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Chapter One

Golden eyes peered over the elder woman's shoulder. "Is she going to be ok, Kaede?" Inuyasha worriedly questioned. Sighing, Kaede looked over to the hanyou behind her. "Aye, Inuyasha. She shall be fine." Afterward she returned to examining and bandaging the delicate looking young woman in front of her. 'How is she still living?'

"Inuyasha, please leave the room while I change her clothes. I'll call ye back when I'm done." The woman heard her practically adopted son scoff then sulk out the room. Chuckling to herself, Kaede cleaned and dressed the girl's wounds only to find that most had healed themselves already. 'I've only seen demons regenerate that fast. What is she?' Glancing down the body of the twenty-something-year-old lying on the table in front of her. As she took in the waist length, wavy, blue-black hair and curvy, yet slim body she searched for any demonic or angelic markings. None.

"Are you done yet, Grandma?" Inuyasha questioned, all the while banging on the door. Once again the 'grandma' sighed and answered the rude boy's question. "Aye, Inuyasha. I am. You may enter." Feeling more than hearing the door fly open, Kaede straightened out the few wrinkles that had made themselves at home on the girl's new clothing. The white sundress that was draped across the beauty's figure was the only thing available at such short notice for her. 'I wish that it wasn't so short,' Kaede thought to herself as she tugged the hem of the sundress down a little further. 'I just know Inuyasha will try to exploit the shortness of it.'

"Remove ye hand Inuyasha!" Slapping the uncongenial appendage away from the young lady's leg, Kaede ushered him to the side of the table, just in case he came under the urge to look under the dress. "I'm glad she's ok. Although she looks a lot prettier now that she isn't covered in blood," Inuyasha commented as he thoroughly examined the girl's body. "Ye stop that now. 'Tis no time to be looking at her in that way. She's in a state of unhealthy," scolded Kaede.

"That's what you say, Grandma. But it is never the wrong time to appreciate the looks of someone as sexy as-" The comment Inuyasha was going to brainlessly make was cut short by a slap by none other than the ravishing young lady who he was speaking of. Mumbling to herself, she slowly propped herself up and opened her sparkling aquamarine colored eyes and peered at the insufferable moron who was disturbing her when she had started to awaken. "Quiet down. I have a terrible headache," she said to the clearly hanyou man next to her.

'Oh my fucking god,' Inuyasha thought to himself. Her voice was like ramen to him. It was indescribable; light and heavenly, but low enough not to hurt his sensitive ears. "What's ye name, youngster?" he heard Kaede asked. As eager as he was to know the answer to that question, Inuyasha hoped he didn't show it. Alas, it appeared he must have if the look she was giving him made any innuendo to that. "Kagome," the celestial voice replied, "and, where am I?" Kagome inquired.

"Ye are at the Iwasaki residence. Inuyasha found you in the sewer. Ye looked like ye were beaten," Kaede explained while looking at Kagome. Suddenly registration dawned on the young woman. The sewer. The blade inside her. Him. 'Oh my god. He found me down there? How am I still alive?' Feeling around for the slit where the knife had imbedded itself Kagome's fingers brushed across stitches. "You stitched my wound back together," she said in amazement. No one had ever cared for her enough to even give her a place to stay, and here these people had saved her life.

"Well what did you expect us to do? Leave you to die in the streets? Feh. That would have been a waste of a good female!" Inuyasha shouted while puffing out his chest and crossing his arms over it. "Besides, I was the one who saved you anyways," he complained. Kagome couldn't help the smile that stretched across her face at the look this 'Inuyasha' made. Then her gaze traveled to the old woman the hanyou had called Grandma. She was clearly shaking her head at Inuyasha's antics. Giggling slightly, Kagome slowly raised herself up all the way and moved to get off the table when a clawed hand prevented her. "You should stay lying down for a while. I don't know much about a lot of stuff, but I'm not ignorant to injuries. I know enough about then from first hand experience," Inuyasha said in a, surprisingly, knowledgeable and honest voice.

The grin that was on her face transformed into a soft smile once she heard the concern in his voice. "Thanks, but I'll be better off if I got some blood moving around my body," she said while wiggling her toes. "My feet are starting to fall asleep." Beaming slightly, Inuyasha removed his hand from her shoulder, where it had landed to stop her departure, and stepped back. "Well, it's your funeral. I saved you once, but that doesn't mean I'll do it again!" he exclaimed as he strutted to and out of the door that was across the room. Shaking her elegantly formed head, Kagome returned her attention to Kaede who was looking at the door where the half-demon had departed.

