It was finally Friday, and Kagome was making her way to the field to watch the practice... skirmish, thing. Only this time, they would learn if they would make the cut and get to play, or sit on the bench for the year. She bid farewell to a classmate as the went their separate ways, only for her self waving hello to Allison and Lydia.

She wove through the people and took the spot that the two had saved for her, to which she offered a grateful smile. While the three of them waited, they talked about different things, like their classes, the up coming party, the first game of the year.

And an excited hush fell over the bleachers as the coach did his little pep talk, waiting for the players to let go and all out. Kagome coughed into her hand to hide the laugh that wanted to be let lose when the coach's attention was solely on her cousin after Scott waved to Allison. Oh, did he have it bad!

"So, who do you think will make the cut?" Kagome asked conversationally, making sure to keep an eye on her cousin, just in case should something happen.

"Jackson for sure." Lydia jumped right off the bat. She then listed a few other names, that Kagome had heard in passing or had seen hanging around Jackson and Lydia since the beginning of school.

"I think Scott has a pretty good shot." Kagome smirked at Allison's reply, and she knew that Scott heard it, his whole aura seemed to... burn after she uttered those words.

But speaking of aura's she saw how Stiles' seemed to become rather worried, turning to her cousin she mentally cursed herself when she realized why. Her cousin was almost a blur darting between, through, and even over, the others to the net.

Time seemed to pause as she went over what she just saw in her mind as the coach spoke with Scott. She was pretty sure he couldn't do that. Scratch that, shouldn't do that. Yeah, he was a, now, healthy young adult, but one whose reflexes, speed, strength and agility that just jumped to his levels in such a short period of time? Something that was once again, a shouldn't be possible.

The sudden cheering of the others around her made her aware of her surroundings once again and Allison was full of excitement, and then she asked Kagome.

"Isn't it awesome that he made the cut?"

Allison's question made Kagome somewhat force a reaction of any sort on her face. Of course she was happy and proud for Scott, but the reason for his sudden ability to do so was more than questionable and left her wondering if everything was alright. She remembered how his sudden departure around midnight had left her with a another restless night and leaving her exhausted after the first day of school. God, this was not what she signed up for in moving here. Especially when she asked about it after she woke up herself a few hours later to get ready for school.

Her cousin still hadn't let up on the questions on how she did it all. She did sort of told him the truth, but then she told him in a way that made him question if she was serious or not. Women's intuition and my sixth sense. Which was true, but she had learned when to use sarcasm to twist the truth for others. But she knew that would only work for so long.

"Oh yeah. Now it's all gonna go to his head." she rolled her eyes and chuckled, knowing Scott heard what they were saying. Though looking over to Stiles, she could tell he was just as worried as she was, but he knew some facts that she didn't, so that meant she and him were going to have a good long talk later.

Rolling her shoulders, she sat back down after everyone and herself stopped applauding for her cousin. Oh... she felt whatever it was... was going to change things around in this little town. It reminded her of the time she was stuck in the present without a way back into the past the first time around. Tonight was going to be really interesting. A few of her other friends had also pressured her into going to the party that was tonight. She just hoped that nothing happened during that time... but knowing her luck and those around her, that was not going to happen.

Just as the practice was coming to an end, Kagome stood up and made her goodbye's promising to see the two girls at the party later. It would be interesting to see the differences between here and back home, but she wasn't really into that sort of thing, but she also figured it would be best to go and keep an eye on her cousin. The ride back home was quick, and she worked on whatever homework she had in the few hours before she would get ready to go to the party. Promising to go a tad earlier so Scott could pick Allison like a proper date should.

Laying her books to the side, Kagome stood up and went to the closet to pick something out. What did one wear to such a party? She hadn't really had all that much experience at going to such parties. The beginnings of Jr. High made her to young, according to her mother, all through Jr. High was spent fighting evils and saving the entire future. And the first two years of High school was spent on her education rather than social life.

Shrugging her shoulders, she grabbed a white cotton strapless shirred peplum top and a cropped black leather jacket. Laying those on her bed, she moved over to the dresser and looked through what she had there, and smiled when she pulled out a pair of black stone washed skinnies that were treated with rips and tears. Now that she had the outfit, she knew she would wear of a pair of simple low heeled black ankle boots.

