InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ New Life, New Home, New Friends, and a New Love ❯ Hanging Out With Friends In The Mall ( Chapter 3 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews in this Chapter we meet a lot of new people. And I'm so sorry about the long wait.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha OR Kingdom Hearts, but I do own Miyu.

Charter ages:

Kagome: 16

Inuyasha: 17

Miyu: 8 and 18

Sango: 18 (I think)

Miroku: 19 (I think)

Shippo: 9 (I think)

????: 17

Sora: 16

?????: 16

??????: 16

Chapter 3: Hanging Out With Friends In The Mall

Two Blocks Away From The Mall

The walk to the mall was silent, but not an awkward silence. To Kagome it feels like she knew Sora since they were kids, like they were going to see their friends and hang out as usual. Even though that's not true that was how it felt like to Kagome. It felt natural to her. Something has been really bothering Kagome since Sora asked her to hang out with him and his friends.

“Ummm . . . Sora?” Kagome asked all of the sudden, breaking the silence between the two.

“What's up, Kagome?” He asked. He turned his head to face her.

“I'm sorry that I was the distraction that made you late to meet your friends.” Her eyes were looking down on the sidewalk with shame. She felt so guilty that she made him late to meet his friends. She didn't want him to get in trouble with them for something she did for him to help her.

Sora gave Kagome a weird look and said, “No Kagome you weren't the distraction. Something else distracted me that was in The Woods. Then I saw you getting bullied by Seifer and I wanted to help you, so I did.” He faced forward again.

Kagome was so relived that she wasn't really the cause of him not meeting his friends on time. `But what really did distract Sora in the first place?' She thought to herself. She wanted to ask him what did distract him, but he wasn't telling her in the first place. She didn't want to intrude in his personal business, so she didn't ask.

Kagome faced Sora and asked, “But what about your friends?”

“They will understand. I bet if they were me at the time you were getting bullied they would've done the same thing by helping you. Any of them would've helped you. That's the way we are.”

“Wooow . . . You and your friends sound like heroes, Sora.” Kagome said, looking forward again.

“You think so?”

“Yeah. I mean you saved a damsel in distress and if what you said about your friends is true then they would've done the same and save me. That sounds like a hero to me.” She explained.

Sora chuckled at what she said.

“What's so funny?” She asked a little irritated. She turned to look at him.

“Nothing.”

“It had to be something if you laughed.”

“Kagome where did you come from?”

Kagome was completely taken back by the question he asked her all of a sudden. “Ummm . . . Tokyo.”

“Tokyo?” He asked a little confused. He turned to face her.

“Yeah. You never heard of it? It's only four hours away.”

“Sorry. I never heard of that place. I'm kind of new here too.”

“How long have you been in Twilight Town?”

“Uhhh . . . a year.” He said a little unsure.

`Okay. That's long enough to know where Tokyo is. Then again, I didn't even know there was a Twilight Town in Japan.' “Okay . . . Where did you come from?” Kagome asked. She was curious to know where he used to live.

“Destiny Islands.” He simply said.

“I never heard of Destiny Islands.” She told him.

“I didn't expect you to know.” He chuckled.

“Huh?” She was so confuse.

All of a sudden Sora said, “Come on, I'll race you to the mall.” He yelled, as he sprinted off while Kagome was left in his dust.

“Hey don't leave me!” She yelled as she sprinted off also. “How am I supposed to race you if I don't have a clue where the mall is!” She heard Sora laugh up ahead and she giggled. She was having some fun with this. Her sadness was still there, but she is trying so hard to make it go away. It was hard for her to hide it.

In Front Of Twilight Town Mall

“I win!” Yelled Sora, barley out of breath. He hit the mall door to indicate he had won the race.

“The only reason you won is because I had no clue where the mall was. If I knew where it was I so would've beaten you.” She said barley out of breath.

Sora noticed something weird and asked, “How come you're not out of breath?”

