GiGi - I know, I know! The first chapter had been short…. I'm sorry! But hey, it had been like a prologue so yeah…. I'm also very sorry about the long wait! You see…. I needed to name the stepfather-…. Who actually is the nice doctor who becomes evil, and supposingly had an affair with Kikyo and got killed because his evil side started killing his patients…. Phew…. Anywho! His name is Suikotsu! And his new made up last name is Aikawa! He appears in the later seasons…. Don't remember which though…. -And decided which character would play who, so it took a while…. And I'm sorry! Also, I don't feel like talking to Inuyasha so let's just start!

Inuyasha - Feh!

DISCLAIMER - After a chapter…. I still don't own anything! (super sniff!)

FULL SUMARY IN FIRST CHAPTER!

Chapter 2

First Impressions

"Mom!" I gasped as the van pulled up to out new house. Suikotsu, my new stepdad and company had picked up Mom, Grandpa and me at the airport with a gigantic sign. I, must add, that it was very, very embarrasing. The whole WELCOME HOME AIKAWA FAMILY! was so not necessary. Neither was the snickering behind my back from my stepbrothers when my mom tried to grab me into a big 'heartfelt' family hug….

Anyways…. As we drove from the airport to the new house, I was stuck in between conversations between each of my stepbrothers. And, let me tell you, it was so not worth it! After a good, long hour or so, we finally pulled up to a beautiful Victorian house, the same house Mom and Suikotsu had so carefully renovated. I could only gasp…. The building was indeed pretty…. But it was old! And Mom knew how must I hated old buildings!

She saw the shock run down my face and sighed. "Oh Kagome…. I know how you feel about old buildings, but this place was perfect! Each of you will have your own rooms! just like you wanted! It's been renovated, so you won't even be able to tell how old it is!" She whispered to me, the second I got out of the van.

I wanted so badly to tell her the truth. To tell her it wasn't the building's fault…. It was the spirits that sometimes inhabit in them….

"What's wrong with this house, girls? She's a beauty!" Suikotsu bragged about the house, when he overheard my complaining.

"Oh it's great, dear! It's jut Kagome here, well…. She doesn't take a real liking to old buildings that well." Mom tried to defend me and yet keep her new husband happy too.

"Demon spawn!" screeched Grandpa as he raced from the van, as fast as his little, old legs could take him, towards the house. But not before plastering the walls, the door, the plants, even the mailbox with his anti-evil scrolls.

"We so have to get him into a straightjacket." I muttered as I watched my crazy Grandpa chase a few 'demons' around the large and well-kept yard.

I slowly shuffled my way to the truck of the van to find it empty. Appearently, my new stepbrothers had already grabbed all the luggage so there was nothing for me to take it.

Maybe there is a advantage to having stepbrothers, after all.

As I walked towards the house, I stared at it. The house was huge and impossibly perfect looking. There were Victorian-style turrets, a catwalk porch, a huge garage big enough to fit 4 cars and a beautiful garden. And since Japan was so small, being on an island and all, having a house meant good things…. . Our house was easily the most tasteful and most beautiful house on the street. Maybe even on the whole island…. And I didn't want to set foot into it.

Weird, eh?

My mom finally dragged me into the house, and I had to admit. It was just as beautiful as the outside. Half of my mom's stuff had already been brought into the house so it made me feel a little better. But the other stuff around it, seemed so foreign to me. All so masculine. Living with my mom and grandpa, I liked being alone in that way…. Now everything has changed.

Mom brought me to the sitting room where I gasped with amazement. There was a bay window overlooking the whole island. Since our house was built of the hills, the view was spectacular! As I continued to admire the view, my stepbrothers, who appearently had dropped all my stuff into my new room, came thundering down the stairs and into the same room as me. I had overheard the noise so I turned around. There they were…. Happy, Sneezy and Dopey. Well that's what I call them at least. Suikotsu and Mom refer to them as Hojo, Shippo and Koga.

Let me explain…. Hojo, you see, is constantly happy and seems like nothing phases him, at least he is when I've been around. Shippo is allergic to everything…. Thus becoming Sneezy. And Koga…. Koga just acts like a dope all the time. Trying to act cool and be tough…. Whatever….

An awkward silence filled the room after we all grunted a few 'hello's. Appearently to fill the void, Hojo approached me, in an attempt to hug me…. And boy, did I make a run for it! I dashed up the stairs to my new room, had to go up sooner or later, and ran into one. I'm guessing I found the right one. After all, who else would have a pink wallpapered room?

Pink? You have to be kidding me….

It was sweet of Suikotsu to put in so much effort to make me fit in….. and make the room so feminine…. but not my kind of feminine…. No…. This was for some phantom girly girl version of me. I have never really been the glass top dresser, pink carpet, princess telephone type of girl. Or maybe they made it so different so Dopey wouldn't walk into the wrong room…. I hope all the pink hints it to him…. Unless he's colour-blind as well as stupid….

"Hey sweetie…." Mom approached me cautiously. "Are you okay with this room? I-I-I mean, I know this is a slight exaggeration of your ideal room. You knew I just couldn't resist the canopy bed. It was on sale too!", Mom's eyes took a dreamy state as she talked. That always happens when she talks about a good sale. "I know how hard it was for you to leave home and your friends. And I know it was selfish of me to make you come here and leave everything behind. I-I just hope you can in time, call this home…." She spoke and sniffled as she tried to hold back a tear.

"It's okay Mom! Really! It's starting to feel like home already! Don't worry about me…." I answered.

I felt kinda bad…. I mean it's just my first day here and I already made my mom cry? Wow…. I wonder what mischief I will get into on my second day….

Just as I hugged my mom, I caught a glimpse of a person near the seat of the bay window Suikotsu had so carefully made for me.

There was someone on my pillow. And that person was not someone that anybody in the house knew…. I bet you nobody could even see him. No one could see him except for me. There's a very good explaination for that too…. Why I was the only one who could see him? Because…. That person was already dead….

GiGi - And there goes the second chapter…. Yeah! Thx to all my reviewers! Y'all made me so happy!!!!!!!

Kagome - ¬.¬ Right….

GiGi - I also have a lot more time to write since my Chinese school classes are now over!

.7° Celebration!!!!!!

Shippo - ¬.¬' Just send her reviews…. And she'll be fine…

GiGi - Eventuaaaaaalllllllllllllllyyyyyly!!!!!!