She placed the rest of the clothing on her bed, sort of seeing how the outfit looked, and nodded her head. Although her mom had her move to America to try and get away from the temptations of returning to the past, when her demonic friends showed up and told her that she wouldn't, it simply pushed her to try and go against their words, they also kept her going to look towards the future rather than the past. It didn't hurt that some also took it to their heads to spoil her, such as Shippo with clothing from top name brands and from all over the world. He had taken it upon himself to keep her up to date on the fashions. He would be so proud.

Putting said outfit on, she knew it would be best to keep her make up and jewelery simple, just a bit of color to break the monotone of her outfit. Looking into the mirror, she figured blue would be a good choice. So she grabbed a some simple long drop earrings with blue stones, a long beaded necklace with mixed shades of blue beads and a matching set of bracelets. A light smoky look for her eyes and nude lip gloss was all she did for makeup. And topping it off, she twisted her hair and used some hair sticks to keep it in place.

Standing in front of the full length mirror in her room, she took her appearance in. It was odd. She was used to the old care-free look, or rather, after everything she went through with Inuyasha, pushed her to always examine her looks. Right now, she looked her age, a modern 18 year old from the 21st century. Her hair wasn't a dark brown like Kikyo, but a deep black that shined blue when the light hit it right. Her eyes weren't a deep earthy brown but a deep blue, and more almond shaped than the narrowed angled ones of Kikyo. Her skin was pale, but also seemed to be permanently tanned a light golden color showing how she spent a lot of time outdoors unlike Kikyo's milky complexion. Her body was sporty and more curved than that of Kikyo's.

Letting out a sigh, Kagome turned away from the mirror and grabbed her wallet, keys and cell phone. She didn't have a thing against parties, unless, if it was with people she really knew. That or it was a school thing. But here and now, she was an outsider, with little to no friends to back her up should anything happen. Not that she needed them. She had grown a backbone since her travels, and gained a bit of fighting skills, she was bound to learn something other that archery with all those battles.

Seeing as Scott had the only car available, Kagome was being picked up from some classmates instead. No use in her getting her own vehicle, since it was easier to just ride her bike to school, and it was a small town.

"I know this isn't your thing, but could you still keep an eye out for Scott? And I'm sorry you sort of get jipped out on getting the car."

Kagome smiled and nodded her head to her aunt. The woman was in the process of getting ready for work, freshly showered and munching on some toast. Speaking of toast.

"There's some leftovers in the fridge. All you have to do is pop them in a microwave and you're good to go. And it's Scott big night, he deserves it." her smile brightened when her Aunts shoulders slumped and let out a relieved sigh.

"Kagome, you are a life saver. I may just have to make a call and say I'm keeping you."

"I'm not to sure how mom would feel about that." but if it kept her from the past, her mom would be all over the idea to keeping her as far away from the well as possible. "But yeah, I can keep an eye out for him. I've always wanted to play spy~" she drawled out and made to move down the hall in a cheesy spy like way.

The two of them laughed as Kagome finally pulled herself together and made her way to the kitchen and drank a glass of orange juice just as her ride pulled up.

"I'll call should anything happen." though internally she was debating on whether that would be such a good idea or not.

"Awesome outfit Kagome!" she smiled and gave a quick wave to her aunt that watched her off.

"Thanks. You're not looking to bad yourself." she smiled at the other girl, who was somehow shorter than herself. Something she didn't know was possible, but go figure.

"So... what is this party all about anyways? I can't really see it as a sort of We're back to school sort of party."

"Nah. Just a sort of show off for those who made first cut on the lacrosse team." the two climbed into the car, Kagome greeted the two others that were waiting as well.

"But, you can meet others, so it won't be too bad. Besides, with how this years is gonna be for us, it'll be good to take every break we get to let it all out."

Kagome couldn't find any fault with her reasoning. It was most likely why she was always so exhausted back home. Burning the candle at both ends, something her mother liked to say. The ride to the party was spent talking on school work of all things, till they all climbed out, then it was a complete 180° turn about which left Kagome totally out of her element.

Once inside, Kagome was pulled to the side roughly by a rather concerned Stiles.

"Is Scott still planning on coming tonight?"

