"I love you." just three words, but the moment I say them the whole world changes, like Magic!

Today I'm going to say them to you.

Kagome stared at her mother from across the table. She had only been home for a few short hours when she was informed of the situation she had been put in. What was she expecting? For a good high school to accept her despite her poor grades and attendance.

Kagome tapped her finger on the table as her mother anxiously sat across from her. She was expecting her daughter to blow up at any second. However, that was not the case and she was pleasantly surprised. She had already tried the high schools nearby, but each one declined. She had no choice but to reach out to neighboring towns. After several refused, she was ready to call it quits. Until one day she received an acceptance letter.

"I understand." Kagome finally said as she reached for the letter across from her. "Yagami High, eh?" Kagome lifted her eyes to meet her mother. "When does the first day start?"

"Next week," She answered. "And since the school is so far away, you'll be staying with my old highschool friend and her son, Karasuma Ooji."

"Great, I'll be staying with a stranger." Kagome inwardly sighed as she rose from the table and gave her mother a smile. "Thanks, mom."

"Kagome, you don't have to go. I am not going to force you to, especially after all that you've been through."

"It's okay, I want to go. It'll be a nice change," Kagome gave her mother a small hug. "I'm going to go pack now!"

"Alright dear, remember your bus leaves early tomorrow morning. The Ooji family will be expecting you. Also, I feel I must warn you that Mr. and Mrs. Ooji will be leaving on business tomorrow afternoon, so you'll be there with Karasuma. He's already promised to help you get situated and everything!"

That night Kagome's mother made her favorite meal, Oden. Dinner was filled with laughter and smiles as the family ate their last meal together. Who knows when Kagome would return to have another night like this. As they slept, Kagome stayed awake, wondering what her classmates were going to be like.

She was not prepared for the events to come.

(Timeskip)

As Kagome stood at the bus station, her family standing before her, they all bid their farewells.

"I'll miss you, Kagome." Souta cried, wiping the tears from his eyes.

"Don't worry, squirt, I'll be back before you know it." She ruffled his hair and gave him a hug. "And who knows, I may buy a new video game for you."

Kagome winked at her brother as she turned to her grandfather. "Now, grandpa, don't cause mom and Souta too much trouble while I'm gone!" she scolded as she gave the elderly man a light hug.

He scoffed. "I don't know what you mean!"

Kagome laughed and kissed his cheek.

She stood before her mother. "Mom," she wrapped her arms around her. "Thank you for always being there for me. I couldn't ask for a better mother than you."

"It's my job darling." she smiled as she ran her fingers through her daughters hair.

"I don't know many mothers that will allow their kid to jump down a magical well and run around feudal japan while being chased by blood thirsty demons." she joked.

"Your bus is here, get going honey! Remember to look for a boy named Karasuma and also make sure to visit us soon, okay?"

"Will do!" Kagome grinned as she hopped onto the bus, waving goodbye to her family.

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She sat on the bus, staring out the window for what seemed like eternity. So when the bus finally came to her stop, she was more than happy to get off and stretch. She looked around for the one named Karasuma. It was at this moment that she realized she had no idea what the guy even looked like.

She must have looked awfully stupid just standing there looking around with a blank look on her face.

"Miss Higurashi?" a small voice spoke from behind her. She turned around to meet a boy around her age with short cropped black hair in a bowl-cut style and black eyes that seemed uninterested in literally everything.

"Yes, you must be Karasuma," Kagome gave him a small smile.

He nodded his head. "Yes." He took one of the bags Kagome had set down and began walking. Kagome blinked, grabbed her other bag, and followed him. Apparently he wasn't one who spoke often and she was perfectly fine with that.

So..." Kagome began. "Where are we going"

"Home," he answered her.

"Okaayyy, are your parents home?

"No."

"What do you mean?"

"My parents are in America."

"And you're staying alone?"

"Yes. But I plan on leaving to join them soon."

"Oh, I see," What the hell was she supposed to do if he left to join his parents in America? The rest of the walk to the house was in silence. Kagome struggled to keep a conversation going, but he was just so... Boring. She sighed. This was, no doubt, going to be the longest week of her life.

Once they arrived at his home, he gave her a small tour of the house. "I already picked up your schedule and uniform. Mother took the liberty in decorating your room and left a note on your bed."

"Ah, thanks," she smiled at him as he walked away to go do whatever he did. "This is going to be a long week." She shook her head and opened the door to her new bedroom. On the bed was the uniform and small letter, just like Karasuma had said.

