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Justin hummed softly to himself as he walked out of his last class of the day and towards his locker, approaching the small container that held most of his school supplies his hum switched to a different tune, the one he had made up to help him remember his locker combination. While outwardly he hummed the tune to the song, in his mind he sung the words that went along with the tune. Within moments, the lock gave away and he had access to his belongings inside.

Opening his backpack he placed it on the floor by his feet and turned his attention back to his locker and the items inside it. Going through the items inside, he pulled out each item he came across that he would need to bring back home with him for the evening. It wasn't hard to find what he needed, since his locker was tidy and organized. Putting all items he would need on an invisible list within his mind, he mentally checked off each item as he put it into his backpack. Once this list was completely checked off, he nodded in satisfaction, closing his locker he bent down and zipped his backpack close. Once that was done, he grabbed the straps to the bag and straightened into a standing position.

As he stood up, he jumped in surprise when he noticed the three people standing in front of him. His younger siblings Alex and Max, and his younger sister's friend, Harper. He nodded in greeting to them with farrowed brow. "What do you guys want?" He questioned with a sigh, a light annoyance in his tone. Though the question was directed to all three of them, his attention rested mainly on his younger sister.

Alex rose a brow at her brother's question, a playful smirk coming to her lips. "Well, school is over and I would like to go home sometime today" she replied sarcastically.

Justin frowned at her sarcastic tone, there went his good mood. Though his younger sister always knew how to ruin his day. "Why didn't you go home by yourself? You do it everyday, usually even before the school day is actually over"

Before Alex could reply to his question, their younger brother Max decided that it was his time to reply "Remember Justin, Mom and dad said this morning that they need us all to come home at the same time today" He stated with a smug smile upon his lips,obviously glad that he had remembered something that his siblings, or at least his elder brother, had not.

Justin felt like mentally smacking himself, how could he have forgotten such a thing. Glancing warily at his younger sister he frowned, it must have been because he stayed around her too long. He shook his head lightly to get his mind back to the matter at hand. "Alright, let's go home and see what mom and dad have to tell us" He stated. Seeing his siblings, and Harper, nod in agreement to his suggestion Justin slipped his arms through the straps of his backpack once it settled comfortably onto his back he began to walk away from his three companions and towards the exit of the school.

He did not need to look back to know his younger siblings and Harper were following him. He could hear Alex and Harper talking quietly to one another behind him about something he really didn't care about. While Max walked with the usual dazed look upon his face. He shook his head, why did it seem like he was the only normal one in his family? Picking up his pace, he kept his gaze forward. He was extremely curious as to what his mother and father were so excited about this morning. He had never seen his mother as excited as she had been in the morning.

The four companions continued to walk the distance from their school to their home at a fast pace, soon they found themselves standing in front of their home, and also their father's sandwich shop. Justin stopped and glanced at the front door with a furrowed brow "That's strange" he stated quietly.

Not quietly enough as the one's that were behind him could hear, Alex came to a stop by his side and looked at him curiously. "What's strange?" She questioned.

Justin glanced at her quickly before turning his attention back towards the shop "Mom and dad closed the shop early" he stopped talking for a moment, a frown coming to his lips. "This must be serious for them to close so early on a weekday, let's go" he stated, as he began to walk towards the front door of the sub station. Pulling open the door he walked inside, listening as his companions followed closely behind him.

Glancing around the empty shop, he guessed that his parents were both upstairs where their home was. He began to make his way up the stairs, not bothering to wait for his siblings to follow behind him. Once up the stairs he approached their 'front' door and opened it making his way into the living room.

He glanced around the living room curiously and soon his sight rested on his parents who were seated in the dining room talking quietly to one another. Laying his backpack down by the door and making a mental note to put it into his room after talking to his parents, he approached them. As he got closer, they seemed to finally acknowledge his, and Alex,Max and Harper's existence. Wow, this must be serious He thought, as he watched his parents curiously.

His mother motioned for them to sit down, Justin took the offered seat and glanced at his parents anxiously, wondering when they were going to talk. He didn't have to wonder for long, as soon as he and his siblings were seated, his mother began to talk.

"I have something very important to tell you all." she started, as soon as the words were out of her mouth, she was interrupted by Alex.

