Title: TMttF's First Attempt
Author: Tsubasa Kya
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters.

This is TMttF's first attempt, I will not be completing it, I just felt like sharing my failures. I will post what I have, no more.

Yusuke snickered. "Yeah..." He said, catching onto her thoughts slightly. 'Ahaha, this will embarrass the hell out of him!' "Keiko, meet Kagome, my cousin, and Hiei's woman."

Kagome giggled to herself, loving it when Hiei's face turned an angry red, though it looked like a blush.

"Aww, how cute! You finally got a girlfriend!" Keiko said excitedly.

Kurama looked at the angry fire apparition. "Hiei, congratulations. I had no idea!"

Kagome couldn't contain it. She burst into gales of laughter. This was just too good. Kuwabara looked at Hiei angrily. "Hiei you jerk! You take everyone!"

"I didn't take anyone!"

Kagome leaned on Yusuke, trying to control her laughter. The little fire apparition was thoroughly unsettled, and that made it all the more humorous. But he wasn't denying it! This was so great! Did he not know he could just deny being her girlfriend?

Obviously, if his next statement was any indication, he had realized that. "And she is not my girlfriend!"

Kagome quenched that immediately, going into serious mode and walking up to him. "How dare you deny that?" She made herself cry, tears leaking from her eyes. "I can't believe you would say that! I moved here for YOU..." She sobbed, clutching onto him, her arms around his neck. It was good that he was as tall as her. She didn't have to reach up, or bend down to do this. Inside though, she was laughing. That's what brought the tears to her eyes. She buried her face in his shoulder. She knew perfectly well what he could do to her in an instant if he so chose to do, but she sent her miko power coursing through his body, not enough to change her aura of just an innocent school girl, but enough to keep him from sending her on an early trip through the pearly gates. Or through the fiery gates of hell. She wasn't sure which she was going to yet.

Yusuke was on the ground laughing and crying, pounding his fist on the ground. Kurama was raising an eyebrow, wondering if it was true (yes, he is slightly gullible), Kuwabara was fuming that Kagome was hanging onto Hiei, and Keiko was smiling at the sight. "Ah, how romantic... a lovers quarrel!" She murmured. She grabbed Yusuke and Kuwabara's arms. "Come on Suichi. We should leave them alone." She said pulling the two away.

Once they were gone, Kagome let go of Hiei, laughing and wiping tears of mirth from her eyes. "That was for smashing my face into a carpet." She told him, laughing. She took a rosary out of her backpack, one just like Inuyasha's, and spelled it so it would subdue him. Quicker than he could register, she'd placed it around his neck, finally serious. "You will play this out, Hiei." She said, smirking.

"What the hell? No I won't! You will tell everyone you lied, wench!"

Kagome laughed, thinking of a word to use as a subduing spell. She grinned. "Hiei." She said, and he smashed into the ground. 'Turn his own name against him... love it!' "You will play along like a good little boy. Or you will regret it, Hiei." He smashed deeper into the ground.

"What the hell is going on!" He growled.

Kagome shrugged. "I'm not sure. You just look clumsy to me." She said, though she knew in his head he was figuring it out. He sat up, trying to take the rosary off. "Don't you like the gift I gave you?" She asked, snickering.

"However you did this, you better take it off right now, or else I'll tear you apart!" He glared at him.

Kagome smiled pleasantly back at him, though her voice showed she was no innocent school girl. She was mischievous, and she was more powerful than she let on... He wondered what she was. She didn't smell like a demon... Then again, neither did Kurama. Perhaps she was like Kurama? "You will do no such thing... With as clumsy you are, you wouldn't reach me. Now get up. You're going to walk me to my next class."

Grudgingly, Hiei got up. It was obvious to him that he had no choice, though he hated it. If she could do this with just a simple bead necklace, she could probably take control of his whole body, just as she had confined his demon power inside his body earlier. There was something about her that made him want to do something terrible to her... like strangle the life out of her, but he knew he wouldn't make it. She could kill him with whatever power it was she had before he had a chance. So for now, he knew he would have to play along.

She was a lot smarter than she'd first let on... Once he'd walked her to her class, he left to find Yusuke, who was on the roof skipping class. Before he made his presence known, he hid the necklace under his shirt. The thing was a major embarrassment.

"What the hell is your cousin?" He asked Yusuke angrily.

Yusuke looked at Hiei, confused. "What do you mean?"

"Human or demon, what is she!"

Yusuke rolled his eyes. "She's human. Can't you smell it? Pure and simple, no added demon half like Kurama, no spirit energy like me. She's just an ordinary human."

Hiei was silent. 'She's no mere human. She can't be... There's no way. Not with the power I felt burning through my body.'

"Ah, here you are!" Botan said. "Yusuke, Hiei, Koenma wants to see you both in his office right now!"

Grudgingly they went with her to her portal and were at Koenma's office in no time. Yusuke scowled at the tiny ruler. "What do you want?" He shouted, angry to have his afternoon nap disturbed by seemingly everyone.

