Okay, I have gotten some reviews about Kagome's involvement in this story. First, don't worry she is going to be in this story a lot more. Remember, Kagome has gone through a lot of changes in the last few years, so she isn't going to be as confident as she was in the anime/manga of Inuyasha. I have also gotten reviews about Kagome/Yuki relationship. They didn't like each other at the beginning and are slowly becoming friends, to best friends, to loving each other.

As he did in the manga, Yuki needs to mature a lot more and being in a relationship now with Kagome wouldn't work out between either of them. They need to grow up more first. Don't worry. I know that it seems that a lot of my plot lines are the same right now, but we will be getting into the more major rewrite within the next few chapters. Kagome will have a bigger role coming up. I like to start things out slow and work into the climax of the storyline, not just dive right into something head first. Also this story will go beyond high school into college life and eventually marriage.

It just needs time to get there.

I hope that clears up for everyone. Please be patient with me and I hope you enjoy this chapter. I am going to change a few things and give Kagome a bit of a bigger role in this chapter to make my readers happier. Enjoy!


Chapter 6

Not Such a Bad Valentine

It was Valentine's Day, the most horrible day ever created. Hanajima opened up the locker. There was one package of chocolates in it. "What's this? There's only one…" Tohru stood next to Hana, just as confused. Uo leaned against the lockers next to the 'Prince's', which happened to be the one that Hana was looking at.

"That's insane…I thought with Prince Charming's locker we'd get to see it," Uotani said.

"Yeah you would think that the fan club girl's chocolates would at least be in there." Kagome said, looking over Hana's shoulder.

Yuki walked over. "What are you looking for? Are you done?"

"It happens all the time in manga," Uo said. "Chocolates pour out, all like 'dosa-dosa!' That."

Yuki did not get it. I do not think that happens in real life…he thought.

"You need to freshen your reading material Yuki." Kagome said in a dull voice. He glared over at her. He was still uneasy about Kagome calling him by his first name, but it was better than being called Princely. Ugh!

Hana looked up to the plain white ceiling as if it were the most beautiful sky she had ever seen. "I think I understand…" she said, softly. "This must be like…what happens with a cuckoo's chick. Just as the cuckoo chick kicks the shrike's egg out of the nest, the Yuki fan throws out the chocolate that was there before so that her chocolate will stand out. The proof is in that wastebasket. See? It's full."

Everyone looked over. "They've been thrown away!" Tohru gasped.

"Girls can be so cruel." Uo crossed her arms as Hana walked over to the trash can.

"And I am the hawk who targets the remaining chocolate," Hana said as she picked up a little package of chocolates.

"But…that's Yuki's…" Tohru objected.

"I don't mind," Yuki muttered. No one heard him.

Kagome looked over at Yuki for a small moment. She fiddled with her small backpack. Yuki didn't seem to like Valentine's Day and she wondered if it was a mistake on making him something.


It was February 13th. People at Kaibara were celebrating Valentine's Day. Kyo walked down the hall, himself as usual. Uniform collar undone with no tie, hand in his pocket, glaring at nothing. He passed Uo, Kagome and Tohru.

"Yo." Uo gave him a two-fingered wave.

He looked over. "Hey." He looked back over and found Yuki, standing a few steps away. Kyo glared, while Yuki just watched him as he walked closer, filling the space between them. Kyo struck the wall right next to Yuki's neck. The impact would have seriously injured Yuki if Kyo's hand had made contact with where he so badly wanted to hit. Kyo turned and walked off.

"K—Kyo…" Tohru watched him walk away as if he had never stopped.

Uo looked at Yuki. "He's not even hiding the fact that he hates you."

"Yes," Kagome agreed stood right next to Yuki. "His aura is filled with much more anger then usually."

Hana opened up the chocolates from the trash can as they all started walking to homeroom. "Really…He's giving off unusually naïve waves." She took a bite of the chocolate.

"Eh?" Tohru looked back at her.

"Nigh-eve?" Uo asked, also looking back. "What is that? Is he like depressed?" Yuki made no comment.

"He's in chaos," Hana said. There was a thoughtful pause. "Well, it's none of my business. As long as he doesn't cause any problems for Tohru." She smiled.

"That's true," Uo agreed.

"Agreed." Kagome said. Yuki smiled just for a small moment at the group of girls with their obvious devotion to Tohru. They all cared about Miss Honda and that was something special.

