Disclaimer: I do not own anything off the show Inuyasha or the manga, nor do I own EIB or any of the talk radio hosts in this story or the people in real life I mention

The Debt

This world changed since 9/11, well actually…maybe it's more like the people of the world realized the world was different; in any case, the beginning of an age of wars for peace began. The War on Terror was a war that divided the nation, it was almost like the usual bitterness between the two major parties Democrats and Republicans increased ten fold and the nation in turn divided along party lines.

I know about all of this insanity first hand, politics is my life…

"Helloooooooooo DC! It's time for a brief news update followed by the Godfather of talk radio's 3 hour national show!" said 16-year-old Kagome Higurashi into the radio mic. As she read off the events around the world to their special audience in the very city she was in, Washington DC, she had a tone of eagerness and softness whenever a certain event was either happy or sad. She really did the news well so this was her special half hour in the lime light before she rushed off to back to school to finish the lunch hour.

Behind Kagome in the silent viewing room the older adults that ran the EIB studio watched the girl with smiles and gave her a thumbs-up when she happened to glance up from the papers. Kagome is just a minor so they couldn't hire her full time; instead she was an intern at the most celebrated radio news outlet in America.

Kagome lives in the year 2006; things are going crazy in politics though besides that silent minority of political junkies there weren't many who knew what was going on. And the even smaller minority of teenagers like Kagome knew anything. Kagome is different from most teenagers, she is passionate about politics. She has an opinion and she will defend it to the end. She was highly influenced by her conservative senator of a father, Kiro Higurashi, but don't get her wrong, she fought tooth and nail to argue against his views and in the end was converted to the conservative movement.

Kagome goes to a private school in Washington DC dedicated to those students who are the children or relatives of Congressmen in Washington. There was high security and the best education you can get, and the biasness of schools was kept to a minimal since most kids would be aware of a teacher trying to influence their opinions.

Kagome finished her half hour and began to introduce the man sitting beside her with a mic in front of him. "Now I'm going to turn the mic over to the Godfather of talk radio Rush Limbaugh!" Kagome turned off her mic just as the Godfather began to talk, she waved to everyone in the studio and made a mad dash out of the building with her side bag swinging by her side.

Kagome ran past curious on lookers, most of which were adults on their lunch breaks. Kagome mentally cursed herself for not agreeing to get a car for her Junior year at school but when she rounded a corner to see an insane traffic jam she reconsidered her previous thoughts. She continued to run but at an easier pace now.

Inuyasha Takahashi munched on a bag of potato chips as he walked easily along the sidewalks of Washington DC towards his school Penn High, a private school for congressmen's children. It was his first day at this school since he came back from going to school in London, so when he heard he wasn't suppose to leave the grounds during lunch unless he had a work pass he decided to jump the gate and ditch the security.

He was the son of Senator Inutaisho Takahashi, a major Democrat in the Senate who happened to be the arch rival of Senator Higurashi. Inuyasha wasn't very interested in politics, he hated his father for sacrificing so much in the family for his career in politics. Inuyasha was more preoccupied with street racing and sword training.

Inuyasha turned a corner and saw a girl running along the street opposite of him; she turned a corner and began to run along the side walk parallel to the one he was walking on. Inuyasha watched her idly while he snacked some more on chips. He was just throwing the bag in a trashcan and licking his salt covered claws when he heard the sound of a truck blaring its horn. Inuyasha's doggy ears twitched and he looked ahead to see the light change for the pedestrian walk way across the street he was walking on, it was green for someone to walk. The girl he saw before was running across the street, the only one crossing, when a truck came barreling towards her regardless if she had the right of way.

Inuyasha's eyes widened and he ran towards the girl with demon speed. Just as he reached her the girl noticed the truck coming at her. Inuyasha picked the girl up and took a leap out of the street. The truck when by with some more honks and Inuyasha glared at it as it disappeared.

Kagome looked up at the person who saved her with relief and curiosity. She saw a handsome boy a little older than her perhaps who had long silver hair that was tied back in a sharp ponytail at the base of his neck, bright golden eyes that drew her in even as they glared, and two doggy ears that twitched on top of his head. She also noticed his dark violet uniform that was kind of a Chinese type collar that went up his neck and had long sleeves that covered muscular arms.