Raising a brow, Kagome remembered she still hadn't had that little chat she promised herself a few days ago, especially after the skirmish earlier today.

"Yeah. Last I saw him, he was going all out before he would pick Allison up. Why?" she grew rather concerned when he seemed to mutter to himself under his breath instead of answering her. Obviously he had learned something since school and now that didn't seem to agree with him at all.

"Stiles. Stiles!"

His head whipped back to her, his actions somewhat nervous and frantic, and his eyes kept darting to the front door, most likely expecting Scott to walk in at any moment.

"Just... just keep an eye out for Scott. It could be nothing... though I think tonight... will be everything..." he went on muttering to himself.

"Ya know what? Relax. No use in panicking when nothing has happened yet. We can both keep an eye out for Scott, alright?"

"Yeah. Yeah, you're right." with that the two went their separate ways, just waiting for Scott to arrive, but still try and enjoy the party while doing so.

Kagome migrated from one group classmates to another, finally loosening up a little and really enjoying herself. She was dancing with a few of the other girls she had become particularly close to during the first week of school, when she turned her head and spotted Scott and Allison.

They made such an adorable couple. She just really hoped all the pettiness that came with being a teen in this day and age, didn't screwed things up for them.

She continued to dance with her friends, truly enjoying herself, and totally forgetting about keeping an eye on things. Her cousin was a sweetheart and wouldn't try anything with Allison. At least she hoped not. But she pushed those thoughts to the side and let all of the stress of the first week wash away and danced away. That was until she was pulled away rather suddenly from her friends and was being dragged away by Allison and following Scott.

"Allison? Allison? What's going on?" the hold on her wrist tightened somewhat and her eyes watched as a seriously ill looking Scott drove off.

"I don't know! He just... started to look sick and left"

"I'm going to get Stiles and get a ride home. Make sure Scott's ok. I'll give you a call alright?" Allison nodded her head, gazing in the direction Scott disappeared to.

Taking that as an answer, Kagome pried Allison's hand from her wrist and turned around, only to bump into someone, to which she mentally slapped herself silly for not noticing anyone come up behind them.

"Sorry!" she quickly released the hold on his arm, not knowing when she did such. Most likely to balance herself instead of falling. And quickly took him in.

His dark hair was short but was styled in a sort messy faux hawk look. He wore a simple white shirt underneath a black leather jacket. He had a strong jawline that sported some stubble and his grey eyes seemed to pierce her very being.

Slowly her eyes left his own and caught sight of Stiles, and started to make her way towards him, feeling as the strangers eyes followed her before she heard him speak to Allison, even over the music blaring from the house. It was his aura that confused her. She hadn't sensed it coming up on them, but what she had sensed in the few seconds she took to take him in, it was very similar to Scott's.

"Come on Stiles, time to go."

The young teen was already taking his keys out and both made their ways towards his jeep. They didn't even bother with their seat belts and tore off after Scott. Kagome praying to whomever was up there, that her cousin was alright. Cause if he wasn't, the Sheriff would soon find himself without a son.

"So~ Mind explaining what the hell is going on?"

"Uh... not now. Let's see to Scott first." they both jumped out as soon as the screeching tires came to a stop in front of Scott's house.

"Right. I've put asking off all week. You will be telling me what's going on. And soon."

Stiles took the lead as they made their way to Scotts bedroom. Stiles knocked and banged on the door.

"...go away."

"Scott, it's me!" the door opened up a crack, where Stiles immediately tried to push his way further into the room. But Scott wasn't allowing that.

"Let me in Scott, I can help."

"No... Listen. You gotta find Allison." Kagome became more concerned with how he seemed to sound like he was in pain, and his aura was going crazy. Fluctuating and... turning in on itself, only to feel different when it rolled back out. And it just kept repeating itself.

"She's fine. Alright... ah, ah I saw her get a ride from the party. She's, she's totally fine."

"It's Derek! He's the one that bite me, he's the werewolf. He's the one that killed the girl in the woods." they all paused at that one, for their own reasons. Kagome herself was thrown out of the loop at werewolf.

"Scott... Derek is the one who drove Allison home from the party." once again they all paused, until the door slammed shut and Stiles tried to open it and slap and open hand against the smooth surface.

"Scott!"

He tried a second time and went for a third before Kagome stopped him.

