A/N: I love this chapter! Enjoy! I wrote the ending, the dream sequence, to the soundtrack of Spirited Away! Mainly Chihiro's theme! When reading it, put her theme on, track 10 I think?

Extra A/N: ::growls:: the quickedit here in fanfiction . net isn't letting me indent, so the format is a little messed up, since there is no paragraph indent. Sorry

Disclaimer: It's official ::hold up newspaper:: I do not own Inuyasha! XP

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Return of the Lost Soul

By: whiterose03 and nekoblue

Chapter 3: You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover

"What the hell!" Kagome said as she gazed in disbelief, the same look mirroring her on the other person.

"What is going on?" The person in front of her asked, her voice laced with anger. From what Kagome could see, she had long straight black hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a blue jean skirt and a pink halter-top. She was also wearing pink flip-flops on her feet.

To say the least that Kagome and this mirror image of her were shocked would be called the understatement of the year. Kagome turned her shock ridden face around the cafeteria to see that everyone was looking at them in disbelief, as well as shock. The silence inside the once noisy cafeteria was deafening. However, it was broken by the shouts of two voices.

"Kikyo!" The voice of two people shouted. Kaede and Ken came barging into the cafeteria. However, with one look at the two girls, their rampage came to an abrupt halt. Yet, unlike the other people in the cafeteria, they didn't keep quiet.

"Oh my goodness!" Kaede shouted as she stared at the girls. The two girls faced one another, before facing everyone else.

"Great, as if one wasn't enough, now I have two Kikyo's to deal with," Ken said in astonishment. Kagome broke out of her shock mode and turned her stare at the man who just talked.

"My name isn't Kikyo, it's Kagome!" She growled out at the man who took a step back from the crazed girl.

While this was happening, Miroku took a step forward and came between the girls, looking from one to the other; he placed an index finger on his chin and seemed to be contemplating something. After a moment or two, he finally decided to speak.

"You know, you do resemble one another. However, there are certain exceptions. First, let's have an introduction. Kagome meet Kikyo. Kikyo meet Kagome," Miroku said. The girls just glared at one another not saying anything. "All right! First of all, Kagome has I think, blue-grey eyes, while Kikyo has brown eyes. I'm guessing Kagome has wavy hair from how her forelocks are wavy and we can all see that Kikyo has straight hair. I'm pretty sure that their personalities are totally different. Lastly, from what they are wearing, Kikyo is a girly-girl, and Kagome is not. Plus, Kagome is way sexier than Kikyo." Miroku explained to everyone, indicating that they weren't two of the same people, or to some, clones. Everyone nodded in understanding while a round of 'shut-up Miroku' came from Kikyo, Kagome and Sango.

"Of course we aren't alike. I'm definitely prettier than her, Tagome was it?" Kikyo said, flipping her long black hair over her shoulder and ignoring Miroku's statement about Kagome being sexier than her.

"It's Kagome and for your information, I wouldn't be caught dead wearing that you slut!" Kagome shouted. The crowd that had gathered around them gasped 'oooohh.'

"Did you just call me slut?" Kikyo shrieked.

"What, would you prefer that I call you a bitch?" Kagome threw back at her as the crowed 'oooohh' again.

"What did you call me you male wannabe?" Kikyo screeched. The crowd gave an 'aaaaahh.' At that the two girls lunged at one another, but only to be stopped by being held back. Sango was holding Kagome back and was having a very hard time, thus adding Miroku to help holding Kagome back.

'Man, this girl is freakishly strong,' Sango thought as she and Miroku tried to hold back Kagome from attacking Kikyo who was being held back by her older sister, Kaede.

"Okay, time to leave the cafeteria. I'm not hungry anymore. Are you, Sango?" Miroku asked while pulling Kagome out of the cafeteria.

"Nope, not anymore," Sango replied, helping Miroku with the task of dragging Kagome away.

After the two had successfully managed to get Kagome out of the cafeteria with a lot of people gaping at them, they made it to the hallway. Sango had surprisingly seen the Takesh family by the doorway and they too had shocked faces while looking at Kagome. Once Kagome had calmed down since she wasn't in front of Kikyo anymore, she didn't need to be held back. Sango sighed as she and Miroku let go of her.

"So much for introductions," Sango mumbled out.

"We could always do it later when everything has calmed down, my lovely Sango," Miroku replied to a distressed Sango. She gave a withered glare, which made his grin falter a bit and made him take a couple of steps back.

"Who was that moron, that Kikyo!?" Kagome asked while clenching her fists.

"Um.........well, she was one of the children of the Higurashi family, Kikyo Higurashi," Sango said quietly.

