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I have questions!

Q: If Suno has a wife then why doesn't Sesshoumaru have a mate?

A: Well, Sarah is a girl by the name of Sara…I believe. I haven't seen it. I've only read summaries because I'm an impatient fool. Anyway, Sara is a mortal girl who fell in love with Sesshoumaru. Who can blame her? He is really hot! But anyway, she ended up dying and…it's a long story and will eventually come on TV, so just wait to watch what happens. I don't know how Sesshoumaru acted towards her, but Sesshoumaru only ultimately has his mind focused on two goals as of right now. Number one is killing Naraku, and number two is ruling over everything. The thought of finding a mate probably hasn't plagued his mind. I wasn't going to make up some random person so I decided to use someone that we know liked Sesshoumaru.

Q: Are you a boy or a girl?

A: I'm a female.

Q: Will Kagome and Ikuto start dating and go steady? Will Inuyasha ever visit Kagome? What about Naraku? Does Ikuto like Ramen?

A: You have to wait for most of the questions to be answered. I am very sorry. I will say that Inuyasha is coming into the picture very soon. Maybe this chapter…I'll have to see. I'm not sure yet. I'll know by the time I finish writing. Oh, and Ikuto does like Ramen!

Chapter 38

I do not own Inuyasha

"Oh no!" Kagome started running down the halls of school. It was third period and she had managed to be late. She wasn't sure how to get to her class and she had locker trouble. "I'm a complete mess! The teacher is going to kill me!" She stopped at a class room that said 206. "I think this is it." She looked in her folder where she kept her schedule and smiled. "This is it. I just hope the teacher doesn't kill me." Kagome gulped and opened the door. As soon as she walked inside, all eyes were on her. Kagome felt so embarrassed. "I'm so sorry…" she gasped when she saw who it was.

"Miss Hagurashi" she said sternly "you're late."

"Mrs. Kazasami" Kagome said confused. "But I thought…" Kagome looked at her schedule where her English teacher should have been. "But it says Mrs. Johnson…"

"It was a typo Miss Hagurashi" she still said sternly. "They put in my former last name, instead of my new one." Usually when Kagome saw Sarah, she was always smiling and happy, but she seemed so upset. "May I see you out in the hallway, Miss Hagurashi?"

'Oh no, I've already ticked her off. I didn't know she was like this. I didn't mean to be late.' Kagome was even more embarrassed by the snickering she heard by her classmates. "Sure…you're the teacher." Kagome followed Sarah out into the hallway and bowed her head out of respect. "I am very sorry for being late to your class."

"I assure you that it isn't a problem Miss Hagurashi" she smiled gently at her, like she usually did. "It's the first day of school. Half of my class was late. You were just a little more late than the rest of them. Besides, you're a hopeless freshman in this large public school."

"I thought that you-"

"What? You thought I was a teacher at Ikuto's big fancy private school? I don't think so. I was already a school teacher when Suno met me and I told him I liked my job very much."

Kagome was a bit relieved. "If being late isn't a problem, then what is?"

"I don't want this to happen everyday." Sarah glanced through the window of the door to make sure that her class wasn't going wild, and they weren't. They were talking, being rather loud, but the class was mostly full of 10th graders like Kagome. "Ah freshman, what are you going to do with them?" She crossed her arms and went into serious mode. "Now Miss Hagurashi, I just wanted to tell you now that I know very well why you kept being absent from school. I didn't really believe it, but Suno told me."

"He told you?"

"No one else knows besides us, so don't worry, Kagome. Your secret is safe with us. No one would believe me if I told anyway. I still barely believe it."

"I don't get what's the big idea. Why did you call me out if I'm not in trouble?"

"I'm just warning you that high school is a bigger challenge and my class isn't exactly easy. If you miss class, then you will fail. Suno could always help you and smooth out your absences like before, but you've got to be in class to learn. I do a lot of class activities. The book isn't going to give you all the answers, Kagome. I just thought it was fair to warn you."

Kagome nodded. "You don't have to worry about all of that. I'm going to work hard and I won't miss one day of school."

"Good" Sarah opened the door and began calming down the class. Kagome took a seat next to some people she didn't know. None of her friends were in her class. She was all alone. "Now class" Sarah walked in front of her desk and smiled. "My name was Mrs. Johnson but is now Mrs. Kazasami. I will be your English teacher. If you choose to stay with me throughout the rest of your high school life, then you will learn how to fluently speak the English Language. I am telling you right now that it is not an easy language to learn. It is very hard, but you have to look at it this way: Japanese is also a hard language to learn. Hopefully, I can mold you into little English dictionaries by the time I'm done with you."

