S-A-P B: Kagome pretty much replaces Chelsea in this, sorry to say, even if I love Chelsea as a character. Reverse harem! Yay~

Inuyasha belongs to its owner
Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness to its owner as well

Song(s) of Inspiration: Bad Apple!, Smooth Criminal, Enbizaka no Shitateya

Hello!

Sitting on the small boulder, waiting for Inuyasha, she had her chin settled in her hands as her elbows rested on her on her knees. Her blue eyes glazed over in thought as she sat there, however tilting her head, she noticed an innocent flower had grown not too far from her perch, the dark magenta center just staring at her as the lighter-colored petals made a few of her fingers twitch. Reaching down, she plucked the flower.

Kagome stepped onto the beach; sandals taking in some sand to her irritation, but it was quickly forgotten about as she gazed at what would most likely be her new home away from everything that she went through. She smiled as she adjusted her trusty weathered and well-used yellow backpack's straps. The shrine maiden ran a hand through her short hair; she just couldn't handle the heat well anymore.

Following the dock, she pulled down her baggy shirt, checking her bound chest that – in all honesty – didn't look that flat, but the bagginess of the shirt did its job in helping the bounds. The khaki shorts she wore were baggy as well; reaching a bit passed her knees. Blue eyes looked herself up and down mentally, she hated her appearance – however, lessons in the Feudal Era taught her that woman weren't viewed upon highly unless they were miko, meant to take care of the children and household—it seemed so stereotypical of men to think that…

Looking at the path once she fully crossed the beach, Kagome recited the directions to where she wanted to go – or who to ask. 'Go straight to where there is a cross in the path, then it is the house in the top right… corner-thing. Ask for a… Taro? Is that his name?'

The black-haired cross dresser stopped in the middle of the path to tilt her head to the side, while simultaneously looking up, wrinkling her nose as she furrowed her eyebrows. Taking a step, she moved her head to stare at the path, purposely taking her time in walking to the crossroad in the path, the long sleeves of her shirt reaching passed her fingertips and flapping as she swung her arms back and forth.

A brown curly-haired male exited the shop to Kagome's left, stopping to stare at the island's newcomer in curiosity and worry – the face he was making made him seem irritated. Was that his default face? Denny frowned, he at least hoped that it wasn't, he hoped that if it wasn't, that the two of them could be friends.

"Are you new here?"

Kagome paused mid-step, foot slightly raised and in the air, as she looked over to the source of the noise, face blank and eyes curious as she looked at the brown-haired male. Unfortunately her attention was drawn to the black bird on his head, making her blink and redirect her path to the male who had asked her the question. Once she reached him, however, Kagome could tell that there was some sort of height difference like there was between her and the majority of the male population, "I am… who are you? Do you know a… Taro?"

The fisherman blinked down at the shorter male, shocked at the change in demeanor and at the height difference, "I'm Denny… and yes, I know Taro, he lives right over there."

The black-haired female followed where he was pointing, "Oh…" She felt slightly stupid, but she rationalized with herself on the part that she was new to this island. Kagome turned back to Denny, smiling, "Thank you!"

Denny brought his hand back to help hold the fishing equipment that he bought, "Your welcome, but who are you?"

The cross dressing shrine maiden mentally berated herself on the lack of common courtesy and manners, "I'm…" Internally she panicked; she couldn't give her first name, it was too feminine; she needed a name that she liked… "Higurashi, Jun. I also go by Kazuo as well, a nickname my friends gave me."

The tan-skinned fisherman cocked his head to the side at the name; the name reminded him of Chen's ethnicity a bit, "All right, I have to get back to my shack, but it was great meeting you, Kazuo!"

Kagome sweat dropped as the man named Denny walked away from her smiling, she had a feeling that he'd be waving to her if his hands weren't full of recently bought items. Either way, she found herself waving to him as he left, it was the least she could do after not telling him her 'name' out of common courtesy.

Putting her hand back at her side once the curly-haired man was out of her sight, Kagome turned back the way she was originally heading, looking at the house that Denny had pointed out to her as Taro's house – though it looked a bit run-down to be called a house…

Running a hand through her black locks, she sighed at the fact that she had to get herself used to being called Jun or Kazuo by the people here, should she be given a place to live here, that is. 'Great Kagome, just great! You had to choose a name that is unisex and could very well blow your disguise as a male!'

