Sorry, pissed I had this written all set to post when the computer decided to encrypt the story with those annoying square thing-ama-bob-bers. (I love my vocabulary)

Hiei snorted, 'Don't start crying on me like your daughter.'

Kagome came back to where Youko was ignoring Souta. Laughing, she pulled Souta away, "Souta tell you what, let's give Youko-sama a break, you know how old people get."

Souta nodded "Only if you let me play with your tail."

Kagome sighed then nodded, "Sure thing, Head upstairs and I'll throw in a video game tournament in my room."

She waited till he left, "You owe me."

Youko nodded then retreated into Suichi's form. Heading upstairs, she shed her human illusion.

Souta was sitting there on her bed read to grab her tail. Kagome sighed then winced at a fierce tug to her tail. Eyes bleeding red, she snarled, "That hurts."

Souta froze, he's never seen his sister that scary and he's seen her in the morning with that green goop on hr face. Kagome's eyes shown their normal blue, "Oh, Souta, I'm sorry. I guess the tail is sensitive, so how about the game we will be playing."

Souta pulled out the game smiling at his sister, "This game is new, it's called Hunters, I got this game because of the character look like InuYasha. And don't think about picking him he's all mine."

At the risk ofdeath due to suffocation, she slowly breathed out. She asks the one question running through her mind, "Souta, what company made the game?"

Souta turned to his sister, "Maru Industries, why?"

She shook her head, "Don't worry about it let's just back to the game, first to win 5?"

He nodded and sighed, "Kagome, pick a character so we can start."

She nods and scans through the characters, her eyes widening, 'A female demon slayer, a monk, a school girl, a fox kit, an inu youkai, an inu hanyou, an ookami youkai,…if I didn't know better the person who made this game knew of the Shikon no Tama.'

Kagome smirks, 'Who to pick, Sango, Shippo, me, Kouga, Sesshomaru, or Miroku. Ooo, grudge match between brothers of course.'

Kagome slides the cursor under the dog demon and selects it, "Well let's start shall we."

Souta smirks, "Just wait till I cream ya."

Kagome laughed ruffling his hair, "In your dreams little brother, after all I am the Game Queen for a reason."

Souta laughed his 'evil laugh', "Prepare to be usurped, Nee-chan."

The game started, and Souta's character pulled out a large sword from his sheath, Kagome quickly pushed some random buttons and turned her character into a giant dog dripping acid from his mouth. Souta gaped, "How'd you do that?"

Kagome laughed her own evil laugh and while Souta was distracted, had her character eat his up, "I win, little brother."

Souta glared at her, "That's cheating, you distracted me."

Kagome shook her head, "Souta, Souta, Souta, in battle do you think the enemy is going to wait because you are distracted, they are going to take advantage of the situation, remember that if you want to beat people in the game."

Souta nodded stiffly focusing entirely on the game. The two go back to the character scene and this time Kagome picks the monk character. The little countdown starts signifying the start of the match. Kagome quickly pushed new buttons in her random sequence and her character pulled out some ofundas freezing Souta's character and then pushing another button had her character suck his up in a wind tunnel that was in his hand. Third round had Kagome picking the demon exterminator. Kagome smiled, 'It would be awesome if she had Kirara.'

123123123 This is how I play and why I am the family's Game Queen 123123123

Pushing more buttons she smiled as a giant cat demon appeared and her character hopped on to the back, Kagome pushed the buttons again and the two flew into the sky. Souta had his character swing his sword sending bright streaks of energy towards Kagome's character. Kagome winced as her character fell to the ground and died.

123123 I feel bad that I had Sango die but okay remember it's just a game123123

Kagome sighed and picked the ookami-youkai. "Well, Souta let's see which canine is better, the wolf or the dog."

Souta smirked, "The dog is going to kick the mangy wolf's butt."

Kagome laughed, "Let's see, mutt-face."

Kagome had her character speed around Souta's and then had the wolf punch his character, Souta had his character use his claws and ribbons of power shot towards Kagome's character. She had her character pause and then had him leap out of the way. She clicked the directional control in a circle then pushed several buttons her character formed a twister blowing his character away.

