Disclaimers: I do not own any of the marvelous characters in this story, all creations of Rumiko Takahashi. I can dream though, right??
A/N: Well well, just as I promised, if my profile was read, I said I'd get to work right away…well not entirely true… anyway, plans are that Kagome is looking for love and her cousin Kikyo has recently moved in and dates a rather new student, InuYasha… so let the story unfold!
By Blood
In a small ancient shrine in Japan, known as the Higarashi shrine, resided a young Japanese high schooler named Kagome. She, currently up in her room leaning back on her comfy little blue chair by her window, eavesdropping on her recently moved in cousin, Kikyo, who was often mistaken as a sister or twin, and her new boyfriend InuYasha. InuYasha was an oddly handsome one, she thought to herself. Little did Kikyo know that Kagome had intended on asking him out, but Kikyo beat her to the punch, thus unknowingly hurting her.
The trees around the shrine swayed, a nice warm gentle breeze on such a lovely day. Sighing, she looked at InuYasha once more, nice slim build, about 5'6… strangely attractive silver hair, brown eyes. "Why me?" she muttered. Feeling absolutely opposite of the bright day. Kikyo leaned into InuYasha, for a kiss no doubt. Kagome, flustered, slammed down her chair on all fours that resounded with a loud bang, she was glad the window was shut . "What the heck am I doing?" Kagome exclaimed wildly, "Since when have I become an eavesdropper and so love struck? Okay, calm down…" She fanned herself with her hand and placing her feet up on her wooden desk. "Really," the raven haired girl pondered, "since when have I become such a hopeless romantic, there someone else out there for me, right?"
Kikyo and InuYasha walked hand in hand into the Higarashi residents, InuYasha leading her into the seasonally decorated kitchen. "So Kikyo, I wanted to ask you and your family if you all wanted to come over for dinner next week, my dad's gonna be home, so is my older brother, Sesshomaru." InuYasha went on as he walked over to a nearby counter and leaned on it, "My mother and father said they'd love ta meet you all."
"Hm.." Kikyo pondered in the middle of the floor of the kitchen, scuffing her foot on the recently polished wooden floor. "I know I'd love to come, but I thing Gramps is going outta town and I'm not sure what aunty has planned, Kagome, I don't know, I don't know if you'd want Souta and Kiade over." InuYasha smiled, leaning up off his elbows "My dad love kids! If none of the others can make it than just see if it's alright to bring those two."
At that moment, Kagome trudged downstairs, going for a glass of water, listening to the couple make plans. "Eavesdropping again, am I? Geez, I'm terrible!" She got her glass of water and sat on her favorite light blue sofa, staring off into space as said couple walked and sat on the couch on the opposite side of the room.
"I didn't know you had an older brother. Sesshomaru is his name?" Kikyo wondered, interested in her love's family as she sat. Kagome snapped out of her trance, listening out of sheer boredom. "Ya, he currently a sophomore in collage, working for a degree as a lawyer or some kinda law enforcement, I don't quite remember but, he's really good! He's coming home for the holidays though, needs a break, and can't wait to meet you either." InuYasha added the last part in spite of himself, snaking an arm around her shoulder somewhat possessively. "Ya, really excited." He sarcastically thought. "Doesn't even know yet, I can feel his cold glare now!"
Kagome spoke up for the first time, out of politeness. "Do you have any more siblings?" InuYasha looked away from Kikyo, smiling politely. Kagome thought with disgust "Geez, I hate that kind of surface politeness, don't make me puke!" InuYasha, oblivious to her thoughts replied, "No, he's the only one, he's not even a full brother, he had a different mother, but from what I understand his mom died in a car accident, my father and Sesshomaru don't really talk about it." Kikyo, as if it were a soap opera, grabbed his hand and exclaimed, "That's awful!" Kagome resisted the urge to roll her eyes.
