Hello everyone and welcome to my new story!

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha.

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Chapter One: The New School

Kagome walked happily down the driveway to her house. It was a beautiful fall day, and the leaves crunched under her feet as she skipped up the steps to her house. Kagome shifted her backpack around on her shoulders, as she bent down, picked up the key from under the welcome mat, and unlocked the door, with a faint click. She opened the door slowly and stepped into her dark house.

The first thing that registered in Kagome's mind was red. There was so much red. It was flung out over the whole entranceway, and spattered the walls. Kagome's breath started coming in short gasps as she stared at the scene in front of her. Both of her parents were lying on the floor, Her mother's glazed eyes staring at the ceiling, and not blinking. Her mother was shot through the forehead, right between the eyes, and she had a terrified expression on her face. Her father had been shot through the back, as if he were trying run away, and was lying face down on the rug, a pool of blood seeping into the pattern. Kagome opened her mouth to scream, but she clapped a hand over her mouth when she heard something clank in the next room: the kitchen. Someone was still here. Kagome moved towards the door opposite the one to the kitchen, hoping to get as far away from the person in the house as possible, but stopped short in the doorway. Her grandfather was lying inside the next room in another puddle of blood. He held the newspaper in one hand, and had a surprised expression on his face, frozen forever. Kagome stumbled backwards and slipped out her cell phone from her back pocket with trembling fingers, quickly dialing 9-1-1. She could hear shuffling now in the kitchen moving towards the living room. Suddenly someone picked up on the line.

"You have dialed 9-1-1. What is your emergency?" For a second, Kagome's throat closed up and she couldn't speak. She stood frozen, and tried to force air past her mouth, but failed. T-hen she heard another noise from the living room, and her voice rushed out at once in a harsh whisper.

"It's my parents and my grandfather. I just found them, and they are…they were shot. I think they're dead!" Kagome chocked back a sob and continued, "I think the murderer is still in the house. Please hurry!" Kagome glanced around frantically. She didn't hear any more movement. The woman on the line spoke again.

"Stay calm now. A dispatch is on their way to your house. Try to find a place to hide, and stay there until the police can reach you." Kagome snapped the phone shut and moved quietly over to the coat closet by the door. She turned the knob slowly and crawled inside, and pulled the door closed after her, leaving a crack that she could peer out of. She became aware of sirens in the distance, coming closer to the house.

Hurried footsteps made their way from the living room into the kitchen, and then towards the entryway. Kagome nearly stopped breathing as a man loomed in the doorway to the kitchen. He had greasy black hair, and a predatory face. He was spattered lightly with blood, and held a gun by his side. The man glanced around for a second, and then made his way towards the door. He was almost out, when Kagome gave a small squeak, not being able to hold in her terror any more.

The man paused mid-stride, and turned slowly to face the closet. He looked strait through the crack at Kagome, and his hand that held the gun twitched soundlessly. Kagome stared back at the man; unable to tear her gaze away as he slowly brought the gun up, and a cold grin slowly played over his face, as his lips formed the words, "Kagome…Kagome!" Kagome looked at the man, confused, how did he know her name?

"KAGOME!"

Kagome shot up in her bed, shivering and completely drenched in sweat. A policewoman stood in the door of the hotel she was staying in, looking at Kagome with a concerned expression on her face.

"Are you okay, Kagome?" Kagome sighed and sank back onto her pillow.

"Yeah, I'm okay. What do you need, Keade?"

"Hey! That's Officer Keade to you," barked the older policewoman jokingly as she entered the room. "Come on, today's a big day and we've got to get started early. You're going to a new school today, remember?" Kagome blinked and leaped out of bed.

"That's right! Just let me get ready. We need to get the uniform today, don't we?"

"Yup. I'll go get your brother." Keade left as Kagome busied herself with getting ready. When the door shut, Kagome paused for a second as she remembered her dream. It had been a month since her parents had been murdered, but she still had nightmares almost every night. Of course, when it had really happened, the man hadn't called out her name. Instead, he had heard the police coming down the road, and that had been enough to scare him off. He had bolted towards the back door, and the police just weren't fast enough. Kagome shuddered as she remembered his cold eyes and that slightly crazy grin that had crept onto his face when he raised his gun.

The police had identified it as a random murder, and they said that the guy was insane. Kagome believed them. She had seen the man once since the murder, when she was at school. He had been watching her through the fence that separated the school grounds from the road. Kagome had called the police immediately, but once again the man had been too quick. After the police realized that the man was coming after Kagome, they had decided to move her to a new town, and give her a new identity, until they caught the murderer. Today was to be Kagome's first day at her new school.

