The alarm clock buzzed and Shimizu Sango groaned, turning over. Feeling about for the offending object, her hand knocked against it abruptly and it fell from her night table with a clang. "Fuck," She murmured sleepily.

"Ane-ue, you missed the bus!" Kohaku stuck his head in her doorway, grinning at her predicament. "You'll have to take the late bus with all the ookami again."

Sango's eyes widened. "Why does my alarm clock NEVER work?"

"Maybe because you knock it to the floor every morning," Kohaku laughed, dashing down the hallway before the pillow hit.

After twenty minutes, Sango was finally ready to go and she yelled goodbye to her brother, stuffing a piece of toast in her mouth as she rushed out the door and down the street towards the bus stop.

It was a typical Tuesday morning in Tokyo, and streets were already crowded with people going to work and school. She almost tripped over a bunch of Sarayashiki junior high school girls as they chattered away, and she apologized through a mouthful of toast as the girls glared. Finally, she made it to the bus stop and ran up the stairs, grasping the railing for balance. Almost every seat was taken except one. Her heart sank. Sato Kouga, the most obnoxious braggart in school, and the leader of Tokyo's ookami youkai sat grinning at her. His dark hair stuck up every which way and his blue eyes were mocking. Flashing her a fanged grin, he patted the seat beside him. "Sit down, Shimizu-san."

Huffing, she sat stiffly with her schoolbag in her lap, and stared straight ahead. Kouga laughed. "So how's Inuyasha?"

"He's fine, as you know. You picked a fight with him only yesterday," She said primly, not even glancing in his direction.

"I remember it fondly," Kouga smirked, arms crossed.

"And now you're picking a fight with Sango," A voice sighed from across the narrow hall. Sango looked up and smiled at her friend Shina, one of the two ookami she could stand. "Can't you be good for once in your life?"

Kouga simply grinned. "Nope."

As they pulled into the bus station, Sango stood up and walked quickly down the stairs, away from the annoying ookami. Hearing someone call her name, she turned and smiled. "Hi, Miroku!"

Miroku scooped his girlfriend up in his arms and gave her a kiss, much to Sango's embarrassment. She hated public displays of affection, but Miroku reveled in them. Chuckling, he took her hand and they started walking down the street together. "You weren't on the bus this morning, so I figured you were late again."

"And you waited for me," Sango smiled. "Thank you."

"How could I do anything less, my darling Sango?"

"Cut the romance crap," came a surly voice behind them. Inuyasha, as usual, wasn't in a good mood. "Can we just get to school? I can't believe you made me wait twenty minutes for the goddamn late bus."

Miroku sighed dramatically. "Inuyasha, if you had some patience..."

"Well I don't!" He growled. "So let's get a move on!" He stalked towards the building looming before them, swearing as a freshman on a bicycle swerved in front of him.

Tokugawa was a large public school consisting of six buildings. The main office was directly in front of them. Off to the left were the boy's language arts and math/sciences buildings, and to the right were the girl's buildings. At the edge of the campus was the club building which both sexes shared. The campus also offered a track field, soccer field, football field, an indoor pool, a basketball court, and a tennis court. As the three entered the front gates, they parted ways and went to their separate classrooms. Miroku and Inuyasha were in the same class, while Sango, a grade behind, was in Girls Class B.

As she put her street shoes in her locker and slammed it closed, she gasped in surprise. The girl next to her looked up curiously, and Sango's face grew white. Long, thick black hair, big eyes, pale skin... The resemblance to Kikyo was shocking. "Is something wrong?" She asked nervously.

Sango shook her head. "You look like someone I used to know, that's all." She smiled slightly. "I'm Shimizu Sango, what's your name?"

"Higurashi Kagome." Kagome smiled back. "Think you could show me to Freshman D? A girl named Ayame showed me yesterday, but I think she's already up there."

"Oh, you're new?" Sango asked, gesturing for the girl to follow her. Kagome nodded.

"I just transferred from Tokyo District 56. My first day was yesterday."

"How do you like it here?"

The younger girl shrugged. "It's bigger than D56, and I'm getting a lot of weird looks from people. It's sort of creepy," She laughed.

"It's probably because you're new," Sango lied. She pointed down the freshman hallway. "Fourth door on your left."

"Oh yeah!" Kagome nodded, looking around. "Okay, I remember! Thank you so much!"

"No problem!" Sango smiled. "Look, come find me during lunch, okay? I'm Sophomore B. We'll eat together."

"Really?" Kagome looked thrilled. "Gosh, you're so nice! Thanks again!" As she started down the hallway, Sango turned her back, lost in thought. A girl that looked that much like Kikyo would be trouble. She had to tell Inuyasha.