She examined the uniform and smiled. She kind of liked it. The skirt was a little longer than her old one and it was cute. She picked up the letter and read over it.

Dear Kagome Higurashi,

I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to meet you quite yet. My husband and I had to leave early, but we spent the last few weeks picking out things for your bedroom and decorating! Believe it or not, my son was a great help, pointing out things he thought you might like. My husband and I were the ones to decorate and rearrange things. I don't know how long Karasuma will be there, but he did plan on joining us in America. When that happens you are more than welcome to stay at the house!

-Sincerely

Mr. and Mrs. Ooji

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Sure enough, that was the longest week of Kagome's life. The only thing she learned about Karasuma was that he was literally in love with curry, she discovered that after making it one night for dinner and he practically drooled over her shoulder, watching her make it.

It took time for her to adjust to a normal life. It seemed just like yesterday she was chasing after jewel shards and battling demons every day. Sure she missed the adventure and her friends, but that was all in the past. She completed her duty.

"Well, for the most part," Kagome pulled out a small pink jewel and stared at it, "Such a small thing caused so much pain and suffering," She tucked it away safely and fell asleep, her dreams filled with adventures from the past.

The week had gone by agonizingly slow and before she realized it, she was walking with Karasuma to her new school.

"Hey Karasuma!" a voice called out as soon as the duo stepped onto the school grounds. Both Kagome and Karasuma turned around to his friend. The male completely ignored her as he dragged Karasuma away. Her eye twitched, who was going to be her school guide now?

It was in that moment when she caught sight of a young dark blue haired girl, staring right at Karasuma with a cherry face. Her matching eyes glazed over with an emotion she could only describe as love. But, it was the two twitching pigtails on the side of her head that caught Kagome's attention.

"Are they alive?" Kagome could only stare at the pigtails as they continued to twitch. "Perhaps she'd be willing to show me around." Kagome reached out and grabbed her wrist just as she was passing her.

"Huh?" the girl turned towards her.

"S-sorry, I didn't mean to grab you like that all of a sudden." Kagome released her wrist and gave her a quick bow. "I'm new here and my guide was taken from me. Would you mind showing me around?"

"Sure! I'm Tenma Tsukamoto!" she grinned at the priestess as she held out a hand for her to shake.

"Kagome Higurashi," Kagome almost giggled at her as she shook hands with the girl. Her aura radiated with positive vibes.

"Let's go see what class we're in!" She grabbed Kagome's arm and dragged her off where a large group of students were crowded around several bulletin boards.

Tenma looked up at the board. "I'm too nervous to look." she closed her eyes and folded her hands in front of her. "Oh please let Karasuma be in my class." Kagome blinked. Karasuma... Ooji? She was about to say something when the sound of a motorcycle and screaming students interrupted.

"Tenma!" Three girls approached Kagome and Tenma, drawing her attention away from the man wearing sunglasses.

"Hey girls, what's going on?"

"Did you hear the good news?" The girl with long blond haired tied into pigtails. Her eyes were a beautiful amber color. They reminded her of Inuyasha's eyes

"We're all in class 2-C," Kagome looked at the second girl with the shorter, lighter, shade of hair and eyes to match along with them.

"Including you," And finally, the shorter of the three finished. Her emotionless face slightly reminded her of Sesshomaru, only not as cold and heartless as the demon lord.

"Really? Hurrah! My three best friends, all together, it's wonderful! I knew today was going to be my lucky day! But-" she dramatically turned to look at the board with all the classes on it.

"Is there something wrong?" the shorter girl asked.

"Oh, definitely not! No problem here!"

"So, who's your friend?" the blonde haired girl, pointing a finger at Kagome.

"A-ah, I'm Kagome Higurashi. Nice to meet you." Kagome gave them a small bow.

"Kagome, these are my friends, Eri, Makoto, and Akira," Tenma pointed out who was who as she introduced the three of them to her.

"Nice to meet you!" she smiled at the three girls.

"Looks like you're in our class as well," Eri pointed out. Kagome turned to look at the board, sure enough there was her name under Karasumas. She deadpanned at the thought of the boring teenage boy.

The crowd parted, pushing Kagome back as the sunglasses man with the motorcycle approached. He stopped at the board and then his aura kinda flared for about ten seconds. The trio didn't seem to acknowledge the guy with the sunglasses.

"D." a boy with tall blonde hair said. "Just face it Harima, I saw you on the D list."

The one named Harima punched the guy in the cheek. Kagome watched the two interact in amusement.

"What was that for?" he asked, clearly in pain from the punch he received.

