Chapter 4

Kagome moaned as she woke up.

Kagome opened her eyes and sat up while rubbing her eyes. She looked at the clock on a wall and saw that it's 5:00am.

'I just have an hour and a half to get to school.'

Kagome groaned and set her futon in place. Kagome looked at the bracelet she had on her right wrist, she had a smile on her face as she looked carefully at all of the charms.

Kagome then got up and got ready for school. After she took a shower she put on a bandage on her forehead.

When Kagome was walking through the halls of the Shrine she heard a couple thunder rumbling outside.

'Is there going to be a storm?' She thought.

"Seven thunderbolts in the east direction. Narukami is in a fit of rage again. How scary."

'Scary? Is this Narukami a god or a demon? Oh well, doesn't concern me right now.' Kagome walked into the kitchin to see Tomoe plucking feathers off of an unfortunate duck.

"She's coming closer." Onikiri said hiding behide a table with Kotetsu by his side.

"Judging by the sound, it's coming this way."

Kagome yawned and rubbed her eyes catching Tomoe and the others' attention.

"So you woke up, huh?"

Kagome ignored him and continued to rub her eyes.

Tomoe had a smile on his face as he pulled out a small wooden tray/table that have food on it.

"Today's brekfast is Yoshino kuzu ankake (thick scarchy sauce made from arrowroot) and my special Gomadoufu (crushed sesame seeds boiled in water and chilled like tofu)."

Kagome nodded and took the tray and at it in the living room and ate as much as she could she could be full and get to school on time.

Kagome walked to the door and put on her shoes when she was about to open the door someone took a hold on her back collar of her white dress shirt.

"Hold on Kagome" Kagome looked behind her and saw Tomoe with a cloth that holds three boxes of bento. "You almost forgot your lunch."

Kagome nodded and took the bento.

'I thought I told him that he don't need to go over board on my lunch?'

Kagome then felt Tomoe grip loosened on her collar and she moved away from her.

"We'll be having a guest today so I can't leave this place. Could you come home directly from school instead of your family Shrine?"

Kagome nodded.

"I'm worried about you."

Kagome felt her face heat up a bit and hope it wasn't noticable.

"Since you're as weak as a worm." Tomoe pretended to cry and wiped his tears with his sleeve.

She then felt the heat on her face lessened.

Kagome then nodded to Tomoe before she left.

Kagome felt Onikiri and Kotetsu's aura in her bookbag.

'Tomoe must have told them to watch out form me.' Kagome thought as she ran to school as fast as she could.

When she continue to run she looked up in the sky and saw a couple of clouds coming out.

When Kagome went to her homeroom class she saw a bunch of girls looking down.

"Hey, Higurashi, you're still coming to school today. That's good."

Kagome turned to see Isobe coming towards her, she then ignored him and went to her desk.

"What's wrong with them?" Kagome sat on her seat and looked at the girls.

"Oh, Kurama is absent today, he doesn't feel well."

Kagome nodded in reply and put her bag on her desk and unzipped her it.

Onikiri and Kotetsu popped out of her bag. Kagome looked at them.

"Kagome-sama"

"Why are you both here?" 'Even though I already know the answer.'

"Tomoe-dono asked us to do this. For the whole day today, we will protect you."

"Hey Higurashi, class is starting son." Kagome nodded and gave Onikiri and Kotetsu a confused look on her face.

"Normal people can't see us, so you don't have to worry about us and continue with your lesson." Kotetsu said.


With Tomoe,

"How strange, I thought Narukami was coming here but the rain clouds went away." Tomoe said as he layed sideways eating rice crackers and looked at the sky.

'Was I thinking too much?' Tomoe thought for a while.

He then opened his eyes and sat up.

He then looked at the clouds as it went away.

'It's heading towards Kagome's School. Don't tell me...' Tomoe thought a bit worried of what would happen.


In Music class,

"Okay class, today I have an assignment for all of you." The music teacher announced.

"For the next two weeks I want you to create your own song and sing it infront of the class. You can pair up if you want, as long you each work evenly in this assignment."

There were a couple of people talking, some excitedd while some were nervous.

Kagome paid no mind to them and began to think of what kind of song she should do and the beat.

She then heard the bell ring signaling that class is over and that means it's time for lunch.

Kagome pulled out her lunch that Tomoe gave to her and began to eat.

Kagome pulled out a notebook and began to think, she then write things down on it.

"How is the food?" Kotetsu asked.

"Tastes good." She said as she continue to write things down. "Tomoe makes foods like these for Mikage all the time?"

"No, neither Gods nor we have the habit of eating, since we don't get hungry like normal humans." Kotetsu siad.

"Since you're a human made of flesh and blood, Tomoe-dono tried his hardest to learn how to cook everyday for you, even though he doesn't appear so." Onikiri said. "Tomoe-dono always thinks about you first, Kagome-sama."

"Hm"

Kagome then ate some more and wrote things down.

"HEY!"

Then the window next to Kagome's desk shattered.

"You're Higurashi Kagome, aren't you?" A woman said as she floated through the window.

"Where am I?" Kagome asked as she saw that they were surrounded by something.

