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A/N: Sorry for the long wait
Forks, Washington, USA
Kagome woke up with a start, her blue eyes popped open wide and she took in a deep, sudden breath. At first, she didn't realise where exactly she was as she furrowed her eyebrows, taking in the room with narrowed eyes.
She was with Edward last, wasn't she? Out in a forest... well, this certainly wasn't any kind of forest. The miko sat up, ignoring the pain in her head with the motion. She was in a room – one that looked like a nurse's room at a school...
"Are you alright?" A sweet voice asked, and Kagome blinked – surprised that she didn't even sense her presence. Bright golden eyes looked to her bemusedly, though laced with a tiny bit of concern. Kagome really had to wonder why Alice would even be concerned for her when they barely even knew each other, "Edward said you had fainted when he was talking to you, and hit your head when you fell."
'Of course he would.' Kagome almost rolled her eyes at the thought, touching the gauze-bandage that had been wrapped around her head. Did Edward really hit her that hard? She could barely even remember seeing him move, let alone hit her. 'Which means we could be dealing with something that is on par with a demon.' The miko thought grimly, blinking again when Alice prodded her curiously – obviously waiting for her answer.
"Oh! Yeah – I'm fine, don't worry about me!" Kagome quickly waved off, though she was internally cursing that damn Edward for this. At least he didn't kill her though...
"Would you like to go to the hospital to get it checked out?" Alice asked, "My adopted father is a doctor there, I'm sure he'll he happy to make sure it's not a concussion."
"No! No... I'm fine." Kagome sighed, shaking her head. A bolt of pain struck her, and she stopped – hoping that it wasn't really a concussion. All she wanted was a normal life, and this is what she got...
"Alright, are you well enough to stay at school? I can drive you home if you want." Alice offered, and Kagome shook her head again – wondering why this Alice was so friendly. Again, they barely even knew each other, and Kagome was not looking for any new friends.
"I'm fine now." Kagome stated shortly, wondering when Shippou would get back with Kouga and Shiori. She was sort of excited, she hadn't seen Shiori for quite some time now, "I should just get to class now."
"Alright." Alice smiled cheerfully, "It's too bad, we don't share the same class this time. But Edward does!" The petit girl brightened considerably while Kagome held back a sigh of frustration. Was every single class she had was with Edward? "I'll walk you to your next class!"
"You don't have to..." Kagome weakly trailed off, though stopped as she saw it was rather useless. Alice grabbed her arm with her cold hand, and was now currently dragging her with strength that someone as small as Alice should not possess.
"Kagome, do you need a guide around town? I can show you the best places to shop! Though, it's really better to go into the bigger cities for the latest fashions." Alice babbled about the latest trends in clothing, and Kagome tried really hard to listen, but failed rather miserably.
Shopping and clothes really didn't interest her anymore...
"Oh, we're here." Alice sounded surprised, blinking her golden eyes, "I'm sure that Edward will apologise to you." The small vampire gave a sly smile to Kagome before could even react, bouncing off to her own class, lighting up as she spotted Bella, and latching onto the brunette's arm.
Kagome sighed as she caught Bella's eye – the latter looked away uncomfortably as she was dragged away by Alice. The miko walked into the class as all the students seemed to stop what they were doing to look at her – all their eyes were glued to the gauze-bandage wrapped around her head. The miko tried to adjust her long black hair in order to cover the bandages, though it didn't really work as all the other students already spotted it.
Oh, great... the only empty seat was, again, next to Edward Cullen...
'Fate really must hate me.' Kagome thought miserably, slowly dragging herself to sit next to Edward. He was glancing at her with intense golden eyes – all traces of hungry black seemed to have seeped out of his eyes. Kagome really didn't want to talk to him, but he decided otherwise.
"Are you alright?" Edward asked in a guarded tone, "You just suddenly passed out when we were talking." He stated, as if that was what really happened.
Kagome sneered, her frustration bubbling up to high levels, "You would like to think that, wouldn't you?" She shot back quickly, watching him tense and look at her that much more intently. His eyes darkened attractively, but the miko didn't really care, "I know it was you," She said calmly, touching the bandage wrapped around her head, "You knocked me out."
"And you're sure you don't have a concussion?" Edward stated in an apathetic tone – looking at her in that same guarded way, "You hit your head pretty hard on a rock, you were bleeding."
"I'm sure I was." Kagome muttered, she could feel the sticky blood clot underneath the bandages. She could also see that Edward's ice-cold hand was trembling along the desk-table. The miko wanted to end their lame conversation, but Edward wouldn't have it.
"Where's your friend, the red-headed one?" Edward asked – remembering there was something very off about that red-headed kid. He had nothing but the scent of a musky fox all about him, nothing even remotely human, "And that blond girl." He added.
