As I said before, here is the next chapter! I was wondering if anyone knew how I could upload some pics? I have drawings of what Ipo, Dayo and Juno look like...sigh, oh well. Read and enjoy!

I do not own Inuyasha and co, only my Oc's!


The TV was on the fuzz and had been the last hour. Mostly it wasn't a problem, expect Souta complained about missing his soccer games and gramps about his shows. 'Bunch of divas.' Kagome snorted as she looked at the two in question from her spot on the couch.

Ipo was on hold with the cable customer service people, while she watched the two males playing a card game. 'Whoever took the old man as a soap opera lover?' was her amused thought. She could almost see him, sitting on the edge of his seat, crying out 'No Angela! Don't go with him, that's Roderick, Johnny's evil twin!'

"Ma'am, you still on the line?" came a young female voice.

"Yah." Ipo nodded, though the woman couldn't see her.

"What seems to be the problem?"

"TV went out. It's been fuzz for about a day and we tried everything we could before calling." she answered, leaning forward to pluck a card from Souta's hand and set it on the table. Gramps gaped at it before looking at her, groaning about how she wasn't playing, so she couldn't help him.

"Is your TV plugged in ?" the customer service woman asked with an air of attitude.

Ipo paused in the middle of the room, eyes narrowed and an incredulous look on her face. 'Did she really just ask me that?' she pulled the phone back to stare at it, to the TV, a reading Kagome and Raichio then back to the phone. "Uh…excuse me?"

"I said, is your TV plugged in?" she asked again.

"I will fuckin' kill you." the young miko muttered, low enough that the woman on the phone couldn't hear her but those in the living room could. Kagome looked amused while Raichio…did not. "Yea, I unplugged it last night before going to bed. Ya know, ya can't trust those damn TV's to stay off at night. I like having to reset the fricking menu every morning."

"Ma'am, there's no reason to get an attitude." she told her in a snotty tone.

Ipo pulled the phone away to stare at it again before growing and slamming it on the receiver. "Woman's mental."

"She's not the only one." Kagome sang, shaking her head before going back to her text book. Ipo glared, muttering under her breath before plopping on the couch and snatch her books from the table. Raichio took the phone, shooting the irritated girl a look before going into the other room and try calling the cable people again.

"So, we got a big test tomorrow." Kagome hummed, not looking up from her book.

"That's right." Ipo agreed while nodding.

"You think you'll do ok?" chewing on the end of her pen, she looked at the other with furrowed brows.

Ipo shrugged with a hum and started chewing on her pen end as well. "It's sorta up in the air at the moment. What about you, think you'll pass?" now she looked at her sister.

"It's hopeless." Kagome sighed heavily, letting her head drop back and groan. "I don't understand anything!" she then cried. "We've been absent a lot and there's so much schoolwork…"

"Yah...but then, even if ya never miss class, it's still difficult to follow sometimes." Ipo reasoned then looked at her school notes and homework. "I hate math, I really do."

"Me to." Kagome huffed.

"But if you keep up and work hard, classes are fun, aren't they?" Souta voiced, lying his hand out with a grin. Again Gramps grumbled about life being unfair and bratty twelve year olds.

"Shush math geek." Ipo scowled, sticking her tongue out when he glared at her. He returned the gesture and thus started the tongue wars between sister and brother.

"It's hard to remember she's older." Kagome sweat dropped.

"Bite me Kags." Ipo threw over at her, without looking and turned her attention back to her school books. "Wonder if we can be 'sick' tomorrow?" she muttered.

"Not on your lives!" Raichio hollered from the kitchen.

"How does she do that?" Ipo looked toward that room with wide eyes.

"Years and years..." Kagome snuck a look at Souta. "And years of practice." he scowled back and stomped his way to the stairs and to his room. Smiling in amusement, she looked back to her school work then frowned. 'Math is out to destroy me.'

