Summary: Wow! My first AU fic! I know that the high school fics are overdone (and overrated) but I promise that this one will be funny and fluffy! Please read! Inu/Kag San/Mir, and Inu and Mir have a band! In NYC! (Story is not as lame as summary)

BTW, I have nothing AT ALL against Shippo. I just had to write that part… It was too funny! Hope you like!

Somebody Like You

Chapter One: Moving

"WHAT?" Kagome screamed, dropping the plate she was washing and hardly noticing as it shattered into millions of pieces.

Mrs. Higurashi winced. "Kagome, we don't have a choice. This place is just to expensive to keep up any longer. Ever since your father died… It's been hard, Kagome. You know that."

"But NEW YORK? It's a whole other country, okkasan!"

"I know, dear. But your grandfather is going to let us live there for free-"

"But okkasan, it's AMERICA!"

"What's wrong with that?" inquired Mrs. Higurashi, by this time extremely peeved. "I grew up in New York, and there's nothing wrong with me!"

"YES, there IS!" exclaimed Kagome. "You want us to go there!"

"That's it, young lady!" shouted Mrs. Higurashi. "We're moving, and that's final! Now you march straight up to your room and do your homework!"

"What's the point?" she screamed, running to her room. "I won't be here to turn it in on Monday!" She slammed her door shut and made sure it was securely locked before she allowed the tears to fall from her eyes. She sobbed into the pillow, releasing all her sorrows. She would have to move to a whole new continent, leaving all her friends and her little brother Souta behind. Souta… When he had been born the family hadn't had enough money to keep him, so they had given him up for adoption. He lived with their next door neighbors, and would obviously not be coming with them. No matter how much her nii-san wanted to accompany them, the family he lived with would most certainly not let him come. It had taken them four years to get them to tell Souta he was adopted; they would definitely be opposed to the idea of 'their' little boy living hundreds of miles away. Souta… she thought, I'll miss you… But she knew there was nothing she could do. She had always been the kind of person who had gone with the flow and taken what came her way. She sighed, dried her tears, and stood up. Time to get packing…

Kagome sighed in exasperation. I'm completely lost… It figured that the school her mother chose to send her to would have thirty-seven buildings, and that all her classes would be in separate ones. It had been difficult enough to navigate the city just to get to the school. She was a country girl at heart, even the airport had been difficult for her to get through! How could they expect her to find her way through this labyrinth? She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't see the girl in front of her until it was too late. They crashed into each other, and books went flying everywhere.

"Oh my gosh!" the girl exclaimed. "I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going, I was too preoccupied with being late!" She bent to pick up her books.

"No, it's my fault." Kagome was also scrambling to gather her things. "I was too busy trying to find my way through this maze some people call a school."

The other girl looked up at her in mild curiosity. "Are you new here?"

"Yea," she replied. "My name is Kagome. I'm supposed to be in world history right now. You know where it is?"

"I'm Sango. Do you have Miss Kaede?" she asked.

Kagome consulted her schedule. "Yup. You heading my way?"

"Yea, I have first period history, too. Let's go or we'll be late!" Sango sprinted down the hallway another ten feet back the way Kagome had came from and threw open the door. "Hey, Miss Kaede," she said. "Sorry I'm late, I was just showing a new student around. Kagome, come on in here."

Kagome peeked her head shyly into the room. It didn't look much different from her classrooms back in Japan. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad…

"Ah! Higurashi Kagome-chan, is it?" asked Miss Kaede.

"Um, you can just call me Kagome." She wasn't a shy person by nature, but she wasn't used to being in front of so many new people at once. Luckily, Sango took charge.

"Miss Kaede, can Kagome sit by me? I can help her catch up."

"Yes, she may, but I doubt you will need to help her catch up. We are studying Feudal Japan, remember?"

Sango flushed slightly. "Oh, yea…"

Kagome smiled and sat down next to Sango, who passed her a note. 'What do you have second period?'

