Hey this is my first Inuyasha story, so I hope it is good! And please send reviews of giving me ideas of anything I take everything to consideration! Thanks! Also most of this story will be in Kagome's point of view, but I'll tell you otherwise. Also I am going to make Rin a little bit older than Kagome.

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Key and Lock

The pain of losing someone never goes away, sure people tell you that life goes on and you will get over it one day, but not me. I just lost the two most important people in my life; my mother and grandfather. There was no one left to care of my brother, Sota, or I. Flashbacks of the day they died still haunt my head every day and if only it wasn't for my brattish ways they would still be here. That was the day when my heart became locked.

A few days after their deaths the funeral was held. It was a nice funeral. Many people showed up, all our families close friends and even some of Sota's and my class mates came to give their respects. We had no family show up and the reason why is because we have no family left. My family was the last of the Higurashi family and Sota is the last male to carry on the family name.

The funeral progressed on and I did not shed one single tear. I have to be the strong one out of Sota and I. I now have to care for him, plus I could not find the tears to cry. Slowly people started to drift away and leave. The only person who was still left was a man with long silver hair, piercing gold eyes, and two lines of purple streaks. This man I would have to say was gorgeous he had no flaws, but I could tell right away that he was a demon.

The one thing that I know about demons was that they were evil. I was gifted the powers of a miko before my mother and grandfather died and I swore that I would protect humans from demons. So I quickly pulled out a bow and an arrow that I had stashed behind the coffins in case something like this happened. I pointed the arrow at the demon and as I was about to release the arrow the demon looked at me with his intensing eyes and bowed like I have showed him what he needed to see.

"What do you want demon?" I sneered keeping my arrow pointed at him just in case this demon started any funny business.

"Hmmm. It seems like you have grown since I last saw you Kagome. It seems like you have finally grown into your miko powers, just in time too." The demon said calmly.

"How do you know my name?"

"It seems like you don't remember poor child." The demon said while coming closer towards me like he was trying to comfort me.

"Don't you dare come an inch closer; if you do I shall hit you with my sacred arrow." I growled. After I said this the demon stepped back again to his original place. He looked at me with concern and then he stretched out his hand that had a piece of paper on it addressed to me. I snatched the paper out of his hand and I read over it.

Dear Kagome,

If you have received this letter then this means that your father, grandfather, and I have passed on to the next world.

Kagome dear you should not be afraid of anything, because we have decided to leave your life and baby Sota's life in the

hands of a kind demon named Inutaisho. He has promised to protect Sota and you from any trouble while we aren't there.

Kagome do not blame our deaths on yourself. We have died for a reason and that is to protect you and Sota, so dear

please don't forget to live your life with no regrets and remember we love you.

Love,

Mother.

I could feel the tears building up in my eyes. This was the first time since the accident that I actually started crying. The tears kept falling off my face. While I was crying the demon who I presumed was Inutaisho came closer and started to pat me on the back as comfort. I looked up and I saw his kind eyes looking at me with concern I looked at him and tried to smile. This was the first time that any demon has showed any kindness towards me.

"Kagome I understand that this is a hard time for you and Sota, but we need to move into your house as soon as possible." Inutaisho said.

"W-What d-do you mean we m-move into m-my house?" I sobbed.

"Well I have a family of my own and your shrine is the only place remotely safe for you and your brother. And if we have to make room I can always add onto the house if that is alright with you of course." I looked at him and gave in I was not in the mood to battle on, plus I wouldn't have to leave my home I was raised in.

After the whole sobbing I decided that it was time to get Sota and leave and explain everything that was happening. When I was explaining everything to Sota he actually took it all calmly and he did not freak out he just nodded his head and said I understand..

The next few days were the days that we started to slowly meet Inutaisho's family. The first person we met was his wife or his mate, Izayoi; she was a pretty woman of about thirty. She had long black hair and the light brown eyes. Her face was soft and gorgeous and you could tell that she was sweet and honest and cared for everybody. She automatically took Sota and I as her own children.

After that we met his oldest son, Sesshomaru, and a girl a little bit older than me, and they called her Rin. Sesshomaru looked very much alike his father, but he had a crescent moon on his forehead, while Rin who looked nothing like them, she had dark brown hair that came to the middle of her back and dark brown eyes. She kind of looked like me now that I look, but I ignore that. What I learned about Sesshomaru and Rin is that they are actually mates and that Sesshomaru and Rin have been together since she was a little girl after her parents were killed.

