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Chapter uno numo 1

Foreign Exchange

By Lunna Sakura

Kagome leaned against her head board of her bed. How was she going to tell Inuyasha about the foreign exchange student that was coming to replace Sota? She hoped they were a girl. She didn't even know their name. Sighing, Kagome looked out the window to the old well. Three days, she had three days to figure out how she was going to explain the new human at her house, and a day and a half to prepare for the exchange students arrival. Who knew an exchange student could cause so much trouble. The only thing she knew about the exchange student was that they were from Los Angelis, California. (I hope I spelled that right for all you L.A peps. Sry if I didn't.). This, to Kagome, wasn't enough. Kagome stood, walked to her door, out to the hall, and down the stairs.

!#()+Meanwhile+)(#!

Inuyasha sat in a tree near the old well, waiting for Kagome. He hated when she left. She was always gone way to long. They need to find the shards before Naraku. Though that is not why he wanted Kagome back so bad. Something was wrong with her and he could smell it on her. He could smell fear, worry, hope, and anxiety. She had said she had a huge test coming up, but Inuyasha had known she had lied, he smelled it on her. Why would she lie to him? Did she not trust him, like Kikyou, or maybe she had a date with Hojo. No, Kagome didn't like Hojo, she said she didn't. He knew that was the truth. So what was she lying about? He had to find out. He couldn't just sit here and wait, he was to… worried? He was worried. Why was he worried about Kagome? She was just a shard detector, right. Inuyasha stood up, stretched his arms, and jumped down from the limb he was sitting on. He walked to the well and looked down into it. He sniffed the air, listened for any strange sounds, and then jumped down the well.

!#()+meanwhile in a near by bush+)(#!

"That my dear Shippou is what a dog youkia does when they are in love and worried about the one they love." Said Miroku with a smile on his face. He and Shippou had been watching Inuyasha, since he had gone to sit on the tree near the well.

"What do you two think you are doing?" said a peeved youkia exterminator named Sango. Shippou jumped three feet in the air when Sango spoke, along with Miroku. "Were you two spying on Inuyasha again?" Sango tapped her foot expectantly.

"No my dear Sango why would we do that?" Miroku said innocently. Suddenly there were two loud thwacks, and Sango walked out from behind the bush, leaving the two spies with a huge lump on their head.

Inuyasha hit the bottom of the old well quietly, and gracefully leapt out of it. "Why doesn't Kagome get that fixed. She doesn't have a ladder or anything. What does she do just climb out, like she does in my time, when I'm not around?" Inuyasha said as he hopped up all the branches to of the tree by Kagome's window. He pushed the window open to find that she was nowhere in sight.

Walking to his normal corner he sat down to wait for Kagome. Suddenly there was a click and the door opened. Inuyasha looked up expectantly, but there was only a surprised Mrs. Hirogashi. "Oh, Inuyasha, have you come to get Kagome so soon? She said she had at least three days."

"I was worried about he…" Inuyasha stopped suddenly. He had almost said he was worried about her. "… a…a …about not finding the jewel shards." Inuyasha stuttered.

"Inuyasha, you don't have to lie. You were worried about Kagome, weren't you?" Kagome's mom said, looking at Inuyasha sympathetically. 'Kagome must get her personality from her mom. They sure do act alike.' Inuyasha thought.

"No, I wasn't worried about her! She is just a shard detector." Inuyasha said unconvincingly.

Kagome's mom sat down on kagome's bed and summoned Inuyasha to sit next to her, and so he did. Mrs. Hirogashi looked into Inuyasha's eyes, " I know you like my daughter, and that she likes you. She has told me many a times that she is in love and when I ask why she just blushes and refuses to answer. I know she is in love with you just by the why she acts when she comes home. Some days she sings and dances, saying how good of a time she had, and how many people she met. Other days she comes home crying about how you went with Kikyou again, or how you got hurt."

"Ka…ka…Kagome cries over me? Why would she do that?" Inuyasha asked very confused by now.

"Inuyasha she loves you. Do you not see it? She worries about you. You are very important to her. I don't know my daughter very well anymore but I still know love. I don't know what would happen to her if she lost you." Kagome's mom said, as she stood up. "Inuyasha don't take my word for it. She says she has other friends there, ask them they can tell you. Look don't tell Kagome we had this little chat, ok. Look I have to go, Kagome will be home from school at any moment." Kagome's mom walked out of the room and shut the door.

Looking around Inuyasha, stood, and leapt out the window. 'Could that be why Kagome was so upset when she left?' He had to talk to Keade. Just as he leapt out the window Kagome walked in throwing her bag on the floor.

Inuyasha jumped out of the well in his time and headed towards Keade's village, Mrs. Hirogashi's words running through his mind at the speed he was running. As he neared the village he could fill himself picking up speed. He had to speak with Keade and Sango, the two women were the two Kagome talked with the most. As he slide to a stop he pushed through the bamboo door. "Hey old hag, I need to talk to you and Sango." Inuyasha stared at the monk and the kit, "In private, and you two don't try and spy on me, again. I know you two were spying on me earlier, I just left it to Sango to take care of you." Miroku and Shippou were shocked, and they grumbled as they sulked out of the hut.

"Know what is it ye wish to talk about, Inuyasha?" Keade asked, as she moved closer to the fire for more warmth.

"Inuyasha, you look nervous, and that's not like you. whats wrong? Did something happen to Kagome?" Sango asked standing fast looking extremely nervous, also, that is until Inuyasha shook his head.

"No Sango, Kagome is fine, I was just wondering… well… umm…I don't know how to ask you two this…sigh…umm… I know Kagome talks to you two, but… uhhh… does she ever talk… umm… "about" me." Inuyasha asked, while looking at the ground.

Sango smiled, and started to giggle, "Inuyasha we can't tell you what Kagome tells us in private. If she wants you to know she'll tell you." Sango said, still giggling, "What brought this on Inuyasha?"

"Don't worry about that, I was just wondering and since you wont tell me, then there is really no use in talking to you two thanks ." Inuyasha said as he stalked out of the old hut.

!#()+meanwhile in Kagome's time+)(#!

"Mom, when are you going to pick up the foreign exchange student?" Kagome called as she finished the last of her homework for the week. Leaning back in her rolling chair, Kagome yawned and moaned quietly, "T.G.I.F.!"

"I'm going in an hour, why babe?" Kagome's mom called back. "Why do you want to go, or something."