Guilty as Charged by dwX

Back to the Future.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

{:0) This is my fourth fanfic ^_^ . I know.. I know.. I have three other fanfics to update and believe me I have started writing the next chapter for Sealed within the Shikon Jewel, My Humps and Date with Destiny. But even with all that work, inspiration bites me hard in the ass and I just had to write this one... yea, it's a caffeine moment {:0) ... ( to those who read my bio.. you all know what I mean..).. it's a bit of a cliché but hey.. any story that gets my brain to work must be worth something.. Anywho, I just got to write this story before my brain explodes and it runs out my nose.. disgusting thought right? Yea, well that's why I had to write this, now that we have that out of the way, here's the first chapter.

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Chapter 1:

"Inuyasha!... Let go of the damn edge!" fumed Kagome.

The hanyou currently had sunk his fangs onto one of the wooden sides of the square well. Both claws embedded deep within two other sides, thus perfectly capping the entrance to the well quite successfully.

"Pull harder Shippo-chan!" strained Kagome, her arms grasping one of Inuyasha's wrists in an attempt to pry off his frame from the lip of the well.

Snicker.

Snicker.

"Don't you dare laugh at this situation Inuyasha. I need to go home. Mama is counting on me, and I promised her I'll help her out!" Huffed the teeenager.

"Mmrrphhhh..mrph!"

"What?"

"I said 'not a chance in hell!'" Spat out the hanyou lifting his fangs from the wooden edge. Splinters the size of the jewel shards spewing forth from his mouth, almost gagging as one particular splinter lodges itself between his fangs. He comically moves is jaws side to side as he tries to dislodge the stubborn piece of wood . This little distraction provided the miko with the opportunity she so gravely needed.

With a great heave-ho, Kagome swung her bulbous, yellow backpack over her shoulder and rammed it forcefully onto Inuyasha's shocked face, the weight of the bag adding extra leverage to her swing. The force of the blow propelled the hanyou a good five meters off to a nearby tree. "Osuwari (plunk). Osuwari (plunk).Osuwariiiiiii (PLUNK)!" She screamed on the top of her lungs.

"Wow Kagome, the surprising ways you use that bag of yours never ceases to amaze me." Beamed the dimunitive kitsune.

"Be good Shippo-chan! I'll be back in a week!" Kagome gives Shippo a hug then jumps into the well.

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"Did you let everyone know that you'll be gone for a week?" asked Mrs Higurashi.

"Ya, Inuyasha didn't like it though. I had to sit him till my voice croaked-he just wouldn't relent, the stubborn jerk!" cried Kagome taking a sip of her miso soup, after which she promptly puts down on the table. "How's grandpa feeling though?"

Mrs. Higurashi turns to face her worried daughter, then smiles reassuringly. Kagome's concerned expression, casts a shadow over her youthful face. She holds the cup of steaming broth between her hands carefully, anticipating her mother's reply with nervous trepidation.

"A little bit better." Sighed Mrs. Higurashi. "In fact he has sold ten shikon charms just this morning to some tourists from Australia."

"Gramps always was the pushy, stubborn type." Shrugged Kagome.

"Seems to run in our family." Smiled her mother thoughtfully.

"Mama!"

"I was only teasing Kagome, anyway, we're getting off the subject. As you know your grandfather took over a close friend's job after his friend passed away a couple of weeks ago. Well with your grandfather's right leg broken I'm afraid someone has to fill in his duties."

Kagome let out an exasperated sigh. His grandfather had adamantly refused help when he tried scaling the curved roof of the smaller building adjacent to the shrine. He was worried that the water might leak in and destroy the numerous manuscripts and precious heirlooms that the little storeroom had housed. The rain on the previous night had rendered the terracotta slate very slippery.

The doctor in the hospital congratulated his luck and scolded him sternly that it could have been much worse especially in his 'age'. His comments though highly appreciated was non-nonchalantly denied by her aging gramps as he had viewed himself two decades younger than he really is. Kagome shook her head. Her grandfather's stubbornness was legendary indeed.