"WHAT! She is a daughter to a Lord and Lady. I thought you guys are suppose to be all well-mannered or something," Kagome growled out

"Well, Kikyo is somewhat different........." Miroku explained to the young woman.

"Different." Kagome said.

"Yes different," Miroku replied.

"Whatever," Kagome sighed as she headed to the elevators that lead to the main lobby of the West wing.

"Hey Kagome, where are you going?" Sango yelled running after her.

"Going home," she mumbled out as they all got into the elevator.

"Okay, it has been a long day," Sango speculated. They made their way out of the elevator and took the elevator that would lead them to the main lobby of the Academy. Once they reached there, all three made their way out of the Academy and into the secret passageway.

When they were back on the main streets of Tokyo, Kagome turned around to say goodbye to her new friends.

"Maybe I'll see you guys around whenever," She said as she turned around and began walking away from them. The sound of Sango's voice made her stop and turn back to her friends.

"How about you come back tomorrow around four in the afternoon? It's a Monday and training school will be done by then." Sango asked her. Kagome gave a hesitant look before answering.

"I don't' know, maybe I shouldn't," She responded.

"Oh please! We've got like lots of weapons and swords and we have this cool battleground that uses virtual reality technology where you can battle demons," Sango begged. Kagome was quiet for a minute. It appeared that she was thinking about it, which gave Sango and Miroku some hope.

"All right, I'll come back tomorrow. After all what can be better than fighting some demons?" She said with a smirk. The two companions gave a laugh and nodded.

"Okay, I'll meet you in the same place tomorrow." Sango explained as she and Miroku left her with a wave of goodbye.


Back at the cafeteria of Yousai II Academy.........

Meanwhile at the cafeteria of the Academy, things seemed a little hectic after Kagome had left. Kikyo had calmed down enough to talk properly, but maybe that wasn't a good thing.

"Kikyo! How could you do such a thing? That wasn't like you at all! What do you think you were doing?" Kaede scolded her younger sister. Kikyo winced at the tone that Kaede used and tried to give her best puppy-dog look, which really wasn't working.

"But she started it!" Kikyo whined. Kaede gave her a look that said otherwise.

"You know it as well as I do that it was you who provoked her." She explained to her in a motherly tone. Kikyo gave a frustrated whine as she looked at her sister. Judging by Kaede's look, she was going to say something that Kikyo wouldn't like.

"Well, the next time you see her, I want you to apologize to her, got that?" Kaede informed her.

"But Kaede.................." She whined.

"No buts, apologize!" Kaede told her. Kikyo gave a pout and nodded her head in a silent agreement. With that Kaede's frightening mood disappeared and in place was her regular calm and cheerful self. She gave Kikyo a smile and a pat on the back.

"Good. Now you go back and finish your lunch," Kaede said to Kikyo. Kikyo pouted and sat back down with her friends to finish her lunch. Once she was settled, Kaede turned towards Ken who had a smile on his face. She looked at him warily trying to figure out why he was so happy.

"What are you smiling about?" Kaede asked him. His smile grew as he laughed at her.

"I was just thinking that you would make a good mother," He told her. Kaede's face flamed at his comment and tried to cover it. She grabbed his hand and started walking to the lunch line.

"Let's just get some lunch," She mumbled out as they got in line.

Meanwhile when all of this was happening, the Takesh family were all staring in wonder at the youngest member of their family. All eyes were on little Rin who was holding onto her father's right leg while she was internally wondering when Kagome would be back. Her advanced four-year old mind worked over all the possibilities of 'helping' her uncle Inuyasha in getting Kagome to be her aunt.

'If auntie Kagome doesn't come back, then I won't be able to help uncy Inu. I hope she comes back.' Rin thought as she looked at the entrance of the cafeteria where Kagome had left only a few minutes before. She then felt eyes upon her and looked up to see her family all looking at her in wonder and in shock. She was getting very confused at why they were staring at her and couldn't help but be a little worried that she did something wrong. She looked over at the wolf who was still unconscious across the room and thought that maybe they were mad at her for doing that with her powers. She lifted her puppy eyes up to her family, feeling sad that they were mad at her, and tried to apologize to them as tears brimmed her eyes.

"I'm sorry I hurt the wolf but he was bothering my new friend," She apologized as few teardrops escaped her eyes and flowed down her cheeks. The others gazed down at her tear-stained face in bewilderment. Kagura bent down so she was eye level with her daughter.

"Sweetie, we're not mad that you hurt Kouga and we're very proud that you had helped your friend," She explained to her daughter. The others nodded in agreement.

