InuYasha

A Gangsters Paradise

Chapter 13

Settling In

December 16, 2017

Toga Taisho gave Kagome directions to his house that he shares with his boys and is the main base of operations for his gang, otherwise the car ride was pretty silent. Kagome had to readjust Sesshomaru's car set up being that she was much shorter then her tall boyfriend.

"Here we are." Taisho said as he leaned up and pushed a button on the dash opening up the front gates automatically for them to drive through.

Kagome marveled up at the mansion in front of her as she made her way around the the center fountain to stop in the parking area where Taisho was directing her. She put the car in park, turned it off, then got out just staring up at the beautiful home of the Taisho. 'And we live in an old shrine of Grandfathers.' she thought amazed.

"Come along young lady." Taisho said about ten feet away from the car where he stopped and looked back at her cause she wasn't moving.

"Right coming sorry." Kagome said as she opened the back door and pulled out her stuff, hesitating for a moment then shrugging she put her gun in its normal place in the middle of her back under her shirt. The gun itself was still empty but it was awkward to just carry it around in the open. She shut the door hooking the car keys on a belt loop then ran after Taisho.

They walked through the front door pausing only when a guard of the house stepped forward running a wand around her to find any weapons he moved back with his hand on his gun when the wand alarm went off.

"Wait it's empty see..." Kagome said as she pulled the gun out handle first with two fingers showing the guard the empty handle where the magazine was supposed to be.

"Leave her be, she's living here now." Taisho said from the stairs, he had assumed that the guard would let her pass since she was walking in with him so he had kept walking.

"Yes sir." the guard said as he relaxed his stance removing his hand from his gun. He watched her place her gun back in it's holster with relative trained ease and he wondered about her.

"Come along Kagome the rest of them will leave you alone lets get you a room." Taisho said glancing around at the rest of the men showing them that they had better heed that as an instruction and not a suggestion.

"Coming Mr. Taisho." Kagome said as she made her way across the huge entry way over to the stairs.

"Kagome please call me Toga or Taisho but not Mr. Taisho..." Taisho said as he shook his head at the girl and continued up the stairs with the men below watching her curiously. No one was allowed to call their boss Toga so what gave this girl the privilege she was obviously underage so who is she?

"Yes sir...uhm...Taisho." Kagome said nervously as she followed him up the stairs.

"You'll get the hang of it. This is Inuyasha's room." Taisho said as he topped the stairs and tapped lightly on the door as he passed.

Naturally with the tap on the door about the time Kagome was walking by the door opened and Inuyasha popped his head out raising an eyebrow at her curiously. She pointed in front of her at Taisho who was just coming up to the next room.

"And this is Sesshomaru's room." Taisho said as he tapped lightly on that door as he passed.

"Humph..." Inuyasha huffed then shut the door irritated.

Kagome rushed to catch up with Taisho when the second door opened curiously as his warm amber eyes met hers she stopped and stared up at him. "Hello again." she said softly as she took another step closer.

"Welcome to our home." Sesshomaru said as he looked down into her beautiful blue eyes with his warm amber then he heard tapping down the hall which caused him to turn and look at the next room which had Taisho standing there staring back at them with the door open.

"Ah... uhm is that one mine then?" Kagome asked as she turned slightly pink.

"If you had kept up with me my dear you would have known that." Taisho said with a raised eyebrow.

"And if you hadn't been knocking on everyone's door she wouldn't have been stopped twice." Inuyasha said slightly irritated as he stepped out of his room with what looked like laundry.

"Ah yes well I guess I could have just pointed but you all needed to welcome her home." Taisho said as he stood there with his arms crossed.

"Uhm hum...What ever you say father." Inuyasha said as he shook his head then headed down the stairs with his laundry basket.

"Uhm... do you need laundry taken care of Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked curiously as she looked up at him wanting to help if he needed laundry done.

"I wasn't here and wearing normal clothes so no, but thank you for asking." Sesshomaru said as he leaned down and kissed her forehead lightly.

