"Finally, end-of-term exams are OVER!!!" Kagome exclaims.

"Kagome, wait up," Shouted her friend Akiko, "everyone's comin' to my house for a celebration. You wanna come?"

"Sure, when is it?" inquired Kagome.

"Tonight, from 9-midnight." Akiko replied.

"See you there then," said Kagome in a much brighter mood.

"'Till tonight," was Akiko's answer. This will be the perfect time to steal that jewel of hers. She won't even notice it's gone. Hehehehhehehehehehehheheheheheh.

That night Kagome arrived at Akiko's house just as the party started. She was ecstatic when she saw the karaoke player and the hundreds of karaoke cds. Of course when Kagome actually tried to sing, everyone went for cover. It took Hoshi, Akiko, Hojo, and another guest to wrestle the mike from her. Other than that incident the party rocked! There was a dance, blind man's bluff, limbo, and a whole bunch of other stuff! When Kagome left for home she was completely worn out. She had forgotten that she was supposed to go back to Inu Yasha that night...

"Kagome wake up!! You have guests!!" yelled Kagome's mother.

"Kagome will be down in a minute. Please, make yourselves at home. Would you like some tea?" Kagome's mom said to the people sitting in front of her. There was a monk, and woman. As well as an odd boy about Kagome's age who refused to take off his hat. All of them were dressed in old fashioned clothing. I wonder where Kagome met this odd group. I've seen that boy with the hat. I just know I have.

"Tea would be wonderful, thank you," replied the monk.

"It'll take but a moment. By the way, where did you meet Kagome," Inquired Kagome's mother as she began to boil the water.

"It's a long story," stated the woman, "and we really should leave soon."

"Maybe another time, hmm?" asked the now skeptical mother.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," the boy wearing the hat said.

Before Kagome's mother could react to this sudden burst of rudeness the monk declared, "I do believe the tea is ready. Would you like some help?"

At the sound of her mother's voice Kagome sleepily opened her eyes remembering what fun she'd had at Akiko's party. However, at the mentioning of guests, Kagome's eyes flew open and she was immediately awake and alert. What guests? I didn't invite anyone over did I? OH NO!!!! INU YASHA!!! All of a sudden she remembered that she had been supposed to return to the feudal area last night. OHMIGOD!!! What am I going to do now? I bet you all my stuff that it's Inu Yasha down there. What kind of mess have I gotten myself into this time!

As fast as was possible Kagome dressed, packed her bag, gathered all she would need for the next couple months except food and raced downstairs to see all of them, Miroku, Sango, and Inu Yasha, knowing Inu Yasha Chippo was probably guarding the well so they wouldn't be ambushed as they came out of it. Her mother was nowhere to be found. Probably in the kitchen, Kagome observed.

Inu Yasha was the first to notice Kagome. "Kagome, where the hell were you last night!!!" he exclaimed.

"I was at a celebration with my OTHER friends, for your information. Exams are very difficult thank you very much! I felt I deserved a little time to have some fun of my own." Kagome retorted quite sharply.

"But what about the Shikon?" pleaded a desperate Inu Yasha, "you DO still have it don't you?"

"Of course I do. It's right-" but as Kagome reached for the chain that held the jewel she found it to be no longer present. "OHMIGOD WHERE THE HELL IS IT!!!" she screamed while frantically thinking if she had removed it during the party or before she had drifted in to sleep.

"What do you mean 'where the hell is it'? Why isn't it around your neck?" crisply demanded Miroku. Inu Yasha tried to say something, but could only move his mouth soundlessly; eyes widened in shock, making him look completely stupid.

"I swear by my mother's name that I NEVER took the jewel off. Someone had to have stolen it during the party since that was the only time I was with lots of people. None of my family knows about it." Kagome said. However, it didn't convince Inu Yasha who had finally recovered use of his voice, to the dismay of Kagome.

"YOU IDIOT!!! HOW COULD YOU HAVE LOST THE JEWEL!!! YOUR SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHERE IT IS AT ALL TIMES!!!"

Sango had remained silent this entire exchange. "Calm down Inu Yasha! Kagome you can see the shards, even though we're in your world, right?"

"Yes," replied Kagome slowly. Then it came into the light, "wait a minute!!! The only people at my party were from my school, ¾ of them were from my grade. All I have to do is look for the light of the Shikon to figure out who has it. Then the only trick will be getting it from that person!"

"The problem is getting the rest of us into your school." Sango stated calmly.

"All you'd really need is uniforms," Kagome announced, "Sango could borrow one of my uniforms, and I think I know where to get uniform's for Miroku and Inu Yasha. Chippo would go to my brother's school, so he can borrow my brother's uniform."

"Where are we to sleep?" inquired Miroku, "we can't all possibly sleep in your room!"

"Yeah, about that," Kagome said, "Sango could sleep in my room since she's a girl, and Chippo in my brother's room, but we'll have to find a place for you two to sleep."

"Why can't we sleep in your room?" asked thoroughly ticked off Inu Yasha, "we always sleep together!"

Kagome, on the verge of blushing scarlet, explained, "That's in the feudal era Inu Yasha. Here I'm not allowed to have boys in my room. You could sleep in the yard, the living room, or the shrine I suppose. I can't think of anywhere else."

"We'll sleep in the living room," Miroku interjected. Inu Yasha mumbled to himself. He had hoped to tell Kagome his feelings at night. Unfortunately, that wasn't going to work.