Inuyasha © Rumiko Takahashi
Katekyō Hitman Reborn! © Amano Akira

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1

"Kagome, be nice to your cousin." Her mother gently warned her, giving the five-year-old a stern look that the child couldn't disobey. The black-haired girl held her hand out to the slightly younger boy with lighter slate eyes; the only difference in their ages being a mere month or two. When he took her hand, the two looked back up to Kagome's mother, receiving a smile from the woman.

The chilled autumn wind brushed passed the two children, both getting goosebumps and shuffled closer to the other. The mother of soon-to-be two ushered the two inside – despite their protests – promising them treats. Kagome and Hibari were wrapped in blankets when they were given what they were promised, and the young girl kept Kyouya's hand clasped in her's.

"Oh! It looks like she's waking up~"

The sixteen-year-old gave a groan as her eyes fluttered open; however, she forced them shut when a bright light invaded her pupils. Groggily, Kagome threw her hands up to her face to block the light out, feeling disoriented with her body aching just a bit from where she had wounds on her body and limbs. The shadows leaning over her helped whether they planned to or not.

"Are you all right?"

"W-what?"

"Shi shi shi… The prince doubts the peasant can understand us."

Kagome gave up trying to understand them, rolling her eyes under her eyelids the best that she could. Slowly the miko rubbed her eyes and then her cheeks. One eye opened half mast, pupil fluctuating in size as she gazed at the two shadows that slowly came into view – one was a blond about her age that wore a tiara, hid his eyes with his bands and donned a striped shirt; the other wore sunglasses, a majorly shaven head (that had brown hair growing back) with green bangs that swept to the side of his face to his chin and an open trench coat adorned with orange fur. The sixteen-year-old wearily raised an eyebrow, 'So odd.'

"Who are you?" her throat felt unused, and she cleared it as politely as she could after speaking.

The one with the sunglasses leaned back, a small smile on his face, "I'm Lussuria and that's Belphegor."

The miko looked between the two, trying her best to not offend the strange people that potentially kidnapped her, "Kagome."

The tiara-wearing blond's grin was starting to creep Kagome out, "You will refer to me as 'Prince' or 'Prince Belphegor,' peasant."

Kagome couldn't stop her mouth, slightly offended at the peasant comment, "Are you really a prince, though?"

Belphegor automatically answered her, not at all thinking about it, "Of course I am."

Sitting up from what she discovered to be a bed and that the two males were standing one either side of, she took in the room; it was a bit bland, looking more like a room that was only used when necessary, however she felt like she was going to have to get used to seeing the scenery. Kagome looked to the friendlier of the two; there was just something about him, "Where am I?"

"Italy."

The slate-eyed girl nodded while the information sunk in, before she froze and then started to shake her head side-to-side while waving her arms in front of herself, "Wait, wait, wait! How the hell did I get to Italy?"

Lussuria turned to look to the blond prince, Kagome followed his gaze, giving her best glare – though she knew full well that it isn't all that effective. The silence in the room stretched on as the male teenager grinned, but kept from answering the female teenager. As much as Kagome tried to stay level-headed, the fact that she's been kidnapped so many times in the past, it was getting a bit redundant and agitating each and every time it happened – the fact that she was kidnapped in modern times was truly testing her patience, "Well?"

"The prince doesn't have to answer to a peasant such as yourself."

The miko childishly slammed her clenched fists into the mattress and sheets, "I have a family to get back to! They are probably worried to death when I never made it home with my cousin! How am I going to contact them to tell them that I'm at least alive and well?"

Lussuria let his eyebrows tilt upwards at their ends above his nose,, one hand wrapped around his abdomen and the other rested on the on one of his cheeks, "We have a phone that you'll be able to use, it that helps."

Kagome took a few deep breaths, running one of her hands through her thick mane, feeling a small headache starting to from behind her temples, "Yes, thank you."

The oldest Varia member walked to the teenager's side and patted her head, "Why don't you get cleaned up? There are some clothes in the closet and dresser, the only thing is that they are male clothes, and I think that they'll be big on you."

Internally groaning, Kagome was at least grateful for being given clothes to wear, "This wasn't necessary, but thank you. One question, though."

"All right~"

"Where would I get cleaned up?"

Lussuria pointed to the door on her left, on the wall adjacent to the one the headboard of the bed was leaning against. The sixteen-year-old nodded again, and the two left her alone in the room; however, she watched as the boy her age stopped at the door to look back at her, pulling out one of his unique knives – toying with it as an underlying threat, "You better not run. You are to be my servant, therefore you are mine, and I will be back in an hour to make sure you are still here."

Kagome openly gaped at him for his bold so-called ownership he put over her. When he closed the door behind himself, she nearly picked up the closest objet to her to chuck it at the door in indignation, 'Just who does he think he is? Even Sesshōmaru wasn't this bad! … Wait, is Sesshōmaru royalty? I know he's the son of the Inu no Taisho, but is his blood genuinely royalty? Maybe?'