"Welcome..." Kagome said embarrassed then turned and walked quickly to the next room and looked in curiously to see a gorgeous bed room suite of mahogany with lovely sakura petals carved into the wood and painted red and white. The room was quite large in itself with a huge walk in closet, dresser, chest of drawers, full size bed, night stand on both sides of the bed, and a desk under one of the two windows overlooking the back yard. "This place is lovely Taisho." she said as she turned back to look at him.

"Why thank you." Taisho said with a huge grin on his face. "I do suggest you try to get clothes from your mother or we will have to buy you some." he said motioning to the few clothes she had with her. While in the hospital Taisho had bought her a couple of pairs of shirts and pants cause she couldn't just wear the same thing all the time.

"Right." Kagome said as she looked down at the small arm full of clothes she had. She looked over at the laundry basket and place all the clothes in it to be washed. Then she pulled her phone out of her purse and called her home.

"Hello." a male voice said once he had picked up the phone.

"Hello I'd like to talk with mom please." Kagome said pleasantly as she looked at Taisho still in the door way waiting to see if they needed to go get her clothes or go buy her new.

"THEN BRING YOUR ASS HOME GIRL!" The voice yelled and slammed down the phone.

The voice had been so loud that Kagome had pulled the phone from her ear and Taisho had heard it he watched as Kagome locked her phone and put it back on her side sadly. She was humiliated and refused to look up at Taisho so she turned and walked over to the window to look outside.

"Do not worry Kagome I'll take care of anything you need." Taisho said then walked away.

"Kagome are you alright?" Sesshomaru asked tentatively as he walked slowly into the room and over to her.

*Sniff, sniff* "I'm fine..." Kagome lied as she even refused to look back at Sesshomaru and she wiped her cheeks trying to stop the flow of the tears.

"Don't shut me out Kagome." Sesshomaru said as he stepped up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist holding her to him.

"My father won't even let me talk to mom..." Kagome said sadly as she turned around and buried her face in his chest holding him.

Sesshomaru gritted his teeth as her arm graced across the lowest wound on him the one that caused him the most trouble. "Kagome things will work out he will come to his senses." he said trying not to sound in like he was in pain.

"He's a stubborn old goat." Kagome said as she pulled back just enough to look up at him and she saw him grimps slightly. "Oh I'm so sorry your wound..." she said letting go quickly and tried to pull away from him.

"I'm fine." Sesshomaru said as he held onto her net letting her pull away from him.

"You're not fine Sesshomaru you were shot several times almost a week ago..." Kagome argued with him as she looked up at him like he was crazy.

"I'm alive, breathing, and holding you. I'm fine." Sesshomaru said as he hugged her tighter and kissed the top of her head.

Kagome smiled lightly as she wrapped her arms around him again taking care to not hurt him again placing her arms lower around his waist. "I do love you." she said softly as she laid her head back down on his chest.

"And I love you Kagome." Sesshomaru said as he rubbed her back lightly.

"Alright I have Inuyasha to take you to the mall to get you anything you want or need. Being a woman I'm sure you need several things that you will not find in this bachelors house my dear." Taisho said as he walked back into the room.

"Inuyasha agreed to that?" Kagome asked curiously as she looked around Sesshomaru over to his father Taisho.

"Of course. I know he's had some issues this past week, but he will treat you properly." Taisho said as he waved her out of the room to join him and Inuyasha.

"For Sesshomaru who seems to think so highly of you I shall judge you on your actions not that of your fathers, we can't choose who our fathers are." Inuyasha said once she walked out of the room and looked at him curiously, she caught the glance that he had given his father.

"Very well my friend, lead the way." Kagome said brightly things weren't back to normal but he wasn't so belligerent at the moment.

"Here Kagome take this." Sesshomaru said as he handed her his card it was linked to the family account so it had the full funding needed behind it for her shopping trip. "Anything you want get it." he said as she took the card from him.