'She sure is different as a teacher' Kagome thought to herself.

Sarah sat on top of her desk and smiled. "Now, I would like to make this class fun, and I'll go over the rules and things like that at the end of class. I've explained it twice already and I feel like I'll die if I'll go over it again. Let's get to know one another first. Does anyone have any questions for me?"

One young man raised his hand. He looked very young. He must have been a freshman like Kagome. "How did you learn to speak English?"

Sarah chuckled to herself. "I married a white American." The class began to laugh. "I'm dead serious."

"But…" Kagome raised her hand before she finished the sentence. "You're married to Mr. Kazasami now…are you speaking about Rina's father?"

Sarah nodded. "Yes" she said directly to Kagome, but then started speaking to her whole class. "My name was Johnson because that was the name of my first husband. He was an American solider and we had a little girl together. He died a little after she was born, so my little girl doesn't remember him." All of the girls in the class gave a sympathetic moan. "It's alright. I miss him sometimes, but I met Mr. Kazasami and married him. We haven't been married a year yet, but we are very happy." She placed her hand on her stomach. "I am going to have a baby this school year, so towards the end, you will have a substitute."

Kagome raised her hand again. "Uh…if it's not too much trouble…could you explain how you met Mr. Kazasami?"

Sarah smiled and the rest of the class began to plead, except for the male population of the class. "Well, I'd like to get to know you all, so I suppose I'll try to explain the story as fast as I can." Sarah was just glowing. She loved the story. "My husband is a serious man, and I bet he's never told this story once, but I've told it so many times. I always think it's so sweet how I met him. He didn't fall in love with me at first. He fell for my daughter first. It was three years ago in the spring. I know for sure that it was in May. I always felt a little alone since my husband died, but I had my daughter. She had me, and I had her, but she too felt alone. She had such a hard time in school and didn't have a lot of friends. I felt so horrible for her, but she would smile and go on like nothing was wrong, even though I knew she needed someone. We met him in a park, a beautiful and very large park. I didn't know that Mr. Kazasami was there. I was just out with my little girl."

Rina was playing by herself, just going up and down a slide. She was dressed in a school uniform, since she had just finished school. Her hair was shorter then and was up in two pig tails. All of the other children could play with each other, but most of them thought Rina to be very strange. Rina was hurt inside, but she hid it well and continued playing. Her mother was smiling as she watched her playing. Sarah was holding a bouquet of lilies while she sat also alone on a bench. She would just continue going up the ladder, riding down the slide, and then repeating the process over and over again. You know how kids are. They love slides. She was just having a good time. Rina ran to her mother happily after getting off of the slide for more times than what she could count.

"May I have my bouquet, mommy?"

"Sure sweetheart." She asked for her bouquet and I gave it to her. Lilies were always her favorite flowers. They were so sweet smelling, just like her.

Rina sniffed the scent of the flowers and laughed. "I love these flowers so much!" She ran off to play some more, all on her own.

I was worried and had a lot on my mind so to be perfectly honest, I'm ashamed to say that I wasn't paying a lot of attention to her, and she got out of my sight. I hadn't noticed it for a while, either. When I realized, I was so worried about her. I started to look all over for her.

Rina saw a butterfly and began to chase it wildly. She forgot all about her mother and just continued to chase it. "Come back!" She kept on running without thinking of her mother. Soon the butterfly flew too high for her to reach and she gave up, disappointed that she couldn't play with it any longer. "Oh, but I was having fun!" She pouted unhappily and remembered that she had run away from her mother and she was lost in the large park. "Oops." She looked around but couldn't spot her mother. "I shouldn't move. I'll wait for her to find me!" She spotted a bench where Suno was sitting alone with a lap top. She ran and took a seat next to him.

He glanced down at her for a quick second and gave her a look to get lost, but decided that if he ignored her, she would leave, so he stopped giving her the look and continued to type. He had startled her with his glare at first, but since he stopped, she cautiously scooted closer to him and looked on his lap top screen. She was beginning to get too annoying for his taste, so he couldn't ignore her any longer. "What are you doing?"

"I was just curious." Rina sat her bouquet to the side of her on the bench and began kicking her legs happily. "So what are you doing?"

Suno stopped typing on his lap top and glanced back at her. "Are you lost?"

