Hey everybody hope your enjoying the story I am such an airhead I 4got the most important part! I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA OR ANY CHARACTERS! I ONLY OWN AMANDA AS SHE IS MY OWN CHARACTER! BUT I DO NOT OWN NE OTHER RIGHTS! OK ENJOY! Remember R&R! BYE

Amanda seemed to be taking this in before she announced:

"I'M GONNA STAY WITH YOU IN THE FEUDAL ERA!!"

An all hell broke loose.

Kagome was about to strongly object but her mouth had hit the floor in shock and before she could even utter a single syllable the young girl had run off into the house.

Kagome walked back silently letting loose a string of cuss words before she entered her home. This was trouble, BIG trouble! What the hell was she gonna say? She couldn't let the girl go with them. The Feudal Era was dangerous! What was she gonna tell her parents if something happened to her? Oh well I'm sorry you see your daughter died 500 years ago so she doesn't even have a body anymore whoops guess ya gotta go find another one thanks good-bye now and sorry again.

'At least with me I have no choice in the matter,' Kagome thought sourly

'I shattered that stupid jewel and now I HAVE to put it back together and I don't want to always do this back and fourth thing but I have to, this kid is crazy!'

Finally Kagome arrived at her front door and opened it with a forceful nudge quite caught up in her own pity show playing in her head that she didn't realize her mother and Amanda were right in front of her. She almost bumped into them.

"Amanda, I'm sorry but I'm afraid you can't go! You're here through a program connected with the school and if we let you go like we did with Kagome then we'd have to tell them that you were sick with a bunch of stuff just like we did with Kagome. The your parents would be notified about your complete absence from school, despite the illness cause, and they would get terribly worried and then we'd have a whole big situation on our hands!" Mrs. Higurashi said taking a well need and deserved breath.

"Well not quite!" said Amanda waving a finger back in fourth in the air, "See I am an American student who is involved in an exchange program, I found it through the orphanage. See I don't have any parents they died when I was young and I live at St. Mary's with the nun's in a catholic orphanage. We live there and receive schooling there. I applied for the exchange program on my own its not directly tied to any schools and there's no one directly involved. The school I'd be attending wouldn't even have contact information all they know is that I'm staying with the Higurashi family and you'd be notified if anybody because no school teacher will take that much time and actually call the orphanage I mean I have no LEGAL guardians."

'Aww, that poor girl she has no parents, that must be terrible. Wait a minute... didn't you need a legal guardian over the age of 18 or more to approve your transfer?

"NO! I'm sorry Amanda but as long as you stay here you have to live under my rules. I'm sorry but this is the way it has to be," and with that Mrs. Higurashi walked away. Leaving a pouting Amanda.

"Well, this sucks!" she declared.

"I'm real sorry Amanda but things just can't be that way. I mean I hate having to do this but I have to I shattered the jewel an I have no choice in the matter its very dangerous besides! But... Amanda, may I ask you a question?"

"Yea sure, what?"

"I don't understand how you got here in that program. I mean don't you need a legal guardian over the age of 18 or more to approve your transfer?"

Amanda shook her head,

"Nah see, I live at St. Mary's and the nun's basically act as my parents. There's a program that says any student who obtains a straight (A) average for at least 4 years is eligible for the program. It's a special program just for orphans. They have other programs like this but this one is truly rare because it's just for kids like me with no parents. An to make a long story short I liked it when I was younger and kept my grades in check and was selected, after that they have to pick a winner. You take all sorts of test and things to see and in the end there were 3 final winners but we were all sent to different locations. I'm the only one in Japan, others were sent to different locations in Europe."

Kagome let out a low whistle, "who funds all of this?"

Amanda shrugged, "I don't know they American school board foundation of We don't have anything else better to do with our money so lets try this. That made Kagome laugh.

