A/N: Hooray and welcome to the next chapter. My apologies for the agonizing length of it, but I refuse to mess with the original chapter length. If I did it would mean going through and systematically altering the other ten chapters after this one and that would be bad…just read at your leisure and send me a review afterwards…

Disclaimer: I only own the reincarnations…

Chapter 6: Yasha

(2 weeks later)

Kagome got to school a little early and was standing in the schoolyard with Kun. It was a very windy day and leaves were blowing around the yard. A group of girls giggled and gossiped nearby.

"I heard he has long black hair."

"How cute!"

"He's suppose to be a martial arts master!"

"He was the star of his old school's track team!"

"Oh, I bet he's buff!"

The girls giggled on and on about the mysterious new student that was due to arrive this morning.

"Excuse me, girls, but could one of you tell me what this new guy's name is?" Kagome interrupted their giggling.

The girls were about to tell her off when one of them squeaked out in excitement, "Yasha! Yasha Toma!" The other girls glared at the tattle-tale and Kagome thanked them quickly and walked off.

She turned to walk back to Kun when someone caught her eye. He was standing at the entrance to the grounds, looking around at his seemingly new surroundings. He had long, black hair and violet eyes. It was InuYasha's human form come back to haunt her. But, he was dressed in his school uniform and when he caught her gaze, didn't seem to recognize her in the slightest.

A breeze had kicked up around Kagome and it ruffled her skirt and hair. Yasha noticed that she was staring straight at him, the way he was looking at her. Their eyes met and they just stood there.

'She's beautiful.' Thought Yasha, 'Absolutely beautiful.' She looked magical to him. Her hand had gone up to keep a stray strand of hair tucked behind her ear. Leaves had begun to kick up in the wind and were swirling at her feet. Yasha fell in love right then and there.

He made the first move. He was at her side in a matter of minutes. "My name is Yasha Toma. I'm new here. I think everyone's heard of me already though." His eyes scanned the flocks of people staring at him and then returned to hers.

Kagome smiled at him. "I'm Kagome Higurashi. I have a bit of an odd reputation here. I always seem to come down with the strangest diseases no one has ever heard of. Oh! And here comes my boyfriend, Kun." Kun appeared almost automatically at her elbow and she pushed him in front of her.

"Uhm, Hi." He said and bowed lightly and quickly. "Welcome to our school." He was slightly uncomfortable around this guy for some reason.

"Do you have a last name?" Yasha quirked up the corner of his mouth. This guy amused him.

Kun cleared his throat. "Kan." He said in a very small voice.

"Kun Kan?" Yasha repeated with a snort.

"Is that why you would never tell me your last name?" Kagome chuckled. "Were you afraid you'd get laughed at?"

"Yeah." He muttered and Yasha burst out laughing. "Knock it off!"

Yasha stopped. "Yeah…Well…It wasn't that funny anyhow." He scoffed and stalked away. Why'd she have to have a boyfriend? Ugh.

Kagome watched him stalk away. "Well, that was uncalled for. Where's he running off to anyways? He probably has no idea where he's going!" She waved her hand in his direction and then slowly got quiet. "He looked so much like InuYasha when he was in his human form." She watched him swing open a door rather violently. So much like the InuYasha she used to know.

"Let's go, Kagome. He's not worth our time. He may seem like the InuYasha you used to know but the fact remains that he's not." Kun took her arm and urged her to follow him.

Kagome walked slowly off with him after one last glance at where Yasha had left his mark in a poor door. "You never know, Kun. You never know." They walked off together just as the first bell rang.

Classes went by smoothly and then it was lunchtime. Kagome and Kun walked into the lunchroom hand in hand. A few pairs of eyes sought them out but most stared into their food. Kun and Kagome were the most popular couple in school, and many people didn't like that much.

They saw Yasha sitting alone at a table, Kagome insisted that they join him. Lunches in hand, the two crossed the lunch room and sat down with Yasha. This time a lot more than a few pairs of eyes fell on them. The new student first day shun was a sacred thing. It had now been ripped down and thrown in the trash by that silly couple.

