Chapter One – Aunty and Uncle

Kagome stared through the window, watching the terrain pass by in a blur of greens and browns. She had never particularly enjoyed catching the train. In her mind, nothing could compare to the breeze blowing through her hair and the fresh smell of an unpolluted world whilst riding upon InuYasha's back.

Closing her eyes in memory, Kagome smiled serenely as she remembered all the good times she'd had in the Sengoku Jidai.

'Shippo, Sango, Miroku, Kaede, InuYasha.' She thought mournfully, their deaths still fresh in her mind.

Then like a hit to the chest, she remembered the bad times and the end of it all. She remembered InuYasha constantly running off to Kikyo, her friends fighting battle after battle, shedding blood, lost family and friends and lastly, she remembered the end of the collection of Jewel shards.

Though the carriage was full of many people, Kagome let the tears fall freely from her face.

'I survived. But why did everyone I love have to die in the process? I hate you Shikon Jewel!' Kagome thought angrily at the inanimate object which hung from a silver chain around her neck.

Passengers old and young alike watched the young teen sob underneath the bright red hat on her head.

Kagome sobbed for more than fifteen minutes until the train pulled into the first station in the Katsushika City. Having lived in Tokyo her whole life she'd never often visited outside her hometown of Hino. She realised that travelling across Japan in the Sengoku Jidai was vastly different than travelling across Japan in present day. So here she was, visiting her Aunt and Uncle to get some time away from the shrine.

Breathing in deeply, she collected her thoughts, calmed her face and rushed from the train. Bustling along the pathway among the many travellers, Kagome looked for a familiar face.

"I'm never going to find anyone in this crowd!" she complained softly.

Walking around aimlessly in circles, Kagome looked for her missing family.

Pulling at her pants, Kagome realised she probably wasn't wearing the correct attire to be meeting her family.

Dressed in the traditional gakuran, the typical male school uniform, she supposed it would have been more polite to wear a dress and nice shoes.

'Though, these pants really do allow for more movement with the added protection from perverts' she reasoned with her mind.

Kagome readjusted her large yellow bag on her back as she walked towards the train station exit. With a sigh, she saw not one familiar face.

Sitting dejectedly on a bench, Kagome decided to wait it out.

She leant back against the seat and closed her eyes, hoping for a bit of rest.

As she closed her eyes, she wondered what it would be like living with her distant relatives. She'd met them only once before and had been in awe of their astounding beauty. Her distant family had an ethereal beauty which astounded most people and she thought that among all the amazing demons she had now seen, it probably wasn't such a big deal for her.

Her mother's sister was the woman of the household though she looked much like a daughter of the household and as much could be said for her husband. In fact, the parents looked very much like siblings to their own children.

Her mother was the younger of the sisters and so grew up in the shadow of an incredibly beautiful older sister. Kagome hoped she wouldn't get some sort of family complex living in the home of her beautiful cousins. She certainly didn't want to grow jealous or resentful of them. Taking a page out of her mother's book she thought that she would love them no matter what. Her mother loved her Aunt, though it irritated her to this day that her older sister still held such a youthful beauty.

Kagome chuckled mentally as she thought of the hardly-there sibling rivalry, comparing it to the rivalry between the two inu she had loved. InuYasha and Sesshoumaru might have had a different level of rivalry, but, they were still children in that respect and she was glad everything was put to rest before they passed on.

Kagome was taken from her thoughts by a loud yell.

"Kagome! Kagome where are you?!"

The girl in question looked across the station and saw her Aunt and Uncle calling for her, obviously not noticing her in her current attire.

Walking towards the two worried adults, Kagome stopped in front of them, head and face hidden by her favourite red cap which she considered her last connection to her other life.

The adults were silent.

"Aunt Nanami, Uncle Hidetoshi! You're late!" she berated.

With wide eyes the couple took in their niece.

"Oh Kagome! We thought you'd been kidnapped, or worse! We're so sorry we were late. The traffic was so terrible we thought we'd be there all day!" her Aunt enveloped Kagome in her arms and she felt comfort.

"Keh, don't worry about me Aunty, I can look after myself!" Kagome had unconsciously taken on some of InuYasha's spoken traits.

"Well then Kagome let's get you home and reacquainted with your cousins. Then after dinner we can talk about your schooling." Her Uncle was always the practical one.

Smiling, the trio made their way to the car.

"Oh Kagome, you are looking ever more beautiful these days. You look especially striking in that male uniform. I think you would look good in anything!" her Aunt was always one for over enthusiastic compliments.

"Eh, Aunty… thankyou but I'm surely not that great!" was Kagome's bashful reply.

Her Aunt just waved a dismissing hand at her and continued to chat about dresses, fashion and whatever else would look good on Kagome.

"How is little Fuyuki?" Kagome asked, remembering her younger cousin.

"Oh! Well she's growing so fast! Why just yesterday I had to buy her a new school uniform! That girl is going to be as tall as a model!" Her Aunt's jabbering filled the car and Kagome enjoyed listening.

The ride wasn't long and she was entertained by her Aunt's stories of her cousins. It was with a happy vibe that her Aunt and Uncle led her to the front door of the large family home.

They stopped in front of the large carved wooden doors.

"Well Kagome," started her Uncle as he twisted his keys in the lock and threw the door open dramatically, "Welcome to the Sakamoto family residence!"

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Word Count: 1079

Written for YukimuraShuusuke Girl's Challenge # 25 of a Princess Princess/InuYasha crossover.
NOTE= this will be a short ficlet, perhaps 10 chapters at most… and that's if I make it that far! But I will finish, it's just a matter of time.

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