"Inu Yasha, are you sure you want to do this?" Kagome asked, watching his face.

"Just give me the damn jewel," he retorted. Kagome handed him the newly formed Shikon no Tama. Holding it in the palm of his hand, Inu Yasha quickly made his wish, then swallowed the jewel to ensure that the wish would work. As soon as he did, he felt the jewel's magic take effect.

Both of them watched as his hair dulled to black, his doggy ears disappeared, only to see human ears take their place. His claws shrunk until they were no more. Finally, Inu Yasha was human. Only his eyes stayed the same. They stayed the beautiful, golden orbs that she loved so much. She'd miss the doggy ears though.

Walking hand in hand, they said good bye to their friends. Sango and her brother Kohaku were together at last. Miroku had disappeared shortly after, and Shippo had found some of his kin. Kaede had died a year before. Jumping down the well, Kagome said a silent good bye the past.

"Mom, Sota, Jii-chan! I've someone I want you to meet!" Kagome yelled, running up to her house. Sota came bursting out, followed by her mother and grandfather.

"Kagome, you're back so soon," her mother noted.

"I know. Man am I hungry," she grinned.

"Dinner's ready," Mrs. Hiragashi told her daughter. "You're welcome to join us Inu Yasha," Mrs. Hiragashi invited the teen boy. Everyone went in and sat down to eat.

"Inu Yasha, you can stay in my room," Sota started. He began to list all the things they would do. At this, Kagome had to smile at the bewildered look upon Inu Yasha's face. After they finished eating dinner, the family split to their separate ways. Mrs. Hiragashi went to read her book she had started the night before about a young girl who traveled to the past and found her true love. Jii-chan went to his workroom in the shrine for his daily mediation, while young Sota managed to drag the once hanyou teen up to his room, and last but not least, the teen girl of the family went off to study.

Just as she was getting ready to go to bed, Inu Yasha burst into the room. He closed her door and sat with his back pushed against it.

"Your brother," the guy gasped, "is a tornado. All he does is talk and talk and talk. Then he goes and turns on a thing he called a plah-stah-shon and starts talking about all this stuff that makes no sense," Inu Yasha told a bewildered Kagome.

"Poor you," she giggled.

"Come on! I know you're in there Inu Yasha!" Sota's muffled voice traveled through the door.

"Good night Inu Yasha," Kagome said, laughing as her brother dragged him off down the hall and into their room.

Alarm blaring, Kagome woke to find Inu Yasha asleep on her floor. "Wake up sleepyhead," she cooed in his ear.

"Ugh, 5 more minutes, please," he mumbled out, making her smile. 'Just like a little kid,' she thought. She let him sleep for five more minutes, then left to go take a quick shower. After she was down and dressed, Kagome headed downstairs to eat breakfast.

Sota was chowing down on his cereal, Jii-chan was still asleep, and her mother was slowly eating a bagel. Kagome noticed Inu Yasha eating something quickly, her guess was that he had his favorite, Instant Ramen. Noticing the time, she grabbed a bagel and yelled good bye to her family, running off like there was no tomorrow to make it to school on tine.

"Kagome," a very familiar voice called to her when she arrived at school. Turning around, she was face to face with her three best friends in the world, Kontonkaze Eri, Ruailong Ayumi, and Gintsuki Yuka.

"Yuka, Ayumi, Eri! It's so nice to see you guys!" She squealed. The four friends quickly caught up on all they'd missed over the summer. Walking into high school, Kagome could hardly believe she was finally in her last year of schooling, unless, of course, she decided to go off to college. The day passed by at an incredibly fast speed.

As lunch rolled around, she remembered that she had forgotten her lunch at home. Right after the lunch bell rang, she heard her name called down to the office. Yuka, who worked in the office during part of the afternoon, went down with Kagome.

"Hello Mina-san," Yuka greeted one of the girls working in the office. Kagome quickly recognized why she had been called down to the office.

"Inu Yasha, what are you doing here?" She inquired.

"You forgot this, this morning, " he said, handing her a brown paper sack that she knew held her forgotten lunch's contents.

"That's sweet of you," she thanked him.

"Your mother insisted," he told her.

"Okay, well see you after school," she answered.

"Whatever," he called back, already walking towards the building's exit. After school, as Kagome and her friends were leaving, she saw Hojo coming their way. He was now in their grade due to a case of mono he had acquired the previous year, forcing him to repeat the grade.

"Hiragashi!" Hojo called to her. She and her friends stopped.

"Hello, Hojo-kun," she answered him, inwardly groaning.

"There you are!" A voice from behind her yelled. "I've been looking everywhere for you," the voice went on. She knew this voice almost as good as her own, and as she thought this, she felt a familiar weight of a hand on her shoulder.

"You know, I am going home. You could have just stayed there," she answered.

"No way! Not with your little brother there," Inu Yasha replied. Kagome grinned, her little brother's school got out half an hour before her's did, and since they lived within five minutes walking distance of the elementary, she knew Inu Yasha had that half an hour to be tortured by her brother.

"Be glad Sota didn't bring any of his friends home," she told him. "Because, if he had, last night would have been nothing compared to what they would have done," she told him. "Although, last night certainly was hilarious," she added.

"Maybe for you, but I didn't think it was very funny," he grumbled.

"Hiragashi, who is your friend?" Hojo asked.

"You know, he brought her lunch to school for her. Isn't that sweet of him," Kagome heard Yuka tell Ayumi and Eri.

"That's so cool," Eri sighed.

"Oh yeah, everyone, this is Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha, this is Yuka, Eri, Ayumi, and Hojo," Kagome told everyone, pointing to each person as she said their names.

"Whatever," Inu Yasha snorted.

"So, why are you here?" She inquired.

"Your mom asked me to give you this," he answered, pulling a piece of paper out of his pocket.

"Hmm, well we better get going. Later you guys," she called to her friends, walking off with Inu Yasha.

A/N: Hey, it's me, AJ. How do you like this story? I wrote this story back in February and though it's not finished, I like it. If you really want to know, this is technically the first two chapters, but the chapters are so short that I'm putting two or three in one to make up the chapter I'm posting. In fact, I've got about 18 chapters and a little of a 19th written out. So, that would equal out to about nine chapters at the moment.

Something I noticed when I originally wrote the second chapter is that very few stories are written in present tense. I read a lot, both fan fictions and published books, and have found few written in the present tense. One book I've read in present tense is Zel by Donna Jo Napoli. It's a retelling of the fairy tale Rapunzel.

I'm such a sucker for those stories. I just love how many variations you can have for each fairy tale. One of the best author's I've found that does these stories is Robin McKinley, who doesn't allow her work on the site. Spindle's End is just so amazing and beautifully written. Beauty is also a wonderful story, but I believe that Spindle's End is her best work.

East by Edith Pattou is a really cool book, though a little confusing at the beginning. I love how she changes to the different points of view so easily, a true skill. It also has one of my favorite lines ever in it as part of the main plat. The line: East of the sun, West of the moon.

Guess what that means? It means nowhere. You cannot go east of the sun, west of the moon. You'd end in the same spot. That is if the two would even stay in the same place long enough for you to travel in each direction. Hey, if you know of any fairy tale remakes, will you tell me in your review?

Also, I do take anonymous reviews, but for any of those who don't have an account, email me your email address and I'll tell you when I update. Look on my profile page to find out my addy. If you want to cancel, just send me a blank message with cancel in the subject. oh, and anyone waiting for me to get the next chapter of Him out, you'll have to wait until I find the story. Ja ne!