The miko brought her hands up to rub her temples, choosing to stop thinking at that point and clean whatever grime and gunk had accumulated on her body in the passed who knows how many hours. Sighing, she looked at the dresser, "Might as well take a bath to try and relax as much as I can."

She slid off of the bed, and walked over to the dresser to at least find something suitable to wear – grimacing at the large sizes compared to her small frame. Kagome soon chose what she deemed the less large in the furniture and made her way to the bathroom door, 'At least I'm able to even take a bath. Some kidnappers never really let me bathe.'

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Blue eyes snapped open when a harsh knock sounded throughout the sizable bathroom. Kagome sat up from her slumped position in the tepid water, simultaneously grabbing her thick mane to ring it out, before standing up. The splashing of the water sounded in the room, halting the knocking. Ringing out her hair, the teenager stepped out of the tub onto the bath mat, letting the excess run off of her body or drip off.

Giving the door a sour glance, Kagome grabbed the towel to finish drying her hair and body – hanging it back up when she was done. She had a feeling that she knew who had knocked on the bathroom door, her temper refusing to let her answer Belphegor that she was almost done and needed to get dressed.

She bit her lip as she was forced to go commando on her torso and below the belt, buttoning up the white button up over the white wife beater that she was able to find. Hopefully she'd be able to avoid any water being spilt on her shirt…

Pulling on the pants, buttoning them and zipping them up; as soon as Kagome let them go, they fell to the floor – only briefly pausing on her hips. She stared at the article of clothing pooled at her ankles, 'Just what is the size difference between me and whoever had these clothes tailored?'

Taking a hold of them, she donned them again – this time keeping a hand fisted in the belt to prevent them from falling. She had deposited her dirty and ruined school uniform in the basket that she was able to locate early before getting in the bath, so she went straight to the door, dreading opening it.

The teenage miko stared up at the blond, not amused with his irritated aura despite his wide smile, "Yes?"

"Yes, what?"

Kagome desperately wanted to roll her eyes; however, she tried her best to glare at the self-proclaimed prince in ire, keeping quiet and refusing his request. She refused to put down her pride to please Belphegor – the female teenager would rather kiss Sesshōmaru's ass instead (especially if she wasn't in danger of being gutted and then beheaded for such actions).

Kagome did her best to engage in a staring contest with the hidden eyes of the blond – though she felt as if she were fighting a losing battle. Continually holding onto her pants with one hand, she attempted to push the tiara-wearing male out of her way, so that she could make her way into the room she was allowed to stay in for an unknown amount of time.

It was a task in and of itself, but she managed to make it passed Belphegor. Unfortunately for her, Kagome's upper bicep – opposite the hand holding up her pants – was thinly cut, easily making a cut in the material, and blood slowly started to bead at the wound's entrance. Letting go of her pants, she grasped her arm around the cut to look at it better, wonder what caused the cut and how.

All too late, the teenager heard her so-called owner laugh the strange laugh she heard a couple of times before.

"Shi shi shi… it looks like those clothes are too large for you. Lucky for you, the shirt covers you, peasant."

The miko turned on her heel to face the taller person, face flushed in embarrassment and anger. Raising her uninjured arm, her arm was fast, even to Belphegor as she struck him against his cheek – his head forced to the side. A tense atmosphere settled around the two of them as they stood there – Kagome felt her stomach churn uneasily at the lack of smile on the blond's face; blood slowly making its way down her arm, catching the material of her white shirt on some places.

TBC

Here's Chapter 1 for those that read this~ Please give critcism, if not reviews! Also, here are TWO of the SIX Hypotheical Situations of possible combinations for Kagome's two Cloud Animals. There will be two next chapter and the final two in the chapter after that. It may or may not sway the poll in my profile, but it will be there for another three weeks. These are just me showing you, the readers, what it'd be like for Kagome telling Hibari what her Box Animals are – with his reaction as well. These situations aren't set in stone, but they are a good possibility for what will go down between her and her cousin.

Omakes

Hypothetical Situation One: If the Lynx and Wolf win

Kagome hurried to Namimori Middle school, trying to be as quick and quiet as possible, wanting to show her cousin her Flame as well as the two animals that she had for her Flame. The smile of excitement was hard to keep off of her face as her lungs burned from her fast jogging, all too aware of the uniform that she was wearing, though it wasn't a school uniform. Reaching the gates to the school, the miko paused, hands resting on her knees to catch her breath; energy was bubbling up inside her for so long after learning of the two animals that she could call her own.

Power walking to the front doors, Kagome bit her lip in anticipation as she eased the doors open as silently as she could, making her way to the Reception Room first. The school was quiet in the halls; however, the teenager could hear teachers giving lectures and having students answer their questions as she passed the classrooms. Stopping at one door, she looked up at the sign above the door, confirming that it was the room she needed.

Knocking, she waited – by rocking on her feet – to be let in, and it didn't take long for access to be granted through the familiarity of her cousin's voice.

