Spring 20XX / Present Day/

Chapter One: Takahashi

He wished that his future was like the sky today. Cloudless and bright, which spanned the entire sky and went on for what it seemed like forever. The birds that flew across the sky and the jet trails that were left by passing by, all of it stood out in the bright April sky. It would be so much easier if he could clearly see the path he was on and what turns to take, what were clearly dangerous routes and what would be helpful. Though life wasn't like that, not his, nothing ever came simple to him.

"Inuyasha!" Inuyasha jumped at the sound of his name and he finally came back down to earth. "Did you hear anything I said?"

Inuyasha sighed as he placed his hand deep down into his pocket, "Yeah, I need to seriously consider my future, I'm not going to be a kid forever." Blah. Blah. Blah. It was always the same crap about his future that he heard for the past 4 years that it was almost too easy to rattle off like a summary. This was a waste of his time and her time, but here they were, wasting each other's time. Inuyasha ears twitched as he heard P.E class start and he could feel himself wince, now he will have an earful for being late.

"So you have the compacity to listen." His teacher sighed as she crossed her legs and went back to her computer, typing away furiously at something. "I really need you to be serious. In the real world, no one is going to hold your hand, Mr. Takahashi."

Inuyasha allowed his eyes to cross over his teacher. He remembered when she first transferred here to school, how everyone would swoon over her. Her signature pencil skirt and white blouse that if someone with good eyes could make out her lingerie, and she always wore lingerie. For a minute, he could understand the attraction, but he was always brought back to reality when he got to her face. Everything from chin down resembled an attractive woman, but as soon as he looked at her, he was reminded that she was a centipede demon. The mandibles on the sides of her face brought attention to her mouth which he would call a boner killer. Her eyes were huge and compound, the way she looked always reminded him that not all demons got the whole humanistic appearance down.

"Inuyasha!" Her voice carried a tone now that made his ears flatten to his skull, "God damn it, you need to pay attention!" She realized what she said and quickly covered her mouth, "Oh shit I'm cursing to a student! Oh, crap! Calm down Mukade!"

"You were saying?" Inuyasha sighed and that made her brows furrow.

"Listen, just come to the class trip tomorrow and write a paper on it!" Mukade hissed, the venom collected in her mouth, another unattractive feature, "And then Mr. Takahashi, I'll be more than happy to meet you half way with your grades. Then we won't have to have this conversation again!"

"Yeah. I'll think about it." Inuyasha sighed as he picked up his back pack and walked towards the door, but he heard her chair scratch on the floor and her hand slammed down on her desk.

"Do you want to fail Takahashi!? Is that what you want!?"

It was like if a waterfall of annoyance washed over him and he couldn't help but let out a sigh. He felt himself say something under his breath, but the problem with demons that couldn't even give a full thought to hide their features with a human appearance always had heightened senses.

"What did you say Takahashi?!" Mukade yelled gassing him on. That was the problem with new teachers. They didn't know their place. Inuyasha straighten his backpack on his right shoulder as he looked at her over his left.

"But you won't though." He clearly explained.

Mukade face dropped, behind his amber eyes she could tell that he was telling her something and it made her legs shake.

"I won't what?" Her voice broke and she cursed herself mentally as Inuyasha gaze didn't fall, "I won't what?!"

"You won't fail me." Inuyasha sighed again as he brushed his short hair back a bit, "Because as much as you say my name, you forget what it means. Takahashi, and as far I'm concerned that holds more power here than whatever the fuck your name is."

Inuyasha turned on his heels and in two strides he had covered the distance between the door and her. His gaze didn't falter and Mukade legs were shaking like jelly. She couldn't control her body under his body.

"So next time you want to use that as a threat." Mukade fell to her chair as she felt the glare grow stronger, "I'll have you replaced in an instant, my name is Takahashi, and yours isn't. Remember your place and next time you come at me, try looking in the mirror."

Inuyasha turned on his heels again as went to leave the room. The simple fact that he didn't a single pin drop from her meant that she got the message. He frowned a bit, he hated new teachers because they had to learn the hard way.

