(A/N): Hi everybody, I know the past chapter was short but here you go!

Disclaimer: Um... let's say... no.

Chapter 12:

Going to School

Kagome ran down the stairs and arrived to the kitchen and took 4 eggs out of the refrigerator and took from a drawer a pan. She was about to start cooking when suddenly Kagome felt as a hand took hold of her shoulder and squeezed her tightly. She half turned and saw Tsubaki.

"Good morning," she said evilly with a smirk.

"Morning Tsubaki-sama..." whispered Kagome as Tsubaki let go of her shoulder and started walking away.

Kagome turned to her reluctantly and saw Tsubaki was giving her back at her and then turned to her as she started talking.

"Did you have a nice Sunday?" she said sarcastically while grinning.

Kagome sighed heavily as she slightly nodded, "Yes Tsubaki-sama..."

"Perfect..." she said these as she turned her back at Kagome one more time then turned at her with an apple, "Are you hungry?"

Kagome snarled silently, she knew Tsubaki said these because in her punishment she wasn't allowed to leave her room, not even in order to eat. Thank God Miroku appeared food every time she was hungry and both ate together happily but she couldn't tell Tsubaki that.

"No, Tsubaki-sama..."

"Really? You look pale..." when she finished this sentence she threw the apple to the floor and it rolled toward Kagome's feet. She took it in her hands and stared at Tsubaki hatefully who had turned her back at her again and half turned back while smirking, then she turned her back completely to her.

Miroku peeked again from the cell phone while cursing Tsubaki. Kagome turned to him and shook her head.

Miroku looked at her in surprise as he whispered, "But Kagome-sama...!"

"Don't you dare Miroku..."

Miroku turned back at Tsubaki snarling and was about to aim a charm at her when Kagome covered him with his hand but the spell escaped her fingers and hit Tsubaki who didn't really notice. Kagome gasped while Miroku chuckled silently as a fox's tail surged from Tsubaki's behind and the woman turned when she heard Miroku's silent laughs.

"What's so funny maid?"

Kagome clenched her fist and sighed, "Nothing Tsubaki-sama..."

But Kagome couldn't stop watching at her stepmother as fur covered her face and her mouth turned into a long snout, and whiskers appeared too. Then two long ears surged from her gray hair. Kagome covered her mouth in order to avoid laughing as she turned back to the stove.

"My daughters and I have already had breakfast since you are too lazy to get up and cook for me. You can leave now."

Kagome snarled loudly as she put the eggs back inside the refrigerator. She passed next to Tsubaki preparing to leave when suddenly the vile woman took her by the arm and looked at her straight in the eye.

"You look... different..."

Kagome gulped. Was she going to discover she had turned into a "neko-hanyou"?

"What are you hiding?"

Kagome stared at Tsubaki with fear as she looked at her carefully. Suddenly Tsubaki saw her reflection in Kagome's eyes and noticed the large snout and that she had become a fox. She screamed with fear as she touched her face and felt the fur and then the wavy fox tail behind her.

Kagome took that as an opportunity as she took her backpack, a reddish jacket made of leather like material, slightly dark yellow mittens, and rushed out of the house.

She ran down the sidewalk and once in a while turned to the house that was almost out of sight because of the distance but she could still listen to Tsubaki's screams. She turned to Miroku who was laughing loudly while sitting on her shoulders still thumb-sized.

"That was great! Did you see her face?"

Kagome frowned, "Miroku, I've told you! Please never do that again, you're gonna get me into trouble!"

"I couldn't help it! I wanted her to stop bothering you."

Kagome grinned and sighed as she turned skywards, "Thank you but please don't use your magic against her again..."

"I'll try..." said Miroku cleaning his tears of joy.

"Um, could you please turn her back to normal? I don't want her making fuss about it all day..."

"As you wish, Kagome-sama."

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Back with Tsubaki...

Ruri and Hari hurried down the stairs as they heard their mother's screaming and asked her what was wrong. Tsubaki was on the floor covering her face while trembling.

"What is it mom?" asked Hari.

"My face... my beautiful face..." whispered Tsubaki still covering her face.

"What's with your face?" asked Ruri trying to look at her mother's face.

" A fox, I've turned into a fox..."

"A fox?" repeated both girls in unison.

"Look at me... I'm horrible..."

(A/N): Of course we all know that (giggles).

Both sisters leaned forwards as Tsubaki removed her hands from her face and they saw it had returned to normal.

"Um mom..." said Hari clearing her throat, "You've got nothing."

The girl pointed to a mirror and Tsubaki turned to it and noticed her face was human once again.