"What was Gramps doing anyway?"

"He was taking care of private family shrine in the outskirts of Sakaiminato city in Tottori Prefecture in the South-West."

Kagome spat out her miso soup abruptly. "Ssakaiminato? Isn't that where they hold the annual Youkai haunts?"

"Hai.. Kagome-chan, don't tell me you're afraid of men dressed in youkai costumes." teased her mother.

"Iie, I've been around real youkai that could make anyone's skin crawl..... Demo, the thought of people parading around in youkai costumes in this era.. ehhhh.. it just gives me the hibby jibbies that's all."

"You won't be going to Mizuki Shigeru Rd, if that's what you're concerned about. Besides you'll be going to a private shrine in an ancient ancestral home, it's a private land. I heard from your grandfather that the owner is the wealthiest business tycoon here in Japan. Please Kagome? The private shrine is about to celebrate a great festivity ending of this week, the owner himself seldom seen and yet he will be there on this auspicious event. It's a great honor for our family to be asked to perform the purification ceremony, your grandfather had been preparing for it in months and he would be most heart broken if the honor would be passed onto another priest or miko."

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{:0) In case anyone is wondering, Youkai haunts in Sakaiminato is a real festival. Yep you heard me, it's a real festival.}

"Wonderful.. personal guilt as incentive." Kagome rolls her eyes. "Mama, if that's the icing on the cake I'm not buying it, you got to do better than that."

"It pays ten thousand yen a week." Her mother chirped. Kagome's eyes sparkled in yen signs as her ears picked up the allocated wage for one week of service.

"Ok I'm in! But it's only for a week right?"

"Hai. You're grandfather said that you'll enjoy it. The work just mainly consists of offering prayer in the morning and afternoon before you go home. There is a caretaker that cleans and manages the shrine grounds so just a touch of tidying up is needed."

"Easy pocket-money... I like it!" She grinned excitedly. She stands up and puts her empty mug in the sink. Her mother pats her on the back smiling warmly.

"Great! You can ask your grandfather about the details later. He said you'll be starting tomorrow morning."

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Kagome stared aghast and lost for words at the waiting black limousine in base of the stairs that led up to the shrine. She sucks in her breath sharply. Whoever her gramps' boss was, he sure was generous. She pulled her yellow backpack containing her bento lunch and other knick-knacks, higher on her shoulder, then proceeded to descend down the steep incline of stairs that led to the streets below.

A black uniformed chauffeur appears near the limo's door and opens it. Much to her delight the limo's interior was furnished not only with expensive luxuries reserved only for the rich and famous, but also displayed a new miko outfit. She squealed in delight, 'no wonder gramps took this job! I wonder if the boss is always this gracious to all his employees.' She pondered.

The ride to Tottori was uneventful. She looked at the passing scenery without much interest, dozing in and out repeatedly. She was jolted into consciousness when limo stopped abruptly and she realized that they had finally arrived at the their destination. Stepping out of the limousine, she stood gaping in awesome wonder at the scene before her.

It was something that graces the front cover of an architectural masterpiece magazine that screamed, 'Kiss my multi-billionare ass Bill Gates I'm King of Japan!'.

Kagome stiffled a giggle as she took a step forward the imposing building. The chauffeur directed her to the elevated front porch. Moving slowly she contemplated on the wondrous house.

The architecture of the main house was modern Japanese, it stood aloof and somewhat cold, the color mix was quite bold and modern. Muted grays with highlights of the crimson-brown tint of the wood that adorned the place. It had an angular style, with rather domineering black granite walls, clashing with expensive looking mahogany timber accents.

The reddish-brown wooden planks that made the stairs, door and some modified version of a shoji screen window looked somewhat stood in stark contrast against the back drop of the dark gray slate roof that curved upward in a characteristic Japanese fashion, almost mimicking the horns that adorn a samurai's helmet. She followed a kindly looking old matron inside the imposing structure, whistling in disbelief and bewilderment at the type of riches that furnished the expansive abode.

