Disclaimer: Sadly, the characters are not mine. Bummer, no?

Chapter Three

BEEP BEEP BEEP

A groan could be heard form underneath the light blue covers. A hand poked

out, searching for the source of the racket. When it found its source, it slammed the

off button. Kagome threw off the covers, yawning and stretching as she did so. She

walked to her bathroom, rubbing her eyes. Quickly, Kagome took a shower, and

when her hair had dried, she brushed her teeth and hair. She pulled tight blue jeans

and a short sleeve light blue top. Kagome applied some makeup, and looked in the

mirror. Kagome was no gorgeous beauty, but she was definitely pretty. She had

bright green eyes and slightly wavy, long black hair. Her skin was fair and she was

tall, and very well built. Kagome grabbed her bag and went downstairs. She could

hear some voices of the slayers that were already awake. Kagome ran out, not

wanting any breakfast. Kagome started the 10 minute walk to school, tying her hair

back in a ponytail as she did so. She arrived at school a few minutes before the bell

rang. A group of boys and girls were sitting on the school steps. She sighed; it was

always impossible getting through them. Normally they left Kagome alone; she had

her circle of friends to keep her from being a target to their teasing. Walking through

the crowded hallway Kagome bumped into a boy. He was strong; the sheer force of

bumping into him turned Kagome almost completely around. A boy, probably

Kagome's age was looking back at her. He looked like he might yell at her, but

stopped.

"Sorry…" He said gruffly, and he turned away before she could say anything.

He had something in his aura that drew Kagome to him. Who was he? He seemed

strangely familiar. Before Kagome could contemplate any more on it, she heard

people yelling her name "Kagome! Hey, Earth to Kagome!" Kagome whirled around

to see her best friends, Sango and Miroku. Sango looked a bit like

Kagome, with the same long black hair, but Sango was taller and her eyes were

brown. She smiled.

"Hey guys…where's Inuyasha…?" She asked

"Oh. Somewhere taking part in the morning face suckage ritual with Kikyou." Sango

said rolling her eyes.

Kagome forced herself to laugh, but every time she saw Kikyou and Inuyasha

together, it was like someone put a needle through her heart. Sango, Miroku and

Inuyasha were all slayers like Kagome, but Kikyou was pure human. No one knew,

but Kagome had a crush on Inuyasha since the sixth grade. Kikyou and Inuyasha

had been dating for a year and they were so perfect. It made Kagome

sick.

"Actually, I'm here?" Kagome recognized the rough voice of Inuyasha even before

she turned around.

"Hey, do you know that guy over there?" Kagome asked, figuring that he knew all

the guys in the grade, pointing to Kouga who was walking away. Inuyasha huffed.

Yeah, he knew him. He knew he was the guy who previously dated Kikyou, he also

knew he was a demon with some sort of position of power. He decided not to tell

Kagome, he had a feeling she'd overreact.

"Pssha…why, he's not so tough. He's bad news Kagome." He said simply.

Kagome sighed. It seemed that every guy she asked Inuyasha about ended up being

"bad news." In the beginning, she thought it was jealousy, but after Kikyou came

along…well Kagome didn't know what to think.

Kagome opened her locker and threw her stuff in. The bell rang, and Kagome

said bye to her friends and pulled out her French books and headed to her class.

Kagome took a place at the back, and was surprised to find the boy she had bumped

into sitting not to far away from her. He was doodling in his notebook, feet up in the

chair of the desk in front of him. He was cute, Kagome noted, with long straight

black hair tied back, broad shoulders, a set face. His eyes were a cold blue. He

noticed Kagome looking at him out of the corner of his eye.

"Sorry for bumping into you earlier…" Kagome said as an excuse to why she was

looking at him. He shrugged "Don't worry about it." He replied. "I haven't seen you

before…did you just transfer to this class?" Kagome asked in an attempt to start a

conversation. "Yeah, switched blocks, still dunno why though." He said, giving her a

slight smile. She looked so familiar…and her aura, what was it? She smiled back,

before the bell rang and teacher walked in. 'She's pretty when she smiles…' Kouga

thought.

"So what's your name?" Kouga asked, not caring that the teacher had walked in

already

"Kagome," she said.

"Kouga," he responded in turn.

He held at a hand to her and Kagome studied it for the moment's time it took her

mind to decide what to do. She looked from Kouga's hand up into his blue eyes.

Then she put her hand in his, shaking it.

The touch sent chills up both their spines and not in an unpleasant way. Kouga

studied her, taking her scent of jasmine.

They let go when the teacher turned back around and snapped at the two. It

was only because Kagome had let go. Kouga didn't care what the human

male had to say about anything, but since she had let go he reluctantly had too.

It would be easier than he thought to get to know her, the only challenging part

was to get to her when Inuyasha wasn't around. He'd have fun getting to know her

since she seemed interesting.

Kagome…he memorized the name.

Why did it sound so familiar?

This was going to be an interesting year.