`Because when you are chased by demons every single day of your damn life for a year and a half, you get used to not losing your breath.' She thought. How bad she wanted to say it though. But instead she said, “I entered in a lot of races when I was young.”

Kagome noticed something weird also with Sora and she asked, “What about you? You're not really out of breath either.”

Sora didn't even notice that he was not out of breath. `I guess I got used to it from all the running around.' He thought. He answered, “Back when I used to live on Destiny Island, I raced my best friend a lot.”

“Oh.”

“Come on,” Sora said as he stood up strait and opened the mall door for him and Kagome. “We kept them waiting long enough.”

Kagome nodded her head, “Right. Let's go.” She and Sora both walked in the huge mall.

In Twilight Town Mall

“Where would your friends be at, Sora?” Kagome was looking left and right to see if a group of people would be waiting around, but she had seen none. As she looked around, she was amazed how big the mall was and how beautiful it was.

“Not sure. We usually meet at the food court, but I'm late. And the girls just can't wait to go shopping, so they probably left to shop with the guys. I feel sorry for the guys though. They have to carry all the girls' bags. Then again, when I get there, I'm going to have to help Kairi with her bags.”

Sora rambled on about helping someone by the name of Kairi, while Kagome thought, `Girls? Guys? Kairi?'

“Sora exactly how many people are we meeting up with?” Kagome asked, interrupting Sora's needless rambling.

Sora turned to face Kagome and answered, “Humm . . . lets see . . .”

Kagome then heard Sora started counting incoherently. Then he finally said, “We are supposed to meet up with 8 people and including us its 10.” He said the last part happily.

`At least he knows math.' Kagome thought when she heard Sora said the last part happily. “Wow, 8 people. You must be popular.” Kagome said amazed that he knows so many people.

“Not really. 3 of my friends used to live on the island with me, and the rest I met here in Twilight Town.” He explained.

“Oh. Hey Sora, do you think your friends will like me?” Kagome asked a little unsure.

“Sure, Kagome, their going to like you, especially Kairi. I think you, her, and the other girls are all going to be great friends.” He said.

`It's that name again, Kairi. Sora has said her name a lot. She must be very important to him. Maybe she's Sora's girlfriend.' Kagome's curiosity got the best of her, “What's your relationship with Kairi, if you don't mind me asking.”

Sora was a little taken back by the sudden question, but then he answered simply, “Kairi's my girlfriend.”

Kagome giggled.

Sora blushed a crimson red, “What are you giggling about?”

“You know, I had a feeling Kairi was your girlfriend by the way you talked so much about her.”

Sora's blush went away and he started to laugh. “That obvious?”

“Yup, I can tell you're gaga over her. How long have you guys known each other?”

“Well she was one of my friends back on the island and we know each other since we were kids.” He explained.

“Awww how cute, your Childhood sweethearts.” She said.

“Not really, we were just friends when we were kids. We just started going out one years ago.” He said the last part happily.

“But you still liked her even when you were kids, right?”

Sora didn't answer and he started to blush again.

“Ha! I was right.” Kagome exclaimed happily.

“Yeah, yeah, you were right.” He said as his blush started to go away again.

Kagome giggled again. Then she swore she heard something far off in the distance behind her and Sora. She turned her head to look over her shoulder for a few seconds, and then she looked forward again.

“Say, Sora, does Kairi have long aburn hair, have beautiful sapphire eyes, and wears a pink dress?”

“Yeah she does- Hey wait! How did you know that?” He was completely shocked. How did she get Kairi's look down to the exact point?

“Because a girl with long aburn hair and blue eyes in a pink dress is behind us and she has been calling out your name for the past minute.” Kagome said emotionlessly.

“WHAT?!” Sora immediately stopped dead in his tracks and turned around. Kagome stopped also. Sure enough there was Kairi running trying to catch up to him and Kagome.

“Sora!” Kairi yelled. She was getting closer to them.

“Kairi!” He yelled, waving his hand in the air to show her where he was.

Kagome, who was in front of Sora, didn't want to get in the way of the two. She just walked past Sora and stood behind him. With a slight smile on her face, she watched the two.

