Chapter 7

-Twins!-

"Hey Haruhi" Kagome said as she stopped at the brown haired girls desk upon seeing her friend.

"Hey Kagome" Haruhi replied, looking up from her schoolbag.

"Where were you yesterday? You never came to the Host Club". Haruhi asked surprised her snack loving friend hadn't come with the promise of free food.

"Oh yeah I had to take care of some things at home so I wasn't able to make it over" Kagome told Haruhi over her shoulder as she pulled up a chair from another desk so she could sit and talk to Haruhi.

"I didn't miss anything interesting yesterday did I?" Kagome said leaning forward.

"… not really" Haruhi said looking back down at her bag.

"Thats good" Kagome sighed before leaning back

"Hey Haruhi" the two girls turned their heads upon hearing Hikaru.

"Hikaru what in the world happened to your hair?" Haruhi said ignoring the whispering of the class "Why is it dyed pink"

"cus-" Hikaru began but was stopped by Kagome's laughing as she rudely pointed at Hikaru's hair

"Anyways" Hikaru glared at Kagome before replying to Haruhi's question

"It suits me. Don't you think it's cute? From now on I'm the pink haired twin. I didn't want to be mistaken for that Kaoru for the rest of my life you know" Hikaru finished looking very pleased with himself before it quickly dropped once he sensed his brothers presence.

"Good morning Haruhi" Kaoru said ignoring his brother. The three however turned their attention to Kagome as her laughing started up again upon seeing Kaoru

"Arn't you finished yet" Hikaru said annoyed

"It looks-hahaha-like you both-hmmm-got your heads stuck in a cotton candy machine" Kagome finished before she busted up laughing again…

"Oh I made myself hungry" Kagome said thoughtfully after she suddenly stopped laughing.

Looking up from her serious thinking Kagome raised an eyebrow at seeing Kaoru fall out of his chair due to Hikaru. Her other brow raised to join the other upon seeing Kaoru do the same to his brother and then she watched as they began what she could only call a-

"throwing match?" Haruhi looked up at her as she accidentally spoke her thoughts out loud. Giving a blank stare at Haruhi Kagome once again spoke her thoughts

"Are you sure nothing happened yesterday?"

Haruhi gave a long sigh as a reply as she looked down at her desk.

-School Cafeteria-

"Amazing, perfect unison even when fighting" Haruhi said out loud as she and Kagome watched the twin try to order lunch. Kagome tilted her head as she studied the twins as they fought.

"I was wondering what all the fuss was about" Tamaki's voice interrupted the two girl's train of thought.

"I can't believe you two are still fighting. You're a disgrace to the host club" Tamaki finished.

'Where did all of them come from' Kagome thought as the other students took notice of the Host Club members.

"We've had enough of this" Honey said breaking through the whispers and appearing before the twins

"You're both to blame for this fight", reaching behind himself Honey produced a cake "Hika-Chan and Kao-Chan I want you to make up and go halfsies on this cake! Ok!" Looking down at the cake Honey's eyes got a little bigger

"But I want to have a piece to. So I guess we're going to have to go thirdsies…Oh but we're not going to be able to split the strawberry on top though" The twins started to release a dark aura as Honey continued until Mori picked up his cousin and took him away

"You're just making it worse, leave them alone" More said to Honey

"Oh Haruhi! I didn't expect to run into you in the dining hall Tamaki said sprouting a waging dog tail.

"Down boy" Kagome said as she tugged on Tamaki's tail making him jump in pain. However her warning went on deaf ears when Tamaki saw Haruhi's boxed lunch and he went off into his fantasy land.

Kagome grimaced and gave his tail another pull before walking off to go join Haruhi at the table she sat down at, ignoring Tamaki's yelp and cries of boxed lunchs.

Siting across from Haruhi and Hikaru she caught the end of their conversation before Hikaru switched their meals

"-so I ended up with stuff I don't really like" Hikaru said ignoring Kagome as she sat down.