Fudoki Private High School, ranked number one of all the private high schools in all of Japan. Anyone who wanted to be anything would have to sell their soul to get here. Only the prestigious were allowed on campus. Only those that the Fudoki believed that they were destined for greatness could be taught in their classes. So, sometimes he wondered did they ever regret accepting him despite his father's name. After being called out by two teachers, Mukade, and his physical educator, he wasn't living up to the expectations that Fudoki had held for him. Inuyasha looked at his cell phone, the empty notification center meant that they didn't call his dad.

"Kouga! Go Kouga!" Inuyasha growled under his breath as he heard the damn wolf demon name being called for the fifth time since he got outside. He repositioned himself on the tree branch as he looked down at the track. Kouga was throwing up dirt running around in a god damn circle. His fans hung by the side cheering like god damn idiots, "Go Kouga! Go!"

"You know if you tried at something you can be good as Kouga." Inuyasha wanted to die at that moment, the green ogre that was blessed to be their physical educator was under the tree. He had to catch the annoyed glance that Inuyasha was throwing at the wolf demon. "Did you hear he's being scouted already? Kouga dedicated his life to track and now he's going to probably make a name for himself running."

If Inuyasha rolled his eyes harder, they would have physically popped out. Holy shit, running circles for the rest of his life, his parents must be so damn proud. Kouga must have heard his name because he came to a screeching halt and began to do a slight jog over to their ogre gym teacher. It took one shared eye contact with the other for Inuyasha to know what the hell Kouga was about to do, and the urge to throw his phone between the demon's eyes was almost too tempting to resist.

"How was I coach?" Kouga asked as he did that stupid toothy grin that all the teachers loved.

"Great as always Kouga, I was just talking with Inuyasha about you." Inuyasha felt like he was being tested by god today, "If he had an ounce of your passion then maybe he would be doing something during gym rather than sitting around in a tree."

At that moment, the brown-haired demon found his ammo, "I would love to teach the pup something."

Inuyasha gritted his teeth together, if he reacted then Kouga would be in the right, and then he would be going to the principal's office, or worse his dad would be called. Kouga smirked as he watched as he eyed the slivered haired half demon. His short hair that barely covered his neck was bad at hiding the white dog demon tattoo that peaked passed his shirt. Bingo~

"Maybe I can teach him how to be a real demon so he can stop painting actual demons on his body." Kouga let his snide comment lay on thick, and almost instantly Inuyasha dropped down from the tree and stepped up. Kouga smirked down at the half demon, the glare he was giving would made a lesser demon quake, but Kouga only returned it, "Got something to say…. Mutt?~"

"Now Kouga..." Coach warned but the two boys didn't once look away from each other.

"What I'm just sayin." Kouga laughed, but his words were filled with venom, "It's admirable, you want to be a demon so bad that you got it plastered on your body."

"What is he talking about Inuyasha?" Ogres weren't known for their wonderful eye sight or crushing intelligence, so the white dog demon on his back didn't stand out from Inuyasha hair, "You got something you hiding? Nothing wrong with being a half breed nowadays."

Half breed….

That word….

It felt as though something snapped in Inuyasha and he didn't care who heard him, "You need me to end your career before it even starts flea bag?" Inuyasha hissed and Kouga face dropped from the playful one to a more serious expression, "How's it feel being good at running in circles?"

"Better than throwing my god damn name around." Kouga growled under his breath, "Oh shit, but you wouldn't know that, now would you?"

"Do I have to remind you at least I have a name!?"

Kouga couldn't hold it back and bared his fangs, a snarl rip through his teeth, and Inuyasha responded. Kouga pressed his forehead against his, but neither one of them looked away from each other.

"Step down mutt, or else…" Kouga balled his hand into a fist, "Or else I remind you that daddy dearest name is the one that matters and that you ain't shit."

"Try me Wolf shit!"

An arrow whizzed through the space between their bodies causing them to separate and look at the direction where it was coming.

