Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or its characters, that right belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Nor do I own Diabolik Lover or its characters, that right belongs to Rejet.

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Kagome sat there on her bed, staring at the blank page of her diary. School had started two weeks ago. And since the first day, Kagome had felt watched. It was somewhat disconcerting. Yuka, on the other hand, was relishing in it like she knew her friend would. And Kagome had been right about Yuka openly chasing the boys, all of them!

With a sigh, Kagome put her pen to the paper and began to write.

Well, what can I say? It has been hectic since I started my first year of high school. The classes are fun and challenging. The teachers are relatively friendly. Give or take the three I had met on my first visit to tour the school. Out of all of them, I feel the strongest connection with the Science teacher. He is hilarious and full of mischief. Reminds me of a small fox I once saw in the country as a child. How it would always look around before doing whatever it wanted. Aggravating the farmer to no end via stealing random things, startling and scaring the chickens, and outfoxing the hounds.

At this, Kagome paused in her writing and snorted in humor at her unintentional pun. Giving a small shake of her head, Kagome went back to writing in her diary.

Here is a disturbing fact I realized my first day at school. There is a Sakamaki in all but one of my classes. And a Mukami as well. Of course, since Yuka is in all but one of my eight classes, I have an excellent barrier to help deter the boys. Again, Ewww! I have some peace of mind. Though some of the other students make me feel the same as the boys, as mentioned above, it was rather intriguing, and I want to know what it is about these specific people that make my skin crawl?

Either way, I know that right now, I am going to keep doing my best. It is already the middle of April. And I cannot believe that the two weeks have come and gone by so quickly! And if, and I do mean if, I can keep up with my chosen class load, I will graduate in two years instead of four like it was planned out. I know I will have my duties here at the Shrine, but I want to go into the medical field and help people. What branch I have no clue. One that would be able to be run on the Shrine's land, without tainting the sanctity of it, of course.

Pausing again, Kagome looked at what she wrote — amazed that she was thinking about her future and where she wanted it to go. Kagome knew that her father died in a car accident when she was six. I barely remembered him. Though she did recall that her father died because there weren't enough doctors on duty and none specialized in dealing with ruptured organs for the surgery. It had been a dark and sad day for her. He left her with the responsibility to take care of her mother, who was pregnant with her little brother.

Tapping her pen to the paper at recalling that, Kagome also knew her dad was RN and helped at a local clinic that was holistic in their views. Using only ancient natural remedies, nothing synthesized. It was something that began to fascinate her when she started to become more driven in her school life and duties at the Shrine. Then she began to write again.

Well, whatever I decide to choose, I know that I will succeed in it. And make not just myself proud of my choice, but those who know me best. Though I have a feeling now that I am going to be seventeen this July, that grandpa wants me to consider marriage. Seriously, he is not the least bit subtle about this stuff! I have no interest in dating, and boys are just playing stupid.

A point in case the Sakamaki and Mukami's. The one called Laito doesn't seem to get it. Has taken to giving me the nickname Little Birdie which is ironic and lame. The Kanji for my name isn't for Caged Bird but rather Lost Child, which is a different topic altogether that I don't want to get into. Then there is Liato's older brother Reiji, who I think has a permanent stick up his butt. Man, I want to tell him that too, but I was raised better than that. Again, Mama always' knows when I am rude to someone.

The rest of the Sakamaki's are rather forceful as well. Each in a different manner. The two that stand out to me are Shuu, who is the eldest of that bunch, and Kino. They are so quiet that it startles me. Kino seems to be the friendliest of the bunch so far, but I am not trusting that. My gut tells me that it is just an act. An act to get me to lower my guard. I do have a little brother and have learned a lot.

As for the other four, the Mukami's, I instantly knew who Kou was. One of Yuka's idol boys's. Personally, this is between us, that he is a pretentious, arrogant brat. Seriously! I about smacked him two days ago with his outright demand of me submitting to him as he was my better. His older brother Yuma grabbed him and hauled him off. The look he gave me was a mix of what could be fear? And anger. Either way, not my problem. All I want to do is study and get on with my life; I do not need a distraction by the opposite sex!

