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Disclaimer: WE DON'T OWN INUYASHA! Ok? Even though we would like to, but then none of our evil schemes ever work, so why bother...um...don't try to find this on any other chappies cuz this is ridiculously stupid. We really don't get why we have to write a disclaimer cause it's a FANfic you know, FAN...as in people who like it and write stories about it.

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Chapter 4 – Change In Heart

"WHOA! You're that famous 'Keeper of Fortunes'! Everyone in the town knows you and that's what they all call you that!" Inuyasha stared ahead at the old man in front of him. His jaw was just about hitting the carpeted floor.

"Uh...Inuyasha. You're drooling on the carpet." Kagome pointed to the little wet patch that had appeared next to his foot.

Inuyasha fell anime style.

"Wha...uh...oh yeah, sorry about that." Inuyasha smiled sheepishly as he got up from the ground and closed his mouth. "But...what are YOU doing HERE? I mean, I thought you lived in a mansion or some place where the houses are huge and costs a lot of money, not that this place is bad and small..." Inuyasha pointed a finger at the old "Keeper of Fortunes."

"Uh...HELLO smart one. He's my GRANDFATHER! You know...he LIVES in this house. Like LIVES here. You know, when you live somewhere, you sleep there and eat there and do stuff there, and you call him by grandpa you know, like a GRANDFATHER?" Kagome said matter-of-factly, ticking the things you did at a place you lived.

"Oh. Your grandfather is the famous 'Keeper of Fortunes'? Why didn't you tell me before?"

"You never asked, besides, since when were you so interested in fortunes?"

"Never, But...THE 'Keeper of Fortunes'! That's awesome!"

Kagome stared at Inuyasha. 'Since when did he start reading fortunes? Since when did he READ?'

"Wow. Mr. Higurashi, I'm just gonna say that I'm a HUGE fan of yours. You know, I once read one of your fortunes and it applied to me perfectly!" Inuyasha was jabbering away to Kagome's grandfather like a fangirl would to a superstar.

'That's funny, never seen or heard Inuyasha act like one of those fangirls, I could use this against him, it'll surely embarrass him, so then he'll do whatever I want so I won't tell anyone.'

"Oh, yes, can you remember what that was?" Kagome's grandfather nodded patiently.

"Uh...I can't remember the exact words, but I think it went like this: 'One must walk away from the past if one desires to have a future.' Something like that anyway. But it applied to me so much. A few years before I got the fortune, my mom had died and I couldn't get over it, but then I read the fortune and I moved on just like the fortune told me. And it was right. I lived much better after I moved away from that." Inuyasha went on elatedly.

"Inuyasha, sorry to burst your bubble, but fortunes are made to apply to everyone. The world doesn't center around YOU, you know?"

"But I could've sworn this fortune was definitely for ME. It just WAS. It's hard to explain, but I just know it. I could feel it."

"She's right you know, fortunes come to you and they apply to you and you personally." Her grandpa gave her 'The Eye'.

"Yeah, sure whatever. Come on, are you going to tell me about the Tetsusaiga and the Tensaiga or what? Let's go!"

"Oh right." Inuyasha waved a friendly, and slightly girlish good-bye to Kagome's grandfather and stalked after Kagome.

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An hour later, Kagome and Inuyasha walked out of Kagome's room with a notebook that was scribbled with paragraphs, charts, graphs, and pictures. Kagome looked extremely excited and satisfied by all the information she had just received. Inuyasha looked particularly pleased with himself. Who knew that AP History could be so much more exciting than regular History? And Kagome was a speedy writer, so he could jabber on all he wanted and she would get it verbatim.

"Wow, who knew these swords had such a history!"

"Yeah, pretty cool, huh?"

Kagome nodded her head.

"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah, tomorrow."

"Don't forget to think about that dance deal."

"I know, I know, just get off my back and give me some time to think. Stop asking me every chance you get!"

"I don't ask you that much!"

"Oh yes you do!"

"No."

"Yes."

"NO."

"YES."

"NO!"

"YES!"

"Oh, Kagome, do you have a visitor today?"

The pair stopped arguing and looked at Ms. Higurashi who was currently holding a bunch of grocery bags.

"Um...yeah, I guess so. He's just helping me on some homework."

Inuyasha nodded his head up and down vigorously.

"Well, that's nice, honey. It's wonderful to see someone here other than Sango and Hojo."

Kagome blushed, but no one noticed.

"Mmmhmmm. Inuyasha, I think you'd better get going."

"Yeah, ok. See ya tomorrow Kag." Inuyasha nodded his head once again and walked out the door.

'Ok, that was weird. Kag? Since when was my name Kag? Since when did he start calling me Kag. Kag, like one of his long time friends? Oh, well, whatever. I'll ask him tomorrow exactly WHY he wants to take me to the dance. And hopefully I won't lose the guts to ask. Besides, it's nice to know someone's intentions, right?'

Kagome sighed and walked back to her room. She would get a good night's rest and worry about all that in the morning.

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Inuyasha walked out the door and into his car.