"Let's not get too carried away, she may want to buy a house and a car." Inuyasha said and laughed as he turned around and walked away down the hall way to the stairs.

Kagome smiled and leaned up and kissed Sesshomaru lightly. "Thanks." she said softly then followed her long time friend.

They left the house and made it back to town going to the mall, with school still in session it was very quiet at the moment. "Inuyasha, unless you want to walk around with a woman shopping you may want to go watch a movie. I'll meet you back here around 3." she said with a smile as they walked into the mall.

"I've got some things to do anyway." Inuyasha said then stalked off the way all men do when women want to do clothes shopping.

Kagome for her part started shopping purchasing some of the winter things that were still on clearance, then some summer clothes that were just starting to hit the shelves, she bought some sleep wear, underwear, socks, shoes, a couple of date appropriate dresses with a pair of shoes that could go with either, feminine products, a new book bag, lap top with bag for school, school uniforms cold weather and warm weather, and lastly she bought her bath supplies including her hairbrush with some hair pins.

Kagome looked down at all the bags she was carrying slightly ashamed she hadn't intended on spending this much but everything she bought she needed, well she could have probably dealt with just less clothes but they had, had such good deals she couldn't help herself she rationalized it out that she would have gotten less for the same price had stuff not been on sale or clearance.

"Good grief woman did you buy a whole store?" Inuyasha asked as he came around the corner to find her standing there looking down at all the bags then noticed a back pack that was full too, she had obviously stuffed anything she couldn't carry in it to lighten the load in her hands.

"It was good deals..." Kagome said embarrassed as she looked over at him.

"Well come on hand some of it over." Inuyasha said as he held out his hands to take the rest of it and carry it out to the car.

"Thanks." Kagome said as she handed over half the bags left in her hands to him. She was glad the bags with unmentionables she had put in her new back pack including some skimpy night clothes.

"Lets go." Inuyasha said as he started out of the mall towards his car wondering if all this stuff would even fit in his trunk. Luckily the only thing that didn't go into the trunk was Kagome's new laptop for school which she had placed in it's own carrying case.

"Inuyasha." Kagome said once they were on the road back to the Taisho residence. "I really didn't know Sesshomaru or you were Taisho until I met your father in the Hospital." she said once she was sure she had his attention.

"So my father tells me." Inuyasha said as he just continued driving.

"We've been friends for years Inuyasha, do you think of me as an evil person?" Kagome asked curiously as she looked over at him wanting to see his reaction.

"No, I don't think you are an evil person." Inuyasha said softly as he continued to stare straight ahead.

"How did you know I was a Higurashi anyway?" Kagome asked curiously and this time she saw a sideways glance over at her.

"I followed the men who had attacked us watched the Higurashi shrine for hours, I was about to leave when you came up the stairs crying I believe." Inuyasha said as he returned his attention to the road.

"The night of his birthday, when I thought he had stood me up? I had waited for him at the restaurant for him to show up till about 11 that night I was escorted out so they could close. I hadn't even heard about a fire fight. And how did you know I was a Higurashi and not just some silly stood up girl going to the shrine to pray?" Kagome asked curiously looking at him wanting an honest answer.

"I...I...just assumed with it being so late and it being the Higurashi shrine you were a Higurashi..." Inuyasha said with a shrug.

"Guilty by association..." Kagome said then turned her head to look out the window at the scenery going by.

Inuyasha glanced at her curiously for a moment then hit the button on the dash for the gate to open. "I'm sorry, I didn't think it out very well." he said softly barely audible as he parked the car right in front of the door to the mansion.

"Thanks." Kagome said softly as she smiled over at him then got out of the car. The two of them carried everything up to her room so that she could put it all away. She walked into her room to find a pile of papers on the desk she walked over and put her bags down curiously looking at all the homework she now had to work on from this past week that the school had finally sent over. "Oh wow that's a lot of work..." she said to herself as she shook her head.

"At least we've got the week end to try and get it all done." Sesshomaru said as he stopped in the door way as Inuyasha walked back out intent on moving his car back into its proper parking spot.

