Disclaimer: Inuyasha & Noragami and their characters are properties of Rumiko Takahashi & Adachitoka, Shogakukan, Sunrise, Kodansha, Bones etc. Meaning, that I do not own them and I don't make any money out of this. This is written for pure fan entertainment and to the fans all around the world!

Characters: Kagome Higurashi and Yato.

Rating: K+

Category: short fic, humor, general, crossover

Fiction note: Takes its place during the time Kagome travelled to the Sengoku era. It all began with a presence. At first, Kagome couldn't be sure what to think of it. A year later, Kagome began to understand it.

An Inuyasha & Noragami Short Fanfic

"Gods Among Us?"

Written by k-tiraam © 2016

"We are going now, mom!" Kagome spoke out while Souta and her were getting ready for school.

"Okay! Both of you have a good time at schools!" Mrs. Higurashi told them, while drying her hands from the dishwater.

"We will!" Both of the Higurashi siblings said. Souta quickly waved his 'goodbyes' to their mom before Kagome closed the door. Kagome followed Souta to the stairs of the shrine, when she felt something odd. For some reason, her skin began to tingle. It only did that when someone was nearby. She looked around her, but couldn't see anyone - other than their grandfather sweeping off the dead leaves.

"What is it, Kagome? Let's go already!" Souta pouted at his sister for being slow all the sudden. Kagome ignored her younger brother's callings and kept on observing her surroundings. Then she looked upwards, staring at the Goshinboku, especially at the old tree's branches high above her. Empty. There was nothing, not even a bird. Only the leaves rustled with the wind.

"Ne~ Kagome~! Let's go or else we will be late~!" Souta whined, knowing that will work on his sister.

"Ah! Okay, okay! Let's go then!" Kagome scolded and took a hold of Souta's hand, carefully rushing down by the shrine's ancient stairs.

Seconds later, after the Higurashi children left for the school, a being appeared on one of Goshinboku's branches, watching them. More like watching Kagome leave from the shrine.

A year passed by and with it, lot of changes happened within the Higurashi family.

"Take care of yourself, Kagome-chan!"

"I will!" Kagome spoke out as she closed the front door. Picking up her ever-so-huge yellow backpack with her, Kagome made her way to the shack where the Bones' Eater's Well was. She was about to enter the old shack, when she felt the same presence she always had felt from time to time. This mysterious presence, which left her puzzled, making her to search for it; not knowing where exactly it was or what it was. Was it a person or a being? Back then, Kagome didn't know what to think of it.

It was until she fell through the well and experiencing the life the people in Sengoku era lived. She learned more and more about the history, not to mention the various demons, spirits and gods. Now she knew what this presence was, thanks to Kaede and Miroku's teachings. It was a presence of a god. Which one of them? She didn't know for sure. Kagome sighed, placing her backpack on the ground.

"I know you're there. Please, I want to see you." Kagome requested, looking over her shoulder. Not ready to turn around. Her bow and arrows were close, in case if this god turned out to be dangerous.

"Ohohoo~! Nothing less from a priestess like you~! I knew it!" A voice rang out among the branches above her. "Ever since I stepped my foot to this shrine, I knew there was something familiar about you!"

Once the god said that, it made its appearance in front of Kagome, startling the young girl from her wits. Seconds passed, enough for Kagome calm her nerves from the sudden appearance. But what she saw wasn't what she has imagined. Nope, nothing like this at all. The whole her life, listening to her grandfather's stories of heavenly beings; how beautiful they were and so different from mortals such as themselves. And yet…

…Here she was, looking at the god, who had been lurking around her home. He looked nothing like she had imagined him to be. Quite ordinary looking, having a dark purple hair and bright blue eyes. He was wearing a dark tracksuit, brown boots and had an old, pale blue scarf around his neck. Kagome blinked in disbelief of what she was seeing before her. Was he for real? Even the demons were well-dressed than him in the Sengoku era!

"Umm… not to be rude, but, you wouldn't happen to be a god?" Kagome's brow twitched.

"Well done, young priestess! Well done, indeed! Your instincts are correct! I, indeed, am a god! The name is Yato!" The said god took out his fan, trying to look cool for the young girl. "I have been watching you, observing since I found this shrine."

Kagome shivered in fright, backing away from the overexcited god. "Brr, somehow that sounded so wrong…"

Yato blushed, once he understood what she meant, panicking a bit. "No! I-I didn't mean it like that!"

Kagome scolded at him. "Sure…"

A sigh was heard. "Yato, quit fooling around already."

Yato turned around to glare at the owner of that voice. Kagome peeked from behind the so-called god, to see a pale blonde haired boy who seemed a bit older than Souta. Or was he even older than that? The boy had an aura of a spirit.

"Shush! I'm trying to convince her to become my priestess! Stop bothering me, Yukine!"

Kagome's brow twitched again. Not another Kouga.

Yukine scoffed at Yato. "I don't think you'll be successful with that." The spirit noticed how Kagome stared at Yato, her face telling that she was not amused of the situation.

"Eh?" Yato blinked, turning around to see what Yukine saw. His face paled rabidly as he felt Kagome's aura rise up dangerously.

"I'm sorry, but I don't have any time to become a priestess for some unknown god." When she said that, Yato felt like being stabbed. "I got other responsibilities to be taken care of. Not mention I also got school to think of. So, I don't have extra time to other matters." As she spoke, her aura was dangerously high, which even made Yato tremble in fear. She was one powerful priestess!