"That was just a love tap. That's what happens when people distract me," he said. When he could not find his name on the list, he looked at the 2-D list. "Kenji Harimashi!" Harima turned around and landed another one on the poor boy. "That's not my name! You upset my vibration for nothing! You vibe killer."

"Sorry! I-I didn't know you were vibrating!"

Kagome held a hand over her mouth to keep from laughing. The scene before her was pretty funny. Too bad no one else seemed to pay them too much attention.

"Try to be a little bit more sensitive from now on. Ya know, like me." He looked back at the board. She rolled her eyes. She could hardly believe that he was a sensitive guy, but who knows.

He checked each of the classes and his name wasn't under any of them.

"Harima..." one of the teachers approached the confused badass. "Why are you checking the level two list? You were held back, don't you remember?"

He face-palmed, muttering an 'oh crap' under his breath and then proceeded to walk away.

As soon as he was gone, everyone crowded around the board once more . Tenma held her hands in a prayer like motion as another girl approached her. They looked similar, like sisters, maybe?

"How did it go? Is he in your class?" she asked Tenma who fidgeted in her spot.

"Can't... Look..." she mumbled.

"Would it be easier if I looked for you?" the girl turned to look at the board.

Tenma let out a dramatic gasp. "No! I've got to see this with my very own eyes!" She looked. "Ooji Karasuma!" her hands went to her mouth. "We're in the same class!" She made a punching motion at the girl, who was quick to block it, in excitement.

"Good for you!"

As Tenma was distracted, the three decided to approach her with a question.

"Hey Kagome, what's up with you and Karasuma? We saw you two walking together this morning. Are you guys together?" Eri questioned her.

"Oh hell no!" Kagome proclaimed. "I live further away, much further. My mom and his mom are best friends from high talked and now I'm staying with him." Kagome explained running a hand through her long raven hair. Eri couldn't help but feel a little envious. After all, Kagome was a beautiful girl. "We're not together. He's a rather boring person. The only time I had a real conversation with the guy was when I was preparing Curry the other day."

The two girls giggled.

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Tenma and her friends were gracious enough to show Kagome around the school. As school let out, she met Karasuma at his locker, reading a giant scroll. "Go on without me," he said in his usual quiet voce. And she did. That night she waited for Karasuma to come back, he was rather late and the curry was getting cold. Not that she cared, this was the third time they had curry this week and she was kinda tired of making it. She wanted to make something like Oden. After another hour of waiting, she gave up and put his meal in the microwave and went to bed.

He was planning on leaving tonight, perhaps this was the last time she'd see him. A part of her felt relieved, but another part of her felt lonely. She'd be living in this house alone.

(Next Day)

Kagome and the other three waited for Tenma to show up. The three girls got to know Kagome quite well and were quick to exchange numbers with each other.

"It's, it's, it's Karasuma!? But, I thought he transferred to another school?" The four girls approached Tenma as she stood in the doorway with shock written all over her face.

"Unfortunately not," Kagome grumbled. He had returned late last night and made a phone call to his parents. It had taken some time, but he managed to convince them to let him stay, much to Kagome's relief and

"No, For some reason he decided to postpone the trip," Akira said.

"He managed to talk his parents into finishing the school year here." Eri told her ditsy friend.

"Why would he?" she looked between the two girls. "How come?"

"No one knows for sure, but the rumor is someone asked him too," Makoto shrugged.

(TimeSkip)

Kagome raised a curious eyebrow as Tenma sat beside Karasuma without realizing it. She set her pen down and waited for the young girl to notice. The books she was reading was, quite interesting. "Wonder how this will play out." It didn't take long for Kagome to figure out that Tenma was in love with Karasuma. The question was... Why?

She watched as Tenma began nodding off not ten seconds later after opening her book and then trying to refocus on the text. She turned to Karasuma, "Oh? She's gonna talk to him." Kagome mentally laughed

"Excuse me, what does this expression mean?" Tenma asked Karasuma.

"Oh that. That means rabbit running away." he answered in his small quiet voice.

"Oh of course! Thanks so much for your help!" she gave him a stiff smile and turned away.

"Sure."

Kagome slapped a hand over her mouth as Tenma actually took off. "That's right. Rabbit running away," he commented, watching her dash away from the table.

Tenma was crouched onto the floor before returning, "Ow. My contact," the spark of mischief was present in her eyes. "Could you read this phrase for me?"

"Sure thing!" Another guy leaned over, "Let me see it says 'I love you'. Hey, are you in high school. You're really cute." Kagome kicked the man from under the table. He looked at her, but she kept doing her homework as if she hadn't done a thing.

