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This will be another crossover. - And since this is a fanfiction by a fan please don't be surprised if familar charectors are ooc, so please no flames about ooc charectors -

"English"

--Japanese--

+Youkai+

-Phone conversationsactions

---POV---

Recap from previous Chapter;

---Spike---

I growl at all of them, because they apparently know nothing about Japanese mythology. Because from what I personally know about it I would have to say that she is a Miko and has the legendary powers to heal and to purify.

"What was the growl for Spike?" Red asks me.

"Because you blokes apparently know nothing of Japanese culture and mythology." I reply to her.

"What do you mean by that Spike?" Slutty asks me.

"Because she is obviously a Miko and a powerful one at that." I reply with a sneer at their ignorance.

"What is a Miko, and what type of powers do they possess?" Red asks me.

"A Miko is what we would call a Priestass Willow, and according to Japanese Mythology they were the teachers, healers, and protector's of their villages in the fuedal era. But they are just a myth though, how could Kagome be one with power's?" Giles asks the group.

Chapter 3

"Well if you look at the situation like that Giles, then Vampire's and Demons aren't real either. Because to most people they are just myth's and legends, and we all know that they are real. Besides I think that we have all learned over the last several years that most myth's and legends are based on facts of some sort. I guess what we will need to now is to figure out who trained her in these miko powers and how she learned about demons to begin with." Red says calmly.

"Most Miko power's are normally passed through the blood lines, so this chit couldn't have the powers unless she inherited them from someone in her family. So I guess the question to you Giles is how much do you know about her mother's side of the family?" I ask him with a smirk on my face.

I watch as the old man gets a perplexed look on his face as he closely looks at his niece who is still out cold in my arms.

"Apparently not as much as I thought that I did Spike, I know that her mother's family has lived in an ancient shrine for century's. Her maternal Grandfather is the keeper of the shrine grounds and the monk who deals with the public. My late brother never mentioned anything about senseing any type of spirtual energy from her Mother or her Grandfather. He in fact only mentioned that he thought that his father-in-law was a tad senile in some of his beliefs." Giles replies in a flustered tone.

"How so Giles?" Red asks him.

"It was something to do with a legend of an old well on the shrine grounds. I really don't have a clue as to what the legend was my brother never really went into details about it. And the few times that I visited there after my brothers death I never inquired about it, I was in fact too worried about Kagome's situation there." He answered calmly.

"Why were you worried about Kagome's situation to begin with Giles?" Slutty asks him with a curious look on her face.

"At first I was worried that whoever killed my brother would go after Kagome in the beginning and her Mother remarried a little over a year after my brother died. Then I was worried over how he treat Kagome since she wasn't his child. I must say that her mother Suki made a good choice for Kagome's step-father, Chin never made any difference in how he treated Kagome and his son with Suki. In fact he always seemed devoted to Kagome and Souta, Chin called her the daughter of his heart, and Souta was his son of his soul. Kagome and Souta miss him terribly since his death." He answers sadly.

"How did Chin die Giles?" Red asks?

"He died from cancer about 8 years ago and Suki never remarried after his death. She told me once that she had been lucky with both of her husbands and didn't want to take a chance of trying again, but in reality I believe that she felt that she was meant to be alone. Allmost as if any relationship that she was in was meant to be doomed because of the sighn in which she was born under." He says sadly as he looks at her lying still in my arms.

"What sighn was she born under Giles?" Zapper asks.

"I don't have a clue about that Xander, she never would elaborate on that particular topic." He answers.

"I guess we should get Kagome to your house Giles, that way we can make her more comfortable." Red says calmly.

---Willow---

Giles nods his head in agreement and gestures toward his car. Spike rolls his eyes at him and heads toward it with Kagome still held securely in his arms.

"I guess Spike can go with Giles and Kagome, that way he can help him get her into the house and settled. Shall the rest of us start walking to Giles house?" I ask Buffy and Xander.

"Sure lets go Will's. Maybe we stop at the grocery store on the way and get some things to munch on, cause you know that the G-Man won't have a thing to munch at his house." Xander says with a grin.

"With you there allmost every nite how can he keep anything edible Xander?" Buffy asks with a grin.

I follow behind the two of them as we head toward the market closest to Giles house. I wonder what type of things that will happen with Kagome joining our group, I mean what type of powers does she posess? How will she get along with everyone in the group? I mean I thought for awhile there that she was going to go after Buffy and Spike for attacking that creature in the cemetary tonight. And I think that Giles thought along the same lines because he pulled her into his arms and away from Buffy. So she apparently isn't afraid of defending others even against a stronger opponite like Buffy. I just wonder if she's actually able to fight with any type of skill?