"I put up a barrier so that no one will bother us. We're the only ones here. I'm a god with a Shrine in the Heaven, princess Narukami, God of Lightning. I heard that you have become the Land God. You were forced to bear such responsibilty, you must have gone through a lot of hardships. You have such a slender body hidden in your boy uniform, but you were able to hold on all the way until now. You must have tried really hard."

She then gave Kagome a hug surprising her.

"However, all your hardships will end today. I, Narukami, will take over Mikage's Shrine for you. You must want to return to being a normal human."

'What is she talking about? Does she know about my secret about the well?'

"I will set you free."

"I'm sorry, Narukami-sama. I haven't been through any hardships, there are these two and Tomoe at the Shrine. Everyone is kind to me and they made me think of the Shrine as my home. Therefore, I don't want to leave the Shrine."

Narukami then closed her eyes and breathed, she opened her eyes and made a face as she put a hand on Kagome's head and pulled her face next to hers.

"KAGOME!" They heard.

When they turned that saw Tomoe with a paper lanturn on his hand.

"Are you alright?" Tomoe said.

"Tomoe" She said under her breath.

"So you've some Tomoe." Narukami said.

"Tomoe-dono, Kagome-sama..." Onikiri said.

"Narukami, what exactly is the meaning of this? I want you to let go of her. She's my master."

"This little girl is your master? You've fallen, Tomoe. I get really irritated when I see you slaving for someone else."

"It's none of your business." Tomoe said as he triedd to attack her without hurting Kagome.

"I won't let you get in my way. I thought something like this might happen so I borrowed this lucky mallet from the God of Wealth."

She then pulled out a mallet. She let go of Kagome, so she could hit Tomoe with a mallet.

"TAKE THIS! GET SMALLER!" Right when Tomoe was about to get hit by the mallet Kagome jumped in front of him taking the it in the head.

POOF!

Where Kagome used to stand was a little girl who looks like the smaller and younger version of Kagome and looks to be 6 years old. The clothes shrunk with Kagome so she was still clothed along with her bracelet even her bra.

Narukami stared at Kagome but shrugged the situation away.

She then hit the mallet on Tomoe and said, "Get smaller." taking him by surprise.

POOF!

There stood in Tomoe's place was a little fo boy who looks like the smaller and younger version of Tomoe and looks to be 6 years old too. The clothes also shrunked with him so he was clothed.

"Even though this situation didn't end up like I had predicted. I still have the advantage."

Narukami put her hand on Kagome's bandage. She ripped the bandage off of her forehead, she then put her hand on her forehead.

"Release" Narukami whispered.

"I've got Mikage's mark." Narukami smirked, pulling he hand away Kagome say a mark on Narukami's palm.

'That's Mikage's mark?' Kagome thought.

"I've got Mikage's mark. Now you're no longer the Land God. You're just a normal girl."

She then bended down and gave Kagome a smile.

"From now on, you are going to live a normal life and start your life all over, Kagome." Narukami was then was smacked on the face with a leaf that was thrown by Tomoe.

Narukami had an angry look on her face. She then summoned lightning and struck Tomoe making him fall to the ground close to knocking him out.

"Tomoe" Kagome then ran to him and held him. "Hang in there."

"Tomoe, if you want to return to normal. Come to the Shrine, if you become my familiar, I'll return you to normal. Come on, you Will-O'-The-Wisp. Show me to my new Shrine."

"Yes master" Kotetsu and Onikiri said at the same time.

"Onikiri-kun, Kotetsu-kun..." Kagome said in a cute girly voice.

"Kagome-sama, please forgive us." They said at the same time while they cried under their mask.

"We are spirits that belong to the Shrine." Onikiri said.

"We must serve the master of the Shrine." Kotetsu said.

"Well then, have a nice day." Narukami said as she made a portal to teleport to Mikage's Shrine, they then left, leaving little Kagome and Tomoe by themselves.


In the Park,

"What do we do?" Kagome asked Tomoe as she wrote in her notebook. Both of them were on a bench in a park. Both of them had pink cheeks for some reason. "Now we don't have anywhere else to go, Tomoe."

"Just do whatever you want." Tomoe said. "This is the human world, you're a human. So you should be able to find a place to go if you want to. As for me, I can't look after you anymore."

He then looked down.

Kagome looked at Tomoe and walked next to him on the bench. Kagome looked at his face and put the back of her hand on his forehead and he was burning up.

Kagome pulled out a handkerchief. It didn't shrink like her clothes did for it had no reason to change size. She then put it over his head and covered his fox ears.

Kagome carried him on her back and began to run to a near by clinic.

While she was running is started to rain.

When she got there is was closed.

On the sign it said:

'Clinic is closed for today.'

Kagome looked around and was to busy at the same time worried about Tomoe to notice a demon near by.

Kagome then sat on the steps and put Tomoe down and sat to look at him holding on to her notebook.

'I'm an idiot. I can't bring a demon in a human clinic or hospital, they would probably be scared of him and think of experimenting on him, besides they don't know that demons exist, how could possibly have medicine for demons.'

"Kagome" A voice of surprise was heard by the said person.

Kagome looked up to see Kurama with an umbrella over his head.

"What happened to you and what are you doing here?" Then he realised something when he had a closer look at her. "Oh, you've lost the mark."

Kagome stared at him and motioned for him to come closer.

