A/N: Alrighty guys, we are back with CHAPTER 2! I must say that I am excited to be writing this and I will get as much done as I can before I leave out on the cruise! I can't wait for this cruise, though I am nervous...I've only ever been on a boat on the lake. Luckily my younger sister is going with me so I won't be alone! Anywho, on with the show...er story!

Disclaimer: Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer and Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. If you spot any other noticeable characters..they belong to their inventor. I will be adding in some of my own characters as well. Enjoy!

Warning: This story is rated M for a reason. There will be lemons, swearing, mentions of RAPE, death of main and minor characters and possibly some in depth battle scenes. Haven't decided on the last part though. If any of this offends you I caution you to turn back now. I do hate little whiny bitches.

PS: Also I know that there are no houses across from the Swan's place but just bare with me? I didn't look before writing so yeah, my bad. Anywho, Kagome's house is literally right across from theirs.

JasperKagome

Chapter 2

December 23rd, 2005

I breath out a sigh of relief as I drop the last box onto the floor and lean against the wall while gazing around the small house. It is a one bedroom, one bath for $737 a month, utilities included.

I had already paid a few people to bring in and piece together the larger furniture. As in the bed, couch, table and coffee tables. I could have easily done it myself but seeing as I have neighbors that wouldn't have gone very well.

The walls in the living room and kitchen are a pale tan, the floor of the living room is a nice light brown carpet which turns into a dark brown wood as it reaches the kitchen. The couch I have placed in the living room is a pristine white with dark brown plush pillows and the coffee table is a dark mahogany with a round glass top. It faces a blank wall for now since I haven't bought a TV yet. The counters in the kitchen are a brown and black speckled color with a stainless steel fridge and oven combo. I turn from the kitchen and follow the wooden floor to the bedroom and look around.

The layout of the bedroom has a similar color scheme to the living room but instead of a carpet it is wood like the kitchen. My large queen size bed lays in the center of the room with a Royal Blue comforter covering the mattress. Black and silver plush pillows are scattered over the top of the bed. The closet is a walk-in with the same color scheme as the rest of the place but it has carpet instead of wood.

Finally the bathroom has light brown tile and tan walls, the counter similar to the ones in the kitchen and the toilet and shower a pristine white. The place isn't exactly pretty but what do I care? It's a place to live, to hide out in should I feel the need to escape from the public. I begin unpacking my clothes and trinkets, finishing fast seeing as I have only the bare minimum. I look at the blank walls and sigh, not a picture in sight. I'll have to go to my storage unit again if I want to decorate the walls with a few paintings but I will wait on that.

Seeing that everything is done I collapse the boxes and shove my suitcases on the top rails of my walk in closet. Then grab my purse and walk out the front door. I will need to run to the store to pick up some food, to keep up appearances, detergent and trash bags. Possibly some more shampoo and conditioner. I lock the front door then turn around only to see my neighbor across the street, it's the officer I ran into my first day here!

I meet him down the driveway and cheerfully smile at him, he returns the smile with a slight blush on his face. I can tell he is even more worn out than before, dark purple bags standing out against his pale skin.

"Well, can't say I expected to see you again. Much less as my new neighbor." The man chuckles good naturedly and sticks his hand out for me to shake, "Name's Charlie Swan, welcome to the neighborhood."

"Pleased to meet you Charlie, my name is Kagome Higurashi and thank you for the welcome." I accept his handshake and release a small amount of reiki into his body, examining his health and suppressing a frown at the level of exhaustion seeping through his body. On this note I stretch out my senses and notice another aura within the house he had walked out of. A deep seated depression and anguish is settled into the aura, I cringe internally at the feeling knowing all too well the soul shattering heartache I can feel from this aura.

"So where did you move from, if you don't mind me asking?" Charlie asks hesitantly as he withdraws his hand from mine, I cross my arms under my bosom and lean against the back of my car.