"If you guys want to be practice targets, please let me know." A girl yelled as she made a slight jog over.

"Kikyou! That was dangerous!" The coach exclaimed as he reprimanded the girl, "What would have happened if your actual hit one of them?"

Kikyou smiled and shook her head, "There was no spiritual energy that shot, but I'm sorry. It won't happen again."

Inuyasha huffed as Kouga backed away, he stared daggers at Kikyou but she didn't even wince at the wolf demon. He snorted and began to jog back to track, Kikyou eyes followed him before falling back on Inuyasha. She looked at him with disappointment but returned to the conversation between her and the gym teacher. Inuyasha turned to make his way back to the school, but he felt a slight grasp on his shirt and he felt his heart gear itself into overdrive.

"Can you help set up targets?" Inuyasha ears flicked to the sound of her voice, "I would really appreciate it."

Inuyasha took a deep breath and turned around as he rubbed the back of his neck, "Feh."

Was the only thing he could muster as he felt a creeping heat on his neck.

"Thank you."

"So when are you going to stop letting Kouga provoke you?"

Kikyou had dragged him to the equipment room and as soon as the door shut she begun to chastise him. Her arms folded as she gave that disapproving look that he had come to know in his two years of knowing her. He had to choose his words carefully or else he'll get the foot stomp too, and that was when he'll be too far gone for forgiveness.

"When he stops being a dick." He instantly caught her foot tap on the ground, "He started it too! He was trying to get me in trouble for my tattoo!"

That was when she stopped and her composed aura dropped, "Tattoo? When? Where?"

"Back, this morning."

She gave that disapproving look again and she couldn't help but smile, "Is that why you weren't in first or third period."

Inuyasha smirked, "Yep~ You want to see it?"

Kikyou let her arms drop to her side and nodded as Inuyasha turned around and lifted his shirt, revealing a giant dog demon plastered from his back down. The demon mouth was open, fangs and tongue on display, the dog demon crawls seemed to claw into Inuyasha back. It dominated every inch of his back and peaked over his shoulder.

"I thought demons couldn't hold ink." Kikyou felt him jump as she touched it, "Sorry."

Inuyasha was so happy that she couldn't see his face, because he swore he was brighter than a tomato when she touched him. "We can't hold regular ink, but specialized ink sure. Though that's why it cost us extra and it's a bitch to find a tattoo artist."

"I'm not even going to ask you how much it cost." Kikyou sighed as she watched him place his shirt back on, "You know if things keep up you'll be branded as a delinquent, and Fudoki doesn't like delinquents."

Inuyasha smiled as he thought about the principle getting a wind of him having a tattoo, "They won't do crap. Do I need to remind you who my dad is?"

Kikyou shook her head, "You know legally my family must step in, especially if they get wind that an influential demon council member is throwing his power around recklessly."

"You wouldn't rat me to those annoying Spiritual Force?" Inuyasha pouted as his ears flicked, "Would you?"

Kikyou laughed as she reached to grab his ears, "Stay in line and I won't knock on your door with salt and arrows."

Kikyou was Fudoki pride incarnate. She was a straight A student with amazing potential. If anything, she was everything Inuyasha wasn't. Where he came from an influential name, she crawled herself up with her bare hands and made Fudoki accept her. She came from a family of Spiritual Enforcers, a task force made for demons to keep them in line with the law, basically a police force for demons. They were priest and priestesses with amazing potential, and just the thought of having them knock on his door one day sent shivers down his spine. Though he felt a slight tug on his ears and he let out a whimper of pain, only to meet the glare that could break even the hardest of stones.

"I'm serious Inuyasha, you know Fudoki rules: no tattoos." She warned, "I'm letting this one slide but no more after this."

Inuyasha smiled and nodded his head, "Yes mom."