Kagome exhaled deeply after saying those out loud, all the stress disappearing from her body. She picked up her backpack, bow and arrows, opening the door to the Bones' Eater Well. "If you will excuse me, I must go. Or else one angry half-demon will come and get me. Bye!" With that, she left, leaving a god and a spirit dumbstruck.

Yato and Yukine stared at each other, then immediately followed the young girl into the shack. Only to find the shack empty, except for the well. "Argh! She got away again!" Yato groaned in defeat.

"But, where did she go to?" Yukine looked around; there was no sight of the girl anywhere.

Yato sighed. "She went back in time."

"Eh? What?! Are you for real?!" Yukine exclaimed.

Yato nodded. "You know, the first time I met here, wasn't in this time period. I met her, long time ago, when I still acted as a god of calamity."

Yukine gaped at him.

"Finally! Where were you, wench?!" Inuyasha growled, annoyed of her being late.

"It wasn't my fault. I was held back, by annoying god-wanna-be." Kagome frowned, setting her back down once she entered to Kaede's hut.

Miroku blinked. "Ah? You met a god in your time, Kagome-sama?"

"Of some sort… he looked nothing like a god to me. More like a modern time boy." Kagome explained, scowling a little, trying to erase the image of the said god from her mind. 'And he wanted me to become his priestess.'

Miroku hummed thoughtfully. "So the gods makes their appearances in your time too. You should feel honoured, Kagome-sama."

"No thanks. Too much hassle for me." The teenager said.

Late the night, Kagome couldn't get much of sleep. Her mind filled with the things that happened during their travel – and what have happened before she left from home. Unable to get sleep, Kagome rose up from her sleeping bag, carefully so she wouldn't wake up Shippou. Perhaps a little walk would ease up her mind. Kagome pondered for a moment; maybe it was better to take her bow and arrows along. It wasn't always safe to walk around here.

She was few steps away from the camp, when she felt a presence. It felt familiar, and yet not. Kagome couldn't make any sense of it. How could she know it and yet, not knowing it? She stopped, trying to locate it. She felt the chill running through her spine as she stared at the tree few feet away.

"Oh? So you can sense me?" A male's voice said behind the tree. "Then again, you do have really high spiritual powers for a mortal." The grass rustled beneath the person's feet, as he came closer to Kagome.

The modern time teenager drew out her bow and arrow, ready to defence herself when necessary. Once the person came out of the shadows, Kagome gasped! It was him! The god from her time! What was he doing here?! "You?!"

"Hm? Have we met before?" Yato of the past asked, his eyebrow rising up in wonder.

Kagome took a good look at him; he looked different. Completely different. Instead of the tracksuit, he was wearing a dark yukata, caring a katana with him and his hair was in a ponytail. Not to mention, his face wasn't as happy-go-lucky as she saw them back in her time. Now she understood his presence; familiar yet dangerous. He was a god of calamity! What happened to him to change from this into smiling fool?

Kagome exhaled deeply, calming herself down and keeping her guard up. If she called out for the others, they would be killed in a blink of an eye. Gods of calamity, some hunger for battles and blood. No matter how strong Inuyasha was, she couldn't take the risk of having him being killed by this god. "I apologize, if my friends and I have disturbed your peace. We have travelled for a day, needing to rest for the night."

Yato of the past shook his head. "No, you didn't. I was just passing by also. Until I got curious of your aura. You're a priestess, am I right?"

"Y-yes, sort of? I'm still training." Kagome explained.

"I see." The god of calamity turned away from her, stepping into the shadows of the forest – but not without saying his final words to the teenager. "Hopefully we will meet again, priestess." With that, he was gone from her sight.

Kagome began to feel tired now, her eyebrow twitching. 'Unfortunately, we will.'

It had been three weeks, since she left.

Yato kept visiting the shrine twice a week, to see if she had returned. Not yet she has. He sighed. He finally found her, but she slipped away from him! If only he had realized back then when he met her for the first time. But no. He was still clueless of himself, following what his 'father' taught him. He still didn't know what his father was planning. But, that wasn't the issue here! He let her slip away again! His potential priestess.

Yato groaned, leaning against the Goshinboku. He could feel the old tree's energy. It had lived a very long life, seen many changes as the time passed by.

Just when he was about to close his eyes, the shack's door opened. Kagome stepped outside of it, heading to her home tiredly.

Yato smiled! "Yahoo~! Welcome home, my lovely priestess!"

Kagome stopped for a moment, but soon after she continued her way inside her family house. The first priority for her was a hot bath and rest. Not the overly excited god (who is so different from his past self)! Kagome grunted, opening the front door and then closing it quickly; leaving one dumbstruck god behind.

"Eh? EH?! Why are you ignoring me~!?"

Pretty soon the window of Kagome's room opened, with Kagome's head sticking out of it, glaring at Yato. "I can't handle you at the moment, please leave and let me rest. I really had rough time!" With that, she closed the window and the curtains.

Yato was speechless, tiny blush appeared over his face. 'Uwaa~! Now I really want her as my priestess! She got guts!'

At the same time, Kagome sighed deeply in her room. 'I thought I would get some rest from all the demons and spirits, but no. There's no such luck.'

End of story.

First draft: January the 26th, 2016

Author's note: Still no fics about Kagome dating with male character from another anime. Except for the small hints in "It's All Clear Now" fic earlier. Heh. All in good time. ;)

Did I capture Yato's personality correct? Seems like I need to re-read Inuyasha too, been a long time since I read it. (I feel like Kagome's personality is slipping away from my memory.) Well, I hope you enjoyed reading this. See yah~!