"Mmm, I spent the last two years in Houston Texas. I would not recommend the place to everybody, some might fit in but...not me. It stays loud constantly and everybody is so rude. I figured I would find a place the complete opposite and well, Forks fits that description." I chuckle with Charlie and shiver as a cold wind blows past us, Charlie clears his throat and nods.

"Well, glad you could find a place here. The townsfolk are all very nice, though some of them can be catty. I'll uh, let you get to what you need to do so the both of us can get out of this cold. If you need anything myself and my daughter are right across the street, don't be a stranger." Charlie scrunches up his nose and shivers as another wind blows through, I giggle.

"Same to you Charlie, you and your daughter can drop by at anytime." He pats my shoulder then turns and jogs across the street to his house, I watch till he gets inside then climb into my car and buckle up. I keep the radio off knowing that the stations in this area are complete shit and I still have yet to burn another CD.

After the silent drive to and from the store I am finally back to the house, I place the groceries in the fridge having decided that I would start cooking for Charlie. I run to the bathroom and place the shampoo and conditioner and body wash in the shower, stash the toilet paper under the sink and one up top, put the toothbrush, toothpaste and mouthwash by the sink and open the mirror cabinet and place bandaids, alcohol and tylenol there. I open one of the top three drawers and place the hair dryer, straightener and curling iron in their. I open the drawer opposite of that and through in the bit of makeup I bought.

I don't usually use makeup if I don't have to, it makes my face feel just a bit heavy but if I have people over I want it to be believable. I walk back into the kitchen and pull out the large skillet. I pull out the ingredients for Cheesesteak and begin the process of cooking the dinner, making enough for both Charlie and his daughter. I might be overstepping a line but seeing as I have nothing else to do I figured why not be a 'good neighbor'? Hell, I see nothing wrong for cooking for your neighbors. It use to be done all the time and it built up strong community connections.

After placing the food in large tupperware and placing the lid over the top I slip on my sneakers and jog across the road, quickly spotting the lack of the police cruiser in the driveway and only seeing the large truck. Shrugging, I knock on the door and wait patiently. A moment later a young girl who looks exactly like Charlie opens the door.

I almost cringe at her sunken appearance. Her cheeks are sunken in and bags darker than Charlie's settle under her eyes making her already pale skin look lighter. I stare into her blank eyes and give a polite smile.

"Hey, you must be Charlie's daughter. I just moved into the house across the street and made just a bit too much to eat. So, here! It's Cheesesteak, I figure that's something everyone can enjoy. Oh, my name's Kagome Higurashi." I breath out after my fast paced speech and watch the girl blink owlishly, I grin at her and hand over the tupperware.

"I'm Bella...nice to meet you." She mumbles and averts her eyes to the tupperware, I reach my hand out and she places hers in mine. I release a small burst of reiki and smile in happiness as it takes effect and I hear her stomach growl and feel her aura lighten a bit.

We both draw our hands back, "Well, please enjoy and let me know how it is." Isabella nods and I turn and jog across the street to my house and step inside. I let out a sigh and make my way to my closet and pull out my easel, planning on painting...something.

I am definitely not a good painter, even with a long time to practice. I love painting, but I can never get it to form...anything but blobs of color. I chuckle in amusement and pick up the paintbrush, letting my thoughts drift as I run the paintbrush over the paper.

August 14th, 1516

I settle my hands over Koyuki who has sweat and tears streaming down her flushed face, she had just given birth to two boys and her body was in an extreme amount of pain. Luckily nothing had gone wrong during the birthing, it had in fact gone perfectly with a minimal amount of blood from Koyuki. I released soothing waves of reiki into her body and smiled happily as she drifted of to sleep as her pain had stopped. Her pain might be gone but she will be exhausted for the next couple of days.

I look over at the now sleeping twins beside the bed as I cover Koyuki with a dark blue blanket. Well as close to one as you can get in this time. I poked my head out of the door and called a nervous Kohaku in, he practically barreled me over and I let loose a small laugh.

