Disclaimer: I so not, repeat, do NOT own Inuyasha. He belongs to none other than Rumiko Takahashi. Although I will admit that I REALLY want Inuyasha to be mine! sobs anyways… umm… yeah '

Nekomata-17

A/N: Okay, I am SOOOOOOOO sorry for not updating sooner. Everything has been busy and also, I've just been too lazy ' Sorry again! And now, I just finished exams and now I have the whole summer to write! YAY! Anyways, I'm kinda glad schools done with, NO MORE FRIGID' HOMEWORK!

Chapter 6

Last time…

Kagome continued to follow the scent until she came to a warehouse. She looked down... It looked deserted. She was about to jump down to get a closer look when she saw the bear youkai in human form walk out with another man. They seemed to be in a deep conversation… now Kagome knew foe sure something was wrong… and that the girl she saved could be in more danger now…

Now…

After observing the men, she decided she wasn't going to do anything rash. She would wait for the right moment. For now, she took one last whiff of the scent, to make sure she remembered it, and began to head home.

'I wonder if that woman is okay…' She thought back to the demon that she saw. He didn't seem evil. Her instincts told her that he wasn't evil, and over the years she has learned to trust what her instincts told her. One thing bugged her though… those eyes… they seemed so familiar… she shook away her thoughts, continuing to leap from roof top to roof top to get home quicker.

She slipped into her room and quickly got changed into some pajamas. As soon as she was dressed, she opened her door and tip toed to the one across the hall from her own room. Slowly, she opened the door, careful not to let it creek. Her gaze softened as she spotted both her sons in their beds, their chests rising up and down as they snored softly. She quietly walked into the room, giving each a kiss on the forehead before exiting the room. As quietly as she did before, she began to close the door, softly whispering "I love you" before closing the door completely and heading back to her own room.

Kagome slowly opened her eyes as a stream of sunlight shone across her face. She groaned as she grabbed her pillow, pulling it over her face. Too bad she didn't hear the door open, when suddenly she felt two heavy objects fall on her stomach. She gasped, whipping the pillow off her head and laughed as she found two pairs of eyes looking back at her. Shippo and Bunza both gave innocent smiles.

"It's time to get up Okaa-san!" Shippo said with a grin, while Bunza just giggled.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm going!" Kagome said, laughing in return. The two boys scurried of there beds, and Kagome could only laugh when all she say were two tails scurrying away.
She was still chuckling when she went into the bathroom to have a shower and so on. When she stepped out, she went straight to her closet and picked out a black shirt that said "My Teenage Bullshit has a Body Count" along with a pair of Black faded jeans with chains hanging all down the sides, slightly jingling when she walked. (A/N: my friend has a pair of jeans. She came in late for our fist period class, and all you hear is jingling when she walked in. I found it quite amusing, and she was trying not to laugh. This is for you Liz! ) She grabbed her shoulder bag that had Jack Skelington's head on the flap, before heading downstairs for breakfast. "Ayame! You didn't have to make breakfast!" The said person turned away fro the stove giving a toothy grin.

"It's no problem! Besides, Gramps was telling me you're too lazy to cook things in the morning." She snickered while also winking at Kagome "So I figured I would make something."

She made Kagome sit down, then handing a plate of eggs and toast on the table in front of her. Kagome looked across the table and smiled at her brother and two sons as they ate their breakfast, before diving into her own. She almost didn't notice Ayame coming to the table with her own food.

"Oh yeah, I wanted to ask you. Ayame, when are you heading back home?" Kagome asked while pausing from eating her food. She noticed the smirk on Ayame's face and knew that something was up.

"Well… now that you ask, my parents have gone for a year traveling. Gramps said that I could stay here, and since I'm the same age as you, go to school with you. What do you think?" Ayame asked while smiling. Suddenly she was on the floor, being tackled by Kagome.

"That is soo cool! And your staying here with us right?" Kagome got up and did her famous happy dance when she got a laugh and a nod from her friend on the floor. "Oh yeah, woo-who, oh yeah!" Kagome waved her hands around while hopping and turning around, doing her own little jig. Once she calmed down enough, she helped Ayame off the floor and resumed eating her breakfast.

"Well, I'm still in pj's, so I'll be back when I get dressed." Ayame said as she raced up the stairs.

Once Kagome was done she helped the boys get ready, getting their lunches and bags packed. Once that was done, she put on her own boots and leather jacket.