'YES! I'm so close, she's trusting me...and if this keeps on going, she'll say yes, I know it, I can feel it'

He drove to the school and walked out sneakily.

'She'll be surprised when she finds this'

Inuyasha took a shiny thing from his car's trunk and walked into the school. Some teachers were staring at him, but he didn't mind. He walked all the way to Kagome's locker and opened her locker.

He stuffed it inside her locker and walked away with a smile on his face.

'Can't wait to see the look on her face when she finds it, wait...what am I thinking? I'm actually happy? But she does look kinda cute...wait...no she doesn't! she's a nerd! AHHH!'

Inuyasha shook his head, he was thinking bad thoughts, I mean, bad bad thoughts, him and Kagome? Not a chance! He headed towards his car and stepped on the gas, and, with a blink of an eye, he was gone.

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Kagome had woken bright and early to go to school. She had decided that if Inuyasha's reason to take her to the dance wasn't too futile, she would accept his offer. What could it hurt, being set up with Abe anyway?

Kagome would ask Inuyasha why he asked her to go to the dance in the first place today. She knew some part of her didn't want to know the reason why, but she just had to know. She wouldn't let herself be used for some type of popularity impression scam.

"Bye, grandpa, I'm off to school." Kagome shut the door firmly behind her as she walked out the door.

'Oh great...I'm sweating...wait, why am I sweating anyways? It's probably because of the heat.' Kagome looked at the sky, which was very cloudy and looked as if it was going to rain, 'Guess not, oh well, I'd better get to school before it really does start raining...maybe the sweating is because of the math test I have today.'

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It had been a long day, Kagome was at Sango's locker talking to her about Inuyasha's little offer.

"So, I'm going to accept it, IF he has a good reason to take me to the dance. I am NOT going to be used to increase his popularity awareness!" Kagome had just told Sango about the deal she and Inuyasha had made.

"So you're planning on asking him why he's taking you to the dance and not some other slutty whore? Today?"

"Yeah, hopefully I won't chicken out. It's not something that's easy to ask you know."

"Yeah, I know. But still."

"Don't worry too much, I'm heading towards his little hangout spot after this. He's always there, and I swear I'll get an answer out of him!" Kagome saluted like a soldier to Sango, then she marched off towards Inuyasha's hangout.

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Kagome marched up to Inuyasha and his cronies and sucked in a deep breath.

"I've decided..."

Inuyasha abruptly leapt up from his place between Kouga and Miroku and grabbed Kagome's arm. He couldn't afford having Kouga and Miroku finding out that he had been rejected by Kagome. "Come on, we'll talk somewhere else."

"Uh...ok."

"Ok, so, what did you come here to say?"

"Well, I want to ask you something."

"Yeah. Go on."

"Well, um...I was just wondering: Why did you ask me to the dance. Me, plain old nerd girl. You could've chosen any other girl in this school, but you chose me. Why?"

Sure Inuyasha had first asked Kagome to the dance because of the dare, but he sorta liked the way she didn't give in to him like all the other girls at the school. Besides, he couldn't let her know that all this was because of a dare.

"I just wanted to prove to myself that I can show a nerd a good time, that's all." That was a complete lie, but it's not like he could tell her the truth.

"Oh, well, then. I think I'm going to accept your little offer to get me and Abe together."

"You will?"

"That's what I said, didn't I?"

"Cool."

Kagome started walking away.

"Hey Kagome, wait up!" Inuyasha yelled and ran up to Kagome.

"Now what do you want?" Kagome rolled her eyes.

"Just wondering, did you go to your locker today?"

"Oh crap! I was going to, but I got so caught up in some stuff...why do wanna know?"

"No reason, just messing with you."

"Oh, thank you." She said sarcastically.

"No problem." Inuyasha walked away.

This time Kagome pulled on his arms, so that he can't walk away.

"I have a question."

"Yes, Kag?"

"Why do you call me Kag?"

"I don't know." Inuyasha shrugged.

"I mean, you barely even know me, and me you, what makes you think that I allow that? You never even asked for my permission, you should be happy that I'm easy going you know!"

"You? Easy going? Uh-huh..." Inuyasha rolled his eyes and they both walk in their different directions.

'What's up with him? Oh well, I should check my locker, the way Inu was acting was kind of suspicious, wait...why did I call him Inu, this is not happening.' Kagome thought to herself.

She walked to her locker and opened it, there, stood a shiny, pretty, sword.

"OH MY GOD!" Kagome practically fainted, "IT'S THE TETSUSAIGA!"

"I thought this was just a legend or myth, I didn't know there was a real thing, unless..."

She went up and tapped it and then punched it.

"Yup, it's the real thing. Wonder who put this in here, I mean it couldn't have been a coincidence, could it?"

She took it out and put in raised it up really high, so the sunlight can bounce off the shiny sword. Kagome was still in shock, but in a happy way.

"Maybe, it was Miroku, I mean he probably got my locker combo from Sango, but then what would he be doing with a sword?"

She thought for a little while.

"Unless...it's Inuyasha..."

Kagome rolled her eyes and 't be, he doesn't really deserve this."

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