Disclaimer- Ok, listen up, I've been saying this through out all three of these stories, I. DON'T. OWN. INUYASHA. OR. YU. YU. HAKUSHO! Thank you for your time .

(Ok, here's the breakdown- The prolog took place a while before this chapter, I gave some clues ((very easy to see clues)) as to when the prolog was... this chapter takes place close to the end of the Dark Tournament... but it's not going to have the actual tournament, since this is an 'Inuyasha' fic, and we're just going to assume that the Dark Tournament went as it did in the series. ((If you're still reading this rant, congrats to you .)) So, this chapter has Souta, and Shippo, and Kohaku, and Sango, and Miroku, and ((most importantly)) SesshouMaru ((::drool::)) So... I've got nothing else to say, and review if you want.)

Ch1

Shiori Minamino walked into her apartment to see Souta doing homework while watching TV. She smiled at the boy, having gotten used to his presence a while ago, and greeted him, "Hello Souta, how are you today?"
"I'm fine Mrs. Minamino," Souta said, smiling at her before going back to what he was doing.
Shiori walked over to the couch and sat down next to the boy that had become part of the family, "So, I'm guessing Suichi's still away with his friends?"
Souta nodded, "Yeah, but I bet he'll be back soon."
"And I was looking forward to telling him the good news," Shiori sighed.
Souta stopped writing and looked at her with a puzzled expression, "Good news?"
"Yeah," Shiori nodded, "I finally found out who my real parents were, and you'll never guess who." Souta just looked at her, as she continued, "it was none other than Annai Higurashi." (I don't know Kagome's/Souta's grandfather's name... so I made one up... and yes, I know that a lot of you want to kill me now... ::runs away::)
Souta just stared at her in shock, "But that was my grandfather... and you're his daughter, so that means that you're my aunt!"
Shiori nodded at the boy, "Yes, it dose. To celebrate this new knowledge, why don't we go out for a little while?"
Souta nodded, "Yeah ok!" Shiori laughed as she, and her now hyper nephew, went out to celebrate.

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Miroku, who had been watching the conversation, turned to Sango, "Wait, isn't Shiori Minamino the mother of the boy that Yoko's spirit fled to?" Sango silently nodded as the information sank in, and Miroku fell down laughing, "Just wait until Yoko finds out!"
SesshouMaru walked into the room they were in, and glared at the two humans that were in his room, "What will Yoko find out? That you were in my room, using my mirror to look at the lives of the living? Which is something that's not aloud I might remind you."
Miroku stopped laughing and looked up at SesshouMaru, "Yeah, this sorta thing is usually not aloud but..."
"But?" SesshouMaru repeated, raising an eyebrow.
"But Sango can tell you why this time was an exception."
Sango glared at Miroku, "What?!"
SesshouMaru growled, "I'm waiting."
"Yeah, uhm..." Sango laughed nervously, "it's just that it's been a while since we bothered to use this and... uh... wanted to see if it still worked?"
Miroku nodded, "Yes, that's exactly what we were doing."
"Well," SesshouMaru said, "it has been a while since the last time you two made your way into my room and used my mirror, without my permission."
"Oh yeah, I remember that," Miroku said, "it was back when Lady Kagome was trying to keep that little girl from going to Hell-"
SesshouMaru cut him off mid-sentence, "And I practically had to tie you two, along with the kitsune, down to keep anyone from interfering."
"Yeah... that time," Sango smiled nervously.
"So," Miroku stood up and started to walk away, "this has been a lovely conversation but Lady Sango and I really have to be going-"
The former-monk stopped talking when SesshouMaru grabbed the back of his robes, "No, I think that you should stay here. In fact you don't seem to have anything important to do, since you took the time to abandon your duties of guarding the barrier between Makai and Ningenkai, so why don't you two help the maids clean."
Sango and Miroku nodded as they left the room in a hurry. SesshouMaru made sure they were gone before cracking a small smile, "So the thief's human body is Kagome's cousin... wait until he finds out indeed."

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Kohaku stood at his post at the barrier, watching for any demon that tried to get out, or any human that somehow wandered in. His day had been boring, but that really wasn't a problem, since he was sure Sango and Miroku were have a much worse time than himself. After all, while he was here, taking up time out of his life to cover for their slacking, they were probebly caught by now. Kohaku smirked to himself as he thought about all that happened that day. The three of them had just finished their punish for being caught going to Ningenkai, which was to work as Koenma's ferry- girls... kimono's and all. Kohaku wanted to go home and take a break, away from whiney spirits of people who tried to beg, or bribe, their way into getting a second chance at life, but Sango and Miroku wanted to check up on Souta and make sure he was alright. Kohaku had to admit that he, too, had been curious as to how the other boy was doing but that didn't make him stupid. So, being the kind younger brother that he was, Kohaku took up Sango and Miroku's guard shifts, as well as doing his own, to keep SesshouMaru from suspecting that anyone was trying to use the mirror he had gotten from King Emma to watch the boy. SesshouMaru, of course, had not been fooled and left to talk to Kohaku, who had no problem with telling SesshouMaru exactly where his sister, and her friend, were. So, as bored as Kohaku was now, he was still better off than Sango and Miroku. The young boy closed his eyes, and relaxed.
His relaxation, however, was short lived. A messenger demon ran up to him, and handed him a small letter before scurrying off to report that the message had been delivered. Kohaku opened up the letter and read it over before smiling to himself, 'Well, it's not too exiting, but at least it's something to do.' The ghost put the letter in his pocket, and left for Ningenkai.

