The Very Short Prologue

"It's not too late to turn back..." A clawed hand placed itself upon Miroku's shoulder.

He glared at Inuyasha with a death threatening look. "Excuse me, but I believe this was your idea." The young man shrugged his friend's hand off, and strolled up to the giant doors. These were the important doors, the doors that led to Shikon College. The handles of them were cold against his warm skin.

The demon followed behind him like a lost puppy. Chilling wind whipped against his face. Beautiful white-silver hair shown in the bright sunlight. "Nervous?" he smirked.

"Nonsense..."

The truth...

Well, sort of.

Just as he was about to push himself into the halls, he bumped into a student with stunning brown hair, which she wore in a low ponytail. It flowed gracefully down past her waist and framed her heart-shaped face wonderfully.

He realized that her books were jumbled all over the floor. "Oh, I'm…I'm terribly sorry!" Priest started picking up the texts, apolitically. Inuyasha rolled his eyes. How pathetic. Miroku hadn't even been in the school for five seconds, and he already made a fool of himself.

"Oh..." Her sweet voice was barely a whisper. "Really, it's not your fault. I should've looked where I was going." She chuckled, deeply embarrassed. The woman then stuffed the pile of books in her arms.

"Please, let me help you..." He reached out for a thick, emerald green book still lying on the tile floor. That was the first time he had gotten a good look into her eyes. What a wonderful shade of sparkling brown. Never the less, they seemed to be filled with sadness. "Here..." he looked down at the cover, "I believe you dropped this as well." Miroku's eyes widened as he noticed it was his very own novel that he was holding.

She snatched it from his hand. "Arigato..." Her cheeks were tinged with red.

"You read my-" Miroku began.

"My friend dared me to read it. I mean, who really reads this kind of stuff? The guy's a total letch."

That hurt. Did he really seem that...sick? Perverted? Bad? He forced a smile. "I suppose...umm...yeah...the guy is a little-"

"Oh, he's more than a letch." Inuyasha howled. But his laughing was quickly cut off as Miroku elbowed him in the stomach.

"And, you are?"

"Inuyasha."

"Nice to meet you." She glanced at her watch. "Okami! I'll be late for class!" She began to dash down the hall before suddenly turning around. "Oi! What's your name?" she directed at the dark haired boy.

"Miroku Pri- Miroku Perver- Miroku Sherbert!" He stammered out.

She blinked at him. 'Weird name...' She thought. "I'll see around some time, okay?"

"Wait!" He shouted to her.

"Hai?"

"What's your name?"

"Sango! Sango Youkaitashi." She smiled, before dashing down the hall. This left Miroku...Sherbert...with a dreamy look on his face.

"Earth to Miroku!" Inuyasha snapped his fingers directly in front of his face. "My plan is working isn't it? We'll have more ramen before we know it!"

"Sometimes I think all you think about is food..." Miroku sighed, walking on.

"Ramen...not just any food...ramen." He nodded with his eyes closed. "Nice choice by the way..."

"Where's your woman?" The hanyou was annoying the hell out of him. A woman was not something that you'd pick out and buy, you must love her. Maybe Inuyasha failed to realize that.

"I'm not gonna find anyone."

"Sure, you're not..."

"Sango!" Another girl came sliding down the hall at great speed. "You said you'd wait up for me!" Kagome huffed, upset. She drew a strand of exquisite raven-black hair behind her left ear. "Ohhh, these books weigh a ton! My arms are going to fall off."

Indeed, her books were piled so high; she couldn't see where she was going, which resulted in her knocking into the two boys on their way to their first class.

"Sorry! Oh, gomen! I didn't mean to!" 'I'm going to kill her...' "I'm such a klutz." She placed her books down and brushed the dust off of Inuyasha's red t-shirt. Now it was her turn to blush.

"It's okay..." muttered Inuyasha out of the corner of his lips.

"Hum..." She smiled an affectionate smile at the boy. It just seemed to light up her face. She had these grey-blue eyes that made each man melt, and feel as though they were an ice-cream cone, slowing dripping onto the ground. "I'm Kago… they're-they're so cute!"

Inuyasha scratched his head. "Huh?"

"Are-are those...dog ears!"

Here it comes. Another living being to make fun of his half demon blood. It disgusted him.

"Can I...touch 'em?"

Inuyasha eyes widened, was this girl serious? But, the way she looked at him...it was so adorable. "Nani?" he asked.

Kagome giggled. She felt rather stupid. "How rude of me...asking to touch people's...anyway...my name's Kagome."

'Kagome, huh?' "Inuyasha..." He responded, nervously, tapping his fingers together.

"Well, nice to you, Inuyasha..." She gave a curt nod, picked up her books, and followed the path Sango had taken.

Miroku nudged the day-dreaming dog in the side, "You were saying?"

TBC

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