Kagome rolled out of bed and looked groggily up at the ceiling. It was the first day of her Senior year of college. She couldn't help but smile as the smell of coffee wafted upstairs. She hopped out of bed, quickly used the toilet, and hurried downstairs where Sango was siting at their small table in her robe sipping a hot cup of coffee.

"There is more in the pot. Thought it would wake you up." Sango said as she pulled up her laptop.

Kagome quickly grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down across from Sango. "I love this new apartment. I can't believe this is our last year already!" Their apartment wasn't huge, but compared to last year it was a mansion. Last year they didn't even have separate bedrooms. It was two beds in one room that thankfully had a wall that separated them from a microscopic kitchen and miniature living room that was barely big enough for a loveseat and coffee table. But they had saved their money and their parents chipped in to get them a great place to spend their senior year. You entered into a small hallway. To your right was the full bathroom. Straight ahead you entered into the combined living room/kitchen. When you entered their was a lounge chair with a large bookcase. Then, turning to your left, was a couch, a small table, and a nice sized tv. Continuing to the left was a four-person dinning table and a small kitchen. Next to the kitchen there were stairs that led upstairs to the two (separate!) bedrooms and half-bathroom. Plus, there was a small balcony with a small table and two chairs. It was perfect. Kagome stood up and started making some scrambled eggs for Sango and herself.

"Thanks Kagome." Sango smiled as Kagome set the food down in front of her. "So, what is your schedule like this semester?"

They were both attending University in Tokyo. Kagome was getting her degree in Feudal Era History with a minor in Anthropology while Sango was getting her's in Business Management with a minor in Marital Arts.

"Let's see here…" Kagome opened up her own laptop and looked at her schedule. "I have 'The Study of Language and Culture' and 'Anthropology of Religion' for my Anthropology minor and 'History of the Culture of Tea in Japan', 'Japan: 1800 - 1900', and 'Edo Literature'."

Sango's eyes bulged. "Wow that's a full semester, but I guess mine is too…" She glanced at her own laptop. "The Tea one sounds like fun though."

"So, what are you taking?" Kagome asked as she finished up her food and went to wash the dishes.

"Hm, 'Level 4 Jujutsu', 'Level 2 Swordsmanship', and 'Level 3 Ninjutsu'. Plus, I have my normal (aka non-fun) classes. 'Project Management', 'Customer Relations', and 'Operational Issues in Small Business Management'."

"Looks like we both are going to have a tough semester."

Sango nodded and looked around. "But at least we have this great place!"

The rest of the morning went by in a blur. They both hurried and got ready for class. Kagome was a bundle of excitement. Their building was in walking distance to the school so she grabbed her school supplies and headed out the door. Sango still had another hour before her first class so she hadn't left yet. Kagome took out her cell phone and quickly called her boyfriend after glancing at the time. He shouldn't have started work yet. He had been two years ahead of her and had stayed at the same university as her until he graduated as a Veterinarian. She was so proud of him. He worked an hour away at a large rescue clinic. He was so sweet, so thoughtful, so romantic… She blushed when he picked up the line.

"Hello Kagome." His voice was rough and sweet.

"Hey Koga! Just thought I'd call you on my way to school."

"One more year and then you will be out in the real world like me!" He laughed. "Unless you go to graduate school that is."

Kagome's brow furrowed. She still wasn't exactly sure what she was going to do after her undergraduate degree. Even though she knew she had to hurry up and decide.

"Aw, don't get all worried now. Be happy Kagome!"

"I'm sorry, I just still don't know what to do."

"I know…" She was nearing the building for her first class now. "I have to go, I'm almost there."

"Ok, hey, Kagome, how about I come visit next weekend, take you out to a nice dinner?"

Kagome smiled. He really was so sweet. "Yea, that sounds great." She hung up and slid the phone into her pocket as she walked into her first class of her final year, 'History of the Culture of Tea in Japan'. The class was entrancing. She could already tell it would be one of her all-time favorites. The Professor started by performing a small tea ceremony on an ancient clay pot. It was beautiful. She was mesmerized. It wasn't until after the ceremony and tea was served to everyone in the small class of 16 students that Kagome noticed the ears.

