A/N OK! The first chapter was short and I'll admit that but it was just the prologue and I didn't want to bore my readers. I'll try to make this chapter longer.

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha. I DO own Kaira though so please don't steal her.

Chapter One: School assignment.

Kaira yawned as she made her way towards school. Her best friend crept up behind her in hopes to finally scare the tired girl. "Not gonna happen today Yumi." Kaira said in a bored tone.

Yumi, a blonde girl about 5'3" with blue eyes, sighed and caught up to her friend. "How do you always know when someone's behind you? Or to the side of you, or even in front of you and hiding out of sight?" Yumi asked.

Kaira giggled. "I'm not really sure. I just sorta sense that someone is there."

Yumi shook her head. "I don't understand you sometimes."

"I know. And I like it that way." Kaira smiled and yawned again.

"What's wrong sleepyhead? Did you have that dream again?"

"Yeah. It's so strange that I would be dreaming about people that I have never even met before."

Yumi nodded as if she understood completely.

Kaira got a mischievous grin. "Race ya!" She yelled as she bolted towards the school.

"NO FAIR GETTING A HEAD START!" Yumi yelled.

"YOU SNOOZE YOU LOSE!" Kaira yelled back slowing down only a little.

Yumi ran as fast as she could but the raven haired girl was always able to stay ahead. When they finally reached the school, Yumi was panting heavily while Kaira had hardly broken a sweat.

"Since when did you get so fit?"

"I don't know. It just sorta happened. It also started at around the same time the dreams did." Kaira stared off into space thinking about the odd coincidence of it all.

"Kaira? Hello? Earth to Kaira. Come in Kaira." Snapping fingers brought the reverie to an end. Kaira looked to find a concerned Yumi looking up at her. "Are you feeling okay Kaira?"

"I'm fine. I was just thinking. That's all. Let's get to class." Kaira said with a grin.

000

Unknown to either of the girls, a figure in red, with silver hair sat on top of one of the buildings opposite the school. The only movement that he made was the twitching of his ears.

"Kaira, is that really you?"

000

Kaira was utterly bored as the class went over feudal history.

"Your homework for the next month is to find a legend set in the feudal era. Then you are going to write a report on what you found."

The class uttered a collective groan.

"Boring." Someone said.

Kaira went back to doodling on her notebook. She was in her own little world and didn't notice that she had been drawing the people from her dreams until she looked at what she was drawing.

'Kami this is getting annoying. I need to get these people out of my mind.' She crumpled up the paper as the bell rang, and threw it into the garbage can on her way out.

"Something wrong Kaira?" Kaira rolled her eyes and turned around with a smile on her face.

"Of course not Seiji. I just didn't get enough sleep last night. That's all."

Seiji looked uncertain. "You know you can always come to me if you are having problems."

"Thanks, but that's really not-

"Of course she'll come to you Seiji! I'll personally make sure of that." Yumi came bounding through the crowd.

Kaira suppressed the urge to growl. Instead, her smile became more pained. "Yumi . . ." she said through clenched teeth as her friend came to stand next to her. "Can I talk to you for a moment? In PRIVATE?"

Yumi realized that she had made a mistake and waved goodbye to Seiji as she allowed Kaira to lead her away.

Dropping the act Kaira confronted her friend. "How many times do I have to tell you to STOP trying to get me and Seiji together. I don't feel anything for him. I told you that! How many more times do I have to tell you?"

Yumi seemed to ponder this question before answering, "About one hundred million more times?"

"Yumi!" Kaira growled.

"What?" she asked innocently. "Can't you see he's got the hots for you? And he's such a catch too! You can't do much better than the most popular boy in school."

"I still have no idea how he got that position." Kaira murmered.

"What's that?" Yumi asked.

"I was just thinking of a way to punish you for doing something that you know upsets me . . . and I found it." Kaira said with an evil grin.

"Kaira . . . don't look at me like that . . . you know it- AHHH!" Yumi started letting out peals of high pitched laughter as Kaira tickled her.

000

After school, Kaira and Yumi headed to the library. "Remember, my parents want me to be home before 4 so I don't have much time," Yuri told her friend.

Kaira nodded as they walked into the building. Yumi immediately rushed to the historical fiction section and pulled out the first thing from the feudal era that she saw.

"I got a book!" she yelled in a triumphant whisper.

"That's good." Kaira was leisurely browsing the shelves. "I'll see you tomorrow then?"

"Of course." Yumi said as she headed for the check out with her book pressed against her chest. "Later Kaira!"

Kaira waved goodbye while continuing to search for a good book to do her report on. She then came upon one titled, "The Miko and the Hanyou; the Legend of the Shikon no Tama"

"Shikon no Tama" Kaira whispered. It had a strange but familiar ring to it. So she checked out the book and headed home.

End Chapter 1