The five of them walked into the classroom. There were separate conversations spread about the room. Kyo lounged in his chair, waiting for the teacher to show up. "But…" Uo continued, "…speaking of different…there's something creepy about their eyes."

They all looked over to a group of girls, smiling creepily and watching Yuki and the rest of the group. They were muttering amongst themselves something along the lines of giving Yuki chocolates. "Girls are really scary this time of year," Kagome noticed. "They look like they'd rush you from a street corner."

He sweat-dropped.

Tohru sat down at her desk, smiling at Uo. This might be the scariest day for the members of the Chinese zodiac, Tohru realized.

"Kyo!" someone squealed. Tohru looked over and saw a girl with short dark hair in a cute barrette standing at Kyo's desk. Kyo looked up, startled, and saw that the girl held up a little bag with flowers on it. "Here! This chocolate is for you!"

Tohru gaped in that direction. "Girls like Kyo, too…"

Hana sat down at the desk next to Tohru and Kagome Uo stood in between them, arms crossed, and a sly smile. "Mr. Popularity. She called him Kyo." Her smile faded and she looked to Tohru. "Tohru, are you going to give them chocolate?"

Tohru smiled brightly. "Yes! I am giving some to Shigure, too. But that doesn't mean they'll accept it…" She was planning to give some to Hatori, too. "Hana, Uo, and Miko, I'll give you yours on the 15th, okay?" Tohru gave her three best friends chocolate every year.

"I'm looking forward to it," Hana said.

"What do you want in return?"

"Yes, you must have something." Kagome said, smiling.

The girl had just hurried off away from Kyo's desk, going over to her friend. Her friend squealed. "You did it!"

"I gave it to him!"

Two guys came up to Kyo's desk. "Nice, Kyon-Kyon. You got some chocolates."

The other looked at the chocolates and sighed. "Lucky."

"Want to bet on how many you'll get?"

Kyo's expression became angry. "Is…today…Valentine's Day?"

"Huh? No, it is tomorrow. Don't you have a calendar?" Kagome asked, rolling her eyes a little.

Kyo shot up from his seat, not hearing Kagome's statement and turned for the door. "I'm going home." The two guys, Tohru, Hana, Kagome and Uo looked over questioningly. Kyo's eyes widened. "No. I can't. It's dangerous there too. A journey…" he considered. "Yeah, I'll take a nice long journey!"

"What?"

"I need to disappear for a while!" Kyo's voice rose. He ran for the door.

"But—? Kyo?" Tohru called.

"What's that about?" Hana wondered.

"What do you mean a journey?"

"Whats wrong with him?" Kagome asked, confusingly.

Just as Kyo was about to make his escape, the teacher made it to class. Kyo's face slammed into a textbook that Miss Shiraki held up. "Are you trying to cut out on homeroom? Punk."

Kyo held a hand to his face, and used the other hand to hold the wall for steady. "Sensei…" He looked up at her. He was lucky that did not break his nose. "You meddling—!"

"Ooh? What makes you think you can talk to me that way, Orangey?" She held up a small box, smirking. "I'm ready to dye that hair of yours black at any time…With this! 'Let's Dye our Hair!'" Kyo looked at the box, and then at her. "Now that we have an understanding, sit down and behave!" He immediately ran back to his desk.

Tohru, mouth ajar, watched Miss Mayuko Shiraki, their teacher, with wide eyes. When she lost her temper, things went tough. For now, Tohru was relieved, but left wondering what spooked him. Did he have bad memories connected with Valentine's Day?

Kagome just sighed as she looked out the window with her hand under her chin. She hated Valentine's Day. It reminded her of the past and of her friends, so now, besides her new friends and family, she really didn't have anyone to share it with.

Kyo may have taken his seat but that did not mean he was not still mad and up for a fight. He glared as she walked over. Miss Shiraki looked down at his desk. "What's this? You got chocolate?" She smirked again.

"Shut up you old bat!"

"Shut up, yourself."

Both of them stopped, wide eyed. Standing at the school gate was Kagura. She stood up perfectly straight, waiting, and the light breeze made her dark hair swish. She had heard their footsteps before, but suddenly was alerted when they stopped. Her eyes grew large and she turned to them.

Everybody took a sharp intake of breath. Except for Kyo, of course, who very badly wished to disappear? Kagura's expression of shock turned caring. "Kyo!" She danced over to over to him. She wore a short skirt and a cropped, but long-sleeved jacket.