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Shippo watched people walking down the street from his spot in the God-Tree. They all walked by in a hurry, as if where they were going was going to explode, should they be late by a second or two. Shippo really didn't know why people rushed all the time, but they did. Others, though, decided to make up stories that the 'Old Higurashi Shrine', as it had come to be known, was cursed and/or haunted. It's not like Shippo could blame them for the storied, of course, after all, the people who lived there seemed to have the worst luck. First their daughter had gotten very sick for no apparent reason, then the shrine explodes due to unexplainable causes. Not to mention the fact that strange men, and the occasional woman, showed up at the shrine and 'disappear' moments later.
The sun had now set, and Shippo lazily cracked an eye open as he saw another bunch of kids that had wanted to see if the place was really haunted. The fox smirked to himself, 'I guess a little fun couldn't hurt.' He dropped silently to the ground, and made his way into the shadows.
"Hey, look, there's the shrine!" said a little boy as he ran up the steps. Following him, was a taller boy, and a girl that was about the same height as the first boy. The girl and the first boy had brown hair and eyes in fact, Shippo had guessed, they were twins. The taller boy had black hair, and green eyes.
The girl stood slightly behind, who Shippo thought, was her brother, "I don't think we should be here... they say that an evil spirit lives here and they'll eat your soul."
The black haired boy laughed, "Yeah right! For one thing, there's no such thing as monsters, spirits, or ghost. And for another thing, no stupid spirit is going to take my soul!"
Shippo rolled his eyes, 'I'd like to see him say that to Kanna.'
The brown haired boy looked back at his sister, "Don't worry, Aiko, I'll protect you."
The girl, Aiko, shook her head, "No way, I'm getting out of here!"
Shippo watched her run off, and decided what it was that he would do. He made his way to the shrine steps, where the girl had gone, and grabbed her, taking her into the bushes, before anyone could blink. Then, he put a leaf on his head and changed his shape/voice to meet Aiko's perfectly, except the eyes, which he made look like they had no pupils. Shippo then, slowly, made his way up the steps.
The brown haired boy turned to see Shippo, "A-Aiko? Is that you?" he asked, fear showing in his voice.
"Help me," 'Aiko' whispered, still walking up the stairs. Shippo mentally smirked to himself, 'This'll teach them to treat Kagome's home like a haunted house at an amusement park!'
The black haired boy rolled his eyes, "Come on, Aiko, stop fooling around."
"Help me," 'Aiko' whispered again, "I'm so hungry..." The boys backed up as 'Aiko' got closer and closer. 'She' held her hands out, trying to grab them, "Your souls... I need your souls..." The boys screamed, and ran off. Shippo laughed as he changed back to his original shape, "Now that was funny."
A hand reached out of the shadows behind Shippo and placed itself on his shoulder, causing the fox to jump slightly, and turn around. Shippo had been met with the smiling face of Kohaku, "You know," he said, "I think that the reason everyone thinks this place is haunted, would be because you keep scaring everyone who comes here away."
Shippo shrugged, "Yeah, well, they had it coming. So, Kohaku, what brings you here?"
"I'm suppose to take a demon that made his way through the barrier back. Apparently this demon did something to piss off SesshouMaru."
"Pissed him off?" Shippo laughed, "I pity the poor fool that did that. Mind if I tag along? It's always so much fun to see people cower in fear of that guy while he gives them their sentence."
Kohaku smiled, "Of course you can come. After all, Shippo, you happen to be that poor fool."
"M-me?! What did I do to him?"
"Well, letting Sango and Miroku into his room could be it," Kohaku said, opening up a portal to Makai, "Now come on, I don't have all day."
"Yeah, yeah," Shippo said, following behind Kohaku, and mumbling about dirty tattle-tales, and things to that effect.

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Souta ran up the steps to the shrine that he used to live at, his aunt following behind him. The boy got to the God-Tree and smiled at it. 'This tree is the only thing that survived,' Souta thought to himself, 'So looking after it, and keeping people from cutting it down is the least that I can do.' He walked around what was left of the shrine, while his aunt went to the three graves that sat peacefully behind the God-Tree, and paid her respects to the father, sister, and niece that she never got to meet.

(So... uhm... ::grins nervously:: please don't kill me. Well, flames for what I did about Suichi's mom being Kagome's ant is fine because 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words may never hurt me' n.n ...oh God, I'm giving them ideas... ((0.0)) well... uhm... bah-bye ::runs from angry readers::)