A/n: I forgot the disclaimer last chapter! So here goes: I do not own "Phantom of the Opera". If I did, I would not be where I am, because Andrew Lloyd Webber made 2 billion off of "Phantom". Not that I'm bitter or anything. And I don't own Inu-Yasha eiether. If I did, Sesshomaru would have been dead a long time ago...

"So," continued the village leader, "do you have anything in mind? Anything that you'd prefer to perform?"

"What?" asked Kagome. She hadn't thought about that. "Well, um, I don't know...I'm not sure of my options..." She turned to the others for help. They shrugged or shook their heads. "Really, sir, I have no idea."

Myoga spoke up. "Why don't you go to your own time? I'm sure you could find something there that we could do."

Kagome brightened up. "That's a great idea! Erm..." She turned to the village leader. "You may not believe me, but, um, I'm from the future." How awkward was this?

The village leader smiled knowingly. "Lady, in this world, anything can happen. Go to your own time. Return when you find something for the festival."

Kagome bowed. "Thank you, sir." She faced her friends. "I'll be back as soon as I can." She glanced at the haynou-shaped hole in the ground. "Make sure you tell Inu-Yasha where I am."

Shippo grinned. "Don't worry. We will!"

"Kagome!"

"We were so worried about you!"

"I heard you had the Black Plague...how did you get out of that one?"

'It's so great to be back.' thought Kagome. She had forgotten how crazy school was, but she was glad to see her friends. They were always one of the best parts about coming home. But there was something different about the old classroom...

"Hey, who are those two new students over there?"

"Oh, those are two transfer students...all the way from America! They're best friends, so they chose the same city. That one's named Valerie. Doesn't she have pretty hair?"

Valerie did have great hair. It was longer than her waist, stick straight and pitch black. She was of Asian descent; Chinese, Kagome guessed, and kind of short. She was reading a thick book in English.

"Who's the other one?"

"Her name is Rose." Rose had pretty green-blue eyes. Her hair was light brown, wavy and rather long as well. She had pretty earrings on each ear and was talking with many of the boys in the class. "Their houses are very close to your shrine, Kagome!"

After school, Kagome checked out the local music store. She saw many songs that she liked, but there was nothing that they could do as a group. Plus, most of them were mushy love songs and would probably make Inu-Yasha gag to death. Although that would be an amusing sight, she wanted him to participate as well, and went home empty-handed.

That night Kagome did her homework in her own room for the first time in weeks. It seemed almost a relief to work out math problems in her head while the rain hit the window. She scribbled down another answer in her notebook...

As the first clap of thunder hit the air, her bedroom door burst open and a tall figure stood in its place. Kagome screamed in surprise and fell off her chair, landing in a heap on the floor. She tried to reach her bow and arrows from under her bed, but there would be no time if the intruder was going to attack. She clamped her eyes shut and waited for the first blow...

"Hey, wench!"

Kagome opened her eyes. That voice was all to familiar.

"D'you have a piece for us yet?"

Kagome wasn't sure if she wanted to hug Inu-Yasha for not being a murderer, or kill him for scaring her so much. She acted on the latter. "Inu-Yasha!" she screeched, "What are you doing here?"

"Didn't you hear me? Do you have one or not?"

Kagome got up and dusted off so she could retain at least some of her dignity. "The answer is no, no I do not. And can't I live for five seconds in my own world without you barging in here?"

Inu-Yasha was about to respond, when there was a knock at the front door. Inu-Yasha stayed in Kagome's room while she got the door. It was Rose and Valerie. "Hey Kagome," said Valerie, "We were wondering if you had the pages for the English homework..."

"Um, sure! But how did you know I lived here?"

"Some of the boys in your class told us," Rose piped up, "They are so cute!" Valerie poked her in the ribs. "What?" Rose asked innocently.

Kagome giggled. "Alright. Let me go get them."

Kagome stalked into her room and faced the half-demon. "You know, Inu-Yasha, it's a good thing you didn't storm in here while they were in the house. What would they think if they saw you here?"

"Well if you hadn't waited so long to get the music, we wouldn't have had such a close call!"

Kagome was shouting now. "Well if you weren't so impatient, this wouldn't happen!"

"Well if you weren't so slow, I wouldn't have to come here!"

"Well if y-"

"WHAT...THE...HECK IS THAT?" shouted someone behind her. Kagome wheeled around. It was Rose and Valerie. Valerie's eyebrow was twitching and Rose had her mouth wide open.

Kagome flushed. "I didn't know you two had followed me in here."

Valerie shifted uncomfortably. "Well, it's kind of raining out there..."

Rose was trying to form some sort of coherent word while staring at Inu-Yasha. Kagome giggled nervously. "Eh heh...guys, this is Inu-Yasha. And as an answer to your question, he's a half demon."

Inu-Yasha rolled his eyes. "Nice one, Kagome."

Then Kagome got an idea. "Hey, forget about the English homework for a second. Do you guys know a musical piece that a group of people can perform for a music festival?"

Valerie was still a little flustered, but kept her wits about her and turned to Rose, who was still in shock. "Hey, Rose, what's that name of that play you love so much?"

"Huh? What?" Rose snapped out of her trance. "Oh, you mean 'The Phantom of the Opera'?"

"Yeah, that!"

Kagome brightened up. "You know something? Great! How would you like to help Inu-Yasha and me?"

"Sure! We would be glad to help!" beamed Rose, who had finally grasped reality.

"But one thing," said Valerie, looking at Inu-Yasha, "Can I touch your ears?"

Inu-Yasha face-vaulted.