When I thought that there were no more people that was when Inutaisho brought is youngest son to meet me. I was a little bit ticked off because there were so many people moving into my small house, but I remember that mother would never want me to be disrespectful so I kept my tongue in my mouth, well that was until I met Inuyasha.

It was a warm and sunny day, so I decided not to waste my time inside when I could be outside enjoying the weather when I say Inutaisho come up our shrine's steps with a boy about my age with him. This boy was extremely cute. He had long silver hair like his father, but he had a soft face like his mother. Also those gorgeous gold eyes glittered in the sun light. I could tell right away that this boy was a hanyou; he had the claws, fangs, and the adorable cute fuzzy ears to prove it.

When they stopped in front of me I had the urge to go up and rub his ears, but I controlled myself. I remember Inutaisho introducing us to each other,

~Flashback~

"Kagome this is my youngest son, Inuyasha."

"Inuyasha this is Kagome, the girl I was telling you about."

"Keh. Are you sure this is her. She smells like a human." Inuyasha said with disgust.

"Inuyasha, Kagome is human. I have promised to protect her and that means you have to too."

"Keh as if I would help a human like her." He said and walked away. I looked at the guy with disbelief, was he actually going to be that rude to me.

~End of Flashback~

I was so mad after that, that I had to blow off some steam, so I actually went inside and grabbed my arrows and went looking for demons. I destroyed about a few demons and then I returned home and then called up my best friend and spilled my guts out to her about the whole Inuyasha thing. She told me to just blow him off he doesn't matter any way, but I keep getting the feeling that there is something different about him, but I just don't know what it is.

About a week after meeting their whole family they started to move in and by then end of the week they were officially living in my house. Yes it was a bit crowded, but we ended up having enough rooms for everyone to have. Inutaisho said that Sesshomaru and Rin would not be living with us. He told me that Sesshomaru will be taking care of their old house and make it theirs. I was relieved to hear this, it would of been too much if all of us lived in this one house.

The thing that troubled me the most was seeing that rude Inuyasha again. Every time we saw each other we always argued. Something was always wrong or I never did anything right. I was getting very agitated with him, so one day I grabbed a rosary and used my miko powers to put a spell on it. The next time I saw him I "accidently fell on him and placed the necklace around his neck. What I did not expect was to see him blush and for my stomach to flip. I quickly jumped back away from him.

Inuyasha didn't notice his necklace at first, but when he started to be rude to me by yelling at me saying I need to watch where I was going, so I used the one word that activated my spell, sit. His face flew to the ground. He came up and looked at me with the stink eye and tried saying something again so I screamed, "SIT! SIT! SIT!" And each time his face was to the ground I walked away with pride knowing I could now beat Inuyasha.

The first night that we had together was fine. We did what most people do we ate dinner and then we talked about what was going on with life. We mostly talked about how school was coming up and that was when I found out that Inuyasha and I would be going to the same high school. Yay me. After all the talking we all decided that it was a good time to go to bed.

~Kagome's Dream~

The rain was hitting hard against the car's window. I watched each raindrop fall off the window. Mother and grandfather were picking me up from one of my demon hunts that I was prohibited from late at night, but I did it anyway because I can sense when someone is in trouble. I am in the back seat not listening to a single word they are saying. Everything I hear is Blah, Blah, Blah. Just when I think they are done talking to me my mother turns around and abruptly looks at me and screams, "Kagome did you listen to one word I said!"

The next thing I know I see a man's face smile evilly at my window and BAM! The car is flipping over and then everything turns pitch black and then I start falling. I am scared and I feel like no one cares for me that is when I hear, "Kagome. Are you alright?"

~End of Dream~

Next thing I know is that Inuyasha is in my room with just sweat pants on looking at me as if I got hurt or something. I look outside and I see that it is raining and all I could picture was the car that my mother and grandfather were in and perished. I almost start to scream, but then I am picked up and embraced by Inuyasha.

Inuyasha was actually comforting me. He was gently rubbing my back and rocking me saying, "Shh. Kagome you will be fine." I start to feel better and as I am about to drift back to sleep I feel the presence leave me and then I grip on tighter to Inuyasha. Inuyasha looks down on me and gently strokes my cheek I whisper, "Please don't leave me." Next thing I know Inuyasha is crawling into my bed with me and pulling me by my waist closer to him. I then fall asleep to the warmth of Inyasha right by my side.

This is where I am ending chapter 1! In the next chapter you are going to meet Sango, Miroku, and Kikyo. There will be a bit more drama because of Kikyo. I hope you liked it! And Please Review and tell me what you think or if you have any ideas! And I most likely will be making new characters and adding alot of the ones from the series! Thanks for reading!

~BoBo~