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'Thinking'

"Talking"

Telepathy

Chapter one

Kagome stood with a small white sign. She was waiting in front of the exit doors to the airport, in hopes that the person she was sent for, would head her way. People passed her, not giving her a second glance. Kagome bit the bottom of her lip and glanced at her wristwatch. It was already noon and the plane had been grounded for about an hour.

'Is security really that bad?' Kagome wondered. 'Why did I get suckered into this?' She cringed. Her mother had to take Sota, her kid brother, to a friend's house and needed Kagome to pick up their cousin. 'Grandpa was out of the question. He'd probably get lost.' Kagome sighed.

"Excuse me, Kagome?" A light voice asked. Kagome's head shot up. A girl about her age stood before her. Her hair was pulled up and imposable to tell how long it really was. The way the light hit it, it looked almost red.

"Amaya?" Kagome asked hesitantly. Amaya grinned and hazel eyes danced with laughter.

"Of course, who else?" Amaya laughed. Kagome grinned sheepishly.

"Here, let me help you with those." Kagome grabbed one of the several bags that Amaya had sitting by her feet. She almost fell over with the surprising weight of the bag. "What do you have in here?" Kagome huffed out.

"Oh, just the essentials." Amaya waved her hand as if it wasn't a big concern. "Where's Aunty?" She glanced around, as if Kagome's mother would pop out of nowhere. Which she had a tendency to do.

"She had to take Sota to a friend's house. I think." Kagome added as an after thought. Amaya and Kagome shuffled out to the curb and waved down a taxi.

HOME

Kagome paid the taxi driver as Amaya grabbed the bags from the trunk.

"Thanks again!" Kagome yelled as the taxi drove off. "He was nice wasn't he?" She asked and turned around. Amaya wasn't listening. Instead she was staring at a tree. The tree that Inuyasha was pined to, to be exact. "Earth to Amaya?" Kagome waved her hand in front of her cousin's face.

"Wha-huh?" Amaya blinked and shook her head. "Was I spacing again?" She gave Kagome a cheesy grin.

"Don't worry about it. So once we get you unpacked, would you like to take a tour?" Kagome asked as she eyed the stairs. Amaya grinned.

"That would be great." She picked up the bags, much to Kagome's objection. "Don't worry about it. I had to load them into the taxi at home and to the check out at the airport. I can manage a few mangy stairs."

"Alright." Kagome said and frowned. Something about her cousin felt wrong. It had just hit her, and it creped her out. Amaya was half way up the stairs.

"Hey cuz, are you going to stand there all day or what?" She shouted down to Kagome.

"Oh! Coming!" Kagome dashed up the stairs.

INSIDE

Kagome placed the last suitcase in the spare closet.

"That should do it." Amaya said and dusted her hands off from imaginary dirt.

"I'll say. Just the essentials?" She raised an eyebrow at Amaya.

"What? A girl has to have her things." She shrugged. "Besides, I'll be staying her for a bit." Kagome nodded her head. Amaya was here to stay for the year and finish out high school. "So about that tour?" Amaya asked and glanced out the guest window.

"Right! So where would you like to start?" Kagome asked and pulled Amaya out of the room and down the stairs.

"Anywhere." Amaya said as she was pulled out of the house. There! That tree! Amaya stopped dead in her tracks and stared at it. The strange aura surrounding the large plant sent goose bumps down the girl's back.

"I see you've found the God Tree." Kagome said and looked up at it too. "Legend say demon was pinned to it for fifty years by a priestess." Kagome trailed off, thinking about Inuyasha and Kikyo. "What?" Kagome asked quickly.

"I asked about the Shikon jewel." Amaya said and tugged at a piece of loose hair. Kagome could now see that her hair was auburn.

"What do you know about it?" Kagome asked defensively. Amaya winced. "Sorry." Kagome apologized. 'Man, I need to relax. It's not like she's some demon bent on world destruction…right?' Kagome wondered and glanced at Amaya. "The Shikon Jewel has a long history." Kagome began. "It is said that it was formed by a powerful priestess in a last tempt to end a battle. The priestess pushed her soul out and along with that of the enemy, captured it in the jewel."

"That's it?" Amaya asked as Kagome trailed off again.

"No, sadly there is more. The jewel was handed down through generations of demon exterminators. But the jewel usually corrupted them. In desperation, the exterminators gave the jewel to a promising young priestess. That was the very priestess that pinned the demon to this tree." Kagome sighed and the wind picked up.

"What?"

"I said, why did the priestess pin the demon to the tree?" Amaya asked again. She frowned. 'Funny. I could have sworn I smelt a demon.' She glanced around.

"Well, that's all for today, mom's home!" Kagome chirped and quickly ushered Amaya inside. Kagome shoved Amaya inside the house and quickly closed the door.

"Well, that was fun." Amaya said and titled her head. There was the smell again. She peeked out the kitchen window. Kagome was shoving some silver haired boy…Silver? That color was not natural in humans. Amaya pulled out a red compactor and opened it.

"Koenma sir?" She asked. The glass in the compactor went fuzzy for a moment and then a clear picture appeared.

"Kasumi?" The image asked. Amaya nodded. "Good. Have you arrived yet?"

"Yes sir."

"Have you found anything out yet?" Koenma asked.

"Just a brief history of the jewel. That's was all she was going to tell me. It seems she knows a demon too." Kasumi, or Amaya, said and glanced back out the window. Kagome was nowhere to be seen.

"That's all? What about the demon? Is it dangerous? Can it be trusted? We need all the information we can get!" Koenma ranted. "Why the Shikon Jewel showed up now is beyond me."

"Breathe sir." Kasumi said with a faint smile. "You should know I'm your best spy."

"More like arrogant." Koenma mumbled.

"What was that?" Kasumi growled.

"Nothing!" Koenma quickly assured her. "I'll be sending one of my detectives over once you are situated."

"Over and out!" Kasumi chirped and closed the compactor. "Now, to get some food." She glanced around.

"Kasumi Amaya Higurashi!" Someone said happily. Amaya glanced over her shoulder.

"Aunty!" Amaya said. "How are you!" She was swept up into a bear hug.

"My you've grown since the last time we saw you. Do you still go by Amaya?" Mrs. Higurashi asked. Amaya nodded.

"Of course."

"Kagome in her room?" Mrs. Higurashi asked and glanced at the doorway. Amaya shrugged.

"She was pulling someone into the shed last I saw." Amaya said off handedly and watched her aunt closely. Mrs. Higurashi paled slightly.

TBC

Well that's all for this chapter. The pairings are already decided. You'll just have to keep reading to find out who they are.