"Does it matter?" Kagome's frustration was climbing higher and higher, "It's my personal life, you can't butt in. I don't have to tell you anything." The miko sighed, looking back to the chalkboard to try and ignore Edward from here on out.
'It does if it involves immortal children... and the Volturi's business as well.' Edward thought, wishing he could read this girl's thoughts.
He really did hope that the red-headed boy and the blond girl really weren't child vampires...
Higure Shrine – Tokyo, Japan
"And demons actually exist?" Hojo asked in a skeptical voice, eying the newly-transformed Buyo – watching its forked tail swish back and forth.
Souta sighed, "Yeah, it's what I think we've... turned into – somehow." The boy sounded depressed as he patted Buyo's soft brown and streaked hair. He had told Hojo the very basics of youkai existence to the older male, but not Kagome's trips to the past because that was just private.
"And Higurashi-san knows about them?" Hojo's voice still sounded disbelieving, even as he stared at the evidence right in front of him, "About youkai?" His voice was now strained.
"Yep." Souta nodded, "We are the descendants of miko, houshi, and taijiya." The boy raised his brow over to Hojo's direction, "And don't you think it's kinda weird what we've turned into?"
Hojo was simply speechless, but accepted Souta's explanation nonetheless. Why else would he change so drastically? His looks seemed to have improved by one hundred percent and he was always thirsty for something.
It seemed to be the same for Souta...
"What happened to you?" Hojo asked, wondering if when Souta bit him is when he had changed. So, was he some kind of werewolf or something?
"I... don't remember." Souta tightened his grip on Buyo, though the cat simply butted his head underneath Souta's chin in response, "I was attacked... I think. I don't know what it was." Souta sighed, trying to recall what had happened to him without any luck, "Whatever it was, it killed Mama and Jii-chan..."
"And does Higurashi-san even know about this?" Hojo asked, eyes darkening when he thought about his infatuation with the girl. Souta glanced up at him fearfully, obviously unsure what to say.
"She'll... she'll be–" Souta couldn't even finish his sentence, "Just call her Kagome, I'm sure she wouldn't mind." The boy murmured, Hojo's politeness was getting rather annoying.
"There you are, boy." A seductive voice purred, causing Souta and Hojo to jumped in surprise. They both turned around to look at the beautiful, silver-haired woman – a smaller boy was standing rigidly behind her, "Are you done packing?" She asked in an impatient tone.
"Yeah... Hojo's coming too." Souta said in a small tone, fearful on this woman's very presence. However, it seemed that Hojo's dense nature carried over.
"Are you one of these 'demons,' then?" Hojo demanded, tensing as he noticed that Sakuya's alluring golden eyes narrowed at the rather forward question.
"Do not talk to me in that tone, boy." Sakuya sniffed arrogantly and in an condescending manner, looking at Hojo like one would regard an insect. Sakuya's look softened slightly as she glanced over to Souta, knowing that he was the one she had to keep in order to get to the miko. The other didn't really matter, and she would kill him if needed.
"Here." Sakuya said shortly as she threw a few things over to the two vampires – both of whom caught the items easily, "Come quickly, we are leaving now." The female inu-youkai ordered, throwing a lazy look over to the cat-like boy in Souta's arms, "Is that a nekomata?" She asked with a disinterested voice, wrinkling her perfect nose.
"Yeah, I think so." Souta answered quickly, glancing down to his new ID cards and passport. He raised a brow, 'My new 'name' is Hattori Kouta?' Souta thought and sighed, 'At least it's easy to remember.'
Hojo didn't have to change his name as he wasn't currently being searched for by the police, though Sakuya seemed to have gotten him a passport anyway.
"We're leaving." Sakuya stated simply, turning around in an elegant way – her long silvery hair swishing hypnotically as she gracefully walked down the steps of the shrine. Hojo followed quickly, and Souta – for the first time – finally noticed the other boy, who looked a little older than his own age.
"What's your name?" Souta asked quietly, wondering exactly who this was – and what connection this kid had to Sakuya and possibly Kagome.
The boy smiled in a blank-like way, and Souta immediately noticed that it didn't reach his dark eyes – much like Kagome.
"My name is Higurashi Kohaku."
Forks, Washington, USA
The class seemed to take an eternity to end.
Kagome almost wanted to stab the male beside her with her pencil, but held herself back with all of her might. Her fingers clenched and unclenched as Edward seemed to find his new hobby in staring at her with his intent golden eyes – obviously ignoring the teacher, who prattled on and on about who-knows-what.
Finally, the miko could not longer stand the staring and snapped, "What?!" She whispered in a furious voice, wincing as pain rang throughout her head.
Edward's frown deepened at the scent of fresh blood, but easily bit down his desire as he had merely fed only a few hours before, "You're still bleeding – you should go to the hospital." He stated in a blank tone, amazed that no one else seemed to notice that the new girl was bleeding behind her gauze-bandages.