"Okay, are you three sure that you don't want a ride to school?" Kagome asked as she finally began putting her concealment spell on, along with the boys.

"Okaa-san! Really, we're big boys! Besides, Souta will be walking with us too!" Bunza exclaimed, crossing his arms over his chest, Shippo beside him did the same thing. Just doing that, made them look so cute, Kagome had to laugh. Shippo was wearing faded blue jeans and a dark green shirt with a cartoon fox in a punk'd dressed outfit on, holding one of his paws in a thumbs up. Bunza was wearing a blue shirt with a spiraling dragon on it, and black jeans. Kagome noticed how they always had the same hair due. But she loved it that way. Shippo's hair was in a ponytail, while Bunza's was left down.

"Yeah, don't worry about it sis, we're old enough to walk to school on our own." Souta said as he put his bag on his shoulder. Souta stuffed his hands into the pockets of his black baggy pants. His shirt was dark red with a black skull on it.

"Fine, Fine! I get it! Just be careful at school alright?" Kagome gave her son's a kiss on the head and gave Souta a messy hair due.

"Kagome!" Souta said before shrugging and walking out the door. Kagome could only laugh before watching her son's run out after him.

"Come on 'Yame! We don't got all day you know!" Kagome stood at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for Ayame to make it down the stairs. When she came down, she wore a black shirt that said "This is what I learned in school today (see back of shirt)" Of course, nothing was on the back of the shirt. She also wore black jeans with lime green lining. (I need a pair of those! Need to go to Hot Topic Dammit!) Her hair was tied into two pigtails. "Nice," Said Kagome as she laughed at her friend, who was now modeling down the hallway. "Come on, we need to get to school!"

"Yeah, yeah, I know." Ayame said as she grabbed her leather jacket and truck keys. "By the way, I returned your truck." Ayame said with a smirk, handing the keys to Kagome.

"My truck!" Kagome hugged Ayame fiercely before darting out to look at her vehicle, a Ford-F-1-50 Black Pickup Truck. (Or as I would call it, one step away from being a monster truck. If any of you have ever seen the movie Walking Tall staring The Rock, and seen the pickup truck he has in that movie, you would know what I mean. It's the one kind of truck I would want! sighs some day, I will own it Dammit!)

"My pride and joy! Well, besides my bike" Kagome whispered the last part before running to the truck and hugging the front of it. Rubbing her cheek of it affectionately. "I say we drive my truck today!" Kagome dashed for the driver's seat. "Come on Yame! Get in!" Ayame laughed softly to herself as she got into the giant truck.

Kagome turned the ignition key, while Ayame reached into the dashboard and grabbed a CD out, putting it into the CD player. Out came the blaring of "Her portrait in Black" by Atreyu (I love this song ). Kagome and Ayame both nodded their heads at the songs beat. After a few songs by Atreyu and All That Remains they made it to the school parking lot.

Kagome turned off the truck and stepped out. Ayame doing the same. "So, do you want me to show you around before class begins?" Kagome walked along side of Ayame, Turning her gaze to her friend as they walked along the sidewalk. But before Ayame could give an answer, three voices could be heard several meters from them.

"Kagome! Over here!" Sango could be heard, as well as Miroku and Inuyasha who seemed to be talking to one another. Kagome waved to Sango before looking back to Ayame.

"Nah, you go to your friends, I'll go check my schedule and meet up with you later." Ayame finally answered. "If I don't see you later, I'll meet you by the truck after school alright?" Kagome nodded as she watched Ayame head to school before walking towards her new friends.

"Hey guys!" Kagome began to talk to Sango as the guys apparently didn't hear her.

"So who was that girl, Kags?" Sango moved to a tree and sat down, leaning against the trunk.

"Oh, that was Ayame. She was the one who babysat Shippo and Bunza for me when my brother and I began moving in with our Grandfather." Kagome walked towards the tree as well and sat down beside Sango, and also leaned against the trunk of the tree.

"Cool, do I get to meet her later?" Kagome nodded her head and smiled at Sango. "Cool! Oh and for the record, Shippo and Bunza are so adorable!" Sango went on and on about Shippo and Bunza while Kagome laughed and smiled at her friend.

"Well, on the weekend, you can come over again with your brother and we can all go out for a walk or something. Shippo and Bunza have been wanting to find a park or something so that they have somewhere to play." After their conversation, they heard the warning bell ring and decided that they'd better head to class. That's when Inuyasha and Miroku finally realized that Kagome was there.

