Summary: "He's perfect...perfectly irritating." Higurashi Hamoni, the older sister of Kagome, is home from college for a break when one day she watches her sister vanish down the shrine well. Hamoni follows her and finds herself centuries in the past, dropped in something new, and horribly in trouble. Sesshomaru/OC

Kyandi: Hello everyone! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Kyandi-sama! And this is my OC for this story, Higurashi Hamoni.

Hamoni: Hello. Its a pleasure to meet you.

Kyandi: This story was an idea pitched to me by a very loyal reader xmoonlightxblossomx who was happy when I took up the challenge.

Hamoni: From that I was born.

Kyandi: Correct! Together we've come up with some good ideas, so we hope you enjoy the story!

Hamoni: Right! So enjoy and review!

Kyandi: I do now own Inuyasha.

Chapter 1 Welcome Home, Hamoni

"Kagome, time to get up!"

If it wasn't for two things Higurashi Kagome might have waken up thinking she was still in the past. But it was because of these two things that she knew that wasn't the case. The first of these two things was her mother's voice calling for her to get up. The second was that she woke up in her own bed. Both were luxuries that she had grown grateful for over the short time she had been going between the past and the present. She certainly wouldn't be taking either for granted ever again.

Then she remembered.

Kagome bolted up in bed with a gasp. Today was the day that her older sister, Hamoni, was suppose to be coming home.

"I'm up!" Kagome called to her mother as she got out of bed.

For the last year Higurashi Hamoni had been away at a university studying medicine to become a doctor. Today she would be home to take a break from her school centered life. As a request from Kagome, none of their family was going to say a word to Hamoni about Kagome's trips to the past through the shrine well. As Kagome saw it, Hamoni already had her hands full with school and didn't need to worry that either her family had gone insane or that Kagome was going to get hurt or killed by a demon in feudal Japan.

More then likely though Hamoni wouldn't think it was the former and would be more concerned with the latter. Despite a three, almost four, year difference in age and a big difference in personality, Hamoni and Kagome were very close and Hamoni was very protective of her siblings. If Hamoni knew what Kagome did with Inuyasha and the others, fighting demons and all, she would go insane with anger and concern. More concern then anger.

Kagome rushed through a bath and hurried downstairs where her mother and brother were setting up a welcome home party for Hamoni.

"There you are Kagome. Your sister called and she's ten minutes away." her mother said.

Kagome nodded as she took the cake her mother was carrying and sat it on the table.

"How'd she sound?" Kagome asked.

"Happy to be coming home. She sounds as though she's missed home." her mother replied.

"Do you really have to go back tomorrow, sis?" Sota asked as he looked at his sister.

"Its that or have Inuyasha show up here again. We agreed that Hamoni doesn't need to know about him or any of that." Kagoma told him. Her family nodded agreement.

"I have the perfect gift for Hamoni when she gets home." Kagome's grandfather said as he came into the room with a long box in hand.

"What's that Grandpa?" Sota asked turning to look at the box. The older man sat the box on the table and out of it pulled a sword.

"It's a replica of an ancient sword called Yokubo no ken...the Sword of Desires." he said showing his grandson the old looking sword with a pale grey hilt and a solid black scabbard. Hanging from the hilt of the sword was a pure white tassel.

"Since Hamoni loved kendo, she will be able to appreciate this gift more then either of you have ever appreciated my gifts." he added gesturing to Sota and Kagome who just gave each other a look before turning away.

Grandpa Higurashi was just closing the box again when the front door opened and footsteps sounded down the front hall towards the kitchen and dinning room.

"Knock, knock. Anyone home?" came a soft voice. Sota's face lit up when he heard that voice and when the person entered the room, he ran to her.

"Sis!" he called in greeting as he hugged the young woman.

Eighteen year old Hamoni hugged her brother back, a smile on her face. Much like her sister, Hamoni was a slim, curvaceous girl who stood about two or three inches taller then Kagome. Her hair, like her siblings, was also pitch black though hers had more of a blue hue to it and fell in a straight line down to her thighs where it ended in ringlet curls. At the moment, as it usually was, it was all piled on top of her head in a messy bun, leaving only chin length bangs to frame her pretty face.