Kairi finally reached Sora and was now in front of him, but when she did reach him she turned her back to him and yelled, “Guys I found him! He's over here!” She then turned back around to face him.

After Kairi yelled, a few seconds later Kagome noticed a group of people coming toward them. In the group of people there were 2 girls and 2 boys and including Kairi that would be 3 girls.

`Sora said we are meeting up with 8 people, but all I see is 5. Were missing 3 more people.' Kagome thought. She was confused by this.

“Sora, where were you?” Kairi asked worriedly, with a worried expession on her face.

“Yeah, you kept us waiting her for an hour and a half.” Said one of the boys from the group.

He had spiky blond hair and sapphire eyes. He wore long black and white Tripp pants. The black was the top part of the pants and it ended to his knees and that's where the white started. He wore a white leather jacket that has a red collar, and small black and white checkered designs on it. Underneath that he wore a black zip-up shirt. He wore a black ring on his index finger and a white ring on his middle finger of his left hand. On that same hand he wore a black and white checkered wrist band. To Kagome He looked a lot like Sora. He was holding hands with a girl.

The girl had long blond hair and some of it went over her right shoulder, she had fair cream skin, and she had sapphire eyes also. All she wore was a white dress that stopped just before her knees. From the looks of it, to Kagome, those two look like they are a couple, by the way they were holding hands.

“Sorry you guys, but I had to take care of some business.” Sora apologized to his friends.

`Business?' Kagome thought curiously, `What business could possibly be in The Woods?”

“Even though you kept us all here waiting an hour and a half, we'll forgive you just this once. If this does happen again, we are leaving you behind.” Said another boy from the group.

He had blond hair and brown eyes. He wore long green army pants and a black T-shirt that had a skull with an X under it. He also wore a green jean jacket. On his left hand he wore a red wrist band. Kagome noticed a girl leaning her head on his right shoulder.

“Be nice Hayner.” She said to the boy she called Hayner.

She had long brown hair that hung over her shoulders and had the nicest pair of deep, emerald eyes. She wore an orange shirt that had a white flower design on it and tan cargo pants. She wore a necklace around her neck that had an emerald stone on it and a bracelet with green stones around her right hand. Also, by the looks of it, these two had to be a couple too.

“Fine.” He said in a flat tone.

Kairi walked up to her boyfriend and wrapped her arms around his neck so she could give him a nice warm embrace. Sora also returned the embrace. As she embraced him, she said in a still little worried tone, “I'm just so glad you are okay. I thought something bad happened to you.”

“I'm fine, Kairi. I'm still here, aren't I?”

“Yeah, you are.” She broke the hug.

“So . . . where's Pence and Selphie?” Asked Sora changing the subject, “I thought they were with you guys?”

“They were, until Selphie couldn't wait to go shopping, so she drags Pence with her and they both ditched us. You know how she is.” Said the Sora look alike.

“That sounds like hyper Selphie.” Sora chuckled, “Have you seen them since?”

“No.” Said Hayner, “They're probably gone by now.”

By now Kagome really wasn't paying attention to the people in front of her. She felt so out of place there. Like she didn't belong . . . it made her feel awkward. She had this urge to just leave right then and there. She turned around about to walk away from the group, but before she could get away she heard, “Who are you?” Kagome didn't recognize the voice. It had to belong to a girl because the voice had a soft, kind tone.

Kagome turned around to face the group. All eyes were on her now, and she really didn't like all the attention. It made her feel weird and weak, which she really didn't like. An awkward silence fell upon the group. Kagome saw the girl with blond hair looking at her with a small smile on her face. `It had to be her that asked. She was the only one I didn't hear speak at all.' She thought. Kagome was about to answer the blonde when Sora interrupted her.

“Guys, this is my new friend. Her name's Kagome. You all better get used to her because she is going to hang out with us for now on.” Said Sora, as he introduced Kagome to all of his friends.