"Thats fine with me" Haruhi said as she looked down at the food before her

Kagome watched along with everyone else as Haruhi took a bite of food and blushed while sparkles surrounded her.

'Is the food here really that good?!' Kagome thought as she looked down at Haruhi's plate of food. She bit her lip at the thought as she stared at the food longingly. The food here was to expensive for her to buy so it wasn't likely she would ever get the chance to try it, unless…

With a fork that magically materialized in her hand Kagome reached out towards Haruhi's food, her eyes wide and hopeful, only to quickly retract her hand when Tamaki came up to the table. Glaring at the oblivious blonde she again attempted her 'mission' as she know dubbed it.

"So Haruhi" Kagome withdrew her hand once again as Kaoru sat down next to Haruhi and began talking to her

'God BLEEPING Damnit!' Kagome thought as flames surrounded her as she glared at Kaoru.

"Is that any good? How would you like to taste mine?" Kaoru grabbed Haruhi's chin as he held up a spoonful of food "Here" he finished as he got close to Haruhi's face. Suddenly Hikaru appeared and chopped down on the spoon.

"Quit butting in, get lost Kaoru" Hikaru said while still having the spoon in his mouth. In retaliation Kaoru grabbed a bowl on his plate and threw it at Hikaru, who used Tamaki as a shield.

Kagome only briefly looked up from her 'mission' to enjoy the sight of Tamaki getting slathered with food and the now ensuing throwing battle the twins were having, but then she froze when suddenly her target; the plate of food, was taken and joined the ongoing battle. She sat there staring at the spot before sighing and getting up and leaving to avoid friendly fire.

'I really wanted to try it' Kagome thought sadly as she dodged a plate of food.

Still sad as the bell wrung Kagome was completely unaware when the other students and teacher left quickly as the twins began another fight. Kagome sluggishly turned her head to look around the classroom until she saw the twins and their piles of miscellaneous objects they had created. Staring at the two for a bit she got up out of her chair and finally voiced the thought that had been bothering her.

"What are you guys doing?" Kagome asked.

'Luckily everyone left the classroom once the fight began, probably didn't want to get thrown like poor Honey was' Kagome thought to herself

"What do you mean!" The twins said stopping and turning to her but then suddenly whipped their heads back to glare at each other

"Stop copying me!" They were about to start another throwing match but Kagome interrupted them

"You two didn't answer my question" Kagome stared the two down.

The two looked at each other with raised eyebrows.

"Isn't it obvious" Hikaru said in an irritated tone.

"We're fighting" Koaru told Kagome before sending a glare at Hikaru. "I'm tired of always being mistaken for this idiot"

"What did you-!"

"No you're not" Kagome said stopping them from continuing.

"What do you mean?" Hikaru asked as question marks appeared above both his and Kaoru's head.

"You're not fighting" Kagome replied in a bored tone

"Of course we're fighting!" Hikaru began to say "Look at what-"

"You're not fighting" Kagome interrupted them, but before they could say anything else she continued "Not for real anyways"

Hikaru and Kaorus' eyes widened at Kagome's words. They looked at each other before looking over at Kagome.

"How could you tell?" They asked together as both of their demeanors changed to a more relaxed state.

"It wasn't to hard. You guys are actually pretty easy to read to be honest", Kagome said flippantly causing the two boys to twitch. "Although you may be fake fighting there may be some truth to some of the things you two have said while you were acting" Kagome said thoughtfully studying the twins with narrowed eyes. The two boys froze and stood silently unsure what to say.

"Are you going to tell everyone?" Kaoru asked finally breaking the silence. Kagome pursed her lips before shaking her head.

"No. You guys are after something so even if I expose you two you'll both just hatch another plan to get what you want" she told them with a blank face.

"Yeah you're right-" Hikaru said with a snicker

"Because we-" Kaoru said

"-Always get what we want" the two said together with devilish smirks. Kagome watched the two of them as they gloated before she sighed and cast her gaze to the windows lining the side of the classroom.

'Hikaru and Kaoru, me and Kikyo…' she felt a pain in her chest as she thought about her incarnation.

