"Okaa-san!!!" Kagome burst through the front door and went around the house calling for her mom. She saw a note on the kitchen table and picked it up.

Kagome,

Jii-chan, Souta, and I have gone to visit your Aunt Yume in Kyoto. We'll be back by Monday.

"Great. Just great. I have to wait three more days..." Kagome tried to think of a way to get her answers without waiting that long. "I know where Aunt Yume lives. What if I use my powers to create an energy cloud like Sesshomaru's and fly there! Now...How do I make an energy cloud?" Kagome spent the rest of the day trying to figure it out before she got it. "Now I don't have to wait!" she was smiling like a child who got a new toy.

As Kagome was flying, she looked at the grounds below her. It was beautiful. She was going at a speed fast enough to make everything blurry, but with her newly acquired senses, she saw everything perfectly. Soon she was flying over Kyoto. Her Aunt Yume lived near the forest. The house itself was designed like a castle from feudal Japan. Shoji doors, open courtyard, a bath house was built over the hot spring. Kagome really loved it. She heard her mother and her aunt talking so she decided to listen in.

"It's her 17th birthday. Do you think she'll come home looking for answers?" she heard her mother take a sip of tea while waiting for an answer.

"Of coarse," Yume stopped then smiled. "Kagome, would you like to join us for tea?"

Kagome blushed, but walked in and took a seat next to her mom. "You knew that I was a youkai...And that otou-san was Lord of the North?" Kagome looked at hr mom.

"Yes," she held up her hand to stop Kagome from interrupting. "It was an arranged marrige. We were told that our first child was to be the heir, or in your case, heiress of the Northern Lands. We lived their while you were a child. But when you turned 10, suitors came from all over trying to get the Northern Lands by becoming your mate. Your father and I agreed that we would let you choose who was to be your mate, but I would leave with you afterwards to protect you from the ones you turned down."

"You mean I chose a mate!" Kagome opened her mouth to say she would never do such a thing, but her mom stopped her.

"Yes, you did. It was Yume's son, she isn't your real aunt in a sense, but she and I were like sisters as children," her mom got a dreamy look on her face. "It was so cute. You two loved each other and well, Yume and I decided that it would be wonderful if you two were together...So know that your of age, you will meet with your chosen mate and he will court you properly." Rei (that's her mom's name) looked over at Yume.

"Wait...Before I let this guy court me...Who is he?"

"Prince Sesshomaru of the Western Lands."

"Your kidding right?" Kagome looked from her mom to her Aunt to her mother.

"What do you mean. Did Inutaisho get my Maru-chan a mate already?" Yume looked at Kagome.

Kagome out right laughed, "Your Maru-chan?" Kagome was in a fit of giggles when she realized that Yume didn't know that Inutaisho was dead. "Aunt...errr...Lady Yume, Inutaisho died."

"I'm still your Aunt, Kagome," she waved her hand to dismiss it but stopped when the rest of what Kagome said sunk in. "Inutaisho is dead? Bu-But how? Why?" she had tears brimming her eyes.

"He was in a battle with Ryuukotssai (sp?) And died from all his injuries. When he died, Sesshomaru became Lord."

Yume was sobbing by the time Kagome was done talking. Rei went over to comfort her. "I guess we should be getting back to Sengoku Jidai now." Rei was getting up while comforting Yume.

"Wait. Before we go. Can I see everyone's humanoid form?" Kagome wanted to know what her mom, Jii-chan, Souta, and Aunt Yume looked like with out concealing spells.

"Alright...But let me put a concealing spell on you before Souta gets here." she chanted something under her breath before calling everyone to the dining room. When Jii-chan walked in, he was smiling. He looked over at Kagome and winked.

"Souta, your not human," Rei looked at him waiting for a reaction.

'That was blunt,' Kagome mused silently to her self.

"Okay. What am I?" everyone just stared at him. Outside you could hear crickets chirping.

"Well, you're an inu-youkai," Rei was silently wondering if he knew already.

"Can I see my humanoid form?" he asked eagerly.

"Okay. Jii-chan, Yume, Kagome, take down your concealing spells." When that was done, everyone had a crescent moon on their foreheads. Yume had a blue crescent, whild everyone else had red. "Tomorrow we will all go back to the feudal era. I suggest you get a good nights rest because we will be going straight to the Northern Castle."

Everyone headed to their rooms to go to sleep. Their trip was not going to be full of surprises.

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