Hello all! I'm glad that I'm finally posting this story. I warn you now… I will not promise any long chapters for this story. I already have the first eight chapters written and they aren't long, and I have no plans to make them longer or change how my chapters are organized. If you have a problem with shorter chapters, then this story is not for you. Also, if you don't like the story, don't read it! I cannot stress this enough. I have no problem with criticism, but any idiot who clearly dislikes the story and keeps reading it just to review and flame it has absolutely no brains whatsoever. Don't like it, don't read it. Feel free to say you don't like it… but don't keep reading it and reviewing…. That's idiotic.

Anyways… I hope you all enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, Rumiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha… I'm just borrowing the characters to do my will haha. This is the only chapter that I will say this, I have said I do not own Inuyasha and if you need reminding then you can look back to this point. I have no wish to relive the pain of this moment hahaha.

Full Summary:

It was supposed to have been a one night stand. They had both been in heat, they had both needed release, they had both agreed (though she wished differently) that it was nothing. So why won't those odd wounds from that night heal? Why is he tracking her down now? Why is she getting morning sickness?

Pairing is Sess/Kag obviously

ON WITH THE STORY!

~Family Matters~

~Prologue~

She was sitting under the Goshinboku, lounging in the summer heat. She wasn't supposed to return from home until tomorrow so it was certain that the Inu hanyou would be with his golem well into the night. She gave out a huge yawn and stretched, letting out a mumbled curse as she returned to her relaxed state.

She had tired of being Ms. Goody-Two-Shoes. It got her absolutely nowhere other than under others' feet as they walked all over her; People such as Inuyasha, whom she used to love unconditionally. She loved him, helped him, fed him, cared for him as who he was, not who he could be with the help of the jewel, and what does he do? He leads her on, uses her as a shard detector, lies to her, and goes off to Kikyou whenever he gets a chance. 'Kikyou' she gave out an unladylike snort as the name crossed her mind, another person whom she had let walk all over her. Not only had the bitch been selfish when she was living, but she was even more selfish as a walking clay pot. When she was alive, she had wanted to shirk her duties and use the jewel to turn Inuyasha human. Wanting to be relieved of the destruction and hatred the Shikon no Tama created she could understand, but refusing half of what someone is, even Inuyasha, was wrong and it was selfish to try and change him so she could have a normal life. Kikyou died before she could make her selfish wish. That should have been the end of it, but no, that damn witch had to steal half of her soul and bring the selfish woman back to life. Does she give her soul back? No. The bitch keeps her soul, constantly tries to get the other half, steals the souls of dead women, and tries to drag Inuyasha to hell on a daily basis. But does she complain about Kikyou? No, she tried to understand her, tried to help her, hell, she even saved her damn life! She even invited Kikyou to join the group when she gave up on the hope of Inuyasha choosing her over his first love. And what was Kikyou's reply?

"I wouldn't wish to make you uncomfortable. After all, being constantly reminded of my obvious perfection and your obvious lack of skill would probably be too much for you. Besides, I prefer to work on my own to find the shards, without so many burdens," Kikyou's eyes landed on her and Shippou as she said the last part.

Another snort escaped through her lips. 'Perfect my ass' she thought. To say she was irked by Kikyou's comment of her "Lack of skill" and being a "burden" was an understatement. She was in no way inferior to Kikyou and every way superior. She simply let Inuyasha and Kikyou think so. She may have been overly nice, but she wasn't stupid. Letting Inuyasha know what she was truly capable of would be a grave mistake. Kikyou knows everything he knows and she's bad enough as it is when she thinks her reincarnation is a weak pathetic lovesick nobody.

She had not been that way for a long time. Not since the Inutachi had become whole. She knew that if such a situation arises, Inuyasha would pick Kikyou's non-life over hers. She also knew that if she depended on her friends' protection, it could cost them their lives. So she trained, and she became stronger. Kaede and Miroku helped her with her spiritual powers, mostly teaching her meditation, sutras, and common knowledge of miko teachings. It had taken her three years, but she had finally mastered all they could teach her. So she just recently began to experiment with her powers by herself. The many self inflicted tiny cut and scrapes on her hands gave evidence to her experiments with her healing powers. So far she had only managed to heal them once.

Sango had taught her the basics of hand to hand combat, swordplay, and taught her how to interpret and predict her opponent's moves. As she had with her spiritual powers, she experimented on her own once Sango taught her all she could. Kirara had been a great help as well. She smiled fondly as she reminisced of the day the neko youkai approached her with one of her larges fangs from her larger form. She didn't know how the neko removed the fang, but she did realize how big and important the gesture was. The neko's fang had regrown that morning when she dropped the miko off at totosai's.

Even Totosai said they were one of his greatest creations. Twin blades, Kuroneko and Shironeko, named after Kirara's demon race. Both blades contained immense power. Kuroneko contained the power of fire, Shironeko was able to channel her miko powers. If desired, their hilts could be combined, thus combining their powers in a type of bladed staff. She also had the foresight to request their dormant sates to be even more deceptive than Tetsaiga. When she wasn't training with them or fighting they were two tiny sword shaped earrings that she wore at all times. Inuyasha didn't even notice the tiny earrings she wore, they were perfect. All of her friends had agreed to keep her trainings from Inuyasha, they knew her reasons and they understood.

Training over the past three years had changed her drastically. Her skin had bronzed a bit from her endless hours in the sun. She wasn't very tan, but she was no longer the sickly pale she had been from all that time indoors for school. She had grown a few inches, her arms and legs were toned and muscled perfectly as was her stomach. Her hips and bust had grown much fuller giving her a sensual look that most women would die for and most men would die to touch. All of her excess baby fat had disappeared. Her high cheekbones were more prominent highlighting her natural beauty. Her lips had grown much fuller and pouty which gave them that "Kiss me" air about them. Her eyes had been the most curious change. Her warm honey brown eyes had turned into unpredictable cerulean orbs. She didn't know if the change was due to her growing powers or some genetic phenomenon she had heard about in her biology class. She couldn't remember the name, she hadn't been paying attention at the time.

Yes, she had changed a lot over the past three years, not that Inuyasha had noticed. He still saw her as the pale, weak, shadow of his past love. 'Fuck him' she thought, stretching once more. She was tired of being nice. She wasn't his step stool, she wasn't his shard detector. She wasn't Kikyou's shadow, and she sure as hell wasn't weak. She was strong, she was her own woman, she was-

"Kagome!" her thoughts were interrupted by two children running towards her, arms open wide. She smiled and received them with open arms.

"You came back early!" Shippo cheered.

"Yes, and I brought you goodies!" she smiled.

"Kagome! Lord Sesshoumaru came to visit just like he promised!" Rin squealed excitedly. "Rin was afraid that Lord Sesshoumaru hated Rin when he left her to live in the village, but he came to see Rin! That means he must still like Rin right?" The small girl was jumping with joy. The kit rolled his eyes and snuggled into the miko's embrace.

"Of course Rin-chan. Sesshoumaru-sama just wanted you to be safe and grow up in a village with friends. You'll become a young woman soon, don't you want to find a nice boy and get married and live happily ever after?" the little girl blushed and giggled, nodding in agreement.

"Come on Kagome! Let's go see Lord Sesshoumaru!" The two kids took off towards the village.

Taking one last stretch, she stood.

She was Kagome….. and no hanyou or clay pot could change that.

~AN~

Ok! So the prologue is up! This was just a little intro to what Kagome's character will be like I guess. Next chapter Sesshoumaru shows up! He and Kagome have an agreement what is it? Also, things start to heat up just a little! Hope you enjoyed!

Kagz