Summary: Kagome and her friends go skiing and they would have never dreamed of what happened on that fateful day.

Age: Kagome 20, Sango 20, Inuyasha 23, Miroku 21

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and co. but if I make up a character they are mine and not yours!

They are all their regular bloodlines. (i.e.: hanyous, youkai, miko, houshi, etc.)

Skiing into Life

Chapter One

The raven-haired girl rolled over and hit the alarm clock. 'Dammit, ' she thought, 'time to get ready to go.' She rose out of bed and walked into her bathroom to take a shower. As she was hurrying to get ready she heard a knock at the door and sighed. As usual Sango was too impatient to wait. She hurried out of the shower and opened the door to greet her best friend. Sango was bouncing around outside the door and Kagome couldn't help but laugh. Sango stopped bouncing long enough to frown at her friend then she bounded into the dorm Kagome shared with Sango. Kagome walked into her room to get dressed and Sango followed. "Did you forget your key again Sango?" Kagome asked.

Sango nodded sheepishly, "I was just too excited! I can't wait to go to the slopes!" Kagome laughed and started putting her ski clothes on. She was just about bundled up when there was another knock on the door. Sango went to get the door while Kagome wrapped her scarf around her neck.

Kagome was wearing a blue ski suit with a black scarf. Sango was in magenta and white and Miroku had purple and green on.

Kagome heard Sango say, "Hey Miroku, Kagome is almost ready! Then we can go!" Kagome walked into the doorway and started laughing with Miroku who was laughing at his girlfriend's excitement. Kagome grabbed a granola bar and placed her hands on Sango's shoulders and said, "Okay Sango I am ready to go now." Miroku started laughing again because Sango was still trying to bounce around although Kagome was holding her down.

Sango started for the door but Kagome held onto her and said, "Tell Kirara bye first Sango." Sango reluctantly went to her cat and hugged her and told her bye and then Kagome let her go.

Sango laughed a little and ushered them out the door and locked it. Sango was driving so Miroku and Kagome held the ski and snowboarding stuff while she went to get the car. Kagome turned to Miroku, "Your girlfriend needs to calm down when we go skiing or she'll bounce her way off the mountain."

Miroku laughed and nodded in agreement, "She may just do that one day. Hopefully it won't happen anytime soon." Kagome laughed. Miroku watched Kagome laugh and wondered how she didn't have a boyfriend. He thought Kagome was absolutely gorgeous.

Miroku, Sango, and Kagome had been best friends since high school. Kagome had introduced Sango and Miroku and the three of them had been inseparable ever since. Now they were juniors at Colorado State University with careers to be a doctor, a veterinarian, and a lawyer, respectively.

Sango pulled up to the curb and Kagome and Miroku put their equipment into the trunk of the car. Miroku got into the passenger seat and Kagome got into the back. Sango slammed her foot on the gas and Kagome and Miroku laughed at her eagerness. It was about an hour drive to the slopes and Kagome was feeling slightly tired. She leaned her head back and put her iPod headphones in and turned her iPod on.

Sango saw her in the rearview mirror and asked Miroku, 'Miro, why do you think Kaggie hasn't dated anyone lately?"

Miroku looked at Sango thoughtfully and replied, "I don't know. I was thinking about that earlier and I have no idea. She is so pretty and so nice."

"I know! She would be the perfect girlfriend. Didn't you try to set her up with Kouga?"

Miroku nodded, "I did but they ended up being really good friends and Kagome set him up with Ayame, remember?"

Sango nodded in remembrance, "Oh yeah, but don't you think she deserves someone?"

"I do think that but I don't think she feels the same way. I think she is content in being alone."

Sango said in exasperation, "I know she's content but I want her to be happy! She is my best friend and she deserves to be happy all the time not simply content." Miroku sympathized with his girlfriend and they continued driving.

When they arrived Miroku gently shook Kagome awake and they all got out of the car. They grabbed their equipment and made their way to buy lift tickets. Miroku went to buy them and Kagome and Sango were putting their equipment on. Sango was going to ski while Kagome wanted to try snowboarding, just for something different, Miroku was skiing with Sango. Kagome put her snowboard on and Sango slammed her feet into her skis. Miroku returned and the girls pinned their lift tickets to their jackets.

As they made their way to the lifts Kagome chose to take on a blue course while Miroku and Sango were going to do a black diamond. (A/N Black Diamonds are the hardest courses and green is the easiest, blue is medium. Well it was at the place I skied at so if I'm wrong gomennnnn!) Miroku and Sango wished her good luck and she got on the lift. They continued on to their tram that would take them to the black diamond courses. They trusted Kagome would be okay.

Kagome had no problem being alone, she was after all a miko, although her friends didn't know it. She also knew that Sango was a demon slayer and Miroku was a monk and Sango's cat was really a demon, but she never told them she knew because it was part of her secret. People didn't regularly tell if they had special powers because they would be targeted by their enemies. Although in 2010 there wasn't as much enmity as in the old days, some people still got pretty upset and tried to hurt the ones who hurt their ancestors.

As she got to the top of the lift she got off and put her feet in her snowboard. She was preparing to go down the hill. She started going and found she could easily navigate things on her snowboard. She decided to try a different blue course, a harder one. She went to the lift and got on. This course ventured through the wood and underbrush of the mountain. She felt she could accomplish it so she embarked on the trail that changed her life.

A/N: Well I know I left for a while but I'm back and I hope to stay! This story is based on a dream I had and I had that familiar aching to write it down so that's what I'm doing. If you have anything to say you can always PM me or send a review I accept constructive criticism and I will look forward to any suggestions you have. Please read and review!

-Akemi