Disclaimer: Yes! Inuyasha belongs to me and me only!! Oh wait, this isn't dreamworld?? Darn…

A/N: Yay, another chapter out! There's a bit more fluff at the end of this chapter so enjoy! Review, please! If you give me lots, I'll update REALLY really quick!

Summary: Kagome Higurashi lives in an impoverished sector of the human-demon segregated country of Northern Japan. When she gets the chance to escape to peaceful and bountiful Southern Japan, she must seize the opportunity to help out her family. But she never counted on meeting Inuyasha Taisho.

Into the Darkness

Chapter V: First Day of School – Part 2

The bell rang shrilly, startling Kagome. The students began to pack up their belongings.

Mr. Nobunaga held up a hand. "Oh, wait! I still need to give you your homework!" The students groaned, hoping he had forgotten. "Just wait a second and Hiyashimaru will hand out the homework." He handed the homework worksheets to his little white monkey, while he collected the handouts the students had been using.

Kagome wondered how the little monkey was going to pass out the papers; he was so small. But her unasked question was answered when Hiyashimaru jumped up to almost twice his height and threw the papers messily into the face of the first student in the first row. Hiyashimaru did the same with the other five rows. A kid grumbled when one of the fluttering papers cut him on his left cheek.

Mr. Nobunaga seemed unaware of the chaos created by his assistant.

Kagome shook her head, confused. Were all Southerners weird like this? She hoped not. She turned to Inuyasha to ask what class he had next but he had already slung his backpack over his shoulder and was walking out the door. She pouted a bit at his rudeness, but decided he wasn't worth her tantrums.

She took a peek at her schedule. Second period was English with Miss Koharu in room 34. Back in the ghettos, the schools taught a bit of English, but most classes were taught in Japanese. She was worried about how she would do in this new system.

Kagome came to a stop before an open door. A tag labeled 'Room 34' was pinned to the wall near the doorframe. She walked in. The room arrangement was similar to Mr. Nobunaga's but there were different posters tacked to the walls, some of which she couldn't understand.

"Kagome! Over here!"

She looked in the direction of a waving Sango. The brown-haired girl pointed to an empty seat to her left and Kagome deposited her bag on the desk. "Thanks for saving me a seat." She told her.

"No problem!" Sango beamed. "Oh, by the way, I wanted you to meet my friends. Not all of them are in here, but we'll start off in this class. This is Eri." She pointed to a girl behind her. The girl had midnight black hair to her shoulders and wore a yellow hair band, reminding Kagome a bit of a bumblebee.

"Hi!" Eri said enthusiastically. Kagome greeted her in return.

"… This is Yuka." Sango continued, pointing to the girl that sat in the seat in front of Kagome. She had short black hair that curled into her neck just below her ears.

"Nice to meet you," she said politely.

"… And Ayame," Sango ended, patting the back of the female wolf demon in front of her. The demon had striking red hair pulled into twin ponytails on the sides of her head. She had the most gorgeous and captivating green eyes that made Kagome feel a small tinge of envy.

"Hey! Your name is Kagome, right?" She asked with a smile, holding out her hand.

Kagome nodded and shook the girl's hand. To her surprise, she didn't feel at all nervous shaking the hand of this particular demon. "It's nice to meet you."

Suddenly, a young woman with dark hair and gray eyes walked through the aisle that was between where Ayame and Kagome sat, breaking the handshake. She looked down on Kagome, frowning.

"Kikyou…" Sango groaned softly.

"A friend?" Kagome asked, her head cocked slightly.

"Not really…"

Kikyou crossed her arms across her busty chest, "A new student, huh?" Her eyes narrowed a bit, "Just stay out of my way, and you'll be fine." She told her.

Kagome didn't reply.

Kikyou walked to her seat and sat down. The bell rang, signaling the start of second period. As the teacher, Miss Koharu, opened her mouth to greet the class, Miroku ran in huffing and puffing heavily. Miss Koharu frowned at him and marked something on her clipboard. Miroku sat down in the seat to the right of Sango.

She turned to him, "You're always late for second period! What is it that you do that makes you late?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Miroku asked slyly.

Sango glared at him.

"It's… um… nothing Sango dear," Miroku said nervously and Sango looked at him suspiciously.

"Good morrow, class," Miss Koharu began, "We happen to have a new student in our midst. New student, please stand up and state your name, age and your favorite color."

Kagome stood up, a bit nervous at having the attention of the entire class, "Higurashi, Kagome, age 15. Green." She sat down.

"Thank you, Kagome. We welcome you to Shikon High School and hope you enjoy it here." She turned to the rest of the class, "Today we will be working solely on vocabulary. I've written a list of vocabulary words on the whiteboard. Please copy them down onto your flashcards look them up in your dictionaries. Test each other for the remainder of the period and be sure you're ready for the vocab test on Wednesday."