"Ah~ Don't tell me you're pregnant! We don't need another one of him around. I think it would just get worse after something like him was produced." Alex stated while motioning towards Max, a sarcastic tone in her voice as she she spoke.

Their mother sighed, glaring lightly at Alex as she rubbed her temples to ease the oncoming headache. "No" she replied lightly, "That isn't it. Will you please take this seriously Alex? This is very important to me"

Alex didn't press the issue nor offer another sarcastic remark, instead she merely motioned for their mother to continue. Pleased that she wouldn't be interrupted anymore, and that her children were actually paying attention to what she was saying, their mother's frown was replaced with a wide smile. "As I was saying, I have important news. My old friend from Japan will be coming here to visit, and she will be bringing her family with her. I want no talk of magic, or any hint that any of you possess magic while they are here."

Justin raised a brow, this news surprised him as he had no knowledge that his mother even knew anyone from Japan. She certainly never talked about this person. Feeling his curiosity begin to overwhelm his mind, he voiced his thoughts. "Mom, I did not know that you went to Japan, or knew anyone from there?"

Their mother smiled fondly as she clasped her hands together in excitement "Yes, I went there for a year as an exchange student. It was enjoyable, my friend who is coming to visit, was the one that I stayed with while there." She sighed deeply as she remembered her time in the country of the rising sun. Shaking her head to clear her mind, she focused back onto her children. "We've kept in contact over the years, I haven't seen her personally for about twenty years now"

Alex decided that now was the best time to voice her own thoughts. "So if they're staying with us, where will they be sleeping?" she questioned while looking at all of those in the room, a sudden smirk came to her lips, making her family mentally groan at the thought of what may come from Alex's mouth next. "Are we going to add some new rooms?" She questioned, light excitement in her voice at the thought of being able to use magic for something other than the lessons they had.

Noticing the looks she was getting from the other members of her family, and from her best friend, Alex shrugged and pouted as she leaned back into her chair. "What?" she questioned "They won't know if their rooms are used for magic". She stated confidently.

Their mother sighed and glanced towards their father while motioning towards Alex with her head. Their father huffed as he turned his attention towards Alex. "No Alex, We already made arrangements. Her daughter will be sleeping in your room. Her father will be sleeping in Justin's room, and her son will be sleeping in Max's room and finally she will be sleeping in the guest room that we have" He stated quickly, his tone leaving no room for argument from any of his children. "We have guest beds already set up in each room, so don't worry about having to share your beds or having to give them up" he stated when seeing their questioning expressions.

Looking towards the clock on the wall, he smiled and clasped his hands together. "Alright, now that everything is settled, we still have time to get a quick study session in before they arrive." Motioning for his children to follow, he began towards the door. "Let's go" he stated, leaving the door to their home open as he made his way down the stairs and towards their lair, where they held their study sessions.

Alex watched her father leave the room with a frown, huffing she slowly rose from her seat, grumbling to herself she ignored the others in the room and followed after her father. She wasn't exactly thrilled to be sharing a room with some stranger, nor was she thrilled to studying magic today. She was tired from human school, sighing she continued to the lair with her shoulders hunched. Today was just not her day.

Max quickly followed his sister and father down to the lair, unlike his sister, he was ecstatic at the idea of sharing his room with someone from Japan. His thoughts were focused on who and how his new roommate will be, perhaps this new person will be able to teach him how to be a ninja? Or something awesome like that. He chuckled to himself at the thought of learning such new and exciting things, he could hardly wait until they came. Which is why he didn't mind the lesson right now, it will pass time and make them come faster.

Justin watched both of his younger siblings leave the room, with different emotions in their expressions and postures. This would be interesting, he had to admit that even he himself was interested in their guests. Of course, unlike his younger brother, he knew that not everyone from Japan was into martial arts or 'ninjas' as his brother thought those who practiced the art were called. He was more interested in the culture and hopefully with these new guests coming to stay with them for awhile he could learn about their culture and expand his horizons, so to speak.

He was sure educating himself on other cultures would help him when he went to college in the near future. Rising from his seat, Justin excused his presence from his mother and Harper, then he too began to walk out of the house and towards the lair downstairs. He knew that for this lesson, his mind would not be on the lesson but instead on their foreign visitors. He hoped there would be no language barrier between their families.

