Hey everyone! My name is Kristin. I hope you like the story! Granted I work on it at 12 midnight while listening to either my Inuyasha soundtrack, or my Good Charlotte/Simple Plan cds, so bear with me if it isn't always written great. Anyway, I would really love reviews, especially on how I can improve and if you guys want me to continue with this story, so please write me! Click either on 'Summit a review' at the end of this page, or email me!

Summary: Inuyasha never had friends when he was younger till he met Serenity and everything changed. But once Serenity is taken away from him, he loses the ability to love, and begins to grow deep with hate in his heart, wishing to become a full fledge demon for revenge. Now more than 50 years later, he still wishes that. Kagome's new friend, that may in fact be from Inuyasha's past, joins the group and brings back Inuyasha's suppressed memories. Together they try to help each other piece back their lost pasts, and heal from them too. Along the way they reveal their past's secrets. Hers possibly being the most shocking, from her identity to whatreally happened in thepresent.Secrets that change everything from the brewing relationship between Inuyasha and Kagome, to what they once thought to be the truth...

This chapter's summary: Kagome has gone back to school, and is greeted by her friends, who are all happy, and excited to see her. However, one friend looks nowhere near happy, and Kagome trys to help her... In comes a new character. Look deep into the clues I give about her...hummm...sound familiar? I give also some clues as to her family and home life...see if you can point them out!

Back again

"OH MY GOSH! Look guys! Kagome's back!"

Kagome was swarmed by an excited group of girls that she called her friends. They all were delighted that she had returned, and looked healthy. Kagome smiled, and answered their probing questions about her health, and whether or not she planned on seeing Hojo again. She always answered the same, how she is fine, and Hojo and she aren't a couple, and she is already sort of seeing someone else. This brought on another swarm of questions, but all the while she didn't pay much attention. She scanned the crowd for her purple hair streaked friend, Kayla.

Kayla normally wasn't hard to find. On the school grounds, most could point her out, if not by her purple highlighted hair than by her raggy school uniform. Her favorite spots on the grounds were normally by the fountain where she did most of her sketches, in the library or in the art room. Kagome finally spotted her, her sketch pad out, sitting on the lip of the fountain. But there was something different about her, like she too had changed. She wasn't drawing, just staring at her sketch pad, her face hidden by her misplaced hair. It was longer than Kagome had remembered, and was in a messy do with some strains braided, others just two chunks twirled around each other and tied. Kagome could feel her sadness as she neared the fountain.

"Kayla..." Kagome reached out to touch the girl's shoulder.

Kayla jerked back, and slid around Kagome and rushed off.

"Oh don't mind her Kagome," Her friend Suki said. "She really went to the dark side that one. Her nails are painted black, she wears these crystals around her neck, small blackhorn-rimmed glasses, black heavy eyeliner, and dark purple lipstick. The girl is a mess."

"Yeah." Madigan agreed. "I mean look at her hair. I bet she is a cutter too."

"STOP IT!" Kagome spun around and gave her friends the stare she would give Inuyasha when she was angry at him. "STOP IT NOW! She is my friend and I won't have you talking that way about one of my friends."

"Kagome..." Kagome's friend Alison placed her arm around her friend's shoulder, and began to walk, pushing her forward. "Understand dear, the girl needs help. And we are only trying to help you face reality. She is beyond repair."

Kagome stopped walking, and stared at her friends again, only with utter confusion, and disgrace. She pulled Alison's arm off her shoulder, and ran after to catch up to Kayla.

"What's up with her?" Madigan asked.

"Must be the heavy dosage of medications the doctors have her on." Suki explained.

"Kayla!" Kagome huffed and puffed through the ground's trees, trying to catch up to the now running Kayla.

Kayla stopped dead in her tracks. "Ka-ka-kagome?" Kayla dropped her books and bag, and spun around.

Kagome stopped running, and stood about 20 feet in front of the now very different friend of hers. My friends were right, Kagome thought, she really looks different. Like her friends had said, Kayla was wearing numerous amounts of different crystals around her neck, but one stood out in particular. A spherical crystal with many different cuts on it, on a black velvet cord, tied tightly like a choker around her neck.

"Kagome..." Kayla rushed up to her friend, grabbing her in a tight hug. "It is you Kagome.I didn't even realizethat was you at the fountain.My gosh, I am so glad to see you. You don't realize how awe..." Kayla pulled away from her friend and looked at her. "...how...um, different it has been without you here." She corrected her statement, all the while looking close to see if Kagome caught her slip up. "Um...so...how are you?"

"I'm feeling better, actually. I wanted to thank you so much for the homework and notes. My grandpa said that you kept bringing it faithfully every week."

"Yeah." Kayla shifted her feet, looking down shyly at them. "I think I know your family as well as you do. I've sure become accustom to your mom's home cooking. She always gives me extras of Friday's dinner. It practically lasts me till the next Friday!"

Kagome was happy to she her friend break the gloomy expression on her face with a smile. "Well, it doesn't even pay back how much you do for me." Kagome said.

"Kagome, you are my friend. I'm sure you would do the same if I had gotten so sick as you had." The bell rang in the distance signaling that the period was over. "I better go." Kayla traveled back and picked up her books from the ground.

Kagome hated to have this time with Kayla end so soon. "Hey. How about you and I get together on Friday and have a study session or something? Maybe then go out to the movies? It's just I haven't been able to see you in so long."

Kayla turned and smiled. "That would be really great."

Kagome watched her walk away, thinking to herself. My friends are wrong. Kayla is still the same sweet girl I know. She just needs a friend back in her life and to smile more. That's all.

Kristin's note to readers: I'll get into more of Kayla's school life, adn it's emotional effect on her. There will be some spoilers in the next chaper, so read with caution!