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Inuyasha: Blah, blah, blah, blah…no one cares about your whining, stupid girl! Get on with the damn story.

Kagome: Inuyasha! Be nice, learn some patience or something.

Yeah, that will be the day.

Inuyasha: Why you little….

Kagome: Inuyasha! Don't kill the author! Sit!

That thing is a lifesaver!

Chapter 25

Kagome headed back inside from her talk with the young kitsune, feeling much better about the strange relationship. Having him around after all the time he had spent without them, he was definitely not the same kitsune they had left behind. Sure, he still knew exactly what to say to upset Inuyasha. He also still tended to say what was on his mind, without thinking about it first. She wondered if that was perhaps some youkai trait, both Inuyasha and Kouga had a tendency to do that as well.

She opened the front door, taking her dish to the sink before joining Inuyasha and Souta at the table. The hanyou's expression halted her in her tracks; he stared into space at a blank wall. She noticed an envelope in his hands, but he didn't seem to be paying it any attention at the moment. He should have at least noted that she had stepped into the dining room; his senses should have alerted him to that. He just looked…conflicted. "What is with Inuyasha?" She asked her brother, approaching the table they shared.

He shrugged, looking at the hanyou with confusion. "I dunno. Your friend said something about a brother before handing him that envelope. When he looked at what was in the envelope, he said some bad words for a minute. He's been like that ever since." He lifted a brow before asking his final question. "Does he really have a real brother?"

"Afraid so, Souta. A half brother; they don't get along very well." She said grimly. "For most of the time we were in the past, he tried to kill Inuyasha to get his sword, Tetsusaiga."

"What? His brother wanted to kill him? That's horrible! No wonder he wants to stay here with us!"

Kagome ruffled the kid's hair as she walked over to the hanyou. She waved a hand in front of his honey gold eyes, trying to get his attention. "Inuyasha? What happened?"

He blinked once, shaking his head before he turned to focus on her. "Oi, What?"

"What's going on? What did Shippo want?"

The hanyou frowned, growling, "Dammit, it makes no sense."

"What makes no sense? What did he bring you?"

"Hell, I don't know. Something that is supposed to 'help' me or some shit." He growled, looking pretty upset.

"Souta said something about Sesshomaru? What does he have to do with it all?"

"Feh," He growled, "He gave all this 'paperwork' crap to Shippo to give to me. Supposedly it will help me here for some reason." He tossed the large envelope to Kagome to look at; maybe she could make better sense of it than he had. "Keh, like I trust any of this crap anyway. I doubt it will help me."

Kagome took the envelope and began pulling things out as she listened to him gripe about how he could never trust Sesshomaru. Looking over all that it included, Kagome was beginning to wonder if the Lord of the Western lands had not changed in the past 500 years. "Inuyasha? Do you know what this all is?" She gaped in amazement as she pulled out such items as a birth certificate, bank accounts full of money, a passport, and other such personal identification items, all in the name of Inuyasha Takahashi, age 16.

"Keh, no. I know what this means though." He handed her a last piece of paper he held crumpled in his hands. Kagome took it from him and straightened it out on the table in front of her. Kagome stared at it in shock. It was a legal letter from Sesshomaru to her mother, indicating he would give to her legal guardianship of one, Inuyasha Takahashi, heir to the Western lands. "He fucking made me his heir! Why the hell would he do that?"

"I don't know, Inuyasha. The rest of this paperwork is pretty valuable." She answered, handing him back the letter. "This all has actually made you EXSIST in this time period. You should have no problems trying to prove you have spent the last sixteen years of your life here in Tokyo with all of this. Whatever he has done, it has been a big help. I don't know why though. Listen, take these with you and put them in your backpack, they might come in handy today." She handed him his birth certificate and bank cards.

"Why the hell would he do this Kagome?"

"I don't know. Maybe he has changed in the past 500 years." She looked at the clock, before panicking. "We need to go, Inuyasha, now. Where's your necklace?"

He tossed her the necklace as he ran to get his new backpack. Kagome quickly placed a concealing spell on it as she followed after him. "Bye, Souta. Have a good day at school." She yelled as she reached the hanyou's side. She reached up and tweaked an ear, it would be probably eight hours or more before she got to see his puppy dog ears again. She sighed, "You ready for this?" Placing the necklace around his neck, she watched the transformation take place. Within seconds the hanyou had his human appearance on him, black hair, violet eyes and all.

"Your school? I dunno, Kagome. I don't think I can do this. With all the studying you do, how can I ever catch up?" He sighed; she could tell he was terrified at the prospect of the whole thing.

"You can make it through this, trust me." She said, more positively than she felt. She worried about how his day would go too. It wasn't like she could be there with him every second of it, she had her own classes.

The pair made their way to school in decent time. Kagome knew they needed to stop by the main office and pick up his schedule before she could show him where his classes were. She led him there and opened the large door for them. "Kagome Higurashi? Are you feeling better? I think this is the longest period I have seen you in school for a year!" The large secretary exclaimed from her desk.

"Uh…yeah. They think I should be making a full recovery, it's a miracle." She mumbled, turning bright red. Inuyasha snickered next to her.

"Now, who do we have here? Is this our new student?"

"Uh…I think he is registered, I am not sure. This is Inuyasha Takahashi. He is supposed to start class today." Kagome replied.