"How are you, Yasha?" Kagome asked as she sat down. Kun sat next to her and immediately shoved food in his mouth to avoid conversation. Kagome rolled her eyes.

Yasha looked up at them oddly. "What are you two doing here? From what I can tell you two are the most popular couple here. You guys shouldn't be associating with me on my first day here. It seems like there's some kind of rule about that here. No one has talked to me all day. They just stare. Go sit with your friends, somewhere other than here." He took a bite of his burger and tried to pretend the most gorgeous woman of his existence wasn't sitting in front of him.

"Nonsense. I don't care about popularity. It means nothing to me. Friends are what's important to me and, personally, I'd like to get to know you a little better." Kagome said calmly as Yasha glared at her from the depths of his burger.

"Me either. Even if your temper is rotten and your ego too big, you still need some friends." Kun smiled at him. Kagome elbowed Kun in the gut and he collapsed over the table.

"What about my temper?" Yasha shot up out of his seat, anger burning in his eyes.

"Exactly!" Kagome clapped her hands and giggled. "You're right, Kun. His temper is horrible!"

"I have no idea what you're talking about, lady." Yasha staightned his back and chin defiantly.

"The ego too." Kagome chuckled.

"I don't know why I put up with this from you two." Yasha slumped down in his chair and ate a french fry.

"Because we're the only people who aren't scared of you." She stated.

"Well…Yeah…By the way…Why aren't you scared of me?" Yasha sat up and looked her square in the eyes.

"Because you remind me of someone I loved that I lost not too long ago." She felt the tears sting at her eyes and in the back of her throat but she held onto her composure. She hadn't fully gotten past InuYasha's death yet. As her eyes shimmered with suppressed tears, Yasha's mouth dropped in awe. She was so beautiful. He couldn't keep it to himself.

"You're…Really beautiful." Yasha said, unaware that Kun was still sitting there.

"Hey! Hello! I'm right here! Kun? Do you remember? Kagome's boyfriend? The girl you're hitting on!" Kun was up in Yasha's face.

"Huhn? Oh…I gotta go. Bye." Yasha stood up quickly and walked away.

Kagome just sat there, stunned. "He just said I was…Beautiful." She stared at the spot Yasha had vacated with awe.

"Jerk." Kun muttered.

"Why are you being so rude?" She turned and yelled at him.

"He was hitting on you!"

"He paid me a compliment!"

"An in appropriate compliment!"

"You've never once told me I was beautiful! You don't stare at me like there's no one else in the world but me! You are always ogling the cheerleaders even when I'm standing right next to you! I have never been rude to the girls who toss compliments to you in the hallway! I have never spoken up even when I was a little irked by your behavior! I had good manners!" She screamed her accusations at him and he slowly shrank before her. He grabbed her hand and pulled her close.

"I wish you had spoken up. I never had any clue that any of that was bothering you. I'm terribly sorry, Kagomeko. I'm really sorry. I'm your boyfriend and I wouldn't hurt you on purpose for any reason." He spoke softly into her hair. Kagome cried into his shirt. Nothing was the way it was suppose to be.

"Kun, I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have yelled like that." She apologized between sobs.

"It's all right. I'm here now and that's what matters. I'll forget those dumb cheerleaders." Kun held her closer and sighed. "Let's never fight again."

Yasha slid back around the corner he'd been hiding behind. He had been listening to the fight and felt horrible. He had come too close to ruining their relationship because he couldn't keep his damn mouth shut. He had to apologize.

The bell rang and he ran off to class. Kagome and Kun slowly made their way down the hallway and parted to go off to their classes. Yasha was in her next class.

Great.

She sat down behind him and pulled out her notes. 'Here we go.' She thought wryly. The teacher began his lecture on American customs, Europeans customs, and the differences and similarities. It was her English class. She took more notes and by the time the teacher had finished talking, there was a small note lying on her desk.