"I have a new case for you!" Koenma said happily jumping around on the top of his desk. He looked at George, the blue ogre that always stood next to his desk to help him. "George, get me the folder!"

George deadpanned. "But sire..."

"Don't 'but sire' me, George, this is important! I have to have that folder!" Koenma shouted, waving his arms around in the air. Papers from the folder that he held in his hand were flying everywhere.

George tried to catch the flyaway papers and looked much like a chicken running around with its head cut off, only he had a head. "Sire, you're holding the file! Please stop flapping around, sire!"

Koenma looked at his hand. "Oh, thank you George." He said, snatching all the papers that George held and shoving them crudely into the folder. He tossed the folder carelessly to Yusuke, who caught it, and then began stalking back and forth on the desk. Yusuke looked at the folder for a moment before opening it to see a head and shoulders shot of a boy with dog ears wearing a rosary around his neck and having silver hair. The other three (Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama) looked at the picture over Yusuke's shoulder.

"We're not really sure about the name of the demon or really anything at all about him, but what we know so far is that the boy is a half-breed." Koenma explained.

"So...what?" Yusuke muttered. "You want us to find 'em and kill 'em?"

"Yes, but not before you find the girl who he seems to be stalking. We don't know who she is really, but we know she has long black hair and frequently misses school."

Kuwabara took one last disinterested glance at the picture in the file and then began to stare off into space; thinking about god only knows what. Kurama looked thoughtful in his silence, and Hiei looked bored. Yusuke drawled, "Well, thanks toddler. It isn't like over three fourths of Japan doesn't have black hair."

Koenma rolled his eyes. "Now, Yusuke, the girl lives on a shrine and it is this shrine's well-house that the demon seems to haunt, but every now and then he comes out to heckle that girl. He was brought to our attention when he killed a Noh mask with a piece of a sacred jewel called the Shikon no Tama embedded in it."

Kurama raised a delicately sketched eyebrow. "The Shikon no Tama? Does it really still exist?"

Yusuke closed the folder and tucked it under his arm to review later that evening when he had more time. "Wait a minute, hold up." He said. "What is the Shikon no Tama?"

Hiei scoffed at Yusuke's lack of knowledge. "You don't know what the Shikon no Tama is and you call yourself a spirit detective?"

"The Shikon no Tama, or Jewel of Four Souls, was a powerful jewel capable of granting a single wish to its user. It was shattered and thought to be lost hundreds of years ago, but even a single shard of the Shikon no Tama could increase the power of a person ten fold." Kurama explained.

"Yes, and it seems that it is not so lost." Koenma said. "When this demon killed the Noh mask, he took the shard as well, so we can guess that he'll be a formidable foe, so don't underestimate him. I'll continue looking for information on him, but I want you to keep a look out for him and the girl. Remember, he haunts a shrine with a well-house." Koenma stopped pacing the desk top.

Yusuke rolled his eyes. "Yeah, it isn't like there aren't a thousand shrines with well-houses around Japan." He said dryly, but for some reason Koenma had already curled up on the desk and fallen asleep. "Stupid toddler." Yusuke muttered.

George deadpanned again, then picked up the sleeping ruler and put him in a crib in the corner of the room. The four spirit detectives left the room and Botan created a portal to the human realm for them to go through.

Once back on the roof of the school, Yusuke plopped down on his normal space, setting the folder beside him. He closed his eyes, preparing for a nap. Kurama and Kuwabara left to go to class and Hiei jumped from roof to roof, going wherever he liked to go.

About a half an hour later, a loud bell rang making Yusuke realize that the day was over. He yawned and sat up, grabbing the folder up and shoving it under his arm. He left the school building, ready to leave for home.

Kagome was waiting for him at the gate, a small smile on her face. He could see a secret in her eyes, practically bursting to come out. What the secret was, though, he had no idea. He grinned at her though, remembering the events at lunch time. "Nice job embarrassing Shorty!" He told her, chuckling.

She blushed. "I don't know what came over me. I just wanted revenge for him shoving my face into the ground so rough the other day."

"Well, it worked. You were so convincing that even Kurama believed it. Oh, and..." he was silent for a moment, but then spoke again in a softer and less gruff tone, "thanks for the help with Keiko. She always thinks I'm cheating on her if I am anywhere near another girl."

Kagome frowned slightly. "And here I always thought that it was the guys job to be controlling."

"She's got that covered enough for all the guys in this school. Only she usually only slaps me when I'm groping her. I can't believe that she did it then..."

Kagome and Yusuke began walking back towards his apartment. "Well, if it had been me, and I had seen my boyfriend hanging all over some girl, I would have done the same thing." 'That's not true...' She thought miserably, but kept her misery hidden. 'Inuyasha was hanging all over Kikyou, multiple times, and I did nothing.'