"Well, now that he is gone, ye can get up can't ye child?" Kaede questioned playfully while smiling at her. "Oh! Yes, yes I can," Kagome commented while standing up and squirming around a little in order to start the circulation back up in her legs. "Um, I never heard your name. I mean, I was awake for a while and heard you say his name, but he never mentioned yours. Only that you were his grandmother." Chuckling, Kaede answered the young woman's question. "Kaede is the name I was given at birth, but I am not that youngster's actual mother. I took care of him with his father once his birth mother died." A sudden sad look crossed Kaede's face when she mentioned the mother. Curious, but not wanting to pry, Kagome smile softly and thanked the woman for saving her. "I really must get going though," she said then started heading for the door that in her mind had a large 'Exit Through Here as Soon as You Can!' sign above it.

"No, no. Ye should stay here for a while. The Iwasaki's have plenty of room in this mansion they claim is a house." Kaede stated in a no-arguing sort of way. As Kagome started to decline she was hit with just whose house she was living in. Iwasaki. This wasn't the Iwasaki's house, was it? Oh god, she hoped it wasn't. If it was that would mean that she was found half-dead in a sewer by one of the heirs to the most famous and the largest company in all of Japan. Iwasaki owned everything from computers to the majority of the stock market. They were a business company who owned a bit of everything but had an expertise in automotives. Airplanes, cars, trucks, trains, jets, you name the mode of transportation and they manufacture it. Actually, Kagome herself owns one of their superb cars. 'Uh. Make that had. Stupid asshole. Blowing up my car and all.' Kagome thought to herself.

"I'm sure ye are aware who they are and fully aware that there is more than enough room for ye to stay a few days at this house. And before ye protest I would like to inform ye that our body guards would happily drag ye back to this house for ye to stay here," she explained calmly as she watched the girl's face display her emotions and want to leave. "Now, come this way and I shall show ye to your room." Taking the clearly baffled and scared woman's hand, Kaede began to lead her out the door. Yet, as soon as it swung open a blur of silver, red, and black was slammed into it, ripping the door off its hinges.

"You what?! How could you invite another person into This Sesshoumaru's domain? I demand to know what drug you were influenced by to even consider such an act. Do you even know this person you have brought here? No. You don't. They could be some killer or rapist that was on the street!" roared an unknown being from down the hall. Kagome could hear the dangerous growl that this being was emitting from where she stood on the inside of the doorway. A sigh emerged from the elder woman next to her and Kagome turned to see her eyes closed, head swaying from side to side in a nod of disapproval. "Here they go again," she muttered just loud enough for the girl to hear her.

"Hey, now, Sesshoumaru. It's not like I just picked out someone and brought 'em home! They were hurt!" Inuyasha protested, trying to save his hide from the rampage his half-brother was sure to go on. Snarling in his direction, Sesshoumaru advanced on the younger sibling. "It is no concern of mine if someone is injured. I am not a charity service who takes in every sob story that happens in this world. I want this person thrown out of this house immediately!" he snarled. Inuyasha's ears flattened against his head. If the demon laid eyes upon the girl that Inuyasha had brought in he wouldn't say that. Even he had a sex drive, although it might be rusty from its lack of use.

It astounded him how idiotic Inuyasha could be. Really, how much sense does it take to understand that you don't bring strangers into a house? Five-year-olds know this! Sesshoumaru was pissed beyond reason. He had seen his younger brother come out of the room that was now missing a door and Inuyasha had immediately went into a frenzy about this person he had seen and brought home that was 'hurt'. How completely and utterly ridiculous. Sesshoumaru stopped in front of the room without a door as he glared down at Inuyasha, completely oblivious to the occupants who could clearly see him from the doorway.

Kagome couldn't believe what she was seeing. Standing before her was the most exquisite man she had ever seen. Well, actually, if the markings were any indication, he was in fact a demon. A beautiful, tall, and clearly dangerous demon. He had to be at least 6'6" by the look of him. Long, silver hair reached to his waist and looked like starlight had been kneaded through it, for some strands shined like the stars that light the heavens. A white dress shirt was draped over his torso, which she could tell was well toned even through a shirt that wasn't designed to flatter such a feature. Black slacks covered the lean legs that held the demon before her in a perfect stance: back straight, shoulders pulled back until even with his neck and chin held high. His voice had struck something inside of her; it was deep and rice, yet commanding and authoritative. It gave her the chills. He did, however, seems quite arrogant and more than a little uptight.

