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Last Time; A demons came out of the well; we meet a team of demon hunters, with curfew. And Kagome kills her first demon in a one on one battle.

Chapter 3: DEMON

Kagome woke up and hit the buzzing clock next to her bed. She sighed and turned over pulling her legs over the side of the bed and stretched her body, last night seeming but a dream. Looking out her window the remains of the demon were enough to stop that train of thought. She looked outside and finally trudged out to clean up the mess she had made with the demon. She grabbed what was left and tugged it over to the well and back down the place it had come. She wiped her forehead and realized for the first time the meaning of the bone eaters well truly made sense to her. For she was finally using the well for what it was made, or ended up being used for. She glanced down at the bones ad shivered. She moved up the stairs and out of the room. As she did so the well pulsed twice, glowing violet as it did so.

Kagome entered her house and looked up at her mother, "Morning."

Her mother looked up, "You're up early."

"I had to clean up the mess I made last night."

Sitting down Kagome looked up at her mother who was in the midst of making breakfast and wrapping her lunch. At that moment Sota came down the stairs and looked at both his sister and his mother before sitting down and promptly falling asleep at the table. Kagome's mother put down their breakfast and Kagome quickly swallowed and ate. She turned and poked her brother who grumbled something and looked up at the steaming blow of Miso soup in front of him and picked it up. He took a sip and put the bowl down and looked at his sister, "So, last night…" he left the question open.

He was met with a nod, "Yeah, it really happened. I still can't believe it though, I mean why would demons be in this time," it wasn't a question so much as a statement.

"Maybe it was like that time with the mask of flesh," her brother suggested.

Kagome shook her head, "No, this demon came from the well. There's no other place it could of come from."

As she poured herself some tea, her mother seemed to think over her daughter's words and took a slight sip, "Maybe the demons have figured out how to come to your time."

Once again Kagome shook her head, "No, they can't do that. Only Inuyasha and I can."

Her mother gave up at that point and just continued to drink her tea in silence. Glancing up at the clock that hung on the wall she sighed, "Kagome, you're going to be late for school."

Kagome looked up and sure enough the clock did not lie. Slamming back the last of her tea she grabbed her backpack and rushed out of the house flying past her grandfather and down the steps.

At school Kagome could barely concentrate. All she could think of was the well and that feeling she had gotten when she had been near it. The feeling hadn't been bad, but it had been… chilling. She shivered in her seat and suddenly wrapped her arms around herself trying to quell the feeling. The teacher looked up from his book and smiled, "Are you cold, Kagome?"

Kagome looked up shaken out of her thoughts and realized what she had done. She smiled and lowered her hands, "No, I'm fine."

There's no use dwelling on it. No answers are going to come to me here. But she still felt that chill, still couldn't shake off that feeling that something was going to happen. She was so occupied that during one of the days slight break period even her friends noticed that something was wrong and the voiced it quite well, "are you feeling all right?" Yuka asked.

She looked up, "fine, fine. It's just a slight cold, that's all."

They seemed to look at each other, "Another one?"

"No, I'll be fine later. It'll pass, promise."

They looked at her none of them believing a word, yet all of them letting it go. They knew that if Kagome didn't want to share she didn't have to. Plus their friend was already a turning into a mystery any way, so they didn't question it. When they reached there next class and Kagome sat down, the feeling only intensified and she knew, without a doubt, that something was going to happen.

It was sometime during the middle of the class that Kagome was brought out of her thoughts by a shrill scream and a shriek. She ran to the window of her school and threw open the glass. What met her eyes was mass chaos; about six demons were outside of the school trying to get inside. Kagome didn't hesitate; she turned around and made her way to the principal's room.

Inside the room the principal was looking out the window at the same chaos that she was. The sound of the door caused him to turn around and look at his intruder, "What are you doing in here?" his voice was shaking.

"I'm the only one who knows how to deal with what's out there. I've got an announcement to make."

He didn't say anything as she sat on his chair and flipped the switch to the intercom, her voice coming over the speakers loud and clear, "Everyone, go to the top of the building. This is not a drill, or a test, okay?"