Yusuke sighed. "Um... 'Gome, you're a girl... would you give me some advice please? Keiko is still a bit sore about this afternoon, and I want to make it up to her... how would I do that?"

Kagome eyed him carefully, while making sure not to bump into anyone in the busy sidewalk. "Well, I suppose I will give you some advice... though I really am not the one to go to for this."

Yusuke gave her the irresistible puppy dog eyes. "Please, 'Gome. I really need your help!"

Kagome sighed. "Fine." She said, looking away from him. She was silent for a few moments, pondering on what to say while they walked closer and closer to their destination.

"Are you going to answer? Or are you just going to ignore me?" Yusuke asked.

Kagome was still silent for another half minute before she answered. Finally when she did, she did so in a voice that, although soft, wasn't kept quiet to a whisper. He could see in her eyes that she was thinking of someone as she spoke. "You could show her that you are for her and her only. You would know what she liked, and what she didn't like... if she liked chocolates, you could get her some...if she liked roses, you could get her a dozen. You could spend a day with her, walking through the park, eating ice cream, going to a movie that she wanted to see, talking about things both personal and not so personal..." She sighed inaudibly and then looked sidelong at Yusuke, who seemed to be pondering it. "But then again, if you did that, she'd think you are really cheating on her, considering you probably don't normally do this for her."

He deadpanned. "I'm trying to fix things though, not make things worse!"

Kagome smiled and patted him on the shoulder as they entered the first elevator in the building. "I'm sure you'll think of something." He told him seriously.

Yusuke groaned. "I'll just do what I always do when I do something wrong and pound my head on a table until she forgives me."

Kagome laughed. "No wonder you are so dense! You make yourself lose what little brain cells you have."

Yusuke shoved her shoulder. "Yeah, whatever."

When they got to the apartment, they were surprised to see Naomi and Souta waiting with Atsuko at the island counter. "Mother, what are you doing here?" Kagome asked, bitterness creeping into her voice despite her attempts to keep it out.

Yusuke looked surprised at the sound of Kagome's voice. He'd never heard her sound anything other than pleasant, and mischievous (that afternoon had been the first time he'd heard her that way, the day was so full of surprises).

Atsuko looked at Yusuke. "Yusuke, please go to your room." She said. When Yusuke was about to dispute, Atsuko crossed her arms across her chest. "I will have no arguments right now, Yusuke." She told him. "This is not your concern."

Grumbling, Yusuke went to his room, deciding to listen at the door, which he did. Atsuko then left for work.

Moments later, he was peering out the crack in the door and watching the happenings. For the moment, Kagome was just looking at her mother angrily, but then he was shocked to hear her voice. "What do you want?" She asked, venom dripping from her voice.

Naomi rubbed her face in her hands, sighing deeply. "I just wanted to check up on you, that's all. Can't I do that?"

"Why bother? You just up and brought me here, away from everything!" Kagome hissed. "'To get me away from things' is your excuse? Well, fuck it, mother!" Yusuke raised an eyebrow at that. Kagome very rarely (as far as he remembered) swore. "So what if I did"

"Kagome, I had to get you away from there! It was bad for your health, stress"

"Stress my ass! Who gives?"

Yusuke was beginning to think that his cousin was doing drugs, which was why she had to live with him. He continued to watch. Souta was sitting, at the island counter, and Yusuke could see the shape of a package under his shirt. He wondered what it was briefly. But then he thought about Kagome's eating habits (that he'd seen as of yet) she seemed to eat more than healthy so you wouldn't believe that she'd do drugs.

"Kagome, please understand, I'm thinking of your well being! You were dealing with dangerous people and" Naomi tried to interject, but Kagome waved it off, narrowing her eyes perilously.

"And I was taking care of myself perfectly fine! I can handle it, and you know I can't hide anyway!"

Souta stood quickly, the stool falling to the ground from the force of his standing. "Shut up." He said. "Mother, Kagome knew exactly what she was getting into, so it really isn't your choice to contradict her decision!" Without warning, he grabbed Kagome's hand and towed her to her new room, slamming the door behind them.

Yusuke thought about this. Was Kagome in some kind of trouble back at Harui School? Is that why she had to move? It made him wonder about the changes he'd seen in her already. She was a fighter, and had broken a boy's nose earlier that day. She was devious and deceitful. Kurama had told him about how she had two drawers full of herbs and poisons in her room... what was going on? He scowled. He hated not knowing. How was it that his cousin had gotten into drugs and all the bad things that came with it in the first place?

--

Kagome looked at Souta after pacing back and forth in front of the bed where he sat for a few moments, trying and failing to wear a hole in the floor. "What the heck is wrong with her?" She said finally, collapsing next to Souta on the bed and sighing. "I really miss everyone, and I wish I could just tell Inuyasha to come get me, regardless of consequences, but that would be selfish."