'Gym.'

'Ick. I can't stand Gym. I've got Math. Third?'

'Choir.'

'I've got that fifth. Fourth?'

'English.'

'Home Ec. It's SO much fun. Are you taking it?;

'Sixth.'

'Oh.'

Their conversation promptly turned to the latest fashions and music groups, as well as (in Sango's case) boys. The two became fast friends, and Sango mentioned something about some friends of hers having a band. Kagome didn't think she was doing anything that Friday, and said she would try to make it to the school dance to hear them play.

"Miss Higurashi! Did you hear my question?"

"Nani? Oh, sorry Miss Kaede. I wasn't paying attention…" she finished meekly.

"As it is your first day I will excuse this behavior. But you need to listen in class, despite the fact that you are an expert on the topic we are covering. Next time I will assign you a-" The bell rang, cutting her off. "Everyone read pages 300 to 305!" she cried over the din of the escaping class. "There will be a pop quiz tomorrow over the material!"

"It's hardly a pop quiz then, is it?" Kagome whispered.

Sango smiled. "Hey, I'll save you a seat at lunch. Look for me, 'kay?

"Sounds good. Se ya then!" Sango sped off, and Kagome pulled out her schedule and sighed. Now, to find the Gym room…

It had only taken her five minutes to find the lunch room; the herds of people moving in that direction had been a fairly obvious indication of its location. But where was Sango? There had to be millions of people here… She bumped into a little boy accidentally in her search for her friend. "Oh! Sorry! Who are you?"
"My name is Shippo! I was really smart, so I skipped a lot of grades! I'm only eight years old!"

Okaaaaaay… An eight year old in high school? I am officially freaked out now… She edged slowly away from the child. He was looking at her strangely, and it creeped her out.

"Hey, Kagome!" called Sango. "Come sit with us!"

"Okay!" she said happily, glad to see a friendly face in the sea of strangers (and weird smart kids) before her. She sat down next to Sango and smiled at the others at the table uncertainly.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" cried Sango. "I forgot to introduce you! This is Ayame, Kouga, Miroku, and Inuyasha. They have their little quirks, but they grow on you."

"Hey!" the others cried indignantly, pelting her with various food items from their plates.

"Okay, okay!" Sango said, laughing. "I give!"

Her friends immediately stopped throwing their lunches at her, and, to Kagome's amazement, resumed eating as if nothing had happened.

"I'm so glad you're here!" exclaimed Ayame. "Now the guys can't gang up against us cuz its three on three now! And maybe we can start a band that rivals theirs!"

"Yea, right," said Kouga. "You'll never be better than us!"

"Just you wait and see!" Ayame retorted.

The whole group started laughing and teasing the two about 'more-than-friendly' rivalries.

Kagome was amazed. Back home at her school in Japan, it took years to make friends with someone. Good friends, anyway- someone you could really trust. And here these people were, accepting a brand new foreign student into their little clique, no questions asked.

"Not that I'm complaining or anything," began Kagome, "but isn't this a little… Unusual?"

The others looked at her strangely. "How so?" asked Kouga.

"Well, you hardly know me, and yet you're being so… nice," she supplemented.

Inuyasha shrugged. "It isn't often that we hang out with people outside our group. If Sango likes you, then you're cool in our books, right guys?" The others nodded in agreement.

Kagome smiled. "Thanks. I appreciate it."

The boy blushed and turned away. "Keh."

Hm, Kagome thought, what a strange response. Is that even a word?

"I'll be right back, guys," said Sango. "I think I left my purse in Home Ec."

"'Kay," they replied.

"See ya in a bit," said Kagome, slightly nervous. As nice as these people were, she knew Sango the best… But somehow the presence of the silver haired boy who had spoken to her earlier calmed her. She felt as if nothing could harm her while he was around… She was shook from her daydreaming by the squeaking of the chair next to her. Was Sango back already? She looked up and saw, not Sango, but a tall man with long, black hair and a malicious look in his eyes.

