A Tale of Two Hanyou's

Or

The New Hanyou's

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha pouts

Title of last chapter was misleading. I was going to have the group go shard hunting, but it worked out better this way. In this story, I was going to do a completely random chapter, going from Yugi and his friends being in feudal Japan, to Kenshin (a.k.a. the Batousai) flying, getting beaten up by Kauru, and he starts crying like a little girl, to Majin bu (DBZ), to anything else I can think of. I thought better and am deciding to do a oneshot with all this and the same characters.

Right now, I would like to thank secretlover90 for giving me my first review ever (happy dance). I'm sorry, but I think that Inuyasha and Kagome belong together. Don't worry, I'll bring somebody in for everybody (except the loser Naraku sticks tongue out and maybe not anybody for Kanna or Kagura if I can't think of anybody for them). I am so happy that I have gotten a review that, as soon as I finish homework, I'm going to work on this story very hard, maybe a few good chapters within the week without too much homework.

By the way I could use more reviews. Also, parts of this chapter may be a bit boring because it was just based on what I felt at the time (on my way to school) and I was pretty depressed. I'm all better now, trying out for soccer even though sports aren't my thing. Dropping my AP class because it's so hard to keep up as a Sophomore in a Junior class. The classes below are the same classes I have, except they are Kagome's classes. Everything is the same right down to the period number. Come to think of it, why is Kagome in Japan and taking a US History course? If anybody asks, I'll try to come up with an answer or change it if nothing comes to me.

The downside, I can't think of what should happen in the feudal era until I bring in a new character or a new twist. Ideas would be helpful, even from anonymous reviewers.

Chapter Nine: School, Tests, WacDonalds

As they jumped through the well, the normal blue aura surrounded them. A second later, they were back in modern times. They climbed out and went in to Kagome's house. Just as they opened the door, they were tackled by Souta.

"Hey Kagome! Hey Tahanna!" Souta said, "Why are you two back so early?"

"Can't breath," Tahanna managed to get out, but only just seeing as Souta was choking him with his hug. Man, Tahanna had only been here for one day and he really was like their adopted son.

"Hello Tahanna, back so soon?" asked Ms. Higurashi.

"Yeah, but I'll be leaving soon. I know a place where I can get a job, and there is a new open apartment downtown I can move into," said Tahanna.

"What? You mean you have to go?" whined Souta.

"No, he'll stay in the guest bedroom," said Kagome.

"Thank you Kagome, I guess it would be kind of hard to pay rent when you're in the feudal era half the time." Said Tahanna "Oh, and I need to talk to you about something very important. Sorry Soua, but that means you have to stay away."

Tahanna and Kagome walked up to the guest bedroom. He noticed that it was close to 3:00 (PM). He then unpacked and she left for her room. As soon as he finished unpacking, he grabbed a gym bag and slipped in a pair of sleep pants and a sleep shirt. He then waited until Kagome went down stairs before sneaking into her room to grab her baggiest sleep clothes without going through her underwear drawers. He wasn't planning on touching a girls underwear until it was when they were being intimate.

He met Kagome downstairs with the clothes in his gym bag on his shoulder.

"It would be better to talk out in the forest," Tahanna said, "there is a much smaller chance that we will be overheard there, and it is something that you will want to keep quiet."

They walked out of the house. Tahanna led her about halfway through the forest before he stopped. Kagome was confused when she saw Tahanna open his gym bag. He threw a pair of clothes at her, which she caught.

"Wear these every night until we go back to the feudal era," Tahanna said, "I'm hoping that you don't mind if I borrowed a very baggy pair of your sleep clothes."

"Now…why are we doing this?" Kagome asked. She didn't care if he borrowed that pair of clothes as long as he didn't go through her underclothes and had a good reason for this.

"We're doing this because Inuyasha has a very good sense of smell. We want him to smell us. Doing this will leave a slight smell of each other on the other."

"Again, why are we doing this?"

"Don't play stupid. I know that you like Inuyasha. Your face just changes whenever he isn't looking and he is around, granted that he's not being a dumb-ass. This plan will make him jealous, and tell me if his feelings are directed toward you. We keep this kind of thing up every time we are here in this time and he is bound to show feelings sooner or later. Only, it will be progressively more each time. Any problems?"

"Two," said Kagome, "the first is 'how do you know I like Inuyasha?'"

"I am a lot more observant than I may look. More so than most guys."

"Second, does anybody else know about this?" she asked.

"As for as I know, it's just you mom, Sango, Kaede, and me. Let's go back now." He took the clothes from her and stuck them in his gym bag. They walked back to the house in silence. After they ate dinner, they went to bed (in their borrowed clothes of course).

