I'm back! OMG I can't believe all the reviews I've gotten, and it's only the prologue! Thank you all (bows). I reread my prologue and it almost made me cry. Anyway here's the chapter.

Disclaimer: Nope, not me. (points to brother) Ask him.

: : Chapter One : : Old and New Friends : :

Kagome looked up at the dorm. It was going to be her new home. The building was large, ominous, and gray, it suited her life perfectly. The perfect place for her to hide for, how long? The rest of her life. Maybe God would finally take mercy on her and end it soon.

"Kagome," a voice called out to her.

Kagome turned to her friend, no, not just her friend, she was also her bodyguard. Kagome pasted a cheery smile on her face. The other girl was watching her with a worried expression. She had black hair that was longer than Kagome's, it fell to her hips. She had kind brown eyes that could change to a cold expression in a heartbeat.

"Yes Sango?" Kagome asked.

"I think you've stared at the building long enough," the girl told her.

"Let's go in then."

Sango opened the heavy wooden doors and went inside. Kagome followed slightly behind her. The building was co-ed, and their roommates were boys, but as long as they stuck together they wouldn't run into trouble. They took the elevator to the fourth floor and went to room 462. Sango opened the door and Kagome pulled their luggage inside. They didn't have a lot, a backpack each, and a large suitcase to share. Sango shut and locked the door behind them.

"Hello, anyone home?" Sango called.

"I hear ya, so hush up," A voice shouted.

A boy with white hair came out of the hallway and came towards them. Kagome's breath caught at the sight of his hair, but rushed out when she saw his face. It wasn't Sesshomaru. It had been three years since she had seen him, but she hadn't dated because of his haunting memory. Sango watched as Kagome spaced off again. Then she turned back to the boy.

"I'm Sango and this is Kagome, we're your new roommates," Sango explained.

"Girls, that's a disaster waiting to happen," the boy turned to Kagome, "you look a lot like my girl friend, are you related by any chance. I've heard her speak of a Kagome in her family. Her name's Kikyo."

Kagome snapped back into reality at the boy's voice she caught three words, related, family, and Kikyo. She looked at the boy, how did he know Kikyo. Then she prepared a lie to tell him.

"There's no one named Kikyo in my family," Kagome lied.

"I'm Inu Yasha by the way," the boy said.

"You were mentioning another roommate?" Sango asked.

"Yeah, put him with girl and it's trouble. He's a perv and is training to be a monk. Although I think he'll fail," Inu Yasha answered.

"Where is he?" Kagome asked.

"He'll be here soon enough."

As soon as the words were spoken the door behind Sango and Kagome opened. A person very familiar to Kagome entered the room.

"Yasha I'm back, did our new roommates get here yet," the boy asked without looking around.

"Miroku!" Kagome shouted happily as she launched herself at her old friend.

Miroku fell to the floor when an unexpected weight hit him. He looked at the person that had tackled him it was the girl that was the sister he never had. He hugged her to him. Then seeing they had an audience he got to his feet and helped Kagome up.

"Hello Kagome," he greeted.

"You know him?" Inu Yasha and Sango asked at the same time.

"Of course. He used to be at my house all the time, one of my best friends," Kagome answered happily.

"How's the family Kagome?" Miroku question innocently.

Kagome's expression darkened and she drew away. She walked to the window and stared out it despondently. Blinking back tears and sucking in a deep breath she turned back to Miroku.

"I don't want to talk about it," she said dully.

Sango went to Kagome and turned her to face her, she quietly talked to Kagome. When Kagome turned back to Miroku she looked a lot less unhappy.

"So Miroku how is Hojo-kun?" Kagome asked.

"He went to the U.S. to study medicine," Miroku answered.

"This is Sango by the way," Kagome introduced.

"Pleasure to meet you," Miroku said.

He walked closer to Sango and shook her hand. Before Kagome could warn either of them Miroku made his move.

"Hentai!" Sango shouted.

Miroku moved back an innocent expression on his face, but the red handprint on his cheek was evidence to his crime.

"Miroku, you are such a baka," Inu Yasha muttered. "Come on I'll show you guys to your rooms. Then you two should check out the campus."

Inu Yasha walked into the hallway. He pointed the first room. "That one's mine." He pointed to the one cross the hall from it, "Miroku's." He moved deeper into the hall. He motioned to two doors "those are yours. There's a bathroom between them."

Inu Yasha walked back up the hall way and shut himself back into his room. He obviously wanted to be left alone. Kagome dumped the bags in one room and grabbed Sango's wrist.