"Maybe it was your imagination..." supposed Ruri.

"My beautiful face..." whispered Tsubaki as she touched her cheeks, forehead, and every part of her face and checked if the tail was gone, it was.

"We're going mom, we may miss the school bus," said Hari leaving the house with her sister at her heels.

Tsubaki didn't pay attention as she stared at her normal face in the mirror.

"It's a miracle..."

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Back with Kagome and Miroku...

"It's a miracle Tsubaki didn't discover my ears or tail," sighed Kagome as she munched the apple Tsubaki had given her earlier and Miroku sat on her shoulder smiling.

She shivered with cold when the winter breeze blew and turned skywards. The sky was gray though it seemed this time it wasn't going to rain like last Friday. The avenue's trees were losing their leaves, which were orange, red, or yellow, and even with a tiny breeze they would fly away and land sweetly on the sidewalk. Miroku climbed Kagome's head and removed some leaves that were tangled on some of her locks and sat there playing with her ears hidden inside the hood. Kagome giggled as Miroku played with them.

She turned and saw the school bus parked on the sidewalk and accelerated her pace, this time Ruri and Hari wouldn't stop her from boarding it.

Sadly both girls arrived and pulled her arm and she fell to the floor. Miroku hid inside Kagome's hood. Ruri and Hari laughed at Kagome as they walked toward the bus. Kagome slowly got up as she cleaned her clothes and sighed sadly.

´Oh no! Miroku!´ she thought as she took her hood off and peeked inside and saw Miroku there with the typical Japanese style spiral eyes.

"Are you okay?"

Miroku opened his eyes and coughed slightly, "Yeah, all's fine. What happened?"

"Just them..." said Kagome glancing at Ruri and Hari who were almost at the bus.

"Oh, I see," said Miroku evilly.

Kagome heard Miroku's vile tone of voice and gasped as she turned from her stepsisters and back at him.

"Miroku don't!"

Too late, Miroku aimed a spell at both girls. Hari was walking in front and slightly behind was Ruri walking when suddenly a banana peel appeared in front of Ruri who stepped on it and slipped. She crashed against her sister who was aimed toward the bus's doors and before the driver opened them she crashed against them and before she hit the floor Miroku created a puddle and Hari fell on it splashing her sister and her.

Hari slowly stood up as she dried her long hair and Ruri petted her back. She had landed very hard when she slipped with the banana peel.

Kagome chuckled loudly as her stepsisters got up. She noticed she wasn't wearing the hood and swiftly put it back to cover her ears.

Ruri and Hari glanced at Kagome hatefully as they boarded the bus and then it drove away.

Kagome sighed heavily and put her hands inside her jacket's pocket and felt as something moved inside her hood. She glanced at it and Miroku surged from it looking dizzy.

"What was that all about? Just throwing the hood together with me!"

" Gomen but I couldn't help it or else they would see my ears."

Kagome glanced at the bus that slowly disappeared from sight. Miroku noticed and turned to the bus too.

"You lost it?"

"Again. I always miss it because of Ruri and Hari... Guess I'll have to walk."

Miroku turned to her in question and frowned.

"Walk? That's not necessary..."

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Back with Ruri and Hari in the bus...

The bus was cold and noisy. There were lots of students chatting, some already eating their lunch, others doing homework, bouncing basketballs, and some were even throwing paper planes. That was what always happened in the mornings and evenings inside the school bus, the same sequence. While the driver listened to boring and old love songs the students made racket.

Ruri and Hari always sat on the third row of seats and after their typical struggle of who would sit next to the window they would be silent and not talking to one another until they arrived to school. Well maybe they would start fighting about something else and start pulling each other's hair and finally after humping they would turn their face away from the other and avoid talking. Ruri would stick her tongue put at Hari but she always saw her reflection on her makeup case's mirror or a window. Ruri would usually get entertained by reading the graffiti on the seats, the window, or on the wall of the vehicle. Some were rude and cursed a teacher, especially Myouga. But the most common ones were the romantic inscriptions about a girl and her boyfriend or secret lover and the names circled by a heart. The majority said "whatever girl + Inuyasha" and when Kikyou boarded the bus and saw these signs she would erase the girl's name and put hers instead. Usually Ruri sat against the window while Hari talked about makeup and good looking like Kikyou to herself or to her sister since she admired her beauty and popularity.

Hari looked out of the window as Hari looked at her reflection in her makeup case's mirror and fixed her humid hair, added lipstick, and touched her injured forehead from when she crashed against the door. She closed the case as she turned to her sister grumping.

"I guess it will stay forever. My face is ruined..." sighed Hari as she touched her swollen forehead again.