"Come have some lunch girls, then you can hit the books with renewed interest and energy." Raichio called from the kitchen as she set everything up on the table.

"I don't know about renewed interest." Ipo snorted as she set her books aside and stood. Kagome followed her example and the two girls headed for the kitchen. In the middle of the table, on a rag was a steaming pot of soup. Four bowls were situated in their spots, with spoons and a plate of bread.

"I'll get the juice momma, you can go ahead and sit down." Kagome smiled at her then wondered over to the cabinets to do as she said.

Ipo suck her head into the living room. "Gramps, Souta! Lunch!"

"Coming!" both called back and they could hear the shoes falls of Souta as he raced down the stairs. In 0.02 seconds, he appeared in the doorway and sniffed the air. "Soup…"sniff-sniff. "Chicken...no, beef."

Ipo looked at him, brows shooting into her hair and inched her head around to look at Raichio. "Ya sure he ain't a demon?" the older woman shot her a look before spooning herself some soup.


"So...what are we going to do about the dark priestess?" Sango asked when everyone had situated themselves for diner in Keade's hut. It was a subject they needed to discuss. If it was true and a dark priestess was after Kagome or Ipo, she wouldn't just go away.

"What can we do?" Juno looked over at her.

"Physically nothing." Keade voiced. "It is not us that this woman is trying to curse."

"Well yes, but there's got to be something we can do." Sango frowned, not liking the idea of just sitting around.

"We wait." Keade repeated firmly, looking at each person.

Shippou and Rin glanced at one another before scurrying away from the hut and away from the others. The adults had told them to go play, wanting to talk about the latest news. The two hated that the others did it, Ipo never made them leave. Wasn't it better that way, so they didn't think life all laughs, fun and games. Wasn't that why their mother had decided to train them, so they could be prepared for the cruel world. What was different with hearing about it?

"What are we going to do?" Rin murmured as she and the fox demon sat in a field close by.

"I dunno…I don't like this woman coming after okaasan or obasan." his leg shook in uneasiness.

"Me neither but what are we suppose to do?" Rin fidgeted in her spot.

"Nothing." they spun to the voice to see Sesshoumaru standing a couple feet back. "You do nothing."

"We're scared." she admitted in a quiet voice.

"Of what?" his brow cocked in question.

"What if the bad woman gets okaasan?" Shippou stood, moving closer to the demon lord. "Or obasan Kagome? It will hurt okaasan so much for something to happen to her."

"Both your obasan and okaasan are strong priestess, it will take a lot to harm them." he assured.

"But that doesn't mind they can't get hurt." Rin sniffed, trying to keep her tears at bay. The thought of even loosing the family she just got was a horrible one.

'I am no good at this comforting thing.' he sighed mentally. 'Granted,' the beast hummed in thought. 'But it is the point of trying that makes a difference.' the man sighed again, this time out loud but to low for the children to hear. "Nothing will happen to either."

"How can you be sure?" the kitsune asked and he fought the urge to growl, at being questioned. He's wasn't questioning the lords words, he was just worried.

"Because I will let nothing harm Ipo and I'm sure Inuyasha will do the same with Kagome." both stared at him, weighing his words until nodding. If Sesshoumaru said he wouldn't let anything happen to their okaasan, then nothing would happen.

"We believe you." he moved closer, Rin on his heel and hugged his legs. Needless to say, the lord was uncomfortable.

'Get use to it.' the beast snickered and he rolled his eyes. "Now, what did you hear while spying on the others." immediately, they looked guilty at being caught and looked away. His brow cocked in question. Where they trying to be sneaky?

"They were trying to decide what to do about the dark priestess but sobo said there was noting no one else can do." Rin explained.

"What do you know of this dark priestess?"

"Hmm, okaasan said that after they fought the sealer there was a snake like goul. I've heard of it before, a shikigami." Shippou looked up at him with large eyes.