Once again Kagome felt awkward and now nerves. She couldn't think of anything to say to them, since Sora said it all pretty much. “Ummm . . . Uhhh . . .” Was pretty much all she could say to them. Right now she was so shy.

“Hi Kagome, nice to meet you. I'm Kairi.” Said the red head happily, as she broke the silence between the group and Kagome.

“Ummm . . . nice to meet you too, Kairi. Sora has told me a lot about you.”

“Names Hayner.” Said the boy with black The T-shirt that had a skull with an X under it.

“I'm Olette.” Said the girl with brown hair.

“I'm Roxas.” Said the Sora look alike.

“My name is Namine.” Said the blond.

“It's nice to meet you all.” Said Kagome happily. She finally got back to normal. She was happy that they accepted her.

“Now you need to meet one more person, who is also part of our group.” Said Sora, “I would like you to meet my best friend I knew since I was a kid.” He pointed to someone in the far right, who wasn't in the group like everyone else. That's why Kagome couldn't see him before.

When Kagome saw who Sora was pointing at, her face turned to a shock immediately. And so did the other person's face.

“Kagome I'll like you to meet Ri-” Sora got cut off.

“IT'S YOU!” Shouted both Kagome and Sora's friend, as they pointed their index fingers at each other.

“Whoa! What did I just miss?” Said Hayner, bewildered.

“Riku, you know Kagome?” Kairi asked slowly.

The group starred at Riku and Kagome in confusion. What the Hell is going on?

“No, I don't really know her, but we ran into each other in the hall this morning.” Said Riku.

Kagome observed the boy Kairi called Riku. This was definitely the boy she ran into the hall in school this early morning. “Not even ran, we collided into each other in full force." She said.

“So you kind of know each other.” Said Sora.

“No!” Both Kagome and Riku said in unison.

“Weren't you just listening to us just now?” Asked Riku.

“I'm still stuck on how you two met, so no, I wasn't listening.” Explained Sora to Riku.

“God you're an idiot! I just don't see what Kairi sees in you.”

“I agree.” Murmured Kagome under her breath, so no one could hear her.

“Guys, Guys, lets stop this stupid nonsense, and really get down to business on why were here.” Said Namine as she finally spoken up. She just wanted the fighting to stop (if you can call it fighting).

“Yeah witch is shopping.” Exclaimed Olette happily.

“I have to agree with Namine and Olette.” Said Hayner.

“Yeah, I think I speak for all the guys when I say, `The faster we finish shopping, the faster we get out of this torture.' Said Roxas.

“It's not that bad, is it?” Asked Namine.

“Not really. It's only torture that we have to hold all of your bags.” Replied Roxas.

“Oh.”

“Come on let us get started then.” Said Kairi happily, “Come on Kagome follow me.”

“Okay, Coming.” She turned to follow Kairi, and the rest of the girls including Roxas.

“Come on you two. Let's go before we lose them.” Said Hayner to Sora and Riku, as he was walking to the rest of his friends up ahead.

“Fine.” They both said in defeat. Both of them wanted to win that stupid fight, but it had to be a tie. Sora and Riku hate ties between them in any fight or competition. They had to let this one slid.

Few Hours Later

Outside of the mall, in Twilight Town, the sun was just about to set outside. As the time went by that Kagome had spend with the small group of close friends, she got close to them and learned a little about them and their personalities.

Sora was the goofball of the group, but is very brave and can be serious. He's funny and yet very kind, and is willing to meet new people. By the way he talks about his friends a lot shows he is loyal to all of them and would probably protect them even if it meant his own life.

Kairi is so kind to her friends and to new people, just as she was to Kagome. To Kagome she acted and looked like a princess. You can tell she is deeply in love with Sora as much as he is with her. Just like Sora she would probably do anything to protect her friends. Also, Kagome noticed that Kairi and Sora have a pure aura of light.

Namine was just like Kairi but with blond hair. Kagome even thought they were twins, but soon found out they weren't. She was kinda the quiet one of the group, but when she did speak most of the time they were kind words.

