A/N: I don't know why my crappier version of this story got more reviews Oo…

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First Impressions

"Kagome, hurry up! The taxi's here!" Sango called to the back of the apartment, tapping her foot impatiently.

"Now, honey, are you sure about this? It doesn't sound very safe…"

Kagome smiled at her mother's concern, "It's okay, mama. It's all-expenses-paid, and we even have our own security! Besides," she said, twisting her finger in the phone cord, "Sango will be with me, and she's a professional martial artist!"

"Well, all right. Be sure to send us a postcard, I'll tell Jii-chan and Souta you said bye. Love you!"

"Love you too, mama." Kagome placed the phone back in its cradle and hurried to the living room, where Sango was tapping her foot impatiently.

"Finally," her best friend muttered before dragging their suitcases out of the room, "gimme a hand with these, Kags."

Kagome grinned, and together they took their luggage downstairs to the awaiting taxi.

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Inuyasha grunted as he set his friend's baggage on the luggage rack, "Miroku, what the hell do you have in here? Lead?" he grumbled.

"Ahem." The lady at the boarding tickets center cleared her throat and he looked up, "Your tickets, sir."

Inuyasha grabbed the tickets without so much of a thanks, and headed toward the food court with his friend.

Miroku leaned back on the green plastic chair and patted his stomach. "Well, I'm full." He glanced at Inuyasha's half-eaten burger. "You gonna eat that?"

"Keep your damn hands to yourself." Inuyasha snapped as he took his sandwich out of Miroku's reach. "We still have like three hours before we board the plane. And who knows what kind of crap we're going to get served on it."

His friend got a thoughtful look on his face, "Hey, we're going to Hawaii, right?"

"That be it." Inuyasha mumbled through a bite of Big Mac.

The thoughtful look turned into a starry-eyed, lecherous grin. "Who knows how many babes we're gonna meet there. Maybe I can even get one to-"

Inuyasha slapped the boy upside the head, "Is there anything you think about besides women and food, pervert?"

Miroku shrugged, rubbing his sore head, "Maybe." he stood up. "Hey, c'mon, let's check out those souvenir shops or something. I'm getting bored of just sitting here and watching you inhale a sandwich."

Inuyasha snorted, finished his burger, and got up to follow the dark-haired boy.

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Kagome admired her reflection in a miniature mirror in one of the brightly colored shops next to the food court. Having three hours left before her and her friend boarded their plane, they had decided to browse around the many costly stores within the airport.

"What do you think, Sango?" she murmured. "Too loud? Or too classy?"

"You mean the earrings?" Sango asked as she leaned over her best friend's shoulder to see. "I dunno Kags…they're nice and all…but they're just ruby studs, and they're worth, like, sixty bucks!"

Kagome glimpsed at the price tag as well, and in seeing the cost, she quickly took them off and set them aside, taking care not to break them. After all, the sign above them declared in bright red letters, You Break 'Em, You Buy 'Em!

"Wow," she mused, giving a disapproving look at the over-priced product, "I heard airport stuff was expensive, but this is ridiculous."

She lifted her head to look around the store.

And then she saw him.

He was wearing a crimson jacket with the sleeves rolled up on top of a pallid white shirt that was casually unbuttoned two inches to show off his well-built chest. Even with an unfriendly scowl on his face, this guy was gorgeous.

She frowned at herself for thinking like a little schoolgirl, but still couldn't help but continue gazing at him. Maybe it was his eyes that drew her the most to him. The most unusual, astonishing amber orbs, like pools of gold that could make any girl melt into a puddle at his feet. He had the darkest eyebrows that so strangely contrasted with his striking silver hair.

Then the magic was lost as he turned his icy glare on her.

"Oi, what're you lookin' at, bitch?"

A furious blush crept up her face as she turned around, her face suddenly feeling very hot. Instead of being embarrassed, she was furious. What the heck had she done to make him call her a bitch?

She opened her mouth to angrily retort, but a calm voice interrupted them.

"I apologize ladies, for my friend's Inuyasha's behavior. He's just being the stupid bastard that he usually is." Miroku said, grinning.

The referred boy crossed his arms and snorted. "Keh! I didn't do nothin'! She was staring at me like I was some sort of freak!"

Kagome whirled around to face him, an irate flush on her cheeks, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know I wasn't allowed to look at people, you stupid jerk!"

Inuyasha stepped back in surprise. Seeing her face fully for the first time, he realized how much she looked like…

He narrowed his eyes, like it was her fault. Damn it, how dare she look like her!

"Well maybe not looking, bitch! Gaping for hours, possibly!" He yelled.

Miroku and Sango look at their bickering friends, then glanced at each other.

"I apologize once more for my idiotic companion." Miroku grinned.

Sango met his grin with one of her own. "Hey, it's not your fault you're friend's an asshole."

He's not that bad, Sango thought with interest. His incredibly dark hair fell softly over his marvelous violet eyes, and was pulled into a loose ponytail in the back. Two golden earrings adorned his ears. The boy adjusted the collar of his black jacket and held out his hand. "I'm Miroku." He smiled again.

She took it. "Sango. Nice to meet you."

He drew his hand back only to rest it somewhere else. "Now tell me, what's a beautiful lady like you doing here?"

Sango's eyes widened when she realized just where he had put his hand,

"Hentai!" she hollered as she brought her hand to his face in a painful SMACK.

Inuyasha and Kagome paused their quarrel to see just what had happened.

Sango stood, red-faced, next to an awkward Miroku who was rubbing his cheek, where a perfect red imprint of a hand was beginning to form.

"She's right." Inuyasha scoffed as Kagome sighed and shook her head.

Inuyasha turned back to her. A retort died in his throat when he looked at her fully for the first time. She had soft ebony hair that was tied back into a ponytail and if was let out would almost reach her waist. She possessed a fine figure that couldn't have been appreciated enough in the baggy sweatshirt and jeans she was wearing. She had a beautiful mouth and a smile that extended from her full lips to her brilliant grey eyes.

Once again the fact that she resembled someone that had been so important to him once flashed through his mind, and he became angry all over again.

"Bitch." He growled harshly.

Kagome gave him a withering look and strode off, "C'mon Sango, let's go," she muttered to her friend as she walked out the door of the gift shop.

Sango glared at Miroku and followed her best friend.

Miroku shrugged. "Well she was one of the finest ladies I have ever met, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be."

Inuyasha glowered at Miroku. "You lecher."

The boy met his gaze calmly. "And what - you had that other girl drooling after you? At least I didn't start fighting with her just because she merely looked at me."

"Besides," he continued, ignoring Inuyasha's heated stare, "who knows if we're ever going to see those girls again."

"Whatever, pervert." Inuyasha grumbled as he treaded off to the waiting area.

A cool female voice filtered over the airport speakers. "Passengers boarding flight 215 HAW-AIR should go immediately to embarking area D27. Flight 215 HAW-AIR is getting ready for takeoff."

Kagome looked up from her book to see a line of people entering the boarding room. She nudged Sango who was listening to her Walkman, and they both got up to board their plane.

Later, they were both sitting on the plane, and Kagome was once more engrossed in her book. So engrossed, in fact, that she didn't notice who had just came and stood next to her seat.

"Don't tell me I have to go through this whole goddamn flight sitting next to you!"

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A/N: Heh-heh. Well there's chapter 2. Don't worry; Inuyasha won't always hate Kagome because she looks like… OO

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