"I'm actually glad you did that Rin! I've been wanting to knock that wimpy wolf out for some time," Inuyasha said to his niece. The others glared at the hanyou who then just shrugged his shoulders. Rin looked at her family and wiped her tears away.

"So then if you all weren't mad at me, then why were you looking at me with funny faces?" She asked her family.

"Well, we were all wondering where you learned how to do that to Kouga," Sesshoumaru explained to his daughter. Rin's eyes widened at the statement and couldn't help but thinking that she was being silly.

"I don't know. I tried it before and all I did was concentrate and that's what would happen. It's like what mommy always does." Rin said. The others stared at her and nodded at her answer.

"Well, Rin, I guess that now I should help you control that power. I never would have guessed that you would come into your power at such a young age, especially powers that are this strong." Kagura told her. Rin just nodded her head in agreement though she really didn't understand about her powers being that strong. She thought they were just as strong as her mothers. She really didn't realize that over time her mother's powers grew and her power right now was almost half her mother's power. In time she would be stronger than even her mother.

"Well what did you expect of Rin? I mean look at her heritage. Her parents are one of the strongest people in this Academy and all across Japan. Of course she would have extraordinary powers," Lord Inutaishou Takesh boasted. The other agreed as they made their way to get some lunch, which was their original plan before all of the excitement occurred. Only Inuyasha and Rin were left in their original spots near the entrance of the cafeteria. Inuyasha had a question that was burning his mind for some time now.

"Rin, why did you call Kagome 'Auntie Kagome'?" He asked her. Rin gave a mischievous smile before shaking her head.

"Oh Uncy Inu, I can't tell you now." She said as she began making her way to the rest of the family. Inuyasha just shook his head and walked alongside Rin.

"Kid, you get weirder by the day," He told her while she giggled at him as they both got their lunch. Inuyasha helped himself to his all time favourite food in the world, raman, while Rin helped herself to a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with milk. They both settled themselves with their family in the right side of the cafeteria at the back, which was reserved for the four families, when Sango and Miroku walked in. They got their respective lunch and were waved over by Inuyasha to come sit with him and his family. Seeing that their own families weren't present, Sango and Miroku headed towards the table and sat down. Miroku sat beside Inuyasha while Sango sat beside Rin, who was across from Inuyasha.

After a couple of minutes had passed, Lord Takesh asked a question that broke the eerie silence.

"Was that girl the girl that helped you, Sango?" He asked her. All eyes were upon Sango. She looked around the table at the curious eyes and couldn't help but remember that she had never told anyone how she knew Kagome. Well, no time like the present, right?

"Yes, she was the one who helped me out that time with the demons," She confirmed to Lord Takesh's questions.

"Demons?" The rest said in unison, having no idea what was going on.

"Well, two days ago, I was out on a mission to get some documents on order of attacks that a couple of demons were carrying to Naraku's main demons, but I hit a little snag. Instead of just two, there were six demons! While fighting, Kagome helped me out and so I thought that she would be a great benefit to us in fighting against Naraku. I mean she fights superbly well, probably better than most people here." Sango explained to them.

"Well, if she has the guts to talk back to one of the children of the four families, she has to have some potential," Sesshoumaru said.

"Especially if that person that she told off was Kikyo." Kagura added. The others nodded in agreement. Inuyasha however remained silent throughout the whole conversation, only concentrating on his food.

'She can't be that good.........though I did compare myself to her when we were fighting in the east coast.' He thought. Suddenly Rin's voice filtered through his head.

"Is Kagome-chan going to come back?" She asked Sango. Sango gave a warm smile at the little girl beside her and nodded her head informing her that Kagome would be back. Rin gave a squeal and continued eating her lunch happily, knowing that her plan to get her uncle and her new best friend together was going to start soon.

"She'll be back tomorrow after training school. I'll have to introduce her to the four families then, so she'll know who you are." Sango said before she went back to her lunch just like everybody else.


The next afternoon.........

Kagome walked the streets of Tokyo trying to reach her destination. It was a nice spring day as she rounded the corner of an alley. The cool wind whipped her forelocks in front of her eyes. She took out her right hand from the front pockets of her grey hooded sweatshirt and removed them from her eyes by placing them behind her ears. Her hood was down today, seeing there was no point to hide her face since the people she was meeting already knew what she looked like. Her hair was still up in a bun, which was held up with that same single hair stick. Her black jeans fit snugly to her hips and her black sneakers pounded on the concrete ground. She made one more turn before she came in front of the place she had entered the day before. It looked just like a regular door, but Kagome still remembered the secret passageway that was hidden behind the doorway.

As Kagome was about to enter through the door, she heard some footsteps coming her way from the other side of the door. She stepped back and the door opened revealing someone who she wasn't suspecting.