123123 Ok I'm officially sick of the word character so lets fast forward the to tie breaking round.123123

Kagome decided to finally pick the school girl and Souta picked his normal character. Kagome's character pulled out an arrow and bow. Kagome smiled but then frowned when the aiming capabilities were nearly impossible to handle. 'That is not funny I'm much better with my aim.'

Kagome fired the arrow the arrow landed right beside Souta's character, the explosive power blew his character back. Souta's character pulled out his sword but it was a small rusty thing. Kagome laughed, "Souta, the sword won't work against that character, sorry but nice try."

Kagome heaved a sigh of relief, 'Well now I know not to worry about being blown to bits by Tetsusaiga.'

Kagome had her character shout something and his character slammed to the ground, "Yay the subduing necklace still works in the game."

Souta turns to Kagome, "What are you talking about, Nee-chan? How did you know about the moves in this game?"

Kagome pausing the game, "Souta, you see these characters, they are all real in the Feudal Era, Like the monk, that's my friend Miroku. The demon slayer and demon pair are Sango-chan and Kirara, the fox kit is my kit, Shippo. There's me the school girl, InuYasha is the hanyou, Sesshomaru-sama is the inu-youkai, and Kouga-kun is the ookami-youkai. So I'm guessing the inventor of the game knew about them in the Feudal era because if you look even the costumes and attacks are the same."

Souta nodded so, I should guess the game probably follows what you've gone through…perhaps I can find out what really happens when you are away."

Kagome snorted and took the game, "Let me just take this and let you wait till I'm actually finish before you play."

Souta whined, "Give it, Kagome."

She shook her had, "The game is postponed till a future date, little brother."

Kagome stood and began to run away from Souta who was trailing her. Kurama came up the stairs to investigate the sound, "Kagome is everything alright?"

She nodded then ran behind him, using him as a shield from her brother. Souta whined, "Kagome, at least give me the game back."

She shook her head, "Not until I can see exactly what happens through out the game."

Souta sighed, "Well I guess I'll just have to get Hunters 2: Betrayal and Allies

Kagome froze, "Fine here, just don't play that one, promise?"

Souta nodded, took the game from her, and ran off to play it. Kurama looked at Kagome eyebrow raised, "Ah, Kurama, see there actually is a very good explanation for just what happened. Well, that game it appears was made by someone who knows of the adventures to the past that I take because that is what the game is about. I didn't want Souta to find out about InuYasha. But finding out about the sequel I know for a fact that InuYasha's choice won't be shown in that game."

Kurama nodded, "You are actually quite considerate of your brother."

She sighed, "Yeah, the kid idolizes him."

Kagome pulled the human illusion and walked downstairs with Kurama, "Kaa-san, do you need any help with dinner."

Kun-Loon looked up from the vegetables, "Actually I could use some help with the chicken."

Kagome nodded and began seasoning the chicken and putting the seasoned breasts into the pan.

123123 I think that's what it's called, it's like a large pot with low sides and two handles, you understand what I mean.123123

Covering the pan with a pot cover she let's it cook in its juices. Turning to her mother she smiled, "Kaa-san, why don't you go to the living room and relax, I can take it from here."

Kun-loon smiled gratefully, "Thank you, Kagome, but, I've just about finished, why don't you set the table, remember Souta is eating at a friend's house. He plans on playing that new game of his over there and then stay the night."

Kagome complied, "Suichi-san will you be joining us for dinner?"

Kurama shook his head, "I wish I could but, I plan on eating with my own mother then going to the office to talk to my boss."

Kagome nodded, she understood what he was saying; he wanted to inform his boss about how the Reikai Tentei were doing. Kagome turned to her mother, "Kaa-san, I was wondering if you didn't mind if I invited someone."

Mrs. Higurashi shook her head, "Of course not."

Kagome then set the table. Pausing she turned towards the door, 'A Shikon jewel shard? Here?'

Kagome turned to her mom, "Kaa-san, I need to do something quickly."

Kun-Loon nodded and watched as Kagome ran out the door. Standing on the shrine ground, she quickly focused on the signal. Hiei leapt from his post, Kagome looked at him, 'Follow me, there's a shard of the sacred jewel.'

Hiei snorted, 'I'm not a pet you command.'

Kagome sighed, "You don't have to follow me, I can do this alone."

