(I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters containing it… Though sometimes I wish I really did. Nor do I own the other anime that I will probably be combining with this one for my story.)

Cruel Gift

By PinkGrenade

(Sorry for not updating but I kind of broke my computer and had to fix it…)

Chapter Ten: A New Life Style

Kagome has now been home for a month… In that time she was able to create fake documents about Shippo with the help of her friend. She also had gotten a job, but nobody in her family knew exactly about it, except for Shippo because she could never lie to him. With the help of a certain Time goddess, Kagome was also able to further her training. Kagome was then able to make her and Shippo's appearance look human. She also masked their scent of being demons and also masked their energy level so it also seemed human.

Kagome loved being back home but it still pained her to think about her love. 'Sesshomaru…' She sighed as she flipped through the newspaper. She cringed slightly when she saw the headline. 'Four Bodies Found Dead That Have Not Yet Been Identified.' She threw the paper to the side and sighed. It was another murder that probably wouldn't be solved. The corners of her lips twitched up slightly. 'It is probably the work of another demon gang… These humans think that they will be able to catch them. What they don't know is that they wont ever be able to catch them. Oh no, they will never be able to.' Kagome heard a slight phone ringing so she looked into her purse and pulled out her phone. She then flipped it open.

"Hello? No, not today… I am not in the mood for working. Yes, I know you trust me more to get the job done then the others. I promised my son that I would take him out somewhere today to have some fun. Plus then we are going to be moving into our new place. Yeah, okay, bye," Kagome said then hung up the phone. She groaned slightly and sunk into the coach. She heard someone walking downstairs so she turned to look. What she saw was her mother looking at her with a bright smile. Mrs. Hirugashi walked over to where Kagome sat and sat next to her.

"So dear how are you today?" she asked. Kagome groaned slightly. She hadn't planned on seeing her mother today until she was leaving to her new apartment that she had gotten. Kagome put on a smiled and gave her mother a huge hug.

"Well actually I am moving out… I got this really nice apartment in the city. I know what you are going to say, it is to dangerous to live in the city. I got the biggest apartment in the building there though. It has 2 ½ bath, 3 bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, and a kitchen. Of course it has a balcony but the building is only two floors and we are on the second floor. Don't worry mom I can take car of Shippo and myself. I already showed that to you by being able to get a nice car with my new job. You have already seen how well it pays so please don't try to talk me out of this," Kagome pleaded. Mrs. Hirugashi took in a sharp breathe quickly and then let it out. She had just gotten her daughter back and wasn't to happy about letting her go out on her own just yet. Yet, it wasn't as if she really had a choice in the matter because it was her daughters choice.

"Of coarse you can go… I just didn't think it would be this soon before I let you out on your own. I only just got you back you know," she said. Kagome smiled and hugged her tightly. 'I am so glad that she is going to let me go!' Mrs. Hirugashi laughed slightly and then pulled away. She looked at Kagome and thought about how she changed. She had indeed become a very bright and beautiful woman.

"I need to go pick up Shippo from kindergarten and then we will be moving," Kagome said as she walked out the door. When she got outside she smiled and took in a deep breathe. The air was slightly polluted but was starting to clear up a bit. She walked over to the stairs and started walking down and away from the shrine. Kagome then walked over to her small little black car. She got in and started driving down the road. Her eyes flickered quickly out the window to a tree she had just passed by. She thought that she had seen Sango, the one person who had been like a sister to her. Yet, Sango would be dead because she was only a human and they do not live very long. 'It can't be, she is already long gone and dead…' She groaned slightly as she pulled up to the elementary school. It didn't seem like Shippo's teacher like her very much. She laughed slightly as she remembered the first incident with the teacher.

Flash Back

Kagome walked into the school and approached the door to her son's classroom. The parents had to go in to pick up the kids because of everything that has been going on. More unsolved murders had been appearing. She opened the door to find Shippo playing with a little girl that had bright emerald green eyes and long wavy brown hair. She was a very pretty little girl. The little girl also had a demonic aura, so Kagome could tell she was a demon. Kagome smiled slightly then her smile widened as she looked at Shippo. He was much different looking with a spell on him to make him look human. He still had his intense blue eyes and slightly ruffled red hair. He had no tail though, and he had normal feet.

