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Reviews: I know I normally answer them all, but there are a ton, so I will answer what I can…

Gloria : Too bad, well maybe we can meet some day anyways

soccerdevill13: note well taken, I will keep that in mind… and I agree he is quite the jerk…

Lci :Well I hope you haven't completely given up on me, I bet everyone keeping an eye on Fun in the Sun has, but they are in for a surprise this week!

The-Shapeshifting-Sweethe: Uh, who is Iyana? (looks around) well I better post before I get beat up eh?

hypermikogirl : liking the name there… well she has to get to the tournament first doesn't she! I should have her there in oh I dunno… by Friday hopefully…

lost my sanity: well thankyou! And I hope you enjoy!

KittenKagome: aww thanks! I wouldn't say I am an expert though

Angel452 : Ack! Mass of questions! Well I better keep writing! Maybe I will answer a couple of them! Or create more! Never know!

Amanda Trinh: LOL well I kinda designed him to be a jerk so insult away! (lol) and I totally agree!

Sorry if I didn't answer yours, but I want to go to bed! So I will try to do a better job of answering everyone's next chappie

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Chapter 4

Surprises at School

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Kagome felt very strange walking down the halls, whenever anyone saw her they started whispering to their friends. Even when she walked into the classroom, her friends swarmed her in an instant, "Is it true?"

"What? What is it?"

"Is it true you are on the archery team?"

"And are you Captain now?"

"I heard she kicked the reigning national champion out of his spot!"

She looked at her friends wide eyed, "Where did you hear all this?"

Yuka smirked, "Its all over the school, but there is more."

"More?"

"We also heard you came with a bully."

She slapped her forehead, "And who all told you this?"

"Lots of places, but it goes back to Kenzo."

Ayumi cocks her head, "So what all is true?"

"Uh, yes, I am on the archery team, yes I am now varsity captain, and sort of yes, Inuyasha came with me."

"That two-timing, violent jerk?"

"He's not-" she looked up and went quiet as none other than Kenzo entered the room. He came down and sat in the desk next to her, "Hey Twiggy! You think you have my spot now, but I will get it back."

"You make it sound like the Emperor's throne."

"And this time you won't have your freaky silver haired boyfriend to defend you."

"Her what?" Kenzo went pale but breathed a sigh of relief when Hojo walked up, "She has a boyfriend?"

"Yeah that silver haired freak that follows her like a puppy dog."

Hojo looked down, his sad eyes looking to the miko for some sign of a lie, "Is this true?"

She bit her lip, "Sort of, I have been with Inuyasha for a while now."

Her friends looked sympathetically at the guy as he left. Kagome sighed, glad that she wouldn't have to deal with him again, and his crazy gifts. Kenzo broke her train of thought, snapping infront of her face.

"Yo Twiggy! Helloooo! Any thing going on in that head of yours."

"Leave Kagome alone!"

"Whats it to you!" Kenzo turned on the male voice and froze. Kagome fell out of her chair in shock, standing there was the hanyou, but in jeans, a black leather jacket, and a red shirt. His hair was pulled back into a roped ponytail and his ears were hidden. Kenzo cowered under the quiet gaze of the towering teen. He left without a word, heading back to his own class and the hanyou took the empty seat. But not for long, before he could say a word Kagome was dragging him out by the jacket, looking fiercly at him.

She dragged him into the hallway and hissed,"What do you think you are doing here?"

"Keeping an eye on you, he is as dangerous as any demon."

"So what am I supposed to do now? Drag you around school and say you are my body guard? I don't think so!"

She would've kept going, but the bell rang and she dragged him into class, her mind racing as to what she should do next, and the teacher looked up over his glasses, "Ms Higurashi. You are actually here today. And who is the young man behind you."

The hanyou went red, even under his hair, his sensitive ears could pick up the whispers and murmers going around the room. Things like, "Look at that guy. Did he get his hair died? My gosh he is hot! Why is Kagome hanging with someone like him? I don't know, but if she leaves him I will take him!"