"Everything went fine Kohaku, Koyuki and the boys are perfectly healthy." I whisper as I stand beside him and look down at the chubby faces of the boys as they cuddled together.

Kohaku and Koyuki had decided on names for the two a few months ago, if it was two boys it would be Shako and Masahiko after Kohaku's grandfather and father. If it had been two girls they would have been named Juri and Sora after Koyuki's mother and aunt.

I hear a small sniffle from Kohaku and turn toward him, his face is happily flushed with tears streaming down his face as he watches his two sons. I place a hand on his shoulder then walk from the hut to sit outside under the morning sun. It had been a long night and it feels nice to sit outside of the stuffy hut.

I jerk from my thoughts at the sound of the doorbell and place the paintbrush down, stifling a laugh at the large blob of colors covering the paper and my legs. I walk over to the door to see Charlie standing there with a small blush on his face and my now empty tupperware. I glance at the clock on my wall and notice the time is 11:00 pm and figured I have been lost in thought for at least 5 hours thought it felt like only minutes.

"Hey, how was it? Not to burnt I hope." I chuckle as I grab the tupperware offered to me, Charlie chuckles.

"No, it was pretty great. Even Bella snagged a bit, I would ask for the recipe but I would probably burn the house down trying to make it." I laugh with Charlie and invite him inside, he accepts and I lead him to the kitchen and pour him a glass of water.

"I would usually have some tea handy but I got lost in thought attempting to paint, but water is always good." I joke as I place his water in front of him, I pour myself a cup so he doesn't feel left out and take the seat across from him at my 4 seater table.

"Oh, you paint? I was wondering why you were looking so colorful." Charlie motions to my face and I widen my eyes before tilting my head back with a laugh, Charlie joins me with his own laugh and swallows back a bit of water.

"I try to paint, I have gone up a level! I can now make giant blobs of color." I chuckle and take a sip from my own glass.

We sit in my kitchen and chat for a while til Charlie lets out a yawn and seems to remember something. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a bottle then hands it to me. I look down at it curiously and read the label. It's pepper spray.

"Well I figured since you are living on your own you could use some, it's strong enough to blind someone for about a minute to give yourself time to get away." Charlie mutters and looks down bashfully, I smile at his fatherly instincts.

"Thank you, Charlie. I really appreciate this. It does get a bit scary when you're on your own." I wipe a tear away quickly so he doesn't see, we both stand and make our way to the door.

"Well, if you get lonely feel free to come on by." Charlie mumbles as he pats my shoulder, I wave him off and wait till he gets through his door before shutting mine. I look down fondly at the pepper spray and place it down on the shelf by the door.

I make my way back over to the easel and seal my paints back up and place them in them on the bed, I pull the paper off the easel and place it wet side up on the table so it doesn't drip everywhere. I then collapse the easel and place it at the top of the closet and place the paints right beside it.

Having cleaned up my mess I plopped back on my bed and let out a sigh as I stare up at the ceiling.

I let out a sigh and roll over onto my side and stare out the window, having decided not to put any curtains or blinds on it yet. I do enjoy being able to stare up at the sky whenever I want. I close my eyes and extend my reiki over the neighborhood, allowing soothing pulses to rush out.

I feel the aura's of my neighbors settle and focus around Bella's chaotic aura, allowing my reiki to wrap around her and push large amounts into it. Soothing the ache momentarily and allowing it to become peaceful. I can't make whatever she is going through disappear or stop but I can sooth her, allow her room to breath.

I keep a steady stream of my reiki flowing and allow my thoughts to drift once more.

March 9th, 1519

I smile down at the twins as they both sit and play with the leaves blowing around them. Shako's black hair falls to his shoulders in soft waves and his purple eyes sparkle in a way only a childs can. Next to him Masahiko is now rolling around on the ground causing twigs to get wrapped in his chin length straight brown hair, his brown eyes are closed in glee as he giggles loudly.