Sensing the mood change in Kagome, Hikaru and Karou looked at each other wondering what they should do.

"You ok" Kaoru asked his tone not as mischievous as usual. Pausing for a second Kagome finally turned her head to see the concerned looks on both of the boys faces.

"Yeah I'm fine" she gave them a tired smile and proceeded to gather her things on her desk.

"Just be careful. Even if you pretend to fight, you'd be surprise what you may find out" Kagome said looking up from what she was doing. The two boys clenched their hands in discomfort at the knowing look in Kagome's eyes and at the sudden suffocating pressure Kagome's gaze caused them. They could only stare at Kagome as she gave off a certain presence which made them feel guilty.

"Anyways I'm heading out" Kagome said as she slung her bag across her shoulder. "I'll see you guys later" Kagome waved to them over her shoulder leaving the twins in the empty classroom.

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"That was weird" Kaoru said finally after a long silence,

"Yeah…" Hikaru replied looking at his brother

"Kagome, looked so sad" Kaoru finished in a quiet voice as he looked away from his brother

"Yeah…" Hikaru said again casting his gaze to the floor.

"You okay Honey?" Kagome shouted as she looked up where he sat atop a mountain of objects the twins had created during their fight.

"Don't you guy think maybe it's time to give up all this fighting? It's driving me insane" Tamaki said.

"You ok?" Kagome said taking her attention away from Kaoru and Hikaru to look down at Honey as he appeared next to her and Mori. Honey smiled and nodded. Smiling down at the boy she turned her attention back to the group only catch the end of what Kaoru was saying

'Curse doll?' Kagome looked at the wooden figure Kaoru was holding out.

'Thats not a curse doll.' she examined it closer with other senses but she felt not a single trace of magical power.

'In fact it's kinda cute' she thought before turning her attention back the fight

"Now apologies to each other!" Haruhi yelled as she held the wood carving. "If you don't make up right now I'll never let you come over to my house". Kagome could only shake her head as Haruhi fell into the twins trap.

"Have I made myself clear!" Haruhi finally finished. Silence ensued until slowly smile crept up onto the twins faces and a devilish glint appeared in their eyes. They let out a small sound before standing up together and leaning forward to look at Haruhi.

"So then what your saying Haruhi is that if we make up we can come over to your place?" They walked around Haruhi as they talked until the stood behind her and wrapped arms around each other.

"hmm?" Haruhi confused at their sudden comradery turn the curse doll over only to widen her eyes in shock, and then scream out loud in realization.

"walking around the twins as they fawned over each other she patted the Haruhi's shoulder as she stood still in shock.

"You got to be kidding! You mean you were faking it the whole time?" Honey yelled at the twins while flailing his arms.

"We didn't have anything else to do. We were bored" They replied in unison while they hugged.

"It's your own fault for not figuring it out" Kagome said while she was kneeled down next to Haruhi trying to coax the girl to stand back up in her hunched position.

"You knew?" Haruhi said as she turned her head slightly to look at Kagome.

"Yeah, pretty much from the beginning of the day". Kagome watched in worry as Haruhi let out a small sound and then went still as a statue.

"Twins with to much time on their hands…" Tamaki looked up from his position on the ground "-Are the devil" he finished. Kagome sighed before getting up, seeing as how Haruhi was inconsolable at the moment. Looking around she finally caught sight of what she was looking for. Taking a few steps she leaned down and picked up the curse doll.

"What are you doing! Do you want to be cursed!" Tamaki said as he retreated and hid behind Kyoya. Laughing out loud Kagome shook her head

"This thing isn't a curse doll. Trust me I know cursed items when I see them" Turning around to look back at Tamaki she smiled as she looked down at the wood carving.

"This is just a plain old ordinary piece of wood in the shape of a cat" Turning it over to where Kaoru had written on its back she began to rub of the ink with her sleeve.

"You'd have to be an idiot to think it has the power to curse anything" Tamaki fell over as he was crushed by the word "Idiot".