"No I'm not lost. I know that I'm in Kujido Park and I live on 109 Hijiru Street."

"Didn't your mother tell you not to talk to strangers?"

"Yes Sir, but you're not very strange at all." She smiled, and he got back to his work. Rina touched her knee that had a huge bandage on it.

Suno glanced back at her and ended up watching her curiously. Usually he had no patience for children after his little brother wore him out, but she seemed different, special. "What are you doing?" Rina smiled brightly once he asked. "I was only curious" he said.

"Well" she touched her leg "kids at school kept messing with me. Some boys pushed me down. They don't like me very much." She picked up her bouquet of flowers and smelled them again. "My mommy gave me a Band-Aid and bought me some flowers to make me feel better. Lilies are my all time favorite flower!" She had a large variety of lilies but grabbed a tiger lily and held it up to Suno. "I want you to have this."

"I can't accept that" he told her.

"Oh, do you not like this kind? It's my favorite, but I can give you another."

"I don't want any flowers."

"Please!" She had the sweetest look on her face and she pleaded with him with her eyes. "I want you to have it, Sir. I like you Sir. I think that you are a very nice man."

"You don't know anything about me."

"But you…you asked about my leg. You were concerned."

"I was curious."

"Yes Sir." Even though he was cold, she thought he was nice and knew deep down that he cared.

When I finally found Rina, she was handing Suno a tiger lily. He was hesitant about taking it. He didn't honestly want to, but Rina wasn't going to take no for an answer. He didn't really want it, but he took it anyway. The smile she had on her face was priceless. I was worried that she was talking to a stranger, but was relieved once I saw he was harmless. I didn't even recognize him at first. I just thought he was deathly handsome. "I am so sorry. My daughter got out of my sight Sir and wandered off. I'm sorry for the trouble."

"Mommy, this is my new friend." She was going to tell her his name, but realized that she didn't know his. "My name is Rina" she told him.

"Oh my goodness" Sarah gasped. "You are Mr. Kazasami!" She covered her mouth in shock and uncovered it once she realized she was being a fool.
"Oh my! I can't believe you're right here!" You can imagine my excitement. I couldn't believe that I was staring in the face of Suno Kazasami. "I am very sorry if she bothered you."

He didn't say anything. He just nodded to acknowledge her presence and sat the tiger lily on top of his briefcase that was on the ground, next to the bench. He didn't speak much. It was all very awkward. I really honestly didn't want to do much with him. "Rina, sweetheart, we should be going."

"But mommy…" she said sadly. She honestly didn't want to leave this man, and I was a little worried about that. I gave her a stern look and she pouted, you know, the cute child way, and she got off of the bench and grabbed her bouquet of flowers. "Goodbye Mr. Kazasami. It was nice talking to you!" It was strange. He gave her a quick half smile, I guess so she would leave him alone, but it seemed like when we were leaving, he was actually kind of sad. Rina begged me to take her to the park the next day, but he wasn't there. At first I didn't realize what she wanted, but I soon figured out for some strange reason, she wanted to see Suno. I didn't understand it, but he was so mysterious and handsome. I did find him attractive. The more I thought about him and Rina's strange connection to him, the more I was willing to actually take her to the park. He never came back though. I know now that he went there to clear his head. He usually never does things like that, but he was feeling stressed out. We never did see him at the park again. We had gone three times in a week.

Two weeks later we had almost forgotten about him, until one day we were driving around looking at houses. We always did that. I always liked looking at big houses. It was always nice to dream. Sarah had just pulled into a driveway of a mansion. It was a traditional looking home, but it was something that Sarah could never afford. They had just been driving around and saw that the house was open for buyers. Rina had begged her mother to go look inside, so they decided to see it. The front of the house looked gorgeous. The lawn was perfect, and there was a beautiful fountain in front of the house that made Rina so excited, but the flowers in the garden around back made Rina so happy. "Mommy look! There are tiger lilies!"

"Yes, I see sweetheart."

"Are you interested in buying this house?" asked the real estate agent who tapped Sarah on the shoulder.

When I turned around to face the real estate agent, I couldn't believe who was standing next to her. Suno was right there. He seemed to recognize me, but didn't really show it. When Rina saw him, she ran to my side instead of looking at the flowers and smiled brightly at Suno. "I am very interested in buying the house, but this place might be a little out of my budget."

"How are you, Mr. Kazasami?" Rina asked him.

"Fine, thank you."

