A New Power

A/N: This chapter is dedicated to my new baby cousin Alicia Skye. If all goes well F.B cast should make an appearance very soon…

"Last Time"

Mae's eyes widened as she listened to Kagome's plan, "The Sengoku Jidai?" she asked confused, "and you say that there may be someone who could help me figure out my past?"

"Yeah," Kagome confirmed, "but we won't be leaving for at least a couple of days…"

Chapter 3 True form revealed

"Yes Yoko-sama, I will be staying with a friend for awhile… Yes her Okasan says it's okay…

Mae answered all her questions, knowing that Yoko-sama about the whole, her being a youkai thing.

"Hai Yoko-sama I'll be around later to pick up some things, bye… Mae hung up and turned to Inuyasha, "What are you looking at?" she asked him. Inuyasha just glared at her and the phone; "Are you ever in a good mood?" she sighed, and walked off to find Kagome…

She found her studying, 'Why is she studying? School hasn't even started back up yet,' Mae wondered. 'Oh well, might as well go get my now, since I've got nothing better to do…"

She had her akubra with her so she shoved that on her head to cover her ears, and also made sure that her black overcoat kept her tail hidden. "Well, might as well head off, she thought, feeling more cheerful than she had ever been since coming to Japan. Mae was in such a good spirits that she began to sing, letting her Aussie accent out to play…

"G'day, G'day,

And how ya goin'?

G'day, G'day,

I hope ya right,

G'day, G'day,

And how ya goin'?

Just say G'day, G'day, G'day,

And she'll be right!"

Mae was surprised to feel no wave of homesickness when she sang this, 'Maybe I'm finally getting used to this place. It almost seems like a second home for me…" She smiled at the thought, as she knocked on the door of guardian, and was a little surprised when a young redheaded guy answered her knock.

"Oh gomen… I thought this was Yoko-sama's house," she apologized, the red-head looked her up and down, 'Cat…why do I sense a cat?'

Mae snapped back to reality when she heard a familiar voice call, "Mae! Is that you?" and saw a small plump woman waddle into view. She grinned, "Hai Yoko-sama, I've come to collect my things," she explained, and glanced over at the still silent guy, "Gomen nasai, I didn't know you had company."

Yoko laughed, "No trouble at all! Kyo was just here to check up on me! Not that I needed checking up on mind you," she laughed, stepping aside so Mae could enter. After the introductions had been made Mae began to walk up the stairs when a blond-haired boy pooped out of nowhere causing Mae to lose her balance. She didn't fall, but her hat did, exposing her kitsune ears, 'This won't end well…' Mae groaned.

"What! You have fox ears!" the boy gasped loudly, his brown eyes widened till they looked as big as saucers, "Kyo! Come look! Come look!"

-Kyo-

Kyo was curious, "who was that?" he asked, watching the strange girl closely, as she departed up the stairs. Yoko smiled, "Her name is Mae Walsh, she's an exchange student from Australia," she explained.

"Australia!" Kyo gaped, "I've never met someone from so far away…"

He was about tune out in front of the television when a shout caught his attention, "That sounded like little bunny-boy," Kyo groaned, "What the hell does he want?"

Walking towards the stairs he noticed a strange hat at the base of the staircase, 'That looks like Mae's,' he thought. At that time he saw two figures, seemingly frozen, about half way up. 'I must be seeing things…' Kyo thought, rubbing his eyes, "Nope, Mae definitely has fox ears…'

Just then Momiji spotted him and began to dance around excitedly, 'Can't half tell he's a rabbit…' Kyo sighed, "Kyo! Look, she has fox ears and I think I saw a tail!" Momiji squealed. Kyo studied Mae's profile, her eyes were downcast, and a curtain of silver streaked hair hid her expression.

"So she does," Kyo mused, "Mind explaining why Mae?" as he spoke her name Mae's head snapped up and he could see that her eyes shone with unshed tears. "I…" she started to speak but was cut-off, "Yay! This could mean she is under a curse like ours, and I know just how to…"

"Don't even think about it bunny-boy," Kyo warned, but he was too late.

