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Yamcha

Kagome headed to her dad's place. It was late already, and she wanted to get dinner started. She knew from her past experience staying with him that he mostly lived on takeout. She planned on remedying that.

He lived in a nicer, but more crowded part of town. Though she had been to the place a handful of times, she still wasn't used to being in the middle of the city. The shrine had always been in an isolated part of Tokyo and she missed it. But she made her decision and she was determined to stay.

Besides, she wanted the chance to get to know Yamcha better. For most of her life, neither had known about the other's existence and they were still learning about one another. And he really wanted this to work. He had been thrilled when she told him she wanted to live with him.

Half-way home, she spotted him not too far from her. In regular clothes, he had his training gear slung carelessly over his shoulder as he talked to some random blond woman.

Kagome rolled her eyes and waited until the blond disappeared before approaching him.

"Hey," she called out, deciding not to bring up the woman.

"Oh hey, I was just headed back to the apartment," Yamcha happily greeted her, flashing a bright smile.

"Same, I've had my fill of the city," Kagome said, matching his easy stride. It was a little awkward, walking side by side together.

"How did you like it so far? Anything interesting happen today," he inquired after a beat of silence, genuinely curious. He hoped that she liked things so far. He knew she was homesick.

"Not much," she shrugged her shoulders, as she thought about her day. "But I did get a job."

"A job? You know you don't have to work. I'm more than happy to get you anything you want," he offered.

"I know, but I want to work," she replied. "And it's just babysitting, nothing too hard. Plus the kid is not too bad, really cute too."

He nodded his head, happy to hear that at least she wasn't babysitting some brat. "Well if you're sure. But remember you will be starting school next week."

"So everything went smooth then," she asked. Honestly she was concerned about passing the entrance exams. Her grades still hadn't completely recovered.

"Yep, you are now an official Orange Star High School student," he proudly proclaimed, fondly ruffling her hair. He left out the part about them overlooking her exam scores. He had to pull a few strings and promise a few favors, but it was all worth it.

"Thank you."

"Oh, and before I forget you'll need this," he added as he started to ruffle through his bag. Seconds later he produced a round badge with a star in the center of it.

"What is it," Kagome asked as she accepted the strange badge.

"It's your high school badge. You'll need to wear it to school every day," he explained.

Kagome looked confused as she stared incredulously at the item. "Eh, you mean all I have to wear is this badge? No blazer, no ridiculously short skirt, or stupid ascot? Just the badge?"

"Well yeah, I mean it's a little dorky, but it's school policy," Yamacha answered, rubbing the back of his head nervously, slightly afraid she would blow up at him. Most of the women he knew would freak out at wearing something so tacky.

Clutching the badge firmly in her hand, Kagome suddenly grabbed Yamcha's arm and started to drag him to the nearest mall. "We're going shopping."