Authors note: I am so sorry everyone for the late update. I have been gone for almost..uhhhm..more than five months already even though I had primosed that I will update monthly. Please don't hate me. Anyway let's just start the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own this and never will. The only thing that I do own is the headache that I'm having right now.

Chapter 4: The Meetings of the Cousins

A car parked at the bottom of the shrine. Needless to say, nothing much happened inside the car except for the annoying song that his father had led. Ichigo was pissed as hell. So when the car parked outside, it was really no wonder that he wasted no time in bolting out of the said car and took the entire luggage outside.

The others just followed him outside and were slightly surprised, except for Nel since she really doesn't care at all, that all of their luggages inside were already outside before they even had a chance to take it.

Ichigo on the other hand just shrugged at the look of awe in their faces and looked at the very long stairway before him. Ichigo smiled a little as if remembering the last time he had been here together with his mother. It was very nostalgic seeing the familiar stairs before him.

He had a cousin here and was also his playmate for the entire vacation last time when he was just a kid. He had lots of fun playing many games with her and her grandpa. They were fun to play with. Ichigo knew that he misses his cousin already and was quite excited to see her today.

Looking back, he took two of the luggages and dragged it as he walked the stairs. His father took the remaining bags as he started to make way to the shrine as well. His sisters and Nel was following behind them.

When they had finally reached the top, the girls were at awe as they look at a giant tree in there. The three looked at each other and as if reading each other's mind, started to run towards it.

Ichigo just looked as the three make their way towards the tree and remember the times that his grandpa had told them stories about some kind of demon stuck in that tree.

Ichigo, at that time, believed in any crap that his grandpa had told them and was quite scared. His cousin was laughing her ass off when she looked at him at that time. Well at least he won't be scared at any story this time. He had already experienced many things that are far scarier than the stories at that time and he had already seen worse.

"Oh Itsygo. I is canot believe dat Nel is on vacation with you. I is very happy." Nel said as she continuously jumped up and down as she look at the surroundings around her.

"Hey Nel, why don't you go with us and looked around the temple. Let's leave Ichigo alone for a while." Karin suggested as she reach a hand for Nel. Unfortunately, Nel didn't took the hand and just stared at it. She didn't, after all, want to leave Ichigo alone. She always knew that all the fun and excitement seems follows Ichigo everywhere so she wouldn't miss a chance on missing it.

"I is not want to leave Ichigo alone. Nel doesn't want to miss any fun goin 'round here." Nel said as she looked at Karin solemnly. Karin just seemed to understand and just nodded. She quickly turned around and grabbed Yuzu's hand and made a dash at the big tree. Isshin just continued to walk with the luggages and went towards the house.

Seeing that all his family members seemed to have been sidetracked at the time before meeting the Higurashi's, Ichigo walked aimlessly trying to locate his favorite hiding spot when he was a boy. Luck seemed to follow him as he saw it immediately. Ichigo made a run for it as he excitedly wants to see any changes happening at the shed of his.

As he was running towards it, he suddenly sensed a weird reiatsu and quickly halted. Nel seemed to notice it too as she also stopped behind Ichigo. The reiatsu that Ichigo felt kind of reminded him of a quincy.

"Hey Nel, do you have any idea as to what reiatsu you are feeling right now?" Ichigo asked as he turned to look at Nel.

"I is not know Itsygo. But the reiatsu that is in here is very tasty. I is want to eat the owner of the reiatsu." Nel said as her eyes spoke of hunger that a normal hollow would.

"Control it Nel. I don't want any trouble in this place. I really don't want any troubles." Ichigo warned Nel.

"But reiatsu is soo tasty. Nel is wanna eat it." Nel complained.

"Nel.." Ichigo warned the second time.

Nel just pouted and grumbled as she walked together with Ichigo. They turned towards a corner and saw a girl with long black hair and wearing a school uniform. The girl was closing the shed and for some reason angry at the same time. The girl then turned towards them and widened her eyes as she recognized the man in front of her.

"Ichigo-kun. Is that you?" Kagome said as she walked closer to the duo.

Ichigo blinked trying to familiarize the voice. Seconds later, he widened his eyes and gaped as he recognized the girl as well.

"No way. Kagome? Is that really you?" Ichigo said in disbelief.

Kagome chuckled a bit as his cousin was a little dumbfounded. She really miss her cousin and now that he is here, she can't really help but laugh.

"Ichigo! It's so nice to see you. Oh and who is this little girl here with? Is she your daughter?" Kagome asked.

Ichigo spluttered for a second. He really cannot believe what Kagome is saying to him right now. "W-W-What are you talking about Kagome? She's just my friend's little sister. They have a vacation today and unfortunately for her, they can't take her with them." Ichigo said. They just want to dump her with me. He added in his thoughts.

