Listen to me! Here's chapter three! Thanks to Dark Void Princess 21 k15jensen and anonymous for reviewing! I really love you guys! To anonymous: it might seem like a YukixKagomexKyo pairing in ch. 6 but other than that spoiler, I'm not going to say what the end pairing will be. You might be able to tell though from the two main characters that I put under the summary. Unless I'm just trying to distract you. You may never know! Unless you read to the end. =) PLEASE REVIEW
Disclaimer: I dont own Furuba or InuYasha.
Warning: They do meet Furuba characters in this chapter! Woohoo!
Kagome jumped and instinctively grasped the wrist of the person who had grabbed her and twisted it behind its owner's back. To Kagome's surprise, her opponent slid with the attack and flipped Kagome over her back to land painfully on the concrete. Kagome huffed at that less than gentle landing and quickly rolled out of the way of her assailant's kick that landed right where her midriff had been. With a short growl Kagome leaped to her feet and sank into a relaxed, defensive stance so that she would be able to attack or defend should she have to.
"Jeez!" a deep but feminine voice exclaimed in mock hurt. "Here I am trying to save a new girl from walking out in front of oncoming traffic and I nearly get my arm snapped off!"
"I'm sorry," Kagome mumbled as she relaxed once she was sure the other girl wasn't going to attack her. "You just surprised me. But you seem to be able to defend yourself just fine."
"Well," the girl pretended to think. "Judging by your uniform, you're new at Kaibara High. That's where I go to school too. And, for the most part, Kaibara lets in decent students so you should be okay." Suddenly the blonde girl smiled and held out her hand. "I'm Uotani Arisa. And this," she waved her hand to the girl walking leisurely up behind her, "Is Hanajima Saki." Hanajima had long black hair plaited down her back and pale skin. Her eyes were dark, but to Kagome she was very pretty. Uotani had a very tom-boyish quality about her from her long, modest skirt to her blond hair that partially covered her eyes.
"Nice to meet you Uotani-san and Hanajima-san. My name is Higurashi Kagome." Kagome replied as she shook Uotani's hand.
"Likewise, 'Gome-chan." Uotani replied. "And you can just call me Uo. Most people do."
Kagome smiled. Uo seemed to be a very nice, if a bit brash, person. "Thank you Uo-chan. That's very nice of you."
"You have very soothing electrical signals Kagome-chan. You may call me Hana."
Kagome glanced strangely at Hana before focusing her power to find that her aura was slightly demonic. It reminded Kagome somewhat of the Thunder Brothers aura. That could be where Hana had gotten the ability to detect intent through electrical signals. Kagome then smiled and decided that if Hana was able to say that Kagome had nice electrical signals without the fear of sounding like a freak, Kagome could reveal that she too could detect what a person was like. "Thank you Hana-chan. You both have very clear and bright auras."
Uo's eyes widened and Hana smiled serenely. Kagome could tell that these girls would prove to be faithful and loyal friends. She cast a careless glance at her silver and black watch before a shocked and panicked look plastered itself across her features.
"Come on!" She cried, momentarily forgetting that she was supposed to be composed and still mourning, not carefree enough to show her emotions to two practical strangers. "I have to get to school fast!" Uo and Hana calmly watched their new friend speed to the school at a pace no normal person could match on an early Monday morning.
"We'll catch up with her I guess," Hana sighed. Uo grunted in agreement and they continued their walk to school at a measured pace.
Kagome slid around the corner as she hastily read the signs that were leading her to the front office. She finally made it to the right door and put her hands on her knees to catch her breath. She quickly regained her composure before coolly stalking into the office and waiting patiently with a bored expression on her face for the lady at the desk to finish whatever she was doing. The lady glanced up at Kagome with a bored expression and asked with a distinctly western accent, "Yes? Can I help you with something?" Her voice was as cold as her green eyes which were framed by thick wire rimmed glasses. A beaded chain wrapped around her neck from each arm of her glasses.
Kagome was taken slightly aback by the lady's rudeness, but nonetheless, she replied, "I need my paperwork. I'm a new student."
"Name?"
"Higurashi Kagome." Kagome stood awkwardly at the desk while the lady typed on her keyboard and smacked her gum loudly. Several tense minutes later a printer whirred to life and spat out several sheets of paper that the blonde desk lady threw at Kagome before going back to her computer to play solitaire. Kagome took the papers and quickly strode out of the room.
The second she stepped out of the room she saw Uo and Hana leaning against the wall across the hall. "You guys could've come in you know," Kagome accused them playfully.
"Are you kidding?" Uo exclaimed. "There's no way we would be caught dead in the same room as that woman if we could help it!" Kagome chuckled as Uo continued, "But anyway, let us see the papers. You might be in the same class as us."
Kagome placed her folded papers into her friend's hand and waited as she flipped through them with Hana peering over her shoulder. "Yes!" Uo exclaimed while Hana smiled happily. "You are in the same class as us! It says here," Uo flipped through the stack until she found the right paper, "That there were two spots left open at the beginning of the year. The first transfer was Sohma Kyo and you Kagome, will be taking up the final spot."
"Great!" Kagome agreed. "Would you guys mind showing me where the classroom is and maybe introducing me to some other people. I mean, it's not like I don't like you two! That's not it at all! You guys are amazing and kind, but I'm sure you have other friends too and I would like to meet them as well!"
Uo laughed loudly while Hana pulled Kagome into a one armed hug. Uo wrapped her arm around Kagome's other shoulder and said, "You know what? I think you and Tohru-kun could be great friends! And we'll introduce you to the Sohma's as well. They're not too bad. After all, Tohru-kun lives with them and they're very kind to her."
Kagome smiled as her new friends led her down the twisting halls to their classroom. This year was going to be tough, but Kagome was sure that she would be able to handle it as long as she had her friends with her.