Slamming her pen to put the dot at the end of her exclamation point, Kagome realized that she was worked up again over the confrontation with Kou. People like that did piss her off. They were all human, alive, and deserved to be treated with respect. It was just a minimum for interacting with others. No one was better than anyone else.

Groaning as she saw the clock, Kagome put the pen back in its holder and closed her diary. Staring at the pink cover, she shoved it under her pillow and laid down. Her blankets pooled down around her waist as she stared up at her ceiling. Mind spinning around in circles. With a violent shake of her head, Kagome lifted her hand and clapped them to turn off the small lamp on her writing desk. Ready to go to sleep for the night.

Blue eyes met Jade as a feminine huff filled the silence in the office. No one wanted to speak up. Each had the same thing on their minds, Kagome, and the brood of their fifth member. The said member who was conspicuously absent at the moment. The last two weeks had been long and tiring. And only two days ago, there had been a rather brief, sharp spike of pure, holy energy that none of them wanted to be released just yet. Their mission was to keep Kagome Higurashi safe and unawakened to her spiritual powers for as long as possible.

The moment the damn jewel woke, the world would descend into chaos and war. And this time, the humans would decimate the few demons left in the world with their machines of mass destruction. Reminding them that Kagome had told them snippets of what her future was like. To live and see the past turn into the future, their present was both fantastic and genuinely terrifying.

"If this keeps up, we won't be able to stop it."

All three at the table turned to look at their fourth pack member, their leader. Sesshomaru was correct. Then again, the jewel would wake up, but they wanted to keep it asleep as long as possible. Making sure she never fell down that well was hard. Of course, after a few tries, they had gotten it right. They were taking two of them staying at the bottom of the well and keeping the damn thing from allowing Mistress Centipede to sound like a cat and draw Kagome in and pull her to the past.

"Yeah. But Kagome is in the studies class for those who come from old families that have shrines," Shippo spoke up. "And if she is guided through it to the end of the semester, then you know she will awaken her powers. At least it will be on her terms and ours."

This had a soft John came from Sesshomaru, while the other two nodded their heads in agreement. If they could never let the damnable jewel awaken at all, it would be best. But it was just as alive as Kagome, and they were.

"The other problem is that Kagome has always drawn our kind to her like bees to honey," Kouga spat. "And while I have told my clan members to be nice, protect and befriend her because she is special, that doesn't mean they don't feel the pull of power."

"Dear, that isn't the issue. It is Karlheinz and his brood," Ayumi said, her voice soft and soothing. "And they aren't leaving her alone. They are all trying to take a bite out of her. And with her just rejecting them, not knowing that she is playing hard to get, make them want Kagome all the more."

The sound of the door opening had any comments being held back as they all turned to look at the man who entered. He blinked his golden eyes and looked a bit startled before putting an easy-going smile on his lips and closing the door.

"Well, shall we begin our weekly meeting?" Karlheinz asked, sounding just as smug as ever.

It was a rare occasion indeed when all eleven of them were gathered together in one room and not trying to kill each other. And this was one of those rare occasions. They all sat there in the billiards room of the Sakamaki Mansion glaring at each other. And the reason they were all gathered had to do with a particular Raven-haired, Blue-eyed girl who was proving to be a real challenge.

"Well, nothing else was working for you guys, from what I saw!"

This had all eyes training on the speaker, who just flinched and huffed before staying silent and sulking more openly in his chair.

"You are an idiot if you think a strong-willed girl like that would just become weak at the knees because you demanded she submits to her betters."

This had a few chuckles, a hiss, and two loud sniffs.

"Ruki's right."

This had the previous speaker nodding his head slowly, though he was still not amused.

"She has refused each of our advances. Though her friend is more than eager for us to acknowledge her," Laito spoke up, eyes narrowed under his Fedora.

