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*Kagome*

I lay in the dark for a couple minutes before I hear Koga go to sleep. I roll over to my stomach and lay my head, facing to the right, on my arms. I close my eyes and try to sleep. After what feels like 30 minutes I roll over and sit up, knowing that I would not be able to go to sleep. I look between my laptop and the doors that lead to the balcony.

My legs move me before I even knew what my mind wanted and I was walking towards the door. Right before I opened I listened to Koga making sure he was asleep before quickly opening the balcony doors and walking outside. I quietly close the doors and turn towards the side of the railing.

Stepping up onto it I grab the side of the house for balance before stepping up even higher. I climb onto the roof and crawl over to the flat part on top. When I reach the flat area I see Sota and smile.

I sit next to him and pull my knees up to my chest. I hug them to keep them there. "Can't sleep?" Sota asks looking at me. "Yea, most night I have a hard time falling asleep so I come up here" I explain. I look over to InuYasha's house and see that one of the rooms lights are on in the house. I figure it is one of the bedrooms.

"Hey, question, why were you able to talk around InuYasha and Izayoi when you can't even speak to people unless you have known then for a while?" Sota asks. I think about it for a while.

"I don't know. There is something different about him. It might be that he is part demon and not just human, "I take a breath before realizing, "It took a shorter time than usual for me to speak to Koga. That may have been three months but it was shorter then with most people." I finish talking and just sit there silently waiting for what Sota was going to say.

Sota nods his head and says confused, "Wait, InuYasha is part demon?" I look at him and sigh. "Yes, he is part dog demon. Did you not see the puppy ears on the top of his head?" Sota shakes his head," I guess I didn't pay attention to that" he mumbles.

We sit there in silence. After a couple minutes Sota gets up and stretches," I'm going to bed now, good night." He starts walking towards the opposite end of the house. "See you in the morning," I say as I watch him climb down to his window.

I continue sitting there thinking. My eyes close as I listen to the sounds of the night, it was really peaceful. I lean onto my back and open my eyes to look at the stars. All of a sudden I hear and noise right next to me and I see InuYasha's head appear above me. I quickly swallowed the scream that was about to explode from my mouth.

"Don't scare me like that," I say as I sit up," What are you doing over here anyways?" I ask him. I watch as he sits down. "I saw you up here and I was feeling lonely so I came over here to talk to you." He explained. He looks up at the stars and then down at me. "Do you want to talk? If you don't then it is perfectly fine."

I look at him for a moment before looking at the sky. "I want to talk." I say in a small voice.

"Why was it such a surprise that you were talking around me and mom?" he asks. I see him glance over at me and I take a deep breath.

"I don't usually talk around new people because I'm really shy and people make me nervous. For some reason around demons and half demons I am more able to feel comfortable around them. I don't know why. It may be that I am a miko but I think it goes deeper than that." I say. When I said that I was a miko I saw InuYasha tense up but he quickly relaxed after a moment.

"Is that why you are home schooled?" I hear him ask. I nodded before saying, "People would pick on me for being so quiet so after a while my mom put me in home schooling."

"Why don't you think about maybe coming to my new school? Apparently it is for all of us, humans, mikos, munks, demons, and half demons. " InuYasha says.

"I will think about it. I don't know if my mom would let me now though," I say. My mouth involuntarily yawns and I realize that I am more tired than I thought I was. "I'm going to go to bed now. Good night," I say as I get up and start moving towards where my window is. "Night," I hear InuYasha say right before I hear him leap off the roof back to his house. I get into bed and lay down. After a moment I close my eyes and fall asleep with the thought of going to school with InuYasha in my head.

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