"Oh, why hello, Kagome, how are you on this lovely day?" Miroku asked as he walked up behind Sango. Kagome rolled her eyes as she heard the slap sound that followed that question, and the comment 'Keep your hands off Monk!'

"Oh, won't you ever learn your lesson Miroku?" Kagome laughed as Miroku rubbed his cheek and saying how it was worth it every time.

The four students went to their first period class, and it turned out that Miroku had the same first period as well, he just didn't go before because he was… occupied when he accidentally groped a guy instead of a girl… awkward yes, no one has yet to understand how that was possible for him to get the two gender's mixed up… but yeah… anyways, they entered the classroom and sat in their proper seats. Kagome sat beside Inuyasha, while Sango sat, unfortunately, beside Miroku.

Today, there was a substitute in the class so there really was no need to do homework.

"Oh, yeah, Kagome, I meant to ask you last night, but what did Kikyo say before? I guess after third period yesterday." Sango whispered, the two boys were also intrigued and since they had nothing better to do, listened in.

"Umm, oh yeah, well I was walking out of third yesterday and she came up to me and started saying that I couldn't hang out with Inuyasha anymore, because he was hers-"

"Feh. She going on about that again? Man, won't she ever leave me alone, damn it!" Inuyasha interrupted Kagome, who gave a questioning look to the three.

Sango decided to tell Kagome exactly what he meant. "It's not one of his proudest moments, but a year or so ago the two of them began to date-"

"And man was it the worst choice he ever made!" Miroku added while Inuyasha glared at him.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've learned my lesson, okay?" Inuyasha turned and rested his head on the table. Kagome laughed, but still couldn't believe he would date some one like her. It just made her shiver at the thought. Who in their right mind would date Kikyo!

"So Kags, you wanna do something after school?" Sango asked, changing the subject before Miroku said anything more stupid.

'Kags? Well, wench has got a new nickname' Inuyasha smirked.

"Well, I can't right after school. I wanna pick up Shippo and Bunza from their first day of school." Kagome smiled, she wanted to know how their first day went.

"I'm coming with you though! I love your kids, they're soo adorable!" Sango laughed a bit. But as they were talking, they failed to notice the strange, confused looks on Inuyasha and Miroku's faces.

"Okay, one minute! Rewind! Kagome, you have children?" Miroku asked. He cocked his head to the side and just stared at the girls.

Unconsciously, Inuyasha began to growl quietly. 'I'm gonna rip the throat out of the person who touched her! Wait! Why do I care! BAH!'

Both the girls began laughing. "They're my foster sons. I adopted them when I was sixteen. Today was their first day of school and I want to know how it went for them." Kagome explained, realizing how it may have sounded to the guys.

Inuyasha's growls abruptly stopped. 'What was I so worried about. Kami, what is wrong with me!'

Miroku just smiled. "Well then, would you mind if we tagged along with you?" He asked.

"Don't mind at all."

The bell rang and the group exited the class. Luckily, due to the fact that they had a substitute, they had no homework.

Gym class wasn't anything new, only this time, the girls in the class got to choose what type of weapon they wanted to use.

'Yes!' Kagome thought as she spotted a pair of Sais. As soon as she grabbed them, she twirled them in her hands, getting the feel of them before trying to practice.

"I'm impressed, not many people choose those." Kagome turned around to find Sango standing behind her. Kagome would have answered back, except she was more interested in the weapon that Sango herself had chosen. It looked to be a giant boomerang, and strangely it seems familiar to Kagome in some way.

'That's right! In the stories Gramps told me, Demon Exterminators used those weapons!' Kagome smirked. Maybe Sango was actually a descendent of a demon hunter. "Nice weapon, that's your favourite one?"

"Damn straight! Hey, how about me and you go against each other, eh?" Sango asked with a smirk. "But be ready! You might get you ass kicked!"

Kagome started to laugh with Sango. "Oh, fearless, warrior Sango, show mercy on me, please!" The two girls continued to laugh as they headed down to the lower field.

The two girls stood a little ways from each other, Sango placed herself, one hand was raised above her head as she hung on to one end of the boomerang, while the other end of the weapon rested on the ground behind her. Knees bent, she waited for Kagome to make her move.

Kagome stood, legs spread apart, and her arms bent and away from her sides as she again, twirled the Sais in her hands.