The rest of the day proceeded rather quickly. After fourth period they had lunch and after lunch they had two more periods before the end of the day. Kagome found out that the schools back in the sectors barely even compared to the schools in the Southern. She felt that nearly every student in her classes had a knowledge trove trice as big as hers. It was intimidating to say the least.

At the end of her first day of school, Kagome stood by the sidewalk, prepared to walk across.

"Bye, Kagome! I'll see you tomorrow," Sango waved at her, several feet away.

"Yea, bye!" Miroku mimicked. He slipped an arm around Sango's waist, his hand slowly sliding down.

Sango grabbed his hand and dug her nails into it before it reached its destination. "Don't even think about it, you pervert." She said in an angry voice.

He gulped, and retracted his hand, rubbing it slightly. "It will never happen again, Sango dear."

Sango muttered something that sounded close to, "Yeah, right," before she walked off.

After the two of them left, Kagome turned and walked across the street. The apartment complex she lived in was only a couple blocks away on the other side. Just as she made it halfway across, a loud beeping sounded to her right. Her eyes grew wide as she watched the speeding red car coming toward her. Her body froze up and she could do nothing but stare in horror at her very fast-approaching doom.

"Hey, babe, what's up?"

Kikyou looked away from the window and at her boyfriend.

"Nothing much," she replied and sighed in pleasure as he took a seat next to her and pulled her into his lap. She gave a small giggle when he nuzzled her neck. "What are you doing here, Naraku?"

"To see you of course," he gave her a smirk.

Kikyou smiled and looked back out the window. Everyday, she came to the library after school. It was either that or come home to an empty mansion with only several reclusive servants. The books were more company than they were. Being rich was nice, but money couldn't buy everything. And so, for five days a week, she would come to the school library after school just to think.

"What are you thinking about?" Naraku whispered into her ear.

"There's a new girl in school, did you know that?"

"A new girl?"

"Yeah, her name's Kagome. She's just a little… different for some reason. That's all I was thinking about." Kikyou told him.

Naraku seemed to be thinking hard. "Kagome, huh…? I think I might want to get to know this Kagome."

A scream began to build in the back of Kagome's throat, but before it could leave her lips, she felt a heavy weight collide with her back. The momentum pushed her onto the sidewalk and out of the car's way as if sped through, not even slowing down as it curved around a corner. She tumbled a bit, along with what she realized was a body and landed on her back.

Slowly, she opened her eyes to see gold shining down on her. At first, she could have sworn she was just looking at the sun, but as her focus returned, she found herself looking into a certain demon's amber eyes.

Inuyasha was looking at her intensely, hovering only a few inches above her, and sending a small shiver down her spine. She couldn't bring herself to look away, and the swirl of emotions that clouded those eyes made a sensation run through her stomach that felt suspiciously like butterflies.

"Are you all right?" He asked in a soft voice she had never heard him use before.

"Yeah…" She replied.

Suddenly, his face hardened. "What do you think you were doing?! You just ran across the street without even looking left of right! The cross walk was only a few feet away!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't know," Kagome said meekly.

"Didn't know?!" Inuyasha exploded. "If you have to make up something, then think of a better excuse. Like your mother never told you to look both ways before crossing the street!"

"I'm sorry." She said again, turned her head, an ashamed look on her face.

He sighed, calming down after his outburst, "It's all right. As least you weren't hurt."

In a very quiet voice she spoke, "Thank you… for saving my life. I am in your debt."

"Don't worry about it."

They stayed silent for several moments.

Kagome spoke up, breaking the silence between them. "Um… Inuyasha, do you think you could get up? You're… crushing me a bit."

Inuyasha blushed the roots of his silver hair when he realized he was still laying on top of her, pressed rather intimately to her soft body. Truthfully, he hadn't really minded the position, a thought that shocked and scared him at the same time. Mumbling out an apology, he started to get up.

Mr. Nobunaga rode up to them on his bike, "What's this? I didn't know my students could hook up so fast! We aren't doing anything hanky panky now, are we?" He raised his brow suggestively.

Both Inuyasha and Kagome blushed, separating their tangled limbs fairly quickly. Mr. Nobunaga chuckled and rode off, his monkey, Hiyashimaru, making little squeaking noises as he clutched at the slits in the teacher's helmet.

The two students avoided looking at each other, blushes still present on their faces, as they stared off in opposite directions.

"Thanks… again… for saving me…" Kagome said awkwardly, examining her shoes with interest.

"Yeah… uh… no problem. I'll see you tomorrow, I guess…" Inuyasha said, looking up at the nonexistent clouds of the sky.

With that, they walked off in their different directions. Red continued to stain their cheeks even as they lost sight of the other.

What the hell was that?! Inuyasha asked himself, not liking the fluttering feeling he felt in his chest.

A/N: And the sparks are flying! Yay! This chapter was a lot fluffier than I first intended, but I like it. Actually, the scene where Inuyasha saves her wasn't supposed to come out until next chapter, but then it would have been too short. Anyway, what'd you guys think of that? Please review! Me like reviews!

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