Inuyasha growled softly in his chest and he noticed that the girl in his arms was shaking slightly. 'Probably from shock…' he thought looking down at the girl who did look a little shaken. She was also really cute. He noticed the petite girl had large light blue eyes that stared up at him in thanks and curiosity. Her long black hair was a little wind swept and her faced was flushed either from running or something else. 'Her uniform is the same as the uniform that the girls at school where, and why does she look familiar?' he wondered confused. He set her down to sit on the purple plaid skirt that stopped a little above mid thigh and watched as she hugged her chest while still shaking a little.

Inuyasha didn't expect her to thank him since she probably realized he was a half demon by now so he was surprised when she gave him a pretty smile and said. "Thank you." In such a beautiful voice.

'What the hell is wrong with me? Beautiful? Hah! She's just a stupid wench…' he thought unconvincingly. "No problem wench, do you go to Penn High?" Inuyasha asked with a slight frown. Kagome nodded while wondered why he just called her that. "Then we better get going, lunch is almost over." Inuyasha stood and began to walk towards the school. He walked to the crosswalk and waited for her expectantly.

Kagome got up shakily and jogged over to him. She adjusted her bag on her shoulder and looked at him curiously. "Aren't you going to press the button?" she asked pointing to the crossing button on the light post. Inuyasha scoffed and turned around to crouch down. When Kagome stared at him blankly he sighed loudly.

"Get on wench, I can get us there faster." Kagome frowned and climbed onto the strange guy's back. When Inuyasha took hold of her thighs and brought her more securely around him he jumped across the street to the side he was walking on and began to run towards the school.

Kagome let the feeling of the wind blowing past them envelope her and laughed happily at the amazing sensation. She then remembered something and scowled down at the dog eared boy. "Hey! You stop calling me wench! I have a name you know!"

Inuyasha got a funny look on his face at her mood swing, one minute she's laughing the next she's yelling. "Keh! You didn't tell me your name idiot!" Kagome blinked and blushed.

"Oh…oops! Sorry. My name's Kagome. What's yours?" asked Kagome friendly.

Inuyasha felt his face flush at her tone. 'Why am I getting all flustered. I slept with all those other girls in England without a care for them at all. Why am I feeling like this with THIS girl?' he thought frowning. "Inuyasha." He grumbled.

Kagome grinned. "Inuyasha…" she tested the name and this made Inuyasha flush even more. "I like your name! If you go to Penn you probably have a parent in Congress right? Who is it?" asked Kagome. "My father is Senator Higurashi." She said not thinking he would recognize or know anything about her father.

Inuyasha did know her father, he remembered his father yelling once about a Higurashi in Congress. "Um…I don't really like my father, I'm Inuyasha Sano." He said using his mother's last name. He didn't know why but he had a weird feeling that he didn't want to give this girl a reason to not like him.

Kagome got a brief concerned look but quickly covered it with a smile. As they landed in front of the school he let her off his back and she stepped in front of him. "Thanks for the ride! You must be new, do you want to hang out with me and my friends?" asked Kagome. Inuyasha blinked down at her and pushed her aside to walk into the school. Kagome followed behind him stubbornly.

"Stop following me, don't you know what I am?" asked Inuyasha in irritation. Kagome picked up her pace to walk along side him.

"What? You mean the fact that you are a hanyou? I don't care! Come on! I owe you my life, remember?" Kagome insisted. Inuyasha paused and looked at her as they stood in front of his 4th block.

"You owe me?" he asked with a smirk. Kagome blinked up at him and answered hesitantly.

"yes?"

Inuyasha chuckled and leaned down so that the 1 foot height difference wasn't so large. "When I think of a way you can repay me I'll hang out with you, k?" he said seductively and brushed past her into his class. Kagome stared off into space blankly.

A/N: End of first chapter. Tell me if I should continue or nix it. --; And any complaints about Kag being a Republican get over it I don't care…