Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or YuYu Hakusho. This is purely for my pleasure.

He had grown since the last time she had saw him that was for sure. Hakudoushi's once short stature was now pushing about 5'10". His hair was grown out to his lower back and had gotten significantly silkier. He looked at her with lavender eyes that glinted with a certain deviousness. It sent chills down her spine—the way his demeanor reminded her of Naraku. The one thing that kept her from going on the defensive with him, though, was the respective nod he had given to Sesshoumaru. He couldn't be that bad if he was on good terms with her aniki.

Hakudoushi lowered to his spot across from Sesshoumaru and got comfortable. "Nice to see you again Sesshoumaru, I see you've found the miko?" He looked towards Kagome as he voiced his question—it was as if he was sizing her up.

Sesshoumaru nodded his answer and looked back at Hakudoushi with a bland look. "Yes, and I would appreciate it if you didn't look at her as if she was another one of your toys."

Hakudoushi had the audacity to look wounded. "I would never. Just who do you take me for?" Even as he was saying this though, his—now signature—devious smile appeared on his face. Sesshoumaru just snorted in response. Kagome was pretty much lost at her spot beside Sesshoumaru.

Hakudoushi, noticing her confused look, decided to reintroduce himself. "It is a pleasure to meet you again Kagome. I am terribly sorry for my transgressions in the past, but as you know, I was not acting of my own will." Kagome smiled in understanding.

"It's alright. Almost all of my friends had tried to kill me when I first met them, but it turned out alright. And I'm sure the same will apply to us." Hakudoushi chuckled a bit at her words but agreed with her. He did hope she would come to trust him—despite her looks, she would be a strong ally. And a nice play thing, though he doubted that Sesshoumaru would even let him get close to her. He smiled internally; he had his ways.

"As much as I'm enjoying this little reunion, we need to get on with the meeting." Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes at the word reunion and looked at all the lords at the table. They all nodded their heads in agreement.

"Sesshoumaru, as much as I love you, I am never going to sit through any of your meetings anymore." Kagome stretched as she stepped out of the portal leading to her shrine. She never thought that something could be so boring!

Sesshoumaru chuckled at Kagome's antics and followed her up the shrine steps. They were in the human realm now so he had to hide his more demonic traits under a spell, though he still had his silver hair flowing behind him.

Once they reached the top, Kagome ran towards her house with a smile on her face. "Mom! I'm back!"

At the call of her name, Kun-Loon came out of the house still clad in her apron. "Kagome! Where have you been? Your class was due back a while ago." She noticed Sesshoumaru standing off to the side and smiled. "And who's this handsome man?"

"It's a long story mom. This is Sesshoumaru." She hooked her arm around his. "He's the brother I told you about when I was still traveling through the well."

Kun-Loon graced him with another smile and shook his hand. "It's a pleasure to meet the man who looked out for my daughter."

Sesshoumaru returned it. "The pleasure was all mine."

"Well come on in. I was just making dinner." Kun-Loon tuned around and disappeared back into the house. Sesshoumaru and Kagome followed after her. Once in the living room, Kagome sat down on the sofa and laid her head on the arm rest. Sesshoumaru got comfortable next to her.

"I am so tired Sesshoumaru, I might just skip dinner." Her stomach growled in protest and she giggled. "Okay, maybe not."

Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes and pulled a phone out of his pocket. "Take this." He handed her it. "Use this phone whenever you need to get in touch with me—I'm on speed dial." Kagome nodded her head and inspected the phone. It was pretty nice.

"So, what have you been doing all these years? What happened after I left?" She looked back up at him after she pocketed the phone.

Sesshoumaru knew this was coming. He twisted his body so that it was facing her more. "Well after you left, I took Shippou with me, as you know. Sango and Miroku got married, had lots of children, and died happy. As for Inuyasha, seeing as he was an Inu Hanyou, he died of old age." He noticed Kagome tearing up and brought her into his chest. He rubbed her back in circular motions. "Just know that there was no remorse when he died. He died a happy man." Kagome nodded and stopped crying, but stayed in his arms.