I know from what Giles said his niece has always seemed like a happy go lucky girl, but she really didn't seem like that to me when I met her. She's seems determined, strong, and hurt by something or by someone.

"Come on Willow we've got to get going before Xander clears out all of the junkfood from the market." Bufy says with a grin as she follows Xander through the door, I follow the 2 of them into the store.

---Giles---

As soon as I get my car parked Spike gets out and picks Kagome up in his arms and heads for my front door, so I grab a few of her smaller suitcases and follow behind him. I open the door and let Spike go ahead of me into the house.

"If you don't mind Spike, would you please take Kagome to the guest bedroom?" I ask him quietly.

He doesn't say anything as he heads in that general direction, I sit her bags down and head back out to the car to get the rest of her things that are still in the car. After my second trip I hear Spike digging in the fridge looking for the blood that I always try to keep for him in there. As I sit the last of her bags down behind the couch I hear the microwave running, I shake my head at the way that he and the children all treat my home as if it was their own, but in a way I enjoy it too. All of them feel like family to me, even Spike does to a point. So I guess my question to myself is how will my extended family get along with what's left of my real family?

I'm worried about Kagome, she seems so different now to what she used to be. She seems so hurt and vulnerable right now, but she still has that unique courage that she has always had. That is one of the reasons that I pulled her into my arms earlier, I really believe that she would have went after Buffy and that could have been disasterous to her. I mean Buffy is a slayer and Kagome is just a normal human girl, but Kagome is stubborn enough to go after a circle saw in a fight even if she knew that she had no hope of winning. I grin at the idea of Buffy and Kagome in a fight, Buffy would win and I've no doubt of that and Kagome would fight until she was unconcious.

I turn to where Spike is standing in the doorway drinking warmed blood from a mug and I notice that he is watching me intently.

"What is it now Spike?" I ask him quietly.

"I'm just curious about the chit who is passed out in your extra bedroom. I mean from the way she was talking before she passed out she knows the leader of that demon me and Slutty fought with earlier. I'm curious as to how an 18 year old human female would know a demon so well that he taught her how to speak in his native tongue. Aren't you curious about that as well Giles?" He asks with a smirk on his arrogant face.

"Yes Spike I must admit that I am curious about that as well. I'm also curious as to what she said about being on a quest for some type of jewel for the last three and a half years, that is apparently when she met this Youkai that she knows. From what her Mother and Grandfather had been telling me during that time is that Kagome had been coming down with all types of different ailments. I'm going to assume that all of that was a way to explain as to why she wasn't availble whenever I called during those times to speak with her." I say with a frown as I look at the bleach blonde vampire.

"From what she said I would say that your right about that, so whatever type of adventure she's been on apparently her family not only knew about it, they helped her cover up her absences from most people who know her. I must admit Old Man this is getting more interesting by the moment." He says with a grin.

"I'm curious as to what you know of Japanese Mythology and legends Spike, after all you are the first to jump to the conclusion that she may be a powerful Miko." I say to him quietly.

"Well as you know, after Angel gained a soul from the gypsy's curse the 4 of us we're in Japan for an extended period of time. During that time I was still curious about spirituality so while we were their I did some private investigating of my own about local myth's and legends. Where did you say that her family's shrine is located?" He asks me seriously.

"It's located in Tokyo, it's the Higaroushi family shrine." I answer him while keeping a close watch on his face.

"The one that has been there since the Fuedal Age?" He asks me with a strange look on his face.

---Spike---

"It's located in Tokyo, it's the Higaroushi family shrine." He answers me while watching me closely.

"The one that has been there since the Fuedal Age?" I ask him quietly.

I can remember what it looked like the first time that I saw it. Steeped with all types of history and mystery, with the ancient "God Tree" on the shrine grounds. I also know about the ancient well that is also on the shrine grounds, but that is well guarded from the public. Apparently I'm going to have to compare notes with the girl thats upstair's about some of the legends that I had learned while I was in Japan. I glance over to where Giles is still standing to see that he is watching me intently.

"Yes that is about when it was established." He answers me.

"I've spent a lot of time at that shrine while I was in Japan, it is steep with history and legends, and about battles that had fought over a jewel." I say to him quietly.

"A Jewel?" He asks.

