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Chapter 12

Her father's face flashed with different emotions. Shock, disbelief, and then fiery anger.
" Kagome, don't lie to me! I might not inspire forgiveness in you, but that gives you no right to lie to me." Her father was pointing his paternal instinct' finger at Kagome, giving it a shake every time he wanted to emphasize something. It was Kagome's turn to get angry.

" Your right! I might not have any inspired forgiveness harbored for you, but I'm not lying to you either! What's the point of lying to you in front of my mom?! She could easily tell you the truth, but she's not! Cause I'm telling you the truth!" Kagome had stood from her seat and was now holding her arms out over her sides, glaring at her so-called father'. His face hardened, but then eased up, when he looked into the eyes of the angry teenage girl in front of him. He barely even knew her, and se was his daughter. And here he was already arguing with her, giving her even more reasons for her to hate him. He sighed and lowered his head.

" Kagome, please forgive me. I had no right to yell at you like that. And I should have believed you, but you have to see it through my eyes. You walk out on me, and then disappear for 2 days, and then reappear with a strange man that you claim is a half-demon from the past. And not to mention, on his period', as you put it." Kagome's face broke into a smile that she offered to her father as a treaty to not fight until she was done explaining. He took it and smiled back at her sheepishly. With the tension finally gone she sat down and resumed with her story.

" Well, you see, on these grounds is a well house where in it resides an old well."

" Oh yeah, I remember that well. I used to have to lock that house, because the cat would always get stuck inside." Kagome smiled and her father waved a hand of apology for interrupting her story.

" As I was saying, that well is the portal from which I travel through to get to the past. To the Feudal Era, where Inuyasha exists. Have you ever heard the legend of the Shikon no Tama, the Jewel of Four Souls?" She waited patiently for her father's response.

" Of course. Your grandfather would always tell me the legend of the Sacred Jewel, which according to him, was sought after by many demons to make them powerful, or into some leader, or something like that." Toshio's fingers were on his chin and he was looking up at the ceiling trying to remember. Kagome's grandpa, however was shining with pride at how he was finally taken seriously by someone, even though it took him 9 years.

" Exactly, the Sacred Jewel did exist and I actually have some pieces of it here with me. Uhhh, let me explain. The jewel was protected by a priestess." Inuyasha tensed up, and Kagome noticing this, decided not to say her name. " This priestess was thought to be the most powerful and most capable to guard the jewel, so some village elders handed her the jewel, in hopes that it would never be used for evil. But, a horrible demon placed traps for the priestess and she fell right into them. It ended in her death, and her sister burned the jewel with her body, at the priestess' request. So, now it's thought to be believed that now I'm her reincarnation, because the jewel had come out of my body."

" So, your a priestess as well?" Her father asked. Her grandfather had this dreamy look in his eyes, as if already planning her training sessions. Seeing this, Kagome quickly continued.

" Well, I am the reincarnation of one, so I do have some of her powers, but I am not an official priestess. I don't even know how to use them, let alone be ready for some boot camp traing, Grandpa!" Kagome said the last part with a louder tone, causing her grandpa to wake from his stupor. " Anyways, when I was brought into the Feudal Era by a demon that had reawakened by the calling of the jewel that was in my body, it came out, and that's when I met Inuyasha. At first he and I did not get along." Kagome saw a light grin playing on his face, and she smiled. " We fought and Lady Kaede, the sister of the dead priestess, was my mentor to control my powers and to learn as much as I could about herbs. She helped us out with a little necklace and now we don't fight...as much." Inuyasha nearly broke into laughter.

" So, how did the jewel get into those little pieces that you say you posses?" Inuyasha stared at Kagome.

" Yeah, Kagome, how did the jewel break into little, tiny pieces?" Inuyasha teased. Kagome kicked him under the table, making Inuyasha yelp out in pain. He began to growl, when he caught the look in Kagome's mom's eyes. Now he knew where she got it from. Scary!

" Well, one day, I tried using one of my powers to retrieve the jewel that had been stolen from me, and I accidentally broke it up, into little, tiny pieces." She turned to face Inuyasha, making sure she emphasized accidentally.

" So now your hunting for them? Am I right?" Toshio was obviously smarter than some guys. And by some guys, I mean Inuyasha.

" Yes, and Inuyasha, Sango, Shippo, Mirouku, and I are now hunting those jewel shards." She prefered to leave Naraku and Kikyo out of this. No point in worrying him right?

"Who are they?" Toshio was really into finding out all he could about his daughter, and what she was involved in.

" Sango is a demon slayer that is searching for a d- I mean jewel shards. It is said that her village is the birthplace of the jewel. So she searches for it, so she could protect it as well. Mirouku is a young monk, who has his own... personality, and is traveling with us, to find an answer to the curse that binds him." Inuyasha burst out laughing at her description of the lecherous monk. Kagome kicked him again.

" Would'ya stop kicking me, Kagome?!"

"Would'ya stop laughing and interrupting my story?!" Kagome shot back.

" Feh!" Inuyasha crossed his arms and, even though he denied it, defeated, for now.

" Anyways, where was I? Oh, yeah, Shippo is a little fox demon child that was orphaned and Inuyasha saved him and now he likes to think of me as his mother, so he travels around with us now. So, yup, that's everyone. Anymore questions?"

" Yes, when are you planning on finishing this quest? I'm leaving in a week and I've already made reservations on the plane for you and Souta to come live with me in America." Inuyasha turned slowly, and faced the pale young girl that was staring right back at him.

All hell has broken loose, wouldn't ya say?