"Yes, we have been preparing for the younger brother of Sesshomaru Takahashi for some time now. When he called to let us know his brother would be transferring here in the next couple of months, we were more than happy to accommodate the special circumstances. It is no wonder the two of you met while you were sick, Kagome. I heard you were a big help helping him readjust to life when he woke up from that year coma."

"Special circumstances?" Inuyasha choked out.

"Coma?" Kagome said in disbelief.

"Here you go, just like your brother requested. You will have a one on one tutor for the year before we start to put you back with the students. That way you can get caught up on last year's classes and this years as well. Your teacher is Sensei Yakamidi in room 212, and locker 412. Here is the combination. I assume Kagome can show you the way to both before she goes to her class. Have a good day you two."

The pair walked out of the office, speechless. After a short walk, Kagome finally said, "Your sensei is Yuka's dad. If Yuka is a youkai, her dad must be one too. I bet he knows what all to do to get you situated here today. He is one of the favorite teachers and you will get him all to yourself, you're lucky."

"What the hell is a coma?" He suddenly blurted out, confused. "Why the hell would Sesshomaru say I was in a coma for a year?"

Kagome laughed, "Actually that is a better excuse than I ever got from Grandpa. It means you have been asleep for the last year. It is fairly close to reality, except you spent 500 years, not one year. I should have done that, and then I wouldn't have had to keep running back here to take my tests."

"Feh, I still hate your test things,"

"But now you will have to take them." She laughed, stopping at locker 412. "Let me see that paper with the combination on it. This is your locker, mine is three down from here, 415." She grabbed the paper from his hand and demonstrated opening it for him. Slamming it shut, she twisted the dial. "Your turn."

She watched him concentrate on the dial as he spun it; luckily it was a simple combination, 25,10,5. All of the digits were marked clearly. He tried to do it the same as she had moments before, and failed miserably. "This is fucking stupid. Why the hell does this thing need to be locked anyway?" He growled, annoyed at the metal contraption. "I have a way to open it that isn't so complicated." He reached for his sword.

"Don't you dare! Let go of Tetsusaiga! You will not use that to open your locker! Just try it again." She spun it several times to have him try it again. "Let's go slowly, first turn the dial to 25." She watched as he concentrated on doing that. "Alright, now turn it the other direction to 10. No, keep going. You have to pass the 25 before you can stop on the 10." He growled at her, making her grin. "Good, now turn it back again to 5 but make sure you pass the 10." The click of him successfully opening the door resounded down the still empty hallway. "See! You can do it; you just have to practice it."

"It's friggin empty. Why the hell did we open it if it's empty?" He growled in annoyance.

"It is to store things in. It is supposed to be empty. Here, take your backpack and take out your notebooks and folders. We will hang the backpack on the hooks and you will take a notebook and folder to your class. You will get your books from your teacher. Don't forget a pencil and pen." She added.

"This is just a waste of time, Kagome. I don't know why I have to be here doing all this crap. Aren't we supposed to be looking for that other stupid jewel?"

"We can't do anything until we hear from Sesshomaru. Until then we need to get you up to date. Let's go to my locker and then we can go talk to your teacher, okay?"

"Whatever." He growled, slamming the door to the locker.

Kagome quickly opened her locker and got her supplies for her first class together. "Alright, let's go introduce you to Yuka's dad." They walked upstairs, and began to notice that there were a bunch of students cluttering her halls. She felt Inuyasha get closer to her side. She forgot how uncomfortable he was with meeting new people, especially here in her time. He was downright shy, even with her family until he got used to them.

She walked him down a small hallway, to room 212. She opened the room, and heard him begin to growl next to her. She spotted his teacher standing near his desk, reading a textbook. "Hi, Sensei Yakamidi."

The teacher looked up in surprise, "Hello, Kagome. Nice to see you're finally feeling better." Suddenly she felt Inuyasha grab her arm and throw her behind him.

"I thought I warned you to stay away from her! Fucking fleabag! You could have ruined everything. What the hell are you doing here?" Inuyasha growled, yanking Tetsusaiga from his belt.

"Inuyasha! Put that away! Sit! You are not to pull your sword unless you are being threatened. What is your problem?" Kagome yelled, wondering why Inuyasha was acting that way toward his teacher.

The hanyou growled from his hole. "You think I couldn't fucking smell your stench a mile away; you bastard? I thought I got everything through your head, she loves me. What the fuck are you doing here?"

"I thought that was obvious, mutt face. I am your teacher."

"Kouga!? Is that you?" Kagome fell to the ground next to her hanyou. "All along…my best friend's dad has been hitting on me! That is just wrong!" As the spell broke from Inuyasha, the hanyou dragged her to him, wrapping her in his arms tightly growling at the threat to him.

Wow… I bet no one EVER thought it would be Kouga!

Kagome: You're being sarcastic, aren't you?

Of course I am…Who else COULD it have been? I guess Myoga would have worked and been pretty funny. Hey maybe I should have done that.

Inuyasha: Fucking KOUGA. Are you serious? I have to learn everything from the biggest imbecile there is! This is just wrong.

Ah yes, but he knows a lot about today. You…well you have been in a sort of coma for 500 years. You have a lot to learn.