"Now, now, Sesshoumaru. You can't blame him for having a heart and bringing the girl here to be taken care of," Kaede stated as she walked slowly but surely over to the fallen Inuyasha and helped him up. "It's a female? I should have known. He would never have brought someone of the same sex to the house in order to heal them," Sesshoumaru scoffed. "Well, was she even in a state of unwell being?" he questioned doubtfully. One clawed hand ran through the length of hair than cascaded down the side of his face as he waited in a state of displeasure for an answer from the woman he considered a mother to him. "Aye, she was, and still is, in such a state. When she came I couldn't even see skin on her body that wasn't covered in blood," she explained to the demon before her. "Yea! So don't go throwin' me around like some rag doll that you got tired of you ass!" Inuyasha hollered toward the taller man.

Growling low, Sesshoumaru made a move toward his sibling before something in his peripheral vision caught his eye. Turning to the side to get a better look at the blob that had distracted him, Sesshoumaru's breath left his body without the consent of its owner. She was flawless. Blue-black hair flowed down her well-developed body to reach mid-thigh. She was about 5'10" and had the perfect shape: not overly curvy, but she still held the rolling curves that marked her as a woman. She was dressed in a sundress that he recognized as one from the closet of a housekeeper; it showed her long legs perfectly and he was silently thanking his father for forcing the help to live here. Her eyes were what captivated him though. Crystal clear aquamarine blue, and it was framed by long, thick eyelashes and gorgeously shaped eyebrows.

"As ye can see she has recovered well, but I would still like her to stay a while until one wound heals. Ye would be alright wouldn't ye, Sesshoumaru?" Kaede asked, not missing the look that Kagome received from the dog demon. Snapping out of the trance that this woman had captured him in Sesshoumaru replied to the question he was asked. "Yes. It's okay if she stays, but make sure she doesn't disrupt any of the employee's duties. I will not tolerate unfulfilled tasks due to a new being in the household. You will also need to show her around Kaede. If those requirements are met then she is free to stay here."

God, his eyes were gorgeous. Golden. Pure, molten gold. The magenta strips that slashed across his cheeks and wrists along with the blue crescent moon that rested in the middle of his forehead accented the beauty of his eyes. Suddenly Kagome realized what he had just said. She could stay. Although, his way of putting seemed almost cruel. 'I guess he isn't a warm and fuzzy puppy,' she thought to herself while she outwardly giggled. "What's so funny, huh?" Inuyasha yelled over at her. Clearing her throat Kagome regained her composer and said a joyful 'nothing'.

Kaede didn't miss anything. She saw the connection that the two had and she was sure Inuyasha had glimpsed part of it too. He strode over to Kagome and grabbed her arm, leading her over to Kaede. "She'll show you to your room," he stated as he released his grip on her arm. "Thanks, Inuyasha. So, you two are brothers huh?" she said, stating the obvious. Their eyes were the same; while Inuyasha's were darker you could clearly tell the relation. "Half." Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru replied at once. Not liking that they were in unison the brothers glared at each other from down the hall.

"Come, Kagome. 'Tis time to show ye your room so ye may rest. I'll bring ye some food," the older woman stated while walking down the hall. Kagome quickly followed, not wanting to get lost in the maze of hallways that made up the house. "Actually, I'd rather get a little tour of the house. I mean, if I have to use the bathroom suddenly it'd be nice to know where it was located. And knowing where everyone else is located could be a good thing, right?" Kagome asked, not wanting to have to lie down once again. Kaede considered this; she knew that the youngster didn't want to rest, but she needed it.

"Alright, but not the entire thing. I'll show ye the second floor; that's where ye will be staying while ye are here. Tomorrow I'll show ye the rest of the house," she stated to Kagome. 'Thank the lord!' Kagome praised in her mind. "Thank you very much, Lady Kaede." Not liking the way 'lady' sounded in front of her name Kaede corrected her. "Just Kaede, child." Confused, Kagome asked why. "Because it makes me feel old," grinned the woman.

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Author's Note: Hello, everyone! I would like to encourage all reviews!! I accept flames but don't expect me not to delete it. However, all suggestions are welcome!

I refuse to use Japanese along with English in a story. If I want to do it in Japanese I will but that isn't the case here.

Well it's 1:30 in the morning so whoever is reading this better appreciate it because I have stayed up this late just to update this darn fic!!

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