"I had no idea that you worked on houses too, Mr. Kazasami" I played dumb and pretended that I didn't know he did houses, but everyone knows that the Kazasami's do everything. I was just making conversation.

"This is a valuable piece of property. I had my people building this house from ground up and it was completed not too long ago. I wanted to see for myself what they had done."

"I like the garden" Rina said to him. "I love tiger lilies."

"I remember" he told her. It was strange, but his strong and cold gestures began to lighten up a little bit. I figured that he didn't like children, but he certainly was taking a liking to Rina.

"You know, my mommy's gonna play her flute tonight at a charity banquet. She's in an orchestra. Would you like to see her play?"

"Is it for a series of orphanages?" he asked.

"Yes it is" Sarah tried to hide her blush. "I play sometimes."

"She's really good" Rina added in. "I can't go because I'm too little. She'll be all alone there and I have to have a babysitter because I don't have no other family to watch me."

Rina just kept on talking to Mr. Kazasami but he didn't seem too annoyed. If he was, then he hid it very well. He didn't seem too interested though. I finally told Rina to be quiet and stop pestering Suno, mostly because she was embarrassing me. I'm sure he noticed the way I was looking at him. He was a gorgeous man indeed. After Rina talked so much, Suno started to respond back. He's a very quiet and calm man, but he knows how to talk to people. I mean, you can't be the head of a company and have no people skills whatsoever.

"Well, I am going to the charity banquet tonight" he told Sarah.

"Oh, then I shall see you tonight, Mr. Kazasami." I was very much attracted to him, but he at first didn't show much attraction to me. He did believe that Rina and I were charming though. Seeing him at that house made me happy and seeing how he started to lighten up towards Rina also made me happy. I was actually happy.

"So, I saw him that night at the banquet. I played my flute and after it was all over, he wanted to speak to me. We just started talking and I ended up telling him so much. I ended up telling him about my husband that had died and how it had been hard raising Rina. He seemed so concerned for her. To a woman in my position, the most important thing concerning a man is whether or not your child will like him, and Rina took a strange liking to him, and I thought he was charming. He invited me out on a date, but of course he didn't call it a date. I still accepted and we both kept meeting over and over until he finally felt comfortable enough to ask me if I'd marry him. The rest is history."

"That's so great" Kagome told Sarah. 'He was concerned for Rina before he even really started to care for her. It's just like Sesshoumaru and that little girl that travels with him. I don't understand why she travels with him, but he is very found of her, and he protects her with his own life. Not even Inuyasha understands, but Ikuto barely understood his brother either. He didn't even think he could be a good father, and Suno luckily proved him wrong.'

"Now that I've bored you to death with my love life, let's talk about you guys."

Later on in the day after school was out for the high school students, Ikuto had to get ready for work. Suno had called forth a board meeting to formerly introduce Ikuto to the company. He felt a little awkward walking into his father's company. He didn't really go in the office a lot, and the last time he did, Suno lost a client which only led to a fight between the two of them on how Ikuto hated Japan. Now he didn't feel too bad about Japan since he realized that not everyone was the same and even though he went to the U.S. there were some people who did look at Ikuto strangely. No place was perfect. There are good and bad people everywhere, and Ikuto wasn't so anxious to get away now that he realized that, but he still wished to go to the U.S. one day.

Once Ikuto was in front of the board room, he looked at his watch and saw that he had two minutes to spare. He was a little nervous about walking into the double doors and seeing all of those people there. If so many were against Suno running the company when their father passed away, then Ikuto could only wonder how they would react to him getting a position. 'Suno did think I was doing a good job. I only hope everyone else thought so. Yesterday seemed like a success.' Ikuto straightened his tie and looked down at his shoes. His father's shoes always looked shiny. That was one thing he could remember about his father very vividly. His father carried himself so well. That was one reason why Suno now didn't expect anything less than perfection. 'Yeah, dad turned Suno into a psycho alright.' Ikuto fixed his hair a little. He combed his hair with his fingers to make sure it wasn't sticking up. 'I guess I'm good to go.'

"What do you think his motives are?" Sango asked Miroku. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were sitting together on the ground in an open field, discussing what they should do. They were not too far from Kaede's village. It wasn't that they didn't have the will to search for the jewel shards with Kagome gone, but their target was in the area. Inuyasha caught a whiff of Naraku's scent not too long ago and Inuyasha mysteriously disappeared only ten minutes ago. "Naraku has been so far away from this place and has suddenly come back here. He's not hiding anymore, Miroku. He's plotting something. I wish I knew what."

