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Change of Behavior



"You have the Shikon, little girl." Yura replied, a sadistic smile creeping onto her

porcelain face. "It will be wise to hand it over."

"Who the hell are you?!?" demanded Inuyasha, moving to glare Yura straight in the eye,

successfully blocking Kagome from her view.

"I'll get your hair later." cooed Yura, trying to get past Inuyasha, but failed miserably. "Move."

snarled Yura, her calm demeanor switched to one of impatience. The Great Hall had went

deathly silent again for the umpteenth time that morning. Inuyasha didn't budge, narrowing his

golden eyes at Yura while opening his clenched fists, revealing sharp claws that glistened under

the early morning sun.

"Inuyasha, move aside." Kagome called softly from behind him, realizing that Inuyasha was

revealing his hanyou form in front of the whole student body. Inuyasha grudgingly moved aside,

scowling at Yura the whole time. Sesshoumaru quicky kicked Inuyasha in the shin, and inclined

his head slightly at his claws. Inuyasha growled at Sesshoumaru but quickly resurrected his

concealment spell.

"Aw, the puppy only obeys his master?" cooed Yura, giggling maniacally. Inuyasha

growled and was very close to losing control before Kagome cut Yura's taunts off.

"As the old saying goes, if you have something to say, then say it. If you have to fart, then

hurry up and fart." stated Kagome, causing eyes to swivel to her at the words she was using.

"You got some nerve, little girl." smirked Yura. "Just hand over the Shikon and I'll spare

your life." Instinctively, Kurama's arm wrapped around Kagome's waist protectively. Sango was

about to give Yura a piece of her mind when Kagome spoke again.

"The Shikon was a gift 'he' had given to me. I will not hand it over that easily." replied

Kagome, a cold glint entering her eyes. "If you pursue it further, I will not promise that you will

go unscathed." Kagome fell into silence after that speech and leaned into Kurama's warm

embrace, remembering how another (Youko) would hold her exactly like that.

"As of now," George yelled over the spare second of silence. "WE'RE ALL LATE FOR

OUR FIRST DAY OF CLASS!!! LET'S PARTY!!!"

"Look what you did!" accused Kagome, her facade changing quickly. In a second, Kagome

had bolted out the door, holding one of Sesshoumau's hand in her left hand and Kurama's in the

right. They had to push their way out, as most of the students were in rush hour mode. Inuyasha,

Hiei, Harry, Ron, and Hermione followed closely behind Kagome and the two guys she was

dragging, afraid they'll lose them in the swarm of students. It took a few more minutes before

Katie, Kikyou, and Yura realized they had to get to divination class too. In a matter of minutes,

the Great Hall was emptied, leaving only George and Fred.

George and Fred looked at each other, shrugged, and sauntered off to their first day of

class. "Why did they seem so bloody worried?" muttered George. "I was just kidding...they

weren't REALLY late...yet."

"Who knows." replied Fred.

***

"Where's the class?" Kagome asked frantically, rereading her schedule. Sesshoumaru and

Hiei looked as bored as ever as Kurama tried to calm Kagome down, to no avail. The knight in

the portrait that had been following them had finally left, much to the appreciation of

Sesshoumaru and Hiei, who were on the brink of destroying it permanently.

"Sibyll Trelawney, Divination teacher." Harry muttered, "How do we get there?" Suddenly, a

trap down opened and a silvery ladder descended.

"Speak of the devil." muttered Kagome, as everyone filed up the ladder. "This looks like

Grandpa's attic." Kagome murmured softly to Kurama, who smiled at Kagome in response. He

was glad she was responding to him again, though not as well as it use to be, but he wasn't

complaining.

"Welcome to the physical world." a voice called out from the dark.

"Welcome back from the dead." Kagome replied after taking in the professor's profile. This

caused a fit of laughter to erupt from the class. Kurama blinked slightly at Kagome's sudden

change of behavior and attitude. There was something different about Kagome, but he couldn't

really place a finger on what it was.

The professor coughed a bit and asked, "What was that?"

"Divination, my favorite class." Kagome immediately answered, avoiding eye contact with the

professor.

"Take a seat my children." called out the professor.

"When did I get this beanbag for a mother?" muttered Kagome, causing the demons in the

room to cast her a questioning glance.

"Welcome to Divination. My name in Professor Trelawney." the professor introduced

herself.

"I thought it was Sibyll Trelawney." sighed Kagome, feeling a more disobedient side of

her erupting after the sadness of Youko's death had subsided for the second. Kagome use to be a

great student: obedient, smart, and respectful. Then things changed when she met the legendary

fox thief, to make a long story short, he changed her in more than one way.