Unlike her siblings, who both had brown eyes, Hamoni's were a pale, but vivid blue-gray in color and were ringed by long, dark lashes. She had a more mature look to her then Kagome and her fashion taste certainly were very different. As normal Hamoni's style of dress consisted of a pair shorts with a sweater two sizes too big over backless top and a pair of stylish boots. She was conservative in her style of dress but still more feminine then Kagome.

She gave her family a smile as they all greeted her.

"Its good to see all of you again." Hamoni said as she hugged her mother.

"You're home for a while right?" Sota asked.

"Correct." Hamoni told her brother before turning to Kagome.

"Kagome!"

Hamoni greeted holding her arms open. Kagome hugged her sister tightly.

"Eight months really is too long." Hamoni remarked as she let her sister go.

Kagome nodded in agreement. With the greetings of her family out of the way, Hamoni turned to her grandfather as he insisted he had a present to give her. When she opened the box, Hamoni smiled. She pulled the sword out, examining it before pulling the blade out of the sheath.

"Its beautiful, Grandpa." she told him sliding it back into the sheath.

The old man grinned, going off on a rant on how only one of his grandchildren knew how to be grateful. Kagome and Sota watched him, shaking their heads.

"You know I actually missed that." Hamoni said as she watched her grandfather.

In the time she had been gone, she had missed her family very much so, but she enjoyed school and studied hard. Being away from her family did make her worry though. But that was the price to pay of being the oldest.

After eating cake and helping with cleaning Hamoni left her family to go settle her things in her old room, next door to Kagome's. She heaved a sigh as she walked into the room. Though it had only been eight months, it seemed like so long since she had been home. She really had missed it. She sat her bags down on her bed and begin unpacking, putting her clothes away and setting out everything that needed to be. When she reached her own personal first aid kit she simply slipped it into a backpack she carried everywhere.

She could be quite accident prone now and then and the kit came in handy. It was best to just keep it on her. Hamoni pulled another kit out of her suitcase and set it on the desk. This kit was one she used for making trinkets like bracelets and necklaces. It was a small hobby that she enjoyed doing. Out of the kit she pulled out a small box that held a bracelet she had made for Kagome. Hamoni stepped out of her room and up to Kagome's door and knocked.

"Kagome?" she called.

There was no answer from the other side. Hamoni opened the door and peered inside.

"Kagome?" she asked, but there was no one there.

Hamoni shrugged and sat the box on the foot of Kagome's bed, where the younger girl could find it. It was when she turned to leave the room that Hamoni's eyes caught sight of something shining out of the side of her eyes. She turned to Kagome's desk where the shining was coming from. She moved some things aside until she came across a small jar that had shards of a bright, shining jewel, inside. Hamoni opened the jar and tipped a few into her hand. There were four in total.

Though they were glowing, Hamoni figured they were probably just some decorative jewel shards that Kagome had totally forgot about. Why else would they be hidden behind other things on her desk.

"Maybe she won't mind if I take two of them. They would make good earrings." Hamoni remarked to herself, taking two of the shards and tipping the other two back into the jar, closing the jar, and putting it back where she had found it.

She made sure to close Kagome's door before heading back to her own room. Downstairs she could faintly hear Sota running around looking for the family cat. She couldn't help a small sigh and a soft smile. It was good to be home.

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"Kagome?"

Hamoni opened another door and looked in the room. When she had woken up that morning Kagome had already been out of bed and moving about the house. Now, when Hamoni wanted to show Kagome the earrings she had made out of the jewels she had found in her room, she couldn't find the younger girl. Hamoni grabbed her backpack out of her room before she headed downstairs.

"Mom, have you seen Kagome?" Hamoni asked her mother, sticking her head into the kitchen.

"I think she left to go over to a friends." her mother replied.

