In a small alley, a girl with two broken arms and a sprained leg lay on the floor, jerking slightly. A tall figure stood, towering, above her, its arms crossed in disgust.

"I didn't do anything wrong," the girl cried. "You can't do this to me!"

The boy above her snorted and stepped over her broken arm, which gave a sickening crunch. "You're in her team, and that makes all the difference." He walked away , leaving only a cold, isolated feeling in the air and the desperate girl lying in her own blood.

--

Shikon High.

There were ten minutes of resting time between classes, but most of the students would go to their next classes and wait for the time being.

Kagome sat at her desk, doodling on own hand. Breaks were boring, as usual. When she wasn't being bothered by the endless ranting of girls who wanted to be her friend, Kagome was just sitting in her desk, trying to ignore the boys who were stealing glances at her from around the room.

"Have you heard of the gang wars?" a boy in Kagome's history class suddenly said in a hushed voice.

"Duh, who hasn't?" another boy said in an annoyed voice. "Some weird gangs fighting each other and causing tons of injuries, right?"

Kagome put her pen down quietly, and then, unconsciously, looked at a boy sitting a few seats in front of her. Takahashi Inuyasha was motionless, but Kagome was sure that he was also listening to the conversation.

Inuyasha joined in the discussion abruptly, and the boys who were originally talking about the 'gang wars' allowed him in their talk eagerly.

"Hey, I got this from a really reliable source," one of the boys said, looking at Inuyasha hopefully, as if trying to please him. Kagome snorted quietly in disgust. Why would anyone want to suck up to that crappy excuse for a guy?

"The gangs are split into two groups; one is full of girls, the other full of guys." Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, gesturing the boy to continue, which he did willingly. "I heard that this time, it was the girl gang that had a casualties."

"Must suck to be in the girl gang, you know, getting hurt and all," the other boy sighed.

"Yeah, I guess so," Inuyasha said, but his lips twitched, as if trying to push back a smirk.

The bastard.

"Why do you care?" Kagome suddenly asked. She spoke in a regular voice, but somehow, everyone seemed to have heard her, and the room was quiet immediately.

"I'm sorry, did my face give you the impression that I cared?" Inuyasha said, allowing himself a small smirk.

"Actually, your face gave me the impression that you were trying to impersonate a gorilla while amusing your minions," Kagome replied.

"Hypocritically, you wear the same expression everyday of your miserable life."

"I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that I hurt someone's feelings by saying that you looked like a gorilla," Kagome said coolly. "I will apologize to the primates for insulting them so."

Inuyasha's lips twisted into a sneer. "At least I'm not a b—"

"Inuyasha, I will not tolerate swear words in my classroom," the teacher said, suddenly appearing in the doorway. "Please, if you and Ms. Higurashi bear animosity towards each other, go outside the room and fight." The teacher stepped aside from the doorframe and gestured to the hallway. "You're free to act like children then."

Kagome and Inuyasha both rose from their seats and went outside the room obediently, and were silent until the teacher closed the door.

"Look who's talking, mutt," Kagome smirked, openly malicious now. She turned and walked to the far side of the hall, holding her breath as if the air Inuyasha breathed in was contaminated.

Inuyasha grinned, but there was no laughter behind his eyes. "Oh, yeah? You wanna bring it on, Higurashi?" he asked, raising his hands and shifting his feet into a fighting stance. "You can never win me. You can never protect anyone. Which is probably why your pals are now in the hospital."

Kagome glared at the wall, trying not to look at Inuyasha. Her fists were clenched, and her nails dug into her own skin. "You're trying to provoke me," she said after a while. "It won't work.

Inuyasha's eyes glinted. "You can't protect anyone," he said, then paused. A small deliberate smirk formed at the edges of his mouth. "Not even your own mother."

That was it. Kagome turned around, her eyes blazing.

Of course, that was when the door of their classroom burst open. Apparently, the teacher had decided that Inuyasha and Kagome were bound to get into some trouble, and had peeked out the door just when Kagome was getting ready to charge.

"Kouga, Miroku, Hojo, Sango!" she called. "Come here!" The four students immediately stepped out and rushed to stop Kagome and Inuyasha from ripping each other's faces off.