Kagome had a mischievous glint in her eyes as the professor continued with her introduction,

telling how few have this gift of foresight. Kurama was slightly worried at the change in

Kagome's behavior, but pushed it off to one side of his mind. "Now if you'll divide into pairs."

the professor cut off Kagome's dangerous thoughts. Kagome listened with impatience to

Trelawney's instructions before setting off to collect the needed items.

Katie wasted no time in latching onto Kurama. Kagome returned with the teacup and stared as

Kurama struggled in the grasps of Katie. "He's my partner!" growled Katie, who was prepared to

start a full blow argument with Kagome. Kagome didn't want to get enrolled into another

argument and walked away. Kagome stood next to Inuyasha and waited for him to acknowledge

her presence.

"Mind being my partner?" asked Kagome, when Inuyasha made no moves to indicate that he

had sensed her presence.

"Feh." replied Inuyasha, his way of saying, suit yourself. Kurama glared at Inuyasha before

removing Katie. Sesshoumaru and Hiei glared coldly at their teacup, refusing to think a teacup

could tell their future. Kurama sighed, noticing that Katie was the only person left. Trying his

best to keep his anger under control he retrieved a teacup. In a few minutes, everyone was

working to figure out the assignment, wether happily or begrudgingly.

"I see an un ugly blob and an cow." announced Kagome in monotone, looking straight into

Inuyasha's annoyed eyes. Kurama lifted his green eyes from his cup to lock his gaze on Kagome

and Inuyasha.

"Feh, what does it mean?" snorted Inuyasha, as Kurama waited patiently for Kagome's

answer. He was interested in how she was going to interpret this junk.

"Simple." replied Kagome, smirking. "Your going to become a farmer and your going to

milk a cow."

"Wha-?" asked Inuyasha, giving Kagome a weird look before picking up his teacup.

"Inuyasha, are you going to close your mouth or what?" asked Kagome, smiling slightly at

Inuyasha's open mouth.

"Wha-?" Inuyasha blurted out, without thinking.

"Has your vocabulary been diminished to wha when I was gone?" asked Kagome skeptically,

dumping the contents of her teacup onto the ground. "In any case, I'm done." Katie tensed as

Kagome walked towards Kurama and plopped down next to him. "You done yet?"

"Almost." replied Kurama looking at Katie's teacup.

"It's not that hard." Kagome broke into Kurama's concentration. "It means she's going to

die of old age as an virgin."

"What did you say!?!" demanded Katie, fury blazing in her eyes.

"I didn't say anything, it's what the contents of the teacup says. I'm just doing what I am

suppose to be doing, right Professor Trelawney?" Kagome called out to the professor, who

briskly walked over to them.

"Let me see." stated the professor. Kurama was just about to hand over the contents when

he noticed the leaves shift positions. He looked at Kagome who was busy murmuring a simple

spell under her breath. Kurama kept his mouth shut and smiled slightly at Kagome, who smiled

back. "Kagome is right. It seems Kagome here has already mastered the art of reading tea leaves.

You will make a great student."

"Thank you, Professor Trelawney." Kagome replied, inclining her head slightly. Kagome

fought back giggles as Katie fumed in anger, but could do nothing about it. Kurama tangled his

hand into Kagome's. Kagome gave it a slight squeeze before untangling it and walking towards

Sesshoumaru and Hiei. She passed Inuyasha who was still glaring at his cup of tea leaves. He

seemed to be in upmost concentration, not believing that he is going to become a farmer in

future.

Kagome seated herself right in between Sesshoumaru and Hiei. Kagome glanced from

Hiei to Sesshoumaru then back to Hiei again. They were gazing into each other's impassive face,

waiting for the other to make the first move. "Ok, I know Sesshoumaru is very cute and Hiei is

equally so, but no need to stare the whole class now, right?"

Both demon locked gazes with Kagome and dared her to imply that they were gay. "Come on,

you know I'm right." smirked Kagome.

"Hn." snorted Hiei. "I'm not doing this."

"I, Sesshoumaru, will not degrade myself to doing this." replied Sesshoumaru icily.

"Kagome." Kurama called out gently, taking a seat next to Kagome.

"Where's Katie?" asked Kagome, looking around the room.

"I lost her somewhere in this room." replied Kurama, sighing softly under his breathe.

"You got one dangerous girlfriend." smirked Kagome, inclining her head to Katie, who

was storming her way over. "You better have a good excuse. She looks like she's about to rip off

someone's head. Speaking of which, I better check on Inuyasha, who looks like he's about to rip

off his own head."

"Katie isn't my..." Kurama started, wanting to explain that Katie wasn't really his girlfriend,

but found that Kagome was already walking towards Inuyasha.

"Hn. Fox, she might have forgave you." snorted Hiei. "But she'll need time to be able to

accept you."