Tenma rapidly flipped through the pages and practically shoved the book in his face. "Karasuma, what do you get from this?"

"Lets see. It says it's a thresher." he read from the book

Kagome could almost see Tenma fall into the depths of despair.

"Well, I guess It's about time I get going," Karasuma stood and pushed in his chair. Kagome followed suit. "See ya miss Tsukamoto." Her pigtails perked up.

"Ya sure, later Karasuma," she waved goodbye.

"Better luck next time Tenma," Kagome whispered as she caught up with Karasuma. Tenma watched the two go. Her eyes glared at Kagome's back as she tried to talk to Karasuma.

"Kagome and Karasuma are together!?" she practically screamed. "That's why he avoided it!"

"Where were you last night? I tried waiting for you." Kagome asked, giving him a sideways glance.

"I was reading a letter."

"Must have been really long," she muttered.

"It was."

"Who was it from? Do you know?"

"No. There was no name."

"I see..." She sighed. "Damn you Karasuma for being so... uninteresting."

(The Next day)

"What the hell is he doing?" Kagome wondered as her neighbor, Harima Kenji, leaned back in his chair. "What did that guy call it? Vibrating? Didn't he get held back? Why is he in this class?"

The day dragged on and Kagome was running behind. If she didn't hurry she was going to be late to her next class. On her way there she stopped and saw Harima open Tenma's locker. The priestess crossed her arms over her chest and waited for him to notice her. He tossed a letter inside the locker and closed it. "Read this. The greatest love letter in the history of the world."

After closing her locker he turned to leave only to spot Kagome with a smirk on her face. He froze and visibly paled. "You saw nothing!"

"Oh, I'm pretty sure I saw you toss a love letter in Tenma's shoe locker," Kagome snickered.

"No you didn't!" he yelled, slightly panicking.

"Pretty sure I did, You blew your cover when you said 'The greatest love letter in the history of the world'," Kagome mocked in a deep voice.

"Damn it! Don't tell her anything!" he demanded, pointing a finger at her.

"I wasn't going to. In fact, I'll go with you later. I want to see how this plays out!" she smiled. "Unless you want Tenma to know your little secret."

"S-she's blackmailing me!" Harima glared at her through his sunglasses. "Fine. Behind the gym, 4:00," he brushed past her, heading to the roof.

4:00 behind the gym

As Kagome waited for the badass to arrive, she connected the dots. "So, Harima is in love with Tenma, who is in love with Karasuma, who is in love with curry. What a weird love triangle... square, whatever."

When Harima arrived Kagome put a finger to her lips. They peeked behind the corner and sure enough, there was Tenma, and another big guy. "What the hell!? Aw crap! I forgot the challenge set for the same time and place! What are the chances!? I can't believe this, I can't go out there now and let Tenma see me fighting that gorilla!"

"Idiot..." Kagome muttered under her

"Hey! Shut up!"

"Shh! Look!" Harima turned to see the gorilla man turn to Tenma, wondering why she was there.

"Uh, I beg your pardon miss," she looked up at him. "Sorry, but what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?"

"Um? Meeting someone?" she skeptically answered

Harimas anger flared as the gorilla man talked to his beloved Tenma.

He leaned down to her height, "A letter?"

"Well yes it-" "Do you mind if I-" He plucked it from her hands. "Hey! Give me that!"

"Bastard!" Kagome grabbed Harima's arm and pulled him back before he could reveal himself.

"If she sees you kick his ass, she'll never want to talk to you!" Kagome hissed. Harima growled as Kagome released his arm and turned his attention back to the scene.

"It's a love poem," The gorilla man began to read it aloud. "Lord, Thank you an epic poem of gratitude. Oh, thank you, to the heavens for sending you to Earth. Oh, thank you to your parents, twas they who gave you birth! Hahahaha!"

Kagome couldn't catch the words he said because of Harimas big mouth.

"I think you're wrong." That caught Harimas attention. "I know i'm not very smart, but I think whoever wrote this was very brave to say what he felt in his heart. It's a beautiful, sensitive, wonderful letter, and I just adore it!"

Kagome heard Harima sniffle. "Are... are you crying?"

"I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have fallen in love with a girl like Tenma." Harima mumbled.

"That's great," the gorilla man took hold of Tenmas hands. "Cause I wrote the letter. I love you."

Kagome nearly fell over from shock. What a sudden turn of events.