Kagome sighed softly as she tightened her grasp on the handle to her luggage, her hold on her luggage seemed to tighten every few moments, to the point that now her knuckles were beginning to turn white and her hand was starting to hurt. Her nerves were haywire at the moment, and the cause of it was the recent trip she had taken with her family. It was rather pathetic that she was feeling as nervous as she was at this moment, she had traveled five hundred years into the past without batting an eye, and yet traveling to another country caused her to have a panic attack.

She never would have dreamed of traveling to another country, especially so suddenly. She had just gotten back from a trip the feudal era when her mother had told her to inform Inuyasha that she would not be returning for some time, because they would be traveling to America to meet her old friend. Inuyasha, to say the least, was not pleased at all. Thankfully, by the help of Miroku, she was able to subdue Inuyasha so she could travel back to her time, and temporary seal the well so he could not come and hunt her down.

Glancing to her mother that stood beside her, she smiled as she studied her mother's posture. She was excited and beaming with happiness. She had not seen her mother like this since she was a child, and when her father was still alive. She was curious to see who her mother's friend was, she had never heard of her before, but thinking back to it now, she did remember her mother made often phone calls late at night or early in the morning and she always did talk in English when on those phone calls.

Kagome was pulled from her thoughts when a female voice echoed through the area they were standing in, cutting through all the voices and murmurs of the airport they stood in, she heard her mother's name called. "Kun-Loon!"

Kagome smiled as she watched a petite woman, of her mother's age, running through the airport with high heels on and stiff posture. She giggled at the image, and seeing her mother's face light up at the woman's appearance. Soon the women were hugging and giggling with one another, acting like school girls, her mother seemed so young. Seeing her mother so happy made her worries and other troublesome emotions die.

With her brother by her side, Kagome took the time that her mother interacted with her old friend, Mrs. Russo she believed was her name, to study her mother's friend. The woman seemed to be of the Mexican race, she was petite, the heels she wore adding to her height. She had medium length brown hair that was curled and framed her face nicely, and brown eyes that shined with excitement.

Kagome's attention left the two women before her as she noticed a male, that she had not noticed before, by his close stance to his mother's friend, she had to guess that he was her husband which would make him Mr. Russo. She noted mentally as she studied the man as he nervously fidgeted in his place beside his wife. He was bigger than his wife, in both height and width but she wouldn't really call him fat, he was more husky than anything else. He had short dirty blond hair that was styled in a disheveled fashion. His skin was tan, the color seemed to be natural, making Kagome wonder what heritage he came from. Kagome continued to watch the trio as the man introduced himself to her mother, and with a few more pleasantries between them they seemed to finally notice the presence of herself, her grandfather and her little brother.

Kagome stiffened and Mr and Mrs Russo approached them, a nervous smile upon her lips as she nervously watched them. She had studied English in school since Middle School, and her mother sometimes liked to talk to them in the foreign language to make sure that they would not get rusty with the language, but she was still nervous talking the language with people who spoke it frequently. She had wonderful grades in English at school, but she did mess up from time to time when speaking it, no matter how much she practiced.

Kagome stiffened further when she found herself being pulled into a tight hug from Mrs. Russo, for being such a petite woman, she sure had a lot of strength. She stared at Mrs. Russo with wide eyes at the petite woman held her away at a distance and looked her up and down. She wasn't use to such familiarity with a woman she had never personally met before, she was pulled from her thoughts as the woman before her began to speak. "Oh you must be Kagome! You've grown so much since the last photo your mother sent to me" she stated happily "You're so beautiful" she added with joy.

Kagome blushed in surprise at the familiarity, she had a feeling that it would take awhile for her to get use to American behavior. Smiling nervously she softly replied "Thank you". She sighed softly as Mrs. Russo gave her one more hug before moving onto her brother and grandfather. She awkwardly greeted Mr. Russo next, unlike his wife, he wasn't as physically friendly with her family. He kept his distance, but was still friendly enough.

After greetings between her family and Mr and Mrs Russo were over, Mr Russo nervously looked around at everyone before motioning towards the entrance of the airport. "I'm sure you are all tired, why don't we go home and introduce you to the rest of the family and get you settled in?" he suggested.