Slumping her shoulders, she took her dear sweet time walking up to the door of what was Taro's house, to which she lifted her head and brought her shoulders back up – blue eyes stared at the door for a few minutes, she looked around her to determine where the sun was before raising her hand to knock on the wood. The house was silent after she knocked; however, Kagome listened hard enough to hear some faint shuffling approaching the door a few minutes later.

Stepping back a pace or two, she watched as the door opened and a pink-haired male looked at her curiously, hand adjusting his glasses as his brown eyes looked her over. The black-haired priestess blinked and the unknown male blinked as well. The awkward silence between them grew even more awkward as Kagome lightly kicked her foot back and forth.

"Whose at the door?"

The pink-haired male flinched as another pink-haired person – a girl this time – appeared next to him, furrowing her brow as her brown eyes spotted Kagome. In return, Kagome was looking over their attires, blinking as she wondered at the fashion sense – though she couldn't really complain, she just threw on what was comfortable nowadays since her adventure back and forth through time had ended a few months ago, not long after she turned eighteen.

Kagome raised her hand in greeting, "Hi."

The boy blinked and greeted her back; the girl on the other hand was more reluctant to do so, "What do you want here?"

The black-haired cross dresser wonder if her eye twitched like she felt it do, "I'm here to see Taro."

The two looked at her, one more skeptically than the other, before the female pushed the male back inside to get their grandfather. Kagome rubbed the back of her head at that, who was there grandfather and did he know Taro? The two females had a staring contest in the span of time it took for the pink-haired boy to return to the open door, "Grandfather says to let him in, Natalie."

The girl made a slight sound, but moved aside and moved back inside the house to which the male made a motion for her to follow him inside. Walking inside, Kagome closed the door behind herself and took off her sandals out of habit and custom back where she was from. She didn't care, but she could feel the pink-haired female staring at her as she did so, looking away once Kagome had righted herself and walked over to where the pink-haired male sat with an older looking pink-haired woman and a bald old man.

'That must be their grandfather. And why are there so many people with pink-hued hair? I understand that it is inherited, but this is a bit much!'

The old man had a cane and was sharply observing her as she came closer, "So you are the one who inquired about living here on Sunny Island… tell me boy, what's your name?"

Kagome blinked when the old man called her 'boy,' she didn't believe that she looked that much like a male, but answered him nonetheless and didn't correct him for obvious reasons; she bowed as she introduced herself to the family by the looks of it, "Higurashi, Jun, though my friends call me Kazuo."

The old man stroked his mustache, "Hm… Higurashi is your surname, yes? Well, Jun, what experience do you have farming and raising livestock?"

'Farming and livestock?' Kagome looked the old man, presumably Taro, in the eye, "I've helped a woman I considered my grandmother many times in the field and I am willing to learn more. As for livestock, I do not have much experience."

Despite the fact she didn't have much experience, Taro smiled at her, hitting his cane against the floor a couple of times, "I am a farming veteran and am willing to teach you for as long as you are willing to live here, Jun. Why don't you join us for breakfast before I show you the house you are going to be living in on this island?"

Kagome blanched, waving her hands, "I can't – I don't want to intrude anymore than I already have!"

The older woman smiled at Kagome, her eyes were closed Kagome noted, "Nonsense, Jun. You are more than welcome here since you are going to be living on the island with us. Why don't you set your bag down and take a seat? It'll be a great way of getting to know you better."

Slightly blushing, she set her well-worn yellow bag down by the wall before walking back over the table that was set with dishes and food, an extra set of dishes and seat being set up for her to join their breakfast – that she didn't want to intrude on.

Sitting at the table with the family, she was placed next to Taro and his granddaughter – who was Natalie through observation – Elliot on Natalie's other side and their smiling mother sitting in between Taro and her son. Kagome looked at the family as discretely as she could, feeling as if the set-up in their seating was somewhat intentional – to which Kagome hoped was not the case…

'I barely know this family! Not to mention that I'm actually a woman, however, if it is to get a place to live here, I will stay dressing as a male.' The black-haired female took a bit of the food set in front of her politely when everyone else began eating, taking pleasure in the fact that food was well prepared and, in fact, delicious despite its simplicity.

Closing her eyes in bliss, Kagome smiled large, swallowing the food in her mouth, "This is delicious!"

Taro smiled from his seat beside her and Felicia let her ever present to grow a bit from the compliment, "I'm glad that you like it, Jun."

Taking another bite of her meal, Taro looked over at the cross dressing female, "Tell us about your family, why don't you?"

