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A/N: Hello mina! Meeshkla here. In honor of our day of giving thanks I decided to upload an extra chapter, which I was not going to post until next week, but in appreciation to all the visitors, I present to you chapter two! Please enjoy!
Also if astris are seen it usually means that there will be a small AN at the end of the chapter to clarify what was pointed out.
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Chapter two: Higurashi-Taisho?
It had been three weeks since my return and since our consequential family reunion. Shippō would be at my house on as much as possible, either eating, playing with Sōta or just being with me. It was a relaxing time. Sesshomaru would drop by twice a week or so to be near "pack", he had accepted my family into his world long before I had even been dragged down into the well. Apparently Inuyasha had directed him to where I would live and all about my family. They had not intervened in worry that they would change something in the past, and the present. They had counted the days that they thought would be the ending to Naraku's reign of terror. It also helped that they had felt an explosive amount of magic from the well, and then nothing, as well as felt the disappearance of the jewel. As well as while it had felt like seconds to me, it had actually been almost half a day, that I was in some sort of time limbo.
I guess the timelines had finally closed the gap between themselves and would continue to be stable. No more time traveling for this miko.
Since it was summer vacation, we had, as in Sesshomaru, decided that we should bring me up to my studies. There was about a month*(1) or so for school to start and the exam day was closing at a fast pace. Though due to my year long absence, instead of being in my second year of high school, I would now be entering as a first year. This was a tough pill for me to swallow, but with the support of all my family, as well as them cheering me on, it wasn't as bitter as it could have been. And if I could improve and ready myself, Sesshomaru would write me a letter of recommendation and pull some strings to be able to get me into a good school. How good a school it would be I wouldn't know until a week later.
Although not everything was peaches and cream.
"Ugh,I feel like my head is going to explode!" I murmured. One month of training was nothing compared to my tutoring. Aniki may have calmed down over the years but he was still a sadist when it came to training me, or in this case tutoring me. It was more like drowning me under a pile of books. Seriously Sesshomaru was Alpha of Alphas, but he was most definitely not the best teacher. Did I learn? Yes I did but was I even alive at this point, I couldn't tell. Zombie mode had been officially activated.
"Stop whining and keep studying. You have two more days until you will take the exams to be admitted into Ouran," Aniki's monotonous voice broke through my thoughts.
"Hai," I said equally as monotonous. That was another thing.
I was going to Ouran. Nothing but the best for this miko here. Aniki had given me two choices, (only two!), Lobelia or Ouran. While I was curious of how Lobelia was, there was no way I was going to an all girl's school. Sometimes the worst thing to confront than a demon could be females. They were infinitely more devious and could be quite poisonous when it came to certain things.
Plus how would anyone want to be surrounded only by girls.
Suddenly I felt a chill.
Mirouko, he was the only person that actually wouldn't mind one bit.
"You will keep your family name?" He asked once again.
While it had only been close to three weeks since my homecoming, a lot had happened.
I had found out that Sesshomaru was one of the top five most influential men in Japan, and the top twenty in the world. His name was known throughout the human and demon world, because of this he had decided to relocate my family and me to his mansion, or palace more like, as a way of protection. Seeing as my Ojiisan had been born and had lived his life fully at the shrine, he had vehemently denied leaving it at all. Mama, seeing that her father-in-law was obstinate in staying had decided to stay with him as well, leaving Sōta and me to decided on our own. I hadn't wanted to leave my home and family, but seeing that it would take about two hours to get to school, Mama had told me to just live with Sesshomaru since it was only a twenty minute drive from his place to school..
There was no chance of me failing the entrance exam either, with Sesshomaru as my tutor, so it was for sure that I would have to commute from Sessho's house to Ouran. Which while his mansion was nice (as in very, very nice) Shippō, Sesshomaru, and I were the only ones to live in his place. Only a few demons came over to tidy up around the house. Inuyasha's brood had their own places and would drop by occasionally to check in with Sesshomaru or for something work related. There a few of them though who had decided that since I was considered both their father's and their uncle's little sister, to think of me as their aunt and Sōta their uncle as well. But with such a big age gap, most of them thought of us as 'children' to spoil. Meanwhile Sōta was still undecided of wether or not he would be coming to live with us but he would occasionally come and visit me. One of things that we always talked about though was of how he wanted to stay with now that I was back home for sure, but did not want to leave Mama, Ojiisan, or his friends and venture into a new world. It was a hard decision for him, even with Mama's approval of moving in with us
"Yes," I responded staring into his yes defiantly. It was something of a sore spot between us both though. He wanted me to talk on his name, as a precaution and protection, while I wanted to hold onto my family, and loved ones.
"Why not both?" Shippō's voice broke into our (once again, mostly my) starring contest. Looking at him, I saw him leaning against the maroon bookshelves that decorated the walls of Sesshomaru's study.
"Huh?" Was my oh so eloquent response.
"Hn," Sesshomaru stated while looking like he was contemplating something.
"Wait I'm confused," looking to one and the other, seeing if I could get a clue or something. "Both?"
"Higurashi-Taisho," Shippō said. "Sounds nifty ne?"
It actually did sound pretty good. Also, seeing the stubborn look on the Daiyoukai's face I could see that it was going to be that way.
Stubborn age old dog. I thought exasperatedly.
But in a way it also made me feel closer to the two of them, as well as my family, it connected us all together in a way that I didn't think having a last name would.
Standing up from my seat, I stretched my legs and arms.
"I think it would be perfect," I said happily.
"Hn," Sessho said, giving his sign of approval.
I walked over to my son reaching up for his cheeks cooing, "who knew my baby could be so smart."
Okaasan!" He said in embarrassment, his cheeks heating up in a blush. He was so cute.
Unable to resist I threw my arms around him and lowered him to me, seeing as he was a head taller than me, and I rubbed my cheek against his, "My Akachan*(2) is so cute!"
Sighing in resignation he allowed me my moment of cuddles.
He was a sneaky little fox though.
While he pretended not to be enjoying it, his aura clearly stated that he was very happy and content at the moment.
"Hn," Sessho's indulgent tone broke me from my high. "Miko, lessons."
"Hai, hai," I said in resignation. Dropping my arms from Shippō I returned to my seat. Nothing deterred the great Lord of the West. Not even from mommy/son bonding time.
A/N: Clarification/Astris:
*1: So I know this might be confusing to some as to how the whole vacation thing is going on, I am sort of mixing the US school vacations as well as the Japanese entrance exam system. In the US system we usually will have a 2 to 2 1/2 month vacation time, though some states may vary on it.
In order for students in Japan to be able to enter high school they have to pass the entrance exams and only then will they be admitted into school. So as Kagome has taken a year of absence (having passed middle school before she left) she has to start from the beginning. In the anime/manga she was pulled down the well at 15 so having passed two years she is 17 which is the normal age for second years in the japanese school system. So since she missed her first year she has take it in order to complete high school. Thus she will not say how old she is, only what year.
*2: Akachan literal translation: my baby/child or just baby
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