When he did Kagome opened her arms and jumped towards him. Kurama was surprised at her actions and opened his arms to catch her.

"Can you help me with Tomoe, please?" Kagome said as she looked at his face.

Kurama was about to protest until he saw her cute small yet noticable pout on her face. Kurama sighed and picked up the now unconscious Tomoe.

He then held Tomoe the same way he is holding Kagome just on the opposite side.

Kagome stared at Tomoe so nothing wrong could happen to him.

When they were in front of a mansion Kurama opened the door, while Kagome stared at everything around her.

"Wow, you live in here?" Kagome asked Kurama as she had sparkles around her face.

Kurama looked at her and couldn't help but smile at her reaction to his home with a cute little girl's face.

Kurama then realised that Kagome's face was the same shade as Tomoe's face.

He touched her forehead and she was burning up.

"You have a fever?"

Kagome shook her head and looked at him.

"That doesn't matter, Tomoe is having a fever too."

Kurama then went to his room and put both of them on his bed.

"W-WHY AM I ON THE BED? I NEED TO LOWER TOMOE'S FEVER!" Kagome whinned as she waved her hands in the air one of her hand was holding onto the notebook.

Kurama raised an eyebrow at her action and at the notebook she's been holding onto.

"You have a fever too. If I let you do that then you would end up with a really high fever." He then left and came back in a second with a bucket of cold water with two cloths inside it. "Lay down so I could lower your fever." Kagome was about to resist but felt weak and landed on her side on the bed.

Kurama sighed at her action and walked up to them. He put the bucket on the table next to the bed and picked Kagome and Tomoe up and put them under the blacket.

"Sorry, for suddenly imposing on you like this, while you're not feeling very well yourself, Kurama."

"Not feeling well? Ahh... That's just an excuse to take days off from school due to work. That school doesn't cut corners for popular Idols, so it's a pain to take care of all the formalities. After all this is the first time there has been a supar popular star enrolling in that school. It's troublesome for me that they're not flexible."

"K-Kurama you are a Tengu demon, right? You act like those human Idols." Kagome looked at Kurama.

"Stop calling me Tengu this, Tengu that. I'm advertised as a fallen angel." Kurama gave Kagome a weird look seeming to be bothered being called a 'Tengu'.

"Do you know why Tomoe is acting like this?" Kagome said as she looked at Tomoe.

"He looks to be in a lot of pain, looks like he didn't turn into a kid, only his body is completely regressing, why all his monster powers that he originally had can't settle down in this body, and it's running berserk. That's the reason why he's having a fever. The same thing is probably happening to you if you had some powers." While he said it he pulled out a wet cloth and put it on Kagome's forehead, he then did the same action to Tomoe.

Kagome starred at him.

"Tomoe has to turn back to his normal form so the monster power would calm down."

Kagome then remembered Narukami saying about how she would change him back to his normal form if he became her familiar.

"This is only a temporary treatment to lower the fever a bit." Kurama then pulled out a container of something and when he opened it he pulled out a pill.

"This is a very good secret medicine that has been passed down through generations in my family, becareful and have a pill, fox." Kurama said with a scary look on his face as he grabbed a hold of Tomoe's collar and tried to put the pill in his mouth. "It's really bitter though."

Tomoe opened his mouth and took the pill by bitting Kurama's fingers. He then went back to rest.

"GAH! THAT STUPID FOX BRAT BIT ME!" Kurama yelled looking at his bleeding finger.

Kagome saw the whole thing and looked at Kurama's direction.

"Kurama can I see the finger?" Kurama looked at her curiously but did as so.

Kagome look at his bleeding finger. Tomoe and Kurama looked at her to see what she would do wih his bleeding finger.

Kagome put his finger in her mouth.

Tomoe and Kurama stared at her in shock.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Kurama yelled at her.

When Kagome let go of his finger. She saw his finger already healed.

Kagome showed him the finger that used to bleed and he had a surprised look on his face.

"WHAT ARE YOU?" Kurama yelled at her as Tomoe looked at Kurama's finger.

"I'm the reincarnation of the priestass Kikyo." Was what Kagome said before closing her eyes and fell asleep from the fever.

Tomoe starred at Kagome his eyes half lidded.

'What did she say? I couldn't hear her.'

Tomoe closed his eyes and began to sleep.

When Kurama heard this, his eyes widened and when he snapped out of his shock he pulled out a pill from the container and softly put the pill in her mouth.

When he knew that they were both asleep he took the chance to look at the notebook Kagome seemed to hold onto.

When he opened it he saw lyrics on it on the very top the title was 'Amazing Kiss' and on the right corner it said, 'Music assignment' he then sighed.

'I hope I don't need to do this assignment when I get back to school.'


When Kagome woke up she saw Tomoe eyes.

"You okay, Tomoe?" Kagome with a tired look on her face.

"You need something?" Kagome tilted her head a bit as she rubbed her eyes, as she did that Tomoe almost resembled her to a kitten.

"I want to eat Sasamochi (rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves)." Tomoe said still a little sleepy.

Kagome nodded and walked to the edge of the bed and slid down and began to walk out of the room to the living, where she felt Kurama's aura.

When Kagome went into the living room, she saw Kurama sleeping on the couch with a blacket over him. Without a shirt, his black wings were out in the open and he slept on his stomache.