"Kagome," the teacher chided, "Girls don't fight; I would've never expected this behaviour from you. Young lady, I am disappointed."

Kagome was quiet for a while, and then bowed her head. "I'm sorry for disrupting the class," she finally said. "Sorry, kiddos," she said, nodding to the classmates, who all smiled at her in return. After all, Kagome was one of the coolest kids in the school.

The teacher coughed once, and Kagome sighed. She turned to her arch nemesis and gave a small jerk of a nod. "Sorry, Inuyasha."

One could only wonder how she could manage to make Inuyasha's name sound like a curse.

"I don't need your apology," Inuyasha sneered.

"Don't delude yourself into thinking that I want to give you one." Kagome said coolly, then turned around and marched back into the classroom.

--

"Inuyasha and Kagome," the principal said, peering at the two students from behind his glasses. "You two again." He sighed and organized some folders. "What was it this time? Cockroaches in the locker? Ripped up homework? Itch cream in clothes?"

"It was just a fight this time, sir," Kagome said, seeing that Inuyasha wasn't going to say anything. "And we were stopped before I could smash his face, too."

"Oh? And what was the fight about?"

"Nothing important," Inuyasha suddenly said, his mouth twisted into a smirk. "But mainly, I called her—"

The principal coughed loudly, stopping Inuyasha abruptly. "No need to know what you called Kagome," he said, sighing again. "But I heard that you were fighting about... what was it? The gang wars?"

The room was quiet.

"Yes. The gang wars. Two gangs wreaking havoc on public property, injuring each other badly for some unknown reason. Why would you two be worrying about that?" The principal's eyes gleamed from behind his spectacles as Kagome ran her hand through her hair and Inuyasha stretched. After a while, the two students were quiet again, and the principal waited patiently.

Surprisingly, Inuyasha decided to talk first. "I heard that there's a gang of girls and one of guys, so I thought that Kagome would like to know that the girl team would never win. In fact, they were probably the group that had a few casualties a few days ago. I mean, girls are weak, pathetic creatures that can't help anyone." He flashed a grin at Kagome, who was red in the face and looking down at the floor, obviously seething. "After that, she charged at me for no reason." Inuyasha shook his head. "I guess that's what happens if your life is messed up."

"And your face is messed up," Kagome spat, earning another loud cough from the principal.

"And your reason, Kagome?"

"Well, basically what it said," Kagome answered, raising her head to look at the principal. "I thought that it was being extremely sexist, so I decided to punch it." She stopped and looked at the principal. "That's all."

"Don't call Inuyasha 'it', Kagome," the principal said. "But anyways. Do you have anything else to say?"

"No," Kagome and Inuyasha chorused, stopping immediately to glare at each other.

"Are you sure?"

There was an awkward silence this time, as Inuyasha looked at the principal questioningly, obviously sizing him up. Of course, it was obvious only to the trained eyes of Kagome; the principal probably didn't even suspect what was about to await him if Inuyasha decided that he was a threat.

"Um, I have to leave now for reasons," Kagome said suddenly, standing up. She looked directly in front, avoiding Inuyasha's gaze. "My...sister is still waiting for me in the hospital."

"Fine. You may go," the principal said, dismissing Kagome with a wave of his hand. He was obviously already tired from the strain of thinking about Inuyasha and Kagome's problem. "Inuyasha, you stay for detention."

Kagome picked up her backpack and exited the room, closing the door quietly and carefully.

The building was quiet, and the only sound heard was the loud, ringing thumps of Kagome's running.

"Keh," Inuyasha said after Kagome's footsteps gradually faded away.

A/N: Ok, I know that it's really short, but it's just like a...prologue, I guess. Also, I'm posting this because I haven't updated for a really long time, you know, lack of inspiration for Simple Genius, so I've decided to try another project for now to make you guys happy Hopefully that'll reduce the fiery wrath in your hearts.

But WAIT! Don't bombard me with rotten bananas yet... –cowers in fear- Sorry if you guys don't like the idea of me making a new story, but it's going to be really short. About 5 chapters; probably 10,000 words or so. Probably more, possibly less.

...If you read and don't review, I'm going to be very mad. Threatening, huh? Just kidding. ( have to add that.