Inu Yasha jumped and looked at the door. There he saw a guy who looked to be Kagome's age and he was hugging her! He had short dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes. 'Is that 'Hobo'?' Inu Yasha thought, upset. Then, what he saw next made him want to strangle the kid and cry. Kagome hugged him back, kinda like she had hugged him earlier. Inu Yasha's ear drooped a bit. 'Wh-what's going on here? He thought. I thought she loved me. Well, I'm…I'm gonna get to the bottom of this right NOW!' So Inu Yasha walked up behind Kagome with his arms crossed over his chest so the boy could see him.

"So," Inu Yasha bellowed loud enough to make the two teens let go of each other and look at him. "Is this 'Hobo'?" "Hobo…? Oh, you mean Hojo. No, I'm not him. The name's Ryo. Nice to meet ya!" Ryo held out his hand for Inu Yasha to shake, but Inu Yasha just stared at it, snorted, then glared at Kagome. "Care to explain?" He said with such anger and rudeness, he was lucky she didn't 'SIT BOY' him on the spot. But instead, Inu Yasha noticed she had a very odd emotion on her face right now. It looked like…sadness. Inu Yasha was now confused, but held his face.

Ryo took a look at both of them and decided he should do something. "Uh, how about we go inside and talk?" Kagome just nodded and Inu Yasha gave one of his world famous "Feh" and walked inside with Kagome right behind him with Ryo on her heel. They all sat down in the living room. Ryo sat on the love seat. Inu Yasha sat on the couch. Inu Yasha was waiting for Kagome to sit beside him and he could tell this 'Ryo guy' did too. But Kagome shocked the both of them and sat on the sofa-like chair instead.

They both stared at her in shock, but Ryo quickly cleared his throat and spoke, "So, 'mind telling me why you're here?" Inu Yasha then snorted. "I'd like to ask you the same thing." Ryo then shrugged. "Well, it's only fair. So, I'll go first. Do you wanna help explain, Kagome?" Both guys were now staring at her like a hawk. Kagome shrugged and responded with, "I dunno." Ryo just looked away while Inu Yasha turned to him. "Right," Ryo whispered, "I'll do it. Add anything if you want Kagome."

"Now," Ryo began, "It all started when Kagome and I were little…"

!! Flashback !!

It was the first day of grade one. Ryo was walking around school, not knowing where to go or what to do. His mom dropped him off because his dad was always away, even for his first day of school, and his mom had an important meeting to go to, so she didn't even have time to walk him to his class. He was walking around trying to find 'Rm. 210'. He had it written down so he'd remember, but not even memory could help him find it. "Sigh, I'm lost" Ryo exclaimed. "You are?" asked a voice from behind. "Want some help?" Ryo turned around to see a girl his age with raven-black hair and chocolate brown eyes in a purple dress with pink bows on it. "Uh, yes please."

"Okay, wutcha need help with?" the girl asked. "I need to find 'Rm. 210'." Ryo explained. "Well, you're in luck. That's my class. I'll take you there." The girl exclaimed. "Really? Thanks a lot. I thought I'd be running around the halls all day until the bell." Ryo cheered as he followed the girl.

"So," the girl called back to him, "What's your name?" "My name is Ryo. What's yours?" Ryo asked. "My name is Kagome. Hey, wanna be friends?" Kagome asked impatiently. "Okay!" Ryo exclaimed. "Cool. C'mon, don't wanna be late for class." The two kids raced to their classroom before the bell rang.

!! End of Flashback !!

"So…you're here because you two were childhood friends and you stopped by for a visit?" Inu Yasha asked to see if he understood. "Well, there's a bit more…"