AiShi: Yo peeps. Okay, I'm updating every ten daysuntil the end of November because I got myself into a messy promise. Curse me. But, hey...I'm probably going to go easy on myself though and update only once in December. Cause for once I'm thinking ahead...wow.

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Aki gulped.

"Uh-oh."

Seeing her friend in a moment of panic, Moriko took charge.

"Aki, HIDE THEM YOU RETARD DON'T JUST STAND THERE!"

Aki jumped and then immediately whipped around to face Kagome and the others.

"Hey guys?" she started, "My parents will most likely freak out if they see ghosts…especially demon ghosts…so can you, like, hide?"

"Sure, where do you want us?" Kagome asked.

"Uh, they almost never go in my room so can you go there?" Aki asked, a little desperate.

"Lead the way," Miroku told her.

"Right, LEAVING GATE 27 FOR A DEPARTURE TO AKI'S BEDROOM!" she yelled, running down the hallway and upstairs into her bedroom.

Shippo and Kilala happily followed after her and bounded up the stairs.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha and Miroku.

"Well, she's a little crazy but I think we can trust her." With that said, Kagome followed the three upstairs, followed by Inuyasha and Miroku.

Once they were all in the room, Aki seemed to have "perfect" hiding places scouted out.

"Okay, Shippo and Kilala…you two can go in the empty drawer on the bottom," she told them, pointing to her dresser. "And you guys…one of you can go under my bed and the other two can hide in my closet."

"What's a closet?" Miroku and Inuyasha asked her.

"It's that sliding door thing over there," she said, pointing to her fairly large closet. "And looks like you two are stuck with it because Kagome already claimed under the bed."

Suddenly, Moriko's nervous voice floated into Aki's room.

"Uh, Mr. and Mrs. Seithr! Aki invited me over so uhhh…we could watch the thunderstorm together! She didn't know you were going to be back this early!"

"Quick! Get in there!" Aki hissed to the two.

This time, Aki's parents were heard.

"We would've stayed longer if we won our case but unfortunately we lost."

'Damn lawyers and their unpredictable schedules,' Aki cursed silently. Suddenly, she heard the sound of footsteps coming upstairs.

"Well, if Aki invited you over she shouldn't be hiding in her room; I'll get her out of there."

"No really Mrs. Seithr, it's okay-!"

"Nonsense, you're our guest."

Miroku and Inuyasha, having finally gotten into the closet, were packed like sardines, but at the moment Aki didn't care. She quickly slid her closet door over them and whipped around just as her mother opened the door.

"Aki, what do you think you're doing up here and not down with Moriko?" she scolded her.

"I was getting a flashlight incase the power went out! Can't I do that?" she responded, rattling off a random excuse while pretending to be annoyed.

"You know we have a generator."

"Yeah, but it runs on gasoline. You told me not to use gasoline remember?"

Aki's mother sighed.

"You're right, but go down there with Moriko."

"'Kay."

Once Aki's mom had gone into her own room and closed the door, Aki turned around.

"Sorry guys, I'll be right back okay? Don't move," she told them.

"Like we have a choice!" the muffled voice of Inuyasha complained.

Aki went out into the hall and then slid down the staircase rail to where Moriko was standing.

"You're going to fall off one day, and I'm going to laugh," she said, grinning.

"Yeah? Well save it until that day, ghost-buster-in-training," Aki laughed.

"Well, I'll leave you to handle your little spooky problem, while I go home and go to sleep. Tomorrow's school so don't stay up too late with your friends because I don't want to see you dragging yourself down the hallways looking as dead as your friends are"

Aki grinned and opened the door.

"'Till tomorrow Ms. Nag." She bowed.

"I'm gonna steal one of your umbrellas," Moriko told her, pulling an umbrella out of Aki's hallway closet. "I'll give it back eventually."

"Suuure you will," Aki said, rolling her eyes, "See ya 'morrow Mori,"

"Poe!" Moriko chimed happily, opening the umbrella and then running out the door into the typhoon-like weather.

"Poe!" Aki shouted after her, and then closed the door. She then leaned against it and sighed, thinking of what to do next. Suddenly, she had this creepy feeling that she was being watched. Opening her eyes, she saw two teal orbs staring back at her. Aki blinked, "Hi Shippo," she said to the little fox that was hovering in front of her. "I see you're having fun being a ghost."

Shippo nodded.

"Eeeyup!" he smiled.

Aki smiled and was about to talk when she was interrupted by another voice.

"What are you doing?"

Her eyes grew wide as she looked behind Shippo to see her father.

"Dad…!" Aki sputtered, clearly at loss of words.

"Are you talking to yourself Aki?" he asked her, not seeming to notice that a young fox demon dressed in medieval clothes was hovering between them.

Aki paused.

"Uh…yeah!" she lied. "You know those voices in my head, they never shut up," Aki tried to joke, hoping he'd buy it.

It was bought.

Not smiling at the forced joke, Aki's father looked at her seriously.

"If you start that again we'll have to send you to a psychologist," he flatly told her, and then walked away.

Aki gulped and motioned for Shippo to follow her. The two made their way upstairs and into her room before Aki closed the door.

"What did he mean by 'again'?" Inuyasha asked loudly, causing Aki to jump and whip around.

"Nothing, I don't know why he said that," she lied.

The half-demon raised an eyebrow at her, but decided to let it go and went back to what he was doing before she came in, trying to hover in midair like Shippo.

Aki looked around her room. Apparently Inuyasha was left in the dust, because Kagome, Miroku, and Kilala were already hovering, and now watching Inuyasha with interest as he failed repeatedly. Just then, Aki's stomach growled loudly, giving her a reminder that she still had to eat dinner.