"Don't bother, he's leaving." she ignored his questioning glare and started to push him back down the hall so they could get going.

"Later. Right now, let's go check on Allison and then try and find Scott."

One would usually get dizzy and tired of all the running around they were now doing and getting prepared to do, but three years straight of doing nothing but, Kagome just learned a great deal of patience.

They were once again tearing off down the streets, which was somewhat ironic as the driver was the Sheriff's son. When they pulled up at Allison's house, they hastily made their way to the front door and rang the bell. A few short seconds later, an older woman with short hair opened the door.

"Hi! Mrs. Argent! Umm... you have no idea who I am. I'm a friend of your daughters... Ahh, but this is gonna sound kinda crazy! Umm..."

"What he's trying to say is... My cousin, Scott, was Allison's date for tonight. But he got sick and left in a hurry. We were just wondering if Allison made it home alright."

Stiles looked at her, shocked that she could so quickly and easily take hold of the situation, by lying to the woman with a straight face. The woman herself looked between the two of them before turning around and called Allison's name.

"Allison! It's for you."

Looking up, both saw Allison stop on the second floor that looked down at the entrance. From what Kagome could see, she seemed perfectly fine, still a little confused and maybe a little hurt, but fine. Stiles though was shocked that she was there at all, not traumatized, hurt in any way and in one piece. Which left Kagome to wonder if the guy she bumped into not a half an hour ago was in fact a killer.

"Hey Allsion! We just got back from checking up on Scott. Didn't really get much out of him, but he was definitely not feeling too good." Kagome started, seeing as everyone else seemed to be in a sort of staring match.

"He said he'd either call you, or try and say something on Monday. Sorry about tonight, I could tell the both of you were really looking forward to tonight. I'm glad you made it home safely."

Allison sort of fiddled with her fingers, but offered a lopsided smile. Stiles was still in his own little stupor and Mrs. Argent was just taking it all in.

"It's alright... And thanks. For you know, checking up on him and telling me."

"It's not, and think nothing of it." she offered the other girl a smile and turned to Mrs. Argent.

"Sorry for the sudden disturbance and that my cousin sort of left Allison alone at the party. He would never do such a thing purposefully, and I'll make sure, along with my Aunt, that he apologizes to Allison and not to do such a thing again."

"It's alright. If he was sick... I'm just glad he and my daughter made it home safely. Thank you as well for making sure Allison made it home safely."

"Scott was really worried, so, think nothing of it." wishing the two a goodnight, Kagome turned to Stiles and started to drag him back to his jeep.

"Come on Stiles, let's go back and tell Scott that Allison's fine. That she's home, safe and sound." he came back to reality and just nodded his head.

"Right... ah, yeah."

They were making their way back to Scott's when Stile veered off in a different direction, the woods. That was when Kagome demanded answers.

"Right. What do you know about werewolves?"

"Werewolves?" she raised a brow at the boy. Was he serious? At his expectant look, she rolled her eyes and just listed the few things about werewolves that may or may not be true, but were all that she knew.

"Uh, get bitten by one and you become one. Turn into either a wolf or wolf-like creature during the night of a full moon, and can be stopped by a silver bullet. Werewolves aren't really a Japanese thing." she turned to him and saw how his eyes were scanning the trees, most likely hoping for any signs of Scott. "What does that have to do with Scott?"

"I did some digging up, when I saw how Scott was changing. Ya know, his abilities... like reflexes, speed, strength and all that." when she nodded her head, he continued with his explanation. "Well, then there was the fact Scott said he was bitten by a wolf and heard a wolf howl right after. After the skirmish today, I found that Scott really was bitten by a werewolf. There's more to it then just what we see in movies or read in books."

"Okay, but... what about this Derek person? How does he tie into all this?"

"Well, Scott dropped his inhaler near the other half of the body, and Derek had it. So Scott's pretty sure he's the werewolf that bit him."

"Huh." that now explained the feeling she got from Scott's aura that reminded her of the wolves she interacted with back in the past.

"Now. How did you know Scott was leaving before we went to check up on Allison?"

"I'm what you call a priestess. I can see and sense things normal people can't." when he gave her the look that screamed 'And~' Kagome let out a tired sigh.