'Shikigami. A demon spirit messenger.' he to had heard of them, nasty little things. It was mostly used to deliver curses to victims.

"Why would a priestess want to hurt another?" he wondered.

"Well, sobo said she was a dark priestess….so that would make okaasan a good priestess." Shippou nodded in agreement to Rin's conclusion. "Dark would want to hurt good, right?"

"Hn." Sesshoumaru eyes narrowed in his thoughts. A dark priestess had tried to curse Ipo or Kagome. Deep inside, the beast growled at the thought of anyone lying a finger on their Ipo. "Go back to the others and stay with them."

Both whipped around to stare at him, before nodding slowly. The look on his face was something not to argue with. Grasping hands, they headed toward the village with one last look to the lord.

As for Sesshoumaru, he looked toward the sky and let the sun wash his face with warm beams. He had heard of a dark priestess, one that was up for hire, no matter who sought her out. Not to mention the run in with the woman, one that happened not to long before Inuyasha was pinned to the tree.

She had been smug and so sure of her skills. She even, stupidly, attempted to curse him. Oh how naïve she had been then…and apparently she still was. 'Is this the same wench, does she dare to attack our mate?' maybe it was time for a visit, to see if it was the same dark priestess and put an end to her dismal life.


"Morning Kagome, Ipo!" the sisters looked over their shoulders to see Ayumi, Eri and Yuka jogging toward them.

"Morning!" they waved back with smiles, stopping outside the gate of the school.

"How are you feeling?" Eri looked Kagome over then Ipo with keen eyes.

"Er...fine...?" both answered with wary tone, wondering exactly what gramps had told them this time. "Why?"

"Well, your gramps said that you," they looked at Kagome. "Had the Flu and that you." now they glanced at Ipo. "Caught it."

"...oh." Kagome and Ipo blinked at them then looked at each other, a look that clearly stated the old man was losing his touch, exchanged between them. He actually gave them believable sickness. "We're fine...?" the comment came out more as a question then statement.

"Just a bug...we're good." Ipo agreed, waving their concern off. "Lets head to class...before we're late and I see Mr. Kauzo again." she then suggested.

"Oh, he'd love that." Kagome snorted.

"Don't I know it." Ipo rolled her eyes, glaring at the window that was the principals as she and the others headed toward the front doors. Other students littered the school yard, talking and laughing among themselves. When the Higurashi sisters came into view, all talking ceased and attention turned on them. "Uh...?"

"They heard about what you did to Yukia last time you here." Eri hummed as she fell into step with the outspoken girl. "They're a bit scared of you..." Ipo made a face. "I mean, you did give her a black eye, last of her injuries from you. It's all coming out."

"What is?" Kagome frowned, looking from her fellow classmates to her friends.

"Everything's that happened to Yukia...that Ipo caused." Ayumi was the one to answer with a smile and Kagome just shot her sister a look. The older miko never talked about it either. "She always lied about what happened."

"And the truth shall set you free." Ipo sang, clasping her hands with a grin.

"You...are so weird." Kagome muttered, opening the door to enter the building.

"Thanks sis!" she responded loudly, shoving her hands in the pocket of her light jacket.

"Ipo!" Akio and the string of girls she helped out this pass year jogged over, surrounding her like a sea of people. "We've been worried."

"About what?" she frowned.

"You." they chimed, blinking up at the sixteen year old.

"Me? Why me…something else happen?" her eyes narrowed as she searched the halls for Yukia.

"Well no, not like that but we heard you and Kagome got sick and when we tried to visit, your momma said you were to sick to see anyone."

Ipo snapped her eyes back to them, a look of shock on her face. "Y'al came to visit me?"

"Of course." they nodded.

"Awww, guys. That's sweet." she grinned, hugging them tightly. "But, we can talk later, got get to my locker and y'al to class, k?" they nodded again then skipped off, happily, toward class.

"Wow." Eri mumbled as the four walked to her side and watching the five laughing girls. "When did you start getting so popular?"