"Uh…this may sound stupid…" she started, "but would you guys like anything to eat?"

Inuyasha snorted.

"You idiot, do you really think that we could eat anything if we wanted to?" he said, rolling his eyes.

Miroku sighed,

"Inuyasha, would you quit being difficult? It's the thought that counts," he said.

Aki smiled at the monk defending her.

"Thanks for asking Aki, but I think we're okay," Kagome reassured her, smiling.

Aki grinned at them and then went downstairs to snatch a quick meal.

A couple hours later (which made it around ten) Aki and her friends were everything but asleep.

Kagome sighed.

"Hey, Aki," she started, "I don't feel sleepy at all."

"Kudos to y-y-you," Aki yawned.

"Can ghosts fall asleep?" Miroku asked, also looking nowhere near tired.

"I dunno," Aki admitted. "Why don't you guys just…uh…practice your new powers or something to keep you occupied because I really need to get to sleep." With that, Aki jumped into her bed, pulled the covers up and tried to go off into Dreamland.

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Aki stumbled blindly down the hallway, banging into lockers and open doors that didn't get out of her way. Oh, and lots of students too.

"Arianna Seithr, watch where you're going!" her English teacher exclaimed in Aki's chosen English name after she had run into her.

"Sorry Mrs. Kinomi" Aki mumbled in English, apologizing to her homeroom teacher. Then, stumbling around her, Aki saw Moriko on the other side, smirking at her.

"Bad night with your friends?" she asked.

"Well, I made the mistake of telling them they could practice being ghosts…so yeah, it could've been better," Aki answered, yawning.

"Well, better look sharp Ms. Dull, because the warning bell rang four minutes ago."

This got Aki moving, for she immediately jumped up as though electrified. Within 30 seconds, she had dashed to her locker, wrenched open its door, grabbed her English books, and scampered into her homeroom as the bell rang. Sighing, she sat herself down in a seat near the front. Nothing eventful happened, and school seemed to drag on and on; when she reached fourth period algebra, Aki was ready to go home. Unfortunately, she still had five periods to live through before the release bell would finally ring. Aki and her other classmates filed into the white classroom, adjusting their binders so they would make comfortable pillows for the boring lesson ahead. As Nokiri-sensei started on a monotonous drawl about using the distributive property to solve overly-difficult story problems, Aki deeply regretted being smart enough to get into the advanced class. Just when she was about to fall asleep, she felt something heavy land on her shoulder.

"Hi, Aki!" a cheerful voice greeted.

She started and let out a yelp.

"Something wrong?" Nokiri asked, annoyed that he had been interrupted.

Aki glanced nervously behind her over Shippo where she saw Miroku, Inuyasha, Kilala, and a very exasperated-looking Kagome. Thinking fast, she shoved her finger down her throat, instantly making herself blow chunks on the floor.

"Hurry! Go to the bathroom!" the teacher yelled.

Aki was happy to oblige. Turning around to the seemingly invisible group of ghosts, she jerked her head slightly to indicate them to follow her. Once out of the classroom pretending to be sick, Aki glanced over her shoulder to make sure they were coming, then dashed into a janitor's closet after making sure no one else was looking. Turning on the light and locking the door after they had rushed in after her, she turned to face them.

"What…what…what…do you think you're doing?" she asked them.

Inuyasha and Miroku both looked ready to speak, but Kagome interrupted them.

"I tried to keep them at your house, but they're so stubborn and came here searching for you!"

Aki sighed, but then cracked a smile as she distinctly heard Kagome mutter "Boys," under her breath.

"…Did anyone else see you?" Aki asked them, raising an eyebrow.

"Uh…besides Moriko? Kind of…" Kagome said, shifting her wait from foot to foot nervously.

Aki raised the other eyebrow.

"Who?"

"We don't know, but she had long brown hair and was dressed in all black," Shippo explained.

Aki stared.

"Amaya? Amaya saw you?" she asked.

"Yes, she seemed a little unnerved…" Miroku told Aki.

"I imagine."

"Well it wasn't like she had a heart attack or anything like that," Inuyasha pointed out. "If anything, she was impressed that we could talk."

Aki laughed.

"That's Amy for ya."

"What's Amy for ya?" Moriko asked outside the door.

"Moriko! You idiot you scared me to death! No offense…" she added, looking pointedly at Kagome. "Why don't you come in? Join the party."

"I would, but the door's locked. And incase you haven't noticed, I'm not Keeper of the Keys."

"Right," Aki responded grinning, "you're Keeper of the Cheese." Her grin quickly vanished however when the door wouldn't open when she turned the handle. "Oh shiz…"

"Allow me!" Kagome exclaimed, then disappeared into the doorknob. Suddenly, the door clicked open by itself, and Kagome appeared next to Moriko. "Glad to be of service."

Aki sighed and thanked Kagome. As most of you know, it would not be fun to live the rest of your life in a closet away from the world. (Yup, I just insulted you)

"What are you doing out here in the hall anyways Moriko?"

Moriko grinned.

"I had a feeling…" she told Aki.

"Wow, kudos to you. Okay, guys?" she said, turning to them. "You do whatever you want, but try and stay away from people. I don't want anyone to call an exorcist."

"Please," Miroku said, "I'm a ghost monk, I can handle any exorcist."

"Good," Aki started, "because if you don't get your hand away from me right now, you're gonna need those skills."

AiShi: This chapter has some confusing things in it. For all of you educated peeps who know that people in Japan don't switch classes normaly, I'm saying the people in my ff do, and about Nokiri-sensei...I'm pretty sureI used'sensei'rightbut I'm too lazy to look it up right now. If it's wrong, tell me and I'll change it.

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