"Miroku, what are you doing here? I thought Sango was coming to get me!" Kagome said as she followed Miroku back into the secret passageway.

"She had to help her little brother out with one of his training classes. We'll meet her in one of the dojo rooms," Miroku explained as they kept walking in the darkened passageway, Kagome on the right side of the passage while Miroku was on the left. As they were walking, Kagome glanced back at Miroku. Her blue-grey eyes gazed down to his right hand, which was wrapped in a cloth with a rosary around it.

"So, how did you get that?" Kagome said to Miroku indicating to his right hand. Miroku lifted his right hand and clenched it. His usual cheerful face lowly ebbed away and was replaced with a forlorn look that certainly didn't look well suited for someone like Miroku. He sighed as he showed Kagome his wrapped hand.

"I was about eight or nine when it happened. I was playing with a bunch of kids on the Academy grounds. One of the balls that we were playing with rolled away from us and I decided to go get it, even though my father had told me not to wander away from the Academy and to never leave the Academy because then I'm not concealed, but I didn't listen. Being a curious kid, I wandered away from the Academy trying to look for the ball." Miroku started. Kagome didn't say anything but just waited for him to continue.

"I don't know how long I ventured from the Academy, but all of a sudden I felt an evil presence. I looked up and there was a man wearing a baboon pelt. Even as a kid, I knew that it was Naraku. I think he knew who I was; I did look like my father. He laughed at me and said that my family and the rest of the families would never experience happiness, especially the children. He then placed this curse upon me. It's called the wind tunnel; it sort of acts like a black hole and sucks in everything in its path. Anyways, once he placed the curse, he left. I would have died then if it weren't for my father. He came looking for me and saw me there on the ground holding out my hand. He took his handkerchief and one of the rosaries that he wore and sealed my hand." Miroku explained. He was going to continue, but he stopped. He swallowed hard, looking like what he was going to say next was very hard for him to say. Kagome placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Go on," She encouraged. Miroku took in a deep breath and began again.

"Every year the black hole grows bigger and bigger and will eventually consume me if Naraku doesn't die. You know this curse also ruined my childhood. I guess Naraku wasn't kidding about the unhappiness part. The rest of the kids in the Academy were afraid of me. They feared me because they thought they would be pulled into the black hole. The only people who became my friends were Sango and Inuyasha. They weren't afraid of me." He finished. Kagome looked at Miroku who had his head bent down.

'He has had a rough life, just like me,' Kagome thought. She looked down at the rosary-covered hand and slipped her hand into his cursed hand. Miroku looked at the clasped hand and then looked up to Kagome's warm smiling face.

"Well, I'm not afraid of you. Friends never are afraid of each other; they never back down on each other," Kagome told him. Miroku looked at Kagome with a shocked expression.

"Thank-you Kagome. I am honoured to have you as a friend." He said. He then pulled her into a hug. Kagome stood there stiff not knowing what to do, but then she relaxed and returned the hug. After a moment, they released each other and proceeded out of the passageway and into the Academy.

As they made their way into the West Wing, Miroku slung his arm over Kagome's shoulder.

"What did I say to you Kagome a couple of days ago? I said you and I are going to be great friends!" Miroku said. Kagome nodded her head in agreement and smiled as they made their way to the dojo.


"All right Kohaku, let's take a break," Sango told her little brother. They both collapsed onto the floor of the dojo and grabbed their water bottles, gulping down the water. They had been practising fighting techniques for some time and were both exhausted.

'I wonder where Miroku and Kagome are. They should have been here by now.' Sango thought as she shifted her seat on the floor. She, like her brother, was wearing sweats while they were practicing. They both had on a pair of grey sweat pants, but for shirts, Sango was wearing a black with pink strips tank top while Kohaku was wearing a blue sleeveless sport shirt. Sango looked at her brother who was still trying to catch his breath. He was flopped face up on the floor. Sango couldn't help but notice that even though she looked like her mother, it was Kohaku that had inherited their mother's eyes and hair colour. Kohaku had her warm brown eyes and dark brown hair.

Suddenly, Sango heard footsteps pounding on the wooden floorboards of the dojo hallways. A head peeked into their room. The head belonged to Miroku. His face immediately lit up when he saw Sango sitting there on the floor, towelling off the sweat from her face. He stepped into the room followed by Kagome.

"Hey Kagome," Sango greeted her while Kagome and Miroku made their way over to the two siblings. By this time, Kohaku had gotten up from lying on the floor and was sitting by his sister with a curious look on his face.

"What? No, hi me?" Miroku asked as he put on his 'innocent' look for Sango. She snorted at him and turned away.

