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-Youko-

'Kurama'

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Beautiful ebony hair danced around her as she evaded the demons swarms. If it wasn't for the fact he was on a battlefield fighting for his life he would have watched her for hours, but as it was he couldn't. He couldn't see her face but she was beautiful to him none the less. Her form swinging with her as she fought through all of Naraku's demons. Who was this girl?

He could see her companions the demon slayer not far off, followed closely by the monk, but he could see neither of their faces, he could hear the shouts and mews coming from the bushes from the fox kit and the fire cat, and he heard the battle cry of the only other silver haired male of the group but he could see none of their faces, and he couldn't remember their names…who were they?

He woke with a groan, he'd had that same dream for three nights running now and it was starting to irritate him more and more every day. He still couldn't figure out who these people he dreamt about were, and to make matter worse Youko seemed to be enjoying this. He obviously knew something and he was not going to tell him anytime soon. He was used to Youko's games by now having lived with him for years but sometimes he wished could just beat the fox.

-I love you too red, take it you had that dream again?- Yokou smirked mentally inside his head, he could imagine the evil glint in his eyes.

'Yes and as usual I take it you aren't going to enlighten me as to who they are?' he said already annoyed that the fox had woken up so early already.

-Come now where would the fun be in that!? That's the point of this game- came the reply.

'Sometimes I really hate you'

-Na you don't-

'Yes I really do'

-Tough pokes tongue out your stuck with me-

Groaning for the second time that morning he finally finished his mental conversation with himself and preceded to get ready for school, it was only 6am but he wanted to have a shower before breakfast if he had time, that dream always made him feel dirty for some reason.

(Later that morning)

"I'm gonna be late!" came the hurried reply as she threw her new school uniform on and legged it down the stairs, what was it with her and school and being late! After a hurried breakfast being careful not to get any on her uniform and a hurried goodbye, she practically flew towards the school.

Luck was on her side as she made it earlier than she thought she would, and proceeded to run down the corridor to the main office to sign in and get her schedule. What she wasn't expecting was the run straight into a very warm wall and land flat on her butt.

'Why me!' was her thought before she opened her eyes to see what she had hit. She squeaked when she saw a boy about her age equally on the floor, his wide greens eyes were dancing with amusement as a blush crept onto her face.

"Oh my god I'm so sorry" she said hurriedly standing up so quick and rushing over to him he barely registered what was going on.

"That's ok, I wasn't paying much attention anyway" he said with a smile. "Are you new here? I haven't seen you before?"

"Er…yeah is it that obvious?" she said with a small smile. She would of carried on the conversation if she hadn't seen a clock over his shoulder and panicked "Oh hell I have to sign in!! err…see you later…?"

"Shuichi Minamino" he said with a small bow. "But please call me Shuichi"

"Well it's nice to meet you Shuichi but I really have to go bye" she said whilst running off in the opposite direction to the office, a few minutes later she came running back "wrong way" and she was off again.

He couldn't help but chuckle at himself; she was quite cute when she did that.

-Red please tell me you got the name of that lovely young maiden?-

Now that he thought about it he hadn't.

'No youko I didn't'

-What are you stupid or something she was beautiful!-

'Youko don't start, anyway we might see her around again'

-Yeah if your fan girls don't kill her first…-

Luckily for him the bell went signalling the beginning of the first class so he used it as the perfect excuse to ignore his more annoying side and make his way there; as usual he was the first one in and so went and sat at the back in his usual spot by the window.

(During class)

He hated history so much but at the same time he loved it as well, mainly because of the topic they were doing at the moment. The Shikon No Tama and the Miko who guarded it and her friends.

He was only half listening to the teacher drone on about some monk called Miroku who was one of the original members of the group and his account of their travels had been written down and preserved. He was just starting to listen when he heard a small knock at the door and the teacher stopped and went to open it to reveal a shy looking girl…wait that was the girl from earlier!

"Ah Miss Higurashi I presume? Please come in and take a seat next to Mr Minamino" she looked around slightly surprised to find the boy she ran into earlier put his hand up and give her a slight wave. Ignoring all the glares she was getting from the girls and stares from the boys she made her way silently over to her designated seat and got her notepad out.

"Now Miss Higurashi today we are learning about the Shikon No Tama, please turn to page 47 and if you need help please ask Mr Minamino" and so the teacher continued with the lesson.

She couldn't believe her luck the one thing she was most definitely good at and they were doing it in class! She was going to ace this for sure. If only they knew they had a living piece of history in the class, she chuckled a bit at the thought. Earning a funny look for a few people around her, concentrating on her notes she listened to the teacher.

