Chapter 1: The Graduation

5 minutes before the ceremonies start…

"I love you, Kagome," said a loving Hojo who seemed to be looking deeply into her chocolate brown eyes.

"I love you, too." Kagome said as lovingly as he did. She returned his gaze by looking into the depths of his soul thru his starry hazel eyes.

"Are you ready for the end of this?" Hojo asked brightly and as goofy as ever.

"Not sure, but hey there's no stopping it!" Kagome answered excitedly as she got in line with her boyfriend.

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"Ready?" someone said over the loudspeaker right before all the seniors graduating threw their hats up into the air at the end of the ceremonies.

After they retrieved their hats, Kagome found her best friends in the world, Sango and Ayame. They ran to each other and hugged each other and kept saying, "We finally did it!" frantically.

Then Hojo found them and pried them off of Kagome and kissed her lovingly. It was their first year anniversary and he sent 12 dozens of roses to her house earlier that day when she was out so she didn't know about them, well not yet.

"Ahem!" Sango said breaking up their kiss, "We are still here." She said sarcastically.

"Yeah go get a room!" Ayame added in. " We should get going to the after-party at the club." She said excitedly.

After taking pictures and receiving balloons, flowers, gifts and other things they said good-bye to their families and told them they'd be home by 8 for their own little family thing. They made their ways to their own cars and had on their new outfits they got to wear for this exact event. And so on.

Ayame, Kagome, and Sango each had the same car, BMW Z3. Their own cars were different colors though. The three of them had gone together to get each of their cars painted a color of their choice. It had been a Christmas gift to them from their parents. Kagome's was mainly pink but had Hawaiian print flowers along the bottom sides in white. Ayame's was like Kagome's but it was dark blue and had baby blue flowers on the sides. Sango's had been just like the other twos, it was light purple with pink flowers printed on the sides. They had gotten their windows tinted and just recently put spinners on. While Hojo had his mustang Z which was black all around. They had all parked in a row so when they walked up it looked like it was planned when it really wasn't. The order was Hojo, then Kagome, then Ayame, and then Sango. They all got in their cars and peeled out of there as fast as they could only leaving behind dust.

Once they got to the stoplight they had all been in the front row. They all rolled down both of their windows to talk to each other. The street was clear of cars and there wasn't any cops around so…

"Hey do you guys wanna race?" Sango said excitedly.

"Sure!" Kagome replied while she revved her engine.

"Aight!" Ayame said with a wide smile and a twinkle in her eye.

"Yeah let's go for it!" Hojo said before the other light turned yellow, then to red. As the girls waited for the light to turn green they each had a turn of revving their engines. The light turned green and they peeled out of there burning rubber leaving behind that horrible smell.

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" Wow that was such a rush! But fun!" Kagome exclaimed as she got out of her car.

"Dayum I can't believe we tied again!" Ayame said with her brown hair still coming back to normal as she smoothed out the static coming from it.

"Ha Ha! I can't believe we beat Hojo!" Sango exclaimed, "He even has the 'Z' today!" she said with an emphasis on the 'Z'.

Hojo just glared at her admitting defeat, and went over to Kagome and put his arm around her waist and Kagome rested her head on his shoulder. Then they walked into the club.

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"Hey Kagome you should go sing tonight!" Sango said referring to the mic on a black stool on the darkened stage that wasn't being used tonight.

"Maybe later, because I want to dance with Hojo for the night." Kagome said before leaving them to talk amongst themselves with a twinkle in her eyes. Kagome was making her way through the crowded dance floor to the spot where she liked with Hojo following closely behind her. By the time they got there the music changed from fast to slow, and the dance floor wasn't as packed as it was when they were getting to their spot. It was Don't Change by Musiq Soul Child.

Kagome put her arms over his shoulders and around his neck, while Hojo slid his arms around her waist.

"Hojo I never want to us to change." Kagome whispered into his ear.

"Neither do I." Hojo replied comforting her and then pulled her into a passionate kiss. Kagome deepened the kiss and then Hojo nipped at her bottom lip begging for entrance into her mouth. Kagome opened up for him and his tongue searched every crevice of her mouth as she did his. The ending of the song broke off their kiss as they gasped in air silently. Then they started to dance along to the upbeat music that was blaring from the speakers as more dancers came to the dance floor.

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"Wow! High school went by so fast!" Ayame said over the loud music.

"Yeah I know it went by faster than I had expected it to go by!" Sango also practically yelled even though they weren't sitting just across the table.

"So have you gotten a place yet?" Ayame asked curiously while trying to zone out the loud music.

"Not yet. How about you?" Sango said casually since the music switched to a slower beat.

"Uhmm. I wana get an apartment since I don't want to be in a small ass dorm!" Ayame said jokingly.

