Chapter 1: Introducing Everyone

16 Years Later

"Mom! Dad! I'm off to school!" Inuyame called into the house as she stood in the front doorway, about to run off to meet her friends.

"Inuyame wait a moment! I have something for you!" Kagome called as she came running from the kitchen holding a Tupperware container. "I made lunch for you." She said.

"Thanks mom!" Inuyame smiled as she let her mom place the box in her backpack.

"You're welcome, dear. Have a good first day of school." Kagome said and gave Inuyame a peck on the cheek.

"I will. Hey, where's dad?" Inuyame frowned.

"Oh you know your father, he's probably hiding out somewhere to avoid this emotional day." Kagome said as her eyes welled.

"Oh mom." Inuyame said as her eyes welled too. "It's just the first day of high school."

"I know, but it's a big day to me and your father. It seems like just the other day we were holding our newborn baby girl." Kagome said and wiped her eyes.

"I know mom. But I really need to go or I'm going to be late." Inuyame said.

"Okay, okay. I'll let you go now. I love you sweetie." Kagome said as she hugged her daughter.

"I love you too mom." Inuyame said and hugged her mom back quick then ran out the door to meet her friends.

She ran out of the hut and made her way to the Great Tree where she and her friends always met up. As she caught sight of the group hanging out under the tree, she quickened her pace. "Hey guys I'm here!" She yelled as she ran towards them, waving one arm over her head.

"Inuyame!" They all called out in greeting.

"Inuyame, you're late." Sanoku said to her as she walked up.

"I know guys I'm sorry. Mom made a big fuss." She said as her cheeks turned pink.

"Oh don't worry, mine did too." Shirara said and smiled.

"Well that makes me feel better." Inuyame said and grinned. She stood there for a moment and just looked at her friends; they were all standing there under the Great Tree where their lives had all began. At the moment, there were three people under the tree other than herself: Mirokusan, Sanoku, and Shirara. Mirokusan and Sanoku were the twin boy and girl children of Sango and Miroku. Sanoku looked a lot like her mother with her long black hair and pink and white kimono, the difference was her kimono was modified to fit modern attire in that the skirt was a little above the knees instead of floor-length. She took after her father with her light blue eyes though. Mirokusan was opposite in he had his father's short black hair and his mother's brown eyes. He wore black pants and a dark purple short sleeve button up shirt. Both of them took after their parents in their facial features so there was no stretch of the imagination there. Now, Shirara on the other hand was another matter entirely. It was awhile before any of her parents or godparents had found out how Kirara could change into a half human form like Inuyasha or Shippo. Kirara wore a long light peach kimono with a black tie. She had black paws for feet and her hands were black paws as well. Her two tails stayed in her human form and she had long black hair. Shirara looked like her mom in every way except she had feet like Shippo and she had normal human hands somehow. She also had two tails but her two tails were the same as her father's one tail. Mirokusan carried a staff the same as his father's, Sanoku had a hiraikotsu just like her mother's, and Shirara had fox magic like her father. Inuyame looked like her mother in her facial features but she had her father's golden eyes. Her black hair looked just like her mothers with ears like her father's only black. She wore a (slightly above the knee) length red robe of the fire rat kimono the way her mother had worn it when she had been kidnapped by someone who wanted to feed her to a tree. She carried a sword made from her father's fang called the Tetsuseiga. She also carried a bow and arrows like her mom had since she also had the powers of a priestess.

"Hello, earth to Inuyame." Mirokusan said as he waved his hand in front of her face.

"Oh! Sorry. What is it?" She asked, startled.

"If we don't get going, we're going to be late for school." He said and they all started off towards school.