Hayner was a real bad ass. He has a bold, brave, bad ass attitude and it reminded Kagome of Inuyasha and that other boy Seifer. Kind of think it, he looks a little like Seifer. He is kinda the leader, but it usually was either Sora or Riku, mostly Sora though. She even heard from Olette that he is Twilight Town's trouble maker along with Roxas, Riku, and sometimes Sora.

Olette is just like the other girls in the group. She is the responsible one and peace keeper of the group, sometimes a matchmaker too. She and Hayner have the same aura like Sora and Kairi.

Roxas is like Namine. He is quiet and sometimes stares out into space. When he does talk, it's mostly positive and reassuring. Sometimes he can act like Hayner though. He and Namine have a slight darkness in their aura, but it wasn't so bad. She is able to trust them.

Last but not least, Riku. He was quiet and very mysterious to Kagome. His aura was off the hook with darkness -as if it was embedded in his bones. Kagome was surprised she didn't notice it at all this morning when she ran into him. She is having a really hard time to choose to trust him or not. Sora told her that Riku isn't always this quiet. He's just really tired from a long day at school and waking up really late.

(A/N: Okay enough with the characters, back to the real story.)

While they were all shopping, Kagome saw a pretty dress she wanted, but unfortunately she wasted all the munny before when she went shopping on Market Street. Kairi knew Kagome had no munny. When she saw Kagome looking at the dress, she noticed how cheap it was. So she bought the dress for her new friend. Kagome thanked Kairi over and over again and said that she owes her one. Kairi told she doesn't have to, all she has to do is to consider it a gift of friendship between the two.

Kagome felt bad for Sora, Roxas, and Hayner. They were holding (mostly struggling) the girls heavy shopping bags, while Riku held absolutely nothing.

Kagome was starving. She hasn't eaten at all today. Everybody was about to head to another store, but Kagome asked, “You guys? Do you think we could stop and grab a bite to eat? I didn't eat at all today.”

“Sure, I could use some food about now.” Said Roxas, “How about you guys?”

“Me too.” Said Sora.

“Whatever.” Said Riku.

“I'm in.” Added Olette.

“Okay.” Said Kairi and Namine.

“To the food court!” Yelled Hayner, as he sprinted off to the right. Everyone followed him except for two who were walking slowly behind.

They were Kagome and Riku.

As they walked besides each other, an awkward silence fell upon them. Kagome really didn't like it. It made her feel a little uncomfortable. Then she remembered something from this morning that she has been meaning to tell Riku.

“Riku?” This was her first time directly talking to him.

“What is it, Kagome?” He asked; his voice like velvet, as he looks directly at her chocolate brown eyes with his amazing bluish-green eyes.

“Remember when we ran into each other in school?” She asked. She couldn't turn away from his gaze.

He took his gaze away from Kagome, and looked forward to see where he was going. He smirked and replied with a chuckle, “How could I forget, my ass still hurts from that incident. Why do you ask though?”

“Well when you dropped all of your stuff, you left something behind. I tried to give it back to you, but you left for class in a rush that I couldn't.

“What did I leave behind?”

“A book.”

“What book?”

“Ummm, I think it was called: Ansem Reports.” She replied.

“I've been looking for that book all morning.” He said, “You didn't read any of it did you?” His eyes narrowed as he asked in a stern, serious tone now.

To Kagome it sounded like he didn't want her to read the book at all. Not even a single page of it. Which was exactly what she did, she did read a page of that weird book. “No.” She lied. She didn't want to get him mad at her for reading a page of that book.

“Okay, good.” He said back to his usual Musical/Velvet tone of voice.

`If I didn't read it, why wouldn't he let me?' She thought.

“We are almost at the food court. I don't want you to get lost, so stay close and follow me. Okay?”

“Okay.” She said slowly, as she stayed close behind him.

The Food Court

“Get a move on you two. I'm starving!” Yelled Sora as he saw Riku and Kagome come into view.