The day of the test.

Kgaome and Tahanna were walking down the street when they heard somebody call out Kagome's name.

"Hey! Kagome!" the voice called out. Kagome and Tahanna turned around to see Kagome's friends Eri, Yuka, and Arimi coming towards them.

"Hey guys!" Kagome said to her friends once they caught up, "how are you doing?"

"We're fine," said Yuka.

"It's good to see that you're feeling better," said Eri.

"Yeah, you came back to school and then got sick again," said Arimi.

"I just got a small bout of the flu," said Kagome, "I think being sick constantly helped me fight it off in one day."

They continued talking and walking to school and were almost there when the actually noticed Tahanna following behind them.

He had put on another of his old sets of clothes so he wouldn't stand out. He was planning on getting a school uniform when he enrolled.

"Who's he?" asked Eri.

"That's Inuyasha's brother Tahanna," Kagome said, "only, Inuyasha doesn't know it yet. He was adopted by a young couple from America and he came back here to Japan a few days ago."

"I'm staying with the Higurashi family because my adoptive parents were friends with them," said Tahanna, "and I'm going to be attending school with you guys because I need to learn something even if I am in a different country."

"Do you know what Inuyasha is like?" asked Yumi, "Kagome said that he nearly killed somebody."

"I heard about that," said Tahanna, "only Kagome told me something slightly different. She told me that, when she was sick, she dreamed of a time where there were demons and the like. Inuyasha was a half-demon in these continuous dreams, so it was okay to kill Koga, a demon in this dream, to protect Kagome. He's actually kind of nice in real life though."

"That would explain a lot," said Arimi. The other two girls nodded their heads in agreement.

They had been talking the whole time and were just outside the school when they finished talking.

"The principals office is this way," Kagome said. They got to the office and went in. Kagome stood back while Tahanna asked the principle if he could enroll. He explained that he would like to be in Kagome's classes but would like to have the textbooks and work for both her grade and his own (one above hers). The principle agreed to that. Tahanna went on to explain that his absences would probably coincide with Kagome's because he was going to start traveling at that time. He explained that it was kind of awkward staying in somebody else's house when they were sick. He promised that he would still do all the work necessary. The principle didn't complain, so Tahanna ended the conversation by asking where he could get a school uniform. The principle told him to go to the store across the street, but after school. They left the office and headed for Kagome's (now also Tahanna's) first class of the day.

Macromedia and Web Design.

They had a test in that class. They had to design a web site and create an animation about whatever they wanted. Pretty simple to Tahanna. He was done within the first fifteen minutes of class. He took the rest of the period to catch up on what he had missed and get the work done for his corresponding next grade class. After forty five more minutes they went to their next class.

English.

They simply had to read a chapter of the book '1984.' Tahanna had already read this book so he caught up on the work for both that class and the corresponding next grade class. Next class.

P.E.

This was the class Tahanna put everybody in awe in. He didn't look all that athletic but he beat all the school records. People begged him to join the sports teams but Tahanna just turned down the offers. Their next class was another good one.

Algebra II/Pre-calculus

This class was a combination, so Tahanna still did both classes of work, but he wasn't missing the learning part. The stuff they were working on was review, so Tahanna was able to get work done until the test. It wasn't all that hard. Just basic division of polynomials. Example: 6x4-x3+2x2-4x-6 divided by x-3.

US. History AP

Tahanna hated history. He could do all of the work, he just hated it because he didn't like the work. Nothing really happened here.

Astronomy

Discussion about the solar system and galaxies. For the upper grade work, Tahanna had to research some chemical properties, which he finished and turned in just before the end of class.

Kagome and Tahanna walked out of the school when the school day was over. They waited in the entrance for Eri, Yuma, and Arimi. During lunch, they had agreed to go to the WacDonalds down the street. They all came out, but were accompanied by a slightly confused looking boy.

"Hey Kagome," said the boy once the three girls stopped dragging him.

"Hi Hojo," said Kagome, "you haven't met Tahanna yet have you? Tahanna, this is Hojo. Hojo, Tahanna. Tahanna was born here but adopted by an American couple. He's staying with us while he looks for his brother, Inuyasha. Would you like to go to WacDonalds with us?"

"Nice to meet you Tahanna. I'd love to go to WecDonalds with you guys."

