A/N: Hey people! This is my first fanfic, so it may not be very good, but it will get better. I promise. Hey, what am I writing this for? I should move on to the story! Happy reading!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. (tear) But I do own Inuyasha plushies, t-shirts and movies! Wahahaha! Please don't sue me! (runs and hides)

Chapter One- Unexpected Reminders of the Past

Shake. Shake. SHAKE!

"Kagome, wake up!" yelled Sango from the other side of the room.

"Five more minutes, mom. Please, just five more minutes," yawned a half-awake Kagome. All of a sudden, she felt something licking her face. She opened her eyes to se a young neko-youkai looking at her.

"Okay, Kirara, you can go and tell Sango that I'm out of bed already."

As she got out of bed, her cousin Rin came into her room and said, "Come on, Kags. We need to get new school clothes. It'll take us all week to unpack, so we just better get new ones. What did you say about the high school we're going to? That you had a lot of friends there? Well, I just hope..." As Rin rambled on about the upcoming school week that loomed over their heads, Kagome remembered a painful memory from the last time she saw anyone in this city.

FLASHBACK

"I'll miss you guys so much!" said a fourteen year old Kagome through her tears. She probably wouldn't ever see her friends again, for she was moving from Tokyo to Kyoto this weekend.

"We'll miss you too, Kags. Be sure to keep in touch," a young fox demon told her after giving her a hug.

"I will, Shippo. I won't forget you guys."

"Feh. Bye, Kagome," said an Inu-hanyou.

"Don't listen to Inuyasha, Kags. ALL of us will miss you. Who will we pull pranks with?" said her friend Miroku, giving her a big hug and not groping her for once. She could tell Inuyasha was upset, no matter how hard he tried to hide it.

He has a good reason to be upset, thought Kagome. We're best friends.

Meanwhile, all Inuyasha could think about was that he'd never see Kagome again. I'll really miss you, Kags, he thought, using the nickname that Shippo had come up with in the first grade. He never called her that, though.

"Don't forget me you guys," said Kagome, with the tears streaking down from her cocoa brown eyes and onto her fair skin. "I'll miss all of you." As she turned to leave, she could've sworn she heard Inuyasha say something. He did say something, but he didn't mean for anyone to hear him. As he turned to leave, he whispered, "I miss you already, Kags."

END FLASHBACK

"Kagome. KAGOME!"

"Wha...?" Kagome turned to see Sango standing next to her.

"It's getting late! Are we going shopping for school clothes or what?" asked a very antsy Sango.

"Okay, okay. My car or yours?" When both Sango and Rin said that they wanted to go in Kagome's car, she started to look for her new black mini-skirt that she had just bought right after they moved in. Ten minutes later, Sango was still waiting on Rin to get out of the bathroom, and Kagome was ready. Dressed in her black skirt, a red V-necked shirt that just barely came down to her belly button, and white sandals with only eyeliner and mascara as her only make-up, she told Sango to just go ahead and use her stuff.

"Thanks, Kags!" replied Sango as she ran into Kagome's room. As Kagome sat down on the couch in the living room, she saw her brother Sota and Sango's brother Kohaku.

"Hey, Sota! Kohaku! We're going to the mall in a few minutes, so stay out of our rooms while we're gone." She only said this because one time she came home and found Sota reading her journal.

"Okay. We'll be in the gameroom all day if you need us," replied Sota.

While sitting there, Rin finally came out of the bathroom. She was wearing denim capri pants, a pale yellow spaghetti strap shirt, and matching flip flops. She wore no make-up. Her raven hair shoulderblade length hair, that was so much like Kagome's own, was pulled up into a high ponytail, while Kagome's was down around her shoulders.

"Finally!" shouted Kagome when Sango walked out of her room wearing supertight low rise jeans and a pink halter top with her black combat boots, with pink eyeshadow and lipgloss, eyeliner, and mascara on. "Ready to go?" she asked.

As they climbed into Kagome's red T-Bird convertible, Kagome remembered that the last time she had driven this car here, Inuyasha was with her. I guess that's because he helped me fix it up, she thought as they pulled into the mall parking lot. She thought she saw a red motorcycle that looked familiar, and a black Ford pickup truck that also looked familiar. As they found a spot to park, Rin and Sango started to argue about which store to go into first.

"Eternal Youth!" shouted Rin.

"Dangerous!" screamed Sango, referring to the swordshop that was in the mall. Finally, Kagome silenced them by saying that they would go to Dangerous first, then Eternal Youth. At this, Rin just pouted as Sango stuck out her tongue at her.

In the sword shop, she saw some things she liked, but two swords in particular caught her eye. "Excuse me, sir, but can you tell me how much these two swords are?" Kagome asked the sales clerk.

"Sorry, but they are here for cleaning only," said the sales person.

"Can you tell me the names of the swords, then?" asked Kagome.

"Yes. This one is the Tetsusaiga, and this one is the Tensaiga," replied the sales guy.

Hmm... why do those names sound familiar? I know I've heard them before...

"And what would three pretty ladies like yourselves be doing in a shop like this?" asked a voice Kagome recognized at once.

"M-Miroku? Is that you?" asked Kagome as she and her cousins rushed over to the guy who had spoken.

"K-Kagome! What are you doing here! You said you moved to Kyoto!" exclaimed a very shocked Miroku.

"I did, but when Sango's father died, he left her a house here. Oh, I guess you guys want to meek Miroku. These are my cousins Rin and Sango. I've known Miroku since I was in the first grade," she told her cousins. "He's a bit of a pervert," she whispered to them, but too late to save Sango from his wandering hands.

"HENTAII!" screamed Sango, and a loud smack could be heard throughout the shop. Soon enough, a red mark in the shape of a handprint appeared on his face.

"I see you haven't changed... what about the other guys? How are they these days?" asked a curious Kagome.

"Hey, you ask them. I'm here with them now. They should be by the skateboard shop a little ways down," answered Miroku.

As they were walking, Sango asked Kagome, "Why are we doing this again?"

"Because I haven't seen them since I moved to Kyoto. Sure, we kept in touch, but there's nothing like seeing them again!" replied Kagome cheerfully. Sure enough, she heard Inuyasha's and Shippo's unmistakable voices. They were arguing again, and Inuyasha just hit Shippo over the head.

Sigh. Inuyasha hasn't changed either. "How many times do I have to tell you, Inuyasha, don't hit poor Shippo!" Kagome said to the Inu-hanyou and the little fox-youkai, just to see what they'd say. As soon as she said it, it became deathly silent.

"K-Kags! Oh, you're really back!" exclaimed the little fox happily.

"Glad to see you too, Shippo!" said Kagome with a laugh. "These are my cousins Sango and Rin." As Sango and Rin were swamped with introductions, Inuyasha could do nothing but stare at Kagome.

"Inuyasha, are you okay? Say hi to Kagome," said Miroku.

K-Kagome! You're back! I missed you... wait, what the HELL am I thinking! She betrayed me, so why should I pay her any heed! Inuyasha thought to himself.

"Inu...yasha? What? Aren't you glad to see me?" asked Kagome a little disappointed.

"Ka-Kagome! Why the HELL did you come back!" shouted Inuyasha. His familiar amber eyes were full of disbelief and anger, and his body shook with anger to the silver hair on his head

"Wha... what do you mean?" asked Kagome, tears visibly forming in her eyes.

A/n: Ta-daaa! My very first chapter of my very first fanfiction complete! I'm asking for at least five reviews before I post the next chapter.

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Akire