Waaahhhh, I don't own Inuyasha! Oh welll, I DO own Carolina so hands off!

Kagome hefted her heavey backpack on to her shoulders and said good bye to her family. As she stepped outside she got the strange feeling that she was being watched. She turned around and gazed at the surounding grounds. No one there, she was just being paranoid, why would any one from this time be watching her.

She pushed open the door to the shack and saw Inuyasha jumping out of the well. "Took you long enough! I was just coming to get you!" Kagome ignored his comments, she didn't want to get into a fight with the mutt right now. She wanted to find the others and tell them about the week she'd had. She swung her legs over the edge of the well and jumped.

'She still hasn't come out. What is taking Kagome so long?' Carolina wondered as she watched the shack from her perch in the trees. She looked around. The coast looked clear. Carolina nimbly jumped down from the tree and, taking care that she stay hidden, made her way toward the shack.

She didn't hear any movement from the shack as she approached, just what was that girl up to? She then caught the sent of a hanyou. Interesting. Did Kagome know her friend was a hanyou or was this one that could pass for human? She tried to peek through the cracked door.

She could see noone inside, could hear no movement. She eased the door open, careful not to let it creek. She cautiously stepped in and looked around. No one. Where they in that well? She took a few tentive steps towards it. Damn it! She could feel a strong power radiating from the well. Probably safe but she didn't want to get to close untill she was sure.

But she needed to see down in it! she looked around in frustration then figured it out. The rafters. She could look down from several feet above in the rafters. That way she'd see what was there with out entering it's energy field. She jumped up on to a sturdy beam and walked along it untill she could peer straight down into the well. Wtf? Nothing! Then where the hell did they go?

Carolina lay down on the rafter and stretched out. She had no idea how long Kagome might remain hidden from view so might as well get comfy. She yawned and watched the well. It finally dawned on her that Kagome might be gone a while. She knew how she could find out. But then the old man wore priests garments, he might be able to sense she wasn't human. Nothing a simple spell wouln't fix.

She jumped down from her rafter and cautiously slipped out of the well and made her way to the street. She paused a second to breath the open air and to cast her spell. Then she marched boldly up to the front door. After a few seconds it was answered by a middle aged woman with short brown hair.

"Hi, does Kagome live here?" Carolina asked clasping her hands behind her back and doing her best to look like a normal kid.

"Yes she does. I'm her mother."

"Can Kagome come out and play?" 'Wait, that sounded to young!' The youkai almost cringed but kept the act up perfectly 'Maybe she won't realize how that sounds. Or if she does perhaps she will assume i'm just slow. WTF? Now I'm hoping someone thinks I'm slow? Oh why must I live such a cursed life?'

"I'm sorry but Kagome isn't home right now." Kagome's mother apparently didn't notice the immature nature of such a question, or chose not to bring it up. Humans occasionally used good judgment and tact.

"When will she be home?"

"A few days, she had to go into the hospital again."

"The hospital?"

"Yes, her diabetes is acting up again." Mrs. Hiragashi seemed to remember something. "Don't worry, she should be home by Thursday."

'Just in time for the big test. So she'll prbably come back through that well some time Wendsday night.' "Thank you very much." Carolina turned and started to leave.

"Wait a minute. I'll tell Kagome you came by, what's your name?"

Shit! She hadn't been prepared for that question. Not wanting to give her real name she gave the first one that came to mind. "My name is Kay."

She turned and ran before the woman could ask another dangerous question, tripping over her own feet in the process. 'Damn it. What sin must I have commited in my previous life to have such lousey karma?'

"A youkai?" Miroku, Sango, Inuyasha, and Shippo all asked at once.

"Yep, her name is Carolina. She just started comeing to my school the other day. I'm the only one who knows what she is, she keeps to herself to hide her true nature."

"When you return home we are coming with you!" Sango declared. Miroku nodded in agreement.

"Thanks you guys, but I don't know whether or not you can pass through the well. Besides, I don't think I'll be in any danger. If she wanted to kill me she could have, and probably would have done it already done it."

"Just be careful. She may be harmless but we can't be sure." Sango warned.

"Thanks, I will be."

"Well I can pass through and I am going with you!" Inuyasha replied crossing his arms stubbornly. "And there aint nothin' you can do to stop me!"

"I could always sit you." Kagome replied casually, the word slipped off her tongue before she realized what she was saying. "Sorry, I didn't mean it!"

"Whatever!" Inuyasha replied sourly while dusting off.

Kagome adjusted her backpack on her shoulders. She looked around to make sure Inuyasha wasn't near. She didn't want to put up with him right now. She reached the Bone Eater's Well. She looked around and said "Sit!" just for good measure and smiled when she heard a satisfying thump come from the villiage. Then she jumped.

She blinked rapidly in the dark of the shack and sensed a youkai aura.

"Welcome back Kagome, how's your diabetes?"