"So as I was saying, the small group of six held some very strange individuals. A Monk who was named Miroku as these are the accounts were using, Sango the demon slayer, Shippou a fox kit, Kilala a fire cat, Inuyasha a hanyou dog demon and of course the Miko, unfortunately we do not have a name for her, as Miroku states that he did not want to cause her any trouble. No one has ever been sure what he meant by this statement, but some sources say that she was from another time, and some even say another planet…." She stopped listening at that point trying really hard not to laugh, she flipped through her book looking at the portraits of her old friends they were all there.

As she glanced at the picture of her friends she faintly listened to the teacher talking about the final battle and decided to listen.

"The final battle was very bloody, the evil hanyou by the name of Naraku decided to attack the group during one of Inuyasha's human nights, and so there were many lives lost on both sides. The battle raged on into the next day which allowed Inuyasha to regain his demon blood again and gave them a slight advantage but they had already lost many close friends. It took 3 whole days for the group to finally defeat the evil hanyou, but they had already lost the kit, fire cat and few other friends along the way as well as the demon slayers younger brother. When the jewel was finally complete none of them expected for the Miko to slowly start disappearing and before anyone could do anything she was gone….that's all we know about the final battle however both the monk and the demon slayer lived on and had a few children, however Sango unfortunately died during child birth a few years later and Miroku later died in battle to defend a village by Inuyasha's forest from a demon attack. As for Inuyasha he disappeared sometime after the battle and many say he went to hell with a reanimated version of his former love but this was never confirmed…the accounts afterwards were recorded by one of Miroku's sons from diaries he had kept…"

She had to stop listening it brought back horrible reminders of that day, but what got her the most was that both Miroku and Sango had died and she wasn't there for either of them, she tried to stop herself from crying but she still managed to let one single tear slide down her cheek. There was nothing she could do but she still miss them it had only been a few months since she was been there but it felt like forever, the well had closed when she had been transported back by the jewel which now resided back inside her body but was masked. She had finished her Miko training last month from Midoriko in her dreamscape (a place where you appear asleep, but when you train there you can feel the power when you wake up, and time goes twice as fast their so a week in the dreamscape is a night in reality).

(With Kurama)

He was slightly surprised, for some reason this story was stirring something inside him, but he didn't know why it almost reminded him of his dream this morning, except he couldn't quite place the names to faces, and it was bugging him.

He was slightly surprised when the girl next to him chuckled when she found out what they were studying, but what shocked him more was when he smelt her tears after the teacher had explained about the battle and how members of the group had died. He knew it was sad but that was a little bit extreme it looked like she was holding back more tears than the one that escaped it was like she was morning them, as if they were her family or something. But this was 500 years ago and she only looked about his age so that was impossible, right?

-Never judge a book by its cover red- said a sleepy sounding Youko

'What do you want?'

-Ouch that hurt- he heard a snigger –Anyway I was interested in our little friend there-

'Leave her alone Youko she seems to be upset'

-Then comfort her stupid-

'Why didn't I think of that?'

-That's what I'm for- he laughed.

Well he wouldn't be able to talk to her until class finished which would only be a couple of minutes.

(After class)

They had a free lesson next and he wanted to find that girl and see why she had been crying he was curious and so was his stupid fox side, he made his way outside after failing to find her inside, and spotted her sitting under a tree looking quite put out by the group of guys round her obviously trying it on with her a failing. She looked utterly miserable and it pulled at something inside him.

Walking up through the crowd he stood directly in front of her and cleared his throat.

"Excuse me Miss Higurashi would you care for a walk?"

"That would be lovely Mina…I mean Shuichi" she said ignoring the protests from the group around her, she walked with him away still looking upset.

"I don't mean to intrude Miss Higurashi but are you ok? I er…heard you trying not to cry during history, do you want to talk about anything?"

She bristled "Er…no that's ok it was just a…er…sad story. And please no Miss Higurashi just call me Kagome"

Kurama wasn't expecting what he heard next.

-Kags!-

'Wait what you know her!'

-I'm not sure, try her nickname she may remember it, if not she will cry because it will be her and she'll remember me-

'Ok but you're asking for trouble you know that'

-Shut up and try it!-

"Erm…is it ok to call you Kags" he winced as he smelt fresh tears. "Sorry I take it that's a bad name?"

"Oh sorry" she said wiping her eyes "It's just my old err…boyfriend used to call me that along with his best friend" she smiled at the memory.

-…-

'Youko?'

-Oh my god, its her!-

'Whose her? What are you talking about?'

-…-

'Great NOW you want to be silent' slightly annoyed.

"Oh I see I'm sorry I didn't mean to bring up an old memory like that, if it's not too much to ask what was this old boyfriend's name?" she looked at him funnily and smiled.

"No its ok his name was Youko" he almost laughed; he watched her eyes widen as he chuckled. Was he mad or something?

