Kagome walked down the street to her old house. She was back from her cousin's house after four long, miserable years. She'd changed a lot since she left. She'd started wearing a lot of black, listening to heavier music, though not discarding her love for other music, watched more horror movies, and so much more. She even smoked and drank! Though she'd never slept with anybody, she did mess around. Kagome's cousin, Kikyo, was always putting her down/insulting her. So Kagome had a lot of practice in the art of kicking ass and defending herself. She refused to tell her mother she wanted to come home because she knew her mother wanted her to have a good educational experience at her new school. Kagome did manage to get a boyfriend, though. He was sweet, but he was also protective. He was always with her. In fact, he was on the phone with her at that moment!

Kagome kept chatting to her boyfriend on her cell phone. "Yeah, Baby. Don't worry...........No, I'll be fine......Ok. I love you. Bye." She hung up her phone and finished her walk up the stairs. She walked up to her house and knocked on the door. When her mother answered, Kagome hugged her.

"Kagome! Why didn't you tell me your cab got here already? I would've picked you up!", her mother said excitedly.

Kagome smiled at her mother's reaction. "I wanted to surprise you."

They went into the house and had lunch before Kagome went upstairs to unpack her bags. Kagome then walked down to the park to meet up with her boyfriend. As Kagome waited on the bench, she thought back to the day she lost her long-time friend. 'Oh well.', she thought.

Suddenly, Kagome heard a noise from her left. She turned to see who was beside her. When she saw who it was, Kagome smiled. "Hiei!", Kagome said excitedly as she wrapped her arms around her boyfrind's neck to bring him down for an embrace. Hiei wrapped his arms around his girlfriend's waist as he kissed her briefly on the lips.

Hiei said, "This is where you used to lived? It's not really that far from where you live now."

Kagome said, "I know. But it had something to do with educational opprotunities, I think.'

Hiei asked, "And you put up with that bitch-of-a-cousin because......?"

Kagome laughed a little at this. "Transportation purposes. Plus, it was closer to where all of my new friends were. And I got away from an ass-hole nearby."

Hiei asked, "So why move back now?"

Kagome replied, "Because I know my favorite guy will be there with me this time."

Hiei smirked. "Oh, so you're glad I'm transferring with you, are you?", as he breathed in her scent from the crook of her neck.

Kagome tightened her hold on Hiei. She felt so safe in his arms. Then she heard the voice of someone from her past. The voice shouted, "Oi, get a room!", and laughed. But who was it? She couldn't place it.

Kagome turned around to face him. 'Inuyasha?', she thought. Hiei looked pissed when he looked at the stranger. Kagome grabbed his hand, and said, "Come on, Hiei. Let's get outta here." But just as she tried to walk off, Inuyasha whispered something.

Inuyasha whispered, "K-Kagome?"

Kagome flung herself around in anger. "Leave us alone!"

Inuyasha shouted, "What the hell are you doin back in town?!"

Kagome yelled, "None of your goddamn business!"

Hiei asked Kagome, "Is this the ass-hole you were trying to get away from?"

Kagome nodded her head, and Hiei understood she was about to go off. So he did the best thing he could think of. He lunged towards Inuyasha after whispering to Kagome, "I'll be right back."

Inuyasha got his ass kicked by Hiei in less than a minute. Afterward, Hiei took Kagome home so he could officially meet her family, considering he would be staying with them from now on.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

So, how was it, everyone? Send in your reviews to let me know what you think. They're not manditory. I'll still write. But I'd really appreciate all of your opinions, plz. Thx for ur time! ^_^ In the next chapter, I plan to officially start the tension between Hiei and Inuyasha. If you have any ideas, let me know. I'll try to fit them all into the story.