The two women stood before each other, and each held the gaze of the other. In unison, each gave a nod to each other before they both sprinted forward. Sango made the first move as she swung the weapon around, hoping to hit Kagome in the torso area, but Kagome was quicker and jumped back just in time.

'She's fast' Thought Sango, as she too moved back.

It was Kagome's turn to make a move. She came up spinning her sais around; from there she aimed for Sango's wrists. Both of them were armored so their only objective was to either get your opponent down or knock the weapon out of there hands. Kagome hoped to hit Sango's wrists, therefore making her drop her weapon, but Sango knew better and brought her weapon around in front of her, blocking the attack. Kagome jumped back again, but didn't anticipate what Sango was going to do next.

"Hiraikotsu!" Was the only thing Kagome heard as Sango let her Boomerang go and it flew towards Kagome.

'SHIT!' Kagome dodged the last second before watching as the boomerang flew back around and fell into the owners hands. "Well, that was unexpected! You're good Sango!" Kagome smiled before returning to her feet from where she landed on the ground.

"Why thank you, Kags. You're not so bad yourself!" Sango grinned. Yup, this was going to be fun.

As the two girls continued to fight, both failing to defeat the other, neither of them noticed the groups of gym classes that now surrounded them.

Several minutes later Sango found herself swinging her boomerang in front of her, hoping to knock the sais out of Kagome's hands. Unbeknownst, Kagome had thought of the same strategy with her weapons and aimed for Sango's wrists that held the giant boomerang. Just as each weapon hit, both women were thrown off balance of the other and both fell to the ground. Both girls got up, wondering if the other lost their weapon. As they gazed at each other, they began to laugh. Turns out both had lost hold of their weapons. Guess neither girl could beat the other.

"Well, that was fun!" Sango laughed before getting up and helping Kagome to her feet. "I didn't know you could fight so well, Kags!"

"Me? What about you, man? I didn't know you could ass like that!" Kagome stood with an astonished look on her face. "We gotta do this more often!" Both girls laughed again as they reached for their weapons to go put them away before heading to the showers.

They had just gotten changed when the bell that signaled the end of class rang.

"Lunch!" The girls said together as they raced to pack their stuff and headed to their regular seat outside in the courtyard.

The girls leisurely took their time getting to their table outside, and waited for the guys.

"Okay Sango, spill, where did you learn to fight so well? I couldn't help but notice that most of the class can do diddly-shit when fighting." Kagome scoffed. "Your skills were almost professional!" Sango laughed at Kagome's enthusiasm.

"Well, if you must know, it's a hobby my dad picked up when he was my age, and then he taught it to me. You know, the 'Just In Case' speech. But after learning it, I had a lot of fun, so I made sure I learnt all I could. Now, Miss Impatience, what about you? You never told me you could fight like that!"

"You never asked." Kagome laughed at the glare she received from Sango. "Okay, okay! The same was for me. My dad learnt it when he was young and taught me." Kagome smiled sadly, memories flooding her mind about her father. "I'm still really impressed by you. How much must that boomerang weigh?"

"Well actually it—HENTAI!" Sango punched Miroku and watched him fall to the ground before turning back to Kagome. "Now, back to the conversation that I was rudely interrupted in… Glare at Miroku it's actually not that heavy once you start training with it. You get used to the weight after a while."

"Yeah, you got the practice when you chased Miroku with it those million times." A familiar voice reaching Kagome's ears. She turned and saw Inuyasha sitting down beside her.

" 'Bout time you guys showed up. Me and Sango here were thinking about leaving." Kagome said as she stole a fry from Inuyasha's bought lunch.

Inuyasha lazily glared at her before eating his fries. "Sorry your highness, but me and Miroku were stuck picking up the gym equipment today. Thanks to you guys.."

Kagome blinked. "Us? What did we do?" 'What the hell does he mean by us?'

"Well, Inuyasha and I were fixated with your lovely performance today, and were stuck picking up equipment because we didn't do any gym. Anyways, I knew Sango could fight well, but I never imagined that you, Kagome, had so much skill!" In came the voice of a now conscious Miroku.

"Well, now you know." Kagome laughed. She stole another of Inuyasha's fries and everyone laughed as he complained.

Soon enough though, lunch was over and everyone had to go to their third period classes. Sango and Miroku waved goodbye to Inuyasha and Kagome as they headed to their own classes.

Kagome left for her locker, telling Inuyasha that she would meet him in art, smiling when she got the, oh so famous 'Feh'. As Kagome grabbed her stuff and closed her locker door and turned around, she frowned at the sight before her.