It went by like this for several minutes before Kagome's mom announced that dinner was ready. Kagome eventually pulled herself together and headed to the kitchen with Sesshoumaru right behind her.

"So I'll see you soon, right?" Kagome asked from the doorway.

"Of course, I'll be calling occasionally to check up on you." Sesshoumaru moved closer to her and placed a kiss on her forehead. "See you soon." With one last glance he turned around and disappeared out of sight. Kagome sighed to herself and closed the door.

Once she was safely in her bedroom, Kagome flopped onto her bed and sighed in delight. "Ahhh, nothing like a nice, comfy bed to sleep on after a rough day." She snuggled deeper into the pillow and let out another contented sigh. She loved being a modern girl sometimes.

Just as Kagome was about to drift off to wonderland, Kagome felt a presence land outside her window. It was that fire demon—she cursed her luck. Kagome tiredly pushed her self off the bed and opened the window. There was Hiei, in the branches of the god tree.

"Is there something you needed?" Kagome asked in slight desperation—she really wanted to go to bed!

Hiei gave her a glance, debating on whether or not he should grace her with an answer. What could it hurt? "I merely came to observe you. You are a most curious creature." What could he say, he was bored. And, he would never admit it to anyone, but there was just something about her that caught his attention.

Kagome's eye twitched.

That was his explanation? Whatever, she didn't care anymore, she was tired as hell. "Whatever. Just don't bother me while I'm trying to sleep. Okay?" With one last look at him she headed back to her bed. Maybe she might actually get to sleep this time.

Kagome groaned as she felt the sun light shining down on her. She pulled her sheets over her head to try to block it out. She didn't want to wake up yet—she was having a nice dream.

Just as she was about to fall back to sleep, the sound of foot falls ran towards the room and her door slammed open.

"Kagome! Time to wake up! You're going to that new school today, remember?!" Before she even had time to answer, her door was slammed shut and the foot falls faded away. Kagome groaned and got out of bed—there was no way she was falling back to sleep now. She grabbed her new uniform and headed towards the bathroom. At least she'd get to take a nice long shower.

When she was done, she padded down into the kitchen and dropped into a chair by the table. Once she got her food she glared at her brother who sat down across from her. "Just you wait Souta, the next time you come into my room like that; I'm going to drop kick you out of orbit." Souta just shot her a wide grin and started devouring his food. That little demon.

Kun-Loon smiled at her children—she really did love them. She looked to the clock and gasped. "Kagome, you better get going or you're going to be late." Kagome turned towards her mom and then to the clock. He eyes widened in realization—she only had fifteen minutes to get to school!

Kagome downed her breakfast as fast as possible, kissed her mom on the cheek, and ran out the door. At this rate, she would have to run non-stop if she was going to make it. She passed people, ran around cars, raced across trolley tracks, and dashed down the street. Just as she was coming upon the school, someone had the audacity to start closing the gate!

"No wait! Just hold on one more second!" Kagome waved her hand around frantically trying to catch the guy's attention. When he turned his head towards her and looked at her, Kagome thought that she had been saved—that is, until he smirked at her and continued to close the gate. The nerve! She would show him.

Just as the gate closed, Kagome jumped on a bike near the gate, flipped into the air, pushed off the gate with her hand, and landed on the inside. Kagome smiled the biggest smile she could—she made it! Then she remembered the jerk that closed the gate on her and started scanning the area for him. He was making his was towards the entrance.

Kagome stomped after him and intercepted his path. "Just who the hell do you think you are, closing that gate on me?!" Kagome puffed as she put her hands on her hips.

The jerk in question smiled mischievously and bent down to her level. "Why I do believe I'm the president of the Discipline Committee, Shuichi Minamino."

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