Author's Note: Hey peoples, I'm back and I have a long chapter to make up for my absence. So I hope you enjoy and that you don't shun me for not writing sooner!

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Chapter Seven

Kagome sat on the ground beside her beloved motorcycle, her hair held back by a bandana. Disturbed blared threw the seventy inch sub woofers that rested on the work bench behind her. The music was so loud that the tools that lay on the ground next to her vibrated. She smiled at the fact.

Reaching for a monkey wrench she leaned forward to adjust the brake pads when something pulled at the edge of her conscious mind.

Power, that was the only way to describe it. Power and an aura that would make most piss their pants. Enough power that it drowned out any ruckus that the boom box could make, enough power that it had the ground shaking. And only Kagome was aware of it.

Sighing heavily she pushed herself to her feet and wiped the grease from her hands with rag. Moving to the garage opening she watched as four figures mounted the shrine steps. Two of them she knew, and was not surprised to see them. One was a human woman, late thirties in appearance, but Kagome was willing to bet that the woman was older than she looked.

The fourth person was who the power was coming from. He was taller than Sesshoumaru by about three inches. His silver/white hair trailed down his back in a waterfall like way. His cold, angry, golden eyes roamed over the shrine grounds until he spotted Kagome. Instantly his aura flared.

Walking calmly towards the house she looked back at them and said, "Come on in. But if you break anything my mom will be pissed." Throwing the door open she walked inside to put some coffee on.

They may be demons, they may be there to kill her, but damn it she still had manners.

As she leaned against the counter she could hear all four sets of foot steps as they walked in. Turning around she looked directly at the elder demon and smiled. "To what do I owe this honor," her eyes then traveled to Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha. "I'm guessing this old dog is your father."

The demon growled gruffly, his eyes bleeding red. The pretty woman at his side quickly grasped his hand. It seemed to calm him. She then turned venomous eyes towards Kagome.

"You. You're the one who injured my son." Her voice was low and angry, almost a growl. The woman stepped closer and hissed at Kagome. "How dare you do such a thing! What the HELL is your damn problem!?" The three men watched as the older woman suddenly lashed out and struck the young girl.

The two sons tensed, awaiting Kagome's anger towards Iziyoi. But it didn't come.

Instead Kagome stood there and let Iziyoi strike her, not once, not twice, but eight times. She just let the woman vent against her even when the sharp nails of Iziyoi's left hand left five perfect bloody lines down the side of her face.

Watching her stand there and let his step-mother strike her made something in Sesshoumaru want to growl. He didn't like that she wasn't fighting back. Didn't like that the strong willed girl who had injured his half-brother was allowing someone to hurt her.

InuTashio noticed how his eldest son's gaze seemed to flash red every time Iziyoi struck the miko. It shocked him to the core that his son would react in anyway to the miko being injured. He watched as the boy's nostrils flared when blood blossomed on the young girl's right cheek. 'Interesting,' he thought as he looked back over towards his mate.

Iziyoi had stepped back from the girl, her forehead creased with confusion. "Why aren't you reacting?" She demanded, her anger waning slightly. "Do you only beat on hanyou's and demons you monster?! You have no right to call yourself a miko!"

She made an attempt to strike Kagome again, but was stopped by two different hands catching her wrist.

One was Kagome, her small hand wrapped tightly and unyieldingly around her wrist. Her blue eyes though were looking over Iziyoi's shoulder with a stunned glaze to them.

The other, to everyone's surprise, was Sesshoumaru's. His eyes were tinged red and staring down at his step-mother with warning. "Don't Iziyoi." His very voice had shifted, becoming angrier some how. His eyes went to Kagome.

Kagome looked at him a moment before they both released their holds on the woman. Switching her gaze to look right into Iziyoi's eyes, she finally spoke. "I wasn't going to fight back when it seemed that you needed the outlet. But you obviously don't know the whole story if you think that I injured Inuyasha for no good reason." Her aura suddenly ignited, causing the older woman to stumble back in surprise. "And you damn well have no right to say that I am not worthy of being a miko you stuck up bitch."

InuTashio suddenly stepped forward, a growl ripped from his throat. "You will not speak to my mate as such. And we have heard the story about why you injured my son. I say you're nothing but a power crazed brat who doesn't even know how to control her powers!"

As his words filled the room they stood in silence. All waiting to see what would transpire between the two.

Sesshoumaru stood tensely off to the side, his mind whirling with what he had just done. He defended the "enemy". He had gone against his better judgment to protect the human who had attacked his pack member. He had even gone against the alpha female of the pack to try and prevent injury to her. What the hell was wrong with him?

Before InuTashio or Kagome could try anything that might do damage to each other, the front door of the small house slid open and someone called out. "Kagome, I'm home!"

Kagome looked past the demon lord to watch her mother enter the kitchen. Sakura Higurashi was barely in her forties; her black hair had faded to a dark brown with time. Her brown eyes looked shocked at seeing three demons in her home. Almost instantly she looked at her daughter. "Kagome, dear, who are our guests? Have you offered them refreshments?" She asked sweetly as she moved past the Tashio's to put the bags she was carrying on the counter.

Sakura leaned towards her daughter, giving her a small kiss on the cheek. Kagome loved her mom. She never thought ill of anyone. And that showed in the fact that she wasn't at all concerned about the fact four strange people were inside her home, one of them practically ready to attack her daughter.

"Of course, Mom. They're here to ask why I 'attacked' their son." She said as she helped her mother put away the groceries. "You all may as well sit. Mom's going to start dinner in a few minutes and nothing can beat my mom's pot roast." Kagome said over her shoulder as she placed vegetables in the fridge.