"What do you want Barbie?" Kagome said tiredly as she came face to face with none other than Kikyo herself.

"Excuse me? Whatever… Anyways, I warned you to stop hanging out with my Inuyasha, freak!" Kikyo said, as she leaned on her right foot with her arms crossed over her chest.

Kagome raised an eyebrow at Kikyo. "Oh, really.. And what are you gonna do about it if I do?" She scoffed before pushing past Kikyo roughly.

"Well, we wouldn't want everyone to know your secret… right?"

Kagome stopped in her tracks. 'She can't know.. I've been so careful up till now!'. She turned towards Kikyo, only to see a huge smirk on her face.

Kagome scowled "I don't know what your talking about, bitch." And with that she hurried down the hall towards her art class.

As Kagome left Kikyo's sight, Kikyo turned the other way, still with a smirk on her face. "Careful freak, I know what you really do at night, thanks to a certain someone…" She laughed to herself before heading to her own next class.

Kagome had her head down as she sped through the halls. 'She can't know! No one knows except for… okay, don't think about it! He's gone!' Kagome shook her head as she entered her art class. Almost in a daze she sat at her seat and began taking her things out. No matter what, she still couldn't get the event out of her head. There was no possible way that Kikyo would know about Kagome.

She couldn't feel her legs as they led her to her seat. Her mind felt numb, almost exhausted from trying to figure out Kikyo knew what she knew. She was so caught up in her own head; she didn't notice Inuyasha's face flash with concern.

'Where is that stupid Wench? She's late for class… Not that I care or anything.' Inuyasha thought as he gazed at the class door.

He was just about to ask the teacher for an excuse to leave the class in search Kagome just when Kagome walked into the class. He was already smirking at the thought of teasing her until he noticed the look on Kagome's face. It looked blank, as she kept her head down. She seemed to not even notice he was there. Its not like he was concerned or anything, but for the day or two that he has known her, she was the kind of person that wouldn't keep quiet. He decided to let it go and worked on his art.

Third class ended and now it was on to fourth, Kagome walked into her English class and took her seat beside Sango. By then, she had convinced herself that she would think about the 'Barbie' incident after school.

"Hey." Sango slurred as she laid her head on her deck. "Why is it that I'm so tired by fourth…?"

"Well," Kagome laughed. "Maybe it's just 'cause it's almost the end of the day?" Kagome waited for an answer, but only got a moan in return, which made her laugh harder.

"Well it's nice to see you in a better mood." A voice whispered. Kagome turned her head to find Inuyasha sitting in his desk behind her. "You seemed really out of it in art." Again he spoke in a low voice, figuring maybe Kagome wouldn't want the other two to bother her.

Kagome looked confused and shocked before smiling at Inuyasha. "Meh, just thinking too much. Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you in class." She said, rubbing the back of her neck.

"Don't worry about it." Was her reply before the teacher at the front began teaching.

English class seemed to go by fast, and soon Kagome found herself walking towards her truck, where Ayame was patiently waiting.

"Hey, how was first day?" Kagome said as she waved at Ayame.

"Pretty good… a little bummed that I didn't have any classes with you, or lunch for that matter!" Ayame pouted, but it soon faded as Kagome gave her a sideways hug.

"Aww, now, now, don't pout. Remember, you live with me!" Kagome laughed. "Oh yeah, there are a few people I want you to meet that are gonna come with us to pick up the kids." Ayame nodded, happy she was getting to meet Kagome's friends.

"Kagome!" A familiar voice was heard. Kagome turned to see Sango (who had called her), Miroku and Inuyasha coming her way.

"Oh, there they are now." Kagome waited for the group to approach her and Ayame before giving introductions. "Ayame, this is Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha." She said, indicating who was who. "And guys, this is my cousin Ayame. She's living with me for a year. So be nice… Inuyasha." She smirked and laughed as she heard Inuyasha complain.

"Anyways, are we all going to pick up my kids?" Everyone nodded, but the boys still thought it sounded weird when they heard Kagome say that.

Everyone got on their own traveling device and made their way to the school. Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha on their bikes, while Kagome and Ayame in the truck.

They all eventually found their way to the front of the Shikon Elementary school, where they sat on the grass in front of the school, waiting for the bell to ring (Bear with me on school times, but the elementary school gets out a half hour after the high school).

The school was a three story school with white walls all around.