"What do you think you're looking at?" he asked snidely.

"A jerk who's taking my friend's seat and doesn't have any manners."

"I can sit wherever I want, you little idiot. And I don't really care about this 'friend' of yours.

"Look, you baka," she said, standing up and putting her hands on her hips indignantly, "I don't know who you think you are, but you can't just push people around like that. Last time I checked, the world didn't revolve around you."

"It's my seat," he growled. "I claimed it."

"Oh, yeah?" Kagome replied. She crouched down and pretended to inspect the chair. She stood up after a moment's examination, shaking her head. "Sorry, pal," she replied, "but I don't see your name on it." The others were covering their mouths with their hands in a desperate attempt to hide their laughter.

The hanyou's blood boiled. How dare this mere human mock him so? She would pay… But there were too many witnesses. He would get his revenge later. "You got lucky today, human," he hissed, "But I shall have vengeance."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Ooooh," she said, "I'm soo afraid. I'm shaking in my boots. Someone help me, I might faint in fright!"

She fell backwards, somehow knowing that someone would catch her. She felt someone's arms wrap around her and help her to her feet. She turned around and saw Inuyasha, who was smirking.

"You heard her, Naraku," he sneered. "Go away- and don't you dare come back."

Naraku retreated, still snarling. Kagome smiled up at the boy next to her. "Thanks," she said.

He grinned back. "Any time."

Kagome slid out of his grasp and moved to sit down, but slipped on a banana peel that had fallen to the floor in the earlier food fight. She closed her eyes, anticipating a sharp and painful contact with the ground, and was surprised when she felt nothing. She cautiously opened her eyes, and amber met brown. "Inuyasha…" she breathed. It took her a moment, but she regained her composure. "Thanks again."

He smiled. "No prob." She tried to return to her seat, but for some reason she couldn't break eye contact with him. His golden orbs hypnotized her, and it seemed as if the two were lost in their own little world…

"Oh my God!" came a voice from behind them. "I'm gone five minutes and I miss something like this!"

Sango's unexpected presence brought to their attention exactly the position they were in. Kagome was at a ninety-degree angle from the ground (as a result of her fall), and Inuyasha was bent over her, their faces mere inches apart. The two quickly pulled apart, blushing madly, but not before Inuyasha made absolutely certain that she was able to support herself.

"Keh," he said, crossing his arms in defiance and sitting down.

The next ten minutes of the lunch period were spent with the rest of the group, minus Kagome and Inuyasha, explaining to Sango what had happened. Mild teasing about their 'relationship' was continuously shot in their direction, and Inuyasha finally got sick of it.

He stood up, violently tossing his coke can at a near by recycling bin. "I'm getting some fresh air," he said shortly, stalking out the door.

"Oh…" Kagome bit her lip. Going after him now would probably only make things worse, but he had seemed so upset… And the others were just talking about how he was overreacting. They weren't going to go after him. So it was up to her… She silently stood and took off after him, ignoring her new friends' questions as to where she was headed. Inuyasha was distressed… And it somehow felt right to help him.

I'm never gonna live this down… Inuyasha thought as he walked around the school's large courtyard, snowflakes falling silently on the ground around him. A small voice in his head stopped him in his tracks. They've teased me about girls before, and it's never bothered me. Why does it now? Could it be that I have feelings for her? He shook his head to clear his thoughts. It can't be. I've only known her for fifteen minutes… But she was impressive when she confronted Naraku. And there is such thing as love at first sight… Wait a sec, LOVE? When did I cross that line? Cool it, Inu. Think about what you're… well, thinking. You hardly know her. You can't love her…

A voice from behind him shook him from his reverie.

"Inuyasha?"

He felt a hand on his shoulder, and spun around to see who a part of him had already known was there. Kagome… Just being near her made his heart speed up. She made him feel so… right… Kami, how do you do it? No one has ever made me feel this way. You make me feel so insecure, and yet so safe and calm at the same time… Could you be the one for me?

