Kagome Higurashi ran her fingers nervously through her long raven colored hair. Her best friend Sango had overheard a conversation between Kagome's boyfriend, Ranma Saotome and his friend Miroku, Sango's boyfriend. "I heard it all!" Sango gushed, making no attempt at hiding her excitement.

"Ranma said that he's going to propose to you on your date on Saturday!" her face lit up as she spoke, unaware of how much she'd just startled her best friend. The thought of what Sango had just announced scared Kagome. Sure, she and Ranma had been dating for at least four and a half months, but just the thought of getting engaged was intimidating. Kagome did love Ranma; there was no denying that. But still, she was only eighteen.

For once, Kagome was grateful for her best friend's infamous big mouth. It would have been a nice surprise, but Kagome wasn't sure if she could have handled it if she hadn't known ahead of time. Kagome sighed. She'd known Ranma since she was 12. Now they were both seniors in high school and needless to say a lot had changed in six years. But Kagome was happy with those changes.

Even though the couple had a few problems in the past, ranging from Ranma's ever-jealous ex-girlfriend, to yelling matches over stupid things; which Kagome usually won. Kagome looked at the small alarm clock in her room. It read 8:20. Crap! Kagome thought, giving herself an once-over in the full-length mirror, making sure her uniform was straight and perfect.

Kagome arrived at her school, Rikano High School, right on time but she had jogged halfway to school. As she entered the school's courtyard, she found Ranma standing right in front of her. He looked exactly like she remembered: blue-gray eyes that stared adoringly at her, black hair in a pigtail, and his Chinese style apparel. Perfect.

"Hey, baby." he greeted her, and then kissed Kagome on the cheek. "Hey." Kagome responded softly, her earlier conversation with Sango still lingering in her mind. Just then, Ranma's ex-girlfriend, Kikyou, clad in a tight T-shirt and low-riding jeans, walked up to Ranma and hugged him from behind. "Hey you," she cooed, "I missed you over the break." A little attention from other girls usually didn't bother Kagome, but this happened every day. Kagome was sick of it.

"Get off of my boyfriend, Kinky-ho." she growled. Kikyou released Ranma and walked up to Kagome, her brown eyes flashing dangerously. "What did you call me?" she hissed. "Kinky-ho." Kagome repeated coolly. "My name is Kikyou!" the girl screamed, and then stomped away. Kagome just rolled her hazel eyes.

"I'm getting really sick of her." Ranma said. Kagome nodded then added, "She really needs to move on." Kagome laughed a little. "And to think, I thought you still like her." Ranma smiled at his girlfriend. "Why would I want her when I have you?" Kagome giggled. Ranma laughed a little too, and then kissed Kagome on the lips. After a few seconds, the bell rang overhead and the two broke apart and laughed at the terrible timing. Then they both went inside for their first class.

The couple reached their first class and took their seats near the front, right next to each other. That was when they noticed an unfamiliar girl standing in front of the class, looking around awkwardly. She had long purple hair and appeared to be a foreigner. Chinese maybe.

As the tardy bell rang, their teacher, Mr. Maki came in and stood in front of the class, next to the girl. "We have a new student today," he said motioning to the girl, "This is Shampoo." The girl raised her hand and waved. "Ohayo." she said, smiling. "Ohayo." responded a few people. "She's hot." Sango's boyfriend, Miroku said. Sango elbowed him in the ribs.

Mr. Maki looked at his seating chart. "Ranma," he said, "raise your hand." Ranma did as he was told. The teacher turned to Shampoo. "Sit next to Ranma, Shampoo." he said. Without a word, Shampoo picked up her binder, walked across the room, and settled in the seat next to Ranma.

Being her normal friendly self, Kagome leaned forward and smiled at Shampoo. The Amazon ignored her. Noticing this, Ranma cleared his throat and then said, "So what class do you have next?" Shampoo opened her binder and handed Ranma her class schedule. Ranma examined the paper. "Hey, you have all the same classes as me." he commented. "That good." Shampoo said. "Shampoo need to be shown around." She smiled as she said this. Kagome noted that the new girl's English sucked.

The first class came and went. As Kagome was leaving with Ranma, Shampoo came up quickly behind him and grabbed him by the arm then said sweetly, "Shampoo not know where to go. Show Shampoo where to go." Without letting Ranma respond, Shampoo pulled Ranma into the crowded hallway. Kagome sighed and went to look for Sango.

A few seconds after she entered the hallway, she saw Miroku and Sango walking together. She speed up her walk a little, then stopped as she saw Miroku reach for Sango's butt. Kagome put her head in her hand. She mentally counted down and waited for the telltale sound of Miroku going headfirst into the nearest locker. "Damn hentai!" Sango yelled.

Kagome couldn't help but laugh at Miroku's stupidity. Just then she felt two arms wrap around her waist. It was Ryoga, a clueless guy who'd been crushing on her for years. He couldn't take a hint. "Hi Kagome," he said, "Did that Saotome ditch you for-" Ryoga was cut off as Kagome delivered a fierce uppercut to his chin. Ryoga backed away, rubbing the spot where she'd hit him.

Kagome walked over to the water fountain with an evil plan in mind. "Hey Ryoga," she said, "Come here." Ryoga did as he was commanded and stood behind Kagome. "Are you thirsty, Ryoga?" Kagome asked. It took Ryoga a moment to get what she was asking. "Uh…yeah." he finally responded. Kagome smiled. "Good." she said, turning the water faucet towards Ryoga, spraying him with cold water. Angry squealing came from the black piglet at Kagome's feet. "That better?" she asked. Angrier squealing.

Kagome just smiled and proceeded down the hall. As Kagome entered her next class, she saw Shampoo sitting on Ranma's desk and flirting shamelessly. She's new here and she has the guts to act like that? Kagome thought. She was getting pissed off now, this girl was not only rude, and she had no sense of right from wrong. She went to go confront her, when she bumped into someone. "Oh, gomen." she said, and then looked up to see who it was. Who she saw made her freeze. He was hot. He had the most beautiful bright amber eyes, long silver hair that fell all the way down his back and the cutest dog-ears on top of his head.

"I-Inuyasha." Kagome managed to say. Even before she'd started dating Ranma, Kagome had always had a crush on Inuyasha. What Kagome didn't know was Inuyasha had liked Kagome for a long time, too. "Excuse me." Kagome said, nervously moving past Inuyasha and taking her seat next to Ranma. Inuyasha's dog-ears fell flat against his head. He'd always been jealous of Ranma. And ever since he'd started dating the girl he wanted, those feelings of anger had grown.

Kagome marched across the room, anger clearly written on her features. The new girl, who was unaware of Kagome's presence, kept talking loudly. It was clear Ranma was uncomfortable but being a nice guy, didn't tell Shampoo off. Kagome, however, wasn't so patient