I'm sorry for what I said at lunch. I didn't mean to cause you guys to fight. I'll control my mouth when I'm around you.

Kagome flipped it over and wrote:

It wasn't your fault. We worked everything out in the end. Ku was just a bit jealous. I should be apologizing for Kun's outburst. Sorry! -

She then chunked it over her shoulder at him and continued to jot down the notes written on the board. Suddenly another not was flipped over her shoulder at her.

Don't be so self-righteous! I said I was sorry, didn't I?

Kagome growled at the note and flipped it over to scribble on the back:

Would you just take your notes and drop it?

She threw it over and tried to continue paying attention to her classwork. Class finished out smoothly.

(after school's out)

"So I'm sitting in class and he blew me a kiss! In the last two weeks I've gained a whole throng of admirers! It's getting on my nerves." Kagome rattled on to Kun as she opened her locker. There was a note stiffed inside. She sighed and rolled her eyes. "Not another one. The boy doesn't know how to give up!" She pulled it out and unfolded it.

Kagome!

You have to meet me at your house after school! Something has come up. I saw InuYasha today and he didn't recognize me! He even said his name wasn't InuYasha! Sorry to worry you but I thought you ought to know about this.

Shippo

"It's a letter from Shippo. About InuYasha. I guess he doesn't know what happened to him! We have to go to my house, Kun." Kagome said worriedly.

"Okay." He replied and the two left the school quickly. Yasha noticed the worried face of Kagome and the rather quick pace they were walking in and decided to follow. Not one of his better habits. When they stopped outside of Kagome's house and met up with a stranger, Yasha climbed up a tree and hid out of sight but still close enough to hear.

Shippo ran out to meet Kun and Kagome and launched into his ramblings immediately. "He was wearing a school uniform and said his name was Yasha! He's in his human form and acting crazy." Kirara, who soon was by his side, nodded enthusiastically.

"Didn't you guys know?" Kagome asked.

"Know what?" Kirara looked oddly at her.

Kagome hung her head sadly. "InuYasha…died, right after I left. He killed himself because the well had sealed and we could no longer travel through it to see each other. It happened right after he had turned human." Kun wrapped his arms around her and she wiped a few tears from her eyes. The memory was painful.

"Oh." Shippô commented quietly.

"Yasha is the reincarnation of InuYasha. He doesn't know it, but I do. It's so very obvious. There is also a girl we see every once in a while who must be the reincarnation of Sango. There's no one else she could possibly be." Kagome tried to explained to the baffled kitsune. He nodded his head at her. "Her name is Naoko."

"I'd like to meet her." Kirara piped up suddenly.

Kun smiled. "You will. Eventually."

Kagome turned a wary eye on him. "You planning something?"

Kun nodded emphatically. "You don't have anything against Halloween parties, do you?"

Kagome shook her head. "No. It sounds like fun! I'll talk to you guys later about all this party stuff. Right now I just want to go inside, do my homework, and get a little rest. You go on home too, Kun. I'll see you tomorrow." They kissed and she hugged Shippo and Kirara. They parted ways and she walked slowly up the steps to her house. The sound of feet hitting the ground with a slight thud had her spinning around.

Yasha stood at the bottom of the steps with a confused but guilty look on his face. "You've been eavesdropping!" Kagome yelled accusingly. "How much did you hear?"

He scuffed a foot along the ground. "Everything. You mind explaining?" He tried to turn the conversation around to accuse her. It didn't work. Kagome raced down to him and grabbed his hand.

"Come with me. I need to show you something." And with that she turned towards her house and drug him along.

A/N: LORD! It's finally done! Oh my gosh that took forever. At least two weeks of typing for 60 or 30 minutes every other day. Ow…my wrists…carpal tunnel will set in on me at an early age but I hope you ppls are happy with the chapter and the story…for the love of my ligaments, REVIEW!