"Hey, Kagome," he replied.

"Are you okay?" she asked softly. "You seemed kind of upset… I just wanted to make sure you were okay. They were just teasing. I'm sure they didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable…"

You're doing a good job of that on your own… he through wryly. "I'm fine," he said. "I've just had a hard day." He flashed her a smile. "You did a nice job of handling Naraku. Other than me, Kouga, and Sesshomaru, you're the only one who has ever stood up to him. And none of us did it so… inventively. We just tell him to bug off, no one had ever insulted him and gotten away with it."

Kagome paled. "You… You don't think he'd try to hurt me, do you? I'm not very good at defending myself…"

"Don't worry," he reassured her forcefully. "I won't let him harm you. But I might not always be there, so you need to learn to take care of yourself. I could teach you if you want me to," he said offhandedly.

Her face brightened. "Really?" she asked excitedly.

He chuckled inwardly at her exuberance. "Really," he reiterated.

She clapped her hands together happily and hugged him on impulse. His face turned red, and she blushed as soon as she realized what she had done.

"Sorry…" she whispered, pushing away from him gently.

"Keh," he responded, hiding his blush with his bangs.

She giggled, and he shot her a questioning glance.

"What?" he asked.

She smiled. "Is 'keh' the only word in your vocabulary?" she inquired.

"Feh," he replied, turning away from her. At this she dissolved in uncontrollable laughter, falling to the ground and rolling around in the snow. She was too busy laughing to pay much attention to him… And that gave him an idea. He scooped some snow into his hands and tossed it at her, careful not to use his full hanyou strength.

The snowball hit her, and she just stared at the sky for a minute, blinking. Then she stood, a smile on her face and a murderous glint in her eyes. "You're gonna pay for that," she said, molding a nearby pile of snow into a ball the size of a basketball. He ran away from her, but she caught up to him and threw it straight at the back of his head. The impact hardly fazed the hanyou, but he made a dramatic show of falling forwards from the impact. He lay motionless on the ground, smirking inwardly. She was gonna get it…

"Inuyasha?" she asked tentatively, a worried tone in her voice. "Inuyasha, are you all right?" She approached him slowly, afraid for him. She knelt beside him and brushed his hair out of his face. Just as she was about to either run for help or break down crying, his eyes snapped open and he grabbed her wrists, pulling her closer to him.

Her eyes widened. Great, she thought. I'm in trouble now…

He released one of her hands, making sure to keep a firm grip on the other. He packed a loose snowball and dropped in over her head, smirking. He smiled at her bewildered expression. She was covered in snow from head to toe, the intricate flakes sparkling on her face in the sunlight. And just when I thought she couldn't get any more beautiful… "That's what you get for throwing snow in my hair," he said, standing and helping her to her feet.

"Oh, and I thought only girls cared how their hair looked."

He shrugged and smiled at her playfully. "So I'm in touch with my feminine side."

She started laughing again. How does he do it? He makes me so happy… When I'm around him I forget all about the move, and leaving Souta behind… She suddenly stopped walking and turned away from him to hide the tears that were suddenly threatening to leak from her eyes. Souta…

"Kagome?" a gentle voice asked. "Are you okay?"

She forced the tears away. "It… It's nothing."

"Okay," he said softly. "But if you wanna talk about it, I'm here."

She completely broke down at this sudden and unexpected kindness. She turned to face him and cried into his red shirt, hanging on to him as if he was all she had left in the world. He wrapped his arms around her and waited for her to begin.

"It's Souta," she whispered. "Souta…"

Souta? That sounded like a guy's name… Was this Souta some ex-boyfriend that she wasn't over yet? He felt a sudden wave of pain and jealously. She was still stuck on some other guy… And it was hurting her. That was more important that his petty jealousy. He had to help her get through this… "Who's Souta?"

