Wild and Free

Summary: Ryan and Sharpay are ready to enjoy their summer when Fulton announces that they will be playing HOST to a new transfer student. Life is more than a little bit more complicated when Ryan finds himself developing feelings for this girl, and Sharpay just wants to get her out of the way!

Genre: Romance/School Life

Movie: High School Musical

Pairing: Kagome/Ryan

Rated: ...M for Mature

A/N: Takes place at the start of Second Movie!

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"I really don't see why of all places, I had to move to Mexico."

"New Mexico,"

Kagome glared as the voice on the other end of the phone corrected her. While many may think she was talking to a close friend, or maybe even her mother or brother, no. She was having a conversation with her caretaker. "My bad, New Mexico," she received looks from the people at the airport, most of them looked to be leaving, some had gotten off of her flight, but out of those people, only a few were Japanese like her, so she flipped her language flip and started talking in Japanese. "I just don't get why I couldn't stay in Japan..."

"Until you pass your High School education, you will stay there. Besides, you wanted to be away from my idiot brother, and he hates it down there."

"InuYasha hates it in New Mexico?" She scoffed, "can't imagine why. I've been here for thirty minutes and I'm already partial to buying a ticket back home myself."

"With what funds?"

Kagome frowned, "Point. But I am still lost as to why New Mexico. There is absolutely nothing here." She glanced around both ways and sighed, "Nothing,"

"I'm sure that you'll have fun, Kagome. I have a colleague down there in Albuquerque, you'll be staying with his two kids. If I recall, they are both your age."

"So...that means what to me? We can bond over the fact that I'm staying in their house and we all have birthdays in the same year?"

"This Sesshoumaru does not like that tone, Miko. It's not my fault that you have a no attendance accepted BOLO in every school in Japan."

Kagome put her hand in her pocket and sighed, 'No...that's my fault, if I hadn't shattered the Jewel, I wouldn't have been running all across Edo Japan trying to find all the pieces and stop an evil half breed spider demon. I feel as if that should all be filed under Extra Credit. It's not like I was goofing off, I nearly died like fifteen times...more!' she shaking her head, she noted a man walking towards her, a sign in his hand as he motioned towards it. "Kagame Higurashi?" She laughed, "Sorry, wrong person."

"Miko,"

She rolled her eyes and flipped her phone shut, successfully hanging up on the man on the other end of the line. She stood up as the man looked curiously between the sign and her, "you spelt my name wrong...K-A-G-O-M-E...Kagome."

He blushed, "apologies young Miss, Mr. Evans sent your name via text and I guess accidently spelt it wrong. Japanese names are known to be autocorrected."

She understood that well enough, "so, what's your name? Or, what should I call you?"

"Thomas Fulton, you can call me Thomas or Mr. Fulton, either is acceptable."

"Thomas is okay?" She took the handle of her bag and shouldered a large yellow backpack that looked as if it had been part of the Vietnam War.

"Yes ma'am, here...let me take your bags."

Kagome shook her head, "thanks, but I'm a big girl. I can carry my own things." She smiled at him and started to walk, waiting for him to catch up as he shook his shock off and led her to the car.

"This way," he ushered her towards a Lexus RX 2016, opening the hatchback, he helped her place her suitcase in the back but she refused to put her yellow backpack with her suitcase. He gave in and opened the back seat door, helping her in and watching as she put her bag on the ground by her feet.

"The ride will be a bit over an hour, my apologies, Miss."

"That's fine, thanks for picking me up." She sat down and watched the scenery fly by, taking in the trees that passed her and the surprisingly beautiful open land, the rocky ledges of a spiraling road, and she realized after an hour of watching houses pass her by, that she wasn't going to any of the Hotels or Houses Thomas had driven past. None of the neighborhoods, or any of the apartments, she was heading to what looked more like a resort. "Where are we going, Thomas?"

"Lava Springs, it's Summer Vacation for the Evan Siblings, and that means they're spending it at the Country Club."

Kagome nodded, '...are they rich or something? I shouldn't ask that,' she watched the gates open and the car came to a stop next to a bright pink Mustang. Her eyes couldn't possibly get any larger, the license plate read FABULUSand where the cars insignia would normally go, there was the Initials SE and then another SE was on the hood of the car. "...oh, wow...what drives that."

Thomas gave a breathy laugh, one that emitted no sense of humor whatsoever. "That would be Miss. Evans car,"

"Mrs. Evans the mom or Miss. Evans the daughter?"

"The daughter,"

"Is she blonde too? This looks like a toy car from a Barbie Dream House."

"Yes, actually...she is Blonde...oh, and there she is. Try and get along, Miss. Kagome."

Nodding, she opened the door and climbed out before Thomas could get the door for her. The blonde walked straight past her and up to Thomas, who was trying to get himself together.

"Where were you Fulton, I called the resort trying to get ahold of you, and you were off premises? Why?!"

"I apologize, Miss. Evans. Mr. Evans..." he gave an incline of his head to someone even Kagome hadn't noticed yet. He was leaning against a red rock formation in front of the building. "I had other business to attend to."

"What's more important than being here!?"

Kagome cleared her throat, "he was picking me up."

"Oh...!" Sharpay smiled, giving a little laugh she walked over to Kagome, "I asked what was more important...not what was his excuse. Fulton!"

"Miss. Evans, I advise you think carefully to how you treat the Young Miss, your father gave me strict instructions that she's treated like a Queen. I do hope you get my point...Princess."

"Fulton, are you telling me that your priorities are to this...this..."

Kagome smiled, "I accept 'girl, woman, female, and young lady' but I'm partial to my name too, which, in case you were wondering, is Kagome."

"...aah!" The blonde girl stormed off, "Ryan!"

Kagome looked back to the brother, who was smiling at her before he walked off after his sister who had yelled out his name. "...Ryan and...?"

"Sharpay Evans...the Evan siblings." He sighed, "I will no doubt hear about this later."

"Wasn't it her father who told you to pick me up?"

"Oh, that matters little, the Evan's are a particular breed of humans who believe that I can literally be in ten places at once while standing on my head still serving them tea."

"Can you?" she laughed.

A smile forming on his lips at the girl beside him, "if I have to."

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Me: Here is chapter one, hope you all enjoy, let me know what you think!