That done, Kagome quickly exited the room to see if every one was following instructions. Oddly no one questioned the odd voice that came over the intercom or took time to think of who it was. They were doing as it said.

Kagome ran the other way and down the school steps. She threw open on of the side door and ran. She reached the doors of one of the schools buildings and threw it open, inside rows and rows of targets lined the walls. That wasn't what she was interested in, though. She grabbed one of the bows and one of the quivers. She filled the quiver with the schools arrows (hoping they'd suffice) and made a mad dash to the front of the building, only two of the six demons were in view. She cocked the bow aimed, and then fired. The first demon, took by surprise, exploded. The demon next to it turned and before it attacked it stopped and fled. At this point a motorcycle pulled into the school and stopped right in front of her. For a second Kagome was flabbergasted. The figure on the cycle, donned in leather, had hair like Inuyasha (though it was in a braid), a figure like Inuyasha, yet was most defiantly not Inuyasha. She looked at him there was a rustle of noise as the helmet came off and a boy a little bit older than Kagome looked down at her and sighed, "Kagome, it took forever to find your school!"

Kagome could only blink. He stepped of the motorcycle and moved to the other side where he pulled out two very familiar swords; too familiar. He smirked at her and she regained her composure, "And you are?"

"Oh, sorry, name's Ryokuharu, nice to met you."

At this point a black van came zooming into the schoolyard and parked right next to the black cycle and dust flew up into her face. Ryokuharu stayed where he was and when the dust cleared he dusted it off his shoulders. The door of the van opened and then slammed closed and a girl about a year older than Kagome jumped out. The first thing Kagome noticed were the blazing dark amber eyes that the girl had. Just like Ryokuharu, her ears were pointed, her hair was jet black and on her waist was another sword that took Kagome by surprise. She had a crossbow strapped to her back; She smiled, "hi!"

As she was speaking the back of the van slammed open and two people, one girl, one boy came out. They looked the same, they both had violet eyes and both had jet-black hair. The only difference was that one was a girl and the other was a boy. But that wasn't what was surprising about them, the girl had a larger than life, although not too large and rather decorative, boomerang on her back and around her neck hung a mask. "Where's your shirt?" she nudged the boy with a pout.

The boy wore a gold ring and a purple bracelet. In his left hand he held a staff with a sharpened golden tassel on the top. They boy flipped his hair back and winked at Kagome, taking her hand in his free one, "Shikiyoku, but you can call me whatever you want."

There was the sound of a smack and the girl next to him was found glaring at him, "You just met her! Contain yourself brother! Oh, sorry, I'm Sukiji!"

Kagome turned to the one person who had not identified herself tilted her head, the girl smiled, "Right! Akkimiko. And you," she turned to Ryokuharu, "you left without us!"

"So?" he responded, examining his nails.

"ARG!"

Sukiji, the twin girl, bounced over to Kagome with a large smile, "DEMON reporting for duty!" She saluted happily, getting to the point.

Kagome smiled and then turned to her new found friends, "um… we have a slight demon problem in the school."

Sukiji smiled and went over to the van and rummaged around in it for a few moments before coming back out holding a can of something, "I can help with that!"

She scurried over to the school, the other's following and looking rather amused, and over to the door and entered, or at least she attempted to enter. As soon as she reached the door her boomerang hit the top of the door and the side, and she was stuck. She sighed and continued to push against the door to enter and finally, as a loud crack was heard, was able to enter. She laid the can down on the floor of the school and pulled the mask she wore up to her face. Pushing a button on the can a gassy substance started to flow from the can. She turned sideways and exited the school, making sure not to get suck this time. She skipped back over the group and smiled and held up a peace sign.

"What does that do?" Kagome asked.

"Gets demons outside. Mom created it; I use it."

As if on cue, five demons lumbered from the school. Kagome looked up at the four teens, "Can you use your weapons?"

Akkimiko blushed, "Kinda."

"Kinda?" Kagome sounded fearful.

