Thank you so much to those who reviewed for me! That means Rumiko Sakamae, AZNPinaiiPG, some random reviewer, maddie, and Star Karunia! You made me very happy. I've reread the last chapter a couple times, and found several mistakes that I missed. If anyone is interested in helping me edit, you would be very appreciated. And you would get free preview of the next chapters. Everybody wins! E-mail me at unicornhime(at)yahoo(dot)com if you're interested.

Also, it is flippin' cold. I'm in the basement, because that is where my room is. And I was watching Mummy Returns. And my fingers are gonna fall off. So why I am typing? Not a clue. p

Lastly, Happy Holidays, Everyone! I know I'm late, but get over it. I started writing this two days before Christmas and got one page down. So here I am, trying again. Since my internet hates me right now and I can't get online, anyway. pthhh

Okay, so here we go!

DISCLAIMER: Nope, still no ownage…Christmas didn't help :-)

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Chapter TWO

Orientation

Kagome returned from her little adventure at the cafeteria. It had started out uneventful.

"Stupid idiot." Kagome muttered as she dug her key out of her pocket. How many times can a girl say "no"?

As she unlocked and opened the door, she could hear noises coming from the adjoining room. 'That must be my roommate!' She thought and hurried inside.

She knocked softy on the bathroom door that led to the other room, hesitating a second before opening it.

"Hello?" She peaked around the edge of the door, a little nervous to meet the girl she'd be living with for the next several months.

The girl she found was just unloading some of her own luggage. She wore casual jeans and a pink and white baseball T with her long brown hair in a high ponytail. She looked up from her bags and smiled. "Hi, my name's Sango. Looks like we're stuck together, huh?"

Kagome returned the smile, "Looks like it. How long have you been here?"

Glancing at the newly installed digital clock, she replied, "Only about 15 or 20 minutes. You?"

"A couple hours. I went to the café and looked around a bit. Have you met our neighbors?" Kagome gestured toward the door with a slightly pained expression.

"No, not yet. How are they?"

Kagome grinned wryly and leaned against the door frame, "Hard to say. You'll have to meet them and discover for yourself."

Sango rolled her eyes. "That bad? Fabulous."

Kagome giggled as Sango turned back to her luggage. "Not so bad, but you do have to meet them to know what I mean. And I'm sure you'll meet them soon -- at orientation later, if not earlier." She straightened as Sango began hanging clothes in her closet. "Anyway, I ought to keep unpacking. At the rate I'm going, it'll take all day."

"Alright, good luck with that." Sango smiled. "I'll let you know when I'm done and we can go to orientation together, okay?"

"Sounds good," Kagome did a little salute and returned to her own room. She surveyed the damage so far: her clothes had made it to the closet, but various notebooks, papers, photos, books, and other miscellaneous goodies littered the floor and bed. "Let's start with the fun stuff," she muttered to herself as she began picking up and sorting the pictures of her old friends.

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Kagome had just placed the last picture on the wall and stood back to admire her handiwork when she heard a soft knock on her doorframe.

She turned, startled out of her working reverie to see Sango. "It's almost 5. We should head down. You about ready?" Sango asked.

"Already?" Kagome glanced at her clock, surprised to see the neon green 4:53 glowing back at her. "Wow, I guess I lost track of time there," She dug her flip-flops back out from under her bed and grabbed her keys. "Okay – ready!"

Her stomach was starting to fill with butterflies again as nervousness crept back into her system and as the two girls walked down the hallway to the lobby. Those boys would be at Orientation – they had to be, there was no avoiding that. Maybe if she was lucky, they would be far away from her, or maybe they would forget about her, or maybe –

"Kagome!" Miroku waved, smiling happily, then smiled even more happily as he got a good look at Sango. Inuyasha simply smirked.

Crap. They were standing right at the entrance to the lobby, blocking any means of escape for Kagome, having already been spotted.

"Oh, hey guys," She smiled weakly and brought Sango forward. "Have you met Sango yet? She's my roommate."

Miroku's eyes sparkled as he put on his "charmer" face. "Why no, I don't believe I've had the pleasure of meeting such a beauty." Sango blushed in surprise and took a step backwards as Miroku clasped her hands in his. "My name is Miroku and I cannot tell you how overjoyed I am that you and I will be neighbors. Why, we will become such good friends, I'm sure! Maybe more!" He looked like he was in heaven, while Sango just looked nervous.

Inuyash rolled his eyes, "You'll get used to him," he said dryly, dragging him away to the opposite side of the room. "Come on, Romeo. Do your romancing later, they're starting."

'That's the first time I've heard him speak,' Kagome thought absently as she and a slightly confused Sango sat on one of the lounge couches in the back, 'He could have a nice voice, if he wasn't a jerk.' Whoa, back up a second? Where did that thought come from? She shook her head, hoping to clear it as the RA stood in the front of the room. She didn't need to be thinking about things like that, especially about things like that and him.

