Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha so don't sue me. However, Maria Lopez and Leonardo the Iguana are my own creations.

Summary: Kagome's cousin from North America is sent to a boarding school in Japan for causing too much trouble but, she arrives 3 months early. So for the time being, she'll have to stay with Kagome. How will this affect Kagome's time travelling? How will Inuyasha react?

Comments: Sorry for the wait. I need help, I suck, I got the whole story in my head. I just can't put it in writting :p Anyways thank you to the people who reviewed and I hope you enjoy the story ^.^;;

The New Girl

Chapter 4 - Maria, Maria

"Huh?" said Inuyasha as Maria came closer to him.

"Okay, that's was weird" she said as she walked closer to him and pulling out a flashlight. //Boy, it's dark in here// pointing the flashlight at him.

"Dammit woman, are you trying to get me blind!?" he said while protecting his eyes with his hands.

"Humpf, boys can be such babies" she said moving the flashlight away from him.

"Are you calling ME a BABY!?"

"Yeah!" then gave him an amused look "Why? Did I hurt your feewings? Poor baby." she said laughing.

"Arrg, you better NOT be making fun of ME?" he said glaring at her

"Aww, is baby getting mad? Poor thing" she teased him again

"I'm warning you, if you keep doing that I going to have to hurt you and I won't go easy on you just because your a girl"

"Do I look scared? Let's see what you got" she said smiling as she got into a fighting pose.

"You asked for it!" said Inuyasha

Inuyasha charge into her but she tripped down the staires before he attacked and grabbed him by the collor dragging him down with her as they ended up on the ground. Inuyasha landed top of Maria, her flashlight on fell on the side of her head revealing eachothers faces for the first time. For some reason, they didn't move they just stayed in that position staring at eachother.

Maria looked him over kind of surprise at the position they were in. Normally, in the kind of situation she would of gotten up by now and slapped him silly but, for some reason she just couldn't do it. She looked at him, his skin was soft and she was so close to him that she could feel his breath on her.

//He's kinda cute.// She then looked him in the eye.

//But, Those eyes, they have such sorrow in them.// she remarked.

Suddenly, she sees him stare at her with big eyes as if she were a ghost or something.

"A youkai?" he said in a whisper.

***

Meanwhile, Kagome is studying in her room enjoying the silence while it lasted, when her mother comes in.

"Kagome, I have something to tell you"

"What is it?"

"It's about your cousin..."

"Oh no, please don't. I know I shouldn't have yelled at her but--"

"Honey, that's not what I wanted to talk to you about"

"It isn't?"

"No, you had every right to get mad at her it's just, ... Well, I really want Maria to have a nice stay here. She had it hard back in her home. She's from another culture, another lifestyle--"

"She seems to be doing fine on her own." Kagome mumbled.

"That may be what you think but, she's only been here for a few hours. She'll need our help soon enough. I just want to make sure that when that happends you'll be there for her."

"... sigh Yeah, I will"

"Great, that's all I wanted to hear"

***

Back at the well, Inuyasha stood up quickly and took out his Tetsusaiga pointing it at Maria.

"What do you want youkai?"

"Youkai? What's that? Is that even Japanese?"

"Don't play dumb with me."

"What! I seriously don't know what it is."

"How can you not know? What are you, a foreigner?"

"Well, do I look Japanese?"

"No.." he let down his sword.

"Finally. Boy, are you jumpy."

"So your not a youkai..."

"No, unless I am one but I don't know it yet. Till, I get caught in life or death situation and something in my memory cliches and I destroy everyone that gets in my way with my refound knowlegde"

"What!?" Pulling up his sword again.

"I'm kidding, kidding! Don't you have a sense of humor?"

"No, I don't" putting back down his sword. // How could she say she doesnn't know what a youkai is when she described what I did when I became a full-blooded youkai? I better watch out for her. //

"Your loss... Why are you walking around with a sword anyways? Isn't that illegal?"

"How should I know, this time is so confusing."

"Yeah, I know."

//She does?// "So where you from, foreigner?"

"Foreigner?"

"Well, I don't know your name."

"Well, the name'S Maria" pulling out her hand to shake his.

//What does she want? Is this a trick? I should've known, she was lying. She is a youkai// though Inuyasha looking at Maria's hand in confusion.

"Don't worry I'm not gonna hurt you, this is how we greet in my country. Here" she grabs his hand then shakes it and let's go smiling at him.

"What? Why are you smiling?"

"Nothing, you just looked amazed at so little"

"Feh"

"I'm from America by the way"

"Huh?"

"You asked where I was from"

//Ameerweeca? That sounds familiar....// he though.

~ End Chapter 4 Please review. Sorry for the delay ^.^;;