punkish furball—SORRY! I haven't had time for updates since I'm taking the GEE and I have so many tests, projects, essays, research papers, and club stuff to do in between. I also have had the worst case of writer's block! I swear, once I started typing this chapter and it was three pages before I realized that Tohru was talking about how cells make and use ATP. (insert sigh) Well, enough of my venting…for now.

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Pairings, pairings, everybody wants to know the pairing. Hmm…I don't think I'm ready to tell you that. Mainly because…I don't know myself.

Chapter 1

Kagome walked on the side of Motoko as she led the way to the vegetable store her mother owned.

"So how have things been?" Kagome asked.

"Nothing new has happened really," Motoko said, "School is the same as always, the store is going well, and like I said nothing new. How about you? Why'd you decided to come live with us?"

Kagome shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know. It was our moms' idea and I guess I just go sucked in."

"You and me both," Motoko said and there was a small smile on her face, but it quickly turned into a strange open mouthed grimace and her eyes dilated. Kagome noticed it immediately.

"Is there a problem?" Kagome asked. She faintly heard Motoko's name being called by a few shrill voices. She turned and saw that it was three girls about her age.

"So, what are they? Friends of yours?" Kagome asked. Motoko jumped in surprised and waved her arms around wildly.

"No, I mean, yeah, I mean, sorta, but not really, oh…" Motoko spoke rapidly with her words bunched together.

'How could I forget about the club today of all days?! And I'm club president!' Motoko thought, 'Kagome can't possibly meet them! She'll probably fall out in the streets from laughing so hard.'

"Ya know," Kagome said while rocking on the balls of her feet, "I could go to the store on my own and you can do whatever you need to with those three."

"That would be a big help," Motoko said more to herself than Kagome, "Are you sure you can make it all the way on your own?"

"Donmai," Kagome said, "I'm pretty sure I remember the way. You go hang out with your friends."

"If you say so," Motoko said and went over to the group of girls. Kagome sighed and began to walk in the direction she and Motoko were already going in.

'Yeah, right,' she thought, 'Like I really remember. Oh well, It's a vegetable store. It shouldn't be too hard to find without me getting totally lost. I really wish InuYasha were here. He's always had a good nose especially in this era when food was involved.'

-O0o0O-

Motoko sighed once Kagome was far enough away. It would do her no good to find out about that this.

"President Motoko!" one of the trio, the one with pigtails, Minami Knoshimi, shouted to get Motoko's attention.

"Vice president," Motoko said in a calm voice, "What is it?"

"We got some information that can't wait until the next meeting," she said.

"This is totally going to help us beat that witch, Honda," the brunette, Mio Yamagishi, said.

"You'll never believe what we found out," the remaining girl, Mai Gotou, said.

"Well?" Motoko said while gesturing them to go on.

"We saw Prince Yuki walking with Honda," Mio spat out with anger, "It was a few hours ago."

"We tried to call you but you weren't home," Mai said.

"What was he doing with her?" Motoko asked bitterly.

"I think Honda works there," Minami said, "Prince Yuki also said that he would be back to walk her home."

"We'll just have to wait until Yuki gets there and follow them," Motoko said, "She should be getting off soon if you saw this a few hours ago. If we're sneaky enough we could get an idea where Honda lives and be able to confront her without any interference with that psychic or that Yankee."

"Great! We know exactly where the building is," Minami said and the group made their way to the office building.

-O0o0O-

Kagome stopped walking and looked around at the street signs and buildings surrounding her.

'Yep, it's all very clear to me now,' she thought, 'I'm lost.' Kagome sighed and looked around. It has already been about thirty minutes and it was already dark.

'What to do?' she thought and closed her eyes in thought while continuing to walk. She felt herself collide with a body and yelped as she fell to the ground. Kagome groaned and opened her eyes to see a purple eyed youth looking down at her. Shock and disbelief were evident in her his eyes.

"Pardon me," he finally spoke, "but are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Kagome said and she stood up and dusted the dirt off her jeans. She turned her direction to the boy. He was really cute. A little feminine maybe but cute nonetheless. He was watching her with his purple orbs a little pensively for whatever reason.