She then started along the path trailing the glow of the sacred jewel shard. Hiei snarled as he watched the girl disappear from his sight. Kagome raced down the steps to the shrine and then she felt the glow heading towards downtown. Sighing she set her mind to race after it. When she reached the building the glow was resigning in she gasped, 'Maru Industries I should have guessed.'

Entering the building she went up to the secretary, "Sumimasen, I was wondering if I could use the restroom here."

The secretary looked up from her nails, popped her gum, and waved her through. Kagome thanked the lady but she was talking on the phone. 'My goodness, security sucks.'

Kagome followed the pulse to a room where an auburn-hair man was working on a computer back to her. The glow of the shard came from him. She watched him unsure on how to retrieve it.

123123 three guess to who he is and the first two don't count. 123123

Kagome settled on the talk to him plan when she felt a hand grab her shoulder, turning her around roughly. Wincing, she felt the man's hand dig into her shoulder. "You're trespassing."

She winced and then looked at her captor, "Ko-Kouga-kun!"

Kouga drops his hand, "Kagome? What brings you here?"

She smiled, "Following the glow of a Shikon no Kakera."

The auburn-hair man turned around, "Kaa-san?"

Kagome froze, "Shippo? What are you doing here and with a Shikon no Kakera?"

Shippo laughed, "Well, I was working here on the new installment of the Hunters series. The jewel shard, well, I happened across it a few days ago and thought to hold onto it."

Shippo jumped up and threw his arms around the woman who use to carry him around in the past. Kagome 'eep'ed "Shippo, you've gotten so tall."

Shippo smirked, "Yeah, well, I've had 500 years to grow."

Kagome sighed, "That's true, so let me guess Maru Industries is run by a Taiyoukai by the name of Sesshomaru."

Shippo nodded, "Was it that obvious…hey I'm pretty sure Sesshomaru-sama will want to see you after all these years."

Kagome paled, "Wait is he still mad about the whole arm thing…oh I was wondering the fluffy thing…"

Shippo looks behind her and a cool voice causes the time traveler to jump and whirl towards the sound…"This Sesshomaru is not upset at you for what transpired in the past."

Kagome let go of the breath she was holding, "So Sesshomaru-sama, why a toy factory?"

Sesshomaru sniffed, "This Sesshomaru, prefers the business be called electronic entertainment facilitator."

Kagome blinked then blinked again, "Wait did, Sesshomaru-sama make a joke albeit not a funny one, Kouga-kun stop the presses the world is at an end."

Sesshomaru smirked, "There is much you don't know of this Sesshomaru."

Shippo silenced the group, "Oi, we can't 'kaa-san anything, she's still time-traveling, it'll screw-up history."

Kagome nodded, "I'd rather not know, and Shippo did you make Hunters?"

Shippo nodded unsure of where that was going. Kagome rolled up her sleeve and whacked him over the head, "My aim isn't that crappy."

Shippo rubbed the lump on his head, "That hurt, 'Kaa-san."

Kagome sighed then kissed the lump, "Sorry Shippo I didn't mean to hit you that hard."

123123She meant to gently whack his head but got a little carried away. 123123123

The chiming of a grandfather clock brought to attention the fact she had to leave before Hiei and Kurama kill her. Giving everyone a hug, even Sesshomaru, she excused herself. Clutching the jewel shard she ran back to her shrine.

123123123Fin, for now I just need to work on reviewer responses and being the bum I am MM and FFN reviewer responses are together.123123

kogas-mate- yeah I'm a sap at heart I need them to slowly get to know each other, Kagome is getting over heartbreak and Hiei is new to the game of love.

AnimeholicsInc-well, since you asked so nicely, why not, I mean Kurama can't be it because wedon't need the Electra complex, yusuke has keiko, Kuwabara much to Hiei's dismay has Yukina and Miroku has Sango and Sesshie and her won't mesh so yes it will be a HK

Sesshomaruobsessed- HeeHeeHee, hey look at that you are the only one with a capital start of my response, the musical sounds well, pardon the pun wicked…I'm going to see if I can stick those lyrics in a chapter, look for it.

Kagome259-thank you

Shadowmiko- I aim to please, look for more in the future.

Sexysk8rchick- like the name, and update come as soon as I think up what's next.

Inus-gurl93- : D

Gothmiko- thanks for the compliment

MM

Yuni- as my only mm reviewer I thought to reward you with a large font. Cool, ne. here's the chapter you wanted