Kikyou grades and personality weren't the only thing that made her stand out, but even now Inuyasha could feel himself staring, even though he tried hard not to. She was beautiful, like an old fashion beautiful, pale skin and bright pink lips. Her eyes were dark like onyx, but that made them more tempting to stare into, it felt like diving into the darkest waters not knowing what was behind them. And that was when he caught it the faintest blush that appeared on her face as she stepped back, letting him admire how she looked in the school uniform. The bright green skirt made her skin pop even more and the school white blouse hugged her frame, her long hair cascaded down her back and spilled over her shoulders.

If he were to describe her to a blind man, even he would fall for her.

"Are…." Kikyou turned away, "Are you going on the class trip?"

"Class trip?" Inuyasha repeated like an idiot.

"Yeah to the museum, they have the new exhibit open…." Kikyou turned back to him and smiled, she seemed to glow when she talked, "You know, the Dark Priestess Exhibit, its finally open to the public and Fudoki students were offered a chance to see it first. We'd be paired off in teams to write a report about it, and I was wondering do you want to be mines."

It finally clicked with him that she was talking about the class trip that his Mukade was talking about!

"Of course!" Inuyasha cursed for letting his excitement get to him, "I mean yeah…Totally, not like I have much of a choice."

Kikyou chuckled as she grabbed her arrow holster and slung it on her back before picking up her bow, "The meet up is at 10, so let's try to get there before then, I'll meet you at your condo and we can take the train from there. So how about we leave at 9?"

Inuyasha nodded his head so hard that he felt as though it would snap off his spine, "Yeah!"

The sound of a door sliding open caused them to turn to see Ayame, one of the members of Kouga fan club, the red hair that was pulled into a long ponytail was a strange defining trait about her. Not her blue eyes and red hair, the combination was already weird and special in a way, but what stood out was always the length of her hair because it would always be pulled up the same length of Kouga's. In all honesty, her hair was always the same length as Kouga's. There was one time that her hair was a different length and she went into the bathroom and cut it. For a good day Inuyasha felt bad for the wolf demon since he made it clear he didn't see her outside a family friend. Though the way her eyes snapped to Inuyasha and then Kikyou made him uncomfortable.

"Enforcer." Ayame eyes fell to Kikyou and the tone of voice made Inuyasha stand up straight. Then, Ayame looked at Inuyasha, "If this a thing you two are really made for each other."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha growled. He didn't like the tone that Ayame had. It was okay if she had it with him, but Kikyou didn't say anything.

Ayame shrugged, "I don't know what could I ever mean."

Her voice dripped with sarcasm as she grabbed the white chalk machine that they used to redo the field.

"Fourth period is over by the way, if you don't want to get in trouble Inuyasha I highly suggest that you get to running." Ayame stated nonchalantly before looking over at Kikyou, "Enforcer, the archery class is looking for you."

And with that she left leaving the two together. Inuyasha looked to Kikyou who seemed distraught for a minute.

"Hey is everything okay?" He let his concern for her seep out into his tone for a minute Kikyou didn't say anything, he had gripped her arm, "Kikyou?"

Her head shot up as she smiled and nodded, "Yeah, totally, I'm sorry I have to go."

The rest of the day went by smoothly. He got to class on time and the train ride home wasn't as packed as he thought it would be, he even found a seat. Though when he reached his condo complex everything that was wrong about the day came dripping back to him. Kikyou became obsessed with class afterwards. She threw herself into her studies and barely talked to him after the Ayame incident. He went to ask Ayame what was up with that but she was cryptid like always just calling Kikyou enforcer before dashing off to go to Kouga's track meet. As he passed the check in desk, he tried not to let the creeping feeling that arose from his gut to overtake him.

When he got on the elevator he looked at his messages still with no alerts. The entire day was just silence from his phone, but it wasn't like he had friends. Still, he still was expecting at least something. Once he got off the elevator he saw a package at his door and almost bombed rushed the thing like a puppy at the door. He stumbled to get his keys out and open his door, the sound of the electric lock clicking to open the door allowed him to push open and withdraw his keys. The door made another clicking sound to register that it was locked.

