wow...i usually have a hard time updating anything...but here's part four!

*Disclaimer - if i owned them....i would hire people to animate my stories*

*Discrimination*

The next morning, Inuyasha awoke to two things. One, Shippo was sitting on his head, and two, the TV was on a news station with a report about a murder.

"...found in an alleyway. This appears to be a demon attack, and because no witnesses were present at the time, we have no information as to who the attacker may be. We advise all citizens to be cautious, especialy at night and in unfamiliar areas. We'll keep you up to..."

Inuyasha quickly turned the TV off. "Shit." He sat in silence before he flung Shippo off his head, ignoring the angered squeaking. He thought he had forgotten something. Realising that nothing could be done at this point, Inuyasha decided it might be best to lay low. Pose as a human for a while, even though he was disgusted by the idea. Good thing he had some things just for this purpose. Let's see...humans that looked his age normally went to school, right?

-Higarashi Shrine-

"Mom! Do you know where my shirt is?" Kagome yelled from the safety of her room.

"It should be on the top of the stairs, dear." Mrs. Higarashi answered from the kitchen. "Oh, and Kagome, they say that there's been another demon attack, so why don't you walk to school with your friends, okay?"

"Alright, mom!" Kagome nodded as well, even though her mother couldn't see it. *Demon attack? Was that Inuyasha? It must have been. What would the odds be that two people were attacked in one night?* Kagome was pulled from her thoughts when she tripped over her skirt as she pulled it on. An audible thud was heard from the kitchen where Mrs. Higarashi continued to prepare breakfast.

Ten minutes later, Kagome thundered down the stairs, grabbed some toast and flew out the door with a "bye mom!". She jogged down the street, trying to catch up with her friends, who had probaly gotten a head start. She was flying past some apartment buildings when someone with long silver hair in one of her school's uniforms caused her to screech to a halt. *It must be him! I've never seen anyone else with that hair!*

"Hey there! I didn't know you went to my school!" Kagome shouted to him.

"Keh." *It has to be him!* He turned to look at her and shot her a glare. *Wait a sec...* Kagome checked his face again. She saw his startling icy blue eyes glaring at her. *He has blue eyes? And his ears are gone? I'm so confused!* Figuring that she must have gotten the wrong guy, though it may be difficult, Kagome flushed bright red, and sped off again.

*Keh. Stupid girl.*

-School (AN: If anyone knows the name of Kagome's school, as well as the names of her friends, could someone please tell me? Until then, it's going to be a few original characters. *wince*)-

*I can't believe I did that! And I could have sworn it was him too! I mean, how many people could possibly have that hair? Not that it's bad...in fact it was really nice, and soft...*

"Hey! Kagome!" She looked up to see who was calling her. *Great...Miroku...groan* Instead, she plastered a smile on her face and returned the greeting. It's not that she didn't like Miroku...but...he was such a pervert. It suddenly occured to her that she wanted to tell someone about what had happened the other night. Miroku, pervert he may be, could also be a good friend. "So, Kagome, how are you?"

"Actually, Miroku, something happened last night."

This caught his interest. "Really?"

"Yeah. My mom had asked me to drop the car off at the mechanics, and, well, to make a long story short, I had to go to the other side of town and leave the car. I was walking back home and someone tried to rape me." She said the last part in a really low voice.

"They WHAT?" Kagome winced. "Kagome, are you okay? Do you need any comforting?" Before she could answer, Miroku had pulled her into a tight hug. She sighed and admitted defeat. At least until *someone's* hand had found a resting place on her butt. She quickly jumped back and smacked him across the face.

"I'm not finished with my story!"

"Now, really, Kagome. I was just trying to comfort you."

"Comfort, my butt."

"Well, it is a nice one..."

*SMACK* Well, at least now he had a match set.

Kagome sighed. "Anyways, I said he *tried*. Someone saved me."

"Really?" Miroku looked up, forgetting about his stinging face.

"Yeah, he was pretty tall, about my age, and had really long silver hair. And he even took me home. But he..." Kagome trailed off, debating over whether she should tell Miroku that her savior was a demon. Would he even believe her?

"But he...?"

"But he was an arrogant jerk, and I never want to see him again!" She hmphed and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Well, at least your safe, and that's all that matters." Miroku paused to look at his watch. "You better hurry. First period's about to start."

"What?! You mean about to start as in, 'You have five minutes, Kagome', right?"

Miroku glanced at his watch again. "No, I mean 'You have 30 seconds and counting, Kagome'."

Kagome groaned and ran off. This was starting off to be a baaaaad day.




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i don't mean to make these so short...really i don't...

gomen...very little Inuyasha. But Miroku's here! yay!



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