Yup, here's the second chapter. I've been in a happy mood today! My brother picked up a kitten on the side of the road, and it is ADORABLE. I named it Oliver after the little orange kitten, Oliver, in Oliver & Company, the Disney movie. Yay!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha & crew or "duck and run" by 3 doors down

Duck & Run

High School Days

Kagome and Inuyasha entered the ugly school up a small staircase and through solid, older looking doors, much unlike the glass kind Kagome was used to at her other schools. They walked a few steps into the school before they reached a orange-reddish door that Inuyasha knocked on rapidly.

A petite graying woman opened the door with a huff and looked disgruntled as she let the irritation seep into her voice in a raking noise "What'd ya do now Mr. Taisho?"

"Nothing you old hag. I was just showing this idiotic wench where you all were. Bye," He shoved Kagome into the small office making her narrowly miss tumbling the old woman down. She watched him as he stalked away down the hallway towards a small red-gray stairway and disappear over it.

After a minute she turned back to regard the old woman who was glaring at her through the thing rimmed glasses at the end of her nose. Kagome smiled hesitantly and held out her hand "I'm Kagome Higurashi…"

Before she could continue the woman cut her off "Yes, I already know. The secretary from the elementary already called me about two hours ago. You should have been here an hour and a half ago. Now sit down as I get the papers out and call the principal to tell her you're coming to see her. Already. I know your type, missy. Come in and try and start trouble already… It's not going to fly here. Not at all."

Kagome went over and sat down on an uncomfortable retro orange plastic chair as she looked around nervously. This schools office was really tiny compared to every other school office she'd been in. It was about the size of her room and there was one small room attached to office with the door closed saying 'Principals Office'.

The old lady used an old intercom to call the principal instead of getting up and walking the couple of feet over to the room. Kagome got up and took the paperwork with her as she entered the dark room to sit in a cold chair in front of a smaller desk. The principal turned his chair around before he proceeded to tap his fingers on the table.

"So, I've heard you want to enroll here. Not starting out on the best foot, are we Miss Higurashi? Coming in and hour and a half late on the first day of school!" He continued to rap his fingers across the table as Kagome looked down, feeling slightly Closter phobic in the small surroundings. The room was slightly bigger than a small walk in closet and had many framed old pictures on the walls.

Her eyes looked up to glance at him a moment before she said quietly "I had trouble finding it, I'm sorry."

"Trouble finding it! Hah! You can't full Mr. Buckner, oh no you can't! How could you have trouble when you're in such a small town? Unlikely story. You will have detention after school today, in the basement. Thank you, now you may leave." He said and turned around, making a grunt like a pig.

"But, sir… I don't have a schedule yet." She placed the forms on his desk, most of them seemingly already filled out by the secretary.

He grunted again "Don't get smart with me. I knew that. I was just testing you, to make sure you actually wanted to get an education or not." He bent forward in his chair and hit an ancient looking computer once before the screen flickered on.

His pudgy fingers slowly, one by one, punched keys in on the computer before he hit a button to send it to a printer. The page came out and was barely readable, but he gave it to Kagome anyways and sent her on her way without bothering to explain it.

Kagome stumbled out into the hallway onto orange and crème retro tiles and walked around the school a bit, looking for her third period class since she'd missed the first two. It didn't take her long to find it since the school was actually very small, probably about as big as the elementary. She thought it might have a two or three levels, but it really didn't.

There was basically one level, except to get to the other half of the first level you had to climb stairs since there was nothing beneath it but a small basement, the size of one classroom and a small store room. She soon found her first classroom which had a wooden door with a long foggy glass window, and she walked into it.

Looking around, she found the room to be as big as the elementary school rooms, with a few old windows letting in light through the red brick building. Her eyes scanned the room inhabitants quickly before she turned to the teacher and cleared her throat slightly to get the woman's attention.

The woman looked up from her love novel to regard the girl with interest "Yes?"

Kagome wrung her hands together before she smiled shyly "I am Kagome Higurashi, a new student… Would this be Miss Logan's room… Math class?"

The young woman smiled kindly and nodded "Actually, yes it is. Here's the work… Your seat can be that one, by Sango. Ask her for help if you don't understand it." With that the woman opened her book back up.

Since she had no idea who Sango was, she walked a few steps before stopping in front of the few rows and looking around… There were about 10 people in the class and about 6 of them were female… Didn't give her much of a chance to know who was who, considering that there were also 5 seats open.

Finally a girl looked up from her homework for a minute "'Ey, I'm Sango. Seats right here." The girl patted the seat next to hers which was by the window. Kagome made her way towards the seat, ignoring the stares aimed towards her. The girl, Sango, had long brown hair braided back loosely and violet-brown eyes.

