Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha, that right belongs to Rumiko Takahashi; nor do I own Tokyo Ghoul, that right belongs to Sui Ishida. I do own the crazy Idea that I am putting the character through.

Kagome stared at her teacher. The woman was nice. And she could see that the woman was trying. However, Kagome would not back down. Already three weeks into the new year and she was ready to scream her head off. It sucked having all this knowledge and being stuck as a small seven-year-old child. Though surprisingly, her body felt very light after binding Itori, Uta, and Renji to her family's ancestral home. They'd been a bit freaked out when they'd felt the connection. And that her powers couldn't hurt them as badly no. They were unable to die at her hands. Her Aunt was a different matter.

"Miss Higurashi, I am worried about you. I know you are a brilliant child. It is obvious when one looks into your eyes," her teacher said, clearly exasperated.

She remained silent as she stood there, hands clasped behind her back, and waited. Already aware from her teachers' aura that she had more to say and speaking up would only draw this out further than it had to.

"But correcting me in the middle of class. Undermining me before your fellow students and peers is not the right thing to do," she said. "And because of it, I am seriously thinking of putting you on suspension."

This had Kagome's attention as her gaze hyperfocused on her teacher, eyes narrowing. That was a bad thing. And she knew that there'd be hell to pay with her Aunt Ryouko, as well as everyone at Anteiku. So, as a frown pulled her lips downward, Kagome took a deep breath to keep herself calm. The reality was that her mind, a thousand plus years old, was railing at the woman for her incompetence. And letting her logic run rampant when she needed to be rational was not good.

"Do you not have anything to say?" Her sensei asked.

"I do," Kagome said softly. "I will try to not… speak out and demean you to the others in the classroom. Causing chaos is not my goal. But learning correctly and making sure others do is important to me. We are the future of Tokyo and all of Japan. And learning something incorrectly can cause issues."

Her words were chosen with a bit of care, but she had to make her point. The way her teacher was staring with an open mouth at her told Kagome a lot. She was not even bothering to read the woman's aura.

"Well, if you are willing to try, then I won't have to suspend you," the woman said. "Also, I have requested you to take the IQ test as well as placement testing. You do not need to be in elementary, your way beyond that. A rare genius, indeed."

This had Kagome tilting her head to the side and blinking at the woman. She was suddenly suspicious. But she kept it to herself, not wanting to aggravate her teacher and make the woman retract her words of not suspending her. But Kagome wasn't a fool.

"You looked at my student file from last year. You knew what I was like on the first day of school. Why did you not pull me aside to lay down rules and laws?" Kagome asked.

Seeing the small shake of her teacher's head as her long black hair shifted over her shoulder and soft brown eyes closed as her brow pinched between them.

"Because I wanted to give you a chance, Kagome. I am not the type to be a totalitarian. Everyone needs room to be their person. No matter what their personality is. Each person, whether child or adult, learns at their own pace and in their manner," she said.

A bit shocked and very pleased with the answer, Kagome gave a small, sharp nod of her head. Seeing visible relief in not just the eyes, but the body as it slumped slightly at the shoulders. This had her feeling a bit upset, though it was with herself. She didn't like to cause this kind of reaction in people.

"That is good; you can go now. School is over, and you should have been halfway home by now," her teacher said.

Again she gave a small nod of her head as she bent and picked up her backpack and then walked out of the classroom. Knowing she'd have to provide the reason why she was late getting home if someone wasn't already outside the gates of the school waiting for her.

Another week has come and gone, and she sat at the desk in the middle of the gymnasium. On a Sunday, which was making her feel all kinds of twitchy. Today was the day she went to the shrine to take care of it. And her guardian for the day was Uta. She had fun when she was with him — listening to his rants and raves. But mostly about how successful his Mask business was becoming. A great source of income for him.

Looking down at the test before her, she was glad it was a simple fill in the bubble kind, with a few essay questions. And surprisingly, while she had a lot of knowledge, she didn't have all of it pertaining to this timeline, so it challenged her a bit. She was smiling as she finished up the fill-in portion. Having already scanned the ten essay questions, Kagome was eager to finish this up. Her week had been instead stressing to her after explaining why she had been held up after school.

Pushing the sheet to the side, she began to meticulously re-read the essay questions. Covering history, communication arts, English (The language), Math, Science, and a few others.

She sat there swinging her legs as the Principal, and her teacher came into the room. Her Aunt was looking at something on her little handheld. Her Aunt was a practicing priestess for festivals and other things at her husband's shrine. But, her Aunt was, in reality, a Lawyer, who specialized in abuse and child safety.

"Ah, Mrs …" the Principal started only to choke on his words at the sharp glare her Aunt turned on him. "Excuse me, Ryouko. We have finished grading and have the results of your nieces exams."

The way the man's aura blazed with a variety of colors and images, Kagome knew he was amazed and elated. Also, she knew that her Aunt was aware of this as well, having enough of the Reiki to see auras and read them.

"Well?" her Aunt said, lifting a hand and rolling it at the wrist to prompt the man to continue.

"Oh, yes, sorry. Kagome is by far very intelligent and gifted," he said. "Her IQ is ranked at 198. But she only tested for the 9th grade. And on purpose, I suppose."

The look he shot at her told her he was not fooled. And she had tried to stay in the early years of high school for knowledge. Though she smartly dipped her head, pretending to be sheepish as she was caught.

"I agree. But, then again, my niece never does anything without reason. Mr. Hisagi," her Aunt stated blandly. "When will she be moved to the appropriate grade?"

Rolling her eyes while they were still locked on her lap, acting sheepish. Kagome jerked her head up at what was just said.

"So, you want to wait for her to finish her third-grade year, knowing it is holding her back?" Her Aunt asked.

"Yes. The staff and I believe it would be prudent to socialize Kagome with peers her age. That way, she won't be stunted emotionally by being around others. She is still a child of seven, soon to be eight according to her file," Principal Hisagi stated.

The soft hum from her Aunt had Kagome looking at her. Head tilting to the side to see her brown eyes glint. A sense of danger washed over her.

"I am okay with this, but I think we should ask the person that is most concerned," her Aunt said, lips curling upwards.

Knowing what she needed to reply, Kagome gave a dark glare to her Aunt — not liking the woman at the moment though she couldn't fault the Principal and other teaching staff for their sound assessment.

"I would like to stay. Though… may I take courses to keep my knowledge fresh until next year? When I enter… ninth grade?" she asked. She is keeping her voice demure and polite.

The way the Principal laughed at her before quickly agreeing to her taking supplement classes. This way, Kagome would still be able to get out of the Anteiku and wander around the city to a small degree. There was much she needed to learn that couldn't and wouldn't ever come from a school like having to wait until she was almost nine to start high school. There would never be a shortage of problems new or old in her life, it seemed. Though, a smile graced her lips as she stood to leave. She got to spend the afternoon with Uta.

TBC!