"I don't think there is any way we can catch up in just a week end." Kagome said as she looked back at him.

"One subject at a time my dear that's all we can do. If we get it all done great if not they will have to wait for it." Sesshomaru said with a slight shrug, one he regretted instantly as his shoulders twinged.

"Dinner." was called from down stairs and Kagome looked at all her stuff still laying there in bags and shrugged. She walked over to Sesshomaru and smiled as she closed her door then began walking down the hallway with him. She stopped at the stairs and motioned for him to put one arm over her shoulder and the other on the rail.

"And you think you can catch me if I fall?" Sesshomaru asked with a small smirk.

"Well maybe not but with my added stability perhaps we will not have to find out that answer for sure." Kagome said as she grabbed his arm and began leading him down the stairs slowly.

"Come along Sesshomaru fathers already called for us." Inuyasha said sarcastically as he walked by the bottom of the stairs noticing that Kagome was helping his older brother down, wondering how long his pride would let such things happen.

"Silence Inuyasha, I'll be there presently." Sesshomaru said irritated as he glared at his younger brothers disappearing form.

"He's just messing with you." Kagome said with a small giggle.

"He's an idiot." Sesshomaru said simply as they made it to the bottom of the stairs.

"Awe don't be like that, that's how he shows he cares. He's glad your alive so he's messing with you." Kagome said as she smiled brightly up at him. She let go of his arm so he could walk into the dinning room on his own, actually there was a second motive she didn't know where it was so she was going to have to follow his lead.

"He can show that some other way." Sesshomaru said with a sigh as he walked down the hall to the dinning room then stepped in holding the door for her.

"Ah Kagome good, after dinner we will give you a tour of the house and grounds." Taisho said as he motioned to a chair for her to sit down.

Kagome looked at Taisho and Inuyasha standing at the table then walked over to the chair he had indicated for her and was surprised to find Sesshomaru pulling it out for her. "Thanks." she said softly with a smile as she sat down and scooted up to the table. Then the guy's all sat down in their seats Taisho was naturally at the head of the table, Sesshomaru was on his right with Kagome beside him, then Inuyasha was on his left. 'How in the world is this a gang? They are all so sweet in their own ways.' She thought as she watched them all get comfortable.

They ate in relative silence until Taisho spoke about halfway through the meal. "Sesshomaru have you done any of your school work yet?"

"Yes but not much of it there is a lot to do." Sesshomaru said as he looked over at his father. His father had forbid him from leaving school early because in doing so would alert everyone to Inuyasha's heritage as a Taisho. So Sesshomaru was to finish school and not be seen publicly as part of the Taisho until Inuyasha's graduation, he was to work behind the scenes.

"Very well once everyone is caught up with their work you two can start the outreach program you mentioned Kagome." Taisho said then took a sip of his drink.

"Great." Kagome said chipper as she smiled over at Taisho then Sesshomaru.

"Outreach program?" Inuyasha asked confused as he looked between the three of them there was something he missed and he wasn't quite sure what it was. Inuyasha for his part didn't have as much homework as the other two since he did continue going to school per his fathers orders.

"Had you not been so belligerent in the hospital maybe you would know." Sesshomaru said with a raised eyebrow at his younger brother.

"Sesshomaru, his anger unjustified was understandable." Kagome said softly as she laid a hand on his then looked over at Inuyasha to see him glaring at Sesshomaru. "Are they always biting at each other?"

"Hum...yes unfortunately it seems to be a favorite past time of theirs. Anyway perhaps you should fill Inuyasha in on what he missed Kagome." Taisho said as he pushed his plate away and motioned for her to explain.

Kagome shook her head at the two boys then began. "When I was 6 my father set up a legal side of our normal business to help those on our turf to get back on their feet finding them suitable work, giving them a place to stay in workers quarters, paying them wages, so they could get a place of their own. Its a program I begged for to help people that were homeless or barely keeping a roof over their heads by neglecting food or medications." she said with a sweet smile over at Inuyasha.