Inuyasha tossed his keys on the couch and placed the small brown box on the coffee table before turning on his TV. The flat screen flashed the current news and Inuyasha didn't waste any time to claw the thing open. The first thing he noticed was a brand-new cellphone, it was even the newest model! Inuyasha couldn't help but beam, the old man had some sort of taste! Though what stood out was a birthday card, the bright red with gold lace spelling out happy birthday made him smile.

Though as soon as he opened it and read what was inside his face dropped.

Happy Birthday Inuyasha! Your dad was busy with work, so he left your gift up to me! I hope you like!

-Rin

He couldn't even be bothered to sign the damn card or choose out his own son gift. He left it all up to his damn secretary! The bastard! Inuyasha pushed the phone away from him, as he chided himself for getting excited. He wasn't a kid anymore and his father was always busy, so of course it was going to be hard for him to buy gifts. Of course, he'll leave it up to his secretary and he'd be too busy to call, if there a roof over his head he shouldn't complain. Inuyasha walked over to the kitchen and open his pantry to reveal a shit ton of ramen. He felt like meat lovers flavor. It was his birthday; why not treat himself to his favorite ramen? No one else was.

As he placed the ramen in the microwave he saw the words Dark Priestess Exhibit Open flash across his screen. He turned it up as the they just started the special.

"Today marks the day where the dark priestess exhibit is now open to the public." A pig demon oinked, the suit he wore was well tailored. He actually looked good. "The Dark Priestess Exhibit will be open from today until May. This is the rumor priestess that caused what's known as The Moon Calamity 500 years ago."

Inuyasha leaned against the wall as he watched as a human woman chimed in, "Tom don't you find it a bit surreal that they found her after all these years and now she is placed on display?"

"It's certainly is Makoto. It's a surreal site to see the woman that is rumored to be the catalyst for the Great Demon-Human war be sealed in amber." Tom knocked his papers together as his nose twitched, "Seeing her up close and personal, is like seeing the meteor that crashed into earth all those millions of years ago. A weirdly beautiful and scary sight, but a sight that you must see to believe."

Makoto smiled at the camera, "I do agree Tom, I'm so honored that the museum curator Naraku has opened this to the public."

The Moon Calamity? The Demon-Human war? Inuyasha didn't pay attention to history all that much but he'd be as dumb as bricks to not know what those terms meant. They were what shaped the world today, even now he heard rumors that the humans feared another calamity like the moon calamity. Though demons did too, the amount of power and rage that a demon must have had to do that was a constant scar. Even now as they flashed pictures of the crater that became a holy site was somewhat surreal, 500 years to demon and a half demon was only like 30. So, to know that no demon on earth knew what caused it made the Moon Calamity that more interesting.

The microwaved ding to let him know that the ramen was done and he rushed to get it. He stirred the mixture together as he watched the video of the museum and the museum curator on screen. All and all nothing very interesting, but something happened in him when he saw her. The Dark Priestess encased in a large amber stone.

He felt his heart lurch to his throat and the ramen threaten to fight him, as the thought formed in his head that she was beautiful.

The way she was encased she looked as though she was sleeping, her dark hair was spread out wildly in the amber, but at the same time it looked as though someone meticulously placed every strand of hair in a way that made her look ethereal. In the amber was a sword and she clutched on to it as if a child with a teddy bear. Not a single thing seemed out of place and for some reason something deep in his soul, he knew that someone did this out of pure love. A deep love…

For some reason the rest of that night he didn't eat ramen but watch as many reports on the dark priestess that had come on TV.

Author Note: Guess who found an editor for this chapter?! Yay! I like to thank the people who commented and followed for their support. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I hope I can make this ride fun for the both of us. Though on the other note the word count for this chapter is 4.232, even I'm surprised! Though whatever is needed to get us to the next chapter and the next one right? Also seems like I kept my word, this update only took me about a couple days. A few days to finish up some college course work and another to actually sit down and write it. I'm so happy that I found an editor, I would like to extend my thanks to her a thousand more times. So thank you again for making this chapter comprehensible because I know it wasn't easy! If you enjoyed this chapter please comment, I hope I'm building the world to your liking!

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