"Miss Higorashie, do you know the answer?" KoKo snapped out of her day dreaming to hear the teacher asking a question. "Miss Higorashie, do you know the answer to the question on the chalk board?" KoKo stared at the board and saw writing and had no idea what the answer was. She shook her head no and went back to her daydreaming. 'Koga… I miss him so much. For the first time in my life I feel like he understands me so well… I feel like I have known him from before.' KoKo tried to think hard about why Koga had seemed so familiar to her. KoKo quickly gasped and finally remembered where she had seen him before, 'He used to like in the northern mountains. I remember… I was about three and I can remember him holding me, like a baby. He was smiling down at me, he was saying that how he was always going to be there for me, but he left to go away, and he never came back, so my mother's pack and I left the northern mountains.' Koga, Bunzie, and Boonzie- "These will be great for KoKo to eat when she comes back." Koga was picking some green apples out of the healthiest looking tree. "Yeah, and maybe she would like some oranges, too." Bunzie and Boonzie were picking oranges off the ground. KoKo at school- "Ok, class. It's time to get ready to go, the bell is due to ring any second now." KoKo picked up her black backpack and swung it around her shoulder. "Do you need me to carry that for you? It looks a little heavy," Goku offered. "Sure, if you can." Goku picked up KoKo's backpack with hesitation and said, "What is in here, stones?" KoKo laughed and took it from Goku with one hand. Goku was amazed at how easily she could pick up the backpack. "You should by on our baseball team. It's an out- of- school sport and you would be a great batter," Goku complimented. "I don't know; I would have to ask Kagome." Goku looked at KoKo in agreement. Later that day- "Hey, Kagome. What would you think about me joining Goku's baseball team?" KoKo questioned. "I don't know; his team is an all boys' team, so you would be the only girl," Kagome said trying to talk KoKo out of it. "But you are strong," Kagome encouraged, "And you would be the strongest player on the team, considering that you're a demon; I don't know. I think it would be better if you don't try out for the team; we're going back to your time after we get home and pack, anyways." KoKo sighed as they stood in front of the school, waiting for Sota. "Hey, sis!" The two girls turned to see Sota and two other little boys running behind him. "Is it ok if my friends come with us?" Sota asked. "Sure… but I have to go to the library to study, so ya'll have to walk home with KoKo." Sota turned to KoKo and she answered, "Ok, but ya'll have to behave." "Which way do we go to get to your house?" KoKo asked one of Sota's friends. "This way, and we are both going to my house," the little boy answered, pointing at Sota's other friends. "Ok." When they got to the little kid's house, KoKo and Sota started to walk to their house. Sota's stomach growled for hunger after a short while. "If you're really hungry, I can get to your house quicker," KoKo said. Sota just shook his head; KoKo picked him up, and put him on her back. KoKo ran as fast as she could, quickly passing by people, getting to their house in only five minutes. "Wow, that was quick!" Sota said in amazement. "You're as fast as Inuyasha!" KoKo smiled in complimentary. Sota ran inside and made a peanut and jelly sandwich for himself and KoKo. "Thank you," KoKo said as she sniffed the food. She took a big bite out of it and stuffed the rest in her mouth. "Speaking of Inuyasha, why didn't he come with you?" Sota questioned. "It was just better that he stayed there and help the others in finding the shards," KoKo answered. It was about 6:00 o'clock in the afternoon and it was getting dark outside. 'Where is Kagome?' KoKo sat be herself in Kagome's room, looking at some school photos of Kagome and her friends. "I'm home!" Kagome hollered to her upstairs room, assuming that KoKo was up there. KoKo quickly closed the photo album and went down stairs. "Hey! How did it go with Sota and his friends?" Kagome asked in concern. "They were fine." KoKo sighed and then slowly sat down on the living room couch. "What's wrong?" Kagome ran over to KoKo. "It's nothing, I just miss Inuyasha and the others." Kagome looked very worried. "Ok… well we're going to leave in a minute. I'm just going to grab some food and we're gone." About fifteen minutes later, Kagome was ready to go. They headed out the door and towards the shrine that separated their worlds. "Kagome… haven't you ever wondered of what you're going to do once you get all of the jewel shards?" Kagome looked straight ahead as the stood in front of the shrine and started thinking to herself, 'I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't want to leave Inuyasha and the others, but I don't want to leave me family here; I can't have to lives.' KoKo shook off the question and the two girls jumped into the well.