Hamoni pursed her lips. It wasn't like Kagome to take off the day after Hamoni's return home. Usually Kagome told Hamoni or even invited her along. It wasn't that Hamoni thought she had to know everything Kagome did, it was just unusual.

"Well, I'm going to head to town. I'll be back shortly." Hamoni told her mother who nodded.

Hamoni closed the door behind her when she stepped outside. She was just crossing the yard when she caught sight of Sota and Kagome. Both were standing in front of the shrine that sat around the family well. Hamoni stayed out of sight as she watched her little siblings. Sota handed Kagome her bag before Kagome bid farewell and started up the steps to the shrine. She vanished inside and didn't come back out. Sota stared at the shrine for a moment before turning...and almost crashing into Hamoni.

"H-Hamoni!" he yelped in surprise at seeing his sister.

Hamoni raised an eyebrow at the nervous look that passed Sota's face. She knew then that something was up and she would find out what.

"Sota...why is Kagome in the shrine?" Hamoni asked. Sota stumbled over words but under the piercing gaze of his oldest sister, he knew he couldn't lie.

"Sota." Hamoni said in warning.

Sota heaved a sigh. Kagome was going to be so made at him, but he rather have Kagome angry with him then Hamoni. Kagome could be scary, but Hamoni was down right terrifying.

"Fine." he said, admitting defeat at the hands of his oldest sister.

He took a deep breath before letting it all slip out in one go.

"Kagome fell down the well one day and traveled back in time where she met this demon guy named Inuyasha. She goes back and forth now and then and he sometimes even comes here. She fights demons and everything and she made the rest of us promise not to tell you because then you'll get upset and you already have enough on your hands." Sota told her.

For a moment Hamoni just stared at him before she reached out and pat him on the head.

"Alright. Tell Mom I'll be back after a while." Hamoni told him before heading up the shrine steps.

"You're going after Kagome!?" Sota asked.

"What kind of big sister would I be if I let her face demons and get hurt alone?" Hamoni asked her brother before heading into the shrine.

She didn't question his explanation, when any sane person would have. She knew Sota wouldn't lie to her. He was usually too scared of her anger to lie to her. When she wanted an answer from him, he usually gave her an honest answer. So no, she didn't question it. She simply walked into the shrine, her bag over one shoulder. Inside Hamoni leaned over the edge of the well and looked down in it. Not seeing anything she heaved herself over the edge and jumped in.

A soft blue light wrapped around her and for a moment she felt like she was floating before she came to a stop, landing on her feet at the bottom of the well. Hamoni looked up towards the top of the well. Past the top she could see open sky.

She wasn't in the shrine anymore.

She should of been shocked, of course, but Hamoni just wasn't the type that let shock and something unusual, stop her from doing her job as a big sister. Hamoni heaved her bag up on her shoulder and started climbing, careful not to fall back down. She tossed her bag over the side when she reached the top before pulling herself up and out, straddling the side to look around.

"Whoa!"

Hamoni stared around her at the open forest around her. It was calm, peaceful, and beautiful. She most definitely was not in the shrine anymore. She wasn't even home for that matter.

"Alright so Sota wasn't kidding." she remarked to herself.

She knew she should probably be more freaked out by the fact that she was no longer in the shrine and possibly not in her own time, but all she could think about was finding her sister. Besides, that was far too many "should be"s for her to be concerned with them. Hamoni climbed down from the well side and picked up her bag.

"Alright, if I was Kagome, where would I go?" she asked herself as she looked around.

It was the her eyes landed on tire tracks on the ground. Hamoni knelled to look at the tracks. They looked like they were bike tracks.

"Did Kagome bring her bike here?" Hamoni asked herself before looking the way the bike tracks went.

She did a double take when her eyes caught sight of the same glow the jewel shards she found in Kagome's room did. Hamoni reached up and touched the shards she had made into earrings and that now hung from her own ears.

"I wonder..." Hamoni got to her feet and set out after the glow. She could freak out about the whole thing after she had found her sister.

END

Kyandi: It was a bit of a rushed job, I'm sorry, but the next chapter will be better.

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