"Shippo I am here to pick you up," Kagome said. Shippo turned to look at her with a surprised look. Kagome's mom was the one that usually picked him up but he smiled and ran and jumped into her arms.

"Wow, slow down there little fox," Kagome teased. Shippo smiled brightly and buried his face into her chest. She decided then that she would pick him up more often because it made him so happy. Kagome smiled and was about to leave when a lady with shoulder length brown hair and dull brown eyes came up to her. She was a very plain woman, not very pretty but not ugly either. Kagome smiled and nodded her head to the woman.

"You must be Shippo's older sister. He is such a sweet boy," the teacher said. Kagome cracked a smile and forced down the laugh that was threatening to explode from within her.

"Actually I am his mother… The woman that has been picking him up is my mother," Kagome said. The woman visibly tensed and stared out Kagome with a disbelieving look in her eyes.

"Very nice joke miss. You look like you are only about seventeen years old," the woman said with a slight laugh. Kagome's eyebrows rose in amusement. Then she had remembered her training with Time. Mentally she was 25 years old, but physically she was that of a nineteen year old.

"Actually I am twenty years old, thank you very much," Kagome said with mock in her voice. The woman glared at her and snorted. Kagome narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Did the father leave you then," the woman sneered. Kagome sighed slightly and forced a sad look to come into her eyes. She had already made up a story in case people asked her question about Shippo's father. She just couldn't let them know he was adopted because that would lead to question she didn't want to answer. Kagome then forced tears to come from her eyes and turned her face away a little.

"He died protecting us from a bunch of thugs," Kagome said solemnly. Shippo tightened his grip on Kagome and sniffled a little. The woman's eyes widened and she turned her head down.

"I am so sorry," the woman said even though she didn't sound sorry at all. Kagome nodded and turned away. She could still sense for some reason that the woman disliked her. She wiped her and Shippo's faces leaving them both with puffy and red eyes.

End of Flashback

"Hi mom," Shippo shouted as he jumped into Kagome's arms. She laughed and spun him around and then set him down. 'He is just way too cute.' Kagome chuckled and held his hand and was about to leave when the teacher came up to her. She groaned slightly but put a smile on her face.

"Hello Miss Hirugashi, Shippo has been doing very well in his class and I was wondering if you might consider letting him skip a couple of grades," the teacher said. Kagome smirked and looked down at Shippo. He looked up and smiled. 'Well it couldn't hurt…' She smiled and nodded to the teacher. Kagome then though that she might need to think about this.

"I really don't know… I think I might just think about this because he has seemed to have made friends and I would hate to take him away from them. I really need to get going so I will see you later," Kagome said. She and Shippo then went out to her car and drove towards the park. She smiled as she looked down at Shippo just when they parked in the parking lot. She and Shippo then got out and walked towards the swing set. Kagome sat on the left swing as Shippo sat on the right swing swinging. Kagome breathed in deeply as she felt the air pass through her.

"You're thinking about him again," Shippo said quietly. Kagome looked and him with a small smile and nodded. She then looked over to the trees, 'I can't help but think about him.'

"I have something I need to tell you… We are moving out and moving into a apartment into the city. It is actually very nice, I made sure of that. You will be home schooled. I really don't want to deal with teachers questioning my age anymore. It causes… problems," Kagome said. Shippo nodded with an understanding look, but then his face flushed when he thought about something. He looked back at Kagome.

"Thinking about your little crush," she teased. Shippo looked away because his face was as red as a tomato. Kagome laughed and tilted her head back. They soon got up to leave and go home.

"Get off me you little slut," a cold voice hissed. A woman with red hair and green eyes sat on a mans lap. You could easily tell they were both demons for the woman had claws. The male had silver hair and golden eyes. He raised his hand so fast you couldn't see it, and threw her across the room. She looked back at him with a murderous glare.