"Besides you have to admit it's kinda cute right!" Kagome said to Host Club as they looked at her strangely.

"Ok it's time to play which one is the Hikaru game!" The twins said together as their guests clapped.

"I know, the twin with the pink hair is Hikaru", one girl said.

"We have a winner!" The two said in unison while they wrapped their arms around each other.

"So are you two going to keep your wild hair color even though you made up? Its much easier to tell you two apart know" Another girl said.

"Not really" Kagome said as she finally spoke up after watching the 'game' for the first time.

"Hmm" the twins made a noise in response to Kagome's sudden words.

"You two switched hair colors. Kaoru has pink hair today and Hikaru has blue" The twins eyes widened at finding out Kagome could tell them apart like Haruhi.

"He's right. You two switched colors for the day" Haruhi stated before following Kagome as she walked off to get more snacks. Kaoru and Hikaru stood silently

staring at two as they left unable to say or do anything.

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"You guys should change your hair color! I get hungry whenever I see it!"

Extra

-Higurashi Shrine, Early Morning-

Kagome stopped and then rushed towards her house as she caught the smell of her mothers cooking. Ignoring the slight tiredness in her body from her morning run, she silently passed the Goshinboku and made her way through the front door of her house. Souta was already sitting at the table eating while her Grandfather sat reading a newspaper, his food mostly going untouched.

"Kagome?" her mother said peering around the doorway to the dining room "You're just in time", the woman gave a gentle smile. Her mother came out of the kitchen to the dining table and set a plate of food down in front of Kagome. Kagome stared intensely at the plate as it was set down in front of her, taking her chopsticks she… Kagome turned her gaze back up to her mother

"…", Souta and her Grandfather looked up after noticing the sudden silence

"What's wrong dear?". Kagome hearing her mother turned her gaze back to her plate and then looked back up, a slight sheen in her eyes. Smiling at her daughter after finally understanding what she wanted she shook her head

"I already gave you extra", she teased her daughter, who's eyes looked back to her plate and sighed in resignation. Souta upon hearing the exchange after the tense silence, fell out of his chair in shock at his sister's gluttony. He looked at his Grandpa but the old man just shook his head and went back to reading his newspaper.

Kagome, having ignored Souta's dramatic reaction, began eating her breakfast. A peaceful silence fell over the table again except for the sound coming from the kitchen and from rustling paper.

"Here you go," Kagome's mother said, breaking the silence after coming out of the kitchen again, and proceeded to place another onto Kagome's plate. Kagome continued to eat but grunted out something akin to "love you" to her mother. Ignoring Kagome's rude manners, the older woman just nodded, 'ah they grow up so fast' she thought wistfully as she watched her daughter joyfully eat her food.

"You're welcome dear" She smiled down at her daughter then turned around to head back to the kitchen

"I'm going to head to school now, gonna be late. '' Kagome mentioned getting up quickly from the table, dishes in hand and running them to the kitchen. Quickly she headed to the front door.

"How did she even finish all of that food! I'm not even halfway done!" Souta shouted, looking at Kagome's empty spot at the table

"Souta don't talk when your mouth is full of food" Souta's mother scolded him before sitting down at the table herself, tea in hand.

"Kids these days" said Souta's grandfather, casting a disapproving look at Souta before shaking his head and turning his attention back to his reading.

"Wh-What!" Souta yelled but before he could continue he was interrupted by Kagome

"See you guys later!" Kagome yelled while she quickly rushed out the door after putting on her shoes.

…

"Why isn't she wearing her uniform?" Souta asked, question marks appearing above his head.

-Tired-

"Hey Mori, where's Honey?" Kagome asked as she sat down next to Mori on the couch he was currently occupying. Looking away from Kagome he turned his head to a door off to the side of the room.

"Oh he's getting more snacks than. Great~" Kagome said as she closed her eyes and leaned back letting her head hang over the side of the couch. Mori studied Kagome as the 'boy' kept his eyes closed. In a short period of time since meeting him Kagome had learned to quickly read and understand him despite his silent nature. Customers had even asked Kagome how he managed to do it but the boy always just shrugged.