Kagome shook her head to try and clear out the memory of the nightmare. Today was a new start. She was no longer Kagome Higurashi, but a whole different person…to bad Kagome didn't know just how different.

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"Here, Kagome. Try this on. It's the uniform for the school you will be going to."

"Okay," Kagome replied happily. It was nice to be doing something normal for a change. For a long time, all she had done day in and day out was look at mug shots, trying to identify her parent's murderer. Kagome looked at the uniform in her hands just as she was about to enter the bathroom in her hotel room to change.

"Oh! Keade, I think you made a mistake. You must have given Souta's uniform to me, so…" Kagome turned around to find Keade trying to sneak out the door with a guilty expression on her face.

"KEADE…" Keade turned around and gave a nervous laugh.

"Well, heh…they thought it might be better to tell you later, so that you don't have a chance to back out…but you see Kagome…you really need to go undercover. WAY undercover. The guy who murdered your relatives is very dangerous, and so we figured the best way to keep you safe is…"

"No way! No way am I going to pretend to be a guy! Why can't I just get my hair dyed or something and stay a girl? I want to have a normal high school experience! I don't want to have to do this!" Kagome ranted. Keade came back into the room and took Kagome by the shoulders.

"Kagome, this isn't just for you. Think of your brother as well. So far the man hasn't figured out that Souta is your brother, but you could be putting him more and more at risk. This is also the best thing for you, and it's only until we catch this guy." Kagome winced, but nodded.

"All right. I'll do this…for Souta."

"Thanks Kagome! Now hurry up and try that on, so that we can go get your hair cut!"

"WHAT!?! I have to get my HAIR CUT?"

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Kagome stood staring up at the school building in front of her, as students poured by on either side. Her short hair blew around her face, and she couldn't get over how weird the uniform felt. She watched enviously as other girls walked by in their skirts and tossed their long hair over their shoulders. Shaking her head, Kagome turned to Souta.

"Alright now kiddo, you have to remember. What is my name again?"

"Kageki!" Souta answered promptly, then laughed out loud. "Seriously though, couldn't you have picked a cooler name?" Kagome sighed.

"This was the one assigned to me, and at least it sounds a little like my old name." Souta just grinned and glanced at the school.

"I think it's time to go Kag…um…Kageki! See you around big brother!" Souta gave her a big wink, then strolled off towards the school. Kagome rolled her eyes. This disguise wouldn't last for long if Souta kept being so obvious about it. Kagome straitened her tie nervously, glanced around at the other boys walking past her, and rumpled the tie up again. Kagome ran her hand through her hair. She had no idea how to be a guy! This was going to be harder than she thought…

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Kagome had made it through her first classes all right. She had caused a minor stir among the class at coming into the school so late in the year, but she had been able to understand the material, because it had been about where her last classes had left off. The bell had just rung, and the class began to file out to go to the cafeteria for lunch. Suddenly Kagome felt a hand tug on her arm. She turned around to find a girl behind her.

"Hi! It's Kageki, right?" Kagome nodded. The girl had long black hair tied up into a high ponytail, and Kagome liked her instinctively. "My name is Sango. I thought, since you probably don't know you're way around, that you could come eat with me at lunch, and meet my friends." Kagome smiled widely. She had been worried about where she would sit for lunch, and now this girl was inviting her to sit at her table!

"That would be great!" said Kagome, and followed Sango into the cafeteria. Sango walked confidently through the tables.

"Hey Sango, how 'bout a date?"

"Yeah, you wish, Miroku!"

"Aw Sango, who's the lucky guy?"

"Just the new kid, Kouga." Sango dealt easily with the various catcalls that were thrown her way. She knew that she was pretty, but she didn't flaunt it like most girls, and didn't take the boy's teasing as an insult. Kagome found herself glad that she might get the chance to be friends with this girl. Sango neared the table from where most of the flirting had been coming from, and sat down. She introduced Kagome quickly to the group.

"Kageki, this is Miroku, Kouga, Rin, Sesshoumaru, Ayame, and down there are some other girls from our class." Everyone greeted Kagome warmly, and the group of girls at the end started whispering furiously. One of them called out to Sango.

"Hey, good job Sango! You picked out a good one." Kagome blushed and glanced at the girl who had called out. The girl winked at Kagome, who almost died of embarrassment.

"Aw hey, give the new guy a break," said Kouga, who then sent a killer grin down the table, which caused a smattering of high-pitched giggling to erupt. "And Kageki, leave some for the rest of us, eh?" Kagome laughed along with them and sat down next to Sango.