"Why do you sound so surprised?" she looked at Eri then Ayumi and Yuka.

"Not surprised, more like…cautious." Kagome answered for them and Ipo turned her eyes on her. "Well, you might be considered the queen B now and you know what that means."

"Fake friends?" a brow cocked.

"Yup." all four chirped.

"Well, that's why I got you four…to keep me grounded."

"Awww."


"Obasan Sango." Rin and Shippou ran into the village, up to the Inu-tachi that had gathered around outside.

"What's wrong?" she frowned, squatting to be closer to their height.

"We(pant)think(pant)inu-papa(pant)is going to do(pant)something." Rin told her.

"Do something?" Dayo looked toward the direction they came.

"Yea, he asked us some questions about what happened with okaasan and the shikigami then told us to come back here." Shippou answered then shivered a little. "He had a look, one that okaasan has when you know you shouldn't bother her."

"Hm." Dayo stroke his chin then turned to Sango as she stood. "I will go find him. He might be going after this dark priestess, if he has an idea of who it is."

"You think he does." it was more of a statement then question.

"Yes, I'll be back as soon as I can." leaning forward, he kissed her gently then ran off.

"Ok..." she looked at the kids then everyone else. "Who's ready for some lunch?"


Evil. There was a lot of it emitting west of Edo and it was where Sesshoumaru was headed. The stroll had started off casual, no real hurry since both miko's were on the other side of the well and safe, but then there was a second aura. An familiar one that made his demonic blood boil.

Naraku.

Was he behind this attempt on Ipo and Kagome? From the stories his little miko told him, of Narauk's devise ways, he would assume yes. These thoughts were what bought his trek into a fast speed and left him standing before a rickety old hut, surrounded by a aura, all sorts of powerful.

"Naraku." he growled lowly, eyes narrowing. Unsheathing Tokijin, he swung the blade toward the barrier, causing a rip to appear. It cracked along the entire barrier, until shattering and alerting it's caster to his presence.

'My barrier.' Tsubaki looked toward the door, standing slowly and moving forward. Cracking the door just a pinch, she peered outside, gasping when she seen who intruded in on her. 'Lord Sesshoumaru? What is he doing here?'

A dark chuckled echoed around the room and Tsubaki looked around then to her altar. The jewel...is was gone! "Naraku." she hissed in anger then turned back to the door. She had failed to do as he wanted but why take the jewel? Was he afraid that Sesshoumaru would get it? Why was he even here?

"Tsubaki." the demon called out in his usual monotone voice.

"Lord Sesshoumaru...what a surprise to see you again." she pushed the doors open to her hut to greet him.

"Hn."

"What brings you to seek me out?" she wondered with an 'innocent' look.

"You attempted to curse a miko not to long ago."

"Ah yes, the incarnation of that blasted Kikyo." she nodded in agreement.

'So, the curse was toward Kagome.' Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes in thought. He could leave, since this did not directly include his Ipo but then, it did indirectly affect her. 'Stop this before it can go any further.' if Kagome was cursed and made to hard others, she could do that to Ipo not be able to stop herself. It would Kill Ipo to have to hurt Kagome.

"You will not this fight for vengeance against this miko." his tone was firm, no-nonsense one.

"You...! You cannot tell me who I can and cannot curse." she hissed lowly.

"You will leave this miko alone." he warned, growling in anger at having to repeat himself.

"What does the reincarnation of Kikyo have to do with the great Sesshoumaru?" she sneered in an unattractive manner.

"It is not she that concerns me."

"Then who?"

"My motives are of no concern to you, wench." a hand raised, curved dangerously as his acid whip dripped to the ground. "All you should be worried about is your own life if you continue to defy me."

"We shall see." she smirked, the skin around her left eye crackles with the scar given to her by Kikyo so many years ago. "I am not the same the last time we met, Lord Sesshoumaru."