Kagome walked up to him and nudge Kurama.

When Kurama opened his eyes to see her face he turned over and was sleeping on his side and facing the couch. "What is it?"

"Can I borrow some of your money and and the kitchen afterwards?" Kagome said tiredly.

Kurama turned over and looked at her to see her cheeks a bit pink. He put his hand on her forehead and felt her fever gone already.

'Must be from her powers, her kind of powers are meant to be healing powers. So it's healing her from the fever along with the pill I gave her for a little help.'

"Fine" Kurama pulled out $50 from his wallent that as in his pocket and gave it to Kagome. "There is a convenient store close by so you won't have to be gone long."

"Why are you being nice to me?" Kagome asked.

Kurama turned back over to Kagome.

"You saved my life, so now we're even."

"Are we friends?" Kagome questioned looking at Kurama.

Kurama looked at Kagome's eyes to see if she was playing around. When Kurama saw her eyes he saw her eyes less cold than the last time they saw each other in school.

'What's wrong with her?'

Kurama nodded making Kagome smile.

'She is acting like a child.'

"Do you want me to make you something for breakfast after I come back? Tomoe asked me to make Sasamochi." Kagome smiled.

"Bacon and scrambled eggs?" Kurama stared at her.

'I don't remember any side effects in the pill. She don't seem to still have a fever. So is this how she acts after her fever?'

"Okay, I'll come back as fast as I could." Kagome then ran outside the mansion and went to a near by convenient store and bought some recipes to make Sasamochi and some bacon. Seeing as she checked the kitchen to see waht they got before she left.

Kagome came back to the mansion and went directly to the kitchen.

She used a chair to reach the table and make Sasamochi.

Kagome made five Sasamochi and put them in a plate.

She went to the bedroom and gave Tomoe the plate of Sasamochi.

"Here" Kagome said as she gave Tomoe a smile.

Tomoe starred at her, she never showed a smile like that before.

Kagome tilted her head and asked. "Is something wrong?"

Tomoe shook his head and ate the Sasamochi. It tasted good.

"How is it?" Kagome said.

"So-so" Tomoe said planly.

Kagome smiled at him and was about to leave to make bacon and scrambled eggs.

"Kagome, thanks." Tomoe smiled at her for a bit.

Kagome smiled and nodded she then saw her notebook on the table. She took it off the table, she then went down stairs and made Kurama and herself breakfast, using the same chair to help her reach the table again.

While they ate Kagome would write on her notebook.

"What are you writing?" Kurama said, even though he already knows.

"A song for Music class. We have to make a song in two week and sing it infront of the class. The music teacher said it's okay to work with a partner as long they work evenly."

"Really?" Kurama said, Kagome nodded in response. "Can I hear your song that you have so far and maybe help you?"

Kagome nodded and went to finish her breakfast.

"Do you have have a Piano?" Kurama nodded and showed her to a room where there is a Piano in there and it happened to be across his bedroom, where Tomoe is right now.

Kagome sat on the Piano chair and began to play.

Tomoe's fox ears twitched as he hear the sound of a Piano.

(Waiting-Boa)

Uri orma maningayo cham oren shigani hulloneyo
We jaku ne mami aphun gonji
We guri apha hanayo hogshirado himdun il issonayo
We amumar haji anhanayo

Jigum inde gude aphinde
Marheya hanunde naui maumur
Oren shigan guderur hyanghan
Girodon gidarimur
Babogathjyo hangsang gurejyo
Gure ya hejyo guder wiheso
Sarangheyo yojonhi gamsaheyo
We nar jabji anhanayo we amugodo mudji anhanayo
Gude obnun nega goenchanhur god gathnayo

Jigum inde gude aphinde
Marheya hanunde naui maumur
Oren shigan guderur hyanghan
Girodon gidarimur
Babogathjyo hangsang gurejyo
Gure ya hejyo guder wiheso
Sarangheyo yojonhi gamsaheyo

Kagome stopped right there and looked at Kurama.

Kurama thought and finally said, "That song is pretty good so far." Kagome smiled and hugged Kurama, while Kurama patted her head, but at the same time smirked as he looked through the door to see Tomoe looking at their direction with a mad look on his face. When Tomoe saw Kurama looking at him with a smirk, he moved away and went back to sleep.

"Kagome"

Kagome looked up at him with a confused look on her face.

"You said you were that reincarnation of the Kikyo person, right?" Kagome nodded.

"That song, is it connected to the past?" Kagome nodded.

"And is it about someone you loved in the past?" Kurama questioned knowing about the story of the Shikon jewel and some history about it.

Kagome had a blush on her face, but nodded.

"I made other songs but, I rather use this song. There was another song that I wanted to sing that I had already made but I felt that I should make up another song to kill some time."

"Really? Let me hear it." Kurama smiled at her and let Kagome go.

Kagome looked at Kurama and hesitated.

When Kagome thought about it a bit she began to play the Piano.