Souta smiled and reached under his shirt, taking a package from his stomach where he'd taped it. "Here. It's from Inuyasha and your other friends." Kagome saw that it was wrapped in deer hide and tied with twine. "He was mad, by the way. Really mad. He wanted to come find you, but he couldn't 'cause of the thingy you did."

Kagome sighed again, taking the package. "Thank you. What about those books? Did you mail them?"

Souta shook his head. "I have a bunch of them stashed under my bed, but I have to find a box to put them in. I'll mail them express to you tomorrow."

"Thanks Souta. You helping me means a lot."

Souta grinned. "Yeah, well, you know what? Inuyasha is teaching me how to sword fight, so... we're even!"

Kagome smiled. "Well, that's good. Is he a good teacher?"

Souta nodded. "I think he is. He told me that he learned to fight when he was about my age but he said that when he gets upset, he doesn't stop to think about what he does, and knows he's not as reliable a fighter, but said that he's working on that."

Kagome nodded knowingly. "Yes, he's just like that."

Seconds later, Naomi knocked on the door. Kagome put the package under the bed to open and investigate later on, not wanting her mother to know she was in communication with the past still. Naomi entered when no one answered and poked her head in. "Souta, come on, it is time to go."

Souta gave Kagome a hug and Kagome returned it before they left the house. Kagome sighed and fell backward on her bed.

That was how Yusuke found her a few moments later. He knew his Aunt and cousin had left, and wanted to confront Kagome. His voice was angry as he spoke to her. "You wanna explain to me exactly why you had to come here?" He asked in a harsh voice.

"No." Kagome said in a flat deadpan voice. "Not particularly." That was another thing that Yusuke had never heard from her: that flat deadpan voice.

He stalked over to her, looking down at her with his fist clenching and unclenching. He wasn't sure whether to punch her or scream in frustration. "Why not?" He asked through clenched teeth.

"Because I don't want to talk about it." She said, not realizing that his suspicions of her doing drugs were just raised about ten fold.

"Yeah, well, you're in my house, Kagome, and so you have no choice but to tell me."

Kagome chuckled at him darkly (she was quite tired of games by now), glancing at him before standing up and looking him in the eye. "You can't demand anything of me, Yusuke." She told him. "I'm not a little girl, I don't need your protection, and I don't want to talk about it, alright?"

Yusuke was taken aback by her tone. She'd surprised him enough. He was going to have answers, and he was going to have them immediately. He walked over to her dresser, ripping the top drawer out of it and spilling the contents (bags and jars of herbs) all over the floor. "Tell me what it is!" He yelled, throwing the drawer towards the corner of the room. "What are these drugs, and why are you involved with 'dangerous people'?"

Kagome's face turned purple with her rage. "You idiot! What the hell makes you think"

"I heard the conversation between you and your mother! Who are these dangerous people and why can't you hide from them?"

Kagome took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. "You misunderstood our conversation." She said, as calm as she could. She retrieved the drawer and began rearranging the herbs in their order, not saying another word.

Yusuke, when he realized that she wouldn't talk about it, sat down in front of her, an apologetic look on her face. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to be so"

"I know." She said, letting him off the hook. "I'm not doing drugs though, so don't worry about me."

"Will you please tell me about it?"

"No."

Yusuke sighed. "Alright fine... but... but if you need help, don't hesitate to ask me, alright?"

Kagome looked up at her cousin, smiling. "If it will make you feel better, I will keep that in mind, okay? But I mean it when I say I don't need help anymore."

"Oh... Okay." Yusuke sighed and waved his hand at the herbs she was rearranging. "So...if you're not doing drugs, what're these for? I mean, why do you have them?"

Kagome didn't answer right away, not knowing what to say, but thankfully the phone rang so she had an excuse not to answer at all. She stood and went to the bedside phone that Atsuko had for her (she had her own phone line thanks to Atsuko and Naomi paying for it to make her more comfortable living with Atsuko) and picked it up.

"Hello, Kagome Higurashi speaking."

"Ooh, Kag-" The voice of Sheena came but then there was the sound of a scuffle and Sheena and Haru seemed to be arguing over the phone.

"Sheena, give me the phone!"

"No, ass, let go!"

"You let go!"

"You!"

"Why should I?"

"Because I said so! Besides, I called, so I get to talk to her first!"

"Sheena, I want to tell her!"

"No, you just want to flirt with her!"

"No I don't"

"Yes you do."

"How would you know what I want to do?"

"Because you're my brother, I know more about you than anyone else does!"

"Oh yeah? Well, then fine!" It sounded like Haru knew he was out done.

Kagome laughed. "Are you two quite through arguing?"

"Ha! Yeah. We are. Of course, I won." Sheena said with a laugh. "So anyway, you probably want to know why we weren't back the whole day, right?"

Kagome nodded, but then remembered Sheena wouldn't be able to hear her head rattle so she said, "Yes, if you want to tell me, I would like to know."

Haru's voice sounded. "Beautiful, we had to come home because mom"

"Mrs. Matenkashi, in otherwords." Sheena interjected.