After more talk about his family, the Taisho family Kagome found out, Kikyo and InuYasha turned to Kagome with a request. "Kagome" Kikyo, the one asking, her arms around InuYasha's ribs and her head resting on his shoulder, to Kagome's dislike, "we were wondering if you'd like to come over to a dinner hosted by InuYasha's family" Kagome again resisted the urge to roll her eyes "She sounds like a darn slave or something 'hosted by InuYasha's family', ta! What kinda talk is that?!?!"
"I'd be glad if you came." InuYasha added.
Kagome looked at InuYasha in the eyes, his hair pulled behind his ears… "Man, he's so handsome." Sighing, lost in his eyes, she mindlessly complied, "Yes, of course."
Sesshomaru paced back and forth in the small confines of his dorm room. It was a mess, but had a strange sense of order to it. The apartment itself was a lovely shade of spring green with fake and real plants about. He was packing and was quite ready to go back to his dad's place and he still had to finish the finals before holidays, a really long report for him in other words.
Sighing, he was caught between the two, he'd get an idea, run over to his lap top, type it down, consider it, than go back to packing. Usually he had a lot more grace than this, but hey, he wasn't around anyone, no roommate, so for once in his life, this Sesshomaru was a bit…disorganized.
"Hmm…can't forget this..." He said packing one of his recently favorite acquired t-shirts. He than got another idea in his head, ran over and typed it down. Considering the report, he sat in the leather chair and quickly finished it off.
"Sounds good enough, wonder if I'll 'out due' myself again without trying very hard?" Sesshomaru sighed, he got way too much praise, it was a bit unnerving at times. As he clicked the print button, waiting for the gargantuan of a report to print, his cell phone rang.
"Hello, Taisho Sesshomaru, who might this be?"
"Hey Sessh" His father "you coming home today or tomorrow? I forgot what you said, having enough trouble keeping track of your brother."
"Oh, I suppose…probably tomorrow, I still have to hand in my final, just got it done, than I got to clean up this place and finish packing." Sesshomaru ran trough his itinerary while running his hand through tresses of silver hair.
"I have to tell you, were going to be having company tomorrow, InuYasha has a delightful girl friend and I thought it be fastidious to invite them all over."
"Great, company" The tall youkai mused, "Go to have a break and company…how typical of you father."
"Splendid" Sesshomaru exclaimed with false enthusiasm but his father caught it pretty quick.
"Sesshomaru, when these humans are here," His father replied in a tense, short voice, "We will treat them with human hospitality, got that?"
Growling "Yes, father" He looked at the time and hurriedly scrambled his report together saying with haste to his father, "I've got to go, this report of mine needs to be in, in about ten minutes."
With there good-byes and deciding to worry about human visitors later, Sesshomaru straightened his shirt, ran a clawed hand trough his hair, looked about the half packed mess of a room, spotted his leather jacket on the leather couch and went over to fetch it. Stumbling on some books about psychology, he nearly fell, but added with a chortle, "Who would have thought? That this Sesshomaru would one day be stuck in mortal learning school learning about laws and what not?" He continued his thought while slipping the jacket on "Glad InuYasha's not here, that brat would sure be living it up it he could see his elder brother like this."
Regaining himself, he ran over into the adjoining kitchen, pulling open a cherry wood cabinet and pulled out a strange concoction. He looked at it with a nasty cringe, opened the ancient looking bottle and drank it. Waiting a few minutes, he looked into the mirror by the cabinet just in case. The moon that adorned his forehead, gone, strips that just a few mere seconds ago that graced his cheeks, also vanished. Looking down at his hands in further inspection and just for personal safety, claws, gone as well as the maroon strip on his wrists. He than looked back at his face, noting that his fangs had now dissipated as did the golden eyes, which were now a dark brown.
Sighing, feeling that he could now go out into that world of mortals with causing a major upheaval, Sesshomaru went back over to his computer, gathered his report and threw it in his briefcase. With one look around the room, the now human appearance of Sesshomaru sighed as he departed.
A/N: First fanfic! Please review and tell how chapter 1 went. Thankz :)