The school bell eventually rang and dozens and dozens of children piled out of the school doors. Kagome stood up, turning around to face the school entrance when she was pushed to the ground by orange and brown, hyper sped objects. The three girls laughed as they stared at none other than Shippo and Bunza, who were hugging Kagome's stomach.

"Hi boys." Kagome smiled as she hugged her sons back. "How was school?" Kagome laughed even harder when both boys began reciting their day at the same time, both had giant smiles on their faces.

Shippo and Bunza suddenly stopped and looked behind Kagome, Sango and Ayame and stared at the two men behind them.

"Who's that, Okaa-san?" Bunza asked timidly. Kagome had finally managed to stand up, realizing that both her boys were hiding behind her legs, peaking around them shyly.

"Boys, they are more friends from school. This is Inuyasha, and this is Miroku." She paused to point to each guy, helping the children to know who was who. "And guys, the little ones here are my sons that I was telling you about. Shippo and Bunza."

With Introductions done. They all decided that they would head back to Kagome's house and crash there for a while. Everyone decided that Kagome, Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku would work on their projects for a while before everyone went home. Ayame would crash on the couch for a while and Shippo and Bunza would play in their room.

In the shrine scroll house, Inuyasha and Kagome looked over their legends. "Okay, so here it says that the Shikon Jewel originally belonged in a body of a mighty warrior priestess named Midoriko. But after a certain battle with many demons, and using so much of her power, the Shikon burst out of her and ended up with the Miko's village of Demon Slayers. The Jewel was tainted and no miko around was strong enough to purify it.

"But soon there was word of a very strong miko with strong spiritual powers. Strong enough to purify the jewel. Many Demon Slayers brought the jewel to her, and asked if she would take it, purify it, and protect it. Of course, her duty as a miko was more important than anything else, so she accepted. Strange… it doesn't say her name or anything…
"Anyways, each day grew harder and harder for the miko because more and more demons began to come, trying to take the jewel, each wanting to become stronger and stronger. And each time, the miko was able to defeat the demons.

"But soon enough, she ran into a half demon, who wanted the jewel to become a full demon. It doesn't; say his name either… but no matter what happened, neither the miko nor the half demon would kill the other. And soon, the miko and hybrid realized that they were falling in love with the other. Finally, after much thinking, the two decided that they would use the jewel for themselves. The half demon would use the jewel to become human so that the two could live together. But neither knew of the terrible fate both would suffer.

"No one truly knows exactly what happened, but it says that the day that the two lovers were supposed to meet, the Hanyou stole the sacred jewel from the Miko's village, yelling that he would have revenge, but no one knew what he meant.

"Just after he took the jewel, the priestess showed up, claiming that he betrayed him and shot him with a binding arrow to a great tree that happened to be behind him."

Kagome turned to look at Inuyasha. "From what my grandfather told me, the tree that he was shot into, happens to be the very sacred tree here on the premises." Kagome looked at Inuyasha's stunned expression before returning to the scroll.

"Back to the story, fifty years passed, and still the half-demon was pinned to the tree. But something knew happened. There was an ancient well not to far from the tree, and one day, a teenage girl came through the well. This girl (the name, again, wasn't told) claimed to be from 500 years in the future. She came across a centipede demon, and found herself in front of the tree where the Hanyou was pinned. People who witnessed this said she was a priestess, because she miraculously was able to pull the arrow out from the chest of the Hanyou, what was even more amazing was that this jewel had the sacred jewel inside her, it was found when the centipede demon bit her in her side.

"After, it's pretty much self explanatory. The two individuals hated each other at first sight; the girl broke the jewel, and now it was up to her and the half-demon to find the pieces and put them back together. They go through many obstacles… but I think we can read about those another day."

Kagome got some paper out and she and Inuyasha wrote down what they already knew about the story.

"Ugh… that's enough for today." Groaned Sango, as she stood up and stretched.

"I completely agree with you there, lovely Sango." Miroku grinned when he got a glare from Sango.

It was pretty late, so the group decided to go there separate ways and rest up. Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha walked out the door, waving good-bye to Kagome and the rest of her family.

Kagome had put the children to bed and walked into her room, ready to get changed and to head out for her nightly routine. But when she walked into her room, she was surprised to see Ayame sitting there with a smirk on her face and a thin, wide box beside her on the bed. Kagome noticed she had her concealment spell off, and was able to see her pointed ears, fangs and grey tail that swished behind her.

"What?" Kagome asked slowly, not sure if she liked the look on Ayame's face.