She had always been interested in Demons, half-demons, and everything else. There weren't that many in her small hometown, but here, in the city, they were all around. Even Koga was a wolf demon. But these ears, they were like dog ears. She just wanted to reach out and touch them…

Her hand moved on its own accord, reaching out to touch the beautiful doggy ears in front of her. Her hand just glazed their soft surface when the person they were attached to stiffened.

She quickly withdrew her hand as an angry, half-demon's, face turned around to glare daggers at her.

"Do. Not. Touch. My. Ears."

His eyes were golden and he had long, silver, beautiful, silky-looking, hair. She could tell he was part Inu demon. The ears gave it away. But he was beautiful. She couldn't help but blush and when he looked at her. When he saw the pink on her cheeks his scowl faded away and he blushed too before quickly turning back around.

The rest of the class was uneventful in comparison. They were handed their syllabi and assigned their first homework assignments. Kagome tried not to stare at those cute doggy ears but she just couldn't help it. Maybe next week she would have to sit in a different seat so she could pay more attention in class…

He stood up, glanced quickly down at her, blushed again, and then left.

She sat in her seat and touched her face. She couldn't explain it but her heart was racing. She stood up and turned her phone back on to see a text message from Koga.

Koga: {HOPE YOUR FIRST CLASS WENT WELL}

Her blush immediately faded. How could she have those feelings for someone other than him? That heat, that sudden excitement, she should only feel that with Koga. Well, admittedly, she had never felt it like THAT with Koga. But still. She LOVED Koga. She had been dating him for three years now. They were thinking about a future together. Marriage, children, a home together…

It wasn't an image she was ready to give up.

Sure it was hard with him being away now. They didn't talk as often and they barely saw each other. But, she wasn't going to give up everything they had because of that.

She sat down underneath a tree in the courtyard and opened up her 'History of Tea' book and began to read chapter one and two so she could do her homework. She would normally meet up with Sango between classes but she was at her first one ('Project Management') for the next hour still.

She finished reading the first two chapters and closed the book. She leaned her head back against the thick trunk of the tree and looked up through the branches. She couldn't stop thinking about those adorable doggy ears and the beautiful golden eyes that went with them. She closed her eyes and tried to squash the feelings she had when she thought about him. She had to remind herself that it was only just lust she was feeling. She had to let those feelings go. She loved Koga. He treated her well. These feelings, they didn't mean anything.

She opened her eyes and packed up her things before standing up to head to her next class. Still, she couldn't help but wonder what his name was…

She quietly entered her next class, 'The Study of Language and Culture', and quickly glanced around to see if he was there. With a bit of disappointment she didn't see him. She sat down and waited for class to begin. Class went smoothly. It wasn't the most interesting, but also not the most boring, class she had taken. She received her syllabi and a list of homework assignments for the entire semester (which she was grateful for, she could at least get truly ahead in this class). As soon as it was over she walked over to the food court on campus, bought a small meal of sushi, rice, and a drink, and joined Sango at their usual both in the back corner near the windows that looked out into the courtyard she had sat in earlier.

"Hey Sango! How'd your first class go?"

"It went alright. Not my favorite, but we DO get to work in teams of four to design our own small business and manage it. It should be an interesting project. The Professor promised lots of challenges. Their is even a fake Stock Market and Economic environment and everything."

"Cool." Kagome took a bit of her sushi. "Tea was interesting. The Professor did a quick tea ceremony to get things going. I think I'm really going to enjoy that class…" Kagome could tell she was blushing and she yelled at herself. Sango was sure to notice.

"And why, pray tell, are you blushing Kagome?"

Kagome looked slowly up at Sango, biting her lip, unwilling to answer.

Sango's entire face became animated. "There is a hot guy isn't there!"

