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I heard the door open and close, and got scared, but relaxed when I saw that it was only Sango, though she looked pissed. I sat up, and looked at her, worried.

"Sango, what's wrong? Did something happen with Miroku, are you okay?" She now looked furious.

"No, I'm fine, but the pervert isn't. I slapped him in the face before I left!" Okay, something had happened.

"Sango, tell me." She debated for a minute, and what she said next made my heart skip a beat.

"The pervert told me that he would try to control himself in math, but he couldn't guarantee anything. And then he told me that he had a crush on some girl. How dare he?" I was starting to get mad at Miroku, though not as much as she was.

"Math is my hardest subject," I complained. "And it's stupid that he would tell you that he has a crush on someone. Let me talk to him! It sounds like he needs to be set straight about a few things!"

Sango looked at me, and shook her head.

"Don't bother, the pervert listens to no one. Though, I was surprised that he actually sat down and listened to me for a little while. You meet anyone else?"

"Nope, just woke up from my nap."

"Crap, did I wake you up, I'm sorry? I'm just so pissed off at him."

"It's fine." I knew the real reason why Sango was mad. Miroku had told her that he liked someone. She had some feelings for him, I was almost sure. But I wanted to meet him. Maybe if I tried to get them together...no, that would never work. I didn't want to screw up their chances of being in a relationship together. Besides, if Sango found out, she would be mad, and I didn't want to upset my first friend.

"I'm not looking forward to classes tomorrow. Teachers assign so much work on the first day, it's awful!" The first day? At my old school, we never got any homework on the first day of school. I decided to change the subject, not wanting to think about it.

"I meant to ask you earlier, but forgot. I know that the school has demons as well, but I haven't seen any. Do they have separate classes, or something?" She shook her head.

"No, but they usually hang out together. They're in the same buildings as us, and everything, but arrive later today. There are still a lot of humans who haven't arrived either. Both of us were really early. You probably had a plane to catch?"

"Yeah, it was kind of a pain to get up, but I managed."

"Yup, my mom was crying, and everything," Sango said.

"Really? Mine too. I tried to explain to her that I would be back during the holidays, but she wouldn't listen to me at all."

"So, anyway, who else do you hang out with besides Miroku?"

"Well, a lot of the humans. Keiko, Eri, Yuka, Ayumi (I decided to put Kagome's friends at the school), and Mami."

"Cool, can I meet them?" I asked.

"Yeah, actually, I was planning on introducing you tomorrow at lunch, if that's okay with you?"

"Sounds good."

"Bye the way, stay away from Kikyo, just a suggestion. I'll tell you more about her later, but she's a pain, just avoid her and you should be fine. She's one of the rich kids who goes here, and is extremely stuck-up, and treats everyone who gets in on scholarship like trash."

"Got it."

One day later...(in math)

I stared at the board, barely keeping up with what the teacher was saying. Sango was right, the teacher was strict. No one spoke, or even slouched in their seat. It was like attending a funeral almost. Whoever Miroku was, he wasn't making a sound, even though he annoyed teachers. This teacher must have had a scary reputation, because it almost seemed like everyone was bowing down to her, and not by choice.

"Miss Higurashi," she said, all heads turning towards me. Not good, but I had actually been paying attention.

"Yes, ma'am?" I asked, suddenly scared.

"What are the steps to solving this equation?" Relax Kagome, you studied this in school, remember? Your old school in Tokyo. Of course, the math teacher in my old school didn't seem like a complete nutcase.

"Well, you want to start by squaring each side to get rid of the radical sign, and then..."

"See me after class." She resumed teaching, and didn't look back at me. What the...I was almost positive that had been the first step. Square each side; what had I done wrong?

I looked at Sango briefly, and she shrugged, looking as confused as I was. Math seemed to go by much more quickly then, and before I knew it, the bell was ringing, signaling lunch time.

"Hey, do you want me to wait for you?" Sango asked me quietly.

"No, it's fine, this might take a while, and I don't want to prevent you from seeing your friends, but thanks." She nodded and walked off.

"Miss Higurashi," the teacher said calmly, but I could hear the subtle anger in her voice.

"Hi, um, I'm sorry about before." I had no idea what I was apologizing for, but I figured saying sorry for whatever I did was good.

"Kagome, you do know that this is one of the highest math classes in the school, correct?"

"Yes."

"Well, my expectations are a little higher." I nodded.

"Yes..." She cut me off.