"Excuse me," Kagome said, "but would you happen to know where a vegetable store owned by the Minagawa family would be? Kinda close to Kaiwaia High School?"

"I don't I'm afraid," he said, "Any specific reason you need to go there?"

"I'll be live there with my aunt and cousin but I'm kinda lost at the moment," Kagome said sheepishly and rubbed the back of her neck, "I'm Higurashi Kagome by the way."

The boy smiled slightly.

"I'm Sohma Yuki," he said. Kagome held out her hand and Yuki shook it. As soon as they released hands, a girl emerged from out of the building.

"Oh, Yuki," the girl said walking up to Yuki but not noticing Kagome, "I hope I haven't kept you waiting for too long."

"Not at all Miss Honda," Yuki said, "I just got here myself."

Noticing the Yuki was occupied with "Miss Honda", Kagome tried to leave the scene without being noticed but she was not sneaky enough.

"Oh hello," "Miss Honda" said, "I'm sorry I didn't notice you. Were you taking to Yuki about something important?"

"Not really," Kagome said and she turned to Yuki, "Thanks for your help. I think I can find the way on my own."

"You shouldn't go out on your own at this time of night," "Miss Honda" said, "Please come home with us. That way you could call your home from there."

"Miss Honda, I'm not too sure about," Yuki said and Kagome agreed. She didn't know why, but for some reason she felt a large collective aura of rage surrounding them and it made her uncomfortable.

"I think I should just go," Kagome said, "I mean, I don't really know you or anything."

"I'm Honda Tohru," Tohru said and her green eyes liquefied before Kagome's own, "Please come with us. I couldn't bear it if something happened to you that could have been prevented. And like my mother always said, 'You should help someone if you are able to because you will never know when you'll need them.'"

"I guess," Kagome said, having the same creed herself, "I'm Higurashi Kagome."

Tohru bowed, "Pleased to meet you. Now let's go home before it gets too dark."

"So," Kagome said once the three of them started walking, "I'm going to start at Kaiwaia High since I moved here. You two go there?"

"Yep," Tohru said, "We'll be in our second year when the new school year starts. How about you?"

"My first year," Kagome answered.

"Really?" Tohru said sounding surprised, "You look like your old enough to be in our class like Hatsuharu. Doesn't she Yuki?"

Having been silent for most of the trip, Yuki lifted his head and looked at Kagome for the first time. At first, he had been scanning her for some kind of oddity or mutation on her person that made her able to keep him from transforming. He even looked for an Adam's apple, just in case "she" wasn't what she seemed. Having found none of the above, Yuki didn't pay much attention to Kagome. Looking at her now, he noticed that a green polo shirt fit her curvy form and blue jeans accent her hips and flared over her sneakers. Her skin had a bit of a healthy touch of color to it. Her black hair was pulled into a pony tail behind her head, a few strands framing her face. From what Yuki could tell with Kagome looking ahead, her eyes were a bright electric blue and her full pink lips were pulled into what could have been a smile.

"I think you're pretty," Yuki thought out loud not really thinking he said it. As soon as he realized it, he blushed.

"Yes, you're very pretty, Kagome-chan," Tohru said not noticing that Yuki slipped up.

"If you say so," Kagome said quickly wanting to change the subject, "So how is the school? And who's Hatsuharu?"

"The teacher's are very nice and the other students are too," Tohru said, "And Hatsuharu is one of Yuki's relatives. I'll introduce you to him and my other friends, Uo and Hana. You'll get to meet some of Yuki's relatives tonight."

"Hmm…" Kagome said. She noticed that they were now into a wooded area and that Yuki was lagging behind a bit after his comment.

"You okay back there?" Kagome asked, "You're pretty quiet."

"Oh, I'm fine, Miss Higurashi," Yuki said still a little embarrassed.

"That's good to here," Kagome said, "And the name's Kagome. Got that, senpai?"

Yuki smiled slightly at the playful tone of her voice, "In that case, the name's Yuki, Kagome-chan."

"If you say so, Yuki-kun," Kagome said. A few minutes passed and a wooden house was visible beyond the trees.

"That it?" Kagome asked.

Tohru nodded, "We should hurry up. I'm sure Shigure is waiting for us."