InuTashio looked at the girl a moment before sitting at the kitchen table, motioning for his family to do the same. "Miss… Kagome, was it? I believe that's the name my son called you by when I was told of your little… 'encounter.'" He's eyes fallowed Kagome as she moved about the kitchen. It amused him slightly to note the fact that she stayed out of arms reach unless she had a knife in her hand. "So I must ask. Why did you harm my son?"

Turning to look at him, she shrugged. "He woke me up." The statement was so matter-of-factly that InuTashio could only blink at her. "That's not the whole story but it's probably the part of the story you heard."

The demon starred at her a minute before asking, "Than what is the whole story?"

"Oh, that!" Sakura suddenly said from her place at the stove. "Well you could say we've been having a hard couple of days. You see last Monday, Kagome's younger brother had to go into the hospital for pneumonia. Than night before last, someone tried to break in. Kagome scared them away, but when we called the cops they had us up all night." She said happily as she stirred whatever it was that she was cooking.

Sesshoumaru glanced towards Kagome as she chopped vegetables for her mother. 'That would explain the sleep deprivation and her bad mood…' He thought as she looked towards him. "Then why did you burn Inuyasha's face?" He said softly, gesturing to the bandage covering a good portion of his half-brother's face and neck.

Tilting her head, Kagome seemed to notice the bandages for the time. "Did I do that? Gosh, I don't remember. All I know is that he woke me up and I was angry. Did you go and see a doctor about it?" Moving closer to the half breed she gently grasped his chin and turned the injured side of his face towards the light so she could see better. Pulling the bandage away she hissed under her breath. "Damn. No wonder you're all pissed at me. Looked at the damage I did to your face. Damn."

Turning from them all she rushed towards the stairs that were just outside the kitchen. The five residences in the kitchen could hear her as she moved over their heads. In a matter of moments she was back downstairs, clutching a first aid kit in her hand. She moved to Inuyasha's side once more and smile. "This is going to sting like a mother for a minute, but then will probably feel like someone is drawing all the tension out of you… or so I'm told."

She swiftly dumped a bottle's contents on a cloth that the kit had held before forcing it against the hanyou's face. He snarled as the sting set in. "Damn it! That shit sting…" A glowing purple caught his eye suddenly, distracting from his rant. Tension ran out of him as he starred at the light.

InuTashio and Iziyoi both gasped as they watched the "miko" who had harmed their son attend to the wound. Her right hand was glowing a deep purple as she held the cloth to his face. His face was starting to heal before their very eyes.

Sesshoumaru sat there, not really caring about what the girl was doing to his half brother. He was more confused by the fact that none of this seemed odd to her mother. The woman acted as if this sort of thing happened every day. Almost as if it had happened before. That above all else caught his attention.

After several long seconds, Kagome pulled back from Inuyasha. She smiled and handed him a mirror that the kit provided.

Grabbing the thing with a huff, the half demon sighed before looking into it. He nearly dropped the thing in shock. The side of his face that she had damaged was practically new. It looked as if nothing had been done to it in the first place. The skin was smooth and untouched. He looked up at her with startled honey colored eyes. "What did you do?"

Smiling brightly she moved around the table and pulled out a chair next to Sesshoumaru. Sitting down she tilted her head before answering. "I healed you. It's what we, MIKO's do." She looked right at Iziyoi when she said this. "And besides, I didn't mean to cause any damage in the first place. When I'm stressed out like I have been, sometimes I do things unintentionally and people end up hurt. You were in the wrong place at the wrong time." Looking at Sesshoumaru she bowed her head slightly. "Thanks for stopping me before I killed him. That would be the last thing I need right now."

Sakura turned suddenly to face the room, a wide smile across her face. "I hope everyone is hungry. Kagome, get the plates please!" She said as she turned to serve the food.

Automatically, Kagome stood to pull plates out of one of the cupboard and proceeded to help her mother dish up dinner.

Once everyone at the table had food, and Sakura had placed her self at the head of the table she looked towards InuTashio and smiled. "So, you're InuTashio. I've read a lot about you and your business in the paper. Congratulations on your merger with Wind Enterprises."

Toga sighed, he had a feeling like he knew where this was going. She was going to try and hook her daughter up with one of his sons and by doing so become rich. And he had really started to like this woman. "Ma'am…

She raised a hand to cut him off. "Sorry, but I was wondering. Do you think you could give Kagome a job as one of the maids at night?"

Five pairs of eyes starred back at her completely startled.

Kagome leapt to her feet, throwing her chair to the floor. "WHAT!?!? Mom! Are you CRAZY!!!!" The scream filled the house, causing the demons to cover their ears in pain.

Sakura sighed heavily and turned to glare at her daughter. "Kagome Mizuki (no clue if this is here real middle name, don't really care) Higurashi! Don't you raise your voice to me! You injured their son. You owe them something. You will work for Mr. Tashio until he deems the insult to his family repaid. Do you understand me?"

She sunk back down into her chair and nodded. Kagome knew that tone. It was the "I'm serious and if you don't think I am try me," tone. Her mother only used it once in a blue moon but she didn't dare defy that voice.

Turning around in her chair to face InuTashio, Kagome bowed her head. "I would be honored if you would allow me to make up for my grievous mistake to your family honor."

Taken slightly aback it took the old dog a moment to respond. Then, as the room watched, a crooked smile blossomed across his features. "Why, of course."

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