(Winter Love-Boa)

fuyu no youseitachi ga kagayaki maiorite kuru
nani mo suru koto nai kara egao no shashin kuchizuketa

yakusoku shita eiga no nagai retsu ni futari shite mou narabu koto wa nai no
dakedo kokoro wa soba ni iru kara tomodachi ni mo miss you mou nido to modorenai

anata ga suki de aitakute kisu ga hyakuoku no yuki o tsutau no
dokoka de guuzen ni meguriaeru hi made
wasurenakute mo baby suki de mo ii desu ka?
zutto wasurenai

tatta hitori-bocchi no jibun ni kizuita shunkan
hontou no sabishisa ga ne afurete wa mata komiageru

hito o aisu sonna omoi o ima taisetsu da tte wasurenai tte omou
kono adoresu o nando kaete mo sono koe mo yume mo watashi o hanarenai no

toki ga nagarete chigau koi shite mo anata o omoidasu deshou
deaeta unmei ga kawashita nukumori ga
anata de yokatta tte kokoro kara ieru yo
itsuka aeru made

mirai wa can't stop yatte kuru kanashii hodo hayaku forever
shiawase datte kizutsuitatte dareka o aisuru toki just alive

anata ga suki de aitakute kisu ga hyakuoku no yuki o tsutau no
dokoka de guuzen ni meguriaeru hi made
wasurenakute mo baby suki de mo ii desu ka?
zutto wasurenai

Kagome stopped singing and the music ended.

"What do you think? Should I sing this song or the other?"

Kurama thought about it for a second and answered. "I don't know which one you should sing for class. Why not sing both of them in class?"

Kagome thought and smiled "Okay" she then pulled out her notebook and wrote more lyrics for 'Waiting-Boa'.

For a while Kagome and Kurama worked on the song and in the afternoon they finished writing the song.

"Thanks Kurama" Kagome smiled.

"You're welcome."

Kagome yawned and was rubbing her eyes.

"Are you going to do the assignment too?"

"I don't think I need to. Seeing as I sang a lot of songs in front of people."

She nodded in understanding with half lidded eyes.

"You tired?"

Kagome shook her head really fast as her answer and as a way to wake up.

"You know, for some reason you act like you're an actual 6 year old." Kurama said.

"It's probably from my new powers. It could be confused of the new body and is regressing like Tomoe's and is trying to make me act like my old 6 year old self seeing as I'm 6 years old again. I still a guess seeing as I don't know much about my new powers." Kagome said with a blank look on her face.

"You're acting like your old self."

"I said it was trying to make me act like my old 6 year old self." Kagome starred at him. "Don't tell anybody about me acting like this and about me being the reincarnation of Kikyo." She said as she looked away crossing her arms with a blush on her face.

Kurama looked at her and then he had a smirk. Now having black mail material against Kagome.

Kagome couldn't see for she was looking away.

Kagome felt a yawn coming up so she covered her mouth a bit. As she yawned in the corner of her eyes tears well up. She then rubbed her eyes again trying to stay awake.

"I'll make lunch." Kagome said to Kurama before he could ask her to get back to bed and rest like a little kid.

Kagome walked into the kitchen and made lunch.

The lunch she made for Kurama, Tomoe and herself was rice, octopus shaped sausage and with fried shrimp.

When she was done she took one to Tomoe so he could eat in bed and rest after.

"Tomoe, you okay?" Kagome asked when she entered into the room.

When she got onto the bed next to Tomoe she saw him sleeping.

Kagome took a closer look at him and thought he was kind of cute.

When Kagome stopped looking at Tomoe she took the cloth that was on his forehead and put it in the bucket. She took the other cloth in the bucket and squeezed it a bit. She then folded it and put on his forehead.

When she was done she put the food next to Tomoe but away from by a foot.

Kagome went down stairs to the kitchen and ate with Kurama.

"You're quite good at cooking. Who taught you how to cook?" Kurama said.

"My mom taught me how to cook sometimes. When I was young and when I was about 10 I bought a cook book and learned other dishes, I even bought a dessert cook book. I kind of memorized a few dishes some I liked and some that were simple." Kagome answered with a smile on her face as she ate.

Kurama nodded in understanding.

"About the past, how did you get travel here to the past and back here?"

"I went through that well in my family Shrine and went through the well in their time." Kagome answered.

"You mean Mikage Shrine?"

"No, Higurashi Shrine. Didn't you listen in class when they explained about my family?"

Kurama scratched the back of his head. "I forgot about it."

When they were done eating Kagome and Kurama were watching TV.

They were watching a video of Kurama singing.

"Wow, you're really good at singing." Kagome said in amazement.

"Hm" Was what Kurama could say, but on the inside he was gloating about how girls can't resist him and how beautifully talented he is.

Kagome was watching it with sparkles in her eyes, she then remembered something.

"I'll go check up on Tomoe." Kagome said as she stood up and went up stairs.

When she went into the room she saw Tomoe eating the food she made him. "Do you like it?" Kagome said with a smile on her face.

"Tomoe stopped eating and looked at Kagome with a bored look.

"So-so" Saying the same answered he used for Sasamochi. Kagome smiled still glad that he didn't say it was bad or something like that.

Kagome climbed up the bed and looked at Tomoe as he ate.

When he was done with the food Kagome took it and went away.

When Kagome went down staris she saw Kurama still watching TV.

After she put the dishes into the sink and she sat next to Kurama.


At night in Kurama's room,

"I'm letting you stay at my place, could I at least have my bed back?" Kurama complained, tired of sleeping on the couch in his living room. He was looking at Kagome and at Tomoe, who were on his bed looking at him both having a tired look on their faces.