Yuki was about as close as Tohru and Kyo now, since they'd been stopped by Kagura. However, not for long. When Yuki saw two figures whiz by, he stopped, surprised. "SHE DID COME!" Kyo said before he was out of hearing distance.

Even though Kagura chased Kyo about half a block more, Yuki heard her yell. "LOVE!"

Tohru stumbled soon after them and stopped at Yuki just as he said, "I knew it." Kyo and Kagura's voices were heard in the distance.

"He just didn't want to see Kagura," Tohru guessed, a forced, shocked smile forced to her lips. A few residents looked from Kyo and Kagura, to Tohru and Yuki, and back, wondering. I wonder if it's unfair to Kagura…for me to suddenly feel sorry for Kyo.

"Who is Kagura?" Kagome asked Tohru.

"Oh, another Sohma who likes Kyo." Tohru said and Kagome raised an eyebrow.

Kagome watched as the young girl "loved" Kyo a bit too much. "Good luck." She said but then turned away from the group and returned to her desk.


Kagura ended up following them home from school, despite Kyo's efforts to lose her. It wasn't like she didn't know where he lived. Kagome needed to come over anyway because of the finals coming up next month and Yuki was free today.

"I came for Valentine's, silly," she said when we were back at the house, seated around the table. "It's an important day for lovers to be together."

"You're not going to find any lover in this house," Kyo muttered.

Kagome stifled her laughter.

"Kyo, behave please," Shigure said dryly, "I don't want the house getting, you know, smashed."

"Dammit!" Kyo cursed, "I should've left on that journey sooner. How was I supposed to know today was Valentine's?"

"It's called a calendar," Yuki answered in a tired tone.

Kagome sighed. "I told you that at school but you were too inside your head to listen." Kagome turned to Yuki, "Hey I am going to Shigure's office where it is more quiet. Join me later."

Yuki nodded. "I will be there in a second."

Kagome gathered her things and walked towards Shigure's office. Shigure promised to make himself scare when Kagome and Yuki needed the quiet for studying. Kagome closed the door and spread her textbooks on Shigure's desk.

As Kagome started to read some of Yuki's notes, her mind began to wonder. She really missed spending time with her family. Yet with work, school and studying with Yuki, Kagome felt she never saw her mother, Souta or Gramps anymore.

That needed to change or she would lose them too.

The door opened and Yuki came in. "Sorry it took so long. Kyo was being a problem as usual."

He sat down as Kagome reached her for something in her bag. "Here." She placed a wrapped gift in his hand. "I made all my friends one and I wanted to thank you for helping me with school. I wouldn't be able to pass without you."

Yuki was in shock as he took the gift.

It was then Yuki there was more to Kagome Higurashi then he had first perceived. And he smiled because of it.


It was strange one whole month passed, and the term was closing up. "All right, that's enough," Mrs. Shiraki announced. Pencils were heard, falling down onto their desks by the hands of relieved students. "Pencils down everyone."

"No one uses pencils anymore!" one student near the front called out. "It's all about mechanical pencils now!"

Mrs. Shiraki sat on her desk. "Shut up. You lose ten points. Pass your papers to the front. And don't even think of running out yet—you still have homeroom."

Tohru sighed and stretched her arms out in front of her, a smile of relief over her face. Finals are over! She thought happily. She loved the feeling of freedom afterward, even though studying beforehand was hard.

"Miss Honda …how did it go?" Yuki smiled and Tohru looked up.

"Yuki!" Tohru beamed and jumped up from her seat. "It went really well. I was able to answer a lot more questions than usual!"

"What?" Both of them turned to see a proud Uo and a softly smiling Hana with a satisfied looking Kagome. "You did well? That's great!" Uo told her.

They all went to her and Uo ruffled her hair. They all smiled. "Yes!" Tohru said.

"Because you're the type that can do anything if you put your mind to it," Hana praised. She rested her hand on Tohru's shoulder.

"That is wonderful Tohru you are becoming better." Kagome said.

"Yuki helped me study." Yuki wasn't paying much attention right now, but he did help her study, and they got it done, even with Shigure getting in the way. "Even though he had his own studying to do, he took the time to explain things so that I could understand them. Thank you so much!" She looked over to him, a smile still clear on her face.

Yuki turned towards Kagome, "So how did you do Kagome?" Yuki asked.

Kagome turned to Yuki with a huge smile. "It went very well, thanks to Yuki, I passed with flying colors."

