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A/N: Written to satisfy a persistent bubbling idea triggered when Lovelywitch mentioned SiriusKagome.

An early 'Merry Christmas' to everyone!

Soulmates

Crossing time and space was done for him. Now Sirius can pounce on Prongs and accuse the man of infecting him with 'marriage syndrome'.

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He was tired…very, really, incredibly tired. So exhausted that he didn't know what day, time or place he was. He just wanted to continue closing his eyes…and sleep a little more…

"…Souta…" There was some foreign mumbling in the background, maybe he was too tired to distinguish the words, but it didn't sound English.

The footsteps vibrated louder, closer, he could feel it. "…Kagome?" It was a deeper voice this time, probably male. Tired…so tired, couldn't they leave him alone?

There was more conversation, unfortunately keeping him from his slumber, but stirred him awake enough to realise that he really couldn't understand their tongue. He clenched his eyelids shut and tried falling back to sleep, but someone was touching him now. The hand moved from the top of his head to his eyes, they didn't sweep aside the hair covering them, just continued trailing down to his jaw. He thought of opening his eyes, but the eyelids were so heavy… Another larger pair of hands came to rest on his body, wrapping around his upper torso and picked him up. The slight beating of his carrier's heart lured him back to sleep, so Sirius didn't fight it and slept.

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When Sirius did successfully open his eyes, he found himself in a foreign place. The walls looked…wooden, the floor was wooden and the table was wooden. Not only that, but their design didn't look familiar, not something normally seen in a European house. Sirius contemplated on that for a while, since the sluggishness of his thoughts weighed the process down. He didn't remember this place; the last location he remembered was…

…oh…by Merlin, where was Harry?

Sirius moved to pick himself up, but his head was still aching and he fell down again with a resounding 'thump'. He turned his head, trying to pinpoint his or anyone's wand, unsuccessfully, when the door slid open.

"…" It was a woman's voice, soft and soothing, but Sirius couldn't understand what she was saying or determine if she was an ally, enemy or simply a bystander. She approached him and he tensed. There was the sound of running feet coming towards them and judging by the voice, it was a male.

…o…o…

Souta ran and slid to a stop at the doorway, "Kagome, wait for me! You don't know if that dog is dangerous or not."

"Souta, he's probably just wary with the unfamiliar surroundings and people," Kagome smiled at Souta reassuringly. She took small, slow steps towards the black, shaggy dog and watched him observe her cautiously. The dog didn't make any movements, so she scooted closer and slowly lifted her hand up so it was visible to him and stroked his head. Within a minute, the dog was happily drinking in the attention and had rolled over for her to rub his belly. Souta, a tall teenager, leaned against the wall and sighed in relief. That dog was large and wild-looking, but Kagome had a fondness for animals.

"Hmm, I think we should give him a bath…maybe outside, in case he's uncooperative and messy." Souta nodded in response and approached the dog to pick him up, he growled.

…x…x…

The woman's hands were slowing down, Sirius didn't like that. On the other hand, he finally had some coherent thoughts of pressing matters like finding Harry and to see if he was safe. Sirius still couldn't remember much of the fight at the Department of Mystery, but Harry was James and Lily's son…he would protect him.

"…" The woman said something, turning her head to face the young man by the doorway. Sirius watched the person nod in response, got up and was walking towards him, so he growled. The ex-auror's instincts liked this woman, stranger or not, but he was still wary about the other male.

"Shh…" There was something about her voice and mere presence that seemed to calm him so easily. He hoped it wasn't a spell or potion of some sort because the godfather had to find his way back to his godson. The best course of action now was to follow the woman's requests until he got his bearings, find a wand and leave.

…o…o…

Two days had past and now Sirius was in much better shape. His magic had been depleted and had caused his body and mind excessive fatigue. But now he was ready to go and a small attachment to the woman, he now knew was Kagome, wasn't going to stop him.

The black dog trotted down the shrine's long staircase, devising plans to find and steal a wand when he caught the scent of something belonging to the past. He stopped to concentrate on sniffing and processing the smell. The something was two people he once knew, people he thought were dead…

"Sirius!" That was James' voice! That was James Potter, his best friend's voice! Sirius didn't think further, he bounded down the last dozen steps and into the waiting arms of a long lost friend.

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"So…you're telling me that this is a different dimension?" Sirius Black sighed at the earnest eyes of James and Lily Potter, "You're sure?" He received nods and hesitantly asked, "Then why are you here if you're supposed to be dead?"

