Ok, this is set in Kagome's time and there is no Feudal Era. If you have any questions or I didn't explain something well just ask in a review or send me a message.
Kagome, Sango, Kagura, Koga, Kikyo, Inuyasha and Miroku are 16, Sesshomaru is 17 and Rin is 15.
Alright, please R&R, tell me what you think, i will shut up now. Oh, yeah, and it starts Monday at lunchtime, Kagome's 3rd week at her new school.

Disclaimer: I do not own any Inuyasha characters, if I did I'd be huggy my Sesshy right now.

Chained Fate

Chapter One: A Lunchtime Comedy

Sango and Kagome walked past Koga's usual table, unfortunately he was getting lunch and his second in command – who disliked Kagome for some unknown reason – had no one to stop him jeering at her as she passed.

Kagome's eyebrow twitched and she stopped in front of the smirking demon. "Oh, shut up Ringo." She glared at him.

"Give me one good reason." He sneered. Sango stepped forward, lifting Hiraikotsu onto her shoulder. "Be careful with that, Sango, don't want to hurt yourself."

"Why you!" she tried to hit him, but Kagome had grabbed her and was dragging her backwards, Rin hurried over from their table to help control the murderous Sango and get her to calm down.

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Kagome and Rin sat opposite each other, panting from the effort of dragging a flailing sixteen-year-old half way across the cafeteria.

"It's ok baby," Kagome froze, then turned her head slowly to see Sango cradling her boomerang, "we'll get him next time." Kagome closed her eyes, trying to calm herself, then hit her head against the table.

"You're psychotic." She mumbled, forehead still resting on the tabletop.

Sango blinked innocently, "me?"

Rin's mouth twitched, then she burst out into laughter, falling off her seat and rolling around on the ground. Kagome slowly lifted her head to fix a glare on the younger girl, Rin tried to get her herself under control, wiping the tears of laughter from her eyes and climbing back onto the bench she'd been seated on before. "Well, you can't really blame me," she shrugged, but there were now two death glares being focused on her, "you two really are hilarious." This didn't help her case, so Rin shut up and became very busy with pushing pasta around her plate, which just made her hungry so she ended up eating the pasta instead.

Kagome sighed, and poked her lasagne, "I'm still not used to this school."

"You'll get used to it eventually."

"At my old school I highly doubt the food was actually edible."

"Well that's because our principal is totally nuts, but she's nice."

"Yeah," Rin chimed in, "she always lets me off with a warning, not even a note in my file. But I haven't gotten a warning since you two've been my friends." She thought about it for a second, then shrugged it off.

"Probably because we confiscated your lighters and spray paint." Kagome rolled her eyes; Rin had been a real troublemaker.

Rin raised her head and smiled at Kagome, "yeah." She hadn't had any real friends before Sango and Kagome, she'd passed her time as one of Kikyo's followers, but she really couldn't stand the bitch. Suddenly Rin's eyes widened.

"Right on cue." Kagome muttered and looked over her shoulder.

"Yep." Sango gave a nod.

"I-it's Sesshomaru." Rin's eyes where now the size of saucers, and she stared at him with total admiration as he walked into the cafeteria, past their table (but not directly, he was at least ten feet away) and over to the table he sat at on the other side of the cafeteria. "He's so cool." She looked back at her friends who were shaking their heads.

"My dear I believe you are smitten." Kagome stabbed a bean and popped it in her mouth.

"No I'm not!" she protested, but the other two just rolled their eyes.

"It's perfectly understandable." Sango assured her.

Rin pouted, "I just think he's really cool, I don't actually like like him."

"Uh-ha" Kagome said through a mouthful of lasagne.

"Don't talk when your mouth's full." Sango scolded.

"Sorry mother." Kagome poked out her tongue and Rin laughed, only to be kicked in the shin under the table.

"Ow, what was that for?" she rubbed her leg. Sango just stuck her nose in the air and started eating her lunch.

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(A/N: to explain a little about the school:)

Megami High was a very good school all round. The food was amazing, they opened the cafeteria at 7am every morning so students had an hour and a half to have breakfast before class. And there was food available until 4pm every afternoon, and if you had a spare you could pop over and get a snack.

The classes were organised so that the required syllabus could be taught in three days worth of lessons, leaving two days – twelve hours – worth of classes left for flexibility. If a student was failing math then extra lessons would be added to their timetable, if they were a star in English they'd be moved into a more chanllenging class and extra lessons would be added to further their skills. There were also extra activities you could sign up to – like drama and music – as well as advanced courses.

And then there was the sport. Two hours a week minimum for regular students, and that's just normal PE. Some students had five hours a week of additional training in one area, swimming, basketball, football, endurance running, they had it all. The school had an entire separate campus for sport, full of different fields and gyms full of equipment.

The aim of all this was to give students a balanced education, no weakling nerds and no blockhead jocks. The goal of every student was to be the best. At everything.

I really hoped you like it, please review and let me know!

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