Redone 1/18/05

Chapter 3

Kagome was actually in a better mood after the fight. In a way it released some of that pent up frustration burning inside of her, but seeing her cousin again was the best part even though she acted mean towards him she was delighted to see him again.

"Well today isn't such a bad day after all." She thought with a smile. "Now if I could just find that stupid office." she thought roaming through the halls of the new school lost.

Then she heard a voice behind her. "Hey Kagome wait up?"

Kagome turned around and saw the girl from earlier named Kayko waving at her while walking toward her." Do you need help?"

Kagome smiled and answered. "Yes, I do I can't seem to find the office."

Kayko smiled and said "Well let me help." She offered and then said. "Come on after I show you the office I will give you a tour of the school."

"Thanks." Kagome said and followed her. When they got to the office Kagome went up to the secretary and introduced herself. "Hi my name is Higurishi Kagome. I am a transfer student from Shikon High."

"Oh yes." The secretary replied with a smile. "We have been expecting you." she said grabbing a file off the shelf she handed a paper to Kagome saying."Here is your class schedule and before you go dear the principle wanted to speak to you for a moment. Just knock on that door over their and he should call you in."

"Oh, ok thanks." Kagome said turning to let Kayko now she had to see the principle first.

"I got to see the principal first so if you don't want to wait I can find my way around." She said apologetically.

"Oh no that is fine I will just wait outside the door till you're finished." She replied with a smile.

So Kagome nodded her head and knocked on the door. When she went through Kayko stood outside the door listening in.

"Oh, Ms. Higurishi I have been expecting you. I had a long talk with the principal from your old school and he mention the reason of your transfer. Since you have been quite ill over the last year and miss so many days he thought this school would be so much better since we have a program that allows you to take your homework home and attend days you feel up to it. With all the diseases and treatments you take it can be quit stressing to have to worry about attending classes all the time."

Kagome face turned a shade red with embarrassment remembering all the stories her grandfather told her old school and replied"Oh thanks it is rather hard trying to keep up with everything."

"Well I asure you I have talked to all your teachers to let them know about your medical condition. It is really rare to have someone in you condition still even being able to walk with all your problems and we just hope we can make your life a little bit easier."

"Thank you and I hope I don't become such a bother from missing so much with all the doctors I have to see." Kagome replied promising herself to kill her Grandfather.

"Don't worry my dear just concentrate on getting better. Even with all the days you missed you have kept a quite excellent grade point average you should be proud of."

"Well I will send for a student to give you a tour around and show you to class." The principle said.

"Oh that won't be necessary one of your student already offered a girl named Kayko." Kagome replied

"Kayko you say. That was very nice of her, she is also one of my best students. You are in good hands and if you need anything just let me and the staff know. Our nursing staff has also been briefed on your condition so we would like to help in any way we can."

"Thanks again it was a pleasure meeting you and I will do my best to keep up the standards." Kagome said as she walked out the door.

Kayko who had been listening on the conversation backed away from the door so not to get caught. What she had heard had really surprised her from the fighting earlier she could not even completely understand how this girl was so sick. It just couldn't be true, so she filed the information away to tell Yusuke when she saw him again. His cousin was sure a big mystery.

"Hey, are you finished?" Kayko asked Kagome when she walked out of the principals office "Yeah he just wanted to greet me."

"Well let me see your schedule." When Kagome handed Kayko her schedule, she said "Hey you have all the same classes as Yusuke and I."

Kagome looked up shocked. "I didn't know Yusuke went here."

"Sure." Kayko replied with a shrug. "When he attends class that is."

Kagome smiled and laughed "Same old Yusuke. Always did hate school."

Kayko laughed to "Yeah I guess he still does."

Kagome and Kayko latched there arms together as Kayko dragged her down the hall asking all about how Yusuke was as a kid.

During Gym, Kayko and Kagome got ready for archery the teacher explained to them what they need to do he had asked if anyone had experience before and Kagome hand was the only one who went up.

"Miss Higurishi i I see you are the only one with experience can you please step up here and shoot one so I could get some idea one what your skills are?" The gym teacher asked as she stepped up.

Kagome grabbed a long bow and waited for him to let her know when to begin. When the teacher said go ahead she got in her stance and raised her bow making sure not to draw any power into the arrow.

"Very good you posture is excellent now go ahead and shoot one and aim at a target up a head."

Kagome pulled back and let the arrow loose sending it flying and the arrow embedded itself into the bulls eye of the target everyone was really impressed and clapped and cheered.

"Very good Miss Higurishi can you aim another one please." As she did another one the arrow flew splitting her last arrow right in between hitting the target in the same place.

The teacher looked shocked and said. "I am very impressed you have great skill I think I will let you help the others and I must ask where you learned to shoot like that?"

Kagome smiled in embarrassment at the praise and answered." Well I live on a shrine and my Grandpa always likes to teach about the old ways. So he thought he would get me into archery so I have had a lot of practice." She said sort of lying she did live on a shrine and her Grandpa did like to talk about history, but she had learned her skill fighting demons in the Feudal era while hunting shards but she could not tell him that. He would call a mental hospital on her.