"Yes a powerful jewel, one that had an ancient history about it in itself. It was called the "Shikon No Tama" or in english the "Jewel of Four Souls". One who had disappeared for fifty years when it had been burnt with the remains of its protector, before it had been discovered and ripped from the side of a young Miko from the same village. One who according to the legend looked exactly like the previous protector of the jewel, this is the same young Miko who released the half demon known as Inuyasha from his imprisoned sleep that the other miko had placed him in after he gave her fatal wounds." I say to him.

"How did she gain fatal wounds from the half demon?" Giles asks me quietly.

---Kagome---

meanwhile upstairs

xox flashback in the form of a dream xox

I stand in Sesshoumaru's garden watch as the three children are playing together, all of them so different from each other. Rin is a normal human girl of about 12 years old, Shippou is Kitsune Youkai who appears to be about 11 years old, and Logan who is all most 2 years old but he looks all most as big as a 5 year old. He's going to be tall like Sess is amd I bet he'll have a simalar type of build as well, but he has jet black hair like mine and he has my stormy blue eyes. And I bet that he'll have a personality more like mine than his fathers. He's already such a chatterer, and he has a sunny personality too.

I watch as Rin and Shippou are trying to teach Logan how to play tag with them. I laugh at them as they try to run from him and then to have him catch them before they can go more than a few steps from him. I laugh again as they once again try to explain the rules to him.

Logan hears me laughing and he runs to me with his arms outstretched to be caught in a hug, I bend down and catch him in my arms. I straighten up with him in my arms and notice that he is watching me with a serious look on his face.

--Kasaan, why do they want to run away from me?-- He asks me seriously.

--They're just trying to play a new game with you my son. I have a new idea everyone, why don't the three of you pick some flowers for the dinner table instead of playing tag?-- I say to them with a grin on my face.

--Ok Kassaan!-- they all three reply happily.

xox end of dream xox

I slowly wake from my dream and quickly look around only to find that I'm in a strange bedroom. I quickly scan for the closest aura's and realize that my Uncle and Spike are the only ones in the house. I quickly get out of bed and run my fingers through my hair and then head down the stairs, I stand and listen to the two of them talk quietly to each other.

"Yes a powerful jewel, one that had an ancient history about it in itself. It was called the "Shikon No Tama" or in english the "Jewel of Four Souls". One who had disappeared for fifty years when it had been burnt with the remains of its protector, before it had been discovered and ripped from the side of a young Miko from the same village. One who according to the legend looked exactly like the previous protector of the jewel, this is the same young Miko who released the half demon known as Inuyasha from his imprisoned sleep that the other miko had placed him in after he gave her fatal wounds." Spike says to him.

"How did she gain fatal wounds from the half demon?" Giles asks him quietly.

I guess Spike can sense me so I guess that I should continue the story for my Uncle. And I step through the doorway.

---Spike---

I stare at the doorway where she's standing there waiting to see how I reply to his question. I notice that Giles is getting upset that I've not immediately answered his question.

"She gained her wounds because she and Inuyasha had both been tricked by another Hanyou who was trying to steal the jewel for his own personal gain and revenge, and the original Miko's name was Kikiyo. Inuyasha and Kikiyo had fallen in love with another and they had planned for Inuyasha to use the power of the jewel to become a full human so they could be married. But unfortunately a bandit who had been badly hurt and horribly scarred in a fire had fallen in love with the priestess Kikiyo, and after she turned him down he implored demons to enter him and take over his body. He then became the half-demon Naraku, the one who disguised himself as Inuyasha and attacked Kikiyo giving her the fatal wounds that did finally kill her but before she died she used her miko powers to pin Inuyasha with an arrow to the 'God Tree' where he was in a magical sleep until Kikyo's reincarnation removed the spell from him fifty years later." Kagome says quietly from the doorway.

"How do you know so many details about this legend Kagome?" Giles asks her gently.

She looks at Giles sadly and tears start to run down her face as she stumbles over to the couch and flops down. She looks down at her hands for a couple of minutes, she then clears her voice quietly.

"Because I am Kikiyo's reincarnation and I released Inuyasha from the 'God Tree'." She says quietly.

"How is that possible Kagome? That happened over 500 years ago." Giles says.

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Thats all for this chapter, Please review and let me know what you think of this story.

I'm still needing help in picking out a title for this story, so if anyone wants to submit their ideas for a title for this story I would greatly appreciate it. I'll post the titles at the end of the next couple of chapters so everyone can vote on them, I'm also going to be accepting vote on who Kagome should be paired with. So please tell me what you think.

Thanks,

echo21