Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-Yasha, or any characters of the show.

Chapter four: The new girl at school (no, it's not Sesshomaru).

"Made it!" exclaimed Kagome, as she run into the school building.

"Hey, kiddo!" Inuyasha greeted his friend as she went to her locker. "What took you? Usually you're one of the first to be here."

"Let's just say I had one nasty morning. Where is the lech?"

"Dunno, but I think I saw him somewhere."

"Pervert!" SLAP!

"Yep, he's here."

Miroku approached his friends rubbing the red mark on his cheek.

"Ah, the pain and pleasure. One could never resist."

"You sicko!"

"Why hello to you too, my beautiful Kagome."

"Keh, Miroku, you'll never learn, will you?"

"How would you feel, if girls regarded you as a piece of meat to pleasure themselves with and would constantly grope you?" asked Kagome angrily.

"Oh-yeah… m-m… Then what would they do?"

"Argh! Let's just go in the classroom already."

As the lesson begun their teacher, Miss Sarah Yukino, announced:

"Class, I'd like you to meet the new student – Miss Sango Kuwashima. Please Miss Kuwashima tell us about yourself."

A lovely girl with violet-brown eyes and long black hair stood forward.

"My younger brother and I moved from Kyoto to Tokyo only recently and this is my first day at your school. I hope to get along with all of you just fine. That is all I have to say," the new student said with a slight bow.

"Thank you, Miss Kuwashima. Take your place over there, next to Miss Higurashi."

While girl was walking towards her seat, whispers could be heard.

"Wow, she's hot!"

"Ah, I bet she's just a tomboy. Look how flat she is!"

"That's an unusual eye color."

"You think she'll agree if I ask her out?"

"Why would she move from Kyoto?"

Sango sat next to Kagome. The new girl seemed to be a little on edge.

'Gossiping is annoying, isn't it?' Kagome scribbled in her notebook and passed it to the newcomer.

'Sure is. Can't some people get a life?'

'I don't know. My name's Kagome, by the way.'

'Nice to meet you. You seems to be younger, then the rest here.'

'Yeah, I skipped two grades.'

'Wow, that's impressive.'

'Oh, it's nothing. I just had good motivation, seeing how my two best friends are in this class. They sit to the left of me. The guy with the waist-long black hair and brown eyes is Inuyasha. He is rude, insensitive and very, very loud. He is a good friend, though.'

The said boy, who seemed to watch them for some time now, passed the note with the single word.

'Keh.'

'The guy with the short hair and gray eyes is Miroku. Watch out for his cursed hands, they tend to wonder a lot.'

'What do you mean?'

'You'll see soon enough. So, how do you like it in Tokyo?'

'It's fine, but shouldn't we, sort of, listen to the teacher?'

'Well, I guess, we should, but she's boring the hell out of me.'

A note came from the back row.

'Stay away from the likes of Higurashi, if you ever want to be looked upon as more than an outcast. Yura.'

Kagome snorted. Yura was temporarily one of the most popular girls at school, but younger girl held stable authority, which didn't just come and go with time.

Kagome looked at Sango with curiosity, as the new girl wrote:

'I am quite capable of deciding for myself who to befriend. I couldn't care less about popularity – such concern is indicating the lack of self-respect. I am sure that you worry a lot about your status, so it would probably be the best, if you concentrate on that instead of giving me friendly advises.'

Sango folded the message and sent it back.

'You sounded about as arrogant as one of my acquaintances, but it was really cool.' Kagome wrote.

'Thanks.'

Another note came from Yura.

'You, freaks of the nature, will regret it.'

The girls rolled their eyes in union.

'Knock it off,' Kagome jotted down. She crumpled the paper and, when teacher turned away to face the blackboard, threw it right at Yura's forehead.

"Damn you!"

The older girl lunged at the younger one, but Kagome managed to slide under her desk to avoid the assault. It wasn't that she couldn't beat Yura up (quite the contrary), but the girl simply despised cat-fighting.

"Morikawa Yura, Higurashi Kagome, stand in the hall!" ordered Miss Yukino.

"Why the hell does Kagome have to leave, the wench obviously jumped on her!" Inuyasha stated matter-of-factly.

"Taisho, stand in hall."

"But, Miss Yukino," Sango tried to reason, "It really wasn't Kagome's fault. She didn't even fight back!"

"Do you wish to join Miss Higurashi and Mr. Taisho outside the classroom, Miss Kuwashima?"

"Yes. Yes I do." With that said girl stood up, packed her things and left, following people who might just become her new friends.

Seeing that she was totally outnumbered Yura left the trio standing in the hall (for once doing somebody a favor).