"I do not have enough time to listen to the tiny steps such as squaring each side." So I had started it off right.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry, you see, in my old school, the teacher wanted us to write out everything, so it's a bad habit." Frankly, I found it helpful to write out everything because if I made a small mistake, I could catch it.

"Well, make it go away then, this is your last warning, I have no patience for students who are irresponsible." I muttered a quick good bye, and ran out the door. As I expected, Sango was no where to be found, so I slowly went to the cafeteria. I wasn't in a good mood. Already, I had been lectured by a teacher, and the day hadn't even ended.

I bought my lunch, and scanned the cafeteria for Sango, but I couldn't see her. Sighing, I sat at a table, away from the crowd, and pulled out my homework. I couldn't focus, so I closed the notebook, and started eating.

The more I looked around, the more I noticed demons. It was fascinating to me, I had never seen demons before. Sure, I had seen pictures, but they weren't exactly acting anymore differently than the humans were. They were chatting amongst themselves, sometimes laughing.

I kept looking around the cafeteria when I saw a dog demon. He didn't look like the others. His hair was as long, and his eyes resembled theirs, but his ears were what had caught my eye. They looked like dog ears and were sitting straight up. It was strange because all of the other demons had elf-like ears, but his looked like an actual dog's. There was no one else who looked like him in the cafeteria. He sat at a table with both humans and demons, but was talking more to the humans than the other demons. Maybe he was some subspecies of dog demon.

He had his arm around a girl, and I saw her get up. The dog-eared demon said something to her, and waved. What was I doing? It was rude to stare at a table full of humans and demons.

I opened my notebook up again, feeling slightly embarrassed, even though no one had caught me. I felt a light tap on my shoulder, and spun back, looking at some girl.

"He is gorgeous, isn't he?"

"Huh?" I said stupidly.

"The dog demon that you were staring at." I felt my face heating up.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stare, but I haven't seen demons before, so I was just looking around the room." The girl laughed lightly. It almost seemed like she thought I was lying.

"But don't you think he's cute?" She insisted.

"Um, well yeah, he is, but I noticed that his ears were different than all of the other demon ears. I don't think they're weird or anything, actually, they look pretty good on him."

"Listen girl, he's my boyfriend. If you try to steal him, you'll wish that you had never come to this school, got it?" I was temporarily stunned into silence. I had only seen the back of his girlfriend's head. If I had realized it was her, I never would have answered the question.

"Look, my name is Kagome, and I wasn't planning on stealing him or anything. Good for you if he's your boyfriend, I could care less. I noticed his ears, and that's it." I was sick of this girl and wanted her to go away.

"I'm Kikyo," she said, angry. "Just stay away from him. He's a half demon, and a fool like you would probably hate him anyway."

"I don't judge people until I meet them," I said simply.

I was talking to the infamous Kikyo, apparently. Sango's description was perfect; the girl was rude and bitchy. The dog-demon couldn't be much better if he was in a relationship with her, and his girlfriend was so possessive. How could anyone stand a person like that?

I saw him walk up to his girlfriend, and glance at me briefly. I met his gaze, and then looked at Kikyo again.

"Hey, this your cousin or something?" He asked her.

"No," Kikyo responded.

As I thought about what he had just said, I looked more closely, and saw that we did kind of look like each other, but it was only a slight resemblance.

"I'm Inuyasha," he said, extending a hand. Kikyo slapped his hand away, and he looked annoyed.

"What's wrong with you?" He asked her.

"Don't talk to that her." I didn't have the energy to respond to Kikyo's insults, though I was getting angrier by the second.

"Kikyo, stop, what's the matter?"

He looked back at me. "You didn't insult her, did you?" What was wrong with these two? Why was I suddenly the one getting blamed? Kikyo looked innocent, and glanced back at me.

"No Inuyasha, honey, I'm just trying to protect you from her." I was surprised when Inuyasha laughed.

"Protect me from her? What am I, a weakling?"

What Kikyo said next almost made me explode.

"She didn't insult me." The idiot paused for a dramatic effect.

"As long as she didn't insult you, then I don't care."

"Inuyasha, she noticed your ears, and called them stupid." Inuyasha looked mildly annoyed at me.

"It's not the first time," he said, trying to stay calm. I didn't know if he was mad at me or his girlfriend because he was looked like he was losing his patience with her too.

"That's not all. She told me that she felt sorry for me that I had a boyfriend like you. Of course, I insulted her back. Then, she was angry, and called you a filthy half-breed and a dirty mutt." Kikyo had a small smirk on her face.

Inuyasha looked at me murderously.

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