GOMEN NE FOR NOT UPDATING IN SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG! I've been terribly busy, but that's no excuse. Anyways… I don't know how often I can update, but I shall update! Yup.

Title: A Modern Day Fairytale

Author: Takara, Lady of Western Lands

Rating: PG - PG-13; depends on what I write.

Pairings: Sesshoumaru/Takara (OC); InuYasha/Kagome; Sango/Miroku.

Summary: There's a new girl at Tokyo University, and she isn't human either. In fact, she's youkai. It's my first or second attempt on an InuYasha fic. Please be kind.

Disclaimer: I OWN INUYASHA! MUWAHAHAHAHAHA! ::lawyers come up to her in their black suits and shiny briefcases eagerly:: NO! I don't own InuYasha… ::lawyers grumble and walk away:: …yet! (devilish laugh) {Strongbad's the best, man!}

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Takara tapped the steering wheel boredly as she listened to Sesshoumaru give her directions to the restaurant. 'Why is he helping me? I thought he wanted nothing to do with me when I ran into him earlier this morning…'

"Take a left here." He said emotionlessly. Takara complied and found herself in front of a traditional Japanese restaurant. Parking her car and activating the lock/alarm, she walked hesitantly up to the building, trailing behind Sesshoumaru.

The hostess bowed and said, "Ah. Hoshikawa-sama. Welcome back. Your usual table?" Sesshoumaru nodded slightly, following behind the hostess, and Takara trailing behind, her masked tail seemingly tucked between her knees. The hostess, Kori as her nametag said, seated them and handed each of them menu's. "A server will be here shortly. Enjoy your meal, Hoshikawa-sama." She bowed again then left.

Takara looked down at the menu, reading carefully the kanji stating the dishes and prices. 'This place is nice but affordable! No wonder Hoshikawa-san comes here. I may have to remember this place for future reference.'

She was broken from her train of thought by a male voice saying, "Konnichi-wa. Welcome to Yume Sakura*. I will be your server Kou- Oi! Sesshoumaru! Didn't expect to see you here ever with a girl! Someone finally melted that heart of ice of yours, neh? She's quite the catch. Wait till InuYasha sees this. (A/N: In this story, InuYasha and Kouga are friends but they still fight over Kagome, kay? Sesshoumaru also doesn't hate InuYasha. He has a few brotherly moments when they're alone.)"

Sesshoumaru glared at him coldly. "You will not tell InuYasha anything about this. Do I make myself clear, wolf?"

Kouga mock saluted before taking out his pad of paper. "Alright. Can I get you two anything to drink?"

"Green tea." Came Sesshoumaru's reply.

Kouga scribbled the order down before turning to Takara. "And for you?"

Takara looked up from the menu and smiled. "Just water. Thank you."

Kouga scribbled Takara's order down before nodding and saying, "Alrighty. I shall be back in a moment." Kouga then pocketed the pad of paper and headed off in the direction of the kitchen.

Scanning the restaurant, Takara found someone sitting with his back to her. But that wasn't the thing that had caught her eye. The man had the same hair color as Sesshoumaru did laughing along with a girl with about an inch longer than shoulder length black hair and brown eyes, a man with black hair pulled into a short ponytail at the base of his neck edging his left hand downwards towards the seat of a girl with long black hair pulled up into long ponytail. Her eyes went back to the silver headed man. 'Merely a coincidence, I'm sure.' Takara looked back towards the menu, deciding on what she was going to get. Kouga came back with their drinks, setting the tea down in front of Sesshoumaru and the water in front of Takara. Taking out his pad of paper again, he said, "Do you two know what you want to order?"

Takara nodded before looking at Sesshoumaru, who had briefly nodded. They gave their orders, thereby sending Kouga back into the kitchen and leaving them in silence. Never one to like silence too much, Takara spoke up. "So… what kind of youkai are you?"

Sesshoumaru briefly looked up before saying, "I am full blooded inu-youkai." He then turned his attention back to whatever it was he was doing.

Takara nodded, "That's cool… I'm part wolf-youkai and part inu-youkai. My mother was the inu-youkai and my father the wolf… So… you have any siblings?"

Sesshoumaru normally would be fed up with tiresome conversations such as these, but he couldn't bring himself to stop listening to what she said. "Unfortunately." Seeing her become interested and her face urging him to proceed, he continued, "I have a younger half-brother."

She nodded before saying, "I have two siblings: an older brother and a younger sister. Amaya's only my half-sister, but I treat her as if she were my full sister. She's just so kawaii! She's a full-blooded wolf youkai and she's only one hundred and eighty-one years old, making her about, um… eight in human years. She inherited all of my father's looks. She has black hair, violet eyes, and a kawaii little black wolf tail." Takara gushed on and on about her little sister Amaya as Sesshoumaru listened with keen interest. His lips twitched slightly upwards in a barely noticeable smile, but just as soon as it appeared, it was gone.

Takara then began to rant about her aniki, Shino, and about how when they were young pups that he would pull her hair and normal big brother-little sister relationship stuff until their food came. He couldn't help but be comfortable around her, even if he wasn't used to all the talking that she did. Takara would occasionally look up from her food and smile brightly at him before going back to eating. Needless to say, he wanted to hate it, but he couldn't find himself to hate her amiable smile that was contagious. He doubted that anyone could be able to see that smile and not smile just as friendly back. Heck, even he was having trouble not smiling.

They were soon done with their meal and had gone up to pay the bill, Takara handing Sesshoumaru some yen to pay for her meal. As they were walking out the door, they heard a male voice say, "Look at this, guys. Looks like Fluffy got himself a girlfriend. Bout time there, aniki." Takara turned around to see the man, well, young man, who's hair was similar to Sesshoumaru's being the one who spoke, along with the same group he was with in the restaurant.

"What do you want, InuYasha?" Sesshoumaru asked emotionlessly, but a glint of exasperation made its way to his eyes. Takara then gathered from what Kouga had said, what Sesshoumaru had said, and from what 'InuYasha' had said to gather that this was the half-brother.

InuYasha smirked before saying, "What? Can't I say hello to my big brother?"

Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes before saying, "Now that you've said it, goodbye. Let's go, Takara."

Takara had been, meanwhile, talking to the other three people that were with InuYasha: Kagome, the girl with the shorter black hair; Sango, the other girl; and Miroku, the man who had the small ponytail. She had found out that all of them go to the same university. Sango and Kagome were roommates, and Miroku and InuYasha were roommates. Upon hearing Sesshoumaru's call, Takara nodded and waved goodbye to her new friends, promising to see them at the university sometime.

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The ride back to the apartment building was not as silent as the ride to the restaurant, being filled with Takara's chatter and Sesshoumaru's occasional response. It was already 10:00 p.m. when they arrived back at the apartment, so they said their 'Ja ne' 's and their 'Good night' 's before each went to their own apartments and settled down into their beds and fell asleep.

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Taka: YAY! Chapter 4 all done! YAY! ::blows a party blower::

Yume Sakura: Dream Cherry Blossoms… I think… I couldn't think of anything else…

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