Great. Beginning of a new year at a new school (Feudal U) as a new kid. How could this day get anymore awkward? Oh, I know! Let's make all the new kids travel in a group and make sure the seniors stare the living hell out of the newbies! That should make them piss their pants and not make their day anymore awkward!

There is an upside to all this, though, I thought, gettin' to meet some hot new chicks. Speaking of hot chicks, I thought, scanning the group of 25 new students. There's one I'd like to see later, if you know what I mean.

Tuning out the 'tour guide', I filtered to the back so I would have an easier time moving next to the hot girl. She had raven colored hair and fair skin. She wore blue skinny jeans, black flats, and a yellow tank-top that looked mighty fine on her. She looked like she was trying to tune out the counselor, too. Then, I noticed she had her earphones in one ear and was whispering to a girl beside her.

The girl next to her wasn't nearly as pretty, but wasn't too plain, either. She wore black basketball shorts, blue converse, and a white tee that said 'Hollister'. She was keeping her hair out of her face with a-

"Oof!" I grunted as I ran into a burly boy in front of me.

He turned around, giving me the evil eye. "Hey, bro. Watch it!"

I wasn't about to get intimidated by this guy when-

"Mr. Takahashi! Would you like to share that with us?" The head counselor, Mr. Bankotsu, asked. He didn't seem at all thrilled that I hadn't been paying attention.

"No, Mr. Bankotsu. Just asking this nice man here," I clasped the burly boy's shoulder, making sure my claws dug into his skin, "what his major was."

The hot girl muttered something like, "Sure he did," and snickered into her hand.

"Miss Higurashi, do you have something you would like to add to Mr. Takahashi's discussion?"

Sweet! I had her last name! Now, let's see if I can get her first name and a number…

"No, sir," she blushed, "just thought I'd let you continue your discussion on how important it is to be in the dorms on time at night; not come in after curfew."

Mr. Bankotsu raised a brow at this. I guess he was impressed he had a pupil who actually paid attention. "Thank you, Miss Higurashi. Now, as I was explaining -"

It was rather easy to tune him out again as he droned on about classes, the campus, restaurants, blah, blah, blah. I took this opportunity to try and get her attention, as I slinked around a few more people to get next to her.

The athletic girl next to the hot one whispered something and she turned around.

When she did, I lost my words. She was prettier up close. And she smelled good, too, like cherry blossoms: nice and sweet. I resisted a sudden urge to wrap her in my arms.

"Uh," I said, still at a loss for words.

"Uh, yourself." Damn. She was a feisty one.

"Just thought I'd introduce myself completely as, uh, you already know m-my last name," I stuttered, "Inuyasha. Inuyasha Takahashi." I extended my hand to have her shake it, hoping she wouldn't realize how bad I was shaking. She was hot.

I think she heard my knees knocking. "Um, nice to meet you. Kagome Higurashi," she shook my hand, "and this is Sango."

"Hi. Nice to meet you, too." I turned to Sango, "Hey, Sango." I said.

Sango turned around and acted surprised that there was a person talking to her. "Oh, hi!" In her left hand was a cell phone.

That's why she acted so surprised. Then who'd Kagome turn around to see when Sango whispered to her?

"Hey, Miroku! Just leaving you a message; again. You're missing freshman stuff. Hurry up and get here. TTYL!" She hung up.

Who says TTYL? I thought. Must be some girl thing…

"Who's Miroku?" I asked.

Kagome spoke, "Sango's boyfriend."

"No he's not! He's a lewd douche bag that's really grabby! We are not dating!" she huffed.

I would have to meet this Miroku. Maybe he could give me some pointers… not that I'd be thinking about that with a beautiful girl in front of me…

"Kagome! Sango!" someone shouted.

Both girls whirled around at the sound of their names.

"Ayame!" The girls ran to her as she appeared in the doorway. I had nothing to do, so I followed.

Both girls gave her a hug and I stood, waiting.

"Who's that?" I heard Ayame ask as she gave Kagome a hug. The only reason I heard was because of my demon ears which sat atop my head.

"Ayame, this is Inuyasha." Kagome grabbed my hand and, more or less, dragged me to her.

"Isn't he a cute one!" Ayame exclaimed.

"Who you callin' cute?" a gruff voice asked behind me.

"Just you, Kouga-bear!" She looked down and said 'Kouga-bear' as loud as she could because she knew he hated that nickname.

'Kouga-bear' grabbed his, girlfriend?, and pulled her in for a kiss.