Kagome nodded, not having to glance at the other members of her family to know that they too were nodding in agreement to Mr Russo's suggestion. They were all tired, the flight had been a long one, and all of them had resisted going to sleep so they would not have to deal with jet lag in the morning and could enjoy their stay in the foreign country they would be visiting. Anxiously, Kagome once again tightened the hold on her luggage and began to follow after her family and the Russo's as they lead the way through the airport and towards their car.

Justin ran a nervous hand over the fabric of his t-shirt for what seemed like the thousandth time, his action brought an annoyed sighed from his younger sibling. Glancing over at said sibling, he rose a brow "What?" he questioned.

Alex looked up from her magazine and met her brother's gaze "Can you quiet stressing out over this? It's annoying" she grumbled, before going back to her previous task of flipping through the fashion magazine she had in her hold.

Justin frowned at his younger siblings behavior, how could she not be nervous nor excited about this? "Well excuse me for having feelings and not being so nonchalant about everything. How can you not show any emotion about someone from a foreign country coming to visit and stay with us?" he questioned, pausing to release a light sigh, he continued speaking. "I've never seen mom excited about anything. Not even when Grandma or Uncle Ernesto comes to visit."

Alex shrugged, closing her magazine she tossed it onto the coffee table in front of her. "Well..." Alex started, glancing at her brother with a playful smirk upon her lips "I would excuse you but there really is no excuse for you" she stated with a light chuckle. Seeing her brothers serious expression, she leaned back into the seat with an over exaggerated sigh. "I know mom is excited, but I really don't see what the big deal is. I won't even have anything in common with someone from Japan" she grumbled.

The red headed female, Harper, that sat beside Alex frowned at her best friends behavior. "Come on Alex, be nicer to Justin he holds a point. I mean, this is exciting. The Japanese have a very unique taste in fashion, not to mention it will also be fun to meet someone new." She stated happily.

Alex rolled her eyes at her best friends excuse. Reaching to the bowl that was placed between them, she grabbed a piece of popcorn from the bowl and munched on the small treat while shrugging lightly. "Whatever you say Harper" she started, finishing the piece she had been munching one she looked over at her friend, glancing up and down her appearance she smirked. "I don't think anyone's fashion could be more unique then your own" she stated with a light chuckle. "Besides, you're just excited because you're not the one sharing a room with a total stranger".

Their conversation was cut short as her mother's voice traveled up the stairs, announcing that their guests were now here. The announcement made almost all in the room stiffen in their seats overwhelmed by various emotions, with the exception of Alex who merely huffed and began to re-read the magazine she had previously discarded.

Justin listened intently to the sounds of his mother and father coming up the steps, their guests behind them. Luckily, it was easy to hear how far away they were. With each step that came closer and closer to the door of their home, Justin felt his nerves get stronger. After what seemed like hours of waiting, the steps of their parents and guests finally ended as they came to the front door. The door opened revealing their parents and guests as they quickly entered the home.

The first to enter was their mother and father, then an elderly man who was looking around their home with so much excitement that it surprised Justin. After the elderly man, a middle aged woman entered, she seemed more timid than the man, she had short brown hair and brown eyes that shined with different emotions. She smiled softly at him as he caught her gaze.

Justin blushed at being caught in his inspection, but returned the smile. His gaze drifted from the middle aged woman, and went over their other guests. The next person to enter was a boy he guessed was around Max's age. He, like the rest of his family members, was small in size like his mother the small boy had brown hair and brown eyes. He, like his grandfather, was glancing around the room in what seemed to be excitement and awe. Justin mentally chuckle, knowing that his brother and this boy would get along fine.

His gaze moved onto the last guest, the female seemed to be around his age, he couldn't see her looks as she had her back to him while she closed the door. He watched nervously as she turned around, Justin nearly gaped as he took in her appearance. She was, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful females he had seen in a long time. She was taller then the rest of her family, but petite in width like them. Her outfit covered most of her body, but it was obvious to tell that she was in shape. Her facial features were soft and feminine what surprised him the most however, was that unlike her family she had blue eyes, that with the right light exposure there were hints of gray within the blue. Another thing that was different than her families appearance was that she had black hair instead of brown, her hair was long and thick, her fringe was long ending just above her eyes. She must take after her father's appearance he thought as he continued to look her over.

