Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha

Chapter 1

'Why is my phone ringing?' Groggily Kagome reached out from under her comforter to grab her phone. "Hello?"

"Um Kagome…I've been honking outside of your house for a few minutes now. What are you doing?"

"Ayumi…O shit!" Kagome threw the phone onto her bed and ran around as fast as she could looking for clothes. It was orientation day and she had overslept. Dressed in a record minute, Kagome flew out of her door and into her friend's waiting car. Yuka and Eri sat there laughing as Kagome attempted to do something with her hair.

"Can you believe it guys. Senior year." Kagome just nodded at Yuka's statement as she attempted to do something with her hair. It had been three long months of summer. She couldn't wait to see him again.

Ayumi looked at Kagome in her rear view mirror. "So Kag, you finally gonna get some courage this year and admit to Hojo how you feel?"

"Well…we became good friends last year. You saw what he wrote in my year book…"

"Thanks for all your help Kagome. I never would have passed if it wasn't for you. Love, Hojo" the other three girls mimicked with Kagome.

"O yeah Kagome, don't think we forgot about yesterday…"started Eri.

"Happy 17th Birthday!" all three girls yelled. Kagome smiled at her friends.

"Thanks guys. O good we're here."

"You guys ready to be seniors?" Ayumi asked.

"Yep" Kagome said.

After a long and boring speech from the principal, the seniors were released to find their homerooms. Classes would start the next day, today they would just be getting their schedules. Kagome nervously walked towards homeroom with her friends. She had tried to convince herself over the summer that she was over Hojo. One look of him sitting in class convinced her she had been lying.

Their teacher motioned for them all to sit.

"I know you guys don't want to stay here long. I already laid out all your schedules and forms you need to get signed. Don't forget, we'll be having a meeting soon to discuss homecoming. I know it seems a while away but October is sooner than you think."

Kagome was so glad the high school finally came up with the idea for specialty homerooms. Her homeroom was made up entirely of students who did things for the class like organize prom and homecoming.

"Hey guys, wanna head to Ihop and finish these stupid articles we have to finish for government class?" Ayumi suggested.

Kagome nodded and followed her friends out to Ayumi's car. Kagome couldn't help but laugh when they discovered that in their rush to get to school, Ayumi had locked her keys inside of the car. When her dad finally showed up with a set of spares, the girls piled in and headed for Ihop.

"I can't believe that bitch assigned us so many damn articles to do over the summer." Ayumi grumbled as she leafed threw a newspaper while eating her waffles.

"Well it is AP Government." Eri stated.

The other three just stared at her. Then again, Eri did have hopes of being the first female president.

"So Kag. Did you get to talk to Hojo?" Yuka asked with a mouth stuffed with pancakes.

"I chickened out. It was so weird seeing him after such a long and dull summer."

"Hey, we had fun!" Ayumi said. Kagome looked towards her. The two had definitely grown closer over the past summer. They had spent a week up in the mountains with Ayumi's family, and then a week down at the shore with Kagome's.

"Yeah we did."

The girls finished their meals and headed back to Kagome's house to waste away the last day of their summer. None of them wanted to get up early the next day.

"God I hate that woman…" Kagome growled under her breath as they left AP Government..

"Yeah I know. Hey, we have accounting together." Kagome looked down at her schedule to see that Eri was right.

"That's cool, at least I have one friend in that stupid class. My mom wouldn't get off my case about taking a business course."

The two girls gossiped all the way to class and sat down next to each other. Kagome surveyed her other classmates in the small room and did the mental checklist she always did around new guys. 'Nah too short. Nope. No way. No… There doesn't seem to be any hopefuls in this room.' Her checklist was cut short when she noticed another guy walk into the room. This guy was definitely being dubbed "cute guy of the class." She'd never seen hair that white before. Kagome nudged Eri's elbow and nodded her head towards the guy. Eri glanced over and smiled back.

"What happened to Hojo?" her friend asked slyly.

"Who said I could only say one guy is attractive. I don't even know who that guy is."

"He looks familiar. I think he's a junior."

"No matter. O yes! I love her."

Kagome pointed towards the teacher who had walked into the classroom. 'Maybe accounting isn't going to be so bad after all.'

After a slow first day, and a fast last period of AP Physics with Hojo. Kagome walked outside to the parking lot to look for Ayumi. Ayumi had early release, but still picked her up after school to give her a ride.

Ayumi finally pulled up next to the curb and Kagome hopped in.

"You know what Ayumi. I think it's going to be a good year."