Lily reached to pat his hand, "Sirius, we have died. This is our vacation and we thought it'd be best to see how you're going and to explain these things."

"But what about Harry? I have no wand and…"

"Sirius," James patted him on the shoulder, "You did a fine job as our son's godfather and Harry will be fine. You have another chance at life now. As for your wand, there's no magic here so you wouldn't be able to use it anyway."

"But I changed forms…"

"One of the few exceptions and don't ask because I don't know the rules," Lily patiently replied. Sirius looked stricken and unable to accept the situation just yet.

The married couple got up to leave when Sirius jogged after them. "Sirius, you're staying here."

"What, why? I haven't seen you in ages and I don't know anything about this place!"

James chuckled, "You'll see more of us later when it's time and we'll be popping back once in a while to check up on you too, don't worry."

Lily smiled, "Your place is here now."

"What? As a guard dog?"

"You'll see…" The couple winked at him and popped out of existent, leaving the confused Sirius Black in a park near the shrine, at least this time with the ability to understand Japanese.

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So apparently, the Veil led to this shrine's well house and apparently, Sirius had to stay here for some reason and there wasn't any way to go back. Sirius-the-dog sniffed in frustration. He'd stay here for a little longer, but then he was leaving. But every time Sirius Black made up his mind to leave the shrine, unless accompanied by a Higurashi, there would be something to stop and change his decision. First it was because the mother had promised to cook him something delicious tomorrow…

…then there was an attempted robbery.

…an arrogant dog wanting to mark its territory. Sirius stayed for a significant amount of time afterwards to make sure that dog knew who was boss.

…the same arrogant dog wanting to win over Kagome, but Sirius showed him!

Then he found out that Kagome already knew he was actually human, which meant the whole family did too. So Sirius could freely change as long as no one else saw. He easily fell back to his flirty charms and surrounded himself with swooning girls for entertainment. Kagome was a tricky one, she didn't respond like Lily, but she always laughed at his attempts…something to do with 'Miroku'. However, Sirius was only sexually interested in her, so it was fine. Really.

Living at the shrine also opened his eyes to other things like how annoying a man could be. The jerk, with his pathetic attempts to woo Kagome, was so persistent! Didn't he understand that Kagome was too good for him? Kagome Higurashi was an intelligent woman, a kind woman…

…Kagome's hugs and cuddles were soothing and addictive.

…Kagome's smiles were the best cure for anything.

…Kagome, just being Kagome.

…oh dear…

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The next time James and Lily visited, Sirius pounced on Prongs, accusing the man of infecting him with 'marriage syndrome'. The man had the gall to laugh at him, even after Sirius spilt his heart out.

James leaned against a tree trunk, with his arms wrapped around Lily in front of him, "Remember back in the days when I was the great James Potter?"

"Yeah and you still are."

That made James chuckle, "Well, I was the most popular, the most wanted guy at school…"

"Behind me," Sirius interrupted with all seriousness.

"Along with you," he conceded, "Anyway, I had my heart set on Lily." Lily smiled and leaned into her husband's chest, before turning around and kissing him.

Sirius rolled his eyes at the display, "And…? What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means, Sirius, that to many I was unreachable, but even I wanted someone to love too."

"And…?"

Lily sighed dramatically, "Oh knock it off; you can't be that thick-headed. Kagome likes you, you like her…so do something about it!"

"But, but she's Kagome Higurashi, a miko!" Sirius flayed his arms out in despair.

"Sirius…didn't you hear what I said earlier?" James shook his head at his best friend.

"But, but…miko means she has to stay pure."

Lily decided to step in, "Sirius…how did you think they had a lineage then, if every child borne were trained to be a monk or miko?"

"Err, well…"

She pressed on, "The process usually requires the opposite sex, remember?"

"…"

"Look honey, you've turned the mighty Sirius Black speechless and oh my, is he blushing?" James laughed, reaching over to slap his best man on the back.

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.A/N: "Sirius…how did you think they had a lineage then, if every child borne were trained to be a monk or miko?"

Completely making that part up, let's just say that every child is trained on the off chance that they do have the gift, but they can choose other careers later. Then even if the child really is suitable to be a monk or miko, having a family is encouraged for further generations with the power.

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P.S. My Star will be marked as complete, but further additions will be added depending on the response/requests. Seemed like a good length to cut off at. Think I should have a 'part two' for this? I got carried away with another SiriusKagome idea and started writing that one.

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Thank you for reading this and I hope you liked it!

Airily