"Oh, nothing," Ayame began. "Just wondering if you were gonna go out tonight." She said with a lopsided smile.

"I-I don't know what your talking about, Ayame!" Kagome defended, but knew that Ayame could see straight through her lie.

"Uh-huh… well, I just came here to give her a small gift. The clothes you where when you're 'not' going out seem to be a little uncomfortable, so I designed something for you." Ayame stood and handed Kagome the box. Curious, Kagome opened it and was shocked at what she found.

She pulled out the clothes, examining them, and eventually, with the encouragement of Ayame, put it on. The pants were a little looser than the leather ones she had. Along the side, plastic buckles decorated the length of the pants. Kagome was not surprised to find that the pants were a deep black. She shifted her sight to look at the matching top and liked how it looked. It was a plain black, and it had no sleeves. Instead, it had thick straps, and the back of the shirt went down low, exposing most of her spine. The front of the shirt went down enough to show a little cleavage, and the shirt itself ended just above her navel. It too was black and had a single buckle on both sides of the shirt. After she was done examining, Ayame handed her a pair of black, light weight boots.

"Man, this is so much comfortable than my other one." Kagome was admiring the fabric, falling in love with the fact that it wasn't as constricting as leather. That's when she realized what she had said. Her eyes shot up to meet Ayame's, who's had a playful look in them. "I-I mean… umm-"

Ayame brought her hand up to silence her. "Don't even try to make excuses now. Anyways, I already knew about your little secret." Ayame laughed as she circled Kagome, looking at how the outfit looked on her. That's where she stopped, looking on her cousin's back. 'Oh yeah, I forgot about that.'

Kagome sighed, she didn't know how Ayame knew, but there was no way of trying to hide it anymore. She realized that Ayame had stopped moving, and before she could say anything, her cousin spoke.

"Well, I forgot about that." She said, grinning.

'Huh?' "Forgot about what?" Kagome asked. A second later she knew what she was talking about but let Ayame speak anyways.

"This outfit really lets people see that tattoo of yours."

On Kagome's back was a design in black ink, outlining the picture of an eagle eye view of a panther. It was positioned in a fierce stance. The head of the panther was facing the right side, where it bore its fangs. The black ink outlined its spine and its torso. The right paw was beside the torso with its fore arm bent, while it's left fore arm, still bent, was slightly higher than the other, the paw almost next to the panther's head. The back left paw was much like the front paws, it was bent. But the right back leg was stretched out behind it. Finally, the tail curled to the left behind it.

Looking at the design made it seem that the panther was prowling.

'I remember now, dad let me get it when I turned sixteen.' Kagome smiled fondly at the memory. Her mother had a fit when Kagome came home with a tattoo on her beck but soon let it go after much talking with Kagome's father.

Kagome was brought out of her thoughts when Ayame spoke again.

"Okay, you best be heading out. Just be careful, alright?" Ayame said, patting Kagome on the shoulder. She somehow managed to be in front of Kagome.

"Ayame… how did-" Ayame shook her head before Kagome could ask a whole question.

"Have you ever been able to keep a secret form me?" Ayame asked a smirk on her lips and one eyebrow lifted.

Kagome laughed softly, knowing the answer to that already. She gave a frown at Ayame. "The boys and gramps… they don't know… do they?" Her heart beat louder and faster, she wouldn't be surprised if Ayame could hear it.

"Don't worry. They don't know a thing. Come one, do you really think I would tell them?"

Kagome gave a grateful smile before she took off her concealment spell, grabbed her belt holding her sais and hand/arm guards (Which somehow Ayame found), and headed towards the window where she jumped out, and was then nowhere in site.

"She had better not get herself killed. I always worry." Ayame said with a worried face. She turned around and walked out of the room and headed to her own, getting ready for a good night's sleep.

Kagome jumped from building top to building top. Secretly hoping that the girl she had saved wouldn't be out there again.

Hours passed and still the streets were quiet. Kagome was debating whether or not to just head home, but before a decision could be made, a scream echoed through the night. Kagome followed the sounds, coming onto s scene she had seen too many times in her life.

Again with the rape, a man ran after a woman. 'Better make this quick.' Kagome thought as she leaped to the scene. Ten seconds flat, the guy was knocked out, and Kagome smirked as she gazed at his fallen form. She felt the presents of the victim and resisted beating the guy to a pulp. She needed to make sure that the woman wasn't harmed.

