Chapter one:

Kagome smiled to herself as she stood in fornt of her cousin's house, she had been wanting to see him for awhile, now that Naraku was gone she could. Taking a deep breath Kagome put her bag down and knocked on the door, it didn't take very long before the front door was thrown open to reveal her smiling aunt who glomped her.

“Gome-Chan!! How I've missed you!” Kagome sweatdroped at her aunts enthusiasm. She was really hyper, she had to wounder if she was part kitsune.

“Aunty Jeniffer!” Kagome hugged her back, she did miss her, and she couldn't wait to seed the rest of her family, her cousins, and uncle.

“So where is Yuri, Shori, and Uncle?” Kagome asked, stepping into the house.

“Shori is probably in his room, Shoma is out getting some things for me, and Yuri is with his Fiancée.” Jeniffer said as she took Kagome to the room she would be staying in.

Kagome blinked, “Fiancee?...so who is the lucky girl?”

“Oh its not a girl...his name is Wolfram, and he is the cutes thing!” Kagome could hear the love in her aunts voice, she approved of this boy alright...Kagome couldn't wait to meet him.

The miko smiled before chuckling. She wondered what her cousin’s lover was like. Jennifer then lit her inside and led her to the guest room where she would be spending her summer. And, if it was okay with her mother, maybe even the rest of her high school years.

The room was nice and homey, making Kagome feel right at home as she set her bag on the bed as Jennifer say, “I hope you enjoy your stay here, Kagome. We’re really happy that you came to spend the summer with us.”

“and I’m happy to be here Aunty. For my first act of living here…” Kagome grinned evilly, “I’m gonna go bug Shori after I finish unpacking.”

Jennifer laughed before hearing something come from her niece’s bag. When she was about to ask, Kagome unzipped her bag to show a light gold and black cat, shaking it’s head before jumping out and onto the soft mattress.

The young miko then turned to her aunt and asked, “Is anyone here allergic to cats?”

“Aww she's cute!!” Jenifer picked Kirara up, and held her.

“No one is allergic though....” she said petting the top of Kirara's head and Kirara purred leaning into the touch.

“Good...I'm gonna go bug Shori now...” Kagome walked out of the door to where her elder cousin would be. She loved messing with him.

Sneaking up to his door with silent steps, she eased the door open to see Shori sitting at his desk… playing a dating simulator. Shaking her head in how predictable he can be sometime, Kagome quickly slipped into his room and shut his door silently without her cousin’s notice. Creeping up behind him, she poked at his sides making him jump with a yelp of surprise, standing suddenly.

When he turned to her, she just grinned at him, “Hey Shori!”

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Jennifer set a small bowl of milk down for Kirara before she went to finishing up the dishes. And as her husband, Shoma entered the front door with he and Jennifer hearing Shori’s yelp and Kagome’s greeting.

Laughing at his niece’s antics, he made his way and was greeting by Jennifer who was giggling like crazy. Setting the things he was set to get on the counter, Shoma kissed his wife on the cheek before asking, “When did Kagome arrive?”

“She arrived a little bit before you came home.” Shoma looked at his wife, “Where is she now?”

Jenifer grinned, “Where else, would she be if Yuri isn't here?”

Shoma sighed, “Bugging Shori it is then.” Jenifer laughed, knowing that is what she was doing.

“Hello Kagome, what can I do for you?” Shori asked turning away from his computer to face her.

“I was just came to see you...” She smiled.

“So what have you been up to?” Kagome asked innocently, “Have you gotten a girlfriend yet.....or do you like boys, like Yuri...I heard he got a guy fiancée...and he is supposed to be perfect for Yuri....if you don't mind the tweak of words, that is what Aunty said.”

Shori twitched, “You do ask a lot of questions....”

Kagome just grinned more, “Curiosity tends to make one ask lots of questions, especially when it concerns a loved one.”

“Happy to know you care.” Shori smirked. Sure, he found Kagome always bugging him to be a pain but he still loved her and was just as protective of her as he was about Yuri. He watched her lean toward him with curiosity and mirth in her eyes and asked, “What?”

After a pause, Kagome asked innocently, “You still a virgin?”

That was the last straw and Shori gave chase Kagome laughed and ran out of his room.