"And you are starting something similar on our turf?" Inuyasha asked as he glanced over at his father.

"Yes, I had always wondered how the Higurashi turf had less homeless, sick, and frail. That and the people are severely loyal to Higurashi, I've not been able to move into his territory because of that. I'm assuming that's why he's been able to stay on par with us all these years. Putting all that aside the people in our area are suffering with all those things too, homelessness, sickness, frail, and barely getting by. We can't afford to let that continue with the Gumo obviously trying to gain a foot hold on all of our territories and trying to start wars between us."

"Wars? Not just my father's insanity?" Kagome asked curiously as she looked at Taisho.

"Oh no, that nonsense at the club several weeks ago is part of the Gumo's handy work too." Taisho said with a sigh. "He has targeted us as the strongest, which we are, and is trying to pit the others against us like we did Bankotsu so long ago." he said as he tapped his fingers on the table showing his irritation if only slightly.

"How can I help?" Sesshomaru asked curiously even he hadn't known this he knew that the Okami had blamed the Taisho for stepping on their turf but he didn't know that it was fabricated by the Gumo.

"Stay out of it Sesshomaru I can handle this, I've handled worse remember that. Besides Inuyasha has another year to graduate, if you come out as a Taisho before then he will be in grave danger, especially if the other two revert back to their old ways now knowing that I have Higurashi's eldest here with us." Taisho said with a sigh again as he looked at his son seriously.

"I've made your life worse haven't I?" Kagome said sadly as she looked down at the table.

"Nonsense dear girl. The Gumo have started all of this and I plan on putting an end to it as soon as possible." Taisho said with a smile over at the young girl he hadn't intended on telling them all of that info but it was nice to get it off his shoulders if only for a brief moment. "I just want you all to be aware and on guard at all times, the rules put in place 18 years ago may go out the window with the Gumo pushing hard trying to wiggled their way into our areas."

"It's getting late father and Kagome still has to put her stuff away." Sesshomaru said as he looked out side noticing it was starting to get dark.

Taisho turned and looked outside as well then over to the time clock. "That's a surprise." he said with a smile. "We don't normally sit here this long. Very well I believe our tour will have to wait until tomorrow my dear." he said politely.

"No problem, thanks." Kagome said and began to stand up and she laughed lightly when the three of them stood up quickly. "You are all so sweet." she said warmly as she nodded to them then pushed her seat back up to the table.

"I'll be up momentarily Kagome." Sesshomaru said as he leaned over and kissed the side of her head then watched her leave to go back up stairs. "Now that she is here, and Inuyasha made such a huge stink about her being a Higurashi in the hospital how will we keep her safe?" he asked curiously of his father.

"I've been wondering the same thing son. The two of you for now will just have to stay close to her to make sure that those old hatreds don't unleash on the poor girl." Taisho said as he glanced between the two boys.

"There must be something more we can do?" Sesshomaru said as he continued to stare at his father.

"If you have a better idea, I'm all ears but until then she's to be with one of you at all times." Taisho said with a sigh looking at the boys again then walked out of the room when neither of them could come up with something different to do.

"I never thought me trying to protect you would put us all in a bind..." Inuyasha said sadly as he looked over at his elder brother.

"You never did think before you acted. Not only did you put us in a bind you divulged to an entire rival gang her identity and if we have any traitors in our mist that identity could now be in the Gumo's hands." Sesshomaru said agitated with his younger brother.

"I didn't think that far ahead ok. Her family hurt you, actually they nearly killed you, I didn't want her near you in a position to finish the job alright!" Inuyasha said angrily as he glared up at his brother across the table.

"Perhaps you should think that far ahead Inuyasha, you'll graduate next year you'll be in the middle of all this in a little over a year. I am grateful for your concern but you need to grow up little brother before you get one if not all of us killed." Sesshomaru said then turned and left the room angrily before he decided to drag his brother across the table and beat him.