bad move baby." Naraku whispered into her ear as he pulled her into his chest.

"Are we really back to this Kiki?" Kagome asked in a surprisingly calm and sad voice. "Are we really back to you trying to be a second fucking mother to me when all I want is to get to know my sister?"

"Kagome, it's not that I'm trying to be a second mother, I'm just trying to protect you." Kikiyo whispered.

"I don't need your protection Kikiyo…I need your support…I need to know that you'll accept me for who I am now instead of trying to turn me into the same person I was when we were kids." Kagome whispered back before running back and toward the house.

"Uh…what am I doing wrong?" Kikiyo hissed out as she turned around to face her intended.

"Nothing, nothing…you just need to listen to her and trust her to make the right decisions…she needs a sister that will help her…not one that wants to protect her from the world." Naraku told her as he held her.

"I'm just so afraid of losing her again." Kikiyo answered as she held onto her boyfriend. "It's bad enough that she might leave soon…"

"What do you mean by that?" Naraku asked in a slightly worried voice.

"Nothing, I'll explain later…come on before we're late, we told everyone we'd be on time…remember." Kikiyo answered as she began to make her way toward her car.

After walking back into the house and letting her mother know that she was home, Kagome walked into the kitchen and grabbed the phone. Just as she was about to dial Sango's number, Kagome turned around when she heard her mother say, "Kagome dear can you come here for a minute?"

"Yeah, coming." Kagome answered as she placed the phone back where it belonged before walking into the living room to see what her mother needed her for.

"Kagome can you go and get your brother from his friends house…he has an appointment with the doctor and we can't be late. If I have to reschedule this they might not have an open spot until another month from now."

"Yeah, sure…where's his friends house?" Kagome asked as she began to look around for one of her brothers skate boards.

"He's at Kohaku's house, I think he said something about being one of your friends brother." She answered.

"Yeah, I'll be back…can Sango come over if they let her though?" Kagome answered as she found what she was looking for.

"Of course, just go ahead and call me before you three come home that way I'll know if she is staying for diner or not." Ms. Higurashi stated.

"Alright, I will…be back in a while." Kagome stated before walking out of the house and toward her friend's house.

After running down the stairs and down the side walk to have enough of a head start, Kagome got on the skate board and made her way toward her friend's house. Her mother had only let her tell Inuyasha the truth only because she was sure that she was starting to fall for him. As she made her way toward Sango's place, Kagome couldn't help but wish that she had her mp3 player. However she soon forgot all about it when she got to Sango's house only to hear loud music being played.

"Sounds like they're having a party…I'm going to be so mad if I wasn't invited." Kagome mumbled to herself before picking up the skate board and knocking on the door.

She didn't have to wait long for Sango to open the door with a glass of water in hand and a bat in the other. Before she could even ask her what the bat was for, Kagome couldn't help but glare at her friend when Sango grinned ear to ear as she said, "Well if it isn't my little monkey princess…and how are you doing today."

"Alright, alright, I get it, I should have known better and I should have called you when I woke up…can you drop it now?" Kagome hissed as she waited to be let in.

"Alright come on in…Sota…Lilith just got here…don't think you'll be able to hide out here anymore." Sango yelled as she moved out of the way to let her friend in.

"Hide? Sota what is she talking about?" Kagome asked as she turned around to face her brother.

"Um…" was all Sota said.

"Come on man, you were just telling me the other day how cool she was and how she had your back." Kohaku was heard.

"You just love to flatter a girl don't you." Kagome stated with a grin on her face.

"I try but seriously, you're going to help out my best friend right." Kohaku was heard in a calm and collected voice.

"Alright, I'm lost…Sango do you know what he is talking about?" Kagome asked as she turned around to face her friend.

"Sorry Lilith, but this is something Sota himself should tell you…so spit it out alright boy…you know you can trust her." Sango was heard as she walked pass Kagome and took a seat in the love seat by the TV.

"Uh…I hate going to go and see the damn psychiatrist. I don't want to go and I already told…my mom that I don't want to go but she won't listen to me. Besides, it never ends well anyway." Sota explained.

"Why are you going to see a psychiatrist in the first place?" Kagome asked.

When Sota wouldn't answer, Kohaku moved to sit on the other side of Kagome and answered, "It was the only way the court would let him off the hook, that and his dad requested that he be let go and that he would drop the charges if he would go to the psychiatrist for a group session once every two weeks."

"Why would his own father press charges in the first place." Kagome asked in a pissed off voice.

"That's what I said, but I guess…that's his moms and dads problems." Sango was head.

Sota looked up and locked eyes with his sister as he answered, "He pressed charges on me because he was convinced to put the charges in the first place by his mother when she saw me attack him with a knife."

'Holly shit…just how much am I being left out on.' Kagome thought as she leaned back into her seat and tried to come up with a plan so that he wouldn't have to go when he didn't want to. She was also trying to figure out if she should do the same thing to her father the moment she saw him…what kind of parent press charges on their kids anyway. She was piss and she was going to do something about it and she was going to do it soon.

With a grin on her face, Kagome smiled as she turned to face Sango with a grin on her face and said, "Sango, do you have a laptop?"

"No, but my brother has a desk top in his room." Sango answered it.

"What wicked things did you just come up with?" Kohaku asked with a grin on his face.

"Sota, do you know the name of the place you usually go to?" Kagome asked as she began to follow after Kohaku.

"Yeah, I also know the number but calling won't work, they have a security question that I can't answer so I can't really cancel the appointment." Sota answered.

"Lilith…I don't like the look in your eyes so you better start explaining." Sango was heard.

"Just trust me…your about to see what I have in store…but you three have to swear that you won't tell anyone that I can do this…I could get thrown in jail for this shit." Kagome stated as she opened the command control on the computer and the internet.

"Holy shit…you're a hacker." Kohaku whispered.

"Kagome…my dad is a cop…how are you going to get around the security and fire wall he has on the computer without being caught?" Sango asked in a worried voice.

"Uh sis…she just did." Kohaku mumbled with an open mouth.

"Wow…" was all Sota could say.

"This better be a onetime thing…where did you learn how to do this anyway?" Sango was heard.

"I'll answer any and all questions once I'm done…but Sota and I will still have to go home to make it look like we don't know a thing." Kagome answered as she began to open the wed page of the company.

"I don't want to get left behind." Kohaku was heard.

"Feel free…I'll come up with a story on the way back to my place…now everyone shut the fuck up because this just got complicated." Kagome stated.

And with open mouths, the three of them watched as Kagome not only canceled Sota's appointed for the day/evening but had rearranged their schedule and send out emails to all of the company's clients about the changes so that Sota wouldn't be dragged back to that place for the next three months. Once she was done, Kagome closed and cleared the history from the internet, closed the file and cleared all of the computers back up files before making it crash with the command prompt.

After doing all of this, Kagome turned the computer back on and made it look like new and exactly like it had been before she had messed with it. She had even managed to make it so that the history on the firewall was not deleted and that it had not reported a sudden crash. Once she was done with all of that, Kagome turned around to face the three that stared at her with open mouths before saying, "There, all done, now to get home to make this shit believable."