Hi. Contrary to popular belief (mainly mine) I am not dead. Or in prison if you would like to see the whole friggin' sob story of betrayal, deception, and all that good crap, e-mail me gist of it is this: someone I trusted lied. Someone else I trusted called the cops (though, basically I was using her, so maybe I deserved it….) and I threatened her... then I was grounded for a looong time. I'm still not allowed on fanfic… oh well!

Some shout outs to…

inu-fluff-luvrS.Weez

AbsentAngel

SunStar Kitsune

yup. its me

Hieiforever

Fornax

Sacaku

Inu-babe666

ANDDDDDD……………………………….. (Drum roll please)

Kit and Oasuke

I feel loved

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"speech"

'Shuichi'

Kurama

Yoko

(Kurama's POV)

Hinata-san never shuts up.

She is, of course, a teacher, but really how has she not died from lack of breath yet. I love calculus but I'm falling asleep! That is not a good sign.

Neither is talking to yourself

'Shut up Yoko'

just as soon as you do'

'I said it first!'

So!

'So you shut up!'

Why don't you bo-

"SHUICHI!"

'Well, that was loud.'

Really, why the fuck are humans so…. Screechy?

Both of you shut up

"Yes Hinata-sensei?"

"You are daydreaming in my class!" she screeched… again.

"On the contrary, Hinata-san, I was merely-"

"AND you are arguing with a teacher!"

This woman really has something against us. Shall we-

Please shut up so I may concentrate on getting us out of trouble.

'Yes, oh master of all things school-ish'

That was sarcasm. Now is not a time for sarcasm.

"Hinata-san, how may I prove that I was paying attention to your lecture on manifestations of physical mutations passed on by genes?" I sincerely hoped she had caught that one, and yet-

"Tell me the answer to number four on the board!"

"That father passes the gene to the son, the gene will be recessive, and the son will be sterile." Let her try to fault me on that.

'That was good. You never even broke eye contact.'

I have had to learn to multi-task with you two in my head.

'A-hem, technically it is my head. Yoko invaded it and you were formed by the slight merging of our souls.'

Now you learn to pay attention.

Whoa… where did he learn that?

Actually… that's a good question. Where did you learn that Shuichi?

'Um…'

"Excuse me Hinata-san, but he principal would like to see Minamino-san in his office, ASAP. Also, his mother called and will be picking him up shortly."

Thank the Gods for Botan.

"Why didn't they use the intercom!"

Is there ever a time when that woman doesn't shout?

"It is broken at the moment, but it should be fixed by tomorrow. Now if you will excuse us…"

I gathered my things and shoved them into my bag. I bowed to Hinata-san on the way out and then I was out of there like….

Yusuke out of school, actually.

Once in the hallway, Botan then led me to the roof.

"What is it this time Botan?"

"There is… something is happening. About three years ago the Shikon no Tama appeared again. Then, within a week of its appearance, it disappeared except for a few fragments. Then it appeared, nearly whole, in a museum in Kyoto, but the fragments were still separate and more were appearing.

"Then those fragments also disappeared, six months ago. To add to this… problem, there has been… something purifying demons and searching for an adequate thief. Two days ago, we received an anonymous threat. We are to find a thief for this person or they will destroy the barrier.

"They want the Shikon no Tama and…"

"And…?" I prodded.

"And we've promised to help them steal the Shikon no Tama."

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There you have it. Now here is my question to you:

Is this mysterious person Kagome or someone else?