"In the meantime, you could try laying off that wench." Sesshoumaru spoke without a drop of

emotion. Kurama turned to face Katie just as she was about to say her first word.

"Katie, the 'relationship' between us is over. Not that I really actually loved you." Kurama

stated softly, but the words alone were harsh enough. Katie had a look of bewilderment etched on

her face as unshed tears began to form in the corner of her eyes.

"It's because of her, isn't it?" demanded Katie, shaking with uncontrolled sobs. Kurama didn't

reply but met Katie's eyes impassively.

"It was because of her that I even started this relationship with you." Kurama stated truthfully,

"I never really wanted any lasting relationship with you. You could say it was to ease the pain

Kagome had left. In other, harsher words, you were a replacement." Kurama controlled his

emotions as Katie angrily stomped away.

"That was smooth, fox." stated Hiei.

"I feel as if I had played with Katie's emotions." replied Kurama.

"It probably wasn't your first time doing it anyway, fox." snorted Hiei, referring to his past

life.

"Your probably right, but I never did it. The human side of me hasn't experienced it." added

Kurama, gazing at Kagome.

"Give her time." stated Sesshoumaru, who had crushed his teacup.

"Yes, she needs time." piped in Hermione, looking at Kurama's sad face. "She just lost

someone very dear to her. Someone, might I dear say, that was probably her boyfriend. He

seemed to have healed the pain we had inflicted onto Kagome's heart. But, then he had inflicted

a pain of his own onto Kagome by dying."

"Hn." Hiei agreed silently.

"In time, I'm sure Kagome will learn to accept you again. In time...." murmured Hermione,

who didn't sound as sure of herself as she had hoped.

***

Questions and Answers:

Shiroi Hikari:

* If Youko is really Kurama, then shouldn't Youko remember Kagome?

- Youko isn't really in control of the body...you could say he is still sleeping. He hasn't

awakened yet. Which also means that Shuichi does not have access to Youko's memory, but only

his power. Well some of his power. Does that help? ^_^

Anonymous:

*Is Sango and the others going to try to bring Kurama and Kagome back together?

- They might try, but it really all depends on Kagome.

*If Kouga and Kagome are talking and mentioned Youko's name, will someone like Hiei or

Sesshoumaru hear the conversation?

- Even if they did, they'll probably just think Kagome was talking about Kurama's pet

fox, Yoko. (In case anyone is wondering, yes the pet foxes are alive...along with the rest of the

animals.)

Kitsune youkai hime:

*So, is Yura a demon like in the anime?

- Yes.

* Did Kagome have the Shikon during first year and second year too?

- No, she acquired the jewel recently when she time traveled.

Lost-deity:

* What's going to happen with the shikon?

- It's going to remain with Kagome, but it's going to cause her a lot of trouble.

* Is Kagome gonna find out about Youko and Kurama being the same person?

- Yes, eventually, but not anytime soon. I warn you ahead of time...it's going to be a long

time!

* Is Kikyou going to die?

- Yes, after she serves her purposes.

* Is the thing about blood tears real of some fantasy you made up?

- According to my grandma's knowledge of Chinese history, yes, it happened once...and

only once.

Musig Mistress 101:

- Hm, here's the address again...I hope it works.

http://groups.msn.com/KagomeKuramaRomance/welcome.msnw

Why? What? Shutup

* Why not make Sirius Kagome's dad?

- I can't, because that would make Dumbledore Sirius' father.

IMPROVED Uber Rei Model 06:

*Is Hiei still in love with Kagome?

- No, he got over it when the big incident happened during Second Year. Now, they're

just on a brotherly/sisterly step. Though, Hiei wouldn't admit that!

Kawaiililaznkitsune:

* Is it true about the tears?

-As far as I know, yes.

Tbiris:

*Is Naraku still alive and well?

- No, he died. ^_^ But more evil is arriving.

Helen:

* Are you going to put Kurama and Kagome as a couple again during this year?

- I'm on process of healing that gap. It'll take a lot of chapters to heal the scar though.

Hopefully, they'll be back to where they were before in the relationship aspect by next year.

* Is Yusuke gonna show up this year or the upcoming years?

- Upcoming, probably during the fifth year.

Kuro Kaze1:

* Why hasn't Kagome linked Kurama and Youko together as the same person yet?

- Because Shuichi and Youko have totally different personalities.

Insane miko:

* Are you pairing Sango with Hiei?

-Yes, but I'll have to work on that...after I get Kagome and Kurama back together. ^_^

Fuyu Kitsune:

- Dear cousin...do you know that your...um...review....is very messy! It jumps from one

thought to another! Your so random! Check up the email I sent you!