Sliding the door open, Kagome's dark slate eyes met the light slate eyes of her slightly younger cousin Hibari. Even without him showing any emotion on his face, years of being around him gave her the ability to successful (most of the time) guess just what it was that he was thinking.

She frantically waved at him to follow her, her grin wide, "C'mon~ I wanna show you something, Kyou-kun! If we go to the roof, no one will bug us since everyone else is in class."

The female teenager could swear he sighed when he got out of his seat to at least comply with her wish, "Only if you tell me where you've been."

Kagome pouted, "I'll tell you when we get to the roof, cross my heart and hope to die."

Giving her a glare, the Disciplinary Head followed, his ever faithful Hibird nested snuggly in his hair as the two cousins made their way to the roof of the building. There was silence between two; however, Kagome was unable to quell the old habit of holding his hand as they walked somewhere together.

The door to the roof creaked quietly as the sixteen-year-old pushed it open and walked a good distance on to it. She didn't let go of her cousin's hand, even when she turned to him and pointed to the sky in an excited manner as she answered his question, one of her two Varia rings glittering in the sunlight, "I've been with the Varia—"

His harsh glare cut her off temporarily, but she countered it with her own before continuing, "And while there, I've been able to learn what my Flame is and how to use it at will. Also, I've come to learn what the Box Animals I have in accompanied with my Flame."

Letting go of his hand, Kagome drew out her Cloud Box, and activated it – a purple light temporarily blinded the two before it faded and two animals sat at the female's feet—a lynx and wolf, to be precise.

Kagome gestured to the lynx on her right, "This is Roiyaru." She gestured to the large wolf on her left, "And this is Yasei. Roiyaru is the largest type of lynx, of the genus Lynx lynx or the Eurasian Lynx; and Yasei is a Eurasian wolf, or Canis lupus lupus."

Hibari raised an eyebrow at his cousin's enthusiasm over something so small – in his opinion anyway.

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Hypothetical Situation Two: If the Doll and Echidna win

Kagome tried as stealthily as she could to poke her head into the Reception Room that he cousin managed to get for the Disciplinary Committee. Unfortunately for her, Kusakabe turned his head to look at her when the sound of the door opening – which caught her cousin's attention as well. Hibari focused a glare on his cousin, causing her to get a sheepish look on her face, already knowing that her long absence away would agitate his ire.

Stepping into the room fully, Kagome held her hands up in defense, "I can explain, Kyou-kun. However, when I do, you have to promise that you'll entertain me as I show you what I've learned during my absence, all right?"

The Disciplinary Committee Head leaned back in the chair behind the desk in the room for the committee, giving her a glare; however, she was able to read it as a 'yes' – allowing her to give her explanation. Kagome shyly kicked her feet looking anywhere but her cousin, Kusakabe looked between the two slate-eyed teenagers, wondering if he should leave the two of them alone, but didn't dare make a move for risking Hibari's anger.

The female gave a small smile, flashing the rings on her middle fingers, "I've been with the Varia—"

The black-haired Committee Head's glare intensified at her statement, but she continued on undaunted, "And I've learned about my Flame and was given a Cloud Box containing my animals that go with my Flame. Wanna see~?"

Sighing silently, Hibari closed his eyes, tempted to rub the bridge of his nose at his older cousin's childish excitement, "Close the door before you do." He looked at his right hand from the corner of his eye when he opened them again, "You may stay as well, Kusakabe."

The male nodded, toying with the grass stem between his teeth as Kagome grinned widely during her task of closing the Reception Room's door. Reaching into the pocket of her Varia uniform, she pulled out the Cloud Box and activated it – temporarily blind the three in the room with the purple-colored Flame.

Outside the Reception Room, Tsuna gaped at the purple light that flashed through the cracks of the door to the Reception Room; wondering just what Hibari was doing.

Inside the room, on the floor in front of the miko was an echidna that gazed up at the two males in the room with its dark beady eyes. However, extending out of the box on a spring was a doll – it wasn't just an ordinary doll, as Kusakabe gapped at it and Hibari felt his eyes widen fractionally as he stared at it.

It was a mini doll; from the waist up; of him with his school uniform coat hanging off of its shoulders, a small red band around the arm of one of the sleeves to represent the Disciplinary Committee. The slanted eyes it had made it look a bit comical; a yellow bird on its head increased it a tiny bit. Hibird flew from Hibari's head to the doll's head, curiously staring at the yellow bird doll.

What confirmed it was an 'animal' of a Cloud Flame was the purple flame in the middle of its forehead and then the two flame trailing up its arms – like how he wielded his tonfas.

Kagome grinned at the two male's reactions to the doll. Pointing to the doll, she told them the name that she gave it, "I call my doll 'Chibari.'" Pointing to the echidna in front of her feet, the miko introduced the actual animal, "And this is Karu. He's a Short-beaked Echidna, or the scientific name being Tachyglossus aculeatus, indigenous to southeast New Guinea and almost all of Australia~"

Hibari blinked, glancing between the doll of himself and the echidna on the floor – finally giving in to rub the bridge of his nose.