“You're not the only one, Sora.” Said Kagome as she ran up to him.

“Good. Now that everyone's here lets get some food.” Said Olette.

“Oh Man.” Groaned Kagome.

“What's wrong?” Asked Namine.

“I completely forgot I have no munny.” She felt dumb and so embarrassed.

“I'll gladly buy your food.” Offered Kairi.

“No, Kairi. You can't do that. You already bought me a dress.”

“But you didn't eat at all today.” Said Roxas.

“It's okay, real-”

“I'll pay for her food.” Riku interrupted.

Everyone stared at Riku in shock.

`Okay? What? I never would have expected him to do something like this.' Thought Kagome.

“WHAT!” Said Riku a little irritated by everyone staring at him.

“Nothing.” Said Sora.

“No, Riku you don't have to buy me food.”

“I don't have to. I want to.” He replied in a stern tone.

Everyone was shocked to hear this from Riku, especially Kagome.

Kagome knew she was not going to win this fight. She sighed in defeat, “Okay.”

A Couple Minutes Later

Everyone got there meals, and were ready to sit down and dig in.

“Okay, girls sit with girls at a table and guys sit with guys at a table.” Said Olette.

“What?” Asked Hayner.

“Why?” Sora whined.

“So we can have some girl talk with Kagome.” Said Kairi.

“Come on Kagome.” Said Namine.

Kagome had no clue what was just going on. “Huh? What?” Said Kagome as she was being pushed by Kairi, Olette, and Namine to a table away from the boys.

Girl's Table

“So Kagome, how did you meet Sora?” Asked Kairi, after she was done eating. She was very curious on how her new friend met her boyfriend.

“Well I was inThe Woods by an Old Mansion. A boy named Seifer came by and started bullying me. Then Sora came out of no where and stood up for me. He got Seifer to leave and then he asked me to hang out. That's pretty much it.” Explained Kagome to her new friends.

“Seifer was bullying you? Geeezzz, doesn't he ever take a break from bothering new people?” Asked Olette to no one in particular.

“Guess not.” Said Namine.

“You all sound like you know him well.” Said Kagome.

“Not really.” Said Kairi.

“Seifer is part of Twilight Town's `Disciplinary Committee'. He is Hayner's number one rival, and they hate each other so much. They fight and argue pretty much every day.” Explained Olette.

“And since we are all on Hayner's side we fight and argue with him and his group.” Kairi added.

“What are the names of the people in his group? He said it, but I don't remember.” Kagome asked to Kairi.

"Well there's 3 boys including Seifer and 1 girl. The girl's name is Fuu, the tall boy is Rai, and the small one is Vivi.”

“Oh.” Kagome remembered that weird small creature. `That was a boy? I really thought it was a demon or something not of this world.'

“Okay enough about Seifer and his gang. Let's talk about you, Kagome.” Said Olette with a mischievous grin on her face.

“Huh . . . What?” Kagome asked a little confused.

“Were going to ask you some random questions, so we can know more about you.” Explained Namine.

“Okay.”

“Let's see,” Kairi started off, “How old are you?”

“16.”

“What grade are you in?” Namine asked the next random question.

“11th.”

“Cool she is in the same grade as us. I hope we have classes together.” Said Olette, “Okay my turn. What is your favorite colors?”

“Green and Black.”

“Where are you from?” Asked Kairi.

“Tokyo.”

`Tokyo? Is that part of Twilight Town? I never heard of that place. Might as well act like I do.' Thought Kairi. Namine and Olette were thinking pretty much the same thing.

“Your lucky number?” Asked Namine.

“13.”

“When you left your home, did you leave someone special behind?” Olette asked, “If you get what I'm saying.”

Kagome thought about her painful past with Inuyasha and everyone else from the Feudal Era. O how she missed her daughter and friends. Then her thoughts were back on Olette's question and she thought about Inuyasha. How she hated him so. It was so hard for her to believe that she once loved him. His betrayal is what made her this way. She can't do anything the way she used to. She can't eat (She barely touched the food Riku got her), sleep, show her true feelings, that she felt so weak, or fall in love. It was his entire fault. Just thinking of all this made her want to cry, but she stood strong and held her tears back.