"It does not matter."

She began laughing, almost manically as the iris of the same eye glowed red, rays of light and a cloud of smoke bursting free of the eye. The smoke flew at Sesshoumaru, who dodged swiftly.

'She harbors demons inside her body...how disgusting.' the smoke settled a few feet before him, blocking his path to the dark priestess and solidified into a gigantic silver-purplish three-tailed fox. Dog and fox faced each other, the lather growling. "You are a sad excuse for a priestess, good or bad." grabbing Tokijin, he pulls the demonic blade free, the wind whipping around him in all his glory.(Can't you just picture it?) "Needing demons to fight your battles."

"Who are you, to be lecturing me?" she demanding, casting her hand toward him. The shikigami unwound itself around it's master and flew at the demon lord, mouth open and fangs glistening.

"Do you really think such an desperate act is enough to kill me?" he scoffed, catching the creature by the neck and crushing it. Then he jumped at the fox, slicing through it like air and watched, disinterested as it exploded into smoke once again and disappaited.

"You think that is all I have?" she laughed cruelly as her eye started to glow again. This time, a horde of demons flew straight from the eye to fill the sky, row after row of the creatures.

'So, she still had more demons inside her...' his hand tightened on the handle of his sword.

"Ebony Strike!" the orange light ripped pass Sesshoumaru, ruffling his clothes. The attack hit right on, killing a good chunk of demons. "Milord." Dayo ran to his side, sword pose, ready too attack again. "I can handle these lower life forms, if you wish to handle the dark priestess."

All he did was nod at the tiger demon before walking away, and toward Tsubaki. She stepped back, entering her hut once again. Stopping outside the hut, he delivered one kick to the building and it wobbled before falling outward and ripping the straw roof apart. It left the dark priestess open to his attacks now. Her face contorted angrily, the scar stretching to over more and spewed a fire ball at him.

Raising Tokijin, he deflected the attack then turned the sword sideways. A pale green-blue lighting started dancing, dangerously, down the blade. "Dragonstrike!" the wind tore through the area, the green light shooting into the air to form a bright white dragon in the backdrop before springing toward the dark priestess. It struck the ground, ever couple feet, tearing through it like it was nothing until striking his target.

Her cries of pain echoed through the forest, birds flocking from the safety of the trees. The horde that Dayo had been fighting paused before vaporize away into nothing. Looking around the battlefield with a blank look, Sesshoumaru replaced Tokijin then turned to leave.


Ipo stood outside her school, a bored look schooled across her features. Kagome would say to much time with Sesshoumaru. The young miko blinked at the girl, looked to Kagome, who shrugged, then back. "Really?" Kagome had been right, she was named the new queen B. unfortunately, with that sort of title, came drama.

"Yes really." snapped the girl opposite Ipo, Cho. She was what the Higurashi sisters liked to call, 'the school whore', hair to big, clothes to tight, make-up to heavy. Everything was just to much.

Ipo sighed, heavily and looked away for a moment. All she wanted was to just punch this chick in the face BUT, she promised Raichio she would try to do least fights. 'Why can't she be a demon?' her mind screamed.

"Ipo, we need to leave." Kagome voiced, trying to put an end to it.

"You need to shut up, Higurashi." she sneered at the black head and put a hand on her shoulder.

The next thing anyone knew, Cho was on her knees, crying out and Kagome-sweet, innocent little KAGOME!-had her arm held back at an odd angel. She was spending way to much time with Inuyasha and the others. "Do not touch me." then she shoved Cho back, turned and walked away.

Ipo stared at Cho a moment longer before looking after Kagome then running to catch up with her. "Wow Kags! ya went all grrrrr on Cho." she laughed, throwing an arm around her sisters shoulder. "You're my hero!" she then exclaimed, leaning her head to the others shoulder and batted her lashes.

Kagome grinned, shaking her head and thanked the kami's she had a sister like Ipo.