There was a collective hum, give or take a few, in agreement. One, Kagome Higurashi, was a challenge that none of them were able to figure out. It was like she had immunity to them, which was unheard of. Females, and a few males, fell at their feet with a few words or the use of their power of compulsion from their eyes. Her unimpressed stare at each of them was as if she had an invisible barrier around her mind.

"Look, let's go over what we know," Ayato spoke up. "I mean, maybe we have missed something?"

This had everyone thinking for a few seconds before they once more collectively nodded their heads in agreement. Reiji pulled a sheet of paper and pen to write down what was said.

"She can cook yummy things," Kanato supplied from behind his teddy.

"There is no doubt that she is a little klutzy," Yuma muttered.

The soft chuckles from everyone in the room were all that was needed in response to that observation. Each had seen flashes of Kagome's panties to one degree or another.

"Kagome... is very... friendly and... nice," Azusa spoke up, his lips twitching into a smile.

This earned narrowed-eyed glares in his direction. Each aware that Kagome had yet to refuse him. Though, it was also mostly due to the fact he hadn't asked her out or hit on her.

"She is rather blunt with her words," Laito said, chuckling.

Again they all nodded. Of course, Laito did tend to get a verbal tongue lashing from Kagome daily. Some of them were beginning to think he was turning into a masochist like Azusa. It was a rather disturbing thought.

"I like the fact that she is spirited and doesn't give up," Ayato said, smiling smugly.

"She can be very easily offended," Reiji put in.

This had them all staring at him, knowing what he was referring to. Like with Kou, he had verbally stepped on a landmine. He has seen Kagome in the Library during his free period. Had asked her upon seeing her studying if she needed help. Kagome had taken it as he was insulting her intelligence. Then again, Reiji had a way of speaking that just pissed off almost anyone of the male orientation. It was nice to see a woman get mad at him for it.

"She can sing rather nicely," Shuu mumbled from where he was half asleep on one of the three two-seaters in the billiards room.

This had everyone looking at him in mild surprise at his contribution. And the fact that he found something about Kagome to share.

"She is an innocent in the purest of means. Always a plus," Ruki put in.

This little tidbit was something they all were intrigued by. In this modern-day and age, it was almost impossible to find a girl in her mid to late teens who was untouched. Never graced with the touch of a man.

"I like her smile. It is soothing and warm," Subaru put in, eyes pointedly on the knife in his hands.

There was not one person who would disagree with that. When she smiled, it was something else. And it did soothe, calm, and make you feel warm even if you could not feel the heat of cold due to the nature of your being.

Kino shifted where he sat and spoke, "Kagome is rather insightful at odd times."

This had them all pausing and agreeing with the odd one of their group. There had been some strange moments during the last two weeks that Kagome had proven to have an uncanny moment of revelation and deter them with either spoken word on what they were trying to do, or outright vanish so they couldn't find her. It was strange.

"Her last period is the class that is reserved for those who come from the old spiritual families that still own and live on shrines," Kou spoke up from where he was sulking in a chair.

His words had them all looking at him in shock. It had been much thought upon what Kagome's last class of the day was as she didn't have it with her friend Yuka. A person they all found reasonably annoying; they already had enough willing females, both human and supernatural, like themselves. And there was another and human. Human's never lasted as long as they wanted with their standard ideas of fun. Yuka was also off-limits because she was Kagome's childhood friend. If they made her vanish, then there'd be issues.

"How do you know that?" Reiji asked as he placed the pen and paper on the desk's top.

"Oh, Yuka. She came to rip into me after the incident two days ago. Rather amusing too," he mused. "And told me that she was distraught before going to her last class. I asked her what that class actually was. The girl just looked confused and told me. So, maybe that is why Kagome has that electric feeling that went nuclear when I pissed her off?"

The silence that followed Kou's little revelation was telling as they all tried to rationalize it. There had been no one in a long time with the actual ability to manifest and use purifying spiritual skills. Though a few rare were noted as having that keen ability to detect things that were not natural or hear the ghost that walked the earth. If that was true for Kagome, it made her all the more desirable, since she was now capable of being a threat.

TBC!