"Let's go see the campus and get something to eat," Kagome said.

Sango let Kagome drag her out of the dorm. Miroku watch in interest and shut the door behind them.

: : Sesshomaru : :

Sesshomaru stepped out of the lecture hall. There had been no class today, but he had felt the need to talk to the professor. He was in his senior year of college and that was as far as he was going. He had no time for school, he had a business to run. He saw something move out of the corner of his eye, but ignored it.

"Sesshomaru!" A high-pitched voice called.

Sesshomaru ignored the caller. It was Sarah, a girl who considered herself his future girlfriend. Probably even went so far as to imagine herself as his wife. Sesshomaru had no like for Sarah, she was annoying and clinging, but she did a good job in keeping other girls away from him.

He moved out of the building and went to his car he had more unpleasant business today. He had to call his half brother and talk to him about going over budget. Not that there needed to be a budget, but it was good training for real life. He wouldn't nor wanted to be there for Inu Yasha for the rest of their lives.

They said the devil's work was never done, and considering his position, Sesshomaru completely agreed.

: : Kagome : :

It was lucky that they had moved near the campus, for Kagome had to drag Sango all the way there. When Sango saw that there were other people on campus she broke free of Kagome's grasp and walk calmly besides her. Kagome looked avidly around, their new campus was huge. She caught the sight of silver and turned to it automatically. She was forever searching for him, wanting to know if he still remembered her.

Kagome's breath caught it was him, she was sure of it. He moves with the same lethal grace and had a preference for a little red and a lot of white. Kagome stopped walking, wondering if she should go up to him. Then she heard a voice call his name.

"Sesshomaru!"

Kagome searched for the person calling him, it was a girl with blonde hair. She was running to catch up with Sesshomaru, who was slipping out the doors. Kagome, felt a pang in her heart, could it be that Sesshomaru had a girlfriend already. She could feel her eyes misting over, she had, had chances to date, but had refused. Sesshomaru had never said he even liked her, so why did she sense this deep sense of betrayal?

"Kagome?" Sango asked loudly.

"I want to go back to the house now Sango," Kagome whispered.

Kagome turned around and started walking back to the room. She soon broke into a run tears streaking down her face. She could hear Sango's call to wait, but paid no attention. That's when she ran into someone. Kagome fell to the ground, but the person she had run into caught her. The person holding her was a boy with brown hair and sparkling green eyes.

"Are you okay?" the boy asked.

The kind expression on his face made Kagome loose her control. All the years of loneliness and having never forgotten Sesshomaru came poring out. She buried her face in the boy's shirt and cried even harder. The boy looked startled, but then started awkwardly patting her on the back. At that point Sango finally arrived. She saw at Kagome crying her eyes out on a boy that she had never seen.

"Kagome?" Sango asked softly.

Kagome stopped crying abruptly. She lifted her head and saw Sango who looked extremely confused. Then she remembered who she was crying on. She looked up at the boy and smiled sheepishly.

"Gomen. I didn't mean to use you as a handkerchief," she apologized.

"No prob. I'm Kouga by the way," the boy said.

"I'm Kagome, and that's Sango."

Kagome stepped away from the boy and he brushed himself off. He gave them both a cocky grin.

"I'll see ya 'round Kagome," he said.

Then he ran off. Kagome watched amused and Sango watched her. Together they started off in the direction of the dorm again.

"What's wrong Kagome?" Sango asked when they were inside the dorm.

"I don't want to talk about it," Kagome murmured.

Then she went and locked herself into her room. Sango watch helplessly as the sound of crying started up again. Miroku and Inu Yasha came out of their respective rooms. Miroku appeared to be worried, but Inu Yasha just looked annoyed.

"What happened to Kagome?" Miroku asked.

"Yeah, that wench is making enough noise to wake the dead," Inu Yasha complained.

"I don't know. She was fine, and so happy to see the campus. Then she froze, and when I asked her what was wrong she took off."

"I will go in and talk to her," Miroku said suddenly.

"Whatever just make her shut up," Inu Yasha said as he went back into her room.

"If you do something inappropriate monk, I will have your head," Sango threaten.

Miroku waited until Sango disappeared into the living room before knocking on Kagome's door.

: : End Chapter : :

Akikazu: I have to get going, my dad will check on me in any moment now. So review. (bows) Ja ne.

: : Author's Note : :

I would like to thank my very first reviewer Rin 6. And I would also like to thank Himura-chan who I really like hearing from.