The teacher tapped his finger on the desk impatiently, the miko laughed nervously, "He he, uh yeah, this is… Inuyasha… yes, Inuyasha Izayoi."

"My mothers name?" he hissed, she waved at him and whispered, "Sorry, but you needed a last name and I couldn-"

"Ms Higurashi, is there a reason Mr Izayoi is here?"

She froze, and her mouth just started going, "He is an exchange student, and he is staying with us, and I am supposed to keep an eye on him while he is here."

"Very well."

She let out a huge sigh of relief and took her seat, motioning for him to take his. He sat down in the single desk and stared at the miko, she pulled out her notebook and whispered, knowing only he could hear, "Just hang there. When the bell rings I need to talk to you."

The hanyou nodded, but kept staring, causing the miko's cheeks to gradually turn redder and redder. She finally muttered, "Look at the teacher. Your making me blush!"

He nodded and looked around, studying this strange room, with it's blackboard, numerous posters, and these strange desk things, his attention was turned to the front as the teacher stood.

"Today we will be studying Sengoku Jidai, specifically the legends associated with it. We will be doing a project in small groups, each choosing a certain element of the period and giving a full report on Friday. You get to choose the groups."

Kagome looked to her friends, and they gave her a strange look in return, "What is it?"

"We don't know if you are gonna be here." Yuka said worridly.

"Keh, she will be here." The hanyou crossed his arms and leaned back in his desk.

Kagome looked at him wide eyed, "We are?"

"Keh, of course, don't you have a tournament thing on Friday?"

The miko almost jumped up out of her seat and tackled the hanyou in delight. He was going to let her stay! He never let her stay! Of course he never came to her school before either, and he never wore anything other than his haori, she got thinking…

"Have you been cloned? Is the real you waiting at my house?"

He shook his head in confusion, "What do you mean?"

She waved her hand, "Later, later." Turning to the girls, "I promise I will do really well on this project. In fact, I know what we can do it on. Since I live at a shrine and all."

"Why not the origins of your shrine?"

"I don't know, I was thinking more the legend of the Shikon no Tama."

"Maybe we can see if they are related!" Ayumi said.

Inuyasha sat up, "Of course they-" he froze when he caught the sudden scent of fear from the miko as she shook her head, "of course, they were in the same time period," he finished.

She let out a sigh of relief and turned to her friends, "So can he join us?"

"Sounds like he knows quite a bit."

"Yeah, and the shrine could be a good source."

"What are we doing?" Eri asked.

Yuka slapped her forehead and ignored the question, "Kagome, do you think you Jiichan could help?"

"That old baka? He couldn't tell a glass ball from the Shikon no tama if Naraku held them infront of his face!"

"Naraku? The bad guy in that one legend?" Ayumi asked.

"You mean the Shikon no Tama legend?" the miko asked.

"No, it was a different one, bout a hanyou and a miko." Yuka rubbed her head trying to remember.

Inuyasha and Kagome exchanged a look, and the hanyou cocked his head, "What is that one about?"

"It's in your- Kagome's history book." Yuka replied.

The teacher came up to them, "Sounds like an interesting conversation, has your group come to a decision?"

Kagome smiled, "We want to see if there is a link between my shrine and the legend of the shikon no tama."

He smiled, "Sounds like an interesting project Ms Higurashi. I expect everyone to do their part."

"Yes sir." The girls said in unison.

With that the bell rang and everyone packed up to go. The girls turned to Kagome, "Well good luck with Kenzo. Can we meet you after practice and do some research over at your place?"

"Sure."

"We will meet you at the field then."
"Hai."

The girls headed out and split up and the miko turned to the hanyou, "So, I want to hear what happened after you left the field this morning."

He tried to stick his hands in his sleeves, like he would his haori, but instead stuck them in his pockets. "Uh, I went back to the shrine, and talked to your mother…"

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The hanyou walked into the house, and Mrs Higurashi came out of the kitchen, "Inuyasha, your back!"

