Disclaimer: I do not own the Inuyasha characters but the story plot belongs to me. Nor do I own the songs that maybe presented.

The Story

Kagome loved the rain and as they left the gym it was pouring. Sango, Rin and Ayame pulled out their umbrellas but Kagome never brought one. They all left the

"Ayame you are a very skilled artist," Kagome said as she lifted her head to the sky.

At first the wolf demon was confused, she didn't draw. Then it came to her, "Oh the fighting? That was nothing my grandfather is one of the greatest wolf demons of all time and he made sure that I could take care of myself."

"That's good."

Ayame looked at Kagome who was spinning in the rain and getting soaked. She wanted to thank the girl for the silent complement of not trying to protect her in the gym but decided to say instead, "You know you're going to catch a cold or something if you stay out in the rain."

Sango and Rin giggled a little as Kagome stopped spinning to look at the redhead. "Rain is the best omen in the world and the most deadly. So when it's not being deadly then you need to enjoy what Mother Nature gives."

Kagome's tone was so serious that Ayame put up her hands in a mock surrender. Ayame told the group that she needed to get to her next class and said she'd see them all later as she went to the social sciences building.

It was Rin's turn to look at Kagome and asked, "What do you think?"

"I really like her. She's quick in a fight and holds her own." Kagome thought of her short time with her cousin's roommate. "She's also really sharp and observant. What's her major?"

Rin smiled a small smile but all she said was, "Law."

Sango whistled an impressed whistle. "That could be why she seemed to get all the little signals and signs in the gym." To Kagome she said, "You did get that she caught your animosity about being asked about family."

The miko nodded. "She also got the sign in creative writing too. And I'm also sure she heard the tension in the brothers' stance and voice when they were asked about family."

Kagome was a little more in thought about Ayame. They were nearing the arts department building so Rin also left to go to her next class. Sango didn't want to interrupt Kagome so they walked in silence for a while. "I may have to tell Ayame about him and why I was so weird in creative writing."

Sango was surprised at this announcement. "You must really like her."

"I do. I have a good feeling about her. I may tell the boys about Midoriko too." Kagome wanted her 'sisters' opinion on this matter.

Sango thought for a moment and Kagome let her. "Well," Sango said at last, "if you have a good feeling about her then I think it's a good idea. I know this is hard for you and that you haven't told anyone about it before. But I think that you should also do it on your own without Rin or me."

Kagome nodded and Sango went on, "Plus the Midoriko story is a very good story."

Kagome smiled. "You should go to class, Sango. I have a free couple hours before my next class."

Sango patted Kagome on the back and left. Kagome looked up at the sky again and at some point it had stopped raining. She decided to walk around the campus till her next class.

She had only been walking for a few minutes when the words Rin had said in the gym popped into her head. 'It looks like it was raining guys in here' Kagome looked around and thought Raining guys? All around her were students of TU but most of them that she saw were male. Raining guys huh? She thought again. No, the creative voice in her head said, It's raining men.

She knew at once that the voice was trying to help her write a new song. I love this school. I haven't had this many ideas on songs in a long time, Kagome thought as she pulled her song book from her dry backpack. As much as she loved getting wet she hated it when her things did so she used her powers when the weather changed to protect her stuff.

Weather, the creative voice spoke up again.

Kagome kept walking as she and her creative voice kept at the song lyrics. It was pretty much perfect when she accidentally walked into someone.

"Opps I'm so sorry," Kagome said as she looked up at who she had bumped into. It was Shessomaru. Kagome looked around and realized she had ended back at the gym.

Inuyasha and Miroku were behind him. Shessomaru looked at who he had run into when he saw it was Kagome he said, "No it's fine but if I knew you wanted a rematch so soon I wouldn't have changed my clothes."

Kagome flushed and replied shyly, "No that's not it. I was just was just distracted by my book that I didn't watch where I was going. I'm sorry." Kagome held up her black book and Miroku realized it was the one she had with her over the summer.

"Is it any good?" Shessomaru asked.

"One can only hope." Kagome smiled at her inside joke though she knew Shessomaru wouldn't.

The dog demon didn't seem to mind though because one question still burned in his mind. He decided to ask again. "I'm glad I ran into you because you didn't really answer how you were so fast. The answer you gave was more like a brush off then an answer."

Again Kagome flushed and stated, "I have a few issues about talking about family."

Shessomaru understood that feeling so he nodded. Kagome went on, "Why don't we sit down and I'll tell you a little bit."

Shessomaru and Kagome walked a little ways to the stone table which was a bit damp from the rain. Inuyasha and Miroku weren't quite sure if they had been invited until Kagome glanced at them and inquired, "Are you guys coming?"

"Sounds like an invitation to me." Miroku said smiling. Inuyasha nodded absently for he was very interested in knowing more about Kagome.

They all sat down with Shessomaru across from her, Inuyasha to her right and Miroku at her left. Kagome took a deep breath and begun her ancestral story. "I come from a very long line of powerful mikos. I'm not sure who the first priestess was in my family but the most powerful was Midoriko."

"Wait," Shessomaru interrupted, "you're saying that Midoriko, the priestess that made the Shikon Jewel, is your ancestor?"

"The Shikon Jewel? You mean the famous Jewel of Four Souls?" This time it was Miroku who asked.

"Yes." Kagome answered simply.

"Yes to which question?" Inuyasha asked confused.

Patiently she replied, "To both. But obviously she made the jewel after."

"After what?" came the half demon's inquire.

"Inuyasha you can't be that dense. She means having a baby. Now be quite so she can explain." Shessomaru scolded.

