Tomboy101: A quick note before anyone gets any ideas: I do not own InuYasha nor have I read/watched every book/episode. Another thing to say: those of you who are irritated I'm writing this instead of working on my other stories, this drabble series is purely being written so I can work through my writer's block. That means that these drabbles are being written to help me with my other stories so quit your whining. With that being said: please enjoy!

Elementary School

1st Grade

"Leave me alone!" A little girl, no older than six years old, with big blue eyes, shoulder length thick black hair, and peach colored skin stood with her back pressed against the trunk of a large tree in the middle of Fuji Elementary School's playground. Three boys, all bigger than her, smirked down at her as they crowded around her. The little girl, name of Higurashi Kagome, was one of the few ningen who attended Fuji Elementary and as such was an easy target for the meaner youkai, like these panther cubs.

Today was young Kagome's first day of public school, even though it was two months after school had officially started. Up until today she had been homeschooled because she had so much reiki she had to learn how to control it before she was deemed safe. Little Kagome hadn't really minded. Kindhearted and loving by nature, Kagome didn't want to hurt anyone by accident, especially her adopted little brother Shippo who was a kitsune-youkai. Still, she had been excited to go to a real school…until these bullies had cornered her. "Leave me alone!" she repeated, louder.

Poor little Kagome was terrified of these big boys. They were older than her, third graders, and she was only in first grade. Tears sprang to her eyes as one of the meanies reached for her blue Little Mermaid backpack which she was holding tight to her chest. "Watcha got there?" he sneered.

Kagome jerked away, tears springing to her eyes and rolling down her cheeks. She could feel her reiki trying to get away from her. She was scared and her natural reaction was to shove the bigger boys away from her but she couldn't. She knew that if she touched them right now they'd get hurt. Kagome didn't want to hurt them she just wanted them to leave her alone.

"Hey!" a loud voice yelled.

The three boys and Kagome looked around.

A silver-haired boy—inu-youkai, Kagome decided—with a crescent moon on his forehead, maroon stripes on his cheeks and dark gold eyes was walking towards them. He looked angry and his yoki was flaring dangerously. Even though he didn't seem to be older than seven the three panther-youkai fled like cockroaches in a spotlight. Kagome slumped to the ground in relief. The boy came up to Kagome and crouched down in front of her. "You alright?" he asked.

Kagome nodded vigorously, adoration in her eyes. The silver haired boy was so handsome in her eye she thoughts. He had saved her. He was so brave to have challenged those three boys and all by himself. They could have beaten him up but the boy hadn't seemed to notice that he could have been hurt. He was amazing!

"What's your name?" the boy asked as he sat cross-legged in front of her.

"Higurashi Kagome," Kagome said with a tentative smile but she still refused to relinquish the death grip she had on her Little Mermaid backpack. "Thank you so much for helping me. What's your name?"

"Tetsuki Sesshomaru. What grade are you in?"

"I'm in first grade. What about you?"

Sesshomaru puffed his chest up a little bit. "I'm in second grade."

Kagome's eyes went wide and she loosened her grip on her backpack a little. Second grade? Wow, Sessho-kun was a big kid. No wonder he wasn't afraid of those bullies. "That's so cool!"

Sesshomaru smiled, not a really big one, it was actually very small but it did manage to quirk the side of his mouth up ever so slightly. For some reason he was pleased with himself for impressing her. Not that it was really that hard for him to do. He was the first son of Inu no Taisho, Taiyoukai of the West. He did wonder why she was having the affect she was on him. He stowed the troubling thought away for consideration at a later date. "I don't think I've seen you before. Is it your first day?" Sesshomaru asked.

Kagome nodded. "Ah-huh. I was homeschooled before."

Sesshomaru blinked in surprise. He knew what homeschooling was, of course, but he'd never met a kid who was homeschooled. "That musta been…fun?" Sesshomaru couldn't imagine anything like homeschooling and fun being in any way connected. He shuddered at the mere thought of being taught by his parents.

Kagome nodded enthusiastically and uncurled from around her backpack entirely, letting it just sit in her lap. "Yeah," she said, a big grin spreading across her face. "Okaa-san taught me all my letters and stuff and Ojii-san taught me and my little sissy how to control our reiki. Sissy goes here too. She's in Kind-garten. Is that how you say it? I don't think it is. Me'n Sissy had a lotta fun with Souta and Shippo. What about you? Do you have any brothers or sissy's?"

Sesshomaru watched the young girl as she talked and talked. He hadn't thought such a small girl would have so many words in her. Apparently he was wrong. Now she was looking up at him expectantly, her bright blue-gray eyes looking up at him in eager anticipation. "I have one brother and two sisters. InuYasha and TanaYasha are twins. They're five. Rin is my other sister. She's one."

"Wow. You got a big fam'ly."

Sesshomaru grunted but Kagome just smiled.

"Hey! Sesshy!"

Kagome stuck her head out to peer behind Sesshomaru while her new friend just sighed. A silver-haired and dog-eared girl with darker gold eyes than Sesshomaru was running towards them, the big grin on her face revealing dog-like fangs. A boy who had to be her twin followed closely behind her. "Tana," Sesshomaru sighed. He twisted around just in time for Tana's behind-the-back hug to turn into a full frontal tackle.

"Hi Sesshy!" the little five-year-old girl giggled. "Ooh, who's your friend?" Tana peered at Kagome with dancing amber eyes, her grin still plastered on her face. The boy version of Tana looked at Kagome curiously too as he sat down beside Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru adjusted to make himself more comfortable as Tana sprawled across his lap. Kagome smiled. "Hi! I'm Kagome! What's your name?"

"I'm Tana," Tana said, still smiling, now comfortable ensconced in Sesshomaru's lap. "That's my brofer Yasha."

Kagome grinned happily. She could feel that this was the beginning of a beautiful, probably crazy friendship.