"Hi me," She said happily to herself while Miroku pouted. Kagome chuckled at them before her attention was directed towards a boy who looked to be around fifteen sitting by Sango. He was looking at her with a curious expression.

"May I help you?" Kagome asked him. His face changed from the curious expression to a delighted look. His mouth split into a big grin as he eagerly looked at Kagome.

"You're the girl who told off Kikyo, right?" He asked in awe. After all, nobody had ever talked back to any member of the four families. Kagome nodded her head to confirm his statement. Sango looked at her brother and lightly hit his shoulder to stop him from gazing at his new idol. He looked over at his sister before he realized his rudeness. He stood up and turned towards Kagome.

"I'm sorry that I didn't introduce myself before. My name is Kohaku Kariudo. I'm Sango's younger brother," He told Kagome.

"Kagome," She informed him while holding out her hand to shake, which he did.

Sango stood up beside her brother towelling herself off one more time before throwing the towel onto a nearby bench by the wall.

"Oh my lovely Sango, you look positively delicious when you sweat," Miroku told Sango, coming right back from his defeat. Sango warily glanced at him while her right eye gave a twitch. In the background she could hear Kagome and Kohaku laughing at her position. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm herself down before opening them again.

"Miroku, females don't sweat, they glow," She informed him as she walked past him. She made her way to the opposite end of the room where the storage room was. She casually disappeared into it.

Miroku's shoulders slumped and he snapped his fingers in yet another defeat.

"Well, maybe the 297 562nd time is the charm?" He asked himself as he turned and followed Sango.

By this time, Kagome and Kohaku were laughing so hard that they were holding onto each other for support.

'Man, I've never laughed this much, since ever! Maybe I've finally found some friends?' Kagome thought before the resounding sound of a 'slap' and a yell of 'pervert' rang throughout the room causing Kagome to laugh even harder than before.

Sango came out of the storage room while carrying two kendo sticks made of strong bamboo and following her was Miroku who was gently rubbing his hand-shaped red mark on his face.

"Come on Kagome, let's do some kendo matches," Sango called out to Kagome, unaware of their unexpected visitor.


Some time before.........

Inuyasha strolled down the West Wing looking for his two friends. He knew they were headed to this area from some training and he decided to join them. He wore a red sleeveless sport shirt and some baggy grey sweatpants, while his barefoot feet glided down the hall.

The sound of laughter filtered through Inuyasha's dog ears and they twitched in response. He shifted them to where the noise was coming from and he made his way to that dojo room. As he peaked in, he came upon an amazing sight. There, beside Kohaku, stood Kagome who was laughing! Her laughter held Inuyasha in trance but it was broken when the resounding sound of a 'slap' and a yell of 'pervert' were heard. Inuyasha turned his head to see Sango and red-faced Miroku coming out of the storage room. Sango was caring two kendo sticks and Inuyasha guessed that there was going to be a kendo match. His question was confirmed by Sango's statement.

"Come on Kagome, let's do some kendo matches," Sango called out to Kagome. Inuyasha saw Kagome nod her head before she sat on the bench by the wall and began taking off her shoes and socks. She pulled off her sweatshirt to reveal a short grey t-shirt, whose sleeves reached past her upper arms.

'Let's see if she is as strong as Sango says. I have to know if I wasn't wrong when I compared her skills to mine,' Inuyasha thought as he made his way into the room.

"Let's see what you're made of Kagome. I challenge you to a kendo match," Inuyasha told her. Their gazes locked onto one another, measuring each other.

'Hmmm.........I guess I should accept. I never back down from a challenge. I want to see if Inuyasha can live up to his cockiness and attitude with his skills,' Kagome reflected and nodded her head in agreement.

Inuyasha swiftly took one of the kendo swords from Sango and made his way onto the mat. Kagome, after a moment, took the other bamboo sword and followed Inuyasha onto the mat.

They faced off from one another, so that they were opposite of each other. They bowed and held their swords in both hands slightly raised and waited for the match to begin.

Kohaku and Miroku looked away from the two fighters and turned their shocked faces to an equally shocked Sango. Sango looked between her brother and Miroku and silently made her way to the middle of the mat. She held her hand up in the air and looked between her two friends.

"Um.........same rules as always and the first person to disarm their opponent wins! So, begin!" She shouted and dropped her hand down, signalling the fight to commence. She shuffled off the mat and made her way back to where Miroku and Kohaku stood.

Kagome and Inuyasha didn't move. They just gazed at one another, testing each other. It looked to be a good old stand off.