She bowed her head down, her bangs now covering her eyes, “No I didn't leave any one special to me in any way behind.” She answered in a cold emotionless tone.

Olette felt like she struck a very strong nerve. A thick tension came upon them, that they could all feel, and to make it worse an awkward silence had occurred upon them also.

“I'm sorry.” Olette said in a low voice, as she broke the silence.

Kagome picked up her head to look at Olette. “Don't be sorry. I just never had a boyfriend before, so don't look so down.” Kagome put on the best fake smile she could muster up.

“Okay.” Olette said with a small smile.

“How about you Olette and Namine? Do you have boyfriends?” Kagome asked the two. She wanted to know if she was right about Olette being with Hayner and Namine being with Roxas.

The two girls blushed a light pink. “Yeah. You already met them. Hayner is my boyfriend." Olette was the first to answer Kagome's question.

“Roxas is my boyfriend.” Said Namine. She was still blushing a little.

“Awww how cute.” Said Kagome. `I was right about them all being together.' "What about Riku? Does he have a girlfriend?" She couldn't help asking.

"No, he doesn't." Namine said.

"Oh." She wanted to ask: 'Why?', but she was interupted before she could ask.

“Are you girls done talking yet?” Sora asked. The girls turned around to see that Sora, Roxas, and Hayner were standing behind them.

“Come on lets finish your shopping, so we can go the arcade.” Said Hayner.

“Okay.” Said Olette, Kairi, and Namine. The girls got up and were about to walk away when they noticed that Kagome was not Coming.

“Kagome are you coming with us?” Namine asked.

“Nah. I want to stay here and relax a bit. I was running around all day today.”

“Okay, we'll meet you back here in a little bit.” Said Sora.

“Okay.” Kagome then noticed that a certain someone was not with the rest the boys, “Where's Riku, Sora.” She couldn't help asking.

“He is still sitting at the table. Said that he was way to tired to continue shopping and wanted to relax also.”

“Oh.”

“Alright we'll be back in a bit.” Said Roxas. Then the small group began to walk away from the table. Kagome watched as they left until they were long gone.

2 Minutes Later

`Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo board. They weren't even gone for five minutes and I'm board. Kagome thought.

“I should've gone with them.” Kagome said to herself.

“I couldn't agree more.” Said a musical voice.

Kagome turned around to see who had spoken. It was none other than Riku himself. Kagome wasn't shock when he came form behind. His dark aura gave it away.

“Hey.” She said to him.

“I noticed that you were here alone,” Riku said, “Mind if I sit here?” He asked pointing his finger to the chair next to Kagome.

Kagome sighed, “Yeah sure, why not.”

Riku took a seat on the chair and began to talk to Kagome. “I got really board in a matter of seconds and I saw that you were here. I figured that you were board also and that you wanted some company.” He told her with a grin on his face.

Kagome couldn't help but smile at his kindness. Not a fake smile, but a real smile. "It's like you could read my mind. It's true I got board quickly also. The reason I stayed behind was because I wanted to relax."

“Same here. I'm so tired this morning from waking up late.”

“I have been meaning to ask you, Riku. Why were you running late for school this morning?”

“Me, Sora, Roxas, and Hayner share a dorm room and we were all up late last night. I didn't wake up to the alarm clock when it went off this morning because I was in a pretty deep sleep. Sora told me he that him, Roxas, and Hayner were trying to get me up so I wouldn't be late, but after the first 30 seconds of me not getting up, they gave up and left for class. I wake up like an hour later to find out I'm super late.” He explained.

Kagome began to laugh at Riku.

“It's not funny.” He said seriously.

“Yeah, it is.” She replied, “So then what happened?”