The next week while Kagome was home Amanda and Kagome got along great. Kagome did her part to introduce Amanda around, and they became study buddies. Amanda was more than ready for 9th grade. She was born in late October and had missed the cut off date in September so she was a little ways behind in grade years but it was all right. Cause that just meant that she could help Kagome out all the more. After she'd finish her assignments for the night she'd help Kagome with hers and they'd finish and spend the time talking about the Feudal Era.

On her last night with Amanda the day before Kagome went back she told Amanda about Sesshoumaru. They sat quietly in Kagome/Amanda's room on the floor. As Kagome explained about Sesshoumaru:

"That's a tough name who is he?"

"He's Inuyasha's half brother, he's a full demon and VERY dangerous. He's constantly trying to kill Inuyasha for his father' sword Tetsusaiga. The sword that can kill a hundred demons in one fail swoop."

"Didn't Sesshoumaru get a sword from his father too?"

"Actually yea he did! He got Tetsusaiga's sister sword Tenseiga. That sword has the to resurrect one hundred humans. It's the healing sword of life. One time in final battle for the sword Inuyasha discovered the Wind Scar that was what gave the Tetsusaiga its power and having finally discovered it, because he couldn't see it before, he was able to seriously injure Sesshoumaru without nearly killing himself. Which, since Sesshoumaru is a full youkai, is pretty good. He would be dead if it wasn't for Tenseiga's own will of mind he would have died."

"Kagome its sword hunny it doesn't have its own mind." Amanda chided gently.

"That's what I thought too, but I was wrong cause believe you me it does!" she said.

"Whatever I'll believe when I see it-which I might add I won't because I'm not allowed back in time," she began grumbling quietly to herself.

"Oh don't be so mad, Okaa-san only said you couldn't skip school like I did. I can still bring you back for a visit!" she said hopefully.

"SERIOUSLY?!" Amanda gushed.

"Seriously!"

"KEWL!"

"I just think you should know a few things first..." Kagome trailed off.

"Like what?"

"Well..." Kagome bit her lip.

"Ah god, Kagome just tell me!"

"OK! Well First off Inuyasha you've already met and you were less than friendly too, he curses worse than you-"

"I highly doubt that but please continue."

Kagome giggled Kami-sama how she was going to laugh at the site of Inuyasha dealing with someone who actually cursed as much as he did and was someone he had to be nice to... ok given Inuyasha was never nice but he still couldn't touch Amanda. Hell Kagome sit'd him till he was dead if he did.

"Ok Miroku, is a VERY EXTREMELY COMPLETELY lecherous Houshi! I mean the man is so perverted he's got to be the most perverted person I've ever met!"

"You don't know me very well do ya?" Amanda asked.

"Huh?" Amanda giggled at Kagome's face.

"I'm not a slut or anything if that's what your thinking but I am very... how would you say...colorful? I make everything I see perverted its actually a game me and my friends invented. WE look at an object and they see how I can turn it into something perverted. I'm actually quite a big hentai. Believe me here you have NO idea," Amanda said clicking her tongue and rolling her eyes for affect.

"But you don't seem that perverted! I mean with Miroku, he's absolutely ALWAYS chasing skirts! Always asking woman to bear his children, always trying to grope people-I mean he's horrible, you haven't done anything perverted or hentaish at all!"

"Oh Kami-sama if my friends could hear that! They'd laugh their ass off! I am always so perverted I just didn't know you very well but believe me I'm pretty bad..."

"How bad?"

"The first thing I look for when I see a guy, I mean I actually just do this on instinct now it wouldn't matter later on but its just something I do and...." Amanda realized she was rambling and gave a sheepish smile.

"Sorry, anyway as soon as I see a guy if I want to I can tell you their exact penis size! An I guarantee I'm accurate!" she said with a grin.

Kagome was redder than a cherry tomato.

"When you met Inuyasha did you?"

"Well no I was to busy cursing him off to get a good look but I'll try when we go visit," she said.

"OH MY GOD! PLEASE PLEASE DON'T! I mean if he ever knew! If he found out or saw you!"