Suddenly, the sound of Inuyasha's shuffling feet filled the silence as he charged at Kagome. He raised his kendo sword and brought it down on Kagome. Kagome managed to shuffle a few steps back and raised her sword to block the attack. They held that pose, Inuyasha trying to push her sword down and Kagome trying to block him. Inuyasha looked into Kagome's eyes and couldn't help that nagging feeling that came to him.

'I've seen these eyes before, but they are filled with anger and sadness.' He thought. His gaze then turned to her forehead, just above her left eyebrow. He saw the Y-shaped scar and could help but wonder about it. 'I wonder where she got that?' He contemplated as he held his stance,

After moving a couple of inches back and forth between the two, Kagome managed to pull Inuyasha's sword up.

Suddenly, instead of Inuyasha playing offence and Kagome playing defence, it turned the other way around. Now Kagome was on offence and Inuyasha was on defence. Kagome struck blow after blow at Inuyasha. However, he successfully blocked each time, except a few hits that got lucky. They went back and forth trading hits and blocks with each other across the mat.

Unknown to them, they didn't see that they had an audience. Crowding around the doors to the room were the members of the four families. The Lord and Lady of the Takesh, Kariudo, and the Shinjin family were there. With them were Sesshoumaru, Kagura and Rin of the Takesh family. Also, Kaede, of the Higurashi family was there with her fiancé, Ken.

They silently made their way into the room and stood beside Sango, Miroku and Kohaku. Rin made her way a little in front of the others and she started jumping in her spot. They all looked away from the fight and turned towards the little girl.

"What's wrong Rin?" Kagura asked her daughter. Rin turned towards the others with an excited yet anxious look on her face.

"I don't know who to cheer for," She told them before turning back to the fight. Everyone quietly chuckled before following her example and began to watch the fight.

"Well, I would say that I hope the new girl wins," Sesshoumaru said with a smirk.

"Yes, maybe she'll be able to knock some sense into Inuyasha." Kagura added. They nodded their head in agreement, all referring to Inuyasha's big mouth and even bigger temper.

Back at the match, Inuyasha currently had Kagome on her toes as he tried to disarm Kagome. He successfully had Kagome backed to the edge of the mat and was ready to make the final move of disarming her. However, before he had a chance, Kagome flipped over his head and landed on the other side prepared for another round. Inuyasha smirked when he turned to see her mirror him. They began again sparring with their swords. The sound of wood meeting wood was all that was heard throughout the dojo room. Everyone else watched in awe as the two fighters moved fluently with one another. It looked not to be a battle, but some sort of dance. They didn't know how long they were watching until the inevitable happened.

As Kagome and Inuyasha were trading blows, Kagome had successfully hit Inuyasha in the chest, which made him take a couple of steps back from the blow. This was all Kagome needed, so she used all her strength and charged at Inuyasha, slamming her kendo sword onto his and successfully disarming him.

The echo of the kendo sword as it clattered across the room was heard throughout the room. Everyone held their breath as they looked at the two fighters.

Inuyasha and Kagome panted as they looked at one another. They eyes locked once again, not moving since Inuyasha was disarmed. After a couple of moment, they both straightened up but didn't break their locked gazes. Suddenly Inuyasha moved towards Kagome and held out his hand with a smirk.

"Not bad," He told her. Kagome looked at him and mirrored his smirk.

"You're not bad yourself," She responded as she took hold of his hand and shook it. Out of nowhere they were attacked and something collided with each of their legs. They both looked down to see Rin, who had one arm wrapped around one of Inuyasha's leg and another arm around Kagome's leg. Like the day before, she was wearing a kimono, but this one was a white kimono with red roses on it.

"Wow that was so cool! You guys fought better than mommy and daddy and even Grandpa!" Rin said in awe. Grumbles were heard and both Inuyasha and Kagome looked up to see their audience who all were very much in awe, except for three who were grumbling at Rin's statement.

Kagome shuffled her eyes at the unfamiliar faces and couldn't help but wish that she had her sweatshirt on and her hood up to obscure her face from view.

'Damn, I hate crowds,' She thought as she shifted from one foot to the other. A voice broke the silence of the room.

"Wow, I've never met someone with so much talent. You must be very strong since you beat my son," came a gush voice. Kagome looked at the woman who was in front of her. She had long black hair and lavender eyes that was filled with glee.

'Lavender eyes, where do I remember them from,' Kagome thought as she observed the woman who had a big smile on her face. She was wearing a casual knee length lavender skirt that complemented her eyes and a white top. From what she had said, Kagome deducted that this was Inuyasha's mother.

"Um.........thanks," Kagome mumbled, taking a glance at Inuyasha who was shaking his head at his mother.

