Author's Note: I am in a fit of updating. I am uploading a lot of things that have sat on my computer for years - some since high school, which has been more than a decade ago. Some of the titles are a little random.
Standard Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of his associates. They are not mine, nor did I create them. This makes me a little sad, but is true nonetheless. I make no money from writing fanfiction. Also sad but true.
Author's Note: Text like this denotes something in English. All other text is assumed to be in Japanese, even though the author knows little more Japanese than the alphabet and a few random words like cat (neko), brat (gaki), idiot (baka), and asparagus (asuparagasu). All words actually in Japanese are also assumed to be in Japanese. ^_^
A girl stood waiting by the gate to the schoolyard. Judging by the half-dozen boys surrounding her, the girl's appearance was drawing quite a bit of attention. She stood nearly a head taller than the average student, and her golden-blond curls drew eyes like a canary in the middle of a flock of ravens. She seemed embarrassed by the attention, her face red.
The girl suddenly spotted who she was waiting for. "Kagome! Ka-go-me!" The girl stood on her toes and waved happily.
"Huh?" The dark haired girl walking with her friends turned toward the sound of her name.
"Do you know her?" asked Yuka.
"I don't think so." Kagome tried to figure out where she might have met the blonde girl.
"Kagome Higurashi!" Impatient, the girl shoved through the circle of boys and ran to Kagome, grabbing her hand by wrapping her pinky finger around Kagome's. Kagome gasped. She knew who this was now. This had been their secret handshake as little girls.
"Ria! Alexandria Williams! What are you doing here?"
"Some welcome. You didn't recognize me, did you?" Alexandria teased, grinning.
"You grew! It's been years since I saw you."
"Yeah, I'm finally taller than you!"
"But what are you doing here?"
"I came to visit!"
"At school?"
"Well, no," Alexandria smiled, embarrassed. "I have a map. But it's in Japanese. So I got lost. Then I saw the school and recognized it from the pictures you sent. So I waited here and figured I could follow you home."
"I guess Kagome does know her," said Ayumi.
Author's Note: Alexandria's last name was originally Tentagel, after the castle where King Arthur was born. I wanted something that sounded British and had an "L" in it. So I grabbed the nearest book (The Fall of Camelot) and flipped through it until I found something I liked. When my sister read it, she told me it looked like "tentacle," and so... She became Alexandria Williams. -_-
