hehe, I'm on a roll.. here's chapter 1! and since I have yet to get any reviews (duh, I just posted the prologue!) I won't be answering any XD here we go!

Disclaimer: I still don't own him.. but I wish I did.. I bet he's a great lover XD

Living a Nightmare

Chapter 1 - It Begins

"..And for this project you will have a partner - no groans, now - and I will choose who your partner is. Now then.." Iyako-sensei shuffled his papers, then set them down on his desk. Walking down the aisles, he called out the pairings. "..Ookami Kouga with Yasute Ayame. Kodachi Kikyo with Furikii Naraku. Ofuda Miroku with Taijiya Sango. Tetsuji Inu-Yasha with Higurashi Kagome. Tetsuji Sesshomaru with Mikaido Rin. Hyako Shippo with Irushi Souten.." Iyako-sensei ignored the groans of protests around the room - particularly from Sango.

"Why the pervert? With me? Why?!?" Sango railed, shaking her fists dramatically at the classroom ceiling. Kagome, Rin, Ayame, Souten and Kikyo watched her, laughing. The six girls were best friends, and you rarely saw them go out to the mall or to a movie without at least a few of the others. Miroku watched her with a perverted gleam in his eyes - naturally, while Naraku, Kouga, Shippo, Sesshomaru and Inu-Yasha watched with varying degrees of amusement and boredom on their faces. Except for with Inu-yasha. He could care less who was paired up with whom, except for one minor thing. He did -not- want to be stuck with Kagome for two weeks.

"Now then.." Iyako-sensei had returned to his desk. "Before any of you ask to be switched with someone else, let me make sure that you know that I will prolong the amount of time and the hardness of your project for each time you protest. I expect you to work -together- and have your project ready in two weeks' time. Dismissed." The bell rang, and the students filed out of the classroom, Sango still railing about the unfairness of being paired up with the local Pervert.

Kagome slapped Sango's arm lightly. "Chill out, Sango-chan! It's not the end of the world."

"-You- don't know the torture my life will become, Kagome. -He- will grope my ass-!! Hentai!" Sango spun around and smacked Miroku, hard. She glared at Miroku, who just got back to his feet, grinning and rubbing his cheek. "Keep your hands off of my ass, Ofuda Miroku!"

"But my dear Sango, I was merely expressing my appreciation for your charms." Miroku protested.

"Right.. And I secretly have a night job as a fuckin' hooker." Sango scoffed.

"Really?" Miroku asked, looking hopeful.

"Yeah, I take a hundred johns a night.. Of course I don't, you sick fuck! Why would I want a night job like that when my weekend job pays more than enough yen? Hentai no baka!" Sango fumed.

"You mean you don't-"

"Don't you -dare- compleat that sentence, Ofuda Miroku! If you do, I swear I will put your sorry ass in the hospital for a year." Sango said, lethal threat lacing her voice. Miroku wisely didn't say anything, and Sango turned back to Kagome, anger still flaring in her eyes. "You were saying, Kagome-chan?"

"Have fun! I think you like him more than you let on." Kagome said, then ran for the open doors with Sango hot on her heels, telling her to take that back. Just another ordinary day in Kowarazu High.

~*~

"Why do we have to do this damn project?" Inu-Yasha grumbled the next day, lounging on Kagome's living room couch. "And why did I have to be paired up with a stupid bitch like you?"

"Shut up." Kagome answered, throwing a rock at his head. "It's not like it was my idea, jerk."

"Watch where you throw things, bitch!" Inu-yasha yelled, rubbing his head.

"Oh, but I don't have to look to know that I hit you square on." Kagome answered, tossing another rock up and down idly.

"That ain't what I meant!"

"I know."

"Then- Aw, hell.. Just don't throw any damn rocks at my head, bitch. Ow! Hey! What was that for?!?" Inu-yasha asked, glaring daggers at Kagome.

"My name is not 'bitch'. It's Kagome, and I'll keep throwing rocks at you until you use it." Kagome answered, glaring right back at him.

"Keh. I'll call you whatever I damn well want, wench." Another rock hit his head. Mrs. Higurashi sighed. 'It's going to be a loong day..' She thought, tea and crumpets on a tray in her hands.

~*~

Around ten P.M. that night, Kagome and Inu-Yasha had forgotten all about their science/chemistry project and were playing head to head on Project: Gotham Racing, with Kagome leaving Inu-Yasha in the dust. They'd been playing for four hours straight, and while Kagome's butt had gone numb two hours before, she wasn't about to admit it. Her car on the game crossed the finish line, with Inu-yasha's car crossing less than a minute later.

"Damn, how'd you get so good at this?" Inu-yasha asked, massaging his sore hand.

"My little brother likes to play, and makes me play with him. If you think I'm good, you should go head on with Sota. he's better than I am." Kagome answered with a yawn. She stood up, stretching, then walked into the kitchen to find something to eat. Inu-yasha followed her, and both of them looked around for something resembling edible food. Kagome slammed the fridge door, sighing.

"Damnit, nothing to eat." She grumbled.

"Hey, I found some ramen!" Inu-yasha said, tossing a couple packages at her. "Make food, wench."

"Don't tell me what to do." Kagome answered in a singsong voice.

"Keh." Inu-yasha sat on the counter and folded his arms, waiting silently. Kagome glared at him, and if looks could kill he would have been six feet under. She made the ramen, and the two ate in silence. Kagome tossed her bowl into the sink and walked towards the kitchen door. Inu-Yasha grabbed her arm, and pulled her back towards the table.

"Let me go, jackass." Kagome said, once again glaring at Inu-yasha.

"Shut up, bitch. There's something wrong, I can feel it. Can't you?" Inu-Yasha gave a holier-than-thou snort.

"What do you mean? And didn't I tell you not to call me a bitch?"

"You ain't got any rocks, so shut up and put your fat ass back in the damn chair." Inu-Yasha growled, golden eyes glowing in the darkness of the kitchen. Kagome ignored him.

"Excuse me? Fat? I am -not- fat, Tetsuji Inu-Yasha!" Kagome yelled, hands on her hips as she sent glares that promised him death. "If anyone is fat, it's Rin-chan, and she's still pretty slim. And besides--" She suddenly felt tired, and slumped tot he floor. Inu-yasha would have caught her, but he hadn't gone a foot when he was overcome by sleepiness too. When he woke up, he saw Kagome laying nearby, then sat up and looked around.

"Holy hell. We ain't in Kansas no more, Toto.." He said, awed.

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well, there's chapter one.. and so the plot begins to come to the surface... mwehehehehe... :D :D :D I am going to attempt to make the romance and the plot move slow.. no idea how successful I will be.. but I'll try it, since all the ones that have lots of reviews have slow moving plots XD

R&R, onegai, minna!