'His mother is human, and from what I found out yesterday about the Takesh coming from a long line of Taiyoukais, that means his father is a demon, so Inuyasha is a hanyou! That would explain his ears,' Kagome contemplated.

"My name is Lady Izayoi Takesh and this is my mate, Lord Inutaishou Takesh," Izayoi introduced. Kagome looked at him and could see where Inuyasha got his looks. He had the same long silvery locks and topaz eyes of Inuyasha. He was wearing a beige business suit with a white collared shirt underneath. Beside him stood another man that had some resemblance to Inuyasha, except he held more pose than Inuyasha.

"My name is Sesshoumaru. I'm Inuyasha's half-brother and this is my mate Kagura," He looked down by Kagome and saw Rin. "You have already met my daughter Rin." He said as Kagome nodded. 'Half-brother, must have different mothers, since he is a full demon,' She thought.Kagome noted that he was casually wearing some black dress pants and a button up white shirt. His hair fell down his back and his amber eyes bore into Kagome like they were judging her. Kagome brushed it off and looked at Kagura. Now she understood where Rin got her looks from and why she wore kimonos. Kagura was wearing the exact kimono as her daughter, a white kimono with red roses on it. Another voice disrupted Kagome's observations.

"As you have already met my son, Miroku, I'm his father, Lord Tenshi Shinjin and this is my wife, Lady Hitomi Shinjin." Kagome noticed that the man looked to be an older version of Miroku. He had the same black hair with a tiny rat-tail and the same violet eyes. He was wearing a navy blue suit with a light blue collared shirt underneath. Hitomi had warm brown eyes and black hair that was pulled up into a bun. She had a carefree aura surrounded around her and her casual appearance added to that aura. She wore a blue spring dress that went to her knees. Kagome guessed that Miroku got his carefree attitude from his mother considering her eyes were full of mischief and she had a big smile on her face. Sango's father broke Kagome from further thoughts.

"As you know, I'm Lord Sanosuke Kariudo and this is my wife, Lady Megumi Kariudo. You've met my son Kohaku." He said. Kagome already knew Lord Kariudo from before so she turned her attention to Sango's mother. She looked like Sango, except she had brown eyes and black hair that was pulled up into a bun. She was wearing beige pants with a blue v-neck top. Kagome looked to the last couple present in the room and noticed that they were the two people that had called out 'Kikyo' in the cafeteria, not to mention that she had walked in on them kissing.

"Hello, my name is Kaede Higurashi. I'm the eldest child of Lord Koji Higurashi and Lady Kari Higurashi. You've already met my sister Kikyo, though she isn't here, she's the youngest. This is my fiancé, Ken." She told Kagome pointing to her fiancé. Kaede looked to be a friendly person who looked to be 24. She had black hair that was pulled up into a bun and she had warm brown eyes. She was wearing some casual blue jeans and a baby blue t-shirt that stopped a little way after her jeans. Ken wore some black jeans and a blue collared shirt. He had short brown hair and warm brown eyes. He appeared to be a few years older than Kaede. He gave a warm smile at Kagome, indicating no hostility to her.

They all waited for her to greet them, but Kagome did something that shocked everyone, except Lord Kariudo, Sango and Miroku, since it already happened to him.

"My name's Kagome." She informed them while she put her hand forward. The others were used to people bowing to the Lord and Lady of the four families, not giving people handshakes. Lord Kariudo, who already had done this, took it upon himself to initiate the greeting. He took Kagome's hand and shook it. This broke everybody else out of their trance and soon following Lord Kariudo actions, they all shook Kagome's hand.

"I hope your parents know that you're here," Izayoi said to Kagome. Kagome hesitated before she made her decision.

"My parents abandoned me at birth," Kagome said slowly and roughly. She was given shocked and sympathized looks.

"I'm so sorry," Izayoi said. Kagome looked at her and saw sadness reflecting in her once warm eyes. She didn't like that one bit.

"It's okay. I got past it a long time ago." Kagome said. It sort of made Izayoi better for she smiled back at Kagome.

'I'm going to make sure that Kagome feels at home here, even if I have to do it by myself,' Izayoi declared in her head.

"Well Kagome, I hope we will be seeing more of you around here. We would appreciate someone like you in the fight against Naraku," Inutaishou told Kagome with a warm smile. Kagome nodded her head and waved goodbye to everybody as they left to their designated appointments. All who was left in the room with Kagome were Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha.

Kagome made her way over to Sango and gave her kendo sword back to her. She then made her way to the bench and put her socks and shoes on.

"So, I know what your parents do, but what about the rest of them, you know Rin's parents and Kaede and Ken?" Kagome asked as she tied up her shoelaces.

