"Running"

Chapter 1

A young woman with long raven hair woke to the sound of her blaring alarm clock. She blinked blearily and looked over to see it was time for school. She groaned at the red numbers mocking her. As soon as she tossed the warm covers off her lithe body her sister walked in and frowned. "Come on Kags, we have to get ready."

Kagome replied with another groan and mumbled "Sango, tell mom I don't feel well." Sango looked at her sister like she was crazy. "Kaggy, I know you hate the idea of school but really, it's a new start and we get a chance to start over, okay? So give it a shot sis." She chided as she opened up the blinds, letting in the warm morning sun to kiss her tired sisters face.

"I know but we always seem to be found and then we have to move again, I don't want to get close to new people only to leave and never see them again." Kagome whined, blocking the bright rays of sunshine with her long pale arms. "You know, it looks more suspicious when you don't show up, it just draws more attention to us and that isn't good." Sango replied, tossing a plain white button down shirt at Kagome. The girl glared at the shirt before she sighed.

"…Fine! I'll go. I just won't talk to anyone." She huffed. "Yeah yeah yeah. You say that now." An hour later, after many arguments, a few bruises and one missing waffle later, they were out the door. Walking down the street they heard someone yelling, so they turned to see who it was.

A young man with short messy hair woke to the sound of buzzing from his alarm clock. He got up groggily and stumbled his way to the shower. After a few minutes he was rinsed and refreshed, he went to check on his silver haired roommate. "Inuyasha?" He called; when he entered he realized he wasn't awake yet. 'Idiot.' He decided he needed some entertainment before school.

Miroku went to the kitchen and got honey and whipped cream, and then he got a feather pillow of the couch. He returned to Inuyashas room and put the honey on the half demons arms, legs, and torso, and the whipped cream on his face like a beard. When he was pleased with his work he ripped the end of the pillow off and started spreading handfuls over the areas covered in honey. When that was finished he took a couple pictures, then took an extra feather and started to tickle the puppy ear on the top of his friends head.

The hanyo woke with a start as he felt something slip from the tip of his ear to the sensitive pink inside. As he looked around he saw his friend and roommate standing over him, his face red from holding back his laughter. The half demon gave a questioning look before asking. "What the fuck is so funny?" Miroku, not able to hold back his amusement anymore, fell to the floor, clutching his sides as he laughed out, "It's time for school and you weren't awake so… I got creative."

The hanyo was instantly worried and used his demon speed to get to the bathroom, unknowingly leaving a trail of feathers in his haste. As he gazed at himself in the mirror his golden eyes widened in horror, he had whipped cream dripping in globs off his chin and onto the marble counter top, there was honey coating his arms, legs, and chest and that was covered in feathers, in his opinion he looked like a giant goose foaming at the beak. After a second his eyes narrowed and he crept out of the bathroom and towards Miroku, who was backing away from his friend. Miroku knew he should be frightened but the sight of the hanyo just made him want to laugh. The hanyo just growled at his friend and said one word. "Run."

As Inuyasha stepped out of the shower and got dressed Miroku was nursing a large bruise that was conveniently place over his left eye. After they ate a hearty meal and argued about who got to drive, they finally decided on taking Inu's red convertible dodge challenger and left. "Hey, Yash, let's stop and get some coffee." Miroku suggested as they pulled up to a red light. "No." The silver haired demon stated firmly, annoyed with his friend. Miroku scowled, "Why not? I want some coffee before we get to school." "To damn bad." Inuyasha grumbled as he stepped on the gas.

"I wan-" Inuyasha screeched to a halt and glared at the man beside him. "If you want your coffee so damn much get the fuck out and get it." His voice was low and deadly. Miroku looked at his friend wearily. "Go get your fucking coffee!" the irritated half demon growled. "…okay…" the black haired male opened the passenger door and stepped out. No sooner had he closed the door did the car speed off, leaving him stranded there on the sidewalk.

"FUCK!" He yelled as he watched the red convertible drive out of his sight. "I guess I'm walking." He mumbled and began trudging after the car. After about 10 minutes of walking Miroku spotted two girls about his age walking up ahead. Upon closed inspection he realized that they were wearing the green and white uniforms the girls from his school wore, so he decided to be a gentleman and escort them to school.

Kagome and Sango turned just in time to see a figure in the distance waving at them. "Um… you see that, right?" Kagome murmured, squinting at the shadowed figure approaching them. Sango raised an eyebrow and grabbed her sister's elbow. "Nope. Let's go." She pulled Kagome along behind her. "…okay then."

Awkward silence

"Ladies, ladies!" A male voice called after them. "Keep walking." Sango ordered, quickening their pace. "Just wait up for a moment, won't you?" he yelled. "I go to Shikon High too!"

Awkward silence

"Sango?" Kagome asked, pulling at her sister's arm, forcing her to stop. "Sis, he goes to the same school as us and he seems nice w-." "Kags, how many times do I have to tell you, not to trust strangers?" Sango snipped at her sister. At this time the boy had caught up to them. "Ladies," he gasped out "I apologize for giving you a fright, I just wanted to see if you would like to be escorted to school?" he smiled dashingly at the girls in front of him. Then it clicked. "Oh, where are my manners, my name is Miroku. How do you do."