"My… My brother…"

Brother? Why would her brother be making her cry?

"We… We had to give him up for adoption when he was born, but he lived next to us… I've never been a day without him, and we… We had to leave him…" She cried harder.

He felt sympathy for her, but couldn't stop the wave of relief that flooded through him. She didn't love another guy… "Oh, Kagome… It'll be okay. I'm here for you. And so are Sango and the others… You can still write to him, right?"

"I… I guess so…"

"And I'm sure you'll see him again soon. I understand how you feel, I lost both my parents, but please stop crying… I can't stand to see you cry…"

"Your father died, too?"

The look she gave him broke his heart. She was clearly still grieving for the loss of her father, and there was plenty of evidence that she missed her brother, but she was more concerned for his loss than her own… It suddenly struck him that that was the kind of person she was. Someone who cared more about others than themselves… But she would never get over what had happened unless she opened up about it. And it was clear that she hadn't talked much about it. "Yea… They died when I was little. But that isn't important right now. I'm over it now. Are you okay?"

"Does it… Never mind."

"No, it's okay. You can ask me."

She looked up at him, tears still pooling in her eyes. "Does the pain ever go away?" she whispered, pain evident in her voice.

He felt his heart split in two again. She was so young at heart, so innocent… And she had been forced to endure so much. It wasn't fair… He pulled her into a tighter embrace, and she rested her head on his shoulder.

"I won't lie to you," he murmured. "It always hurts a little. But you have to talk about it to relieve the pain. And it helps to have good friends. Remember, I'll always be here for you."

"Why?" she whispered in his ear. "I hardly know you, yet you've helped me so much… I feel like I've known you forever."

"I don't know… There's just something special about you. I feel like I've known you a long time, too." He pushed her away slightly and wiped away her tears. "Don't cry. It's going to be okay. I promise."

"Thank you," she said. "For everything."

He smiled at her. "What are friends for?" They walked back to the school as the fifth period bell rang, hand in hand.

It turned out that they both had Biology fifth period, so they walked there together. Inuyasha opened the door and walked up to the teacher, an elderly man who was sleeping. "Yo, Myoga!" he shouted. "Wake up!"

"Wha- I- Oh! Master Inuyasha!"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "How many times to I have to tell you, old man? You don't work for me anymore, and I didn't like the whole 'Master' thing even when you did. So can it. I wish I could just let you sleep, you're a lot more interesting that way, but Kagome here is a new student and I think you ought to show her a little respect. You know, like actually being awake to welcome her to the class?"

"Yes, Master Inuyasha! Hello, Miss… Um… Kahome, was it?"

Inuyasha grabbed him by the collar and held him half a foot off the ground. "I told you, quit with the 'Master' bit. And it's Kagome, not Kahome."

"Yes, Master Inuyasha! Please, Miss Kahome, have a seat!"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and motioned to his desk. Kagome sat next to him. "He's hopeless…" Inuyasha muttered.

Kagome was still fighting back laughter. "That's how you should treat Naraku! Besides, did you ever think that maybe he calls you Master because you act like you're his boss?" She was obviously back to normal.

He glared at her. "Keh."

"See?" she cried in delight. "There you go again! That's what I meant!"

"Ke- Fe- Oh, shaddup."

Kagome burst out laughing, waking the elderly Myoga.

"Miss Kahome! Please, be silent! I am attempting to sleep!"

Inuyasha snorted. "Shut up, old man."

"Well, if the two of you can't be quiet you can go out in the hall!"

Inuyasha shrugged. "Fine by me. C'mon, Kag." He held out a hand for her, and she took it, blushing slightly. Better to be out in the hallway than to sit around listening to this guy snore… The two walked out into the hallway, and Inuyasha sat on the floor outside the door to the classroom, motioning for her to sit beside him. She complied, but merely sat staring at the floor for a few long moments, causing Inuyasha to become concerned.

"Hey, Kag, you okay? You seem a little preoccupied…" He sent her a worried glance. "You're not still thinking about your brother, are you?"

