Chapter 4

Kagome glanced around the yard before making her way to the tree by her bedroom window. It was very early in the morning making it unlikely any one would see her. 'I'm just lucky Amaya hasn't started poking her nose into my disappearances' She thought as she pulled herself up the tree. 'I'm lucky Inuyasha let me come back today.' She added. She had reached the branch that allowed her to cross over to her window. She placed one hand on the sill and the other on the window. When she looked in, she was caught by surprise. Amaya was there on her floor, sleeping!

NIGHT BEFORE

Amaya gave a fanged smirk at the fox's retreating back. He had bought her riddle and thought he figured out what she was. Shaking her head and congratulating herself, she turned back to the house and made her way to the back door. Her aunt was in the kitchen and greeted her.

"So who was the boy?" She asked teasingly. Amaya's face flamed up to the color of a tomato. "I knew it!" Her aunt cried happily. Amaya groaned and glared at the floor. 'Mom must have told her.' She sighed and made her way to the living room. "Amaya dear?" Her aunt called again. Amaya stopped and hung her head knowing what would be coming next. The older females in the Higurashi family were notorious for hooking up their daughters with any eligible bachelor. "Why don't you invite the young man over for dinner tomorrow night?" Amaya slowly turned around with a very much-forced smile on her face.

"Course Auntie. I'll call him in the morning." She said and quickly scampered out of the room in case she planned on inviting him to something else.

'It's not like he's ugly or anything. By all means he's quiet handsome!' She thought as she trudged up the stairs, ignoring Souta's calls for her to join him in annihilating the space aliens. 'It's just he's a co-worker and a fox.' She shuddered. By this time she was in front of Kagome's room. 'Ah yes. Time to set up the high tech stuff.' She smiled. It was her favorite part of the job. She slipped into the room and quietly shut the door behind her. She scanned the darkening room before moving over to the desk. She crouched down and fished out a small round disk the size of a small button. She placed three more around the room. These were for Amaya to listen in on any conversations her dear cousin may have. She placed another disk in a schoolbook bag along with a tracing monitor.

"Good. Now all I have to do is wait for her to come home." Amaya smiled. "While I'm in here, might as well check for clues. Amaya combed the room for any secret compartments or papers giving away details of her demon friend.

BACK WITH KAGOME

Kagome was ready to cry. Here was her cousin, asleep no less, on her floor. This just made sneaking in harder than expected. 'Might as well as go through the back door.' She sniffed and climbed back down the tree. She rapped on the door lightly.

"Kagome?" Her mom asked a bit confused. Kagome smiled but held a finger to her lips.

"Amaya fell asleep in my room, so I couldn't sneak into it. This is going to be harder than I thought mom!" Kagome whispered tiredly. Her mom nodded knowingly.

"Here, sit down and have breakfast. You can tell Amaya you got back late and slept in her room." She said and place eggs in front of her daughter. "Oh! And this came for you and Amaya yesterday." She placed an envelope in front of Kagome. Kagome ripped it open and read it hastily.

"No!" She cried indignantly. "I have to transfer schools! And to one of the worse ones!" Kagome dropped her head onto the table and moaned. "This is the worst way to start the day."

"Ah, cheer up cuz." Amaya said and dropped into a chair next to her. "At least I'll be going to the same school!" She smiled at Kagome, who just dropped her head back onto the table. "So when do we start?" She glanced up at her Aunt.

"In two weeks of course." She placed a plate with eggs in front of Amaya. "That also means you'll have to go shopping, an I'll have to order uniforms." Mrs. Higurashi. "Don't forget Amaya, you have to invite that boy for dinner." She smiled sweetly at Amaya. Kagome shot her cousin a confused look, which Amaya waved her hand at and mouthed 'I'll explain later.'

MAIN STREET

Kagome was playing tour guide to Amaya, pointing out the popular restaurants and best ice cream parlors. They moved down the sidewalk and pushed past the crowd of people.

"We'll do school shopping now and get it out of the way." Kagome said and ushered Amaya into a store. "We'll pick up the basics here and then head over to the books store."

"The books store carries your school books?" Amaya asked as she started to grab pens, pencils and paper.

"Yup. At least the ones you'll know you'll be writing in. Easier to take notes." Kagome said as she grabbed her supplies. "After that, we can catch a movie." Amaya cheered.

BOOK STORE

Kagome ran through the list of books needed for the first semester. Math, English and History were the three most needed from here. She grabbed two of each. 'There's that. Wonder if Amaya found the science books.

Amaya smiled as she ran her fingers across the spines of the books in the Mystery section. 'This is way better than a candy store!' She grinned and picked out a book that looked promising.

"I couldn't put that one down for twelve hours." Kurama said as he leaned against a shelving unit. Amaya nearly dropped her book. 'Stupid!' She chided herself. 'He could have been after Kagome.' She let that slip to the back of her mind.

"Glad to hear it. What are you doing here?" She said and placed the book back onto the shelf. "Koenma didn't send you out to check up on me did he?" She narrowed her eyes at him.

"Actually I was here getting my school books. And, I was over here looking for a book for personal reasons." Kurama said lightly, almost jokingly. Amaya turned pink and looked sheepish. 'I didn't know he like to read.' She thought as if that justified it all. "Though, I was suppose to look for you later and tell you Koenma had you and Kagome transferred to my school." Kurama added and snatched a book off the shelf. "That'll do." He waved to her and headed to the check out counter.

"Kurama!" Amaya yelled, earning her a few angry glares from by standards. He turned around and smiled.

"I'll be over at, say 5 tonight?" He grinned and left. Amaya fumed.

"He's got to have our place bugged." She grumbled.

"Amaya, did you get the books?" Kagome asked from behind Amaya. "Was that, the guy mom was talking about?" She asked and pointed at Kurama in the waiting line and balanced the books in the other. Amaya glared over her shoulder at the offending red head that waved back cheerfully.

"Yup. He'll be over around 5." Amaya gave Kagome a false smile.

HOME

"Aren't these a bit long, mom?" Kagome asked as she twirled in front of a full-length mirror.

"That's what they gave me." Her mother said as she straightened Amaya's.

"I'm glad they aren't as short as your old school ones Kagome." Amaya said. "Though, I'd rather not have a uniform at all." There was a knock on the door.

"I got it!" Souta yelled as he jumped the last stair and flung open the front door. There stood Kurama. He was dressed in dress pants and a nice shirt. "Are you here for Kagome?" Souta asked. "Are you a friend of Inuyasha?" He asked and began to look behind Kurama.

"Souta, who is it?" Kagome asked and looked around the corner. When she saw Kurama, a soft blush crept across her cheeks. This however was offset by a wicked grin. "Amaya, it's for you!"

And so another chapter ends. With a bit of a cliffhanger. So, why doesn't Amaya like Kurama or swoon over him like any other female? And what did she mean by 'Been after Kagome?' And what will Kagome say when she finds an old friend at her knew school?