"I'll try," Kagome shot back, playing along, "but it doesn't look like there's much competition." The girls at the table burst out laughing, and the rest of the guys chuckled as well.

"Nice one, shorty!" said the guy called Miroku. And Kagome already felt more at ease. She had already earned a nickname. Soon the group was talking and laughing together, and Kagome laughed and talked right back. She felt wonderful, to be able to just enjoy such normal things, like spending time with your friends.

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"See you tomorrow!"

"Bye!"

"See ya."

"Bye Kageki!"

Kagome whistled as she walked down the hallway away from her new group of friends. So far, the day had gone great. Kagome hadn't felt awkward or out of place at all. In fact, even though she was pretending to be a guy, Kagome had seemed to fit right in. She had just stopped to get the key to her new dorm room, and find out the room number of the dorm she would be staying in. The dorm was co-ed, and most of her new friends were in the same dorm. Sango was right next door, along with Rin, and Miroku and Kouga shared a room farther down the hall.

It's too bad I don't share a room with one of them, thought Kagome wistfully. They were both really fun, and Kagome didn't feel awkward around them at all. Of course, she mused, it didn't hurt that both of them were totally hot, although she thought that Sango and Miroku might have something going.

Oh well, I can't have everything I guess. I'm sure that my new roommate will be totally fine as well. I've been having such good luck today…what can go wrong? Kagome put the key into the lock, and flung open the door.

"Hi, I'm your new roo-" Kagome stopped talking as she saw her new roommate. He had long black hair cascading to his waist, and the most beautiful dark purple eyes that Kagome had ever seen. Kagome gulped as she also noticed he was shirtless.

"Ah! I'm sorr-"

"Hey! Kid!" Kagome turned around when she realized that she was supposed to acting like a guy, and that she shouldn't be embarrassed to see a guy without a shirt.

"Um…yeah?"

"Let's get some thing strait. You must me Kageki, my new roommate, right?" Kagome stepped into the room and nodded.

"I'm InuYasha, and I've had this room all to myself until you showed up. So, here are the rules. Don't touch any of my stuff, don't talk to me unless I'm talking to you, you don't get to play any music unless it's rock or alternative…"

"But what if it's-"
"I wasn't done yet. If I want to go to bed, the lights go off. If I want to stay up late, the lights stay on. You can clean up the room if you want, but don't move my stuff around." Kagome narrowed her eyes. This guy was really getting on her nerves. Who did he think he was, ordering her around like this? He was the same age as her! The boy kept on talking.

"When you go to wash your clothes, you take mine too, and if-"

"HEY! Who says you get to tell me what to do?" Kagome stood in the doorway, glowering down at the boy "This is my room too! You can't just tell me what to do because I came in the middle of the year!" InuYasha glared at Kagome.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!" InuYasha stood up and slowly walked over to Kagome. She gulped but stared back at him just as fiercely.

"If you don't play nice, little boy, then I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Kagome widened her eyes. Had he just called her little boy? Oh man, he was going to get it now.

"AAAAARGH!" Kagome launched herself at InuYasha and knocked him to the floor. He rolled out from under her and began to stand up, but Kagome latched onto his legs and InuYasha went tumbling to the ground again.

"Get off me, you little pest!" InuYasha flipped his legs around and managed to get them from Kagome's grip. Then he turned and pulled Kagome up, and pressed her against a wall. She struggled, but was pinned effectively.

"That…" InuYasha was panting, but smirked triumphantly, "That was not playing nice." With that, the boy shoved Kagome into the hallway and slammed the door close with a resounding thud. Kagome sat stunned in the hallway. That…that jerk! Kagome rolled up her sleeves and reached for the doorknob, only to find it firmly locked. She reached into her pocket for the keys…

"Aw, crap!" Kagome muttered, turning out her pockets only to find them all empty. She must have dropped the key somewhere in the dorm room.

"Hey! You jerk, let me in!" Kagome pounded on the door.

"Yeah right!" Kagome heard InuYasha turn on some music inside the dorm room.

"Hey! Crap-for-brains! Open the damn door!" Kagome screamed at the closed door, sounding more like a boy the angrier she got.

"Aw, stuff it!" Called InuYasha, and turned the volume up louder.

Kagome sighed and sat down with her back to the door. It was going to be a long night…

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So there is my first chapter, and I know I should be finishing the ending to "Why Me?" but it just keeps turning out too cliché! It's horrible! No matter what I do, the ending is turning out sappy. So, while I am waiting for inspiration to strike, I have decided to start this new story. Hope you all like it, and the new chapter to "Why Me?" as well as the update for this one should be coming up soon, hopefully by the end of the week.