"Please be seated here and wait miko-sama."

Kagome nodded and bowed respectfully. Sure she was out of place in all this grandeur, but she'll be damned if she comes across as an ill breed teenager devoid of any manners. The old woman returned her bow and then scurried off. This gave Kagome time to analze her dream-like surroundings.

The furniture itself was quite modest, but it was the types of furniture that caught the attention of her roving eyes. They were opulent antiques, and if she was not mistaken, most were from the Sengoku Jidai era. The rest were bits and pieces of other rare treasures from all over the world, fit for museum collections. Suddenly, an odd prickling sensation began on the back of her neck. 'Youkai?'.

"Ah! Higurashi-san's granddaughter!"

Kagome spins to face the pitchy cackling voice that sounded all too familiar. Her eyes widen a fraction before settling on the stubby form that entered the foyer. Her gaze narrowed into slits when before stood none other than, "you stinking toad!" She screamed pointing at his shaking figure. "Of all the places and of all the youkai to survive into this century, it had to be your stinking hide!"

"Kami-sama!"gasped Jaken stepping back. "Yyou're alive? Have you come to haunt this Jaken?"

Kagome takes a scrutinizing look at each of her hands and legs, then retorts loudly, "what does it look like slime ball? You think I came back as the living dead? What the hell am I, Kikyo?"

Jaken flung himself onto Kagome, latching onto one of her legs calling for assistance, "Cripes! Get if off, get it off." Yelled the startled girl, kicking high in the air as Jaken fastened himself more securely to one of her legs.

"Milord! Milord! Inuyasha's wench still lives!" Screeched the ecstatic Jaken. Kagome froze mid kick. 'Sesshoumaru? He's here too?... Ahhh crap!' She groaned inwardly.

"Shut it dirt bag or I promise to kami I'll shove my shoe in your mouth!" She snarled lowly strangling the kappa youkai with both hands.

"Milord deserves to know why and how, a ningen wench such as yourself, remain breathing when you should very well have died..... You are a human right?" Asked the puzzled Jaken, peering closely at her face.

Kagome growls irritably. "Of course I am you dumb ass troll. But you won't tell him you've seen me, or there will be hell to pay-got that?" The tips of her hands illuminating in a pink glow.

Jaken gulped nervously but stood his ground holding out his staff of heads before him.

"Jaken. What is the meaning of your disturbance?" Sesshoumaru's silken voice flows amid their tense stand-off. Kagome lets out a squeak then dives behind a blood red leather sofa along with Jaken. She holds onto him with one hand and with the other pinches the kappa youkai's twitching lips.

'OMFG! Sesshoumaru is still alive in my time! He mustn't know I'm here.' Panicked Kagome, the beating of her heart thundering loudly in her chest. "Remember what I said." She warned. Jaken nods stupidly. Slowly she releases the pressure made by her fingers on his lips.

"Fforgive this lowly retainer of yours Milord.. I ehh.. I was mistaken."

Hearing no sound apart from their erratic breathing, both sighed heavily in relief.

"Human! You are a most wretched sight to behold...." Jaken blurted out. "Gyah! If milord finds out I helped you... Great Kamis in heaven, this lowly retainer asks for your benevelance! Spare me from my Lord's wrath!" Petitioned the kappa youkai in a praying posture.

"See now you're freaking me out!" Kagome gritted out between clenched teeth. "I don't want him to know about me. So just tell me what I have to do, then I'll leave. But under no circumstances will you inform him that I'm here."

"My loyalty remains to my Lord!" cried Jaken defiantly. "Perhaps if I confess to him now, he will be most forgiving."

"He may, but I'll definately flush that loyal ass of your down the toilet if you don't do as I say." bit out Kagome forcefully.

Jaken gulped nervously.

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{:0) Tell me what you all think.. should I keep going? Your review and input would be most

appreciated!