"Well, I can get it work. The other powers? Not so much. As for using the crossbow? Sometimes."

Kagome smiled and looked at the on coming demons. She knocked another arrow and, when behind her came the sound of a sword being drawn, turned to smile. What she saw, though, made her breath catch in her throat. There was no mistaking it now, the sword the girl had was most definitely Tetsusaiga, and there was no way it couldn't be, except the hilt had been redone and it had been polished up a lot. It wasn't transformed or anything. It could just be a coincidence, right? She shook off the feeling and then fired. The battle was on.

The first demon attacked Kagome, but was met with resistance from the sword that Ryokuharu had drawn. Once again Kagome knew without a doubt that it was Tokijin, but that could be another coincidence. People normally fight with swords. Once again she was forced to shake it off. The blade, unlike the demon, met with no resistance and sliced right through the demon. "Top that," Ryokuharu said smugly in Akkimiko's direction. "Shut up! I'm getting there," Akkimiko barked back.

Kagome sighed and once again tried to fire and this time nothing stopped her. Her arrow hit the demon attacking Sukiji and killed the demon instantly. Akkimiko appeared next to Kagome and looked awed, "How did you learn to do that?"

"About a year of practice."

Akkimiko smiled and then Kagome asked her question: "And where did you get your sword?"

"From my dad!"

That was all Kagome got as Akkimiko rushed back into battle sword swinging. On the other side of her Kagome saw Sukiji and Shikiyoku take down another demon and smiled. After a while one demon remained and Kagome once again took aim. And once again she was interrupted. Akkimiko jumped in front of her and sliced the demon in half. She smiled and looked up at Ryokuharu, "Ha, two to one. I win."

Ryokuharu smirked and then spoke, "Doesn't matter. I still have better battle skills than you."

"You do not."

Once again proving that he really didn't care he ignored her. Behind Akkimiko, Sukiji ran over and jumped on Akkimiko, "We did it!"

Kagome watched the exchange in mild fascination. And then the school grounds in more fascination. They were filthy, filled with the corpses of demons. Some dead, some alive. And sighed, the place was going to be hell to clean up. But some one had to do it. She looked over at the group of teens, "This place is gross. We have to clean it up."

Sukiji sighed, "Do we really have to?"

Ryokuharu looked down at her, "Yes we have to, we made the mess."

Boredom suddenly gripping her, Akkimiko reached down to start fiddling with her favorite piece of jewelry, her locket. Her hands reached down to her neck and her eyes widened, it was gone. Ah fudge! She took a look around the outside of the school and quickly scanned the area. There was nothing, and now, she felt like crying. Kagome in the mist of hauling a demon off into a ditch where Sukiji had told them to place the beasts looked back at Akkimiko, "What's wrong?"

"My necklace is gone!"

"What does it look like?"

Akkimiko bit her lip. "It's a locket."

Back over at the ditch Shikiyoku had begun rituals to get rid of the demons and Kagome thanked him, best she could. He moved around placing a scroll on each of them and then chanted a few words. As he did so fire flared up and each demon was incinerated, "Fire, nice."

"Well you can light my fire any day."

Another slap was heard as Kagome turned to make her way back to Akkimiko, who was in a worried state of panic. On the way a glint of gold caught her eyes. She ran over to it and found Akkimiko's locket lying face down on the ground, "I found your locket!"

Akkimiko looked up and at Kagome, "Thanks, I'll be right over."

Kagome turned the locket over in her hands, feeling the smooth metal. Her fingers found the latch and she glanced over at Akkimiko, she won't mind, right? Nodding to herself that it wasn't going to really harm any one she pressed the small button and opened it. What greeted her eyes was a sight to remember. A mad Inuyasha looked back at her, next to him she was smiling. She reconsidered the picture at once. This was her locket.

A/N: It's up, for all you who care. It's up. Now I'm going to rant. I don't know how many people read the story, or how many even care. But we do want reviews. I'm not saying it an end all end all and that we will stop posting but come on people, reviews make other's happy. That's all I wanted to say. So help us out, give reviews and give smiles.