Kagome couldn't help but nod and Sango giggled at her. "What's his name?"

"I… I don't know. But I kind of reached out and um…"

Sango raised an eyebrow.

"… touched his doggy ears."

Sango stopped eating, her chopsticks dropping down to the table.

"He has these adorable dog-like ears on top of his head and I just couldn't help it. I reached out and just as I touched them he turned around and wow Sango if you had seen him…"

"I can't believe you did that…" She looked beyond surprised. "I really can't believe you just reached out and touched a stranger's ears…"

"I know…" Kagome looked down at her food, ashamed.

"You like him don't you?"

Kagome looked up at Sango. She couldn't keep anything from her. "I wouldn't say I LIKE him, I'd say I'm more in LUST with him."

Sango laughed at her before calming herself down and smiling. "It's ok Kagome. You're not going to cheat on Koga. You're still allowed to think other people are hot."

Kagome looked out the window. "I know your right, but still, I feel a bit guilty."

Sango stood up and grabbed both of their now empty food trays. "It's ok Kagome. Really." She smiled reassuringly down at Kagome.

Kagome stood up with her and they both dropped of the trays before walking out of the building and into the courtyard. It was a beautiful day. The sun shining bright with only a few clouds in the sky. Not too hot, not too cold.

"What do you have next?"

"Well," Sango looked down at a piece of paper that held her lit of classes, locations, and times, 'looks like 'Customer Relations'. Good thing it isn't one of my exercise classes, think I'd get a cramp after all that food!"

Kagome giggled at her before looking down at her own schedule. "Well I have three classes total today so the last one is 'Edo Literature' which I think I'll like."

"Well you may have three today but at least you don't have classes on Fridays like me." Sango frowned down at her own schedule. On Friday she had 'Level 4 Jujutsu' as a two and a half hour intensive workshop. "Gotta go, see you at home after class!"

Kagome waved goodbye to her before heading off to 'Edo Literature'. Class went smoothly and she realized she was actually going to enjoy the reading class. But, once again, there was no dog-eared golden-eyed man. She sighed a mix of relief and disappointment as she exited the class and made her way home.

She was walking through the courtyard when she saw him.

That beautiful man with the doggy ears. Wow, she really needed to learn his name.

She kept walking the way she was going, she wasn't going to divert her path just because he was there. He was with another girl. She looked a lot like Kagome. The thought made her slightly aggravated. It looked like they were fighting though. They were sitting on a bench a few feet from the path she was on. When she got closer she tried not to look at them but she did manage to catch a few words before she walked past them.

"Come on Inuyasha!" That was the annoying girl's voice. But, at least she knew his name. "It's been two years! Stop holding out on me!" The girl was angry. Her voice cracked at the end.

"Just not yet. I'm not ready Kikyo."

Kagome glanced back at the two. He was holding her hands, but his eyes had flickered over to her. He was looking at her! She blushed when she realized she had stopped walking and quickly hurried on home. So doggy-eared boy… Wait, Inuyasha, that was his name. Inuyasha had an annoying girlfriend named Kikyo. Ugh.

Kagome pushed open the door to the apartment and flopped down onto the couch. Why should she even care that he had a girlfriend. Why? Her hands tightened up into little balls and she squeezed her eyes tight shut.

She loved Koga.

She didn't want to loose Koga.

Or the future they had planned together.

She knew what was going to happen, and she liked that. She loved knowing what was going to happen, that she would spend her life with him. It was predictable. Safe.

She liked safe.

Well, she thought she liked safe.

She opened her eyes and loosened her hands before looking up at the ceiling.

"Inuyasha…"

Author's Note:

I hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter of my all new fan fiction! If you like this I hope you will also read my other story 'Mate' and its sequel 'The Fire Within'. I am working on this story and 'The Fire Within' at the same time so updating will switch between the two. Reviews really do inspire me and encourage me to write and update faster, so if you want to see an update sooner then review!

~ FeudalAi