A noise sounds from behind and I turn to see a painting Kohaku with worry creasing every line on his face, "It's Koyuki...the baby.."

"Stay with the twins." I demand as I jump to my feet and run to his and Koyuki's hut across the village, as I draw neere I can hear her pained wails and feel my heart constrict with worry.

I burst through the hut and see her clutching her stomach and breathing heavy, I also notice the wet blanket laid out under her.

Over the next 5 hours I help her through the birthing, healing her every now and then when something would go wrong. It was taxing and I had thought we lost Koyuki for a time but I had focused on getting the baby out. Which once the baby was out and handed to one of the young women I had recently been training I focused my reiki on Koyuki and was glad to find her okay. Just weak. I force her into sleep with my reiki after finishing healing her body then turn to the woman who was staring down at the baby with awe in her brown eyes.

"She's beautiful." Lillian whispers as she hands me the baby, I look down at the softly crying infant and feel tears gather in my eyes. I sniffle and lay the baby down on the twins cots for now and tell Lillian to call Kohaku in. He kneels down by his daughter and lightly strokes her cheeks, love and adoration shining in his brown eyes.

"She is so beautiful..." Kohaku murmurs as he glances over to his sleeping wife, I kneel beside him and stroke the brown hair that lay in a matted mess on the baby's head.

"She looks like Koyuki." I mumble as I pull my hand back then place it on Kohaku's shoulder as I stand up, he stays kneeling next to the baby before just sitting down and pulling her to his chest.

"Did I tell you what we planned to name her?" He asks quietly and motions for me to sit beside him, I do so quietly and look at him in confusion. He turns his tear filled eyes to me and hands the baby to me.

"Sango...we are naming her Sango." He whispers once the baby is in my arms, my vision is instantly clouded by tears and I look down at her. A sob escapes my mouth and I struggle to hold back the next as I pull Sango to my chest and cuddle her. Memories of my old friend flash through my mind and I have to try harder not to let any sounds out.

"Sh- Sango would have been so ha...happy." I brokenly sob, Kohaku leans forward and wraps his arms around my shoulders, I muffle my sobs into his shirt and gently stroke Sango's head.

I open my eyes and allow my tears to fall down my face not even bothering to hold back the sobs. That had been such a beautiful baby and through the years she had even adopted her aunts attitude. Always exclaiming to anyone who would listen that she didn't need a husband because she could beat up anybody that came to the village.

I crawled out of bed after wiping my eyes and glanced out the window to see the sun rising in the distance and a thick layer of snow covering the ground. I groan at this and make my way to the bathroom and work my way through a freezing shower.

After my shower I quickly dry myself off and wrap myself in a towel before walking into my closet to change. I pull on a black tank top, a long sleeved green sweater and dark skinny jeans. I turn to the thermostat and turn on the heater, sighing in relief when it immediately starts working.

Hearing laughter outside I walk to the window and look outside, a group of children are running along the snow covered road and slinging snowballs at each other howling with laughter. As they pelt each other.

With a chuckle I turn my back to the scene and walk toward the closet and pull out my laptop bag. I had bought the laptop while still in the hotel and I have to say I am loving it! So much easier to maneuver than a desktop.

After playing on my computer for a couple of hours I close it and push the laptop under my bed, keeping it out of stepping distance. I had found another dish to make for Charlie and Bella and with a skip to my step I pulled out the ingredients.

JasperKagome

A/N: Alrighty guys, sorry to end it there but I am having issues with the continuous days. Lol. It's quite weird to write seeing as she doesn't sleep, I don't know what people do when they deal with that. It has to be so boring, just days blending together...add on top of that being so old. She has to of worn herself out with everything you know? She can't exactly go out walking in this weather, she would be cold! Anyway, what do you think? Are the characters to far apart from their original personalities? What can I improve on? Can I get some ideas for her to do? Let me know!

PS: I'll be leaving for the cruise on Saturday, I'm excited! While I am away I'm hoping to get some reviews and ideas!

~Munyue