Disclaimer: I do not claim possesion to any of the InuYasha characters.

The story thus far

Kagome is an artist with a not-so-understanding mother. She tries desperately to continue with her art, but her mother just won't have it. What canshe do?

Italic :thoughts

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Kagome hurried down the hall, pulling on her sock. "Ahhh!" she cried as she tripped down the stairs. Her mother had already left for work, and the bus was coming in five minutes.

Ah! I'm so freakin' late! She grabbed a bagel and ran out the door, pulling on her jacket as she went. As she ran down the street, she quickly ran a brush through her hair, and just barely caught the bus. With a sigh of relief, Kagome sat down on one of the seats to relax. Her mind wandered as the city bus drove along. A few moments later, a young man sat down next to her. He had long white hair and the most amazing gold eyes Kagome had ever seen. He wore a red shirt and loose jeans, a CD player in his lap. Bobbing his head with the music flowing through his headphones, he glanced at her and smiled. Kagome's heart skipped a beat and she almost melted. He is so hot!

"I'm InuYasha Takahashi," the man introduced himself, "And you are?" He pushed his headphones down around his neck.

"I'm Kagome Higurashi."

"Pleased to meet you, "InuYasha said and shook her hand. (A/N: Sorry for InuYasha's OOC behavior, but I decided to make him polite for this story. And, just so you know, he has no ears in this story. Why? Because I say so, and it's my story.)

"Likewise," Kagome smiled and returned his greeting.

Suddenly InuYasha let go and stood up. "This is my stop," he said and gave a little wave, "Maybe we'll meet again, Miss Kagome Higurashi." He walked off the bus and Kagome smiled dreamily.

"Maybe."

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"I swear Sango! He was the hottest guy I've ever seen!" Kagome said as she and Sango carried their lunches to eat outside. "He had the most gorgeous golden eyes, the most beautiful hair-it was long, and I usually don't like that, but it works for him- and he was so polite and kind!"

"And you met this guy on the city bus while on your way to school?" Sango asked. Kagome nodded. "Then you'd better give up on him. You'll probably never see him again.

"Maybe you're right," Kagome sighed.

"Hey! If it isn't little Miss Kagome Higurashi!" Kagome turned to see InuYasha with another boy beckoning to her from just off campus.

"And maybe you're wrong!" Kagome squealed with glee and ran over to InuYasha. Sango stared. Kagome had been right, he was hot. But her eys weren't focused on InuYasha. Oh, no, she was staring at his friend. She jogged over to them. As she neared, she could hear their conversation.

"I was just talking about you with Sango!" Kagome was saying while InuYasha gave a knock-out smile and nodded slightly. He appeared to really listening as Kagome began to describe Sango, but Sango highly doubted that he was. Guys like this put Sango on edge. She didn't trust him as far as she could throw him.

Sango cleared her throat as she neared and all three of them turned to look at her. "Sango, I presume?" InuYasha guessed with a smile. Maybe he was listening after all...Sango bitterly thought.

"Yes," Sango said with a forced smile. "And you must be InuYasha," She shook hands with Inu-Yasha and he smiled. The boy next to him elbowed InuYasha in the side.

"This is Miroku, my best friend and roommate," InuYasha said with a roll of his eyes. Miroku could be such a pest sometimes.

"Hello," Miroku said with a smile. Sango shook his hand, but unfortunately, she didn't notice his other hand creeping down until it grabbed her ass. With a scream, Sango slapped the boy and jumped back several feet.

"You pervert!" She yelled, "Let's go, Kagome." Sango grabbed Kagome's hand and stormed off in the direction of the school. The poor girl looked over her shoulder and gave InuYasha a little wave as her furious friend lugged her back like a rag doll.

InuYasha glared at Miroku. "You just had to do that, didn't you?" InuYasha said. He stomped away angrily, leaving Miroku standing there with a confused look of innocence on his face.

"What did I do?" Miroku asked.

END

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