A few days later, Kagome was better than ever. She kept in contact with Shippo and Sesshomaru, she moved into her new apartment, started her new job, the prayer beads Miroku gave her were wrapped around wrist, like a bracelet, the two swords Sango and Inuyasha gave her were hanging on the wall in her new apartment, the subjugation beads were currently sitting on the desk at home in front of a framed picture of the small group, and the robe of the fire rat was carefully hung in her closet.

She was glad no one brought it up. Maybe Kouga warned them not to? Oh well. Her life in Feudal Japan was over, now she could fully focus on an almost normal life. Normal just didn't seem to occur here at Yagami High. The abnormal occurred in her group of friends. To be specific, Tenma, Karasuma, and even Harima. The three were stuck in a love triangle. Harima liked Tenma who liked Karasuma, who liked Curry more than life itself it seemed. Each time Tenma tried to get closer to Karasuma, something always happened to keep her from doing so. The same went for Harima as well.

"Is that all he thinks about?" Kagome thought as she watched Harima, watch Tenma, watch Karasuma. "Tenma and fighting?"

Here she was, having lunch with the idiot and the only thing he could talk about was Tenma. Kagome completely supported Harima, but his obsession with Tenma was getting kinda of old.

"Hey Kagome," Harima called her name, pulling her from her thoughts. "What happened with that job at the bookstore?"

"I got fired," she grumbled. "Everyday this guy would come in just to flirt and harass me. One day, as I was putting books on the shelf, he tried to make a pass at me, so I grabbed him and pinned him to the ground. He played innocent and said I attacked him for no reason.  They fired me after that, completely taking his side."

"Did you find a new job?" he asked shoving a piece of meat in his mouth.

"I did actually. At a restaurant downtown was hiring and needed the help so they hired me on the spot!" Kagome clapped her hands together. "If all else failed, I was thinking about going to Sesshomaru and asking him if I could work at Taisho Corps."

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Kagome stretched her arms. Finally, break time. She took off her apron and went into the main room where the customers sat. Her eyes scanned the area when she spotted Tenma and her sister Yakumo and Harima sitting with some woman. She smiled and approached the table, just as Harima began his story of how he met and fell in love with Tenma. She put a finger to her lips and sat down beside the woman who agreed to play along.

"So you started dressing like a thug and went with the old goatee disguise?" she laughed. "How original."

"I couldn't think of anything else! It was the best I could do!" Harima cried. "You know how hard it is to live like this? Hiding your face from the one you love? Try to understand!"

"I understand!" Tenma spoke, shocking both Kagome and Harima. She slammed her fist on her table. "It's that girls fault, if you ask me!" Harima was horrified. "Ya know, for some reason that story seems really familiar."

Kagome snickered. "If only she knew."

"Hey, when did you get here!?" Harima pointed a finger at Kagome was sat there innocently.

"Since the beginning of your story," she grinned.

"So, who are you?" the woman asked.

"Kagome Higurashi. A friend and classmate of the idiot." she smiled at her

"Osakabe Itoko, cousin of Harima Kenji. I didn't know Kenji had such a beautiful friend," she looked at her cousin. "How come you never told me about Kagome here?"

"Hey! You knew she was there?" Harima said to her as she approached his side.

"Come on it's reunion time." she put her hand on the chair.

"Don't do it!" she turned the chair and pushed him in Tenma's direction. Harima grabbed the waiter, and set him in front of him."

"One order of Miso Pork!" he smiled at her. "Kagome your breaks over!"

"Yes yes." Kagome stood. "Well, it was nice meeting you Itoko. See you at school Harima!"

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"In order for the class to learn about a little something called teamwork, our homeroom assignment today is to play a friendly game of softball."

The class let out an 'aww' and began whispering to each other.

"I think I'll pass," one of the students said, not looking up from his cell phone.

"It's a beautiful day, So let's not waste it! Lets get out there and forge the bonds of friendship and teamwork with sweat!"

"Yeah! Lets do it!" Harima yelled standing up.

"Yeah!" Kagome stood up as well. Harima and Kagome high fived each other.

"I'd almost forgotten that sports are a great outlet. Where delinquents can channel their aggression productively."

~Timeskip~

The class quickly changed and met outside on the softball field.

Eri, Tenma, and Kagome sat on the bench watching as Makoto hit the ball that was pitched towards her.

"That's great! Way to go!" Tenma cheered.

"She certainly sent that one flying, didn't she?" Eri rested her arms behind her head and crossed her leg over her other one. "Makoto's really good at this."

Kagomes team got on the field, ready to defend. Eri pitched the ball and poor Tenma just wasn't one for sports. Makoto and Akira were really good at sports as well as Kagome.

Tenma sat on the bench as one of the guys took Eri's spot as pitcher. Harima was up to bat. The new pitcher tossed the ball and Harima hit it without a problem. It just so happened to hit the pitcher right in the face.

"As expected from him," Kagome sighed as she shook her head.

Karasuma stood from the shaded spot on the bench. Now that the pitcher was out, they needed a new one.

"Pitcher, Tsukamoto." he spoke.

"The manager has spoken." Kagome smiled at Tenma.

"What?! Me? Are you sure?" Karasuma nodded. "But Karasuma...I really don't think I've got what it takes."

"Miss Tsukamoto..." he said putting his hands on her shoulder. "There's something I want to tell you."

"Woah. Check that out," Kagome said from beside Makoto.

"You don't need to worry about what others may think of you. Just believe in yourself and give it everything you've got. At least that's what Eri Sawachika wanted me to tell you." He revealed.

"Wow, you said that?" Makoto questioned the rich blonde girl.

"Just drop it, Ok?!" She yelled obviously embarrassed.

"Oh Karasuma..." Tenma put her hands on the boy and shook him. She said something that Kagome didn't quite catch. Nonetheless, she stepped up to the pitcher plate.

Tenma's aura flared as she prepared to pitch the ball. Everyone stared at the girl in shock as it flew threw the air and seemed to disappear. The next thing everyone knew, Harima was being smacked in the face with the fast ball Tenma had pitched.

"It's a dead ball! Runner on third, ran in. And that's the game guys!"

"He's so heavy," the guy Harima fell on wheezed out.