"Well Kaede is a student counsellor for the Academy and Ken is the kendo instructor. Sesshoumaru handles some of the missions as well as teaches sword techniques and hand-to-hand combat. His mate, Kagura, is a pilot instructor since she is a wind demon; it's her specialty." Sango informed Kagome. Kagome nodded in acknowledgment and picked up her sweatshirt.

"Are you staying for dinner?" Miroku asked with a hopeful look. Kagome smiled and shook her head no.

"I can't. I have to head home for dinner. Gram is sort of expecting me." Kagome said.

"You live with your grandmother?" Sango asked.

"No, she's an old woman that I decided to help out. I usually check up on her. I'll see you tomorrow Sango and Miroku." She said as she made her way to the door, but before she left, Sango gave her the password for the hidden passageway, so that she could come back any time. Kagome stopped at the door and turned around.

"Bye Inuyasha," She said. Inuyasha smirked at her and waved at her. Maybe some sort of friendship had formed between the two when they were fighting. After all, they did measure up to the other's standards.


That night.........

The Academy was filled with silence dead in the night. In one particular room, the clock by the night table flashed three in the morning. The occupant in the bedroom turned in his sleep. He kicked off his sheets as he dreamt a dream that he hadn't had for a long time.

DREAM

I walked down the dark streets in my red t-shirt, black shorts and black and white running shoes. It was very late at night and I somehow had gotten lost from my parents. I was scared, I was crying, I was nine! I sat down on the edge of the road and continued crying when I heard a voice.

"Umm, w-why are you crying?" Asked a little girl with ebony hair and blue-grey eyes. She seemed to be seven or eight years old and I hadn't noticed that I was sitting beside her. I looked at the girl who was wearing a tattered butterfly shirt and ripped jeans. Her eyes were filled with concern and warmth, but still held sadness. I kept staring at her until her question broke my train of thoughts.

"I was shopping with my mummy and daddy and older brother when I lost them and now I don't know where they are." I said. My lavender eyes looked at the girl, and my shoulder length black hair gathered behind my shoulders.

"I'm sure you'll find them or they'll find you. Just don't lose hope, okay?" She responded with a small smile. I stopped crying and looked back at the girl. She looked really sad, but still smiled for me.

"Umm, where are your mommy and daddy?" I asked. The girl started crying all of a sudden with her small hands covering her eyes when she said something in a soft whisper, but I didn't hear her. I didn't know what to do. I didn't like seeing her cry, especially since I was now missing her sweet smile.

I looked down at my shirt and then tore off a rectangular piece and held it up to her face and began to wipe away her tears. The girl looked at me in a shocked expression. Then afterwards, she smiled back at me, which, in return, caused me to smile back. I gave her my red, now damp, piece of shirt. She took it and turned away from me to clean herself off better.

I also turned away to give her some time. By accident, we had both turned around at the same time to face each other. It all happened so suddenly and both of our lips met for a brief second only for us to realize what had happened. I quickly looked away blushing. I knew that we kissed; I had seen my mommy and daddy do it a couple of times, and my brother had said that only people who love each other do that.

"Th-thank-you for your shirt, it was very nice of you," She stated. I turned back around again.

"Umm...you're welcome," I smiled back with the biggest blush on my face. 'She's really pretty,' I thought as I looked at her red tinted face. "You have a pretty smile," I told her. This only caused her to blush a tomato red and look away for a bit. I heard something and then I cheered as I saw my family in the distance calling my name. I stood up with the biggest smile on my face. I looked back down at the girl.

"I see my family and they're looking for me. Thank-you for making me feel better and I hope we'll see each other again," I told her. With that, I ran to my family.

END DREAM

Inuyasha woke up drenched in sweat. He clumsily got out of bed and made his way into the living room and out to the balcony. He looked up at the stars.

'I haven't had that dream in years. I know we went back there to find the girl, but she wasn't there anymore.' He thought. Inuyasha looked away from the sky and to the city around him, just beyond the hidden Academy grounds. He took a glance at Tokyo from the view he had.

"Where are you.........?"


A/N: So cute! How'd you like it? I wonder what's going to happen next, well see you!

READ & REVIEW PLEASE!

whiterose03: Hey nekoblue, what is going on next chapter?

nekoblue: ::whispers in whiterose03 ears::

whiterose03: That's all you got! Fine I'll make the rest of chapter four, though I want to write chapter five, since it's more funny and cool!

nekoblue: Ya, but chapter four adds to the plot, plus we see more of Rin, and Inuyasha, and everybody else, so WRITE! ::leaves leaving whiterose03 on the computer by herself::

whiterose03: Just to piss her off, I won't work on it, but my other stories! LOL

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