(A/N): Konnichiwa! I finally updated! I want to thank my reviewers, especially Algphador. Thank you so much 4 having me on your favorite authors and stories and that lovely review. Believe me, the story will get better and you will adore it. I hope...

Disclaimer: Oh not again. Didn't I do this in the last chapter? Oh well, the Inuyasha characters or the show sadly doesn't belong to me. The wonderful goddess Rumiko Takahashi does. But (hi hi) I'm scheming a plan to make it mine. Oops! I shouldn't have said that! Damn!

( The character is having a flashback

´´ The character is thinking

"..." The character is talking

Chapter 2:

Prince Charming

Kagome walked dumbly to school while rubbing her cheek and whipping the tears off her eyes. Besides being with her stepmother Tsubaki, Kagome hated going to school where everybody made fun out of her. She was good looking but it seemed her studies and intelligence were a wall against dates and boys. Besides, Tsubaki wouldn't allow her to go to an appointment like that.

She finally could see the school's building coming into view and noticed that the bus had already been parked and the driver and students in it were gone. She sighed and accelerated her pace. The cold autumn breeze blew and Kagome shivered with cold. She stopped and took from out of her backpack a red jacket and a green scarf and put them on, then continued walking towards Shikon High. She could see as other students and classmates arrived walking with their friends while chatting happily. She also saw as others arrived in their bikes and parked them in the school's yard with the other vehicles. Also their cars were parked on the streets and from out of them came out more teens who waved goodbye to their parents. She sighed sadly and returned her attention to the building. She was still in time for class but didn't feel right, she didn't feel like going in yet, as if going there was real hell. She stopped and stood there looking around. Students passed next to her not noticing and bumped onto her. Kagome was used to all that and could hear as the passing students laughed at her. She was called "geek", "nerd", "loser", or "diner girl" always and she was kind of used to it, though it bothered and hurt her feelings badly. In her house she was mistreated and in school ignored. Suddenly the cold wind howled and Kagome heard thunders rumbling. The other pupils rushed inside the building as raindrops fell on the yard. Kagome was stiff and not noticing what was happening around her, she just stood there getting soaked in the rain looking at the floor. The cold drops fell on her body and then warm tears formed on her eyes once more. She started crying and thinking about what her stepmother Tsubaki had told to her, she knew she never really loved her father or her. She just married him because he had enough money to buy her all she wanted. She never really cared about them. Her father owned a restaurant, "Higurashi's Café" where he first met that horrible woman and fell in love, but after his death, Tsubaki remodeled the place, switched the name to "Tsubaki's Café", and ordered her to work there after school, then she would go home, clean the place, do her homework, sleep, wake up and make breakfast, lunch, go to school to be humiliated, and do dinner again. At least she was allowed to have a computer but she could only use it late at night and in hours almost impossible to reach fully awake. She had also given her original room to her stepsisters Ruri and Hari who were as unbearable as their mother.

The rain continued falling as she sobbed silently and stood there getting wet all alone. She remembered the story she was reading early that morning, the one named "Cinderella". It was similar to her life, first it was sad but she knew that in the end it would turn bright. When she was young her father used to tell that story to her many times, it was her favorite and she knew it all by heart, every paragraph and sentence. Even the illustrations were perfectly carved in her mind and she knew the meaning of every trace of the color and the rough pencil's sketches. For her, words talked and drawings showed the reader the sentence's soul.

"Once upon a time there was a young and happy girl who lived with her parents. But her mother died because of a sickness and her father married again with a cruel woman who had two daughters and despised the little girl and made her work without rest and always cursed her."

Kagome looked up at the grey sky and at the lights that shimmered in between the clouds, she could hear the thunder, and feel the cold raindrops embracing her shoulders and body. A goosebump trailed down her spine and cold water dripped from her clothes and hair. She shivered with fear and cold and felt as the wind slapped her face just like Tsubaki did earlier.

" The young girl grew and turned into a beautiful lady who was called Cinderella by her cruel stepsisters and stepmother," she paused and remembered Ruri and Hari laughing at her and Tsubaki scolding her, then she clenched her fist and continued, " But one day her evil stepmother and stepsisters went to a ball and left her alone in the house. Her fairy godmother appeared and with her magic took her to the prom where she could find true love, but she had to leave at 12:00 or else all charms would disappear and she would return to be only a maid. So Cinderella went to the ball and danced all night with the handsome prince but she had to leave..."

She closed her eyes as more tears trailed down her cheeks and the rain turned stronger.

"But she knew someday she would find true love..."

Suddenly a warm feeling made Kagome gasp and turn. She saw a young boy, maybe one year older that her, standing behind her and he had put his umbrella on top of her to cover both. He had long silver hair, two dog-ears that surged from it, and eyes as golden as honey. He was wearing a red sweatshirt, a black jacket, and dark jeans. He smiled sweetly and moved closer. Kagome couldn't stop looking at his eyes, she felt warm when she looked at them, as if they were like the real sunshine.

"What are you doing out here in the rain. You will catch a cold."

Kagome was stunned as she looked at the boy's face. He seemed so nice and sweet, and handsome. Kagome blushed and turned away as she nodded slightly.

"Thanks."

Both started walking to the school's entrance and when they entered the place, the hallways were empty and could hear that classes were already started. The boy put his umbrella in his locker and dried his long and silky hair. Kagome couldn't stop watching him as she turned crimson. The boy noticed and turned to her.

"What, do I have something on my face?"

Kagome sweatdropped and with her fingers started playing with her hair. She always did that when she was nervous.

"Not at all, I was just..."

The boy stared at her nervous expression and how her fingers brushed her wet midnight locks. He looked down at her eyes and noticed they were swollen.

"Were you crying?"

Kagome stopped touching her hair and turned her face away.

"No, I was just...," she paused and turned back with new tears forming, "How did you know?"

The boy shrugged slightly as he leaned down at her and whipped a tear with his clawed finger.

"Pretty eyes like yours are not supposed to look red."

Kagome turned ten shades of pink and red and smiled slightly. Kagome was still shivering with cold and then she sneezed. The boy smiled broadly as Kagome turned her back at him preparing to go to her classroom.

"Thank you for that, you know, about the umbrella..."

She felt that warm feeling again and noticed he had put his black jacket on top of her shoulders and covered her chest. Kagome turned redder as she turned at him who had just let go of her shoulders.

"You're welcome."

Then he started walking towards his classroom at the end of the hall.

"But what about the jacket...?" asked Kagome as the boy turned back at her and smiled.

"Keep it. By the way I'm Inuyasha Taiyoukai."

Kagome waved at him as he winked and disappeared in the shadows of the corridor.

´Inuyasha...?´

Kagome smiled and started walking towards her own classroom, ´I shall remember that name...´