"You're like Mom..."whispered Ruri.

" It looks horrible doesn't it? Tell me the truth. It won't attract any boy not even Inuyasha!" pouted Hari touching her face again.

"It's just a bump," said Ruri still looking at the window.

Hari frowned as she saw her sister, " Well I wouldn't have this bump if a certain someone hadn't pushed me."

Ruri turned at her defiantly, "Are you suggesting that I am guilty?"

Her sister nodded and smirked

" I didn't do it! It wasn't my fault!" shouted Ruri crossing her arms.

" No of course you didn't," said Hari sarcastically, "Then what is this!" she said pointing at the bump.

"I've told you that banana peel appeared from out of nowhere!"

Hari chuckled loudly, "Yeah right. As if it was magic?" Hari laughed loudly while her sister affirmed what she saw.

"Something strange is going! I swear! This morning some items attacked me while I was in the bathroom!"

After Ruri said This Hari exploded in laughter, "Yeah? As it were haunted?" said the girl smirking with a bothersome look and a teasing tone.

"I'm telling you it's true! Even Mom believed she had transformed!"

"Nah! Mom's always making fuss about her looks. Maybe she drank a little too much of whine or something."

"It can't be! A toothbrush attacked me!" insisted Ruri.

" You watched enough horror movies," replied Hari.

"Besides," Hari opened her makeup case again as she glanced at her face and touched her bump again, "that is no excuse. Inuyasha won't accept going out with me to the Halloween ball with these."

"Save you weeping, he's already going with Kikyou..." finished Ruri as she turned back to the window.

"Now that I think about it, every time something strange happens Kagome is there..." whispered Ruri and her sister's attention was given to her.

"Kagome? That wench?" asked Hari looking a little interested.

Ruri nodded and Hari frowned as she thought about it and once again glanced at the mirror as she smirked, "As if she was some kind of witch, right?"

Ruri nodded slightly as continued staring out the window as Hari chuckled, "You're nuts."

"I am not, you'll see!" said Ruri glancing slightly at her sister.

"Then prove it," added Hari as Ruri turned back at the window.

Suddenly Ruri saw as a huge object soared next to the bus at an incredible speed and leaving at trail of pink sparkled behind it. Ruri opened her eyes as she noticed something familiar on it, she couldn't believe what she was seeing, and it was Kagome! Ruri gasped and pulled her sister who got stained with lipstick because of Ruri's sudden action.

"What are you doing you fool!" asked Hari pulling her arm away from her sister's grasp.

"I saw her! I saw Kagome out there!" she pointed at the window.

Hari peeked but saw no one then she turned Ruri with a weird look, " I don't see anything. Mudt have been a bird..."

"It was no bird nor car! It was Kagome, she was there! And she was flying!" Ruri made flailed her arms up and down as if she was trying to fly like a bird does. Hari frowned as she returned her attention to her mirror.

"Ruri you better get some serious rest..."

"I swear I saw her and I can prove it!"

Hari took a book from out of her backpack anf started reading and with her finger marked for Ruri to shut up.

"Sleep, you still have time..."

"But sister...!"

"Shhh! Now!"

Ruri humphed as she crossed her eyes and pouted slightly as she turned back to the window and looked for any sign of Kagome but she was gone. She rested her head on the glass and sighed heavily.

´I know what I saw and I won't rest until I prove I was right...!´

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Back with Miroku and Kagome...

Kagome was elevated until she could see the bus turning small as an ant. She giggled and whirled around the clouds and inhaled the fresh there that hovered above. She turned to Miroku and smiled.

"Miroku this is awesome!"

The thumb-sized Miroku sitting on her shoulder grinned as he took hold of his master tightly trying not to fall.

"There's nothing better than this!" She turned to downward and grinned wider.

"And Ruri and Hari are way behind us!"

Kagome stretched her arms as if she were a proud bird in flight and closed her eyes enjoying the sensation.

" Oh Miroku what a wonderful experience..."

"Enjoy it as much as you can 'cause we're about to arrive to Shikon High." Said Miroku as he caught a glimpse of the building.

"So fast? But I want to stay like this forever! Nothing will happen if I get thee one minute or two late, won't I?"

Miroku chuckled as Kagome flew higher in the sky and the grey clouds turned pink because of the height and she whirled and played among the clouds and every time a bird passed by she would wave at it and giggle.

" I'd never like this to end it's almost like a dream..."

She turned and sighed as she started to descend and headed toward Shikon High.

"Though I must wake up at any moment..."

(A/N): And there! That's all for today folks! Enjoy! R&R onegai!