"Could you sleep with Tomoe? He still have a bit of a fever." Kagome said next to Tomoe with a pout.

She wore a big T-shirt that said 'I LOVE KURAMA!' on it and she didn't wear her bra, seeing as she needed to wash her clothes. The shirt stopped below her knee and the sleeves stopped below her elbow.

"He could sleep on the floor for all I care." Kurama said, unaffected by the pout.

Kurama then walked over to them and pushed Tomoe out of the way making him fall off the bed. He then sat on the bed on a knee while the other was still on the floor.

He placed his hand under her chin while she looked at Tomoe in worry. Kurama lifted her chin with his hand and made her look at him.

"If it were a girl then I wouldn't mind."

He was then stabbed by a leaf on the head and it began to bleed.

When they looked at the direction where the leaf came from they saw Tomoe on his bottom on the floor looking at them with his right hand up in the air like he through something.

Kurama had an angry look on his face and hovered over Tomoe.

He then began to release is wings and attacked Tomoe.

Kurama attacked Tomoe with feathers while Tomoe attacked Kurama with his leaves.

Kagome tried and stopped them but they wouldn't stop trying to injure each other.


The next day,

When Kagome woke up she felt something tuft and ticklish under her.

When she opened her eyes she saw black feathers.

When she had a better view she saw Kurama sleeping under her.

As she looked around herself she saw herself still in Kurama's room. The room was a mess, there were leaves and feathers scattered in the room.

Kagome thought it was a dream and yawned. She then began to drift back to sleep, but she felt that the person she was on top of was stirring while hearing a vibrating sound coming from him. She then began to fall onto the bed while Kurama began to sit up.

"Ow" Kagome said when she sat up rubbing her cheek after she hit her cheek on something hard. Kagome looked at what she bumped into and saw Tomoe rubbing his lip as he sat up too.

They both looked at each other and in a few seconds Tomoe's blushed a bit while Kagome looked at him confused.

Kagome thought Tomoe stll had a fever and touched his forehead with her forehead making his face turn more red.

"Tomoe you okay?" Kagome said with worry.

Tomoe nodded after he moved his head away from her.

Kagome starred at him with confusion but ignored it and looked at Kurama, seeing him on the phone with someone.

Kagome then turned around to see Tomoe's face not pink anymore and is giving her a pouting look. The same look Shippo gave her when he wants a candy or something sweet.

"Tomoe?"

"That man is a monster, be more cautious around him." Tomoe said.

Kurama then pinched and pulled on him fox ears. "Whom did you call what?" Kurama said with a smirk at what he is doing to the fox.

He then began to grind the foxes head making Tomoe unconfortable.

"Are you sure you should be up and about, little boy? It seems that your teething fever hasn't gone down yet."

Kagome grabbed Tomoe from Kurama and hugged him with a pout on her face.

"Please be nice to him, he might still have a fever." Kagome said.

Kurama then scratched the back of his head, "Getting covered by a girl like that. You're oh-so-cool. Don't forget that Kagome is staying here for you." he said.

"I know" Tomoe said.

Kagome then put him to sleep.


When Kurama and Kagome went to the kitchen Kagome explained of their situation, after she made breakfast.

"Princess Narukami?" Kurama said in shook. "You two got involved with a troublesome person."

"Troublesome?"

Kurama nodded and said with a blank look. "All Gods who has a Shrine would have two guardian lion dogs as a familiar. Princess Narukami is different, she beats them all the time. There's no one who doesn't know of 'Lion Dog beating Narukami'."

Kagome had a scared look. "B-b-beating?"

Kurama nodded again. "Gods rarely change familiars. But from what I heard, the ones she has right now are her sixteenth ones."

'SIXTEENTH?' Kagome thought with a scared look on her face.

"How do I change him back I don't want Tomoe to get hurt?" Kagome said with a determined look on her face.

When Kurama saw her determined face he stood up and walked to her. He put his hand under her chin to have a better look at her face.

"If she used the lucky mallet to make you two smaller the only way to get back to normal is to use that lucky mallet again. And if she said that she would change the fox back to normal she should still fave that mallet."

"I get it, I just have to get that mallet from her." Kagome then looked at him after she thought.

Kurama almost sweatdropped when he saw her look at him. He then looked at his watch as he looked away.

"Look at the time, I have to leave." He then stood straight up and put on his black jacket that was on the chair he was sitting on.

"Where are you going?" Kagome said curiously.

"To work. I have a rehearsal for a live performance at ten." Kurama said as he fixed him self.

Kagome then had a sad look. "I see."

When Kurama saw her face he looked at her.

"You look like you will be lonely when I leave." He said with a smirk.

"No I won't." Kagome said with a blush.

"You are acting more and more like a kid."

Kagome blushed more. "No I'm not."

Kurama pulled out a ripped piece of paper, a key and some money and gave it to Kagome.

"Here I will a spare key for the house, my cell phone number and some money."

"You don't ha-" Kagome was cut off.

"Call me if anything happens." Kurama said with a smile and then left.

"Thanks" Kagome said to him knowing that he heard her.