"Yeah, I think she realizes that by now, Sheena. But anyway,"

"How are you talking on the phone Haru?" Sheena asked curiously.

Kagome sat on her bed, wondering why Yusuke was still sitting in her room.

"I'm on the phone in the next booth." Haru said, unconcerned.

"How are you in this conversation then?"

"Don't ask me, I just picked the phone up and heard your voice so... yeah."

Sheena sighed. "Whatever. So anyway, mom is in premature labor. We had to come home and pack a bag for her at the hospital, considering she hadn't packed one."

"Sheena, I wanted to tell her!"

"Oh, I'm sooo sorry. Why don't you do it then?"

"Thank you, your majesty, for the permission!" Haru said happily. "Mom went into premature labor this morning, during first hour, so now she was in the hospital, having contractions and all that good birthing junk, and needed us to pack an overnight bag, so dad"

"Mr. Matenkashi"

"She KNOWS, Sheena!" Haru grumbled. "Dad called the school, since he was with her at the hospital and didn't want to leave her side for longer than to make the phone call, and he asked that we be excused so that we could go home and pack an overnight bag for mom at the hospital. Afterwards, we stayed to wait with dad in the waiting room 'cause he was paranoid something would happen and since he wasn't allowed to stay in the labor room 'cause he was such a nervous wreak and mom made him stay in the waiting room, assuring him nothing would happen."

"So do you have a baby sister, or a baby brother then?" Kagome asked.

Sheena answered, "Oh, we don't know yet. Mom's still giving birth. We're calling from the hospital, and since we told you we'd call you later, here we are, calling you later!"

Haru's laugh filled Kagome's ear. "Yeah, and besides, I wanted to remind you that you're coming to meet our parents tomorrow night for dinner."

Kagome blinked. "I am? What for?"

There was the sound of a slap, in which Kagome guessed that Sheena had slapped Haru upside the head. "You don't have to tomorrow, but dad and mom'll want to meet you 'cause they don't want us hangin' with the wrong crowd, so you've gotta meet their expectations – and believe me, you're well qualified, I'm sure you are. But mom'll be all better by dinner tomorrow so you could come tomorrow."

"Yeah, and I won't let you say no, 'cause you're my girl, you know!" Haru said with a chuckle. "You're going to come after school tomorrow. And if you want, your cousin can come with too. I think I saw you with your cousin today this morning, you were walking to school together right?"

"Yes, that was my cousin with me." Kagome said, ignoring Yusuke's staring at her.

"So, your cousin really is Urameshi? Oh my god! Kag, you're so lucky! He's such a hottie!" Sheena exclaimed.

Kagome blushed, embarrassed by her tone. "Um, I don't exactly think of him that way. He's my cousin that would be incest."

"You have to bring him! I know he has a girlfriend, but wow! And if he refuses on grounds that his girl would get jealous, tell him to bring her along too, okay?" Sheena ranted.

"Um, okay, I suppose. I don't want to impose though..."

"Aw, Kag, you don't have to worry about that! Besides, you'd sit by me and I'd get to feel you up all I want!"

Kagome frowned. "I'm sorry, but I will warn you that if you do that, I'm going to slap you. I let you get away with it today, but I won't continue to do so."

Haru just laughed. "That's okay. I like my girls tough!"

"Oh, gotta go, Kag." Sheena's voice imposed. "Dad wants us. Tell Urameshi to be prepared to come over tomorrow with his girl and you. We'll drive, so don't worry about that."

"Yeah, and wear something nice, 'kay? Like... a short skirt! Short enough for me to slip my hand"

Another slap sounded as Kagome laughed. "I'll think about it, but keep in mind, I won't stand for you groping me. I will slap you."

"'Kay, bye Kag! I think mom's done birthing!" Sheena said excitedly.

"Love you, babe! Feel you tomorrow." Kagome was sure Haru was smirking as he said that.

"Bye." She said and hung up.

"So, who was that?" Yusuke asked casually.

"Sheena and Haru Akira. They invited us to dinner tomorrow night."

"Why me?"

"Because I think Sheena has a crush on you."

"I can't. Keiko would be ma"

"Sheena said that you can't get out of it, especially because you have a girlfriend. She said that Keiko is invited too."

"..."

That night, while Atsuko was at work, Kagome and Yusuke had the house to themselves and Kagome learned something of Yusuke's evening habits. Hiei, Kurama, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Botan had come over for a delightful evening of games.

Kagome went into her room when they'd come. She didn't want to impose on her cousin's fun. She sat doing her homework for a while until that was completed and she found herself with nothing to do. When she was done with that, she went to the bathroom to shower, seeing that they were playing chutes and ladders. 'I thought that was a kids game?' she wondered briefly before turning the hot water on and sending the water through the shower head.