"Sorry to have gotten you in trouble," Kagome said feeling extremely guilty.

"Keh."

"It's okay. Like I said it wasn't your fault."

"OUT!!!" was herd from the classroom and the next moment Miroku was literally thrown into the hall.

"What happened?" asked Kagome with concern.

"Ah, what kind of person would I be, if I abounded my best friends and a beautiful, spirited young lady in a time like this?! So, seeing how I had to rejoin with you, I did the only thing I could…"

"Oh my God! You groped Miss Yukino?!" exclaimed the younger girl.

"Have you no self respect, monk. She's a b-…"

"Inuyasha, don't swear!"

"Fine, but only because kids are around." He ruffled Kagome's hair and she quickly snatched his wrist.

"Do that again and loose an arm!"

"Umm… Why did you call your friend a monk?" Sango questioned.

"My lady, I am but a humble orphan, who was raised in a shrine by an old priest."

Kagome noticed a trace of sorrow on the elder girl's face when Miroku spoke about being an orphan. Come to think about it, it was rather odd, that earlier she'd mention her brother, but not parents. So maybe…

"Oi, kiddo, you zoned off again."

"Don't call me that, stupid! Anyway, you were saying?.."

"I say let's ditch school."

"No, not today. I worked too hard to get here."

"And what is that suppose to mean?" Inuyasha narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

"Nothing! Besides Sango can't leave school – it's her first day. And she has to have somebody to lean on."

"You could always lean on me," Miroku offered in his most seductive voice as his cursed hand once again made itself known.

Sango's left hook was incomparable.

"Wow, he flew total fifteen feet," Inuyasha said in awe.

"We were destined to be together," Miroku murmured from his position on the floor, before falling into unconsciousness.

"I hope you didn't kill him, but if you did, know that I don't blame you," Kagome assured the new girl.

"Yeah," added Inuyasha "this looks like a beginning of a beautiful friendship."

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"Are you guys always eating like this?" Sago questioned, eyeing two of her new acquaintances diving face-first in their plates.

"You got a problem with that?"

"No, Inuyasha, not at all. It just seems rather odd to me."

"Try it! It's fun!" squealed Kagome.

"No, thank you."

"Why, lovely Sango, shall we isolate ourselves from these barbarians in some secluded spot?"

"Keh, get your had out of the gutter, monk. We still have four lesions to go. Another hook like that and we'll have to scrub you off the wall. I kind of hoped you'd give me a hand on the physics exam."

"So, anyway, why did you move to Tokyo?" Kagome wondered, but, seeing how the elder girl's face darkened, quickly continued. "You don't have to tell, if you don't want. Tell us about your brother maybe?"

"Yeah, how old is he – the kiddo here desperately needs a boyfriend!"

"I do not, stupid!" The girl tackled her friend. Nobody seemed to spare them a second glance, as they rolled around the floor in a mock-fight.

"Does this happen a lot?"

"Don't get me started," Miroku said shaking his head.

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"Bye, Sango! It was nice meeting you"

"It sure had," Kagome's perverted friend supported her, gently touching the red stain on his cheek.

"Keh."

"See you guys tomorrow," said the new girl, departing.

As Kagome was walking home, she became all too aware of her two friends following close behind.

"What?" girl turned around to be greeted by two incredibly wide grins.

"Well you see…"

"The thing is…"

"…that your entire family left…"

"… and you have a whole house for yourself."

"It's not like we're to inviting ourselves,.."

"… we're just worried about you staying all alone."

"I'm sure you are," Kagome replied icily, tiny gear wheels spinning fast in her head – the last thing she wanted was for her best friends to meet a certain demon lord (especially after the little bug-spray incident). "You know, you really could make me feel less lonely, by spending time with me," Miroku and Inuyasha shared triumphant smiles. "Right now I was about to purchase some new clothes. Care to join me?"

"AAAA!!!" guys backed away in terror.

"And then, perhaps, go shoe-shopping."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

"So, are you coming?" But they were already gone.

I really should write a book 'A thousand ways to get rid of guys, without hurting their feelings'. And to think, that these two would learn by now, that I hate shopping just about as much as they do!

Kagome stood hesitant in front of her house. She pulled out the insect-spray cylinder and slowly entered. The door was suddenly slammed shut, metallic container ripped away from girl's hand and a set of deadly-sharp claws was placed on her throat.

Kagome gulped.

This won't end well.

A. n.: That's it for today. Didn't like this chapter as much as the others, because there's no sess/kag moments, but it's needed for the plot.

Yeah, and Miss Sarah Yukino is actually Sarah from the series – you know: the princess-girl, who was in love with Sesshomaru.