She wore a black t-shirt with a hot pink long sleeve shirt beneath it and jeans tightened with a pink studded belt. She had hot pink and black eyeliner on and had a few earrings in her ears. Her eyes regarded the new girl with interest.

After taking her seat Kagome looked over the math homework she'd already been given she dug a pencil out of her worn out bag and started on the work, finishing it in ten minutes. She then leaned back a bit and looked out the window sighing and admiring the small little picnic area and a few rusted swings.

Her eyes continued to roam outside, finding a baseball field and a soccer field with the grass yellow and plain from the first signs of winter. There was also an old beat down play ground closer to the rusty swings.

"You know, this used to be an elementary school… Well, an all grades school more likely, back in the old days. They made this the high school, and then built an elementary and middle school." Sango said quietly to the new girl, noticing her looking out the window.

"Oh, that's nice… By the way, I'm Kagome." She stated while still admiring the grounds outside the school.

"Sango, as you've already heard at least twice before. Nice to meet you. Hey, what lunch shift you got?"

"Umm," she stuttered a bit before digging out her schedule from her pocket "looks like third shift… Why?"

"That's actually mine. You want to join me outside for lunch?" Sango asked, hoping that this girl would become a friend. Many of the girls in this school were witchy, so Sango had only made a few guy friends.

"Sure… Sounds good to me." The words seemed to come out of Kagome's mouth without her really wanting them to. If she made a good friend here, they too would be in trouble. They'd be in danger of being murdered by her father too, like Eri had been.

She had no time to take back her agreement before the class let out and Sango dragged her along to a small lunch room. She was then told that the lunchroom was converted into a gym half the day since the school didn't have a gym also. As they went through the line, Kagome was shoved and hit a few times. Rude comments flew at her and she sighed, knowing that it had been too good to be true that everyone would be nice.

"HEY! JACK ASS! Don't talk bad about her! She's better than you'll ever be, you slut!" Sango yelled at a particular girl with long black hair and deep brown eyes. The girl was very pale and wore a mini skirt and skanky top, and as she sneered at Kagome her gang of floosies sneered as well and giggled.

As they walked away and out one of the steel doors to sit on an old rusty table Kagome had to ask who she was. Her answer was that the girl was named Kikyo, the school bitchy whore. Kagome just nodded and stayed silent after that.

She observed her surroundings, noticing only a few other people, mostly punks and Goths and other outcasts, were outside eating on various logs and benches. Sango and she continued to eat and chat a bit, Kagome picking at only a few bites since she didn't eat much usually.

After about five minutes a guy approached them and sat down, his blue eyes looking only at Sango "Sango my dear, may I join you?" he took her hand and dipped down to kiss it.

Sango pulled her hand away and slapped him lightly "Of course you can Miroku. You are such a dork." A light blush grazed her cheeks before she heard Kagome laughing lightly "Hey! What's so funny, new girl?"

"Oh, nothing. Sorry, it's just kind of funny. I've never seen a guy try to kiss a girls hand, except in the movies!" Kagome said, actually letting herself relax a little and look the new arrival over. He had black hair pulled back in a small pony at the back of his neck, bangs with blue streaks in them falling loosely over his face.

He wore a white wife beater and black baggy pants with a few chains on them. She had to admit to herself, he wasn't that bad looking. Especially with the hot earring in his left ear.

His blue gaze turned to her and he held out his hand "Hello! I'm Miroku! And who might this pretty young lady be?"

"Wench, don't trust his hands. They're perverted." Came a new, but familiar voice as the guy she had met earlier, Inuyasha, flopped down beside Miroku and stole a few fries from him.

"I don't know what you're talking about Inuyasha! I am a perfect gentleman, unlike a certain guy I know! Now, what is your name again?" Miroku asked, letting his hands move to his food so he looked perfectly innocent.

"Kagome. Ka-go-me." She stated clearly, her eyes locked on Inuyasha while the statement in turn was meant for Inuyasha alone.

"Feh." Came the reply from him as he took out a cigarette and lit it, puffing the smoke in her direction specifically.

"Stop that!" she growled as she grabbed the cigarette from his mouth and ground it into the ground.

Inuyasha stood up and looked down at her, hovering over her as he growled out "I think you need to get over it, wench." As he lit another cigarette and puffed it down into her face.

Kagome grabbed the cigarette, turned it around to the burning end and pressing it into his shirt, burning through his shirt. She then promptly turned around and walked off back towards the school with Sango at her heels.

Little did she know, but many school days would pass by like this. With Inuyasha and herself fighting and her storming off with Sango following…

Woo, go this chapter. Just a bunch of introductions into her new school and to her new friends and one of her new enemies. Yay!

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