She let the water cascade down her body, letting it sooth her irritated muscles. She found her cheek had a nasty bruise on it from lunch time, and there were bruises littering her arms from being man handled, but she also knew that she couldn't heal herself because that would look suspicious, especially to Hiei. He was already suspicious that she had some sort of power, which she did, but she couldn't let people know that or else she might find herself in the same predicament as Inuyasha would be in if people saw him with dog ears. Being torn apart while alive and tested and poked and prodded were not favorable in her opinion.

She wondered how Hiei dealt with things. Perhaps he had something that concealed what he really looked like? Maybe if she confronted him about it, he would tell her? Of course, it helped that she had something up on him: the rosary bead necklace.

She vaguely heard the phone ringing from somewhere in the apartment but figured with as many people in the apartment as there was, someone would answer it. Soon after it started ringing, it stopped and there was a knock on the bathroom door. "You have a phone call!" Yusuke shouted through the door.

"Thanks, tell them I'll be right there." Kagome said, rinsing the shampoo out of her hair.

"Why should I? You can do it yourself! The phone is on the kitchen counter."

Kagome grumbled about how her cousin was so irritating and got out of the shower, wrapping her hair in a towel wrap and then wrapping a towel around her body before leaving the bathroom, heading to the kitchen counter where the phone was. She was unconscious of the fact that multiple eyes were following her movements, including a very red pair of angry eyes.

She picked up the phone and placed it to her ear. "Hello, Kagome Higurashi speaking" She started before she was interrupted.

"WENCH WHERE ARE YOU!" Inuyasha's angry voice sounded through the receiver, loud enough for everyone in the room to hear. Yusuke's suspicions that Kagome was involved in a gang or something of the sort multiplied then.

Kagome, however, was very calm about it as she walked with the cordless phone to her room, closing the door behind her. "Hold on, Inu"

"Don't you tell me to hold"

"Sit!" The sound of a crash was heard and Kagome set the phone down on the bed, quickly moving to change into her pj's. She was dressed and had the phone back to her ear by the time Inuyasha recovered from the 'sit' spell. "Okay, now, you read my letter, right?" She asked.

Inuyasha began grumbling and there was the sound of a struggle between Inuyasha and Souta in which it would seem that Souta won because he was next on the phone. "I taught Inuyasha how to use the phone in return for the sword lessons, so he can talk to you now!" Souta said proudly.

"Good job, Souta." Kagome said.

There was yet again the sound of a struggle, and Inuyasha was the next on the phone. "Yes, I read the letter. I don't like it though. You could be attacked at any time now! WHO WOULD PROTECT YOU?" His voice gradually got louder until he was shouting and Kagome had to hold the phone away from her ear as far as she could reach.

"I get your point, Inuyasha." Kagome said. "But you don't have to worry. I can take care of myself, and in the event that I can't you can rest assure that my cousin will probably protect me."

"Probably? PROBABLY? There can't be a probably! You can't be PROBABLY dead, can you? There is either DEAD or NOT DEAD and I don't want you DEAD!"

"Well, thank you for your concern, but I'll be fine! Souta is going to mail me some of my grandfather's old tombs, and I'm going to research for something to conceal your traits and make it safe for you to be in this era walking around, but until then, I need you to wait for"

"I'll wait, but I don't like it. Did you get the package?"

"Yes, I did. I haven't looked at it yet though."

"Well, there are Shikon shards in there for you to hang on to. I figured you'd get mad at me if I kept them..."

Kagome chuckled. "You were right, I probably would. Thank you."

"Yeah well, it was nothing. Anyway, there's something from everyone in there too. Kaede sent you some herbs she'd found, Miroku sent you a 'friendly grope' which I was supposed to give you, but won't 'cause he's just a lecher, Sango sent you a dagger for your protection, the brat sent you a bundle of dried flowers, saying to tell you they're tasty when you eat them, and"

"And you sent me the shards... Thank you." Kagome said, looking at the two shards from the package that she'd unwrapped while Inuyasha was talking.

"Yeah. I'm stayin' here in your time a bit more, you know, but only 'cause I said I'd teach your brother. I'm not stayin' for you!" He said in a gruff voice.

Kagome chuckled. "Of course."

Yusuke barged into the room then. "Kagome we're playing Spin the Bottle Truth or Dare and you have to play with us because I said so now get out here!"

"Who is that?" Inuyasha said, sounding a bit jealous.

"That's my cousin, Yusuke." Kagome said, nodding at Yusuke to let him know she'd be right out. He left leaving Kagome alone in a closed room for a moment, not noticing the package on the bed.

"Okay..." He sounded a bit less jealous then. "Well, um... yeah, I think I'm going to go now. Don't go getting yourself hurt, okay?" Kagome was surprised at the sensitivity in his voice. "Hurry up with that...whatever you said you would find. If you don't have it found in four days, I'm just going to come over there, 'cause it is a new moon."