Kagome then went upstairs holding the things that Kurama gave her just a second ago. She then went to the room Tomoe was in and when she opened the door she saw Tomoe looking out the window. "Tomoe I'm going to the super market for a bit. Do you want something?"

"I'm going with you." Tomoe said as he looked at her. "I'm feeling better."

Kagome looked at him a bit and then smiled. "Okay, but first I need to take a shower."

Kagome then left to get ready.


At the park,

Kagome told Tomoe about what happened at breakfast while he was a sleep.

Kagome wore her school uniform for it was the only thing that fit on her.

When Kagome finish talking about her and Kurama's conversation she then said with a determined look on her face along with a smile. "So we won't have to worry any longer about this form, I will find a way to get the lucky mallet."

Tomoe then said casually not looking at her. "What about school?"

"This is more important than school, we have to change back to normal." Kagome said and added in her head. 'Besides today is Saturday, there's no school today.'

Before Tomoe could say any thing be felt a bit dizzy and collapsed on to the ground.

"TOMOE!" Kagome yelled when she saw him collapsing.

She went to him and when she checked him temperture by touching his forehead with her own he felt it getting warm.

"YOUR FEVER IS GOING UP!" Kagome yelled worried.

"Tomoe-dono" They heard to two voices.

"Hm?" Both Tomoe and Kagome look around to see where those voices came from.

"We have been looking for you." A voice said as they saw two cute little guardian lion dogs.

'Who's there?' Kagome looked at them with sparkles in her eyes and almost ran to them to hug their cute face but remember that Tomoe is in need of assistance and stayed where she was.

"Who are you two?" Kagome said with a confused look on her face as Tomoe began to move and stand up with the help of Kagome.

"We're the thirty-second gaurdian lion dogs that serve Narukami-sama." They answered at the same time.

"I am Koume." One of them said.

"And I am Kotake." The other said.

'T-t-thirty-second?' Kagome was kind of creeped out and at the same time shocked.

"We have come to take Tomoe-dono with us." They said happily as Kagome tightened her grip on Tomoe. "Narukami is anxious about Tomoe-dono's health, and she is waiting at the Shrine." Koume said then it was Kotake's turn to talk. "She is prepared to make you her familiar."

Tomoe looked at them like they were nuts.

"Come on Tomoe-dono" Koume said then Koume and Kotake said together. "come with us."

Kagome began to tear up as she quickly went infront of Tomoe but still hold on to him so he won't collapse. "That's not going to happen."

The gaurdian lion dogs looked at her in shock.

"Why is she worried about Tomoe is she was the cause of our situation? Moreover how could she have another familiar if she already have you two?"

"Tomoe-dono is a wild fox but he was a capable familiar, was he not?" Koume said.

"If he comes with us and become Narukami-sama's familiar, we can quite being gaurdian lion dog without any worries." Kotake said.

They then said together. "And most of all, this is Narukami-sama order."

"He won't go without me." Kagome said with a shy cute face as a few tears fell down to her chin and fall to the ground. The two gaurdian lion dogs couldn't help but blush at how cute she looked. Kagome fell to the ground and looked at her back to see a leaf and then saw Tomoe walking up to the gaurdian lion dogs slowly. "There's no way you could help me, Kagome. Just by thinking about having to live on while relying on you makes me so irritated." Tomoe said not looking back at her when he stood in front od her fallen form. "The only one who can return me to normal is Narukami. You lion dogs over there." Looking directly at them.

"Yes?"

"Take me to the Shrine."

"Tomoe?" Kagome said with a teary look.

Tomoe looked at Kagome with a smile on his face. "Goodbye, Kagome." Then he disappeared along with the two gaurdian lion dogs.

Kagome stood up after the leaf on her back disappeared and began to walk away as she thought.

'Tomoe, are you really serious about being Narukami's familiar?' Kagome had a determined look on her face. 'Doesn't matter, you're not going to lose me that easily.' Kagome began to run toward the direction where Tomoe would be.


In the Shrine,

"I know why you came back here, Tomoe." Narukami said in a calm voice siting on the ground with her eyes closed as she put a hand on a feverish Tomoe, who is laying on a futon. "As a monster, you can't move on in the human world. But on the other hand, you can't go back to your former world with the monsters who have grudges against you in that body. In the end, you don't have anywhere to go except for this Shrine." As she talk Tomoe remembered a time when Mikage asked him to become his familiar and making the Shrine his home. "I will make a place for you to stay. Come on, become my familiar." Narukami said to Tomoe.

Narukami turned around and began to babble about stuff. While she was distracted, Tomoe crawled away and hide some where away from her. When Narukami turned around she saw Tomoe gone.

"TOMOE! WHERE DID YOU GO?" Narukami yelled, then rain began to form above the run down shrine.


With Kagome,

After 10 minutes of running through a rain storm, she was in front of the run down looking Shrine and she could hear Narukami yelling. Kagome ignored the fact that her white shirt is now see through and that people could see her white bra.

"KAGOME-SAMA!" Onikiri and Kotetsu yelled as they ran outside to Kagome.

"YOU HAVE TO HURRY INSIDE!" Kotetsu yelled.

"NARUKAMI-SAMA IS REALLY DISPLEASED AT TOMOE-DONO'S DISAPPEARANCE! IF THIS CONTINUES SHE MIGHT DESTROY THE SHRINE!" Onikiri yelled soon after.

