Hullo to you! Um, thanx for those who came by to read and those who reviewed. *bows repeatedly* Arigato! ^_^ This chapter has a weird twist to it, I just couldn't help myself. And plus it makes this whole plot more interesting. Though I must admit it's cruelly taking away the dignity of one of the characters. O well, enjoy!

Disclaimer: Aargh! Pleez see chapter 1.

Chapter 3

Kagome was appalled.

Struck dumbfounded.

Like a fish out of water she opened and closed her mouth to speak, but no sounds came out.

She stared at him with large wondering eyes, the only thing she could do at the moment. Which was why she didn't hear what had just been said to her.

"Hey! I said are you okay?" The boy looked down at her, waving a hand in front of her blank face. An expression of concern had dominated his features just before, but now it melted into a look of utter amusement. "Helloooooo."

"Wha - huh?" Kagome blinked several times and to her embarrassment, noticed how she had been gawking like an idiot. She looked down as a blush crept up her cheeks, lighting her face up like a red tomato. She suddenly heard a small chuckle and looked up.

The boy masked another chuckled by coughing loudly and looking away. Kagome couldn't help but smile eventhough she was slightly annoyed at the fact that Inuyasha's reincarnation happened to be just as obnoxious as the original.

"Thank you." Kagome said quietly glancing up at him, the flush had dulled in intensity although a small streak still remained.

"Feh. You were gonna get killed by that maniac, I couldn't just stand and watch. But you should be more careful." He replied, looking at her with a small frown. Suddenly a curious expression washed over his features, he narrowed his eyes slightly as if searching for something that he couldn't quite put his finger on.

Inside Kagome, her heart started to thump once more. Her eyes grew wider expectantly, hoping that the next words he'd say would be that he knew who she was.

Unfortunately the moment was short lived.

"Inuyasha!" A female voice called. Both turned their heads to look at a middle-aged, although very pretty woman who stood at the doorway of one of the houses. It appeared that they were just moving in, because it just so happened that the cursed truck was parked in their driveway and large men were busy moving various pieces of furniture into the house.

Kagome heard a sigh escape Inuyasha, followed by a barely audible "bye" before he briskly walked into the house, his mother stayed long enough to flash her a warm smile before disappearing as well.

As quickly as he had come to her rescue, he had gone.

Kagome's mood had considerably brightened from that point on. She felt like her heart would burst from the vast amount of joy she experienced. She hopped lightly up the steps to the shrine humming a cheerful tune under her breath, thinking that at any moment she would burst into a full out musical number, but she could not allow that. Though it appeared her feet and the rest of her body was resisting control by moving to the beat of an odd melody.

Half way across the courtyard Kagome halted. Her face fell as she realized that there was a real slim chance that she would bump into him again. And thinking back now his house was pretty far from the shrine and hard to detect once the truck was gone. She mentally cursed the lack of architectural creativity of those who had designed the houses.

She looked up at the endless blue sky, and not for the first time wondered if the fates were truly enjoying themselves by manipulating the course of her life.

~*~*~

It was yet another beautiful day in the city. And it was having a great effect on Kagome's mood. The raven-haired teenager strolled down the sidewalk seemingly carefree. She held her book bag behind her back as she slowly made her way to school. For the first time in many days she was early.

"Kagome! Kagome!" a high-pitched girl's voice called from behind her.

Kagome turned to find her "bubbly" friends running up behind her in a cloud of green and white. She stopped and smiled, waving her hand in greeting allowing them to catch up. They were still her friends after all, even if they weren't exactly the most exciting bunch of people around.

After the whole round of greetings were done with, the whirlwind of teenage gossip immediately picked up. Kagome's mind wandered off as usual, not hearing much of the buzzing conversation around her until the girls all screamed shrilly in unison.

Kagome winced and covered both her ears, throwing one of them a questioning look. The girl apologized and quickly hushed the rest of the group, noticing for the first time that they started to gain an audience.

In the distance the familiar sound of school bells rang. Panicking a little, the girls picked up their pace.

Luckily they had all made it, and not a moment sooner. The teacher had already started her beginning of the day routine by taking the attendance. Although she glance at them rather annoyed, making them bow and muttering apologies before they all sat down.

Half way through attendance the teacher looked up and scanned the population of the class. "Hmm . . . There should be a new student here today . . . " after another moment's pause she shrugged and went to the next one on the list.

Suddenly the door was shoved opened with a tremendous force, leaving it looking old and battered, barely staying in place. All attention shifted to the person who stood silhouetted and bracing the damaged doorframe.

For a moment, Kagome's heart almost skipped a beat thinking it was Inuyasha. But as her vision cleared she saw the outline of the stranger's girlish figure and the skirt.

The teacher wore an annoyed expression as usual and she plainly did not bother masking the displeasure in having the door trashed.

"You must be the new student." She said coldly, more of a statement than a question.

The girl took a step forward, her wild hair fluttering as she nodded yes, wearing an equally cold expression on her face.

Kagome choked when the face came into view, she was torn between shock and bursting out laughing hysterically. Though she had to admit at first glance the girl had beem almost unrecognizable.

"Class!"

Everyone's attention swerved at the sharp call.

"This is our new student . . . Kouga isn't it?" the teacher waited for her to nod before assigning her a seat at the back of the class. Kouga swiftly turned and did as she was told, although with excessive scowling.

Kagome had the amusement of noting that as she passed by, all the guys down that row seem to fall under a weird love spell and would not stop staring glossy-eyed at her. It was all too much for Kagome, considering in Feudal Japan Kouga was a male wolf-demon. She sighed in contentment. At least now he'll stop with the "My woman" thing.

The rest of the school day went by without any more odd occurrences. Although it did take a while to get used to the female Kouga and the sight of her being surrounded by a crowd of crushing boys who offered to do things for her to get on her good side. A hard thing to do seeing as she preferred to do things on her own and anyone who stood in the way was gonna see red. But Kagome wasn't about to blame the boys for trying; the body he was reincarnated into was very pretty.

~*~*~

Unfortunately Kagome's thoughts often drifted to Inuyasha, even when she really didn't want to. His face always seems to surface in her mind, imagining his name popping up in strange places. Even the thought of him well and okay didn't manage to still her throbbing heart. The tugging feeling was starting to grow more and more each day, with the pain worsening.

She knew she wanted to see him again . . . but how?

It was not until a week later that she heard or seen anything of him. And it was not in the most ordinary way.

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Okie, sorry I hafta cut it off at this point. *evil grin* it was starting to lead into another chapter!

Gomen, I have this 3-page rule thingy.

O yeah, about the Kouga thingy . . . um the reason is when I first saw him I thought he was a girl, I mean he had a long ponytail kinda like Sango's and look at his clothes! It looks like something Xena would wear except all fur. So sorry to all you who might be offended by this.

Well, tell me your thoughts on this chapter, or the whole story! I very very much welcome and appreciate constructive criticism, that's what makes us all better right?

Well, stick around cuz some odd stuff is coming up next.