"You're the one who started questioning her." Inuyasha mumbled.

The dog demon ignored the comment and turned back to Kagome who was smiling at the exchange. But she went on as if no one had spoke. "Midoriko fell in love with a powerful dragon demon and he for her. His name was Akihito." Kagome paused knowing that there might be a reaction of the demon's name. She was right.

It was Inuyasha this time. "I know that name," Inuyasha turn to his brother and said, "Father has talked about him right?"

"Yes he had told us that most in the demon community had become angry with him for falling in love with a priestess. It was bad for those who fell in love with humans but to fall in love with someone who destroyed your own kind…" he trailed off not able to put in words the betrayal that they had felt.

"Exactly," Kagome continued, "they were so sickened by the betrayal that they attacked him in hordes. I think it had been a year after the two had become lovers when they attacked him."

"Why so long?" inquired Miroku.

This time it was Shessomaru answered, "They had to wait to find a time when he was weak. You really have no idea how powerful he was. It took thousands to kill him and he killed most of them before he fell."

Kagome nodded. "But by then they had Michiko."

"Ah, a child of beauty," interjected Miroku.

A smile was playing on Kagome's lips as she kept getting interrupted. "That's what they had thought of her as well. She was the perfect balance of priestess and demon. And she wasn't the same as most half demons either."

Kagome stopped and thought of her family tree a moment before she shook her head and went on, "But I was talking about Midoriko. She was so angry that she started hunting down demons."

"She didn't hunt them before?" Miroku asked.

"No. What I heard was that she had only killed demons when they had come to kill her and she had no choice. After the death of Akihito she was so enraged that she hunted down the ones that had killed him. Some of the family stories say that she brought Michiko along until she was in her teens."

"What happened when Michiko was in her teens?" curiosity laced Shessomaru's question.

"Well," Kagome thought of what she had been told by her grandfather, "it's said that Midoriko left her with a relative, nobody could ever tell me if the relative was demon or human, when she heard the rumors of the main demon who had thought of the plan to kill Akihito. My grandpa told me that the main demon had let her know that information because he had a plan to kill her. And in the fight with him and his followers the Shikon Jewel was born."

Shessomaru was quite impressed but all he said was, "Interesting."

But a question was burning inside Inuyasha so he asked, "What did you mean that Michiko wasn't like other half demons?"

It must bother him being a half demon, Kagome thought. She wasn't quite sure where that thought came from but she knew it was the right assumption.

"We're not sure how it worked. She had all the best qualities of a demon and a miko without the draw backs of a half demon." She saw Inuyasha's frown so she explained, "Michiko had no period of weakness like most half demons. Most of the descendents since were either mostly human with no powers, or mostly priestess with no demon powers or even mostly demon with no miko powers. Very rarely did one come along who balanced the demon and priestess as perfectly as Michiko. I think the last one before me was Aiko and I don't really know any names before her."

Miroku had many questions but glanced down at his phone and saw that it was almost time for his next class. Kagome saw him do so and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Oh I have to go to class."

"What class?"

"Communication Law."

Kagome was surprised and said, "That's my next class." Then it hit her. "Wait what time is it?"

"I would guess it's time for that class to start," Inuyasha teased.

Kagome wrinkled her nose and stuck out her tongue and replied playfully, "Sarcastic comments are not necessary."

"But they're ok when you do it?" came the familiar teasing voice behind her.

Kagome turned to see Sango behind her with a giggling Rin. Sango kept going, "I was coming out of class and saw Rin and we decided to get something to eat. Then to our surprise we see you, the one who wanted to get to her first class so early that the sun was barely up and shining, about to be late to her next class. You are a very inconsistent person Kagome Higurashi."

Rin kept on giggling as Kagome rolled her eyes and picked up her bag. "Come on Miroku before Sango's sarcastic comments make me accidently say something very embarrassing about her."

"You wouldn't dare!" cried Sango.

"Try me," replied Kagome as she started to pull Miroku toward class.

Sango thought about it for a moment and said, "Just go to class."

"Yes mother," she said exasperatedly.

Rin was still giggling as two of them walked to class. The group at the table could hear Miroku ask, "Well could you tell me the very embarrassing thing about Sango?"

"How much will you pay me for it?" Kagome asked in return.

"You just threatened to say it in front of everyone." Miroku puffed up a little bit as he said, "You should tell the most handsome guy in the world Sango's secret."

Without missing a beat she replied, "When I meet the most handsome man in the world I might just do that but as you are not him you have to pay."

The group of four could see Miroku deflate as they walked out of hearing range. Rin's giggling stopped but then her stomach growled. "Oh god I'm hungry. All through my last class my stomach was growling. It was embarrassing."

"Ugh me too." Sango agreed. "I bet you that Kagome didn't eat during her break either. I don't know how she does it."

"I bet you ten bucks she was working on a song so she didn't even notice." Rin speculated.

"Actually," Inuyasha broke in, "she was working in her black book when she bumped into us and we started talking about why she was so fast."

Rin and Sango gave each other a look that the brothers couldn't seem to decipher. "Well," Rin started as she and Sango took the seats that Miroku and Kagome just vacated, "she'll definitely notice during this class cause I know the fight with you took quite a lot of energy."

Shessomaru wasn't sure what to say because for some reason he really didn't want this tiny girl mad at him again. That was when both Sango and Rin's stomach growled. He smiled a little and suggested why don't we all go get something to eat. It will be my treat."

They all thought it was a good idea so together they went for lunch.