Kagome walked towards the woman, who was crouched next to a wall building. When her eyes met Kagome's forced, the cat demon could already smell the fear that was circulating in the air. Kagome slowed her movements, trying not to frighten the woman even more.

"It's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you, I just wanna make sure your okay. That guy didn't harm you did he?" Kagome saw the girl shake her head. At least she was getting somewhere with the girl. She helped the woman up, not surprised that the woman was still afraid and stepped back. Kagome was about to tell her to go home, when she heard something strange. It sounded like something was flying threw the air, and fast. Before she could distinguish it, something big came whirling at her. Reflex was the only thing that kept her from being hit. She had jumped out of the way just in time. She saw the object circle around and head the same direction that it had came from.

'What the fuck!' Kagome thought. She turned her head to make sure that the human woman wasn't hurt, but could already see her running. 'Good, go home and be safe.'

"So, picking on more innocents, huh?"

Kagome's eyes widened as she came face to face to the demon that she had met the last time she was doing routes. Her shocked face then turned to anger. "Hey, bad timing yet again! I was saving the girl, dumbass!"

"That lame excuse again, huh? Well you're not getting away this time." He drew his sword that was in a sheath at his waist, but… there's no way a sword that size could fit in that sheath! The sword was huge!

"Ugh, why don't men ever listen?" Kagome groaned and pulled out her sais.

The male demon, who Kagome guessed was a dog demon (cuz of the ears), leaped at her. Kagome was able to dodge, and thanked her feline agility. But before she could make and escape, she could hear the whirring sound again, but this time, a voice came with it.

"Haraikotsu!" Kagome's eyes widened. The voice sounded a little muffled, but she still recognized it. 'NO!' Kagome barely dodged the object, which she now knew was a giant boomerang. Kagome didn't want to believe it, but she could already guess who that person was.

The boomerang went back to its owner and their stood a woman in a black skin tight suit with pink armor on her elbows, knees, shoulders, and torso. What looked like an old fashioned poison mask covered the lower half of her face, leaving only her eyes in view.

'S-Sango?' Kagome was so shocked; she barely registered the dog demon come leaping at her from behind. She dodged and tried to think of an escape. 'I have to get out of here!' She took a chance and leaped past both fighters and was trying to make it to the roof top, but suddenly, it seemed as if a whirl wind was pulling at her. She was then pulled back by the force of the air, but managed to grab hold of a nearby lamp post.

"Nice one Miroku!" Kagome was again shocked as she heard the voice of the demon call out to a man. Kagome didn't exactly have the concentration to look at all the details, but she could see that the man wore a purple and black robe, and she could recognize the face of Miroku.

'Shit! How the hell am I gonna get out of this one!' Kagome was almost frantic, but slowly managed to control herself. 'Okay girl, concentrate…' Slowly she let her priestess powers bubble inside her. 'Concentrate…' She began to glow blue, as her powers grew she managed to form a circular barrier big enough to cover her and reach the ground. The wind within the barrier was reduced to a breeze, and Kagome was able to stand on the concrete, from there she made her escape. With the barrier still around her she zigzagged her way down the street, as far away as she could get before she took of the barrier and leaped towards the buildings. She could hear the demon roar and curse, but didn't dare to look back.

"Shit, that was a close one…" Kagome managed to make it to her room. Her heart was beating wildly in her chest. Just when she made new friends, it turns out that two of them were demon slayers…

Kagome changed and got into bed. She tried falling asleep, but one question kept popping in her head… 'How the hell am I going to react to them in school tomorrow?'

A/N: Finally! Done!

Sooo, what did you think? I need everyone who is reading this to make sure to tell me how I did. I wanna make sure everyone understands everything so far. If anyone has a problem, please let me know. It could be anything! Not enough detail, too much detail, tell me please! But be nice, okay

Anyways, I was having difficulty deciding how I would end this chapter, but I did! Yay! does happy dance Okay, so, please review, and let me know how it was!

REVIEWS:

Rebecca: Hey, well here you go updation at your service!

MoonGirl19: Woah, woah! Well if you wanna find out what happens, you need to keep reading. But I'll answer the best I can right now. Yes, Inuyasha will find out about her secret, but im sorry, I cant tell you the reactions quit yet! Im still trying to figure them out myself ;

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Aranthi: lol im glad you like the story, and don't worry, this is a KagInu story! But I I like writing stories where Kagome can take care of herself, and plus, youll learn about the girl, just be sure to stay tuned!

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