"Hai."

"I thought you went to school with Kagome."

"I went to her 'tryout'. But then she told me to come home."

"Well I suppose dressed like that you would stand out. We can fix that."

"But-"

"No no, I still have Mr Higurashi's clothes around, and we can figure out a way to make you blend in. Tell me about this morning."

She took him by the hand and dragged him up the stairs. He was surprised, he thought the miko just wanted him to stay home like always, but Mrs Higurashi seemed to think differently. So he told her how her daughter did, and how she was some sort of leader called a 'varsity captain' which made her very excited for whatever reason.

He suddenly found himself in her bedroom and she was tossing all sorts of strange pieces of clothing on her bed. The hanyou sifted through the shirts and pulled out a black leather jacket, she smiled, "Kagome's father bought that when he was convinced he was going to join a biker gang. Luckily he bought it too big, looks like it would fit you well."

She pulled out a pair of jeans and held them up, "These should fit you well, and you seem to like red, so here."

She also handed him some underclothing, and loose sandals, she explained how to put everything on and left him to change. He did ok on the boxers, but when he tried to pull up the jeans he found them backwards, then he turned them around and got the zipper up, but struggled with the button. He spent ten minutes trying to figure out which hole to stick his head through on the t-shirt, finally calling in the giggling mother. She gladly helped and he was dressed in no time. She gave him a belt since the pants were baggy, and stepped back to see how she did, "Ok, this is a good look for you, now about those adorable ears…"

"What about them?"

"I have seen mohawks, piercings, ridiculous make up in the rebellious teen, but not ears. Usually they cut their hair a little more often than you do… I have an idea."

She ran out of the room and came back with her son's baseball stuff, "I know it's in here somewhere… ah hah!" she pulled out a long piece of leather, "This is usually used to restring a mit, put I think we can change it's purpose…"

She led him down stairs and grabbed a brush, gently working out his tangles and knots and carefully working around his sensitive ears. He was surprised at her caution, and her willingness to help. With what exactly, he had no idea. She began pulling his hair back and stopped, "Inuyasha, I have an idea, but it may hurt your ears. But then you don't need a hat."

"I like that."

"Well, can you pin your ears to your head for me?" He did, and she quickly pulled his hair over them and tied his hair back in a rubber band. Since he had folded them back it didn't hurt as much, but it was certainly a strange feeling. She smiled and tied the piece of leather over the rubber band, winding and weaving it around the mass of hair, almost all the way down it's length and tying it off. She sat back and admired her handiwork. .

"Well Inuyasha, I think it's safe to say you will fit in well. Unfortunately you will still stick out, because you are not wearing a uniform like Kagome, but at least you will be wearing clothes from this century. While you are gone I can wash your clothinig for you."

"Ah… arigatou."

"You're quite welcome young man. And I hope Kagome realizes how lucky she is to have a friend like you."

He was taken aback by her comment, but nodded and headed out the door, following the path he took to get home and entering the school, using his nose to locate her. The hanyou was quiet as he walked down the halls, he could hear the murmers as he walked by the rows of strange metal compartments. Finally the scent grew strong and he opened the door to see the miko surrounded by her strange friends, and being confronted by that jerk Kenzo...

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"Wow! Okaasan sure is smart!" Kagome said as they seated themselves in her next class.

They went through the day saying he was an exchange student, which seemed to satisfy the teachers. During lunch they went to the office and made it official, but it was decided that he needed to wear more formal clothing, not nessesarily a uniform, but maybe khakis and a more formal top.

Kagome received more attention than she had ever dreamed, for both her archery, and the hot exchange student who shadowed her every move. She was very glad when the final bell rang. Of course, then she had archery practice. She couldn't decide whether to be excited, or petrified.

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R&R it is obvious you people like this story, so tell me about it! Recommendations! Tips! I am open to it all! I am hoping to wrap up all of my fanfics this week, so updating shouldn't be a problem. Just keep an eye out, and I have a big announcement at the end, so keep watching the updates!