"Do you mind explained what's so funny you asked me a personal question and now your laughing at me" she was quite angry. This is why she doesn't trust people and the one person she for some reason thought she could trust and he's laughing at her, why did she trust him anyway they had never met before. But for some reason it felt like they had weird.

"Sorry, so I presume that his best friend was yours as well then, he wasn't called Kuronue was he?" Well that shocked her! How the hell did this human know about demons and more importantly Kuro?

"I don't know how you knew that but yes it was, he was a very dear friend to me, but he passed away" she said lowering her eyes.

"May I ask what happened to this Youko person?"

"Only if you answer my questions?" she said slightly on edge. She was on the defensive; she shouldn't be talking this openly with someone.

"Ok meet me after school as were going to be late if we continue this anymore" and rather put out he had avoided her questions they both went back to class.

(After school)

For once she was the first to arrive, soon he arrived and the pair began to walk towards the local park.

"So mind answering my questions?" she said she was going to get her answers, something else was bothering her about this person she could swear every now and then when he looked like he was in a daze she swore she could feel demon energy coming from him, and it was familiar which was annoying her further.

"Fire away" this is going to be interesting.

"So may I ask how you know Kuro then as I assume you are human, and if you did truly know him Kuro was a demon, you two shouldn't know each other?"

"I could ask you the same question" slightly amused.

"Yes well I asked first" she pouted.

"Ok, ok" he chuckled "I knew him through a 'friend' not personally" there he answered honestly he hadn't known Kuronue personally he knew him through Youko.

She seemed to accept his answer but she had one more question.

"Ok then one more why is it that when you get a dazed faraway look on your face you start admitting demon energy, your human aren't you? That doesn't make sense?" she saw him stiffen thinking of an answer.

"I'm what you could call an aviator I have two souls inside my body one is human and one is that of a demon" he didn't say which demon though and he could tell by her put out look that's what she wanted to know. "I'm sorry I can't tell you which one" she looked a bit put out but smiled anyway, "So my turn who are you, really? You're not a normal human if you can sense my demon side"

"That would be correct, I can't tell you exactly who I am because otherwise I put my family in danger but I am the last of my kind, fully trained anyway. And that's how I was able to sense you, but I am fully human I can assure you of that" she said, for some reason she it felt nice talking to him, he didn't think she was weird, or loony, and he knew about demons, and he was cute which helped even more.

"You still haven't answered my question from earlier" he smiled.

"Which one?"

"What happened to your old boyfriend, Youko was it?" he knew what had happened to him but he wanted to make sure this was the right person.

"Well er…there was a fight and er…afterwards I had to leave and he couldn't come with me and I haven't' seen him since" she tried so hard to stop her voice breaking as she forced the tears back down, she hated to think what had happened to him as demons were rarely seen in this day and age, he had most likely either mated someone else, or had died, either made her heart break.

"Do you miss him?" wait had his voice changed?

"What sort of stupid question is that I loved him, of course I miss him!" she said tears escaping from her eyes "I never got to tell him I loved him, and I wasn't there for him when Kuro died because I had to leave, and he probably hates me"

-She loves me! And how the hell could I hate her! I love her aswel red tell her I love her!- he said getting hysterical as he watched her crying over him.

'Sorry Youko you know I can't do that' he said slowly.

-I know- a silent tear made its way down the fox's face at the thought he couldn't return her love.

"He probably loved you back, but by what you've said neither got the chance to tell the other" a sad smile played across his face. He know realised why he was having those weird dreams they were memories of Youko's, he must have really missed her.

-I have done, she was my intended mate- he said in a dry voice.

'Your intended mate!'

-Yeah when he finished fighting and freed our friends I was going to ask her to be my mate, but she vanished before I got a chance to…- his voice broke, this must be horrible for both of them, and here he was in the middle of it. He pulled a now crying kagome into a hug and sat down on a bench letting her cry her frustration out, it didn't take long before she was just sniffling.

"I'm sorry Shuichi I don't know what came over me" she said sitting up and blushing.

"That's quite alright, as long as you're ok" he said a smile gracing his features.

"I will be with time, hopefully" also allowing a small smile to grace her features.

"Well I really must go before my mother begins to worry, see you tomorrow at school Kagome" he said waving to her one last time before he set of home.

"Thank you again Shuichi, see you tomorrow" she didn't know why but she felt better, she hoped she could become his friend. She'd ask him tomorrow at school.

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AN: Well its 3am and I've written 8 pages of pure crap lol sorry had some ideas and though may as well jot them down and this arrived lol, please no flames on spelling I'm dyslexic so my spelling isn't very good anyway. I may make it into a story or I might not I can't decide depends on what reviews it gets, anyway night everyone.