AN: OK, this is now a 3pm story…that's kinda weird…oh BTW, thanks for the reviews, they're very encouraging. COOKIES FOR YOU! Disclaimer and Warnings apply to this story…you are warned. Anyways…onward! Hey that rhymes!

Sesshomaru: You're stalling, Jroehin.

AN: Oh shut up! *drools all over Sessh.*

Sesshomaru: Eew…

A Good Start?

She let the knife slip from her fingers, falling onto the grassy ground. "T-Taisho. I'm s-so-sorry. I didn't-I was-"

"Where you expecting someone?" his cold voice sent shivers that raised the hairs at the back of her neck.

"I-I-"

"Well, looks like the new boy got here earlier." A deep baritone voice spoke from outside the tense, little bubble they had created, popping it instantly.

Kagome slinked back a little, it was Koga and his cronies, Ginta and Hakkaku. "We don't want any trouble, please, let us be-"

"What makes you think we'll do just that?" Koga looked intimidating today, wearing his long straight black hair in a high ponytail, his blue eyes sparkling mischievously. "If you don't want to fight us, just give us both your money, we'll leave you alone…for a while."

Sesshomaru's lips curled up into a smirk. "Oh really?"

With a move as fast as lightning, Koga was sent a few feet away from his original position, and Sesshomaru was flexing his right hand. It was the first time Kagome noticed his hands, they were long and thin. She wondered briefly if he played the piano or the violin.

Ginta moved forward to help Koga stand and Hakkaku faced Sesshomaru. "How dare you hit Koga like that!"

"Do you want me to do the same to you?" Sesshomaru was calm throughout it all. On the other hand, Kagome was shaking like a leaf in autumn.

Koga had recovered, taking the lead and standing in front of his crony. "You wanna fight? Let's fight!" Koga swung his left arm towards Sesshomaru's direction, only to hit empty air. He had already anticipated his attack and brought a hard kick to the gut. Koga crumpled to the ground, feeling for anything broken.

"Nothing's damaged." Sesshomaru assured him. "Now go, before I do so." They ran away from the fearful guy they had stupidly taken on.

The silver-haired man looked back at Kagome who was still looking at him as if he had grown two heads. "I-I-gotta go. Thanks," she ran in the opposite direction towards Building 4, the wrong direction for her next class.

Sesshomaru would have laughed at her silliness and seemingly lack of coherent straight speech, but something on the ground had caught his eye, an item that glinted in the afternoon light. Picking it up, he examined the object, slightly awed with the artful design on one side which was a black dragon curling around a diamond shaped sapphire.

It was the girl's knife.

He checked his surroundings before placing it in his pocket, walking towards Building 2.

AN: What do you think? Too short? Is it good? Please, let me know through your fantastic reviews. =3