Have you ever wished for fame and fortune? Of course you have, we all have at one point in our life, that is, unless we were born with it. But what do you really get out of all of this "fame and fortune"? Some people believe that with the right amount of money and power they can obtain everything that they will ever want and need. However, others know better..

Meet Kagome Higurashi, and her two sisters, Kikyo and Ayame. Kagome and Kikyo are twins, and have never gotten along very well. When they were five, their mother had adopted a four-year old orphan wolf youkai, Ayame. At first, Ayame was very sweet and polite; she and Kagome had gotten along perfectly. But then she turned thirteen and learned about the true power of her wealth. From that day forward, she was never the same person again.

Kikyo and Kagome are both known for their popularity with the men, though Kikyo is the only one that pays any attention to her coveters. Both Kagome and Kikyo know that the boys only want them for their inheritance, although, that fact doesn't bother Kikyo at all. In fact, she has learned to use it to her advantage. She can get anything and everything she wants out of any unfortunate man that happens to fall for her beauty and or wealth. Kikyo was the one who convinced her sisters to learn some type of martial arts or defense class saying that they needed to be prepared in case a man ever tried to take advantage of them. Kikyo is very assiduous with her training, although Kagome and Ayame both dropped out after learning the basics.

The guys seem to like Kagome more than Kikyo, although they can never get anywhere with her. The reason being that Kagome ignores any and all courtiers saying that she had something better to waste her time on. Don't get me wrong now, just because she has never had a boyfriend before, doesn't mean that she doesn't want one. She just doesn't like the fact that they only want her for her money, I mean, why else would they confess their "love" to her before they even got a chance to get to know her. After Kagome dropped out of her martial arts training, she found that she had too much spare time on her hands. So, to pass her spare time, she took up archery with Kaede. ~now for the real story~

Kagome was in the middle of a really good book when her reading was interrupted by the doorbell.

"I got it!" she heard Kikyo yell from up-stairs. Kagome knew better than to answer the door when Kikyo said that, for it was probably her date. The last time that Kagome had let one of Kikyo's dates in, he had mistaken Kagome for Kikyo and kissed her before Kagome could even get a word out. Kikyo had shunned her for the next full two weeks after that saying that Kagome was trying to steal her man. Her thoughts were then interrupted by her sister's scream.

"Ahhhhhh.Ki-Yah" *thud*
Upon hearing the scream, Kagome bolted towards the scene of the crime, knowing full and well that Kikyo could take care of herself, Kagome just didn't want her sister killing or majorly hurting any innocent fool that said or did something wrong.

"Don't you 'ever' lay your filthy paws on me again! What's the big idea, just falling into me like that? Why are you even here?! Furthermore, WHO THE HECK ARE YOU!!!" Kikyo creamed at the poor guy who lay crumpled in a heap at Kikyo's feet.

"Um, Kikyo? Kagome asked.

"What!" she snapped.

"I don't think he's conscious right now." Kagome pointed out the obvious, causing Kikyo to throw her hands up in frustration before running out side to meet her date who had just pulled up.

Kagome took this opportunity to inspect the stranger. He had bruises all over his face, his long black hair was in a tangled mess, and his clothes resembled rags.

"You poor thing." Kagome mumbled as she scooped up the incredibly light man and brought him to the couch. "He much be starving," Kagome said to no one in particular. "He must of fainted from hunger and then of had bad enough luck to fall onto Kikyo." She said, continuing to talk to herself. After taking care of his wounds, she draped a blanket over him and left some fruit on a table nearby for when he woke up. Then she got herself a blanket and fell asleep on a nearby couch.

The next morning Kagome woke up to a blood curtailing scream. "Ayame!" she said bolting off the couch and into the kitchen. Right before she got there, she heard a clattering of pots and then an extremely loud *clunk* followed by the low sound of, wait a minute, was that.growling she heard? True enough it was, the stranger had Ayame backed into the darkest corner of the room. Ayame was cowering in the corner, clinging to a frying pan, and the boy was towering over her with a rather large bump on his head.

"STOP!!!" she yelled, then gasped when she saw him step out into the morning light, shimmering through the windows. 'Kami, what in the world have I gotten myself into?' though Kagome when she was something attached to him that she had failed to notice the night before.