Title: Home Sweet Home

Rating: PG-13

Type: Alternate Universe (AU)

Pairings: Inuyasha/Kagome

Full Summary: Kagome moves in with a friend of her mother's. She ends up splitting a room with the youngest son of the family named InuYasha. A foul-mouthed, overconfident, arrogant senior at her new school. At first they have a I-hate-You relationship, but many things happen to change that...

~*~

Kagome slumped in her seat at WacDonalds, sipping her drink through the red and white straw. Her eyes were half closed in melancholy as she looking ahead of her with glazed eyes. The people before her in the booth, unnerved by the girl's unblinking stare, slowly inched out of their seat like they were afraid she would attack them cackling "Come back my pretties!" before bolting to seats across the diner.

She didn't even notice.

'This sucks...' She moaned inside her head. Her family was practically forcing her to attend some high class school called 'Nigoku High' even though it was her senior year.

That wasn't even the worse part though.

The school was all the way on the other side of Tokyo, and her family had already arranged her to spend a whole year with 'a friend of her mother' that she couldn't remember ever meeting. When they had finally told her last night, they left no room whatsoever for arguments on not going. It was horrible. Now, in just one week she was being shipped off like cattle to the highest bidder. She felt pitiful and 'unworthy' of the honor... yeah right.

With one last slurp from her drink, she slapped down her money for the tab and left, mind filled with thoughts of the next dreadful year.

~*~

Inuyasha let out a loud yawn as he climbed up the steps to his room. He had fell asleep on the couch last night watching some horror movie that wasn't scary whatsoever. It was pitiful, he knew that. Spending a Friday night alone, when he could have been getting laid instead by any number of his fan club groupies. Oh well, he thought, no loss really. All he wanted to do now, was collapse on to his bed and sleep the rest of the day away. However, as he walked through his doorway, he froze at the sight before him.

"M-Mom.. what the hell are you doing?!?!" He stuttered.

She looked up at him, a smile on her face as she smoothed the sheets of the bed in one swipe to perfection.

"Good Morning honey, I'm just fixing up the house for our guest. Did you sleep well?"

"Guest? What guest?!" He asked panicked as he glanced around his beloved room. One half was completely as he left it-- things piled and crammed everywhere, his unmade bed shoved in the corner. The other half, however, was spotless clean. A complete bed had been set up in the corner, where his mother was tidying up the sheets as he took it all in. "And what are you doing to my room?!"

She sighed, sending him a weary glare.

"Inuyasha weren't you paying attention last night at all? I told you everything that would going on. Our guest will be sleeping in your room while she is here."

"No." He answered bluntly, a pout evident on his face. "I wish I had though..."

She stood and wiped her hands on her apron, as she spoke.

"Well, an old friend of mine is letting her daughter spend the year with us in order to attend your school. Like I told you before."

Inuyasha's ears perked up at the mention of 'daughter.' A high school girl would be spending a entire year sharing his room? Maybe this trail of events had a upside to it after all...

"Do you have a picture of her?" He asked slowly, so as not to be suspicious.

Her mother sighed sadly, shaking her head.

"No. Her mother, Akira, tells me Kagome doesn't like her picture being taken. She is very photo sensitive it seems. I haven't even seen Kagome since she was six, and she's probably changed a lot over the years. I can't wait to see her again..."

Inuyasha deflated almost immediately. Great, teenage girls only had one reason for not letting their pictures not to be seen; they were unappealing. (A/N: Not true!!!!)

In other words, this total year was going to be rotten.

~*~

Week later...

~*~

"Inuyasha, dear, I'm going to go pick something up at the grocery store real quick. If anyone comes to the door, answer it. It could be Kagome." His mother told him before shutting the front door. Inuyasha rolled over on the couch with a snore, never hearing a word she said.

~*~

Kagome trudged up the sidewalk to her new 'home.' Looking over her shoulder at the fading Taxi, she pouted.

There goes my last hope...

With a sigh, she straighten her shoulders and stepped determinedly to the front door. 'I can do this!' She chided herself. With a big intake of air, she knocked on the door, and waited for it to open, as she smiled optimistically.

No answer.

She frowned slightly and knocked again.

Still no answer.

Right eye twitching in annoyance, she knocked louder on the wood. Checking her slip of paper in her hand, and made sure it was the right address.

No answer again.

Hitting the door forcefully she restrained herself from growling, as she called "Anybody home?"

"We don't want to buy what ever you have! Go away!" A rude male voice abruptly bellowed from inside. She took a step back appalled.

'Go away? Go away?!' She screamed violently inside her mind 'What the hell do you think I want to do right now?! Beg on your lawn to please be let inside your humble home?! I want to go home, but nooooo!! I was dragged all the way out here for some stupid school!!'

Biting back her many rude retorts, she knocked the door again as hard as she could manage.

Finally they door swung open and she came face to bare chest with a man growling,

"G-o A-w-a-y already!"

Her lips pursed together in anger, containing a blush at his state of undress, as she turned her eyes upwards to make eye contact with two beautiful amber eyes. Holding up the paper for him to see she ground out

"Is this the right address or not?!"

He glanced at it, arms crossing over his chest while leaning on the doorway, as he examined her in a tedious fashion.

"What's it to you, wench?"

Praying for patience under her breath she asked again.

"Is. This. The. Right. Address."

"Yeah..."

Kagome slammed her head in to the palm of her hand as she groaned.

"Great. Just.... Wonderful."

She'd be spending the next twelve months of her life with this irritating jerk. What... fun.

"What's wrong with you?" He asked, smirking at her, oblivious to her current thoughts.

She met his gaze in displeasure as she held her hand out in greetings.

"I'm Kagome Higurashi. Your new house guest for the year." She stated.

~*~

A/N: Yes, 'tis a shame. Another story.. lol, Oh well I've been wanted to attempt a Inu/Kag for a while now, I guess I finally found the inspiration for it..! (Thanks to my wacky, slight crazy dream I had to fuel it.) Anyways, hope any one who is reading this enjoys! (I was cracking up so hard writing it, my family is trying to find a good mental asylum to put me in by now.. must run!) Well, may this story bring merriment to all! lol (^_^)

Tell me how you like it please!!

Bye!

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*Miko Angel*