Hello dear reader, I am back and I am better than ever! (Actually, no, but I've always wanted to say that…) anywayz, who's looking forward to Valentine's Day? I know I am…but we are not here to talk about my crazy fantasies of that day, we are here to read! So go ahead! Read the story, I mean.


Chapter…4? (Don't remember but I think it is # 4…)

Kagome Higurashi silently walked to her locker. The last couple of days had been hard on her, as she was trying to forget her past life. It was the only way she'd ever be able to live a normal life. And that's what she had always wanted, right?

Wrong. The minute she had stepped through the well for the first time, she knew a normal life would be too dull for her. Not after what she had experienced. But she couldn't go back. Inuyasha loved Kikyo. And it was with her that he wanted to be. He'd totally not appreciate it if she went back after walking out on him first.

Yes. She had made the-

Her thoughts were interrupted as girls' chatter reached the hall Kagome was in. Kagome walked over to the window, where the noise was coming from. She looked out of it. A group of girls were all chattering happily, standing around something. Or rather someone. Probably some new student, she thought. Kagome smiled grimly. Not so long ago she would have been one of those girls. But now she could care less about the newcomer.

She soon changed her mind when she saw the newcomer walk from the group. She couldn't see his face as it was obscured by the long, black hair up to his waist. She frowned. The way he walked, the hair…it all seemed so familiar. But this was the first time she had ever seen this guy! Still, there was something about him that made her catch her breath. She shook her head. She was hallucinating. It couldn't be… (You guys probably figured out who it is by now, haven'tyou? I'm so predictable! Gah!)

She walked away from the window, a hand on her head. She must be sick. She was seeing things. It must be from the lack of sleep. She thought frantically. She at last got to her locker. She opened it to get the books that weren't in her bag pack already. Luckily it was the end of the day so she could go home. And take a nice, long—very long bath.

"Kagome! Kagome!"

The said person whirled around to see who was calling her. Ichigo and Maya were running over to her. Kagome sighed. Every time her friends came to talk to her it was about when she Hojo would finally go on their next date. She had agreed, after a lot of argument, to go out with him for one date. It would've been fun if her mind wasn't so caught up. She couldn't help feeling guilty. It wasn't like there was anything between her and Inuyasha. And if there had been…well, it had ended the day she left. Furthermore, he was the one who'd always sneak out to meet Kikyo. But Kagome couldn't shake away the feeling. Fortunately, Hojo didn't notice anything. He had just chattered away the whole evening (it had been a dinner) and didn't seem to mind the fact that his date hadn't said a word. Kagome had decided then not to go on any more dates. She didn't want to feel guilty again, even though she had no reason to feel that way, she just did. And she couldn't encourage Hojo and then dump him someday. That'd be cruel. Maybe she would go on another date with him someday. When she had gotten over Inuyasha. Which she doubted she'd ever be.

Kagome sighed and braced herself for the question—When is your next date with Hojo?—which was bound to follow soon. But it didn't come. Instead her friends giggled happily and each gave her a hug.

"Hey, Kagome, you won't believe who just transferred to our school today!" Maya said excitedly.

Panic rose in Kagome but she quickly erased it. The new student was exactly what he was called. A newcomer. To the school, to the students, and to her. It couldn't possibly be anyone she knew already…especially not from the feudal era.

"He is soooooo hot! And those ears of his, they are the cutest thing!" Ichigo babbled on.

Kagome's breath caught in her throat. Cute ears? No, it couldn't be…just can't! Inuyasha would never leave Kikyo and turn up at Kagome's school! And plus, the new guy she saw had black hair…not silver. And why would Inuyasha come here anyway? He had no reason to. No reason at all.

"Yeah, they're so pointy, like an elf's! But so sexy!" Maya agreed. Kagome looked over at her friend. Had she just said his ears looked like an elf's? Then it couldn't be Inuyasha…his looked like a dog's. Somehow this disappointed Kagome.

"And those sparkling blue eyes, when he looks at you, it feels like looking into a clear, blue ocean," Ichigo told Kagome. Kagome stopped in mid-step. They had been slowly walking out of the school but now she stopped.

"Kagome, what's wrong?" Maya asked, concerned. Kagome didn't hear her. She was too busy collecting her thoughts. Long, black hair, ears that look like an elf's, blue eyes…that sounded awfully like—

"KOGA!" (Then again, maybe I'm not that predictable…he he!)

Kagome snapped her head to her left and right. Who had just said that? She quickly found the answer to that when she walked out of the school. The group of girls was still there, around the new student now identified as Koga. One girl was standing aside, red hair like fire flying in the wind. She had her hands on her hips, glaring at the girls around Koga. Kagome's heart thumped as she looked from Koga to Ayame (is that her name or was it Ayaname and did she really have red hair? For the people who don't know who I'm talking about, it's that girl who said Koga promised to marry her on the lunar rainbow!)

"Koga! Get over here!" Ayame shouted. Kagome realized that it was Ayame that had said shouted his name before. But what were they doing here? What was going on?

Koga looked up from where he was talking to one of the many girls surrounding him. What did Ayame want now! He thought.

"What is it?" he growled, accompanied with a glare. Ayame didn't seem to be affected by it. She pointed at the group of girls around him. "What are you doing?"

"I am talking to my friends, what does it look like I'm doing?" Koga answered—no growled. "Well, why are all your 'friends' girls? Humm?" Ayame asked, gesturing at the girls and glaring at them the same time. "Because they just are, okay! Who are you to tell me what to do?" Koga spat back.

Ayame growled this time, looking down, then back up again at Koga. The scary look in her eye didn't seem to affect Koga in any way. "If I have to remind you, for the 100th time now, I am your fian—"

But before she could say another word Koga had run over to Ayame and clamped her mouth shut with his hand. "Don't you dare say it, Ayame or…or, just don't say it, understood?"

Ayame nodded quickly, mumbling something that sounded like a yes. Once Koga let his hand slide of her mouth she resumed her sentence, "-cée!" everyone close enough to hear, which was basically everyone, gasped. Koga whirled back on her and growled, "You are not my fiancée!"

"Oh really? But what was that promise you made to me on the night of the lunar rainbow?" Ayame asked cheekily, hands once again on her hips. Koga groaned. She was never going to let him forget that was she? "I made no promise and I already told you Kagome is my fiancée now!"

Another collective gasp went around the now pretty big crowd. All eyes turned to Kagome. Kagome didn't notice anything until Ichigo poked her on her side. She looked around at all the people staring at her, including her own friends. Had Koga really said that she was his fiancée now? She had been so lost in though, wondering why Koga and Ayame had come here and what they were doing that she had barely noticed the big crowd that had formed around them. Girls because of Koga and guys because of Ayame. Kagome was surprised at how many teenagers hadn't even gone home yet. But her thoughts were interrupted as Koga finally spotted her.

"Kagome!" he boomed, a big, wide smile replacing the scowl with which he had looked at Ayame with. Kagome looked away from the many faces staring at her and met Koga's eyes.

"Um, uh, Koga. Um, what are you doing here?" Kagome smiled nervously. Koga came over and slung an arm across her shoulder. Kagome didn't miss the icy glares directed to her from the many girls, including Ayame, the worst of them all.

"I came to see you, of course!"


Koga's in Kagome's school, Ayame is too. Everyone thinks Kagome is Koga's fiancée...what other surprises do i have in store for you, you ask? PLENTY!

-Saphire4Eva