"Ugh I'm so tired" Kagome opened her eyes and looked up at Mori "Why are all the couches in here so damn comfy" Kagome said after groaning "you're just asking for me to fall asleep" she finished with a humorous tone.

"Wake me up when the snacks get here ok" Seeing Mori nod to her request Kagome leaned back once again and closed her eyes.

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Mori went back to drinking his tea waiting patiently for his cousin to return. Sitting for a while he turned his head to look at Kagome as he heard his breathing finally even out. Reaching across Kagome he went to grab one of the couch cushions to give to Kagome, having noticed that the boy liked to hug something as he slept. Which he had to admit was kinda 'cute'.

Mori paused and shook his head vigorously to get rid of the thought. Once he calmed down he took a hold of the small pillow and drew his arm back. Only to suddenly have a pair of arms suddenly wrap around his right arm. Letting go of the pillow out of fright, he looked over to see Kagome had grabbed his arm and now was leaning more on his shoulder. He subtly tried to pull his arms out of Kagome's grip but to no avail. He did so again a couple of times only to stop when he made it worse when Kagome's grip tightened and he proceeded to nuzzle his arm with 'his' face. Red faced and slightly defeated he leaned back into a sitting position with Kagome still attached to his arm unsure of what to do.

"Hey Takashi I'm back wit- Kagome…" Honey interrupted himself seeing the the raven haired 'boy'

"…!" Mori's blush deepened upon his cousin seeing him and Kagome in such a position.

"Why are you so red Takashi?" Honey asked worriedly but before he could reply, his cousin interrupted

"Don't move or you might wake him up ok" ^-^

Honey smiled happily as he set down a plate of snacks and got on another couch situated across from the one Mori and Kagome were on.

"…!" Mori looked down, his usual cool demeanor gone as Kagome rubbed her face against his arm as she slept. O_o

-Misunderstanding-

"Kagome-chan?" Honey asked as he and Mori stopped upon noticing their black haired friend with a large dark cloud hovering over him. Kagome, upon recognizing the voice, slowly turned her head to look at Honey.

"Are you ok?" Honey asked, worried at seeing his friend look so depressed. He looked up at Mori to see if he was just as concerned as Kagome. Honey turned his gaze back to Kagome but took a step back in shock upon noticing the dark cloud which was now pouring torrents of rain on Kagome.

"I'm…" Kagome began but stopped, her eyes glassy as she looked at the two boys before her, making their eyes widen.

"I-I'm" Kagome said again but in a whisper.

"It's ok Kagome! Don't cry!" Honey said tears in his eyes in concern for his friend.

"I'm s-so…!" she said louder but was unable to finish as she looked down at the floor. Honey suddenly latched onto Kagome's legs.

"Tell us what's wrong! It's ok!" Honey fretted as he looked up at Kagome's shadowed face, becoming more and more desperate upon receiving no reply. "Do something Takashi!" Honey said, looking away from Kagome to glare at his cousin.

Mori went stiff at his cousin's plea, before slowly walked over to Kagome. Unsure what to do, he finally settled on putting his hand on Kagome's shoulder, which caused the 'boy' to finally look up. Mori blushed slightly at the intense look in Kagome's eyes. Waiting for a few seconds to compose himself he squeezed Kagome's shoulder

"What's wrong?" he finally said.

Hearing the deep voice Kagome looked away from Mori to look back at the floor

"I'm…" The two cousins leaned in closer "Im so…" they waited with bated breaths…

"I'M SO HUNGRY!" she suddenly shouted, making the cousins jump back.

Kagome looked up and waited for their reply. The two cousins paused when her words finally registered before proceeding to fall over.

'That's it!' they thought before the color began to drain out of them as they continued to listen to Kagome's tirade about how she missed breakfast and forgot 'his' lunch at home.

Looking down at the two boys, Kagome grabbed the closest one; which happened to be Mori, and began to shake him.

"Feeeeed Meeeeee~"