CrazyDreamerGirl: Hi, guess what? I'm running out of ideas for these author notes. Anyway, thank you JoannaKuwabara, Time and Fate, Hirina, East-Company-506101, shadowyoukokitsune, Rei Minamino, sleep all day rock all night for reviewing.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned Yu Yu Hakusho or Inuyasha, but sadly I don't. I wonder how much I have to pay to own at least one?

Note: I'm getting rid of the note because I'm sure you all have memorized it by now. I know I have.

The Feudal Era Across the Street

Chapter 13: School

Their four day travel was drawing to a close. They were almost to the village now. But they couldn't help but wonder if Kaede is alive. Those Flower Maidens did tell them that they were planning on killing her. If anything happened to her, they could never forgive themselves.

Only minutes away from the village now. Suddenly, they saw blue hair through the trees. It was jooming toward them. No rustle of leaves or anything, it was like it was flying.

"Don't worry, it's just Botan," Kuwabara told them.

"Oh, you mean the strange girl that's supposed to be the grim reaper but wears pink?" Shippo asked.

"Yup, that's the one," Yusuke said.

A young lady with blue hair and pink eyes landed in front of them. She was wearing a pink kimono and she was flying on an oar.

"Hello, boys. Long time no see," she said. Miroku automatically went up to her and held her hand.

"Hello, my fair maiden of death. Would you do the honor of baring my child?"

Sango was ready to do a Hiroktsu, but Botan beat her to it with her oar. She hit Miroku so hard, he was on the floor, dazed and confused. He was twitching. Yusuke bent down next to him and said, "Don't worry, I know what that feels like." Yusuke rubbed his head.

"This is Botan," Kurame said. They said their introductions and they heard all about how Genkai saved Kaede.

"So Genkai really isn't a fake. I better apologize to Grandpa," Kagome muttered.

They reached Kaede's hut soon, considering they had to keep shutting Yusuke up because of his constant complaints about nature. 'Bugs this, rocks this...' He was a never ending fountain of complaints. And they couldn't forget about 'I hope we all cut down these useless trees in the future.' That earned him a glare from Kurama.

"So what did the toddler want to you tell us," Yusuke asked. The hut had patched up walls. They concluded it was from the demon attack. Luckliy, Kaede was unharmed.

"Well, it's about Naraku and his power level," Botan started.

"Naraku's power level? So, you know exactly how strong he is?" Sango questioned.

"Koenma told me his strength is that of a B-class. A B-class is the third strongest type of demon. That information came to us in a bit of shock considering Naraku is a half demon," Botan explained.

"Hmph, what's wrong with being a half demon?" Inuyasha asked irritably.

"Nothing, except most half demons are weak because of their human blood. They can't reach their full potential," Hiei said rudely, "The only reason Naraku is strong is from the jewel."

Inuyasha was about to rebute, but Botan interrupted, "Hiei is right. Naraku is strong because of the jewel. His power solely relies on the shards."

"It's true, the more shards he got, the more abilities he was able to do," Kagome said.

"Like the incarnations, reshaping his body, a stronger barrier, and who knows what else," Shippo said.

He can do that? Koenma never mentioned anything about that. I should tell him, Botan thought.

"Who cares if Naraku is a B-class. I took down Toguro, and he was supposed to be the strongest," Yusuke announced.

"Correction, he was the strongest that was in human world. He was also a B-class, the same as Naraku. But unlike Naraku, he couldn't get any stronger. Naraku can," Botan read from her little book.

"Great," Kuwabara complained.

"If we take back the jewel from him, he'll be too weak to fight even one of us," Kurama said.

"Easier said then done," Inuyasha said.

"It's easy for a thief," Kurama replied.

"What are you planning, fox-boy," Yusuke said.

"I can't plan anything without actually seeing him fight. Besides, it would be best to strike at his hideout."

"The only way that would happen if the barrier was weakened," Miroku said.

"Koenma did say that Naraku has a moment of weakness each month, but sadly, he can control when that day is," Botan sulked.

"Well, binky breath rules the afterlife, so can't he just dig up some file that can track the days Naraku picks for this weakness thing. It is in the past, I mean present for us and past for him," Yusuke said.

"It's not that simple. If it was, we wouldn't need you to-" Botan was cut off from her communicator ringing.

"Hello, Koenma."

"No time for hello's, Botan. I found out that Naraku has incarnations," Koenma said.

"You're five minutes too late or more like a couple hundred years, give or take," Botan said.

"Oh, well, carry on." He hung up.

"What an idiot," Yusuke said.

Kagome stood up. It was afternoon and she wanted to go back to school the next day in her time.

"Where are you going?" Inuyasha asked.

"Home."

"Home? No way, we're getting close. I can sense it."

"I need to go back to school. I've already missed a ton of days!"

"School can wait, Naraku can't!"

"Tough luck! Sit!" Kagome stormed out.

"We should go to school as well. Staying home from school for too long will seem suspicious," Kurama said. Grudingly, the rest of the Spirit Detectives agreed. Besides, it will give them a chance to relax in the luxuries of the 21st century, like television!