“I got dressed as quickly as possible and grabbed the books I needed. I ran out the door and continued to run through the halls as fast as possible. Then I ran into you and after that I got to my class. When I went in the teacher gave me a detention for after school. Unfortunately, I had that class with Sora and Roxas and I told them I was going to kill them and Hayner after school.”

“Why didn't you?” She asked.

“I was way to damn tired to.” He replied simply.

Kagome giggled at his answer. When Kagome finished giggling she was thinking about what Riku said about being in the same class as Sora and Roxas. She thought that was kind of weird. To her Riku look a little older then Sora and Roxas. “How old is Sora, Roxas, and Hayner?”

Riku was a little taken back but the sudden question, but answered, “They are all the same age, which is 16.”

“How old are you?”

“17.” He answered.

“Then shouldn't you be in 12th grade?”

“Yeah. I should be, but I got left back last year.”

“Why?” She asked

“I didn't do any homework what so ever.” He answered. (A/N: Really happened to someone in my school.)

“So that means we are in the same grade?”

“Yup. Everyone in our group is in the same grade. Who knows, we are probably in some classes together.”

“Yeah, we probably are.” She said in a low voice.

20 Minutes Later

For the last 20 minutes Riku and Kagome were talking about some random stuff Like: Life (Except for the secrets in their lives.), there old homes, and school.

Even though Riku has a really dark aura, Kagome couldn't help not trusting him. I mean, most of his friends have a pure aura, and since he best friends with Sora and Kairi there had to be some good in him then. For now Kagome will trust him, but if he is to something really evil that trust will go bye-bye. Even though she is weak, if she has to she will fight him. Kagome just prays that she doesn't have to do that to her new friend.

Not long after everyone came back.

“Hey you two, had fun while we were gone?” Hayner asked with a smirk.

“Yes, tons.” Said Kagome sarcastically.

“Good.” Said Sora.

“So where are we heading next?” Asked Riku.

“The arcade.” Said Roxas.

“Okay let's go.” Said Kairi.

The group began to walk toward the arcade. Riku and Kagome got up from there seats and began to follow the rest.

At The Arcade

“So what are we going to do here?” Kagome asked to anyone who was willing to answer.

“Were going to play Dance Dance Revolution.” Said Olette.

“Hell yeah! That game is awesome. Riku is like the champ when it comes to that.” Sora said.

“Oh really?” Kagome asked sarcastically while looking at Riku.

“It's true.” He said.

“Yeah sure, whatever you say.” Kagome said sarcastically again.

“You want to see?” He asked her.

“Yeah, I do.” Said Kagome.

“Fine then, verse me.” He said.

“Sounds like a challenge.” Roxas said with a grin.

“Fine, I will verse you. Prepare to lose.” Kagome said. Even tough Kagome was always in the Feudal Era, whenever she got the chance to go home she would play this game at the mall. She was really good at it and was probably the best.

Everyone walked to the DDR game. Riku got on the right dance pad and Kagome got on the left one. They slipped in the quarters that were needed (Kagome got hers from Riku.) They both picked verse mode and they both also picked expert mode. Kagome picked the first song, witch was Cartoon Heroes. They both pressed the start button and the game began.

“Let the games begin.” Said Sora.

30 Minutes Later

“I can't believe I lost.” Kagome groaned, as her and the rest of the group left the arcade. Riku won with a perfect score of A and Kagome lost with the score of A-. After there battle, it was boy verse girls. All the boys won.

“Better luck next time.” Said Riku.

“Yeah, you were so close too.” Said Kairi.

“I know, I know.” Said Kagome.

“I think it's time to leave and head back to the school.” Said Namine.

“Yeah, Namine's right we should go back. We all have school tomorrow.” Said Roxas.

“Alright let's get out of here.” Said Riku.

“Come on Kagome, lets go.” Said Kairi. The group began to walk away.

“Okay, com-” Kagome stopped in mid sentence. A horrible chill went down her spine and the hairs on the back of her neck stood up, for she sensed something so dangerous near by.

`Oh No! A demon.'

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Next Chapter Title: Back To Realality

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