"Yes, you are correct, Sango. If Naraku has moved so far out from his former location, then it must be for a reason. Being here near Kaede means that Naraku is not planning to flee from Inuyasha. Last time we were in battle, it appeared like we had wounded him, but Naraku would have gone into hiding if that was the case." Miroku wasn't sure what to say. It could only mean trouble. "Sango, I fear that his plan might have involved Inuyasha's reincarnation."

"You mean Ikuto?" Shippo asked him.

"Naraku did mention him" Sango pointed out. "I am glad that he does not know much of Ikuto, but not knowing much is also a problem. He shall seek more information."

"Yes. Seeing Kagome, Kikyou's reincarnation shouldn't be that strange to those that don't know of Kagome's ability to travel through time, because Kikyou is dead. Naraku however fortunately does not know of Kagome's strange powers. Seeing Inuyasha and his reincarnation is a different story, especially since Inuyasha is still alive. Naraku is not a fool. He'll try to discover the truth."

"Then I suppose it's a good thing that Inuyasha decided to keep Kagome and Ikuto in their own time. It would only complicate things too far. If Naraku knew of Kagome's ability, then I fear the worst."

"He shouldn't find out anything, if Kagome and Ikuto stay in their own time."

Shippo really missed Kagome, but what could he do? Everyone made a point that she was safer in her own time. 'Oh Kagome, I really miss you. I just hope that you stay safe in your time.'

"Gentlemen" Suno began to say before his board members. Ikuto was standing by his side, feeling a little out of place. He was of course the youngest person there, but the second youngest was Suno. The next youngest was Jamon. Everyone else was around their forties. If they held any resentment towards Ikuto, it wouldn't be because he was half black, but because he was so much younger than them. "You all know of the proposition that I brought up a few months ago concerning the office that we're starting to build in New York. Ikuto has agreed to the terms and will be head once it is finished." The surrounding men didn't look too happy. "Any objections?" Suno didn't expect anyone to object though. He knew everyone was afraid of him.

One man did take the floor. Suno didn't look too happy about that, and the man did look a little intimidated once he started speaking, even though he was in his mid forties. "Ikuto is very young and hasn't had any experience such as you, Mr. Kazasami." He tried to hold his ground and make his point, but no one really defied Suno. "Even when you were younger, you always spent a lot of time with your father here. Ikuto doesn't quiet have the same experience."

"Your point is well understood, but I assure you that I did not simply choose Ikuto for this position because he is my younger brother. My company's outcome is more important than my brother's feelings."

'That certainly is true' Ikuto thought to himself. 'He really thinks I can do this.'

"I assure you that Ikuto can do the job. He did well on his first task and was very successful in our objective. He did well. From now on he is going to be my apprentice, getting the best experience that he possibly can. He'll have enough hands on experience to successfully take care of the office in New York." Suno glanced to his right where Ikuto was standing. "Have no worries" a small smirk crept on his face "if Ikuto does not meet my expectations, I will simply fire him."

"I'm sure that you will" Ikuto told him. He said it calmly to his brother, not wanting to show him disrespect in front of all of his coworkers. Suno didn't want to bring their family problems out in the public. Besides, Ikuto had enough sense to realize that his brother was the boss. "I do plan on doing the best that I possibly can and I assure all of you fine gentlemen that I will be in the best shape possible to take on any task that is assigned to me." Ikuto could tell that no one really trusted him besides his brother, but that didn't matter much to him. 'Well, at least they dislike me because I'm young and not because their racist.'

"I am confident that my brother can win over the hearts of the American people. He is technically a natural born citizen, so I naturally believe that there is no one else among us who can take on the task as well as he can." Everyone looked a little worried, but they were all terrified of Suno. "The decision is final."

'Suno is certainly hard core. It's bad enough he's my brother, but him being my boss is going to be especially rough.'

"Now that is settled, let's get down to business."

Inuyasha cautiously came out of his hiding place and confronted his target. He had picked up on her scent and had run away from his friends and when Shippo tried to come along, he gave him a vigorous beating. She was so beautiful every time he saw her, but when she was collecting souls and surrounded by her soul collectors, she was so mysterious. She was glowing with beauty, but Inuyasha knew what she was doing was wrong. It wasn't the same as seeing her when she was alive, but he still loved her dearly. "Kikyou."