'Shigure?' Kagome thought, 'For some reason that name sounds familiar.'

Tohru walked up to the front door and opened it.

"We're home," she shouted while taking off her shoes. Yuki and Kagome walked in and took off their shoes as wall. Kagome was a bit hesitant. She had gotten a weird feeling since she had been in Yuki's presence and now that she had entered this house, she felt something dark and malevolent around her.

"It's alright," Yuki said causing Kagome to jump. Was he that close to her the whole time?

"You seem a little scared," he said, "We're not going to hurt you or anything."

"I'm fine," Kagome said, "I'm just worried about my cousin is all."

"I'm that she will be fine," Yuki said and took Kagome's hand in his, "I'll show you to the phone so you can make your call."

-O0o0O-

Motoko stood on the sidewalk with nothing short of sheer terror on her face. She couldn't believe it.

"Who was that?!" Minami shouted.

"She was all over Prince Yuki!" Mio shouted.

"Who does she think she is?" Mai said, "I'm not sure, but I think that she is a much bigger threat than Honda."

"President Motoko, you haven't said anything," Minami said, "What do you think?"

"Oh, I don't know," Motoko said with her voice slightly uneven, "She couldn't be that bad of a threat. Probably just some weirdo that bumped into him. We won't be seeing her again anytime soon."

"Are you sure?" Mio said, "I think she said she was going to Kaiwaia High when they started walking."

"Higurashi Kagome," Minami repeated, "That's her name. I think that if we get into the student records we can find out her class."

"We can definitely get it out of Takai," Mio said.

Motoko shook her arms wildly, "Oh, that won't be necessary. I mean I could get that information on my own. I'd rather not get the class president in official fan club business if we can do it on our own."

"If you say so," Minami said, "You sure you can get the info on your own?"

"Perfectly," Motoko said with a confident look on her face, "I'll know before the first day of school let's out."

"That's why you're president," Mai said, "I guess we're finished for today, huh?"

"You could say that," Motoko said, "I should really get home now."

"You in a hurry?" Mio asked.

"I guess you could say I'm waiting on a phone call," Motoko said nervously.

"Okay," Minami said, "I'll head home too. See you guys when class starts."

"All right bye," Mio said and the three club members walked off leaving Motoko on the sidewalk. Once they were well out of her range, Motoko turned tail and ran towards her house with great speed.

'I can't believe it!' Motoko thought frantically, 'I can't believe that Kagome was with my Yuki! And he was smiling! He never smiled so cutely before. She can't…she can't take him from me!'

-O0o0O-

"Yes, Auntie," Kagome said as she held the phone, "Oh no, it's not her fault. Don't ground her… I'm not sure I'll have to ask and call back…Yes ma'am…I love you too…Bye!" Kagome hung up the phone and sighed.

"What is it?" Yuki asked.

"Well," Kagome began sheepishly, "I wonder that if it isn't too much…the store is a long way from here and…even though we just meet and all…I know that this is a weird thing to ask…but my aunt wants to know if I could maybe stay the night. It's okay if you say no…"

"Of course you can say," Yuki interjected but Kagome continued going.

"It's not that long of a walk, really it's not. I'm sure my aunt will understand…and what a minute...what did you say?"

"I said for course you could stay," Yuki said, "We would love to have you stay with us. And besides, you shouldn't go out on your own at this time of night."

"I guess," Kagome said.

"Great," Yuki said, "Tohru just set the table for dinner. Let's go in." Kagome followed Yuki into what she guessed was a dining room when a boy with bright orange hair and maroon colored eyes.

"Today's the day, ya damn rat," he shouted holding up his fist out at Yuki, "You're going down."

'Okay, what's going on?' Kagome thought while cocking her head to the side slightly in confusion.

"Just try to last more than three seconds," Yuki said cockily before slipping into a fighting stance himself.

'I think it would have been better if I walked home,' Kagome thought. The orange top began to charge at Yuki.

'Oh Kami, what have I gotten into?!'

-O0o0O-

punkish furball—Poor Kagome stuck in the middle of Yuki and orange top. What will happen? Hmm…I don't yet…or do I? Dun, dun, da…L83R, DUDE!!

(edited 9/3/07)