"It's not that. I just…" She sighed and leaned her head on his shoulder as he wrapped an arm around her waist. We seem to have gotten so close in such a short time… I guess sharing your deepest secrets can do that to people. "I'm… Confused."

"About what?" he inquired.

"How I feel."

"About moving here? I understand that you're upset, but you wanna know something? I'm glad you're here, and I think that goes for the others, too. You're a kind and caring person, not to mention the whole Naraku incident… Wait. You're not upset about that, are you? I told you I'd protect you. You shouldn't be afraid, especially not of him. Remember, I'm here for you."

Kagome smiled up at him and nodded in assent. He was so sweet… And yet so wrong. She was confused about him, not Naraku. He makes me feel so… safe… But why?

The sixth period bell interrupted her thoughts. "Oh my gosh!" she cried, standing up abruptly. Her voice rang out above the noise made by the other students. "If I don't hurry then I'll be late to sixth period, too!"

Inuyasha smiled. "What class?" he asked.

"Home Ec."

His face darkened and he grabbed her wrist. "Look at me," he said. She turned around in surprise. "Inuyasha, what-"

"You're lucky. I have Home Ec next, too. But Naraku is also in that class. So be careful. Never leave my sight, you got it? I don't trust the two of you in the same room together without my protection until I teach you how to defend yourself." He lowered his voice. "He might hurt you, and then I'd never forgive myself."

Kagome smiled up at him. "You have no idea how much that means to me." She took his hand, ignoring his blush, and they retrieved their books from the slumbering Myoga's classroom before heading to Home Ec. It was strange- even in the face of such impending danger, Kagome couldn't help but feel at peace. She knew he would protect her, and being around him made her feel safe and wanted. He was the only one who had ever cared enough to ask about her father, and he had been concerned about her problem with Souta as well. She liked being near him, and, strange as it seemed, would willingly trust him with her life. It was a strange feeling, and she once again found herself comparing her new home to her one in Japan. The friends she had there seemed almost superficial now; they were her companions during school hours, but they had hardly talked about anything besides schoolwork and boys. In fact, of her three 'friends', whom she had known for seven years, she only knew the last name of one. She didn't talk about her home life to anyone but Souta. She wasn't shy by nature, but she hardly went around spilling her guts to every cute guy that came her way. There was just something about him… The sixth period bell jolted her from her reverie.

"Not again!" she cried, taking off down the hall at run, dragging a helpless and screaming Inuyasha behind her.

After two minutes of running, she skidded to a halt in front of a water fountain. "Boy, am I thirsty!" she cried, happily slurping up some of the tap water.

Inuyasha stared at her incredulously, still gasping for breath. "You've… got… no… idea… where… you're… going,… do you?"

Kagome wiped her mouth on her sleeve and smiled nervously, scratching her head in embarrassment.

"Heh… Guess not. Wasn't really thinking about that…"

Inuyasha sweatdropped. Then he got an idea. An awful idea. A terrible, wonderful, awful idea. "C'mere, Kagome. I know how to get there faster. And I actually know the way."

"Uh, yea, about that-"

She never got to finish. Inuyasha picked her up bridal style and rushed down the hallway… Back the way they had come from. At first Kagome screamed (I know, how can the teachers miss all this screaming?) and latched onto him for support, but she soon realized that he would do nothing to put her in danger and relaxed, snuggling into him and hanging her arms loosely around his neck. Inuyasha blushed, but pulled the sleeping girl closer to him. She had good reason to be tired. She had just moved here, and it had been a trying day. But a part of him yearned for the days in the future, when he might be holding her for other reasons. "Like love…" he whispered, his statement going unnoticed by the slumbering girl in his arms. He came to a halt in front of a large room with pink double doors. Realizing it probably wasn't the best idea to carry her into class, he shook her gently. "Kagome," he whispered in her ear, "wake up…"

"Huh?" She blinked the sleep from her eyes and yawned. "What's going on?"