"Learn your place slut," he hissed. The woman visibly flinched. She got back up and glared at him with hate and anger. 'How dare that filth even think about touching me. Only one woman will ever be able to touch me… Kagome.' He narrowed his eyes and slowly got up from the throne. He walked towards her and pulled out his poison whip and slashed her across the chest instantly killing her. Her eyes slowly rolled to the back of her head and she dropped down dead. The doors across from the throne slammed open. In came a tiger demon who looked down with widened eyes.

"I told your mate time and time again to keep her filthy hands off of me… She didn't listen so she had to die," Sesshomaru said coldly. The man barely managed a nod as he stepped forward. Sesshomaru looked at him with a cold icy stare.

"Tell me what you have to report then take this filth out of this room and burn it," he hissed. The man nodded as he looked down into the face of his beloved mate. Sesshomaru growled and the man gulped and looked back up at him. Sesshomaru then narrowed his eyes and raised his hand.

"W-w-we haven't been able to find her. It has been getting harder and harder to slip into human world. It is those damned spirit detectives that have been keeping us out," the man said. Sesshomaru nodded and signaled the man to leave. The man picked up the body of the dead woman and left. He seemed a bit happy to get away with his life but sad about the life of his mate. Over the past five hundred years Sesshomaru has changed greatly. He become colder, meaner, and gave no mercy. Kagome when in the past, had managed to break down his walls but when she was forced into the future his walls came up stronger then ever before. Now he was known as the cold Lord of the Makai world. The door swung open and Sesshomaru looked up to see his brother Inuyasha running towards him.

"What is it Inuyasha?" he asked. Inuyasha seemed to be very angry at that moment. 'What could it be?'

"Sesshomaru… There is another demon gang rising up in the human world. They are very powerful and are raising up in status. They will soon be able to go up against our gang in that world," Inuyasha said. Sesshomaru growled slightly. 'A new gang raising in status fast… This could prove to be a problem for me.' Sesshomaru stood up and walked over to him.

"It seems I will have to visit the human world," he said.

Kagome's cell phone ringed once again. She looked down and groaned slightly as she picked it up. She then said, "Hello? Wait what? It can't be… No… No…. I will be there…" She hung up and rushed to the door and swung it open only to glance back briefly.

"Mom I am leaving I will be back later to take Shippo to my new place," Kagome screamed. She hurried down and this time instead took her motorcycle. She placed her helmet onto her head and started speeding down the road. 'How can this be? How did this fucking happen? Was no one paying attention?' She growled and sped up. The street lights seemed to pass by so quickly and soon she was in the city. She raced through the city streets and then turned into an alley. She swung her leg off of the motorcycle and went up to the dead end. Kagome placed her hand in front of her and whispered something and a door appeared. When she opened the door she was in a huge mansion. Kagome threw her helmet off as she raced up the stairs and turned left running to the door at the end of the hall. When she opened it her eyes widened when she saw the leader of their gang laying on the bed dead. She had blue hair and blue eyes and was extremely pretty.

"What happened!" Kagome screeched. Everyone in the room turned to her in fear. Kagome was the right hand person of the leader. Kagome growled and one of the gang members stood up.

"We were out on one of the jobs and Lady Sakino decided to accompany us this time," the woman spoke nervously and Kagome then realized that Sakino only went out on jobs when Kagome was with her for protection, "and she wasn't looking and someone hand lodged a sword through her back…" Kagome narrowed her eyes and growled as the woman backed away. Sakino never ever wasn't paying attention, she had a special power to tell whether or not someone was behind her. This woman was lying. Kagome sighed as she walked over to the blade that the Leader of this gang always had. Kagome carefully picked it up and turned to face their shocked face's. She smirked slightly as she unsheathed it.

"Sakino had told me if anything were to happen to her that I would become the new leader of the Black Soul gang… Oh yes, and I also knew her extremely well. She and I go back about 500 years," Kagome said. There were many shocked faces in the room.

Flash Back

Kagome looked around as she heard a whimpering somewhere. She ran to find a beautiful demon with blue hair wounded slightly on the leg. Kagome walked up to her and had helped her that day and they soon become great friends. Kagome even told her about the future.

