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Foreign Exchange
Chapter 3
Appearances and appearances
By Lunna Sakura

!#()+Last time+)(#!

As the two girls entered the well-house Amanda started to get excited, "I can't wait, I can't wait, I can' wait!" Then Amanda ran past Kagome and jumped into the well.

"Wait, Amanda you can't get through without me or Inu…" Kagome was cut of by the blue light that illuminated from the old well. Kagome was shocked, 'Is this girl suppose to be able to get through by herself? Why is that possible? Maybe there is someone there she is meant to be with!' Kagome ran and jumped over the lip of the well.

As the last of the blue light left from around Kagome, she quickly started climbing out of the well. As she climbed over the lip of the well, she saw a highly intrigued Amanda. "Amanda, don't do that you have no idea how dangerous this era can be!" Kagome yelled with worry and shock in her voice.

Amanda turned to Kagome and said, still smiling, "Since this place is filled with demons do you think that maybe I could be in my real form?"

Kagome was again shocked (she will be shocked a lot in this story people) and looked at Amanda with wide eyes and said, "I thought you were in your real form!"

"No, my parents gave me this necklace…" Amanda pulled out from, under her shirt, a small, silver, butterfly shaped locket, "… that has an enchantment on it, that makes me look human. It's made of 24 karat white gold. My daddy made it himself."

Kagome stared at it in awe. "It's so beautiful; I've never seen such a nice locket!"

Amanda clicked open the locket and then closed it back, and suddenly she went from having short, chewed up nails to long, sharp, dangerous looking nails, her short, light brown hair changed to a hot pink with silver high lights. (I didn't say silver cause Inuyasha's hair is silver it is just that silver is the only color that goes good with hot pink.) Kagome watched as Amanda's almost perfectly straight, white teeth turned into fangs, like Inuyasha's. Then Amanda howled out in pain 'Damn I forgot!' Amanda thought to herself looking at Kagome, who seemed to see the worried look on her face. Slowly Amanda reached behind her, and then there was a loud rip of clothes. "Don't worry Kagome, I just forgot about my poor tail, and when it started to grow back out my pants… well lets just say my pants weren't loose enough for it." Amanda said rubbing her backside.

Then Inuyasha appeared, out of nowhere might I add, looking very startled and worried, especially when he saw Amanda, "Who the hell is that! Did you bring another… is that Amanda?"

Amanda nodded as her hot pink tail… umm… WAGGED energetically. "Yep, this all me Inuyasha! What do you think!" Amanda looked so happy that she was about to explode.

"I think you look scary. What did you do, that dye thing Kagome is always…was always talking about!" Inuyasha asked staring at Amanda's outrageous hair.

"No silly this is my natural color!" Amanda said now bouncing out of joy.

"Why?" Kagome asked reaching to play with Amanda's hair.

"Well, my daddy has bright, flaming red hair, and my mom has pure, white hair." Amanda said as she grabbed Kagome's hand to stop her from touching her hair. "Please don't touch my hair. I hate it when people do that."

!#()+meanwhile+)(#!

Miroku, Sango, and Shippou were sitting in Keade's hut. Shippou was coloring when he suddenly jumped up and ran out of the hut squealing Kagome's name at the top of his lungs, with Miroku and Sango right behind him. Then as suddenly as he had taken off he stopped.

"Shippou, what's wrong?" Sango asked reaching him before Miroku.

"There is someone there other than Inuyasha, cause he is there too. It smells…" Shippou sniffed the air. "… like a wolf demon!"

Sango and Miroku looked at Shippou worriedly and said in unison, "Koga!"

Shippou shock his head, "No not Koga, this on smells feminine."

With that the three took of on Kirara's back that way if Inuyasha was in a fight they could help (though I have no idea how they could help with that pervert monk around)

As Inuyasha, Kagome, and Amanda walked to the village the rest of the group arrived, and were shocked to see Inuyasha and Kagome with such a strange demon. "Hey! I'm not strange, I'm quite normal! Thank you!" Amanda said looking mortally wounded

"I don't think you're strange my beautiful butterfly." Miroku said rushing up to Amanda and grabbing her hands.

"That was so nice of you to… SLAP!" Miroku had attempted to grab Amanda's butt, but to no avail.

"When is he ever going to learn." Sango sighed as she watched the poor monk get the crap bet out of him by a now peeved Amanda.

As they entered Keade's village Amanda notice that not many people stared at her, it was mainly the little kids, and a few girls around her age. They entered what looked to be a very small and old hut (Keade's hut people). Then an old woman with an eye patch stood up, "Kagome, what are ye doing back so soon you still have at least a day and a half left?"

"Yeah you even pushed me…"

"SIT!"