The RA smiled. She was a fairly pretty girl, with dark brown eyes and short brown hair that framed her round face, dressed simply in jeans, a light blue shirt and a black hoodie. She held the clipboard from earlier, and looked around before speaking. "Hello, everyone! I'm excited to meet all of you. My name is Sakuya, and I'm your RA this term. I live in that room," she pointed to a door next to the stairway from the lobby to the lower level, "and am here to help you with whatever you need. I have a cell phone on me 24/7, so don't hesitate to call if you get locked out or something. The number is on a sheet I'll be passing out to you later.

"I know I said dinner was included in this little get together, but rules come first. First is curfew, which I mentioned to most of you earlier. You can come and go as you please in and out of the building, as long as you have your keys. I lock up every night at 11, 12 on weekends. As for visitors, members of the opposite sex should be out of your room by midnight," She grinned, "but really, I'm not going to check. As long as your roommate doesn't care, I don't care." This brought giggles from many of the females present and sidelong glances and grins from the males. Kagome rolled her eyes.

"Secondly, we have cleaning checks once a month. On that sheet I mentioned earlier, there's a list of what needs to be cleaned and how you should clean it. You'll sign up for a time, and I come and check. Simple enough, ne? The first check is…" She looked down at the clipboard, "…in about three weeks. I'll get you more info when it gets closer. So really, just keep your rooms moderately clean, ok?"

"Next, lobby rules. As you can see there is one TV." She pointed at it, "There is one public television per floor. Don't fight over it and don't turn it up super high. Just be smart. If you want, you can have TVs in your own rooms, but you must provide your own. There are cable outlets available. Also, there aren't curfew rules about the lobby, but if you're hanging out in here at 3 in the morning, be quiet. Some people do sleep, believe it or not." She smiled and the group laughed – obviously many of them did not plan on sleeping a great deal.

"Grand. Okay, one last thing, and then you can go to the main level and eat at the buffet set up in the central lobby down there. In order to help you get to know new people, we have a sort of "Buddy System" tradition." She held her hand up to stop the groans that followed. "I know, it sounds kinda lame. But just listen. You and your buddy will be responsible for waking one another the first two weeks of class. You may use any means you wish to wake one another up, as long as you don't disrupt anyone else. In the past, this has included water balloons, silly string, toilet paper, bullhorns, and so forth." Excited chatter broke out at that little bit of information. "Shh, shh, let me finish." She waited for everyone to settle down before continuing. "As I said this will last two weeks, and you will be in boy-girl pairs. Today is Saturday, tomorrow you have a free day, and we start Monday. Boys will start first on the Monday, girls Tuesday, boys again Wednesday, and so on. You can also get together on your own time, set up study circles, whatever you want. And now, as for your partners…"

Gradually getting more and more nervous throughout Sakuya's speech, Kagome fiddled with a small silver ring on her right middle finger as she waited for the partner to be announced. She had no luck, and she did not want to get paired with some pervert that would wait until she was fully awake and in the shower to barge in on her or something.

Sakuya continued, "This year, as every other year, you will be paired with the room directly across from you." Kagome paled. No way – that was Inuyasha! "So 30a would be with 31a, 30b with 31b, and so on." Kagome shook her head, slightly in shock. This couldn't be happening. Sakuya smiled again and told everyone to enjoy their term and their food, as the new students started chatting again and drifted downstairs to the food.

Kagome looked at Sango to see her new friend's reaction to the fact that she was paired with the floor playboy. Her face was slightly pale, and she seemed to be in a state of shock as well.

Daring a look at her new "buddy," Kagome was surprised to find that Inuyasha's face was not covered with a smirk. She couldn't read the expression his face played host to; it wasn't shock, like she was experiencing, but something else. Something like…delight? Was he looking forward to this? Or was he simply going to enjoy thinking up ways to cruelly wake her up every other morning? She groaned inwardly.

Miroku, on the other hand, looked as if he had just won the lottery. In a funny way, he did, Kagome noted as she glanced around the room at their floormates. Sango was definitely one of the prettiest girls there. He was going to enjoy this, she could tell from his gleeful expression.

Kagome sighed and got to her feet, pulling Sango along with her. "Come on, roomie, we might as well get some food while there's some left."

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AN: Crap, it's midnight, I have a dentist appt at 9:30, I still have to pack, and my plane leaves at 3 tomorrow to go back to school. I wish I could keep writing, but now I'm getting distracted by anything and everything. This isn't a bad length, so we'll stop here. Don't forget to e-mail me if you want to edit, and PLEASE review! Thanks!

Oh, also, if you have ideas for the awakenings, feel free to tell me. I have most of them planned out, but I doubt I'll do all 10 if I can't think of more good ideas. One of these ideas is what prompted this whole fic – and actually kinda happened to me by one of my own roommates. (I hate getting up early ).