I stood in the middle of the hallway stunned. Gorgeous guys do not kiss your cheek every day, especially not my cheek. "Wow." I mouthed breathlessly.

Shaking my head, I realize how silly I am. After everything that happened last spring, I shouldn't trust the first cute guy that walks up to me. Sighing and regaining my composure, I walk toward my class, holding my books close to my chest.

Thankful to the stranger for hiding my tear stains, I sneak through the door and slide into the seat next to Sango. "You took a while," She laughed, "What did you do run into a hot guy?"

A blush ran across my face even though I knew that she was joking. When I didn't laugh back, she looked over at me and gawked. "No way! Who was he? Do we know him?" She inquired, drinking in the redness on my face.

As I turned to answer, I caught sight of teacher walk in, and with him a head of silver hair. My jaw hung open as I realized what I was seeing. Sango, who was now confused, was looking around the room. "Is the guy you ran into in here? Is that why you're gawking like that?"

I nodded in a trance and pointed toward the silver haired man at the front of the room. "Him." I mumbled.

She looked around and then finally focused on Inuyasha. "The teacher? Whoa Kagome, I know you had a rough time last semester, but can't you stick with guys our own age." She laughed whole heartedly, getting attention from the people around us. "I'll support you no matter what you chose though, even if he is tall, dark and handsome."

I shook my head, trying to ignore her. I knew she thought I was joking, but I wasn't.

"Alright, I know this isn't your guy's favorite class, but we're going to have fun with it." Inuyasha began. On the blackboard behind him, he wrote his name and Into to Youkai/Miko abilities. "In this class we can't teach you any abilities, but we're going to teach you the basics of how to use the abilities that you already have, and mostly, how to defend yourself from any attacks presented to you."

He moved away from the chalk board and began walking around the classroom between the chairs. "None of you guys know whether or not you're going to be attacked at random on your way home from school. Whether someone is going to jump you right outside the school doors. Or even, come after you in your own home." His eyes met mine as he said the last sentence, almost boring straight into my soul. Instantly, I knew he knew what had happened to me. And I was pissed about it.

I curled my hands into fists on the desktop in front of me and clenched my jaw. No one seemed to notice I was angry, but he seemed to try and seek me out through his lecture.

As he walked by my desk, he would subtly run his hand along my back like he was touching the back of my chair. And he would purposefully call on me when questions about miko's were presented. He could get away with it because I was the one of two mikos in the whole school but he asked a lot of questions regarding our powers. I felt humiliated by the time that the bell rang an hour later.

Sango was amused, but didn't have a chance to dog me about it because she had a class she had to rush to. She gave me a hug and hurried away as the rest of the students rushed out the door.

Furious, I clutched my hands to my sides and walked up to the silver haired hunk that was looking at me with his arms folded over his chest, amused. "What was that!" I fumed at him. "How do you know what happened." The last part lost most of the momentum that it had because it scared me slightly that he knew and I wanted to know how he did.

"Calm down." He purred softly, his ears twitching. He stepped forward and gently stroked my arm. It didn't feel creepy, it felt almost comforting. "Word gets around in a school as small as this, and I'm sorry if the way I phrased bothered you. I'm sorry." He cooed.

I looked at him. His eyes seemed sincere enough, but I was scared to believe him. It felt like he knew too much. But something deep inside me felt like it wanted to fall into him and believe every word he said.

"Kagome?" I heard from the doorway.

"I'm in here still, Koga." I said turning toward the worried man standing in the doorway. He looked dishelmed, like he had been running around the school looking for me.

He smiled when he saw me, but faltered slightly as the smell of the Inu Youkai struck him. Protectively, he wrapped his arm tightly around my waist and pulled me close to him as he looked directly at Inuyasha, sizing him up. "Sorry to interrupt, Kagome." He said gently pressing a kiss to the top of my head. I could feel a growl vibrating in his chest and against my head where he had kissed me.

Looking at Inuyasha, I noticed that he, too, was sizing up Koga. His body was bristled and vibrating as he stared at him standing beside me.

Confused, I shook my head. "It's fine, Koga." I looked up at Inuyasha and smiled. "Thanks for everything." I tried to say encouragingly, all of my anger gone at the sight of how ruffled he was by Koga's appearance.

Taking his eyes off of Koga, he looked at me and gave me a breathtaking smile. "Anytime Ms. Higurashi. My door is always open for you to come and talk to me."

When I wasn't looking, he shot a smirk at Koga like I had told him some dirty secret and turned to wipe down the board. Furious, Koga softly squeezed my side and escorted me out of the classroom and toward the gym where our next class was.

It was eerie walking down the empty hallway, but it didn't bother me, it was better than having people staring at me. Exhausted from everything that had happened today, I leaned my head against him as we walked. He wrapped his arm tighter around me and smiled warmly. "I've gotcha babe." He mumbled. I closed my eyes, knowing that he would guide me safely to our class.

My thoughts drifted as soon as the blackness shrouded around me. I didn't know what to think about this relationship me and Koga have. It should be awkward considering that he's my ex-boyfriend and all, but I feel that he, Shippo, and Sango are the only ones I have now. They may pry a little more than the other people around me, but at least I know that they have good intentions and aren't trying to get a little piece of gossip to spread around. These three are the closest thing I have to family now, and I don't know what I would do without them. They're the only ones who can bring out a smile from me, oh wait…

I opened my eyes quickly, but tried to keep my pace even so that Koga wouldn't notice anything odd. That's a lie. I chastise myself. Inuyasha made me smile today in the hall. Does that mean something? Does that mean that he's getting to me; penetrating the thick wall around me?

Mentally steeling myself, I whisper in my head, "I won't let him get close to me. It's too strange that he knows so much…" But is it really strange that he knows what he does? The teachers do know a little more than the students do about the situation, but it still makes me uncomfortable that he knows.

Sighing, I shake off the voices in my head and look up at Koga again as we step into the gym. "Thank you." I whisper so softly that human ears wouldn't pick it up.

"Anything for you, Kags." He says warmly and squeezes me again and kisses the top of my forehead. "Now, let's get to the bleachers before he starts roll call."

Nodding, I shoot him a genuine smile and walk over with him, grasping his hand in mine.

I had known that the wolf was going to be a problem, but as long as he doesn't ask questions he'll be fine. I need to get the girl to trust me; my lecture seemed to unease her more than anything. I guess I should have watched what I was saying more. I wipe off the chalkboard with an eraser, ignoring the chalk dust that's getting on my black shirt.

I sigh impatiently and sit down at my desk. This girl was definitely a mystery, and the fact that she has a bodyguard around her is going to make my job insanely difficult, but I don't want to startle her. I'll do this process slowly. Make her trust me first, but how do I do that without scaring her away in the process.

He smiled a warm, yet dark smile as he pulled a locket out from under his v-neck shirt. Opening it, his face softened as he looked at the picture of two kids, one older with silver hair, and the other, a young girl with raven hair and a bright smile on her face. He had his arms wrapped around her waist and she had her arms around his neck.

Closing the locket with a 'click', he tucked away inside of his shirt again. "I'll have you again, my Kagome."