Amanda giggled, but so no one could hear

That's when Amanda noticed Shippou who had been clinging to Kagome's leg, "Hello there." Amanda said bending down to Shippou's level.

Shippou smiled, "Hi," he said with delight.

"What's your name?" Shippou was finally unclinging from Kagome's leg.

"Shippou," he said looking at her curiously.

"Well I'm Amanda. I'm pleased to meet you Shippou. Hey I bet you like to play games don't you?" Amanda said, and Shippou nodded his head. Kagome smiled as she watched the two leave as her and Inuyasha explained about Amanda and why she had come back so early.

!#()+meanwhile outside+)(#!

"Hey Shippou, have you ever played tag with another demon?" Amanda asked , as her tail started wagging again, going a hundred miles an hour.

"No, my parents didn't like games, and Inuyasha is to crabby." Amanda giggled, from what she saw of Inuyasha crabby was the under statement of the world.

The two had been playing for quit awhile when Amanda had sat down to rest for a moment. The others were still inside and she could hear Inuyasha was yelling at Kagome, and Kagome was on the verge of tears. "Do they fight all the time?" Amanda asked, looking down at Shippou who was lying on her lap lazily.

"Yeah, but never physically I honestly think that if any thing were to happen to Kagome, Inuyasha would kill himself over it." Shippou said, stating the all too obvious truth.

Suddenly there was a strong gust of wind and Amanda could she a small cyclone heading straight towards the two. Shippou jumped up, "Inuyasha, Koga's coming!" Shippou yelled running toward the old hut just as Inuyasha exited and by passed the tiny fox demon.

"Who is Ko…" Just as Amanda started to ask Koga appeared, wearing the same out fit he always wears.

"I'm Koga," Koga said in his you better respect me or else tone of voice.

"Wow, aren't you mister know it all." Amanda said bluntly, and Koga raised an eyebrow. He started to say something but Inuyasha appeared.

"What the hell do you want Koga?" Inuyasha snarled glaring at Koga.

"Now Inuyasha is that any way to treat a new comer? Especially one as handsome as this one." Inuyasha's eyes widened and he gagged.

"You think HE'S handsome!" Inuyasha asked still gagging at the thought.

"Yeah sure, why not?" Amanda said google-eyeing the so called new comer. Amanda traced Koga's face with her fingers.

"Hey, don't touch me; I'm already mated to her." Koga said pointing to Kagome. Amanda's eyes fell.

"What the hell are you talking about Koga?" Kagome said, "How many times do I have to tell you that I don't like you like that and I never will."

"Fine, I do not wish to fight you, Kagome. I will return but next time you will accept me as you mate." Koga yelled as he sped off to the direction he had come.

Kagome was walking towards the god tree. It was the middle of the night, and she had awoken from the most peaceful sleep she had had in ages to find Inuyasha not in his usual corner in the old hut. As she climbed out of the bush and entered the clearing that held the ancient God Tree, she saw a sleeping Inuyasha at the base of the tree. She tightened the blanket she had brought, around her tighter. She figured he would be in the tree and she would have to "sit" him to get him to come down. As she approached the sleeping hanyou he leapt to his feet ready to attack. When he saw who it was he immediately lowered his claws and relaxed. "Kagome, what are you doing out here?" He asked as she neared him cautiously.

"I should ask you the same thing. Why were you asleep on the ground, you are usually on a tree branch." Kagome asked as she neared her hanyou friend. She pulled the blanket as tight as she could around herself as the wind started to blow.

"I was… um… thinking and I… um… feel asleep." Inuyasha mumbled as he struggled to find the words he was looking for.

Kagome sat down next to him, "What were you thinking about, Inuyasha? You must have been thinking about something important." Kagome stated as she stared into the beautiful golden eyes of Inuyasha.

Inuyasha blushed and turned his head. "Yeah, something really important, that… I… um… need to talk… to you… um… about."

Kagome looked curious, "Oh and what is that?" Kagome opened her blankets to welcome Inuyasha into her warmth, but he refused.

"Kagome I was… um talking… um… to someone… who… um… made me… um… realize something." Inuyasha mumbled through what he had to say with difficulty. He had spent most of the night going over what he would say to her, but now that she was out here with him he couldn't even think of how to speak.

"What did you realize, Inuyasha? You can talk to me, you know that." Kagome said looking Inuyasha in his eyes like she always did.

"Kagome… I… um…" Inuyasha could feel the nervousness in his stomach. He was scared that she would reject him, but he had to do it, he had to get this off his chest. He had countless nights were he never got one ounce of sleep because of this feeling. "… I…uh…"

Whahahahaha I'm so evil. Don't worry I will continue if you like. Please review.

Lunna Sakura