Uhhh… Kissing doesn't normally bother me, but this was just short of eating each others' faces.

Kagome and Sango suddenly found the floor very interesting, as I did.

When I looked at the floor, I realized Kagome was still holding my hand. Not that I minded…

She was alarmed, too, to find I hadn't let go of her hand and struggled to let go without hurting my feelings. She let go, but was still blushing bright pink. It was a good look on her.

'Kouga-bear' and Ayame finally stopped kissing. He held his hand out for me to shake as Ayame introduced us.

Kouga grunted. "So you're Inuyasha. Figures…" He pulled me in for a 'bro' hug.

Not awkward…

After the 'bro' hug, Kouga asked, "Yo, Sango! Where's Miroku? He sleep in late again?"

Sango looked up. "No. He's trying to skip today; but this time, his excuse was a funeral. And I'm not the only one who would know…" She looked pissed at Kouga for a moment, then stormed through the doors muttering, "Perverted, ball-sucking, liar! Why can't he just-" She was stopped by a guy with black hair pulled into a short ponytail at the base of his head.

"My dear Sango! You wouldn't have just been talking about me, would you have?" The guy held his arms out for a hug, which Sango turned down.

"Miroku, what the hell are you doing here?"

"Sango, my dear, I came to see you!" he said, reaching for her arse.

She slapped him before he got close, the sound ringing through the halls.

"My beloved Sango, why so violent?" He rubbed his face where there was a red handprint, knowing the pain was worth it.

Must do that more often if she just slaps him… I thought.

"Who's the new guy?" Miroku asked.

"Inuyasha." Kagome replied.

"Welcome to the circle, bro."

Another 'bro' hug.

"So ho long's this 'orientation' thing supposed to last?" I asked Kagome.

"Not much longer, but I hear they hold the students over 30 minutes more. Maybe we'll get lucky…"

We… I like the sound of that!

Our group talked for a few more minutes, until I realized the rest of the freshmen had disappeared.

"Uh," I smoothly asked Kagome, "where's the rest of the new kids getting a tour?"

Kagome looked surprised, "Oh, gosh, I didn't even realize-"

"You'll be fine," a sweet voice said behind me.

I was starting to think I'd met enough people today when Rin appeared next to Sesshomaru.

"Hi, Rin." I said, not bothering to acknowledge my half-brother who was a sophomore at the university.

Sesshomaru gave me a look inviting me to hug Rin, then get beaten up afterward. I gave her one anyway.

"Guys this is Rin and," I cringed when I said his name, "her boyfriend Sesshomaru. Rin, this is Kagome, Ayame, Kouga, Sango, and Miroku." I introduced them with a swift hand signal in their direction.

"Hi!" Rin said really enthusiastically.

Sesshomaru just grunted his greeting. He looked at Kouga and asked why he was hanging out with a hanyou like me.

"Just met him. Don't really approve, but Ayame does, so I guess I have to hang out with this half-breed."

Sesshomaru grinned his approval (yeah, he grinned!) at Kouga. I have a feeling the only reason was because Sesshomaru could smell the youkai coming from Kouga.

Kouga's a wolf demon, who smells terrible, while Sesshomaru's a dog demon. I'm half dog demon. That's what makes me a hanyou instead of a youkai. Sesshomaru also says it's what makes me weak, being half human. I think he's weak 'cause he fell in love with a human, just like Pops.

Sango asked, "Rin, how do you know Inuyasha?"

Rin replied, "Oh. I know Inuyasha because he's Sesshomaru's half-brother."

I had been hoping to keep that bit of information from Kagome. I glared at Rin.

Sesshomaru groaned. "Did you have to tell them, Rin? I was hoping you wouldn't tell them I was related to that half-breed!" He said 'half-breed' with as much disgust as he could.

"I was only being nice and letting them know ahead of time. In case they come over and see you fighting and trying to kill each other, as always. I thought I'd warn them."

Sesshomaru snorted. "I'd win that battle, if you and his parents didn't interfere."

I growled, "Sesshomaru, we both know that ain't true! You know I could whoop your arse with my hands tied behind my back!"

Kagome stepped between us, grabbing my ear and Sesshomaru's hair.

"Oww! Awe, Kagome, what the hell you do that for?" I grumbled. My ear was really starting to hurt.

Sesshomaru was surprised when the human grabbed his hair. "You wench! I, Sesshomaru, will not let a mere human defeat me!"

Little late for that, I thought.