They walked up the street to WacDonalds in silence. They ordered their food before sitting at one of the more isolated long tables. Hojo ordered a hamburger and fries. Each of the girls ordered a salad, fries, and a milkshake. Tahanna ordered the same as the girls. Tahanna said that he would pay for lunch. Kagome told the others to go find a table while she and Tahanna got the food. It was when Tahanna was paying that Kagome noticed a gold armband (goes from wrist to about halfway between wrist and elbow) on each arm. She then looked at his hand and noticed that there was a mark on the back that went up and under his armband. She then realized that Tahanna always wore a long sleeve shirt. She didn't have much time to think about this, because they had just gotten their food.

They went back to the table and ate. When they were finished, a conversation soon started up.

"None of you guys have seen my armbands yet, have you?" asked Tahanna. He seemed to have read Kagome's mind on this.

"No we haven't," said Eri, "why don't you show us?"

Tahanna rolled up his sleeves just enough to show them the armbands, but nothing above the ends of them.

"I don't know why I wear them, I just do," Tahanna said. Kagome could tell he was lying, but didn't push the subject. The rest of them just took this at face value and went on to discuss how hard their tests were.

Once everybody said goodbye to each other, Kagome and Tahanna went back to the Higurashi shrine. When they got there, they were instantly greeted by Souta tackling them.

"Hi Kagome, hi Tahanna," he said.

"Can't…breath," choked both Tahanna and Kagome.

"Sorry about that," he said, quickly letting go of them, "Inuyasha still hasn't come by, I wonder what's taking him so long."

"Time for dinner," said Ms. Higurashi.

They all ate in silence. Kagome took this time to think about what Tahanna could be hiding under his armbands. 'Oh well,' she thought 'I'm sure that I'll find out soon enough."

She was right.

Tahanna and Kagome walked up to their rooms and Tahanna asked Kagome if she could go to his room for a bit. She did so.

When Tahanna walked in, he silently shut the door.

"It took you long enough to wonder why I always wear long-sleeved shirts," Tahanna said, "I had to practically tell you why before you became curious."

"You mean you showed me those armbands on purpose?" Kagome asked, surprised.

"Yes. Now why don't you ask what you want about me? I am sure that this secret made you think I have more. I'll answer you if I think it proper."

"Why do you wear that armband?" Kagome asked.

Instead of a response, he simply took off the armbands. She didn't notice anything different about him. Then she looked at his face. She gasped at what she saw. There were markings (like Sesshomaru's for those who have seen the anime) on each of his cheeks.

"They may not be much, but when I was twelve, they appeared in the middle of class. Nobody noticed until lunch. Then people started going crazy, asking me what was on my face. I had no idea what they were talking about until I went into the bathroom. I was pretty surprised when I saw these markings. I went through the rest of the day normally even though people were constantly whispering and pointing at me. As soon as the bell rang, I ran out of the school, and didn't stop running until I was getting hungry. It didn't take long. However, when I looked around I realized that I was outside some antique store. That's where I found these." He indicated to the armbands. "It was as though they called out to me. I asked a clerk how much they were. I found out that, even though they were pure gold, they were only twenty dollars. It was easy to see why. They were dented in many places and they didn't open very easily. They didn't have any shine either. I still wanted them so I paid for them and went home. They opened very easily for me and when I put them on, they went right back to their original state. A shiny gold, not dented. I then looked in the mirror and saw that the marks were gone. It turns out that these armbands hid the marks. When I went back to school the next day, I lied and said that the marks came from some allergic reaction."

"I can see why you want to hide those markings," said Kagome, "It's not exactly normal. I have another question. Why do you always wear long-sleeved shirts?"

"Well, there are two reasons for the shirt," Tahanna said, "The first is that people began to ask why I wore the armbands. The other reason…well, it would probably be easier to show you."

Here Tahanna took off his shirt. Kagome couldn't help but admire his well-toned, slim body. Then she moved on to looking at the tattoo along most of the rest of his body. It was actually a few different tattoos. There was one of a dragon right on his chest. It was one of the long, more snake-like ones. Most of the body was on his chest, but the long tail wound around his shoulder and down his arm, ending on the back of his hand, just beyond his wrist. There was a dog demon on his left shoulder. There was a fox demon just below one of his shoulder blades. Below the other, there was a cat demon.

"They appeared the same day as the markings on my face," said Tahanna, "but these tattoos don't go away with the armbands."

"Another good explanation. I don't have any more questions at the moment," said Kagome. She then thought 'but knowing our group, something is bound to happen that will make me curious.'

"Good. Let's get some sleep. I think we should go back to the feudal era tomorrow. I'm not going to explain this to your family, or anybody else for that matter, until it's necessary." With that, Tahanna put his shirt and armbands back on. Kagome left and they both got ready for bed. By eleven o'clock they were asleep.