Momiji launched himself at a confused looking Mae, and both were soon engulfed by a large cloud of smoke, "That can't be good…" Kyo worried, as he strained to see beyond the haze. What he saw when the smoke cleared surprised him; sure, he had expected the white rabbit standing there. But what he hadn't expected to see was a rather large kitsune with glowing pink eyes. Kyo's own eyes widened, 'Well, that was unexpected…'

Stomping up the stairs, he picked up a sheepish-looking rabbit, "You do realise I hope," he ground out, "that you are in deep shit…"

This said, Kyo walked back down the stairs and over to the phone, after punching in some numbers he said, "Tohru…Yeah hi to you too, look could you tell the others to get over to Yamamoto house right away? Arigato see ya…"

After doing this he turned to Mae, who still looked slightly bemused, "You want me to contact this friend of yours?" he asked dropping Momiji, who landed with a loud thump on the carpeted floor.

The kitsune nodded, "Hai, but you'll have to run to the shrine since I don't know her number…"

-Mae-

After everything that had happened in the last ten or so minutes, she was shocked yet again.

"I can talk in this form?" she mentally hit herself for saying this out loud, when a voice answered her accidental question.

"Ya, we all can!" the voice, Mae realised, was that of the boy who had put her in this situation in the first place. Bounding down the stairs, Mae glared evilly at the rabbit standing before her, "I don't know what you did, but I'm gonna make you pay!" she snarled.

He squealed, "Momiji is sorry! Please don't eat me!" Mae laughed at the one known as Momiji, "Eat you?" she giggled, "Why would I want to eat you?" she asked, rolling around the floor in hysterics.

Momiji huffed, "That isn't funny!" he growled, but Mae had picked up his sigh of relief, "Calm down bunny-boy, can't you take a joke?"

Before he could reply they heard a knock on the door, and, since neither of them was able to open it Momiji called out, "Your going to have to open it!" he shouted. Mae tensed and began to growl at the unfamiliar figures in the doorway, Kagome or Kyo weren't among them. So she studied them with her pink, luminous eyes.

'The older one with dark hair is part inu, the grey-haired one with violet eyes is part rat,' then she turned her gaze on the girl, who was about her age. "She's human, but I must not let my guard down! Not until I'm certain that their intentions are good…"

The black-haired inu was the first to speak, 'I wasn't aware Yoko-sama had got a pet, he stated, attempting to pet her, when a voice halted him.

"Uhh… I wouldn't do that if I were you…" a very familiar voice warned and Mae sighed in relief when the speaker, and another stepped forward. 'Thank Kami! Kagome's finally arrived, and with Inuyasha too!"

Inuyasha glared at the other inu who was trying not to drool at the sight of Kagome, "Feh… I knew humans were stupid," he remarked, "but trying to pet a youkai? The only thing you'll gain or should I say lose, is your hand…"

Mae snorted, and Inuyasha turned to her, "Mae, you could have spoken out at any time you wanted, but instead you were gonna make this baka learn the hard way, weren't you?" he questioned her, and she grinned.

"Well that would have been more satisfactory, don't you agree?" she answered calmly, enjoying the shocked look on the new comer's faces.

"You can talk!" the girl gasped, Mae nodded, "Naturally, I am a youkai after all…"

Then the grey-haired one spoke, "A youkai? I didn't think they existed."

This time it was Inuyasha's turn to snort, "Of coarse they exist, we're living proof of that!" he stated angrily, before storming outside, muttering something about baka ningen.

Kagome sighed, "Perhaps we should explain to them Mae," Mae nodded, agreeing, "Indeed, but after this I would really like to travel to the Sengoku Jidai and unravel the mystery that is my past," she looked pointedly at her paws, "For very obvious reasons…"

A/N: Another chapter revealed! Stupid slow typing skills, takes me hours to type up one lousy chapter!

Arigato, Read & Review

Sakura Dragonwolf