Justin was brought from his thoughts as his mother began to introduce their guests. She motioned towards the elderly male first "This is Kun-Loon's father, Mr. Higurashi" she stated before moving onto the middle aged woman, her smile widening as she introduced her friend with a motion of her hand "This is Kun-loon" she stated excitedly before motioning towards the boy "and this is Souta, and this-" she started while motioning towards the female that still had his attention. "Is Kagome." Glancing away from her friend's family, their mother turned her attention towards her own, mainly Alex. "I expect you all to treat them with respect."

Their father nodded in agreement. "Alright, now that you know their names, why don't you take our guests to the rooms they will be staying in so they can get settled in before dinner." he suggested.

Alex was the first to move, with an over exaggerated sigh she put her magazine back onto the coffee table and rose from her seat, making her way over to Kagome she huffed softly before speaking towards the elder female. "Hey, You're going to be staying with me so let's go" she grumbled, motioning for the girl to follow her upstairs.

If Kagome was surprised by the younger female's behavior, she didn't let it show. She quickly and quietly followed the younger female as she lead her to the room she would be staying in. While she looked calm outside, inside her thoughts and emotions were a whirlwind. She was very nervous about socializing in this foreign country, these feelings were something new for her. Usually her friends would address her as a "social butterfly"-she was able to get along with almost anyone right after meeting them. However her self caution on using the foreign language to native speakers put a damper on her usual outgoing personality.

Glancing towards the back of the female in front of her, she sighed softly, this female-Alex if she remembered correctly-did not seem to be too much younger then her in age. Hopefully she could get along with one of the Russo children. It would be something that would make this trip much more enjoyable.

The two females continued to walk together in silence until they reached their destination. Alex opened the door to the room and turned to face her guest. She was slightly surprised that the female had not complained or mentioned her lack of "manners" like she was sure her parents and elder brother would do later. Raising a brow, she motioned into the room with her hand "Go on in"

Kagome smiled nervously and nodded, tugging her luggage behind her she quickly made her way into the room. Stopping in the middle or the room she glanced around the room, studying her new surroundings, she hummed softly. She shivered and stiffened, brow furrowed she frowned slightly and she continued to study the room. Something seemed off about this room-now that she thought about it there was something off about the whole house. What it was however, was not something she could figure out.

"I cleaned a drawer out for you, you can put your stuff in there"

Jumping slightly at the sound of her hosts voice. Kagome glanced towards the younger female and noticed where she was pointing. A small smile quickly replaced her frown and she nodded her thanks before walking over to the dresser that had an empty drawer open. Hearing her host sigh deeply and then settle onto her bed. Kagome directed her attention towards her luggage.

Laying her suitcase down she opened it and began to pull the contents out. She didn't bring much with her, just clothes and some things that would entertain her when the Russo children were at school. Grabbing different outfits she began to carefully and neatly place them in the drawer. She was so focused in the task at hand that she had not noticed her host move until the young female spoke.

"What are these?"

Stopping in her task. Kagome glanced behind her to see what the female, Alex, was talking about. Her brow rose as she noticed the female was standing beside her open suitcase, a small book was in her hand. "That is a manga book" she replied a soft smile upon her lips. Seeing Alex's confused expression-she went on to explain in further detail what the book was. "It is like a comic book, but manga can come in many different genres. It's not just restricted to super powers or the super natural" she explained, then she explained how to read the book.

Once she was done explaining, Alex hummed in response and she skimmed through the book. Seeing the girls obvious interest in the book, she chuckled softly. "You can read them if you want" she added, glad that she had thought before hand to bring some of her favorite manga that had been translated into English.

A small smirk came to Alex's lips as she closed the book "Sounds good to me" she replied. Humming to herself she went towards the bed and plopped down onto it, opening the book once more she began to read it. Shaking her head, a small smile of amusement came to Kagome's lips and she turned around to continue her previous task of unpacking.

Kagome continued to unpack and get settled in, while Alex continued reading the manga she had brought with her with until Alex's mother called from downstairs-informing them that dinner was ready and that they needed to come down.

A/N: Whew, finally got the first chapter re-written and revised. I wasn't going to post this story until I had all chapters done. Then ended up deciding to post the first chapter while I worked on the others. For those who did not read the original -This is a short story. It have four chapters plus an epilogue.

Hope you all enjoyed. Please review!