"Like auras. They're a sort of fingerprint that I can feel. Each persons aura is unique, though they can share similar qualities, through family... or like Scott and this Derek person."

"So he is a werewolf?"

"I guess. Never really met a werewolf before." she shrugged her shoulders. Though the topic change seemed to have caught Stiles' attention and she could see him just begging for her to explain everything.

"Well? Is that all?"

Her head fell back against the seat's headrest, he would not let up on this at all. She had learned that much in the three months she'd known him.

"Well... no. I can help others... heal quicker, regardless of the injury. Treating any form of poisons and toxins is something I can also... purge from a persons body. The rest... you can look up yourself, since you had no problem figuring out what was up with Scott." she ignored his dropped jaw look, being denied answers.

"Let's just concentrate on finding Scott."

They drove around for what seemed like forever, Kagome spreading out her senses to try and find Scott quicker. Only thing was, it was making her tired, and fast. It was a few hours after midnight, that they found him wondering down the road heading back home. Kagome climbed into the back, and laid down, exhausted beyond belief but passed the one blanket she found to the front for Scott to use.

Stiles pulled over a minute later and Scott climbed in and wrapped himself up in the blanket. They were all silent for the first few minutes till Scott spoke up.

"You know what worries me the most?"

"If you say Allison, I'm gonna punch you in the head."

"She probably hates me now."

"Not really. But she is expecting an apology from you. And soon."

Scott whirled about in his seat and looked down at her in shock.

"Kagome! Wha- what are you doing here?"

"For someone who now has super senses, you sure suck at using them." she cracked an eye open to look up at her cousin. Reaching up she ruffled his hair, noticing how he flinched slightly from leaning on his arm to get away from her hand.

"What happened to your arm?" when he turned away from her, she moved to lean on her elbow and narrowed her eyes on him.

"You can tell me. And don't lie, I can tell when you're lying."

"Igotshotwithanarrow."

"Okay. Now how about again in English for those who don't speak Scottanese." Stiles piped up, also interested and worried that Scott was hurt.

"I... got shot with an arrow..."

The jeep almost swerved violently causing Kagome to roll of the back bench and land painfully onto the jeep floor, and also where Scott fell off his own seat and backwards into the dashboard.

"Jeez! Are you trying to kill us all!" Kagome cried out pushing herself onto all fours before climbing back onto the back seat. She flopped onto her back when Stiles got the jeep back under control.

"You were shot?" Scott then began retelling them what had happened while he was out in the woods.

Oh, Kagome was pissed. Someone took a shot at her cousin. Literally. Now it was personal, no one, and she meant no one, messed with her family and got away with it. But right now, she was too tired, exhausted and worn out to do anything than slump into the back seat and sleep.

"Ya know, if it weren't for Kagome here, it would have taken forever to find you." the both of them turned around to see said girl passed out and sleeping.

"Yeah, I've been wondering about that. How did you guys find me?"

"Well, it turns out, you're not the only one that's different or got super senses."

"She's a werewolf as well?" now Scott was worried. When did Kagome meet with Derek.

"What? No!" glancing over, Stiles took in his best friend, who seemed rather worried and kept glancing at his sleeping cousin.

"No, according to her, werewolves aren't really something they have in Japan. I don't know everything, but you're gonna have to ask her. Now that you are sort of out in the open with us and this whole werewolf thing, she'll most likely explain to you what's going on with her."

About half an hour later Stiles pulled up in front of Scott's and Kagome's home, and the two boys smirked at the grumbling older teen as she was woken up from her short nap and made her way to the house. She reached up and grabbed the hair sticks that were sagging and let her hair fall.

" G'night Stiles, thanks for the ride home." with a backwards wave over her shoulder, Kagome entered the house and made her way to her room.

The two boys shook their heads and parted ways, really looking forward to getting some sleep themselves. Scott felt somewhat relieved that Kagome knew, but also worried about it as well. It meant that she would get involved. Allison didn't know anything, and Derek was using her to get to him. Oh, this year looked like it was going to be a long one.

AN: And here's chapter 2. I'm taking a short break from writing anything, the last two weeks have been, crazy hectic. But I'll most likely update this story, or post the first chapter to one I've already written up a while back. I need to figure out where I'm going with my other babies. Other than than, I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter!

~ Bunny.W.K