Kagome instantly ran inside the Shrine and could hear Narukami's voice more clearly.

"...NO NEED FOR THIS PLACE! I WILL DESTROY THIS PLACE INTO CINDERS!" Narukami yelled as Kagome heard a loud thunder sound.

"WAIT!" Kagome ran in side the room she was in. "WHAT KIND OF GOD WOULD DESTROY HER OWN SHRINE?" Tears began to appear again at the corner of her eyes but lucky for her she was wet head to toes so people didn't notice.

"W-w-why are you here?" Narukami questioned as she turned around to see a soakin' wet 6 year old girl.

"Where's Tomoe?" Kagome asked in a determined voice.

"He's some where in the Shrine, but I don't know where he is yet. However, if this Shrine turns into cinders he would appear." Narukami said.

"If it was me, I could find him without destroying this place." Kagome said in a determined tone.

"H-how cheeky." Narukami said in a displeased tone. "Are you saying that you, a mere human, can find something that I can not find?"

"Yes"

"THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN DO IT!"

"Then, if I find him, will you promise to turn both of us back to our original form?"

"Fine"

Kagome began to walk away into the hallways to look for Tomoe.


"Tomoe, come out it's me, Kagome."

Kagome was walking around the Shrine for 5 minutes and went to every room but couldn't find him. Kagome began to walk into the last room she didn't look in and saw a table with a bunch of stuff on it.

Kagome looked through them and touched something warm and smooth in it. Kagome was curious of what she touched and looked at it.

It was a small pocket mirror. 'This was the pocket mirror that Tomoe told me not to touch. Is it because he hides in here?'

Kagome looked at it and felt that warmth.

'He has to be in there.'

Kagome placed a hand on the mirror and put a bit of magic in to it to see if she could get to Tomoe.

When Kagome felt Tomoe's aura in there she closed here eyes and went even further inside the mirror.

She was in a white place and saw something up a head.

She ran to it and it was Tomoe laying on the floor.

"Tomoe, what are you doing in a mirror?"

She patted his head as he raised up and looked at her.

"If you were not intending to be Narukami's familiar, you could have told me?"

She extended a hand in front of her, Tomoe hesitated but after a few seconds he did the same thing.

When their hands touched the next thing they knew they were back in the room where Kagome found the mirror.

Tomoe stood up and they both walked to the main hall.

When they were in the main hall they saw the two gaurdian lion dogs with a happy look on their faces.

Kotake had the Land God's mark on his left hand palm, while Koume holding a red pillow that holds the lucky mallent with a sticky note on it; it said:

'Return this to the God of Health after using it.'

"Narukami-sama said that she don't need servents that aren't loyal to her and that she doesn't need this run down Shrine, either." Kotake said to them.

"We've brought you the lucky mallet and the Land God's mark from Narukami-sama." Koume said.

Kagome and Tomoe looked at them weirdly.

Kotake walked up to Kagome and used a hand to hold her chin. He raised his head and kissed her on the forehead.

"We'll return the mark to you." Kotake took a couple steps back. "Now, the Land God's mark belongs to you, Kagome-sama."

When Tomoe saw wheat happened he had a displeased look on his face.

Koume then stepped up to Kagome. "Now, about this problem. Please swing this mallet. Turn toward Tomoe-dono and say: 'Get bigger.' That's your job, Kagome-sama."

Kagome did as instructed.

POOF!

When the air cleared there stood Tomoe back to normal with really long hair that seems to stop around his knees.

Kagome just look at him with a confused look on her face. "Why is your hair long?" She said as Tomoe examined himself.

"What is it?" Tomoe said to Kotake and Koume as they looked at him with a blush on their face. Koume and Kotake just shook their head in response.

Kagome turned to them and saw their faces.

'What's wrong with them?'

Kagome then realized something and then walked to Tomoe wth the mallet.

"Could you help me?"

Tomoe understood and took the mallet. As he swung the mallet on her head he said."Gett bigger."

POOF!

When the air cleared again there stood Kagome also back to normal in wet clothes thanks to the rain with an emotionless look on her face.

As Kagome examined herself she noticed something.

"Hey, Tomoe?"

"Hm?"

"Why is it that my hair didn't grow long like your's did?'

"... I don't know."

Kagome was suspicious but left it alone.

She then saw Tomoe and the two gaurdian lion dogs blushing as they looked at her form.

"Tomoe?"

He didn't answered.

Kagome followed their vision that led to her chest.

She then blushed aso when she realised that she was soaking wet and her white shirt was now see through to reveal her bra that held her C-cup chest.

Kagome quickly covered herself and closed her eyes from embarrassment.

She then felt something cover her.

She opened her eyes to see Tomoe gone. She looked behind her and saw Tomoe behind her looking away with a blush on his face. She looked what was covering her and saw Tomoe's outer haori.

She looked back at him again and had a smile on her face.

"Thanks Tomoe"

Tomoe looked at her and nodded, kind of getting used to seeing her smiles.

While Kagome was distracted she felt something on her lifts. When she had a good look of who or what it was when they pulled away she saw Tomoe's face.

"That's to reseal the familiar contract."

When Kagome connected the dots of what was upon her lips a few seconds ago, she blushed.