"Same here!" Sango said while giving her a hi-five.

"Dayum I need to get a job!" Ayame complained for like the millionth time that year.

"Same here! It's okay though we can find one with Kagome since she doesn't have one either." Sango said reasonably.

"Speak of the devil!" Ayame said cheerfully as she saw Kagome and Hojo walk up to the booth they were sitting in with drinks.

"Hey you guys!" Kagome said cheerfully," What have you guys been talking about?"

"Ohh not much." Ayame said gleefully, "What have you two been doing?" she said with a wink because of the smile Kagome had plastered on her face.

"Just dancing really." Hojo said simply and was giving Kagome his best smile and put his arm around his waist.

"Sure!" Ayame and Sango said at the same time and very sarcastically.

"Jinx you owe me a soda!" Ayame yelled out while she pointed and laughed at Sango for not saying it first.

Sango just glared at her and then looked at Kagome with her best puppy dog eyes pleading her to say her name.

"Wow I can't believe you didn't say it first." Kagome said in astonishment towards Sango.

"Yeah your always jinxing Ayame." Hojo commented while giving Ayame a hi-five for saying it first.

"Okay, fine" Kagome said in defeat but wanted to toy with her for as long as she could," Sango… Sango…"with her last word she couldn't help but laugh at the anticipated look on her face.

"Sango" Hojo added in, and ended up getting an elbow in his stomach for ruining their fun.

"Thank you, Hojo." Sango said triumphantly.

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Sango and Ayame were walking outside towards where they all parked and had their arms linked, and pretended to talk about Kagome just for the hell of it. Kagome and Hojo were following close behind and were holding hands. Kagome was looking at her two best friends accusingly.

"Hey what are you two talking about?" Kagome said out loud to her friends.

"Nothing!" They said at the same time again.

"Jinx you owe me a soda!" Sango yelled a quick as she possibly could. And Ayame gave her the usual glare she got when that happened to her.

"Ha Ha Ha YES!!! I GOT YOU! I GOT YOU! I GOT YOU!" Sango chanted like a 5 year old would when they won a game or something like that.

"Aww Dayum!" Ayame gasped out and Sango pointed at her, "Shit!" Ayame accidentally let out and then slapped her hands over her mouth.

"Oh well…" Ayame said in defeat of her friend," So how many sodas is it now?"

"I think its 6 now." Sango said gleefully.

"Well I should be going home now." Ayame said while looking at her cell and finding it to be 8 and she was already supposed to be home by that time, " I have a family get-together thing to do tonight."

"Aight," Sango said and gave her a hug goodbye.

"Hey Kagome! I'm gonna go home now!" Ayame yelled to her friend who was a little far behind them. Then she saw Kagome running away from Hojo and towards her and gave her a hug goodbye.

"See you latah!" Kagome said while she let her go.

"I'll call you guys if anything comes up!" Ayame said to Kagome and Sango and Ayame got into her car and pulled out of the parking lot. But before she left she gave Kagome a wink because Hojo was almost to where her two best friends were standing apparently he hadn't run after Kagome.

"Ey Kagome I gotta head home, too." Sango said when Ayame was out of sight. She gave her best friend a hug and a wink and then pulled out of the parking lot in the same direction that Ayame had gone in.

"Well I guess it's just us now." Hojo said once he got to where Kagome was in uncertainty.

"Yep it's just us! The other two went home for family stuff." Kagome said as he put his arms her waist from behind her, and she rested her head on his chest.

"I guess we'd better get going, too." Hojo said when he finally glanced at his watch since his family was waiting for him to come home.

"Yeah I think I'm supposed to be home soon, I think." Kagome also admitted unsurely.

"I'll call you later, then?" Hojo asked her sweetly.

"Yeah!" Kagome said with her genuine smile," Just call my cell." Kagome said as sweet as she possibly could.

"Okay, Bye Hon!" Hojo said and then gave her a kiss.

"Alright. Bye Babe!" Kagome said as she got into her car and Hojo climbed into his as well but waited for her to leave and then left after she pulled out of the parking lot.

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As Kagome pulled into her driveway she noticed all the lights were out in her house. ' Oh well ' Kagome thought as she got out of her car, forgetting her cell fone. 'I guess I'll take a nap for a little while and then if it's not too late when I wake up…'Kagome thought as she made her way up the stairs to her room and then to her room and to her bed. Once she got into her room she was too tired to look around and changed into some boy shorts and a white tank top. Once her head hit her pillow she was out. She fell into a deep slumber and into a dreamless state.

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A/N: well that's chapter 1!!! Yay I finished it!… okae yeh… uhmm please review and tell me what you think.. and inuyasha will be in this so just wait for a lil while kae!..