"That is wonderful Kagome." All three of her friends said as Kagome smiled brighter.

"Yes, thank you." Kagome said sincerely.

He looked up, previously distracted. Yuki smiled a sweeter smile. "Oh, come on…I didn't do that much," he insisted.

Kagome put her hand on his shoulder, "No... Yuki, you did...thank you very much."

Most of his unwanted fan club, aka stalker club, snapped their heads over. They thought words along the lines of Oh my god, he is smiling! And Oh no! I'm too afraid of the electro wave girl and that miko girl to get near him! They paled even more as Kagome took Yuki's hand for a second shaking it.

Someone in the class looked over. "Hey, Hanajima, I bet you did great," He said.

"Really?" she asked, in a deadpan manner, like always.

"Well, you sure look smart, and people say you can sense waves or something. How did you do last semester's finals?"

"Let's see…" she started off. She gazed. "I think…I had to take supplementary lessons every day…and my parents were called in for conferences…Yes, mother was crying…"

There was a prolonged silence. He shook lightly. "That's…I mean…What about your sixth sense?"

"A sixth sense cannot make up for a total lack of common sense," she answered simply, slowly turning her eyes to him.

Kagome just slapped her head in exhaustion.

"Relax, Hanajima," Uo laughed. "There are a lot of very successful people who are stupid."

"Hey!" Kyo interjected, sitting nearby. "You're not talking about me are you?"

"Huh?" Uo leaned over him, hands on her hips. "Sure I am!"

"I'VE NEVER HAD TO TAKE EXTRA LESSONS OR HAVE MY PARENTS CALLED IN!" he retorted.

"Believe it or not," someone added in, "Kyon-Kyon actually does study."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'ACTUALLY?"

"Hmm, I didn't think he'd be able to make time between his fights," Uo said. She thought a moment. "Oh, I get it…You're one of them. One of those people who studies all the time but ends up blowing tests because he studied all the wrong things."

Kagome smiled wickedly and stood next to Uo. She laughed, but with an angry expression. "You didn't do that again, did you?"

"I'm going to strangle you BOTH," Kyo grumbled.

Tohru and Yuki stood a good distance away, inspecting the bickering. "He has been closed up in his room a lot recently," Tohru noticed. "I guess he was studying."

"So it would seem," Yuki replied, not taking his eyes off the argument.

Tohru looked back to Kyo and smiled softly. It is strange to imagine him studying. Moving around energetically fits him better…

"Honda!" Mrs. Shiraki called from the door.

"Yes?" Tohru asked, now alerted.

"C'mere a sec." She leaned on the doorway.

Yuki and Kyo watched as she ran over to the teacher and they started talking. Mrs. Shiraki's face was serious at first, and Tohru kept her smile, but only a few seconds. Then Tohru dropped her head and the teacher held up a hand indicating that whatever was wrong was okay and amendable. The boys gazed their way with questioning looks. Tohru looked up and smiled again, running back over to Yuki and Kyo. "Is something wrong?" Yuki asked, almost cautious.

Tohru stood stiffly, smiling now nervously. "Uh…That is…Um…" She tapped her two fingertips together continuously. "I've got to work hard!" She clenched her fist determinedly. She held it up. "Go, work, and go! Woo!" she cheered.

"Huh?" Yuki said. Kyo cocked an eyebrow. Uo, Kagome and Hana looked at each other.


That night Kagome walked to Shigure's house because she had no work to do today and so she could surprise Yuki. As a thank you for helping her pass her exams and get good grades in her classes, Kagome was going to make dinner for all of them. "Why are you even helping the rat?" Kyo asked.

"Oh because he helped me and I want to return the favor." Kagome said as she put on her apron and got out the ingredients for dinner.

"I thought you hated him." he said, pulling rice out for her.

Kagome paused, "I don't hate him. I just didn't know him well enough before and I was wrong."

"Whatever."


Hours Later...

"Guten Aberd!" Momiji waved to Shigure as him, Tohru, and Yuki walked in. Yuki knew it was going to be a long night…

Momiji walked around. "This is the first time I've been to Shii's house. I'm so excited!"

"Oh, you're here." Shigure smiled. "You're awfully hyper for so late at night," he noted.

Kyo casually stepped out of the bathroom, dressed with a towel around his neck. He stopped when he looked at Momiji and scowled. "Oh great. What are you doing here?"