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The next day, Genkai had to force everyone to wake up. They had missed sleeping on a mattress. Half awake and half asleep, they walked to school. Once they reached school, they saw Kagome running behind them.

"I'm not late am I?" Kagome asked. They shook their heads.

"Good," Kagome sighed, "Well, I'll see you guys later." Kagome ran off to her homeroom.

"She sure likes school," Yusuke muttered.

"See ya later," Kuwabara said to Kurama and Hiei as he and Yusuke went to their first class.

Kurama and Hiei entered their homeroom which is the same as Kagome's. They took their usual seat in the back. All the girls, except Kagome, crowded around them asking how they were feeling. Apparantly Genkai had told them they got in a freak accident involving a clown, a unicycle, and a trapeze artist. Basically, it was a circus act gone wrong. Genkai can really get creative with made up accidents.

"I can't believe they thought that was true," Kurama whispered to Hiei.

"Hn, you know these humans will believe anything," Hiei replied.

Kagome's friends went back to her after hearing about Kurama's and Hiei's amazing recovering that they fought against all odds to stay alive.

How can they believe this trash? Kagome thought. "Yeah, their recovery sure was something," Kagome said.

"How do you know? You were sick with pneumonia and bronchitis," one of her friends said. At least Grandpa is moving onto more realistic sicknesses, Kagome thought bitterly.

"Stupid, she was in the hospital too. Maybe they were next door or something," another of her friends said.

"Yeah, that, and besides, I already told this, but they live across the street from me," she said.

"Oh, yeah."

During lunch, Kagome, Hiei, and Kurama had to take a couple missed tests. In the same room, Kuwabara and Yusuke were at the other side for the same reason.

I don't know any of this! Kagome thought as she chewed the tip of her pencil.

Kurama was breezing through the tests. He had already learned all of the material at his high school.

/What are the answers/ Hiei contacted Kurama telepathically.

/I told you to study the quadratic equations last night./

/I had better things to do./

/Like polishing your sword/

/Fine, be like that, fox, I'll just read the teacher's mind./

Kurama had finished all the tests he missed and glanced at Hiei before he left. He had a defeated look on his face. Kurama convenietly forgot to mention that the person that was supervising them was not a teacher at all. It was the janitor. Too bad Hiei didn't know about that before they began the tests.

I could read the girl's mind, but it looks like she's having more trouble than me, Hiei thought, Good thing it's multiple choice. Hiei began guessing randomly. Now, Hiei could read the mind of the janitor to see if he saw Kurama's answers, but Kurama made sure the janitor didn't see. And the janitor wasn't even looking at the tests.

By the end of the day, they received their results. Kagome barely passed. Same with Kuwabara and Yusuke. Hiei managed to pull off a B, thanks to demon intution and random guesses. And finally, Kurama received a perfect score.

It was after school, and Kagome was with her usual friends. They decided to go to their usual place to eat, until Hojo showed before they even left school grounds.

"Hello, Kagome, how are you feeling?"

"I'm fine, thanks for asking."

"I have some home made herbal cough drops for you," Hojo said and handed her a bag. Kagome peered inside and thought, Geez, these cough drops look like the size of melons.

"Thanks, Hojo, but you didn't have to."

"Well, I know, but-" Hojo was cut off by Kuwabara shouting, "We'll see ya later, Kagome!"

"Yeah, we'll do homework or something!" Yusuke shouted.

"Homework?" Kuwabara asked Yusuke.

"No, you idiot, we're gonna go over the mission," Yusuke said angrily.

"Actually yes, we are going to do homework, Yusuke," Kurama said. Yusuke groaned.

Well, Hojo looked a bit jealous. There were rumours of a red headed boy that had his own fanclub full of girls even though that red head was barely at school. He was worried if Kagome liked him.

"Oh, I see you have plans, well, maybe next time," Hojo said sadly.

"Hojo, don't worry, none of them are my boyfriends. They're all just friends," Kagome said. She sensed that there was something wrong with Hojo, and the only reason she said that was because of her friends would call her a, let's see, Kouga, Inuyasha, Hojo, and now the four new travelers, a seven-timer, oh, she also told them about Miroku, so an eight-timer. She didn't want that happening. (It's true, there was an episode that Kagome told them about Inuyasha, Kouga, and Miroku, but not their names or that they're in the Feudal era.)

And with that, it ended a dreadful day at school. Now, they had to catch up on missing work and study for tests the next day. Sometimes school is the hardest mission of all.

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CrazyDreamerGirl: I hope you liked their day at school. (I couldn't resist putting the janitor to supervise them during testing.) Here are the replies:

JoannaKuwabara: I have no idea when updates will come because school is starting in a couple days! Run for your lives! Just kidding, or am I?

Time and Fate: Okay, I checked out your story.

Hirina: Yeah, I know it was short, but I couldn't think of anything else.

East-Company-506101: Yeah, Kouga's attention span really is short.

shadowyoukokitsune: Well, I always thought Hiei was faster than Kouga even with his shards.

Rei Minamino: Thank you for all those nice compliments and don't worry, there is no way I will make Kurama fall in love with Kagome! I think Kagome should stick to the guys that already like her.

sleep all day rock all night: Thank you and don't worry about not reviewing earlier.