"Priestess…" Nel whispered silently. The two teens were kind surprised as they were in their own thought at that time.

Kagome looked alarmed at what Nel said. She quickly shook her head at an alarming rate as she tried to firmly deny what Nel had said.

"W-W-What are you talking about little girl?" Kagome stuttered.

Ichigo eyed his cousin suspiciously. He couldn't help but feel that she is somehow keeping some kind of secret from him.

"So what's your name little one?" Kagome asked trying to immediately change the subject.

Nel quickly grinned at Kagome as she completely forgotten what she whispered a moment ago. "I is Nel. I is happee to meet Itsygo's causin." Nel said happily.

Kagome was about to reply when she saw noticed that the two had stiffened for a while. She had wondered what the hell is wrong with them when she noticed something moved behind them and had red clothing. She immediately recognized the cloth and started to panic inside her mind. It was also because of this that she unknowingly, stiffened herself.

"Uhm…are you alright Kagome?" Ichigo asked as he noticed that Kagome had paled.

"N-N-Nothing's wrong..hehe..uhm..Will you excuse me for a second? I really need to go to the bathroom. I need it so badly. I'll be right back and oh just wait for me inside the house okay?" Kagome said as she started sweating nervously. She didn't let the duo get the chance to reply to her since she had already ran away leaving the two behind.

After Kagome was gone out of sight, Nel looked at Ichigo. "Did Itsygo feel dat? I weally like to play with her now."

"Please don't Nel. I really don't want any migraine here. This was supposed to be a vacation dammit." Ichigo said as he started to rub his head.

Hey King did you feel that weird reiatsu before your freak of a cousin ran away? Shiro said inside the mind of Ichigo.

'I thought it was my imagination back there. There is no way a reiatsu that twisted exist here. It might not be that powerful as an espada but it's just weird that somehow a reiatsu like that is in here the first place. It's like an espada but different at the same time since it is more natural' Ichigo said to his hollow.

Hmm. I wonder what your cousin is hiding. Hichigo said.

'Now why would you think about that?' Ichigo asked.

Her excuses was so lame that I can tell that she is lying immediately. It sounded suspiciously like yours every time you went outside of school to exterminate the weakling hollows back at Karakura town. She also ran away towards the back of her house and from rummaging your memories here, I am very positive that there are no toilets in there. Also, my instincts tell me so. Shiro said making Ichigo wondered how the hell did his hollow had become smarter.

That's not nice King. Shiro said while pouting.

'I really don't care.' Ichigo said.

Kagome's POV

"What the heck are you doing here Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted.

"Listen here woman. We need to find those jewels right now. We must not waste our time coming to this place." Inuyasha said as he tried to clean his ears.

"Didn't I tell you to wait for me at the well on the other side?" Kagome said as she scowled.

"You of all people know that I'm not a patient man. It's not like you have that time of the month yet." Inuyasha carelessly said as he didn't know the consequences of the word he was saying. He only heard that phrase when Miroku said that before he got violently attacked by Sango one day just because of a little mistake.

Kagome became red of anger. She can't believe that Inuyasha had said that to her. She would have violently slapped him if it wasn't true but unfortunately it was her time of the month that day.

"Inuyasha," Kagome said in a sicken manner that made Inuyasha shivered from fear. "Shut up!"

Inuyasha paled as he noticed Kagome shaking in anger. He really didn't want to be the receiving end of the 'Sit' commands that Kagome will throw at him when she starts getting incredibly angry.

"Inuyasha." Kagome said that made Inuyasha stand straight like a military man would do whenever a command is given. "I will be here for a week and you will wait for me at the other side or else.." Kagome said leaving the threat hanging so that Inuyasha will know the consequences if he ever disobey that order.

Inuyasha just nodded and started to walk back towards the shed but before he went he said, "If you will not come back for a week then I will be coming."

Kagome just sigh and wished that he will never do that. She really was starting to get a migraine and she didn't want to deal with it anymore. Having the time of the month will really do that to you. Making you lazy and all. She just continued to walk towards her house and muttered, "So troublesome." before entering the house.

A/N: Woohoo. I'm done with this chapter. I decided that I'm going to follow my plotline that I had made for a long time if I can remember those things already since I was such a long time ago. Now I really know that this chapter sucks. Really I can tell that much and I had decided to edit this as I make the next chapter but for now this will just do. I had already edited chapter 3 so please read it again. There are many changes I had put in there. Hope you like this chapter and I will try to update faster. I won't promise this time but I do promise that I will finish this story eventually. Oh yeah next chapter, I will put an Omake there so please look forward to it. Flames are welcome here since I need someone to criticize me especially on my grammar and spellings.