"You're all clean Kyo!" Momiji giggled.

"You know…your hyper energy really pisses me off!" Kyo hollered, giving Momiji multiple noggie.

"Kyo is a meanie!" Momiji cried.

"Momiji, are you hungry?" Kagome asked as she arrived from the kitchen holding some snacks out for everyone.

"Kagome!" Momiji exclaimed happily. "Yes I am!"

"Like I was saying…" Kyo continued the noggie and Momiji got upset again.

"Ky—Kyo…"

Could they be quiet already? Yuki wished for it.

"Kagome, when did you get here?" Tohru asked surprised.

"Oh just right after school, I am making something special tonight as a thank you to Yuki for helping me study."

"Oh no it is alright," Yuki, said waving his arm but Kagome stopped him.

"No, I haven't gotten grades like that in a long time so I am really grateful for everything you have done for me." She said smiling and for that moment, Yuki could see a different person, in that smile.

"Momitchi," Shigure said, "Have you told her why you're staying the night?" he asked, right after everyone had a snack.

"Uh-uh. Not yet." He smiled and held up a finger. "Question for Tohru and Kagome!" he announced.

"Er—Uh, yes?

"What day is today?" He asked.

"Um, well, today is…the fifteenth," Tohru said slowly.

"Ding ding ding! March 14th is white day! It's a day late though. Tomorrow, I'm giving Tohru and Kagome a trip to the hot-spring!" he announced.

"Huh?" Tohru squeaked.

"What?" Kagome exclaimed, almost dropping the food.

"I call it, 'Mine, Kagome and Tohru's Steamy Hot-spring Heartfelt Tour!'"

"You don't have to name it," Shigure told him.

"What hot-spring are you going to?" wondered Yuki.

"See! There's one run by the Sohmas right?"

"Oh…that one."

"ON…Hot-spring…!" Tohru gasped. Her hand flew to her chest and she gasped repeatedly. "I couldn't go to such an extravagant place and forget about mom. I wonder if she'd forgive me…" She gazed into space with wide eyes.

"Um, Tohru, it's just a hot-spring," Shigure told her. "He's not asking you to go to Paris or anything. It would be a shame to refuse. You can take this opportunity to rest from your job and your chores," he attempted to make it sound nice, although it should sound wonderful already.

"Do you want to go Kagome?" Momiji asked.

Everyone turned their head over to Kagome who just stood there frozen but then shook her head trying to wake herself up. "Oh course, that sounds so exciting, no one has treated me so kind before." She smiled again, letting Yuki saw that girl from before.

"Yeah! I'm sure if Kagome is happy, Tohru is happy too!" Momiji said. His smile dropped, and he took her hands. "Or…don't you like it?"

"I love it…!" Tohru smiled and her eyes stung. She was not used to being appreciated like this. "I'm so very happy!" she told him. They sat down.

"Yuki and Kyo are coming too!" Momiji told then both.

"You can't make decisions for other people, damn kid!" Kyo growled.

"You're coming, you're coming!" Momiji cried. He tugged on Kyo's sleeve, trying to persuade him.

"Gimme a break. What the hell gave you that idea?"

"And Yuki? Yuki's coming, right?"

Yuki, sitting at the table, resting his head in his hand, not particularly paying attention, looked up. He sat up and smiled. "I'll go," he said. "Since you went to all the trouble."

"Yuki says he's coming!" Momiji cheered.

"Then there's no way I'm going!" Kyo yelled.

"Ah, oh yeah," Shigure interrupted. He looked up. "I'm sorry to change the subject, but I just remembered…Tohru, I understand you haven't paid last month's deposit for your class trip?"

"OH?" Tohru asked, stiff.

"What?" Kagome screeched making Tohru sweat-dropped.

"Your grandfather got a call from the teacher and called me. He said he'll pay for it if he needs to."

"NO! He cannot! Last month, that is…a lot happened, um…" she stammered. "B—but I can pay it off with the money I earn at work this month, so it's okay. I already told the teacher. I—I'm sorry for causing you trouble!"

Oh…that's what they were talking about, Kyo and Yuki realized, remembering earlier in the day after exams.

"But, Tohru, you work so hard," Shigure chuckled. "Where did the money—?"

Everyone—except for Momiji—came to a sudden realization. To pay for…the valentine's chocolate?

"Where are you going on your trip?" Momiji asked about the field trip.