"Sakino, once day I may have to go back to the future and I won't be able to see you again," Kagome said sadly. Sakino shook her head and giggled slightly. Kagome looked towards her in shock.

"You will see me again in the future… Demon's stop aging once they reach the age of 18. We are not immortal though because if we are killed by another we will die. If we are not killed then we shall survive. I will survive for you Kagome and I will see you again. You are a true friend and it is hard to find true friends in these times of ours," Sakino said. Kagome smiled and hugged Sakino tightly.

End of Flash Back

"Also… Sakino never goes on a mission without me! Don't you dare try to lie to me. She also is always able to tell when someone is behind her you insolent bitch. I am just lucky there are hundreds of demons still in the gang that don't lie. Now I am going to ask you all a question and I expect an answer or if you don't give me one you will die right then. Were all of you the ones that accompanied her to the mission?" Kagome asked. She glared around the room looking at each one of them. The same woman stepped forward with fear and replied yes. Kagome then smelt something. It was Sakino's blood and it was on each of them. Kagome snarled as she raised her sword forward. 'Betrayal…' She glared at them as they backed away in fear.

"BETRAYAL! That is one thing I do not take kindly too, now die," she said coldly as she swiped the sword and sent a huge wave of miko energy at them purifying them as they continued to scream. She then turned to Sakino and her eyes grew sad. Kagome snapped her fingers a few guards came in with shocked eyes.

"Clean up this trash and then prepare for Sakino's funeral," she spoke coldly but softened a bit when she talked about Sakino. They nodded and Kagome ran out of the mansion and went outside and threw her leg over the motorcycle with Sakino's sword on her hip. She was going to get revenge and it was going to be sweet. She spread her senses over the city and found the gang that those insolent girls had handed Sakino over to. Kagome raced through the city until she came to a mansion that was in open view. She swung her leg off of it. Kagome walked towards the door and burst it open with her demonic powers. She smirked as all heads of male demons turned towards her with shocked faces. She smiled sweetly as she drew her sword and decided to kill only those with the scent of Sakino on them.

"Let's play," she said coldly and then charged forward.

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha teleported outside a mansion and walked up to it. Sesshomaru stopped right then. His eyes narrowed as he looked over at Inuyasha whose eyes widened slightly.

"Do you smell that," Inuyasha asked. Sesshomaru growled slightly.

"The smell of blood," he spoke coldly. The walked up to the door to find it in pieces and when they were inside they found dead bodies scattered everywhere. Sesshomaru growled but found there were more alive than dead which was very strange to him.

"What had happened here," he asked. One of the male demons was now missing an arm and walked up to him. He bowed down and kept his head down. He then looked up at Sesshomaru with fear in his eyes.

"It was one female demon… She had silver eyes and was extremely powerful. Her eyes though held no emotion The only thing she said before she began the slaughter was, 'Lets play.' Then after she killed ¼ of us she said that her revenge was done and she disappeared. We couldn't stop her, she was too strong and too skilled," the man said. Sesshomaru's eyes widened slightly but then narrowed them again. 'The only female demon I have ever seen to have silver eyes was Kagome…'

Kagome and Shippo soon reached the apartment building so she got out and Shippo did to. They had spent 2 hours going back and forth unpacking. Now it was fully done so Kagome walked up the steps to the second floor with Shippo in her hands. She walked over to the door and was about to open it when she turned around to see two males. One had black hair and was wearing a green outfit. The other had red hair. They both looked at her a little confused. Then finally the man in the green outfit held out his hand and Kagome took it with a smirk.

"The name is Yusuke," he said.

"Kagome," she replied coldly. She looked over at the red haired man and he bowed to her. She gave a slight smiled to him.

"The name I go by when with friends is Kurama," he said kindly. Kagome raised an eyebrow when she looked at him. 'Why is he telling me that if I don't really know him?'

"Well that is nice and all but I have to put my son to bed," she said. She then turned around and walked back into her apartment with Shippo in her arms.

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