"Really, it is? So soon? It feels like the new moon was just here yesterday... Well, Souta said he'd overnight the mail, so I'll try my best, but don't just come barging in here, okay? You can't be seen, especially when you"

"Yeah, yeah, I get it. As if anyone could see me anyway! I'm too fast for human eyes."

"Please, be careful..." Kagome said with a sigh.

"Keh, I'm always careful. Here, your brother wants to talk to you before you go."

"Hey, 'Gome, I've got them all ready to go, and I thought of something really good. I could go to the store and get some color contacts and black hair color, so Inuyasha could look normal. What do you think? Then we could use a bandana or a hat to cover his ears and he could keep his hands in his pockets or something. I borrowed him some of dad's old clothes, and they fit him nicely, so he almost looks normal. He won't give up the sword though, so that sets him out. But a hair cut, black hair dye, and color contacts would probably be the simplest route to take... what do you think?" Souta asked.

Kagome smiled to herself. Souta was so smart! "Yes, why don't you do that? Get the things ready, and he can bring them over to me in four days and I'll take care of things. And don't force him to get rid of the Tetsusaiga, because without it, if he gets upset he might hurt himself or someone else. If anyone asks, just tell them he just got back from kendo and hadn't put it away yet or something."

"Okay, do you still want me to mail the books, or just spend the money on the dye and contacts?"

"I think it will be fine to just get the dye and contacts, and actually tell him I said to let you give him a hair cut and have you dye his hair and show him how to use the contacts. Okay?"

"Sure, no sweat! Oh, by the way, mom has yet to find out Inuyasha's here, so if you call and she or grandpa answer, don't mention Inuyasha, ask for me."

"Yes, I understand. He can come find me once he's disguised well, but make sure he knows not to do anything extraordinary like jumping roofs."

"Yes'em. I understand! Ooh, gotta go hide Inuyasha. Mom's back with Grandpa from the store. Bye bye!"

"Bye, tell Inuyasha I said bye."

"Will do!" Souta said and then he hung up. Kagome heard the dial tone and hung up as well, putting the shards with the others in the hollow dictionary. The other things she wrapped back up to look at later, shoving them carefully under the bed. That done, she left her room to find Yusuke and his friends waiting impatiently for her.

"Hey, you're gonna drag me and Keiko to someone's house tomorrow for dinner, you can do this. What's so important about a phone call to your gang buddies?" Yusuke growled at her, immediately regretting his words once they'd left his mouth.

Kagome, however, just smiled pleasantly. "I told you, I'm not involved in a gang like you think, dear cousin. I suppose though, you could say I'm involved with dangerous people." What possessed her to say the words, she didn't know, but she felt like she had to tell someone something about her secret life, even if she didn't explain herself. "Now, what are you going to play?" She said, changing the subject quickly before anyone could question her.

"Spin the bottle truth or dare." Keiko supplied with a smile. "We started without you, but you can just join in. It's my turn right now." She seemed so innocent, but most of the time so did Kagome.

"I don't think I have ever played this before." Kagome admitted ruefully.

Yusuke narrowed his eyes at Kagome. "It's like truth or dare, the original game, but the bottle chooses who you ask a question. If it lands on yourself, you get to choose who you ask a question. There, now you know, so you can just sit your ass down and play with us."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Fine."

She sat down and Keiko smiled. "Alright, I will spin now." She said, reaching forward to spin the bottle.

Kagome saw something in Keiko's eyes which made her smile. Keiko was going to be ruthless on whoever it was the bottle landed on. She might be able to keep up an act of an innocent little girl, but that wouldn't go as far as playing this game obviously.

The bottle spun for an agonizingly long twenty seconds on the hard board. It landed on Kagome. Kagome smiled, sitting down on the floor between where Kurama and Kuwabara were sitting on the floor.

Kuwabara looked at Kagome's chest, staring down the cleavage that her pajama tank top showed. She didn't care really, as long as he didn't touch.

Keiko fluttered her eyelashes at Kagome, a dreamy look on her face. "Ah, Kagome dear, truth or dare?" Kagome didn't want to answer any questions about herself so she chose the latter. Keiko smiled successfully. "Alright... I dare you to..." She paused dramatically. "Kiss Kuwabara! Hahahaha!" She began to laugh maniacally.

Kagome glanced at the drooling Kuwabara and frowned, but she kissed Kuwabara's cheek. After all, Keiko had never said where she had to kiss Kuwabara.

"Aw, that was no fun!" Keiko groaned. "No fun at all!"

Kagome shrugged. "After all, would you enjoy kissing someone other than your boyfriend?" She asked, winking at Hiei who scowled.

Keiko pouted. "No." She said unconvincingly.

"Alright then. I'm guessing it is my turn to spin or something?" At Keiko and Botan's eager nods, Kagome reached forward, spinning the bottle. It spun and spun and Kagome wondered who it would land on. It slowed and slowed and continued to slow until it landed on Keiko. Kagome smirked, looking casually at her nails. "Truth or dare?"