Swallowing, she looked over at the old man next to her, "My family? Hm. I have a younger brother, Souta, my mother and grandfather – all of which live back on a shrine. I never really knew my father that well, unfortunately."

"Such a shame about your father, Jun." Felicia commented to the black-haired priestess.

Kagome shrugged, "It's all right, I never really knew him and I learned a lot from my mother and grandfather in his place."

"Oh, that's good, dear."

The black-haired female internally twitched at the affectionate term, it reminded her so much of her mother back home, back on the shrine and relived that she's no longer fighting demons in the past, but worried at the same time for her choice to live by herself on an island – though it was alleviated a bit by the fact that she could contact her if need be.

Kagome made a sound of agreement with the mother that could very well be a substitute mother on the island for her, while her mother was back on the shrine. She wondered if she'd be able to eventually tell her the fact that she was actually a female instead of a male and that her name was actually Kagome instead of Jun or Kazuo…

Breakfast was over all too soon to Kagome, who cleaned her plate of her food, pleasing Natalie and Elliot's mother and grandfather. She was adamant to help clean up the dishes, but was denied by Taro and Felicia and she was stuck standing off to the side by her yellow backpack, even Elliot and Natalie were doing their own things – getting ready for the day ahead of them.

'Man, I feel useless just standing here.'

Upon the completion of the dishes, Taro came up to her and motioned for her to follow him to see where it was that she was going to be living on the island. Elliot stayed behind with Natalie and their mother to help sort any shipment that came to the island. There were a few more people outside now that the time had progressed since she first arrived. Walking with Taro, they passed a silver-haired man with cowboy attire.

Kagome looked over her shoulder at the male, 'What the hell? What is with the fashion nowadays here on the island? No offense, since I can't really complain, but… damn.'

Her attention was drawn to the bald elder as they walked up a bit of a hill almost to a somewhat secluded farm, the field looked like it needed to weeded and cleared of any rocks and sticks before it could be used for growing any crops. The house was a bit small, but she'd make something of it, Kagome wouldn't let the opportunity to live by herself pass up and go back to life in the claustrophobic city back on the main land.

By the tree line there looked to be a space for what might be a barn or chicken coop should she be able to get enough money to build one or the other – maybe both. Scanning the ground near her, she spotted a barn-like house, wondering what it was used for. She'd have to explore the premise if she didn't get a tour of it first by the elderly man.

Following him up the path to the house, Kagome looked at the house more; it was decent – just on the small side as she observed when they first came upon the property. Opening the door, there was new furniture in it – to which she walked over to the bed to set down her yellow backpack on. Taro had followed her inside, "Gannon fixed this up when I told him that a new person was to be moving onto the island and live in this house. And new furniture was added as you can see."

"Eh?" Kagome looked over her shoulder at the white-mustached man, "You didn't need to add the furniture! My mother would have sent the most over and I could've just went back to get anything else. Maybe…" She added the last bit under her breath to herself.

"Come along, I have more to show you on the farm."

Blue eyes watched as Taro left and she didn't have a choice but to follow after the cane-wielding elder. She followed him to the edge of the field to which he gave her farm tools – asking her what she wanted to name her ranch—to which she decided on a name she's most likely going to regret, explaining them to her and the basics of farming, promising to come back the next day to teach her more – not before giving her a couple bags of turnip seeds. Before he left, he signaled her to come over a box or bin near the path that led onto the property, closest to the town, "This is the shipping bin. Every day at five post meridian, either Elliot and or myself will come by to pick up anything that you put into this to be sold to the mainland for gold – that will be given to yourself or left where you can get it."

Kagome nodded at this, standing there as the old man gave her a farewell and watched him leave before turning to explore her new home, first heading to what looked like a barn, but she wasn't sure of. Pushing open the swinging doors, she saw a feeder and two feeding plots, 'It looks like a barn, but is a bit taller… a stable, maybe?'

Feeling her curiosity being sated, she exited what she was going to call the stable, easily startling when a small person appearing before her out of thin air.

"Hello there, I'm Noe, a Harvest Sprite." The small person introduced themselves as.

'A Harvest Sprite..?' Kagome blinked, surprised at meeting a sprite, but not feeling frightened from her trips to the past.

Sitting down on her knees, Kagome listened to what the Harvest Sprite had to say to her about the whole overview of the magical aspects to Sunny Island – even telling her that he'd inform her of the island's progress over the span of her living here. When Noe finally disappeared, Kagome stood on slightly shaky feet, mind whirling from taking in so much information – it was obvious that Taro didn't know of the Harvest Sprites since he didn't mention them to her.