Ignorant humans...
"I guess you should be worried," Kagome muttered, "After all, it was you who caused the wound in the first place." Her blue eyes glanced over to see Edward's reaction, satisfied when he stiffened even further.
"Both your eyes are blue," Edward abruptly changed the subject, "You had green eyes before, and then mismatched eyes after that."
Kagome cursed internally, wondering when her eyes had both turned back to their original colour, "I wear contacts," She lied, "Since I have heterochromia."
Edward looked as if he didn't believe a word that she was saying, but much to her relief, didn't ask any further as he finally turned back to the teacher.
Kagome sighed as she also turned back to the droning teacher – simply regretting her choice in enrolling in a high school again.
It was only her luck that she would have chosen the only school within the region with supernatural beings attending it...
--
"Have you noticed a pattern?" A police officer stated as he observed the scene, obviously trying to avoid looking at the two torn and shredded bodies of the hikers. Forks was a small town, things like this just didn't happen here.
"What's that?" Charlie Swan asked as he also observed the two dead bodies – his suspicions were getting higher and higher each time there was more dead bodies. He didn't think that even a wild animal could kill this much in such a short amount of time...
"Ever since that new kid shown up, all these murders have taken place." The rookie officer worded it very carefully, and didn't bother to defend his statement when a few other officers at the scene laughed at him.
"Haven't you heard? The new kid in town is only a teenager – I highly doubt that she could do something like this." The other officer gestured to the grisly scene with a slight shudder. Finally, the original officer who had suggested the opinion joined in the few laughs with the absurd allegation.
However, Charlie could not help but ponder on those words as he took another glance down at the two dead hikers. His hands clenched – things like this simply didn't happen in Forks.
But the murders and that timing of that new girl's arrival were only a mere coincidence, right?
--
"When the hell is she gonna get here?" A rough voice demanded, cobalt blue eyes looking annoyed with impatience, "And why the hell is she even going to a high school anyway?
"It's law here or something," A voice lazily waved off, sounded irritated with the first voice, "It'll only be for a few more hours. Try to hold on." Shippou grinned foxily at the wolf – who just couldn't sit still in his spot.
"Shippou-kun – you should tell us about the beings here." An older voice came from the obviously older female, one who looked to be in her older forties.
"Of course, Shiori-chan. Anything for you." Shippou winked suggestively at the bat-hanyou – gaining a disgusted look from both the wolf and the bat.
"I'm not falling for your kitsune-seduction," Shiori stated simply as Kouga snickered, "And besides," Shiori gave a light serene smile towards the fox, knowing her next statement would rile up Kouga's fur, "I thought that you wanted to go after Kagome-sama." The bat-hanyou smirked at Shippou's suddenly guilty look.
"What?!" Kouga snapped, turning his head back and forth between Shippou and Shiori, as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard, "You're going after my Koishii?!" Kouga snarled, fangs bared threateningly, "She raised you!!"
"I know, isn't that strange? Going after the one who raised you like that?" Shiori added to the fire with amusement, giving a few quiet laughs as Shippou glared at her.
"So?" The fox snorted, "It's not like she's off-limits!" Shippou snapped back, red tails twitched as Kouga glared fiercely at him.
Kirara, in her kitten-like form, gave a feline version of a sigh.
Kouga stood up, ready to get into a scrap – though, Shippou abruptly changed the topic of conversation, "The things that are here are killing people – and I have absolutely no idea what they are." The kitsune stated, causing Kouga and Shiori to blink in surprise.
"You have no idea?" Shiori asked quietly, a bit troubled at what Shippou had to say. It would be so much easier if they knew what they were dealing with...
"So, what's your point?" Kouga snorted with contempt, "Who gives a damn what they are?! We just track 'em down, and kill them. Simple as that." The wolf stated with an arrogant smirk, perking up as he heard the door open and slam shut – the fragrance of flower blossoms filled the room quite quickly.
The two youkai and the hanyou all straightened up as the miko finally walked into the room – dropping her bag in shock as she finally noticed the occupants in the room.
"Kouga-kun?! Shiori-chan?!" Kagome blinked in shock – and before she even knew it, she was enveloped into an almost bone-crushing hug, courtesy of Kouga.
"How's my mate?" Kouga's fluffy tail wagged happily at the presence of his future mate. His took in a few good whiffs, and snapped his cobalt-blue eyes a moment later. He pulled away from the hug, observing the bandages wrapped around her head with angry eyes.
"Who did this to you?!" Kouga growled in a low tone, and Kagome sighed – throwing Shiori a small smile, and received one in return.
"It's like this..."
Does everyone know there's a new Inuyasha anime out? I dunno how they're gonna squeeze in the last two hundred chapters into a twenty-six episode season...