Keiko frowned. "Oh, no. You won't try this on me!" She said, thinking Kagome was going to dare her to kiss someone other than Yusuke. "Truth."

Kagome smiled secretively, briefly prodding her way into Keiko's mind with her miko power, careful not to go too far or else her aura would change. She saw enough though so didn't need to go far. Keiko's most recent memory was a kiss, and it most certainly wasn't Yusuke kissing her. Kagome frowned and got a good look at the boy, realizing the boy was Hojo. She'd heard that Hojo had moved schools recently, but he wasn't as forward a person as to up and kiss a girl without their consent. The strangest thing was that Hojo was wearing all black, with dark make up on his face and looked more than goth.

"Why were you kissing Hojo Nisho in the band room this afternoon?" Kagome asked, angry that Keiko would cheat on her cousin.

Keiko paled when Yusuke turned to his girlfriend. "You were KISSING a guy? The hell! You got all up in my face about me having my arm around my cousin's shoulder and then you go kiss some other guy?"

"It wasn't me, Yusuke!"

Kurama looked at Kagome. "How do you know this happened?"

"I know things. Hojo went to Harui school before coming here. He was one of my friends."

Botan frowned. "This is sooo unfair!" She sobbed. "I liked Hojo! Keiko how could you!"

Kagome looked sharply at Keiko. "He's never been as forward as to 'just kiss' someone without a reason." She looked thoughtful for a moment. "But he has a twin who I do not know... hm..."

"He cornered me in the band room!" Keiko tried to say.

Yusuke looked extremely hurt. Kurama frowned. "Kagome, if he was your friend, then you should have his phone number, correct?" At Kagome's nod he continued, "Well, why not call him and ask him his reasoning? You can put it on speaker phone so all of us can hear it."

Hiei looked bored at the whole conversation and just sat, leaning against the couch, his grey top fitting his muscles and showing them off. Because he was wearing that particular tee-shirt, he couldn't hide the rosary so it lay on top of the grey shirt. "Yusuke, rest assure that you can just beat the shit out of him if worse comes to worse."

Yusuke frowned at Keiko. "I can't believe this!" After everything he'd been through... It had been Keiko (and his friends but he wasn't thinking about that at the moment) who he'd thought about and who had given him the strength to continue. "You couldn't tell me? You had to keep it a secret?"

Kagome was already at the phone though, calling the number she'd memorized. She'd called it enough to cancel dates so of course she'd memorized it. "Everyone, shut up." She said as it began to ring. "Hi, is Hojo there?" She asked.

"This is him speaking."

Kagome put it on speaker phone. "Hi, Hojo, this is Kagome Higurash"

"Kagome! Really? Are you ready to go on that date?" Hojo asked eagerly.

Kagome frowned. "No, unfortunately, I have a significant other, and it isn't you." She lied.

"Oh..." He sounded down. "I see... So, why are you calling then? I heard you moved, congratulations. Where to?"

"Why, thank you, Hojo." She said, sounding pleasant while rolling her eyes. "I am in Sarayashiki school district now."

"Really? Me too! Perhaps we can have lunch togeth"

"Yes, perhaps a friendly, non-date lunch would be nice. But Hojo, there is a reason for my calling. You once told me you had a twin, where does he live?"

The others were confused at her not going straight to the subject.

"Oh, he lives here in Sarayashiki school district. Mother and father thought that a good influence in his life like me would be good for him, which is why I moved."

Kagome nodded. "What type of clothes does he wear?"

"Kagome what does that have to do with anything?" Yusuke snarled.

Kagome held a hand up to stop him from speaking more. "Hojo, what type of clothes does he wear?"

"He's one of those creepy dark people."

"Really? Make up?"

"Uh huh. Father wants me to tutor him because he's failing everything. Kagome, please, don't get involved with anyone like him. I happen to think he's stalking some girl."

"Stalking?" Kagome asked, silencing Yusuke with a look when he looked about to yell something. "Who is this girl?"

"I don't know her name."

Kagome smiled. "That's alright, Hojo. But what makes you think he's stalking someone?"

"He's always talking about how he's going to make her 'his'. It creeps me out. This afternoon he was muttering about how he cornered her but she got away."

"Really? What was your brother's name again?"

"Alen. Why? How come you're interested in my brother and not me? Is HE your significant other?"

Kagome laughed. "Oh, no. No, he's not. If he were, I might learn his name."

"Oh, I see. Well then, um... I hope you'll have lunch with me."

"Of course! A friendly, non-date lunch of course, but sure I will!"

"Well, alright. Oh, I have to go. I want to be fully rested for tomorrow. Bye!"

"Bye." Kagome hung up and burst into laughter. 'I should have known Hojo couldn't do something like that!' She thought. 'He's far too nice to.'

"What's so funny?" Yusuke yelled.

If you're wondering, this will not be completed. It's the first attempt at TMttF so I will post how much there is, but no more.