Crystal: Heh heh...sorry for taking so long to update. I've been suffering from writer's block, not to mention this is my first time writing a romance fic. o.o; Anyway, Yusuke and Kagome meet this chapter! n.n And...they argue a lot. -.- Silly kiddies. Oh, and I believe there's some OOCness this chapter, but I warned you about that earlier. ;D

Impressions n. An effect, feeling, or image that is retained as a consequence of experience.

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The first week of school had passed and Kagome was doing just fine. All her homework was turned in on time, and most of her assignments came back with a big, red "A" scrawled at the top. So far, she was one of the best students in her class.

Stifling a yawn, Kagome sat in a random desk in her history class. She had made it a point not to be late – or nearly late – anymore, as her teacher was a stickler for punctuality. Well, he was a stickler for pretty much everything. Generally, he was the type of teacher everyone hated.

"As this is your second week of school," he began after calling roll. "I believe this would be a good time to assign your quarter projects." The entire class groaned inwardly, though they dared not to aloud. Except one dark-haired boy Kagome had never really noticed before (probably because he hadn't been in school pretty much the whole week). "That'll be enough, Mr. Urameshi," the teacher said, shooting the boy one of the glares he was oh-so-famous for.

"I will assign each of you to a partner, and together you will choose an event in history to research. This topic will be approved by me, of course," he added. "You will then write a 10 page report on your topic. I do not care how you divide up your work; that is your concern. I only care that it is done before the end of the quarter. This project will be worth one-fourth of your overall grade. Any questions?" There were none. "Then I will begin assigning partners."

Then he began calling off names, but Kagome could only sit by and hope she got a decent partner. After all, it was a whole quarter of her grade! Not to be taken lightly. "Higurashi, Kagome," – she straightened and became alert – "and Urameshi, Yusuke."

Urameshi... She blinked, for a moment forgetting who that was. But soon enough, she matched the name to the boy who the teacher had reprimanded a couple minutes ago. She only then noticed the pitying looks the entire class was giving her. She blushed, a 'what's-everyone-looking-at-me-for' confused look written across her face.

The teacher, however, did not stop, but continued pairing people off until everyone had been called, and then sent them off with the person they had been assigned to, giving them 10 minutes to think up a good topic.

Kagome wandered over to Yusuke's desk tentatively, soon seeing as he had no intention of walking over to her. He probably just doesn't know who I am, she thought, trying to reassure herself, but the looks people were still giving her didn't really help.

"Um...hi," she said as she stood next to him, trying to get his attention. He didn't ever bother looking at her, only flashed his hand as if to say he recognized she was there and muttered, "Hey." "Um...is there anything in particular you want to do the project on?"

The boy named Yusuke shrugged. "No."

"Any ideas...at all?"

"Nope."

Kagome's right eye twitched slightly. "Could you please try to be a little more helpful?" she asked as calmly as she could. So far, he hadn't even bothered looking at her.

"No."

"Fine! I'll pick a topic myself, okay?!" she said in a frustrated tone, taking his history book into her own hands and flipping through it. Yusuke looked like he hadn't even heard her.

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By the end of the 10 minutes, the two had decided to research the Sengoku Jidai. (Well, it was really more like Kagome decided, and Yusuke didn't say anything, so Kagome went with that.)

The class bell finally rang and Kagome traipsed out of the class, her attitude an annoyed and distressed one. Great...I'll probably end up doing the whole project myself. She groaned, then slammed her fist down on her hand. "No way!" she argued with herself. "There's no way I'm gonna do everything myself!"

"Y'know, you really shouldn't talk to yourself," came a casual voice from behind her, and she nearly jumped.

"You!" she shouted in recognition, half angry, half surprised. "Don't sneak up behind me like that!"

Yusuke smirked in satisfaction at the embarrassed flush in her cheeks. "Well you shouldn't," he said with a shrug.

Kagome opened her mouth to retort, but closed it and sighed. I should calm down. Nothing's going to be solved if I just get angry. "I don't want to do the entire project by myself. Could you please try to help me out? I can't do it alone." She had asked as calmly and politely as she could, there was no way he could say no...

"Look, you're lucky I was even in school today, okay?! I'm flunking all my classes, so I wouldn't even be much help to you anyway! It's not my fault I got paired up with you!"

At first, Kagome looked taken aback by his outburst. Then her eyes narrowed and her fists clenched. "YOU JERK!" she screamed at him, stomping off to her next class. If their conversation hadn't attracted any stares before, now it did.

Yusuke rolled his eyes. "Your problem," he muttered under his breath and walked off in the other direction.

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Crystal: Yes, I know that chapter was even shorter than the last one. I would've written more, but I felt like that was a good stopping point. Besides, it could take me a very long time to write another page, and I feel obligated to update. x.x I'm trying people, I really am!