"It's still undecided…"

"YOU IDIO—"

"KYO!"

Kyo went to maximum rage and imploded while Tohru and Momiji lurched away when he bent over them, screaming. They all stopped and Kyo stood back up slowly, gaining back his calm.

He shook, trying to contain himself and pointed. "The bath…" he managed through clenched teeth, "you…go…"

"Huh…? Ah…Oh…" Tohru muttered.

"Very good, very good," Shigure said. "You controlled your anger well." Kyo hunched over, relieved. "Besides, it's not like chocolate falls from the sky. Obviously Tohru had to pay for it out of her own pocket."

"Why didn't we realize…?" Yuki sighed, looking down.

"Because she keeps smiling like that!" Kyo balled up his fists, threw himself down, and sat on the floor. "How could we…? Why does she have to be like that? She's only making things harder on herself!" Momiji munched on his cookie, listening intently with childish eyes. "She could have used that money to buy herself some clothes or shoes or pay her deposit! She is such an idiot! One day, she will really regret it! She's going to be at a disadvantage her whole life!"

"Hey, hey!" Momiji interrupted, asking for attention. "You know, yesterday I had a class meeting," he said.

Kyo looked at him as if he was crazy. "Huh?"

"And there was a kid who brought a book to the class meeting. It was called, 'A Collection of Funny Stories'. This kid really likes weird books. Last time he brought one called "A Universe of Stew'," Momiji laughed.

"I know that series," Kagome said as she set the plates out on the table.

"What are you talking about?" Yuki asked.

"Oh, yeah. Anyway, we all read the book together. There was one story in there…a story called, 'The Most Foolish Traveler in the World'. A foolish traveler was on a journey," Momiji told, "He was stupid because he was easily tricked. The townspeople took advantage of him. On that journey, he was tricked into giving away all his money, clothes, and shoes. But the traveler was foolish, so when the townspeople lied to him saying, 'This will really help,' …tears would stream down his face…and he would say, 'Please be happy.'

"When he gave away his last belonging…he was naked and ashamed to be seen. So he decided to travel in the forest. Then he met the monsters who lived in the forest. They wanted to eat him, so they tricked him with clever words. Of course, the traveler was fooled and when the monsters asked, he gave up his arms and his legs." Momiji took a thoughtful pause. "Eventually," he said, "the traveler was nothing but a head. He even gave his eyes to the last monster he met.

"As the monster munched on his eyes…he said, 'Thank you. I'll give you this in return.' In addition, left him. However, that was a lie, too. His gift was a single piece of paper that had 'fool' written on it. But the traveler cried and cried, saying, 'Thank you, thank you. This is the first time anyone has given me anything. I'm so happy. Thank you. Thank you.' In addition, tears kept flowing from his eye sockets. And while he was crying…he died."

The sentence hung there for a while. Everyone looked thoughtful. Yuki, Kagome, Kyo, Shigure. "Everyone…laughed." Momiji muttered. "While they laughed…I closed my eyes…and thought about the traveler. I thought about the traveler who was tricked into being nothing but a crying head saying, 'Thank you'. And…I thought…how…lucky…he was."

Shigure smiled soft and ruffled Momiji's curly blond hair. "Loss…Suffering," Momiji, continued. "It's pointless to think about them. The traveler did not think about them. That…might be stupid to some people…but it is not stupid to me. I will not trick anyone, even if other people think that person deserves it. I just want to make them happy. Yuki? Kyo? Do you really think that is stupid? When you close your eyes…what do you think?"

There had never been a more considerate silence between the two. They gazed at the floor, thinking about how they really feel. Oh…How…?

Everyone eat Kagome's dinner with happy hearts. Yuki even offered to walk her home and they stood at the shrine gates. "Thanks you for walking me home." Turns out Shigure didn't live that far from Kagome's house, but they still hate to take a bus to get here.

"Oh course,"

He began to walk away, "Yuki!" He stopped, "I was wondering, I have misjudged you. I would like for us to be friends if that is okay?"

Yuki smiled, "I would like that."

"I am still teasing you though."

He laughed, "I wouldn't suspect you to stop." He watched Kagome go into the house with a small smile on her face. He walked off.

Kagome went into the living room as everyone watched TV. Her mother looked over at her. "I hope you had fun." She said.

"I did." Kagome said with that small smile on her face. For the first time in a long time, another person besides Tohru, Hana and Uo along with her family made Kagome feel special. It felt good.