"Miss Higurishi you are very talented and I would like to further your skills. Have you ever shot at a moving target before?" The gym teacher asked.

"Oh sure."Kagome replied not knowing what she was really getting herself into.

"Well why don't you follow me and I would like to see your skill I have just the machine for targeting." He replied then looking to the other students he said "While I show Miss Higurishi something I want the rest of you practicing your stance. If there is any problems just come find me and ask ok."

The students nodded and began to pick their bows up while Kagome followed the teacher when they got to their destination the teacher explained what he wanted her to do while he shot disks out of a machine he wanted her to try and hit the flying disk.

Kayko had snuck away from the rest of the class to follow the teacher. She was really curious to see what he wanted her to do so she stood behind a tree and watched as the teacher began to work a machine that tossed a disk into the air when she saw Kagome shoot arrows and hitting every one of the disks she was amazed at her skill. "Man she is good." She thought. She spied behind the tree watching until the bell rung letting them know school was over quickly so not to get caught she rushed back to the gym into the girls dressing room to shower and change to leave school.

Exiting the school she sat down on the steps waiting for Kagome to appear when Yusuke and the rest of the guys showed up.

"Hey Kayko." Yusuke greet "What's up?" he asked.

Kayko smiled and said."You guys missed it. It was awesome your cousin certainly is very talented with a bow." She replied.

"What are you talking about Kayko." Yusuke asked.

" Well today in gym we started to learn to shoot arrows and Kagome was the only one who really knew how. So when she hit the bulls eye twice the last one splitting through the first arrow the teacher took her out back and had her aim for moving target I snuck out and watched she didn't miss a one she was really good."

"What Kagome can shoot a bow? I had know idea." Yusuke said in amazement after hearing Kayko.

"What? I thought you said you grew up together. I over heard her tell the gym teacher her Grandpa taught her to since she lived at the shrine." Kayko asked puzzled that he didn't know.

Yusuke shook his head and said."No way Gramps could never shoot a bow and I don't see why he would teach her I have never seen her use one growing up."

"I have to say Yusuke your cousin is a mystery."Kurama replied.

"Yeah she sure is. Where is she anyways?" He asked Kayko.

"I am not sure she was talking to the gym teacher. Maybe she still there, lets go see if we can find her." She replied getting up and heading back into the school when they got to the gym what they saw surprised them all.

As Kagome began to leave her gym teacher called her over and asked if she had any training in kendo or martial arts. Kagome not liking to lie again answered "Yeah some why?"

When her teacher Mister Pilliana smiled and said. "Do you have time I would like to see how much you know."

Kagome shrugged and replied. "Sure, why not." It wasn't like she had to go to Feudal era and her mom wouldn't mind her getting home late so she agreed putting her pack down she followed him once again and took a sword he offered.

"Ok we'll spare a little and see what you know." He attacked and she defended for a while then she started to attack him using some of the moves Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru had shown her after they decided to call a truce until they defeated Naraku. For what ever reason Naraku had pissed off the demon lord, she was very thankful he had helped her a lot and became a good friend and ally well for now anyways.

Kagome found the spare vigorous she kept her movements smooth just like Sess, or Fluffy as she called him, showed her. This was actually fun but she guessed it was time to end it before she missed dinner so she swiftly knocked his sword out of his hand and pointed the sword at his heart.

Yusuke, Kurama, Kayko, Kawbara, and even Hiei stood their in the door of the gym watching Kagome spar. Everyones thought that she was good, really good.

They all just stood their with their mouths gapped except Hiei and Kurama they just looked on with amazement at her skill. Till Hiei with his arms crossed snorted out ." Are you sure she's related to you?"

Kurama had to smile it was the first time he had ever heard Hiei say something close to a joke before. "So you have taken interest to her have you Hiei." Kurama thought but he had also been taken and couldn't wait to find out more about her.

Kurama was brought out of his thought when he heard Yusuke. "Ha ha very funny, Hiei. Didn't know you had a sense of humor."

Everybody started to laugh at Hiei and Yusuke. "Come on you guys their finished. Lets go talk to Kagome." Kayko said.

Kagome turned around when she sensed demons and saw Yusuke with Kayko waiting on her. Telling her Gym teacher bye that she needed to get home now after his praise she gave him the sword back and picked up her bag to head home she figured she would just take a shower later and change out of her gym uniform when she got their.

"Hi Yusuke. Kayko," She said with a little bow to greet. "What are you still doing here?"

"Waiting on you?" Yusuke replied and then asked. "Where did you learn that?"

"Oh just some friends." she replied and then asked "So who are your other friends?"

Yusuke introduced her and then she said "Well I got to go Mama will have dinner ready soon."

She hugged Yusuke again making sure he promised to come by and visit and then left.

"Your cousin is really nice."Kawbara said "Do you think she'd go out with me?"

Yusuke hit Kawbara on the head and said. "No, don't even think about asking her out."

The rest of them headed out of the building not noticing Hiei had vanished from the group.