Kagome had finished unpacking her things into her new room. She looked out onto her balcony and smiled. It was early in the afternoon and she was dying to explore the forest around them. She walked down the stairs and almost bumped into Yuki. She turned and bowed.

"Sorry Yuki. Hey, I'm going for a walk for a bit okay? See you later!" She put her shoes on and hurried out of the house. Yuki watched as she left, his heart pounding. He didn't want her to find out his secret.

Kagome had made it deep into the woods and smiled as she looked around it. To a sense, she guess it felt familiar to her. It was a possibility that in her travels to the past that she may have walked among these trees once or twice while searching for jewel shards. She sighed. How she missed her friends.

Sango and Miroku were going to get married after the battle, if they both survived and Kagome was looking forward to seeing their children. Inuyasha was going to marry Kikyo, and she was going to marry Sesshomaru and raise their adopted children, Rin and Shippo together. But the wish on the jewel had made that impossible, sending her back to her time.

There was a rustle in some nearby bushes and Kagome turned, ready to purify if need be. What came from the bushes almost sent Kagome into a fit of tears. It was a small black kitten with two tails and tan stripes, exactly like Kilala only reverse colors. Kagome got down on her knees and held her hand out to the small demon cat.

"Hello. My name is Kagome." The cat hissed as it's fur stood on end. "Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you. I had a friend like you once, a very long time ago." The cat calmed and she noticed as it limped over to her. Kagome gently picked up the demon cat and held it close to her, listening as it purred. "Well, what's your name?" The demon cat looked at her and Kagome nodded. "So it's Diamond? What a pretty name for such a pretty girl." The demon cat curled her tails as if saying 'I know I'm beautiful.' Kagome laughed a little and held the cat close. "Would you like to come with me?" The demon looked at her with big green eyes, as if begging for the miko to bring her with her. Kagome smiled. "Then it's settled Diamond! You are living with me!" Kagome looked at her new friends paw. "But let's fix this first."

After finding some healing herbs and tending to the small demons leg, which was only sprained, she returned to the house with a huge smile on her face. She opened the door and took off her shoes.

"I'm back!" Yuki came around the corner.

"Where have you been all this time Kago-" He looked at the creature in her arms and glared slightly. "Where did you find that thing?" Kagome glared at Yuki.

"I found her in the woods on my walk. She was hurt and I couldn't help but want to help her."

"Why would you bring a stray cat into the house?" Yuki was giving off this nasty vibe.

"Well it wasn't like I could've brought Buyo. Souta would've been devastated." Yuki cocked his head. "Souta's my little brother and Buyo's the family cat." Yuki seemed more irritated. Then Diamond meowed.

"What was that I heard?" Shigure came out from the living room and looked at the cat in Kagome's arms. "What a cute little kitty. Where'd you find it Kagome?" Kagome smiled at Shigure.

"I found her in the woods on my walk. She had sprained her leg and I found some medical herbs and fixed it." Kagome gently set Diamond on the floor and she spread out her tails like a peacock showing its feathers. Shigure and Yuki looked at it weird.

"I don't think I've ever heard of a breed with two tails before." Kagome froze. She couldn't really tell them that Diamond was a demon could she? Diamond glared and walked over to Yuki and rubbed up against his leg. Yuki resisted all urges to kick the cat out of the house. He hated cats! Kagome smiled and giggled a little and Yuki just walked away, leaving a very upset Diamond behind. She flicked her tails and resorted to rubbing up on Shigure's leg.

"What's Yuki's problem?" Shigure smiled sheepishly.

"Yuki isn't really what you'd call a cat person. He really hates them." Kagome sighed as Diamond meowed again.

"Well it's not like I'm making him pay attention to her or keep her." Shigure nodded. "Oh! I should probably ask first." Kagome got these huge puppy dog eyes as she looked at Shigure, clasped her hands together and pouted. "Can I keep her?" Shigure sweat dropped.

"You didn't need to pull out all the stops Kagome. Yes you can keep her." Kagome smiled as Diamond purred happily and followed her new friend up to her room where Kagome was preparing to make her a temporary cat bed until she found a job and got the money to buy her a real one.

Yuki sat in the living room with Shigure.

"Did you have to let her keep it?"

"Why not? It will make her feel more at home." Shigure didn't even look up from his paper. Yuki sighed.

"What are we going to do if she finds out?" Shigure put his paper down and sighed.

"I don't know. Her mother knows about the curse but managed to leave with her memory, but I don't think she told Kagome about it. So we just have to hope that Kagome is as caring as Kotori." Yuki raised an eyebrow.

"How do you know Kagome's mother anyways?" Shigure smiled.

"You know of the Higurashi Shrine right?" Yuki nodded. "Kotori is the daughter of the current shrine owner. My parents were actually classmates of her parents and we sort of grew up together, though we didn't see each other much after she had Kagome." Yuki looked at Shigure with sad eyes.

"She cut off all ties?" Shigure shook his head.

"No, I did. I had told her that I didn't want to risk her daughter's happiness, or her life with her new husband so I told her that I'd call her and see her every so often, but it would be better that her children didn't meet me. I remember meeting Kagome once when she was very young. That's why I was willing to have her move in with us." Yuki's expression seemed to soften. So it wasn't a total stranger he let in the house, but a childhood friend's child. "Though I am a little worried about Kagome." Yuki's expression changed slightly.

"What do you mean?" Shigure sighed.

"Kagome is from a long line of mikos." Yuki didn't seem to get the point.

"So?"

"Kagome may already have a general idea on what we are because of our aura. And I have a feeling that Diamond is no ordinary cat." Yuki's eyes widened.

"What do you mean?" Shigure shrugged.

"I don't know. But wouldn't this all make a great story!" Shigure lost all seriousness. Yuki sighed as his cousin had changed the subject and Kagome came in with Diamond. The strange cat just followed Kagome to the kitchen as the miko started to prepare dinner for her housemates, completely unaware of the conversation they just had.

Here's Ch. 2 for you guys. I hope it's not to short