His countenance darkened and he grabbed her by the neck, "Who would believe a lowly Sliefer."

He was pulled off of the girl allowing her to draw in air, "This Ra Yellow would. Now tell me, why were you attacking Kagome?"

Miro shook his shoulder free from Bastion's grasp and tossed the manila envelope into a puddle before slinking away. Kagome quickly picked it up, noting with a sigh of relief that the envelope was one of those that the insides were coated with bubble-wrap. Bastion turned to Kagome, "What transpired here?"

Kagome shrugged, "He was being his perverted self and when he wouldn't give me my letter I threatened to expose his lie and you know the rest."

Bastion nodded, "He must be on edge knowing that Yugi Mutou is coming as a guest speaker at tomorrow's assembly as is the founder of the school…"

Kagome squealed, "Seto-oji-san is coming here? I haven't seen him since I was fourteen."

The yellow clad teen nodded, "Weren't you listening in Dr. Crowler's class?"

She shook her head, "His voice was drowned out by his outfit."

He chuckled, "That may be the case but it is important to listen to his lectures, you wouldn't want to receive a low mark because of inattentiveness."

Kagome grinned childishly, "Wouldn't be the first time. No worries, I'll read the chapters in the book to catch up."

He shook his head slightly, "So what are your plans for the rest of the day, Professor Banner cancelled today's class so we are free the rest of the day."

Her gaze turned towards the forest, "Take a run perhaps, I already did the homework Crowler assigned."

His gaze followed hers, "You do know the forest is a dangerous place to go into alone."

Kagome smiled, "Are you offering to join me?"

He blushed at the insinuation but before he could respond Kagome waved it off, "I know you prefer to study then to run so don't worry, I'll be fine on my own. Thanks for worrying about me though."

She ran off waving to the studious teen. Bastion allowed his arm to drop and his gaze to turn to the ground where he found the envelope Kagome received. He noticed that the water allowed for the seal to loosen and he opened it only to be greeted by pages of Ancient Japanese script. 'Can she really understand this? Even I have difficulty deciphering the script.'

He slid the pages back into the envelope and closed the flap, promising to return it when he saw her again.

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Seto Kaiba swirled the wine in his glass as he turned his gaze from the jet's window and onto his younger brother who was currently working on stock quotes for Kaiba Corp. "I can't wait to see Kagome again, I haven't seen her since she was yay high."

Seto snorted as he took a sip, "Perhaps if you had come to the Christmas feast for the past six years you could have seen how much she has grown for your self."

Mokuba shrugged sheepishly, "I had dates."

The younger of the Kaiba brothers turned to their sleeping companion, "Does Yugi know Kagome's at the Duel Academy?"

Kaiba set the flute down, "Of course not, the last time he has seen either of his children was ten years ago; at that point it was deemed for the safety of the children that their father was to not have any physical contact with them."

Mokuba nodded and walked over towards the resting King of Games, "What is this? Hey Seto, he's working on a letters, one's for Kun-Loon-san, one for Souta-kun and the last one is for Kagome-chan."

"I wouldn't be surprised, it's the only way they could maintain contact with one another."

Mokuba returned to his seat and closed his laptop with a weary sigh before checking his watch. 'Ah, one more hour before we land.' "I'm bored, Seto."

"You're 29 years old I'm sure you can entertain yourself for one hour."

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Kagome blinked, in front of her looked to be an abandoned dormitory, "To check it out or not to; that is the question…it has such an ominous aura to it. I should leave before, with my luck, a demon pops out and demands it."

She turned and slipped on some loose gravel, "That was graceful."

The Dark Magician managed to catch her shoulder preventing her from hitting the ground, "Ah, arigato, Dark Magician-san"

He nodded, "I was entrusted to keep you from harm by the pharaoh."

Kagome nodded and began jogging the five miles back to the Sliefer dorm, "I appreciated it anyway. So, what will you do once 'tou-san comes, will you and the other cards want to join up with him?"

The shadow monster trailed after her his feet skimming the ground, he had caught the sad note in her tone, "Trust in the heart of the cards, we will stay by your side as long as you do."

She nodded, her breathing coming in pants as she leapt over exposed tree roots and ducked under branches when her hand clenched, 'Wasn't I carrying something?'

She shook it off and jogged into her dorm room. Chumley looked up from tying his shoes, "Dinner starts in thirty minutes, you may want to hurry if you don't want Jaden to eat it all."

Kagome nodded, "I'm going to take a shower and I'll meet you at our usual dinner table, try to save my food if you can, I don't want you to lose a hand in the process though."

The large boy nodded and left the girl to her pre-shower preparations. Locking the dorm room door behind her, she walked down the empty hall towards the community showers.

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Bastion sat down at his traditional seat next to Syrus looking at the empty seat in front of him. Chumley arrived and occupied his seat across of the shy blue haired teen and explained that Kagome was taking a shower and to not eat her food. Jaden pouted, he had already planned on taking the food if she hadn't arrived.

The door opened after fifteen minutes from when Chumley entered and Kagome stepped in her hair laying flat against her back, too damp to maintain the natural wave it seems to always possess. The sweats clad girl headed to her spot and sat down across from Bastion, "Yay, my food is still here. Urg…what is it?"

Jaden grinned, "It's lasagna with rice and fish for sides."

She pushed the lasagna towards the brown haired bottomless pit and contented herself with the two fish and small bowl of rice. Jaden quickly finished off both meals and began eyeing Bastion's dinner. The Ra Yellow just shoved the bowl towards the Sliefer and Kagome laughed, "Jaden, you and that bottomless pit remind me of my son."

All conversations at the table stop as five pairs of eyes with identically shocked looks. Kagome looked at them, "What'd I say? Did I grow a second head that I'm not aware of?"

Jaden shook his head, "Who knocked you up?"

Kagome wrinkled her nose, "No one, I adopted my son last year. He's seven now and a bottomless pit; he'd eat my family out of shine and home if given the chance."

Bastion smiled as she opened up her wallet and pulled a picture of herself sleeping in a sleeping bag and in her arms they could catch a small head next to hers sleeping with wild red hair all over the place. "My friend took the picture, he took some others but we burned those… stupid hentai."

She shook her head remembering the flashes from when she and Sango were bathing. She had to chuckle silently at the beating the monk received but she did give him one picture of Sango after the slayer in question fell asleep and after getting his word that he wouldn't take anymore pictures. The monk enthusiastically agreed and slipped the photo into his robes.

Coming back to the present she blinked as Jaden invaded her personal space, "So, excited about you-know-who coming to speak here, Kagome?"

She back away from him while still staying in her seat, "It doesn't matter, we Sliefers have to sit in the back, he won't see me. It's for the best that it remains like that."

Alexis, who was sitting across from Jaden, having been filled in on Kagome's secret turned to the girl sympathetically while the miko excused her self from the table, "I think she's really upset about this, this will be the closest she's been to him in over a decade and she can't talk to him or even allow for him to acknowledge her. I know if it were me I'd probably not be able to act like her, I'd find a way to speak to him."

Bastion followed her out pushing his unfinished dinner towards Jaden. Alexis smiled secretly; it was obvious that the Ra Yellow had something for the girl. The other way around was more difficult to tell because she was friendly with everyone except Miro. When she pointed out that the two made a cute couple, it was Syrus who shook his head, "He likes this girl from some legend, a supposed time-traveler."

Short and sweet, okay, I'm in Puerto Rico and internet is rare so will updates become as rare…I apologize but that's the way the cookie crumbles…I plan maybe updates once a month because I am busy visiting my family and it all depends when I get internet access.