"Kagome Chill! He won't see me I promise I'm not even close to noticeable no one's even suspected before."

Kagome quickly changed the subject.

"Speaking of things..." Kagome blushed at the pun but continued, "Sango is the next person she's what you would call a taiji and is dam good at it! She has this Hiraikotsu that she throws around and it's a very powerful weapon. The only other's in our group are Kirara and Shippou. Shippou's a kitsue who has some small fighting skills and Kirara is a cat demon, who is normally the same size a normal cat but when in battle transforms into a ferocious fire cat."

"Wow, I really can't wait to go visit! We'll go tomorrow? When you return we can leave early and spend some time there and then you can go back by yourself."

"Sounds good. Hey let's get some sleep when we go back tomorrow I have a funny feeling Inuyasha's not exactly going to be happy to see us," Kagome said.

"Ugh, I'll be nice to him I didn't mean to be rude but he was just being such a jerk! Is he always like that?"

"Yea!" Kagome said without the slightest hesitation, "don't worry he has his good sides though."

Kagome got out of her sleeping bag, which, she'd set up on the floor for the night so Amanda could have her bed like she'd been using, and turned off the light.

"Night."

"G'night."

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~*~* THE NEXT MORNING ~*~*

"HIGURASHI KAGOME! GET UP RIGHT THIS INSTANT!" Amanda yelled.

'God I got up extra early per her friggen request and she over
sleeps. I've showered, gotten dressed, cooked breakfast, and finished
chores already what in the hell could that girl be dreaming about
that's keeping her so god dammed busy!'

A mumbled groan escaped Kagome's sleep slack mouth, "Oh Inuyasha." She
turned in her sleeping bag.

'O0o0o0oo0o someone's having a dream!' Amanda bent down real
close to Kagome to hear for anything she could pick up.

KAGOME'S DREAM~

"Why would I want a corpse Kagome? When I could have the real thing?"

"Oh Inuyasha do you love me?"

"Ai shiteru Kagome... always.... ore no meito"

"Oh Inuyasha!" she cries before they embrace in an earth-shattering
kiss that transcends time itself.

When they break apart Inuyasha gives Kagome a passion filled stare of
love and care and Lust.

"Kagome I only have one thing to ask you," he says his hot steam
filled breath a wisp of musk caressing her cheek.

"Yes Inuyasha?"

"ARE YOU GOING TO GET UP ALREADY OR DO I HAVE TO GET A HOSE!?"

Kagome's dream shot to hell in a hand basket sent her rippling through
reality at a speedy rate. Right into Amanda's open arms.

Kagome came out of sleep slowly and surly looking up into Amanda's
face.

"Wha tha hec?" Her sleep fogged voice croaked.

"FINALLY! GIRL I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET YOU UP FOR AN HOUR!
C'MON! GET READY WERE GONNA BE LATE!" getting no immediate response
Amanda huffed and puttered off.

"WHATEVER! Get ready I'll be downstairs waiting!" and she left
Kagome to her own thoughts.

A second later Amanda's head ducked back into the room, "and
please don't take to long fawning over your dream, and in a very BAD
impression of Kagome's voice added an-"OH INUYASHA! YOU BIG STRONG
MAN! LOOK AT ME AS I FAWN OVER YOU AND YOUR STRONG MASCULINE EARS!! OH
CAN I TOUCH THEM PLEAS INUYASH PLEASE- ::UMPH!:: and pillow met
Amanda's face as Kagome grinned in satisfaction.

Amanda's face held a plaintive stoic scrunched up expression in
mock disdain. "Well that was certainly uncalled for I'll be waiting
downstairs," and with that she shut the door leaving a giggling Kagome
on the floor. Until she heard a certain voice ringing out from the
hallway-

"I WONDER WHAT INUYASHA WILL THINK ABOUT YOUR DREAM! FIRST ONE
TO THE WELL GETS TO TELL HIM." This was followed by the distinctive
noise of the front door slamming shut. An with that Kagome was off!