Harima punched the wall beside him, leaving a fist sized crater in it. The piece of wall collapsed and hit him on the head. Kagome put a hand to her mouth.

"Harima... Are you ok?" she put a hand on his shoulder.

"Fine," he answered as if he was unaffected by the large piece of cement wall.

"Thank you!" Tenma smiled at him. "That's very sweet, but, I'm in love with somebody else." she bowed and took off. Harima recovered from his current injury and stepped forward. The gorilla man turned around, tears streaming down his face.

Harima patted his shoulder and put an arm around him. "There, there. These things happen to everyone." he punched the guy right in his face, knocking him out instantly. "Except me!" he repeatedly kicked the guy. "That's for laughing at my masterpiece! If there's one thing I hate, it's criticism."

After he was satisfied, Harima left him there. "Let's go," he said to Kagome.

"Uh, sure," Kagome looked back at the guy and followed after Harima.

This was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

He approached his bike and tossed her a helmet. "Eh?"

"You need a ride, don't ya?"

"Well yeah, but-"

"Get on," he left no room for an argument. Hesitantly, Kagome swung her leg over the bike. "Where do you live?"

"Umm, I live with Karasuma..." Kagome muttered.

"What!?" he turned to look at her.

"What, what?"

"Are you guys, ya know, together?" he asked her.

"No! no. He's too...boring." Kagome grumbled. "I live far away and our parents decided I would stay there.. with him."

"Oh." he started the engine and took off. Kagome let out a small scream and wrapped her arms around him so she wouldn't fall off the motorcycle.

"Great. Here I am on this guy's motorcycle! He's practically a stranger and I'm holding onto him like my life depends on it! How embarrassing," Kagome mentally sighed. They stopped at a red light and Kagome loosened her grip.

"If I could just find a way to spend more time where she would notice me. I've gotta find more time..." Harima mumbled to himself. Kagome opened her mouth to say something, but the ringing of a bicycle made Kagome look up.

"K-Karasuma!?" She gaped. She made eye contact with him for the briefest of seconds. She could have sworn she'd seen his eyes grow a little wider.

"Riding a bicycle!" Harima took off without so much as a warning.

"Eep!" Kagome screeched,

"Thanks for the, uh, ride, Harima." Kagome got off the motorcycle and handed him the helmet.

"No problem. Hey...I don't know your name." he said. "How the hell do you know mine?"

"People talk. I'm Kagome Higurashi." she shrugged her shoulders.

"Ah, well, see ya around Kagome," he made a quick u-turn and sped away.

Did she just make friends with Harima Kenji? The 'badass' of Yagami High? She shrugged and walked inside.

~The next day~

It was the same thing everyday: Kagome walked, Karasuma rode his bike. Sometimes she took the bus to school, but only when she was feeling lazy.

On her way to school, she saw Karasuma, speed by. She blinked. How could someone even go that fast without the slightest effort. He put Inuyasha to shame with how fast he was going. Next in line was Tenma and then, lastly, Harima. They looked as if they were in a bike marathon or something. She shook her head.

"Nice hair style," Kagome snickered as she approached the disheveled blonde girl.

"Bad hair day Eri?" Makoto asked.

Yeah, you could say that," she answered. "You'll never guess what happened."

"Karasuma came by on a bike and Tenma was following right after?" Akira 'guessed'.

"What does that mean?" Makoto asked.

"Gee, what do you think?"

"Ahh, Now I get it," Eri said, finally understanding.

"Huh? Get what? Get what?" Poor Makoto is still in the dark about Tenma's feelings for Karasuma.

"But wait, I'm pretty sure I saw a third person chasing after them..." Eri trailed off.

"They didn't see Harima...?" Kagome thought. "How could they miss him?"

"Hey! You don't think Tenma has a thing for Karasuma, do you?" Makoto asked the two girls.

"I'll see you later guys!" Kagome left the three of them.

"See ya, Kagome!" Eri called after

When class rolled around, Kagome saw Harima and Tenma both passed out. "Well, the two of them basically rode a freaking marathon." As Tenma slept, her elbow knocked her eraser off of her desk. Karasuma picked it for her.

"Miss Tsukamoto, here's your eraser." Karasamu tried handing it to the sleeping girl.

"Thank you," she mumbled in her sleep. He leaned over and placed it beside her.

"Gosh that's too bad," Eri spoke while watching with amused eyes," she just missed out on a really good chance there."

"This doesn't bode well for the rest of the school year," Akira said with her usual unimpressed expression.

Kagome smiled at the sleeping girl. This was going to be an interesting school year.

"Thanks mom,"