Temporary Home

Summary: Kagome would be the first to tell you that life wasn't easy. She would also tell you that she didn't want it to be. If not for the hard life she had, she wouldn't have the life she did...all thanks to them...

Anime/Manga: InuYasha/Prince of Tennis

Genre: Romance/Drama

Pairing: Kagome (None)

Rated: T

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"She got sent back..."

"Again?!"

"She's too blunt! Nobody wants her kind of honesty...nobody wants a kid who's going to point out their faults...and the things that are wrong which they do."

"...but...she's nice,"

"Doesn't matter...she hardly ever shows adults that side of her, her smiled is reserved for children...we know who she is...but they don't have a clue."

"I'm being adopted today..."

"Really?"

"Yeah...but..."

"I'm meeting with a family today, after lunch."

"..." The two kids sitting side by side sighed, one a boy with his black hair tied back into a dragons tail, violet blue eyes, and dressed in blue jeans with a yellow t-shirt. The other, a little girl with brown shoulder length hair and brown doe-like eyes; dressed in an orange and white flower petal dress. The boy was fourteen years old, and the girl eight.

"What are you two moping about for?"

The two kids jumped from their spots on the floor and turned to see the very person they had just been talking about standing with her arms crossed over her chest, her black, wavy hair, falling around her shoulders and a look of pure ennui lacing her precious blue eyes.

"Kagome!" The girl ran up to the older girl of ten years old and hugged her tightly.

"Hey, Rin..." Kagome smiled, "Your 'mom and dad' are waiting up front for you."'

"...already?" The little of the three asked sadly.

Kagome laughed, "Why so sad?"

"I don't want to leave you here, you need a family too!"

"I have a family, Rin...they died a long time ago...from here on out, anyone else who takes me in, is just...a temporary family...with a temporary home..." Kagome turned her eyes to the boy who was looking sadly down at his hands. "Miroku..."

"Hm?" He glanced up at the slightly younger girl.

Kagome gave another small smile, "InuKimi is looking for you. She wants you to look 'nice' for the family you're meeting today."

Frowning, Miroku looked at his clothes, "Why? She never worries about our clothes unless it's for the initial adoption...this is just a meeting..."

Shaking her head, Kagome pocketed her hands, "You are meeting them for the first time...but they already signed the adoption papers...you're going home, Miroku."

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Kagome Higurashi walked through the halls of the orphanage as she made her way to the front. She usually got scolded for wandering off outside, but she couldn't help it. She hated being stuck inside, and now, with Rin and Miroku gone, she felt as if she had no reason for staying indoors...much less at the orphanage. They were her dear friends, the only two she could trust in this orphanage. Even InuKimi, the orphanage mother was someone Kagome felt insecure around.

"AH, e-excuse me!"

Kagome looked up at the sudden yell and frowned, a boy with red hair in a flipped out style was on the ground with a book lying beside him; a notebook, by the looks of it. Kagome saw that he had run into the older son of InuKimi, who, despite being knocked down, still held his composure and emotionless face. He stood up, and walked away without another look in the boys' direction.

Kagome walked forward, holding her hand out to the older boy, she smiled, "Sesshoumaru is like that, he doesn't talk much to anyone...not at all if he doesn't know you."

"Um...is he an orphan too?"

Kagome looked curiously at the red head who took her hand, pulling him up as he did. "That's blunt..."

"Ah...gomen, gomen...mm..."

Kagome noted the awkward tone to the boys' voice at her comment, "No...Blunt is good. It would be a lot easier to live in this place if the people who took care of us were more honest than they are."

He blinked down at Kagome with cat like blue eyes and smiled, "Yeah...I understand what you mean. So...can you show me around, possibly?"

"..." She didn't respond as she picked up a notebook which lay open. "My baby sister?"

The boy blushed, "Y-yeah...I'm going to find the perfect little sister, I told mom...she wanted to adopt a little girl, she thinks it will be good for the family! I was so excited, I spent the whole day writing down things, about how she would look, and what her personality might be like!"

Kagome stared down at the page, "...must like tennis?"

"YEAH~!"

"Go home," She put the book in his hands and left him staring at her. She heard the sound of someone running after her and sighed, "I said go home, not follow me."

"I can't go home, Nya! I only just met you, can't I have a name?"

"...if I give you my name, will you go away?"

"Hai, hai!"

"...Kagome..." She looked back and watched him smile widely.

"Nai, nai, what is your favorite color, Kagome-Chan?"

"...what does that have to do with anything, leave me alone."

"Not yet, I'll leave, I promise, just answer a few questions first, Nya!"

Kagome sighed, "I like blue..."

"And your favorite pastime?"

"...I...don't have one."

"No?"

Kagome shook her head, she had never been really active, though, she enjoyed running, she was sure it was for the feeling of freedom it gave her, because she never enjoyed the burn it caused her throat.

"How old are you? I'm fifteen!"

Laughing softly, she smiled, he wasn't so bad, but anyone who comes with a checklist to an orphanage was going to be sorely disappointed. No one here matched half of the stuff in his little book, and most was too young to know whether or not they liked tennis. They didn't play too many outdoor sports anyways. "I'm ten, I still fail to see the relevance of these questions."

"Ah, they're very important, Kagome-Chan! One more, one more..."

Raising a brow, she let a soft sigh escape her lips, "What is it?"

"Do you like it here?"

She stared at him...then down at the floor, her head was spinning, and this kid was driving her crazy with these weird questions. None of them were interconnected, none of them had anything to do with the other, and she was getting frustrated by them, "No...I don't. Like any sane orphan would enjoy staying at an orphanage. I get sent back all the time though, the parents who adopt me, don't like my blunt personality. They hate my 'lack of sensitivity' and 'harsh truthfulness', so no, I don't like it here, but I have no place else to go...now, is that it?"

"Hai! Sankyuu~"

Kagome watched the red head run down the hall and leave, she had completely forgotten that the only reason she'd run into him was to go outside for some fresh air, now...she was too tired after their meeting to care.

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Me: Here is chapter one, I've had this written mostly for a while, and just never got around to posting it. I finished it just now, so hopefully you all enjoy! Send me reviews, and let me know what you think, Nya~!