"We're here," he said, setting her down gently on the ground.

She wobbled a little and he steadied her, earning him a gracious smile. "Thanks," she said. "Seems like you've had to do that a lot lately."

He shrugged. "Whatever. Lets just go before we're any later than we are already, okay?"

She giggled at his nonchalant attitude. "Sure," she replied, opening the door. They stepped inside, prepared to face whatever Naraku threw their way. Little did they know…

"Sorry I'm late, Miss Karasuma," said Inuyasha. "But Kagome's new here and-"

"And someone has made that same excuse for being late ever since first period this morning. I saw Miss Higurashi on my roster and new that someone else would be late."

The two blushed. "Well… Um… You see-"

"Never mind, Miss Higurashi. Take a seat next to Inuyasha. You will be working with Naraku and Kagura today."

Kagome paled and Inuyasha wrapped a protective arm around her waist. "Miss Karasuma," he said, "I don't think-"

"Oh for heaven's sake, Inuyasha! How many times will I have to tell you to stop fighting with Naraku! He is the perfect student, and all you ever do is pick on him!"

"Oh," said Kagome, "perfect student. Right. That explains everything. Like how he was fully prepared to attack me at lunch today and would have if Inuyasha and the others hadn't been there."

"Miss Higurashi, I am astounded!" Miss Karasuma cried. "I hoped that as a new student you would have enough sense to keep your mouth shut until you got to know how things work around here, but apparently that is not the case! Of course I shouldn't be surprised, I suppose… You hanging around with that delinquent Inuyasha and all. But it is a pity…"

Kagome seethed. "How dare you?" she hissed.

"Excuse me?" replied an astonished Miss Karasuma. "What did you just say to me?"

"I said, HOW DARE YOU!" she cried. "All he has done since the moment I met him was care about me and help me, and now he isn't standing more than two feet away from you and you're talking about him like he isn't even here! What has he ever done to you?"
Inuyasha was amazed. "Kagome-" he began, but she turned and cut him off.

"Stay out of this," she said softly. "You've helped me so much… Now it's my turn to help you." Oblivious to the shock on his face, she whirled back around to face Miss Karasuma. "I don't know how things work here, but at my old school teachers treated students equally. I am fully prepared to report you to the principal if necessary. So I suggest," she fumed, "that you do not repeat this incident. Understood?"

Miss Karasuma glared. "Young lady-"

Kagome's eyes flashed. "I have the principal on speed dial," she said, pulling out her cell phone. "I have only to push a button…"

Karasuma gritted her teeth. "Very well… Now have a seat with Naraku and Kagura. I am still in charge of this class, even if one of my students is blackmailing me…"

Kagome smiled triumphantly and turned to face a flabbergasted Inuyasha. "C'mon," she said, grabbing his hand. "Let's go."

They walked over to Naraku's table and glared at him.

"Well, well, well. How unexpected," he said. "The miko defending the hanyou."

Kagome and Inuyasha looked over at each other, thunderstruck.

WHAT?

A/N: Wow… Over twelve pages on Microsoft Word (A.K.A. 5,354 words (not including A/Ns or titles)). Longest chappie I've ever written… So what did you think? (Besides hating me for the evil cliffie).

Inu: I am in no way that sappy. I'd have left her to cry.

Kagome: You would have? sobs

Inu: No, Kagome, don't cry!

Authoress: snickers Told ya. Well, anyway, I hope you liked it! (I didn't. --. I rushed it too much. sigh That's what I get for being a romance sap, I guess.) Did anyone see the reference from How The Grinch Stole Christmas? Tell me in your review and I'll post the names of the winners! R&R, peeps! New chappie will be up soon! (And I ordered a solid gold wall! (read My Sesshomaru if you don't get it))

BTW- go and read The Argument by Lessa3. It is awesome!

Next chapter: Mikos and Hanyous. R&R!