Yawning, she looked over to the field meant to grow crops in – that still needed to have the stones and sticks removed, let's not forget about being weeded. Walking to the side of her house, Kagome rested her tools there, resolving to start with the weeding first, and work with what was hardest last – although, she probably should have worked backwards if she wanted to make it easier on herself later on.

The petals were smooth to the touch, almost waxy, but with a mix of butter soft leather – the flower she was holding was truly a weird flower. She had sniffed it not long after picking it up, but it didn't really have much of a scent, just some generic smell that she associated with the majority of flowers. Absentmindedly, her fingers toyed with the end of one healthy petal.

On her hands and knees, Kagome set to work on pulling up the weeds, setting them on the edge of the pre-plowed field. In the corner that she was working in, she was making fast progress; she might even have the field fully weeded before long! Maybe she could start on smashing the stones with the hammer ahead of time… Kagome smiled to herself, knowing that she was letting her mind get ahead of her body – the unexpected usually happened and she could never be too sure of what might happen next.

Pulling a weed and throwing it onto the growing pile, the black-haired female sat back on her heels – blue eyes looked up to the equally blue sky, not a cloud in sight. Sighing and standing on tiring feet, she grabbed the weeds, looking to the shipping bin, wondering if it was all right for her to put weeds in there or not. Deciding that since she was new, that she might be able to get away with it, but she stopped half way there – deciding against it and to just throw the weeds away.

Entering her small house, she made her way to the trash near the phone. Kagome paused; there was a phone, which meant that there might be electricity for her to call her family to tell them that she made it to the island all right and that she was now going to be living there so long as she farmed and took care of livestock… Kagome dusted her hands off and reached for the phone, shouldering the phone as she worked putting her home's number in.

It rung in her ear a few times, she knew no one at the shrine would recognize the number, so she said that she's leave a message for them to listen to if it was her calling and that the number was hers for as long as she lived there, until she moved or anything. The telltale signs of the answering machine spoke into her ear not even a minute later, to which Kagome waited for it to signal for her to speak.

Denny stood in the open door way of Kagome's house, the person in question on the phone, looking at Kuu when he made a slight noise; he gently shushed him in favor of waiting for Kazuo to finish on the phone. He distracted himself as the black-haired boy spoke in soft tones into the receiver, to which, when the receiver was set down with a soft click, the fisherman rapped a knuckle on the open door – startling the poor black-haired priestess. He raised his hands in an apologetic display, "Sorry about that, I just wanted to know if you wanted to go fishing, Kazuo."

"Huh? Oh…" 'Weeding could wait a little bit… there's just one thing.' "I don't have a fishing rod." Kagome finished lamely.

Denny smiled and gave a small laugh, "That won't be a problem, Kazuo! I have a spare that you can use!"

"You sure?"

The purple bandana-wearing fisherman waves his hand dismissively, "Positive!" He walked into the house to grab Kazuo's closest wrist, leading him out of his house – and closing the door that he forgot to close earlier, "You do know how to fish right?"

Kazuo pouted at the question, "Of course I do!" 'The way where one stands in the river and attempts to catch the fish with their bare hands…'

Looking back at the pre-plowed field littered with weeds, stones and sticks, Kagome can't help but wonder if her procrastination will take hold of her on this little island and she'll be kicked off. Looking forward again, her blue eyes found it fascinating as the tanned fisherman's brown curly hair bounced as he took his steps – she couldn't help but think back to her now short hair, curious if hers did the exactly same thing as his—bouncing. Her free hand went back to feeling the back of her head; did she have any curly locks of hair on her head at all?

The tips of her fingers tightened on that one petal, as she continued to stare forward from where she sat on the boulder. Pulling her hand back as she was doing before, her fingers kept their hold before there was slack and her hand jerked back about an inch or two. Looking down, Kagome eyed the light-colored flower with the magenta center, eyes going to where it was no missing one of its petals. Staring at it for about a minute, she made a resolution.

The priestess started to pluck the petals off one by one.

On the ground by her feet, the petals rested among the blades of grass – standing out with their light magenta color.

S-A-P B: I'll update Ask Ivan's Sisters tomorrow after graduation rehearsal number three for my class. I have all the questions put into the word document; I just need to get the answers and story-like bit in between each question and answer. Originally, I was going to go for ten thousand words on this beginning chapter, but… that's not going to happen. I'll be needing feedback on this fanfiction, by the way, so if you do read it, please review.