Disclaimer: Bishonen'sFoxyMiko and I do not own Loveless or InuYasha…even though I am sure that we both wish with all our beings that we did. The sad thing is InuYasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, and Loveless to Yun Kouga.

A/N: Ha! I am now co-authoring this story with Bishi-chan! It seems that we have been pairing up a lot neh? I love Loveless and I was wondering when she was going to update this! I have come up with a new pairing, and Bishi-chan has agreed on it. (Victory Dance) Anyway, I hope that I am able to live up to your expectations!

Chapter Three

The next morning came swiftly upon Kagome, as she got breakfast ready for everyone in the house. Last night she had woken up in the middle of the night to see Misaki was in the room, and moving towards Ritsuka. She was forced to physically remove the psycho from the room before locking the door behind her. Flipping the pancakes once more, she turned around to see Ritsuka ambling down the stairs ready for the day. "Good Morning Ritsuka!"

The boy smiled at her before sitting down at his designated spot. He had heard his mother come into his room last night, he was glad that Kagome was there. Ritsuka didn't have a clue what she would have done otherwise. Closing his eyes he thanked the Kamis that Kagome was here with him, if she wasn't he didn't want to imagine how life here would have been for him with no one to run to. Another sound of footsteps was coming down, and the two occupants of the kitchen looked up.

Mr. Aoyagi greeted them both, and sat at the table. He watched as Kagome filled the plates with food. Apparently she was making a Western style breakfast this morning. "Ah Mr. Aoyagi, here is your lunch." Sitting it next to him, Kagome sat down across from Ritsuka with a smile.

"Today I will meet you outside of school Ritsuka…Katsuko-sensei has scheduled an appointment today."

Nodding the boy went back to savoring the sweet potato flavored pancakes. (These are real and they are delicious!) "So Kagome-chan, how has your artwork been coming along?" Looking over at the patriarch of the house, Kagome smiled. "Oh it's been coming along fine… Sensei is very impressed with most of them." The man nodded before looking at the time, and stood up to leave.

Finishing with their breakfast, they got their bags and stepped walked out of the house. Walking down the street Kagome walked hand in hand with Ritsuka to his school. "So will I be able to meet this 'girl with pigtails'?" Ritsuka shrugged and looked over to the side with a bored expression. "She might start pestering me again so you may get the chance…and because of her trying to be friendly with me, her friends will exclude her from their group."

Cringing Kagome laughed softly, "Elementary kids are so harsh…I remember my time in elementary…I knew some girls like that." Looking at her curiously, Ritsuka cocked his head to the side. "Didn't you meet Seimei in elementary?" Nodding Kagome smiled. "Yep, he was my first real friend!"

Ritsuka listened in awe of the story of how Kagome had met his older brother. He was surprised to find that at first Kagome had hated his guts, but gradually came to become best friends with him. 'And then falling in love with him…' He watched as sadness crept into her eyes at the thought of Seimei. The young woman was the only one who felt the exact same pain he felt at the loss of Seimei.

Stopping in front of his school, he noticed that a lot of the other kids were staring at them. Kagome bent over and placed a kiss on his forehead. "Now Ritsuka I promise to meet you right here, and I mean it!" Smiling Ritsuka then waved her goodbye before walking into the school. Watching him until he disappeared in the building, she looked to her right and saw Kio coming around the corner.

"So we have been challenged again?"

The fighter unit of Purity nodded, "Some little upstarts thinking to gain a little fame once again." Scoffing Kagome released her ponytail making the locks tumble down her back. "Let's go and get this over with…we have to be in class in an hour." Grinning Kio led Kagome towards their new opponents. A frown made its way onto his face as he thought about the increase of challenges they had been having.

'Something is not right about this.'

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All the teachers in the teacher's lounge observed Ritsuka being dropped off by a beautiful young woman. From his records they concluded that she was the young woman living with the sixth grader's family. Higurashi Kagome. Hitomi was surprised at the loving smile that Ritsuka gave her before walking into the building. Anyone was think that she was his mother the way she tenderly kissed his forehead.

"I heard that she is a close family friend, and after that incident she moved in with his family."

Glancing over at the other teachers, she noticed that they were gossiping once again about her student. The cat-eared teacher had read Ritsuka's background information, and it was disturbing to say the least. Yet once she looked at him, she couldn't see any kind of behavior that his background would usually result in someone else. Was the reason that young woman? Deciding that she should make her way to her classroom, she made a mental note to perhaps one day talk with her.

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Sighing Kagome looked at the slight tear in the sleeve of her shirt. Their opponents were reckless morons, how they ever let out of the school with these skills was a mystery. The quality of pairs seemed to be depleting quickly nowadays? Hearing snickering from her side, she glared at Kio who then stopped and stifled his laughter. Really she didn't think that the situation was funny.

Arriving at their classroom the sacrifice of Purity went over to her usual workstation. Today she was going to paint something from a dream she had once. She dreamed of a place where there was only her, Seimei, and Ritsuka. She had told Seimei about it once, and he had wanted her to paint it. Of course she agreed to paint it, but the next day…he was gone.

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Grabbing a pencil she did a rough sketch, before she then finalized what she wanted. Once she was done, she erased all the pencil strokes left from the sketch and stepped back to look at it. "Okay everyone; you can have a 30 minute break." A lot of people in the classroom sighed in relief, and then broke off into their little groups. Kagome just stood walked out of the room, and down towards one of the courtyards to think.

Once she came by one of the rose bushes, she turned around and glared.

"You can come out now, I know that you have been following me."

Soft chuckling reached her ears, and Kagome vaguely remembered it as the voice of one of her classmates. "I am sorry for disturbing your break, but you left this yesterday." When her 'stalker' came into her view, she realized that it was her classmate Agatsuma Soubi. The tall blonde walked up to her, and handed her a picture. Looking at the picture with wide eyes she realized she did leave it the classroom the previous day.

"Thank you, I don't know what I would have done if I lost this."

Blue eyes stared at the picture with fondness before something finally hit her. Looking from Seimei's face, she looked at Soubi in shock.

"You were Seimei's fighter unit!"

End of Chapter 3

Ha! Kagome realized where she recognized Soubi from. I wonder how this is going to play out. Well I wish you all a happy holidays, and well flamers I hope you get a life for Christmas. XD Okay it is Bish-chan's turn now, and I can't wait to see where she will take this.

Ja Ne