Kagome agreed to aid me for now, but I could tell she didn't fully trust me. I don't fault her for that. I wouldn't trust me either and would've thought her many levels more foolish if she did trust so easily. All in good time. I'm a patient man.

The girl told me she wasn't going to write in the diary much though. I do not know if that is the result of caution, lack of time (I've gathered that defeating this Naraku character is time sensitive. Something about finding a baby and a kokoro(whatever that is) is involved.) or because she was worse at writing in English than speaking it. I convinced her to use me during English lessons though and she did start to participate more in class for both our benefits.

Curiously, Kagome has not informed the rest of her companions of the additional entity tagging along with them. I inquired as to why once.

"Why is it that you do not tell your friends about me?"

She had paused in her homework that she was rushing to finish before Inuyasha would come to pick her up (although, I don't see why he needed to come get her). I was left open at the corner of her desk and the moving ink had caught her eye. "Eto...Inuyasha make me….hmm...not bring you. If he knows."

"He wouldn't allow you to have me around? Why not?"

She gave a shrug and didn't say more about Inuyasha. "Also, my friends don't understand any English. Nothing. So, difficult to explain. And you all can't talk to each other." I didn't push the subject. As long as she kept me close, I was not going to complain.

"By the way, I think you made an error in the second line of the problem. You put 28. I think it might be 27, which would change the final result."

The girl's nose crinkled as she stared at the problem. "You learn this before?"

"Well, no, but I think if you do the multiplication first and then…Just recopy the problem in my diary and I'll show you step by step." And that's how she went from getting math marks in the 20s and teens to 50s and 60s. Hey, I am no miracle worker. At this point, I think only a Felix Felicis potion could help the girl.

A/n: I'm thinking of differences between Western, Magical, and/or Japanese culture that could make for interesting or amusing scenes between Tom and Kagome. Any suggestions? What would make Kagome blush unintentionally? What would throw Tom for a loop? What would confuse Kagome even more than she already is? What would make Tom (who's seen a lot of things already even if he may not understand what he's seeing) go 'wtf?'