A/N-All Inuyasha and Furuba contest is copyright to Rumiko Takahashi-sensei and Natsuki Takaya-sensei. Other characters are of my own design and sooner or later will become copyright material. Reacaps will be in all of my future chapters. This story wont be extremely long, but I hope to make it fair. I hate it when people start a great story and then make a dumb excuse to end it with no climax or much of a story at that. Some cases are understandable, but I have read dozens of great start stories, yet they have no ending. They just ...quit. I dont wish to offend anyone, dont take me the wrong way, but I'm a very criticist person. Enjoy!

The story so far... Kagome has bought some travel tickets to the other side of Tokyo. With one set of spare tickets, she brings Sota. Inuyasha joins them the next morning, and Kagome, Sota, and Inuyasha make their way to the subway. The subway was oddly empty, and the only people on it were a couple of teenage boys, about Kagome's age, and a lady. She was asleep the whole way, but her cat enjoyed their company. When they departed, Kagome set off to a childhood friend's home. Niomi is a wealthy 20 year old woman. Her hair was long and blonde, while her brown eyes were young they were also wise and kind.

Secrets

Niomi's House

Niomi opened the door and looked at Kagome with instant recognition.

"Well come on in, Kagome. Who might these two be?" iquiried Niomi. Kagome replied, unsure of how to explain Inuyasha.

"This is my younger brother sota. You met him when he was a baby. He... is Inuyasha. A friend I met awhile back." Inuyasha scoffed and crossed his arms.

Niomi seemed to marvel Inuyasha. "He's an odd one. His eyes...they're golden. I haven't seen a kimono like that in all my years. Beautiful hair though, of course, white hair is for old women, not teenage bo-" Inuyasha cut off her words with a single glance.

"Look lady, I got a temper so dont fool with me. My hair is silver, and I'm NOT wearing a kimono. If Kagome is as loud-mouth as usual, you'll find out soon en-"

"INUUYASHA SIT!" Kagome's anger flared. "Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit!"

Niomi was baffled. And a little scared, "What in the world is going on? It's...what? I...um... Kagome, what is..uhh?"

"It's OK Niomi. I explain in a few minutes." Inuyasha shoved himself upward and started to retaliate.

"Grrrrr...what was all that for?" snapped Inuyasha.

"You reeeally wanna know? SIT!" He was able to keep his hat on the entire time, but now it hardly mattered.

Niomi interupted, while Sota sat inside on the couch watching cartoons. " Ummm, come in, and please tell me whats going on. I like you Kagome... but Im a bit scared. " She gestured the two inside. "You can put your coat and hat up there.. um... Inuyasha is it? You know...inu-yasha. It means 'dog-demon'. What's the deal?" Inuyasha ignored her.

He sniffed the air. "I smell a cat...no.. a bunch of cats." He ran to the staircase. "They're everywhere. What's the point of having so much vermin in here." He ran up stairs. Kagome called after him.

"Dont you break anything Inuyashaa!" Kagome sat down beside Niomi "Sota why don't you keep an eye on Inuyasha. OK? Anyway, Niomi, I was wondering. We are going to be staying on this side of the city. Can we stay here? We can't afford a hotel. And people would ask to many questions about Inuyasha." Niomi nodded to that.

She lifted her mug and straightened out the lace table cover. " Fine by me, but on one condition. I'd like to know who this 'Inuyasha' is."

Kagome looked at her, a little upset. "I dont want to, but it really probably is best. You see, Im not at all the little girl you knew a few years ago. Im a reincarnation..., of a priestess from 500 years ago. I live at the Higurashi shrine, as you know. The well there is a rabbit hole. I can travel through it to the past where the preistess lived. Her name... was Kikyou."

"This is too much, toooo much. How can Inuyasha smell my cats. And jump sooo far. Its in-human! He climbed up my staircase with even touching it." gasped Niomi.

Kagome replied, happier now. "That's because he's not human, well, I mean. He's a Youkai, half-demon."

Niomi shuttered. "So, I just let you and a DEMON into my house. He's crude and impatient, I can see, but a DEMON? What's that necklace? When you said 'sit' it pulled him down into the ground."

"They are bespelled beads. Inuyasha was once a powerful demon, evil I guess. He killed and ransacked looking for this." Kagome pulled the marble pouch from her bag. "This broken jewel is worth billions more than life itself. It grants wishes, strength, invulnerability, immortality to is wielder. An old woman, Kikyou's sister placed these on him, so I can hold his spirit by will. Though the sit command is more..." a crash sounded. "...a punishment."

"KAGOOMMMEE! Why did you do that?" thundered Inuyasha. "I was behaving...grrr, I hate you!" Inuyasha pouted as he came down the stairs.

"Come here, Inuyasha." He stubbornly, yet eventually stood beside Kagome. "Here's the best part Niomi. She lifted the brim of the hat, and flipped it off. TA DAA! Dont you just wanna touch 'em!" Inuyasha growled, but did not move, for he knew the sit command even hurt him. He tried to count about how many times she said it. He lost count at 200. He bagan to grow angry because Niomi wouldn't quit fumbling with his ears.

"OKAY LADY! Enough...Im leaving for a while." He rolled his eyes regretfully and snatched his hat back. He ran out the doorway effortlessly and bounded across the street, landing atop a small building. He lept from rooftop to rooftop, quickly and quietly.

Kagome noted, "Thats his way of being a brat. We really aren't that strange, I mean, we are, but its not too bad. A few more shards and our jewel will be complete..." Kagome continued to tell Niomi all that had happened, their journeys and about Naraku. She told her about everybody, from Sesshomaru and Rin to their little friends Kirara and Shippou. When she begun to talk about Kikyou, Niomi put a finger to her lips.

"No more... I understand. Its seems alot has happened. I envy you. I do not wish to speak about this anymore. You may stay at no cost. Your knowlede was helpful. I'll keep your secret, but, where is the little boy?"

Kagome looked confused..." Oh you mean Sota. Um, I'm not sure. I'll go look for him."

Upstairs

Sota was stuck, upside-down, in a laundry basket... for socks. Inuyasha locked him in the closet, along with every cat he could find. Sota grumpled and talked away. He tried time and time again to get out, but he couldn't even knock the hamper over. He thought he would die of the smell. "Geez..." he thought. " How many socks can one lady, who dont wear socks, dirty up." He waited, accasionally kicking the door with his loose foot. "Inuyasha..., Kagome, somebody help me.

HAHAHA! That all for this chapter. I will try to post once every week. Its thursday the 17 now. Tis my BIRTHDAY! WOOT! YAY! Im getting a tablet. I may draw a picture of Niomi. I'll update my user profile soon. C&C and R&R please. I haven't got any reviews yet. Please let me now what you think.