The last soul entered her body and she turned to face him. She didn't seem happy to see him, but Kikyou really didn't ever seem happy now that she was dead. She wasn't surprised either. "I knew you would come, Inuyasha."

After Inuyasha escaped the trance of her beauty, he began to speak. "We've been seeing each other a lot lately, Kikyou. Have you been spying on me?"

"I was not certain if you would keep our deal, Inuyasha. I was simply making sure that you would rid this world of Kagome and your reincarnation."

"Kikyou" he stepped closer to her.

"Inuyasha, you must have figured out that Naraku is around in this area, Inuyasha. You must know this."

"He wants to know about my reincarnation" he told her.

Her expression turned into a look of worry. It didn't come on her face too often. It made Inuyasha a bit jealous. "Naraku must not have the boy. If he does-"

"What do you care of him?" Inuyasha asked furiously. "What does he matter to you? Why does his fate matter to you, Kikyou?"

"Do you think I care for him Inuyasha?" she slightly laughed, thinking Inuyasha was fool. "Do you believe that I love this boy?" Inuyasha was silenced in fear. "You misunderstand me, Inuyasha. I find comfort in his existence and nothing more. I cannot love that boy Ikuto, for he is not mine to love, Inuyasha. He is not of this world. You have nothing to fear."

Inuyasha calmed down a bit. "Then why are you so concerned with him?"

"Inuyasha, if Naraku gets a hold of him, all will be lost."

"You speak in such riddles! How am I supposed to know what that means?"

"You don't have to understand, especially since he is not coming back, him or Kagome. Now Inuyasha," she turned away from him "Naraku is near and my search for him must continue."

"But…" he reached out to touch her, but he stopped himself.

"Inuyasha, please do not bring Kagome back to this world." Her fists began to clench. "If she comes back, then you'll only hurt yourself." She was upset and heartbroken at the thought. 'You are mine alone, Inuyasha. You are destined to be with me alone. If there is any imbalance, then all will end. No one will be happy. Everything shall wither away.' "I would keep a close eye on your friends if I were you. Naraku will attack soon." Her soul collectors gathered around her, and Inuyasha reached out to touch her again, but she began to rise up in the air, flying away from him.

"Kikyou! Wait!" She didn't though. She kept going, flying away, until she was out of his sight. 'Naraku wants Ikuto, but why. Kikyou figured it out so quickly, yet I'm still confused. I don't understand. If I only knew then maybe Kagome could still…' He sighed. 'Kikyou thinks it's good that I don't know. Maybe I shouldn't even wonder about it anymore. He is gone, and he is gone for good. He won't come to this time if Kagome isn't around, and I don't plan on ever seeing her again. I'm not going to put her in any more danger, so there's no way for her to get back to this time.'

"I've got papers for you to sign" Ikuto told his brother at the dinner table. Rina, Suno, Sarah, and Ikuto were all enjoying a nice family dinner. "You know, the usual stuff about school rules and crap like that. You know you've got to be eighteen before they consider you an adult, which doesn't make any sense to me" he complained.

"And you?" he asked Rina.

"No Sir, I had mommy sign my papers."

"Speaking of school" Sarah wiped her mouth with a napkin and sat it down at the table "you'll never believe who was my student in school today." She was so excited. "It was Kagome! Kagome is in my class!"

"She's in your class?" Ikuto asked. "So, she wants to learn English?" He tried to hide the smile that was creeping on his face. 'She wants to learn it? Maybe she had always planned on learning it. I mean, English is an important language to learn. Then again, maybe it's me. Maybe she wants to learn it so she can have a better connection to me.' "That's interesting." 'Well, we did decide that we wanted to know each other more. I guess understanding the culture that I want to adapt to is a good way to learn.'

"She's so tired" Kagome's mother opened her door and saw her sleeping on the bed. She hadn't even changed into her pajamas. She was still in her school uniform. "Oh, I'd feel so horrible for waking her."

Kagome began to cough lightly in her sleep and her grandfather became concerned. "She must be catching a cold. Perhaps she should stay home tomorrow."

"It's only been the first day" her mother argued. "If she doesn't feel well, then she can stay home. Let's wait until morning and ask her." Kagome coughed again in her sleep, this time a little harsher. "I hope everything is alright. She couldn't stop talking about school." Her mother closed Kagome's door. 'I hope she feels better in the morning.'

TO BE CONTINUED…

A/N: Kagome is sick? Oh no! Will she be okay in the morning? You can only hope! REVIEW!