Kagome turned the corner and ran down the hall, just barely escaping Shori's reach. She laughed as dodged him again, when he dived for her. She had always loved teasing him. Going down the staris she triped down the last stair and into someones arms.

Looking up Kagome saw her Uncle, “Thank you.”

“You need to me more careful...you always were the klutz of the family.” He let her go, and gave her a kiss on the forehead and whispered, “You might want to run, Shori is at the top of the stairs looking like he wants revenge.”

She lit out a nervous chuckle before announcing that she was gonna take a look around the area to get herself familiar with it before quickly making her way to the door with Kirara right behind her.

“KAGOME! GET BACK HERE!!” Shori’s yelled before Kagome was out the door saying grabbing her bag she left at the front door, “I’ll be back before dinner! Bye!” and with that, she left leaving a fuming older cousin just because she asked a simple question.

Once she was outside and down the street, Kagome lit out a laugh as Kirara climbed onto her shoulder as she said mostly to herself, “Oh, Shori is so easy to tease that it’s fun.”

Stretching her arms over her head she let out a content sigh, “Ahh it's nice here, isn't Kirara?” Kirara meowed in agreement. She put her hand in her bag and grabbed her hat, putting her hair up in the hat, so she could get the hair out of her face, she didn't like having her hair down a lot it made people stair at her and made her uncomfortable.

As she walked down the street, she felt the presents of people fallowing her, she glanced back, and saw four figures, her eyes narrowed, and Kirara gave off a low hiss.

Kagome crossed the street and made it to the bridge, and started crossing but before she could make it over, someone grabbed her wrist and pinned her against the railing of the bridge.

“Ahh well well well, what do we have here?” A mocking voice asked, with a hint of lust as his eyes traveled over her body.

After coming back from the Sengoku era, Kagome had stopped wearing very feminine clothes and started wearing casual girl clothes; t-shirts, pants, shorts, and the like along with a few boyish clothes that made her look like a boy. Not that she could care less about that. It’s just that because her trips, she never had a chance to get her hair cut and after defeating Naraku, it had gotten so long where it was new to modern people who were so used to seeing short hair among girls and boys. Not to mention it was a pain in the ass to take care of sometimes.

So, since she didn’t feel like going through the trouble of cutting it, Kagome opt to have her hair stuffed in a cap she started wearing as soon as she noticed all the stares she got from people when walking around town.

As she started to come onto a high bridge that went over ongoing traffic, a group of rebel boys started to walk her way.

When she was pinned to the bridge she was crossing and felt they sizing her up, Kagome couldn't help but shudder in disgust.

“Well this something is going the opposite way your going.” Kagome tried to escape but was brought back to the railing of the bridge, the guy that had her pinned put his had around her waist and around her back, Kagome narrowed her eyes when she felt his hand start to go lower.

“Let me go.” Kagome hissed, Kirara also hissing at the offending guy.

“Hmm, I'll let you go if I can keep you for a night...I'll pay you a good price.” the guy said lowering face less than an inch away from her face.

Moving back more, Kagome tried to avoid the kiss and punched him to get him away from her as Kirara scratched him over his eye. Because he had suddenly lit her go and Kagome had leaned too far back, the miko and nekomatta ended up falling over the railing and off the bridge.

Everything started to happen in slow motion, with the group of guys starting to look on in horror and alarm while one or two trying to catch her.

Kagome closed her eyes, her heart racing, the wind was blowing around her when all off a sudden it seemed like she was floating on air. Kagome opened her eyes to see the wind surrounding her, the wind started to pick up and circle faster around her like a mini tornado, but the top of the tornado was closed....then it vanished.

Not knowing what was happening or where she was going, Kagome clutched Kirara close to her, keeping her eyes clenched closed. Strangely her cap never flew off as the wind kept its speed twisting around her. As she felt its speed decrease she opened her eyes, only to see no bridge she fell from and clear blue skies.

The next thing Kagome knew she was falling, the look of horror crossed her face. She closed her eyes waiting for the impact, but it never came, she did feel falling onto something hard, and warm though. Opening her eyes Kagome saw she was in someone's arms, looking up her eyes clashed with her savoir.

Kagome's eyes widened, as she looked at the man and the surroundings the only thing going through her mind, 'where the hell am I!!!'