Disclaimer: I do hereby disclaim all ownership of Inuyasha (but the characters I made up are mine!), and a nod of recognition to Rumiko Takahashi for her creative prowess.

Rated T..I think.

A Life Like No Other

"Oh Kagome, it won't be that bad." My mom told me as she crossed the room and sat on the bed with me.

"Mom you just don't understand, I grew up here.. my entire life is here!" I felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest, this place, it's where I grew up, said my first words in the kitchen, took my first steps down this hall. It just felt so wrong to be leaving it. It was the only place that held memories of my father. Leaving it behind would be leaving him behind.

Mom looked at me with a sad smile. She always looked at me like that when she knew I was thinking about dad. "Kagome, I know you don't have many memories of your father sweetheart, but as long as you have memories, he's never really gone." She got up and walked to the door. For a moment she turned slightly and said, "Now, start packing sweetie because were leaving tomorrow, alright?" With that she left.


BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"Stupid alarm clock!" Maybe if I was lucky mom didn't hear it, and I'd get to sleep in. Clearly I was wrong.

"Kagome, get up! Breakfast is ready!" Mom yelled quite cheerfully. 'Argh! Do I have to!' Reluctantly, I got out of bed and trudged my way to the bathroom to take a quick shower before getting ready for school. Today was my first day at Taisho Academy, I wondered what it would be like. 'Hopefully it will turn out okay' I thought to myself as I quickly dried my hair and put on my new uniform.

After breakfast was finished, I grabbed my bag rushed and for the door.

"Have a great day Kagome!" Mom, Grandpa and Souta all said with big smiles on their faces.

"Bye." I said quickly. I didn't want to be late for school and it was a long walk to get there considering the shrine stairs were pretty long. I looked up to the sky as I neared the end of the shrine steps, hoping this would be a good day.


I walked up to the entrance of Taisho Academy and opened the doors, the place was beautiful! I walked in and quickly found the administration office.

"Can I do something for you miss?" Said the woman sitting at the desk. She had long brown hair and pale blue eyes, almost gray. She looked to be about in her mid thirties. She was short but very beautiful.

"Yes, my name is Kagome Higurashi. I'm a new student here."

"Oh yes, I remember reading your transfer file, Miss Higurashi. Oh I forgot to introduce myself, My name is Mrs. Konoko. Now if you will come this way please?" She lead me in the office and stopped at a desk. She opened the drawer and pulled out two slips of paper, then passed me a stack of books off the shelf.

"Ah yes, here is you schedule for your classes and here is your locker combination number. Your locker number is written on the paper as well. Well that's everything, if you need any help don't hesitate to ask Miss Higurashi. Have a nice day." She said smiling as I left in search of my new locker.

I spent about ten minutes looking for my locker and finally found it. 'Finally!' Now I can put all these heavy books down. Looking down to my combination number I undid my lock and started to put my new books away and put the ones I needed for the day in my bag. As I was closing my locker I heard someone running up to me. I turned around just in time to come face to face with silvery white hair and beautiful golden orbs.

He stared down at me for a moment then smiled. "There you are, I've been looking for you."

Before I could even ask him what he meant, he pushed me against the locker. The next thing I knew, his lips crushed down on mine. Unconsciously my arms slid up along his back and wrapped lightly around his neck. He held me closer and kissed me with such a passion I didn't even think was possible. 'Mm this feels nice... wait what's happening?' before I could even form the thought of pushing the guy away I heard a girl yell.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING INUYASHA?" The girl bit out viciously.

'Hmm, So that's his name.' Suddenly he jumped away from me. A look of clear shock on his face.

He turned to look at the girl."K..Ki..Kikyo?" Inuyasha managed to spit out. He looked at me and bit out. "Who the hell are you?"

Everyone then looked at me. Especially Kikyo. If looks could kill.

"My..name..is Kagome, Kagome Higurashi." I managed to get out. My voice sounding quite shaky, even to me.

Everyone just stood there for a moment, then suddenly Kikyo looked very angry.

"Just who do you think you are tramp? Trying to steal my boyfriend away from me! You'll be very sorry you ever crossed me, Kagome." Kikyo said the last word with such bitterness. I did not like the sound of this, just ten minutes in school and everything was turning out horribly.

"Who do you think your calling a tramp?" I bit out. I was quite angry getting blamed for something I didn't even do. "He is the one that kissed ME!" I said as I pointed to Inuyasha.

Kikyo looked towards me looking a little stunned, but then it was quickly replaced with a smug smirk. "Oh really?, the way I see it you didn't exactly push him away. In fact I think you enjoyed it!"

Before I could even say another word the bell rang issuing students to go to their homerooms.

"Come along Inuyasha, we don't want to be late now do we?" She grabbed his hand and lead him down the hallway. She turned quickly giving me a look filled with so much hatred , I swear it could burn lava.

I quickly grabbed my bag and looked at my schedule to find out what number my homeroom was. "Hm, Room 401" I started searching the halls quickly only to realize it was upstairs. I hurried as fast as possible cause I didn't want to be late. When I turned down the hallway I suddenly crashed into something, it took me a moment to realize I ran into a very muscled chest. A very manly muscled chest. 'God, could this day turn out any worse?'

Quickly two very large hands cupped my shoulders to steady me. "Excuse me, Miss Higurashi I presume?" The man said softly. His voice was like velvet. 'Wait how does he know my name?' I looked up only too see silvery white hair and golden orbs. I stood there a little shocked, just dazing into those beautiful eyes.

Then quickly he took those large hands of my shoulders. He cleared his throat, "Miss Higurashi, I expect all my students to respect the rules. I will not tolerate disobedience in my school, do I make myself perfectly clear?"

"Yes..sir." I said to him. Wow. He truly was a sight to behold. He had long silvery white hair that he kept tied up high on the back of his head. He was very tall, around six foot four if I had to guess. His eyes and hair gave him a almost otherworldly look.

"Yes Mr. Taisho" He quickly corrected me. "I will let it slide since this is your first day, but if it happens again I will be giving you a detention. Now off to class Miss Higurashi, you don't want to be later than you already are." He walked down the hall without even looking back. I soon found my homeroom. I took a deep breath, grabbed the doorknob and hoped the rest of the day would turn out better than this.


End note: 1,339 words. Posted on 02/12/11.