First Kiss Disclaimer: Once again, I don't own Inuyasha. (TT) But I do own a blueberry muffin! Oh wait, don't own that either. Darn. (Gomen, I have a craving for a muffin)

Authors note: Well, if you're reading this, I take it you liked it enough
to keep reading (That makes me happy) Rin gets introduced this chapter! I'll explain her situation. Since Rin's parents are dead, she lives with
her uncle, who happens to be abusive. Just physical and emotional, no sexual abuse in this fic thank you very much. I don't' feel at liberty to write anything like that, just too depressing for my liking. (By the way, if you're being abused, get help! You're not being fair to yourself! Sorry,
I just needed to mention that, for all you who think I'm a loser. Just lookin' out for others ) Well, please remember to review and NO FLAMES!
Enjoy!


Chapter 2: This Means War


Kagome was woken up by Souta shortly before Dinner was served. The family sat at the table, happily gossiping about their days.

"I made a new friend," Souta said excited. "He just moved here from Odiba. He's cool," he grinned at Kagome who didn't seem to listen.

"Did you make any new friends?" She shook her head. She didn't dare tell her family about Inuyasha either.

"No, not really. It was just pretty much Sango and I the whole day. We met new people, but nobody I could consider friends." She thought about Inuyasha and Miroku, and frowned. They were both gong to cause a lot of trouble; she could feel it.

Her mother talked about her day at work, and Kagome tuned out. She thought about what the rest of the year would be like, and how she and Sango could ever really survive high school. 'Maybe I'll get my first real boyfriend,' she thought. It was true; Kagome had never had what she could consider a real boyfriend. Sure, boys had walked her home, and she had played with them during elementary school, but she had never been out on an actual date. She had also never been kissed.

She felt her cheeks tinge from thinking about it. 'Me with a boyfriend? That's a laugh,' she thought to herself. She knew she wished it so, that maybe, just maybe, the guy she'd been waiting for would come and sweep her off her feet and take her far away to a beautiful setting, where they'd stare into each others eyes and-

"Kagome are you listening it me?" Her grandfather said.

She turned to him, face pink. "N- no," She stuttered. "Sorry." He sighed.

"As I was saying, you'll do this family proud in high school: I'm sure you'll succeed. If only your father..." He stopped and bowed his head in honor.

"Let's not mention that now," Her mother said, patting his shoulder. "We know that he would have loved to see this, but he's gone and there's nothing we can do but remember him." Kagome hated to see her mother that way, in a trance, remembering her father.

"Hey mom, may I please be excused? I have to finish my homework." Her mother looked up and nodded.

"Yes dear, please do."

She didn't really have much homework, but she wanted to escape the kitchen. Her stomach always seemed to twist uncomfortably into knots whenever her father was mentioned. She hated to see her mother mourn, after all, she was 12 when he died, and she could still remember her weeping over her father's open casket. She shook the feelings. "Homework, homework," She said, opening her school bag. She took what she had out and started on it. "Welcome back to high school, Kagome," She said to herself.

The next morning she hurried off to school as it began the same way it had previously. 'Is this going to go on for the next few years? Start the same way, end the same way in a unceasing circle? I could get tired of this,' she thought wearily.


"Don't you talk to me like that!" He yelled as he slapped her across the face. The girl said nothing at first, but eventually muttered a small 'gomen' and rushed into the bathroom. She examined the mark he had left on her cheek. It stung painfully as she covered it up with a small amount of makeup. Despite the warmer weather, she wore her long sleeved uniform to cover all the bruises she had up and down her arms from her constant beatings. She felt grateful that he almost never hurt her legs, for she would have no way to cover those bruises. She looked at her face in the mirror. Bags hung under her deep brown, almost black eyes. Her brown hair hung down to her shoulders. She put part of it in a half pony, leaving just enough to cover the bruise on the nape of her neck.

"Get a hold of yourself Rin," She said softly, taking in deep breaths to control the tears. "He can't get to us. No, he can't." 'He can hit me all he wants, I'm going to stay strong.' Her stomach churned over and over uneasily. She sighed. 'There's no use trying to deny. I've gotta get out of here. But...how?' She shook her head. It was impossible. Her parents were dead, who else was she to live with? Her uncle was so cruel to her, but he was all she had. She left the house without another word. She briskly ran as far as she could, as if to imagine she were leaving forever.


"Hey Sango!" Kagome yelled. Sango smiled.

"Good morning to you! How ya feelin'?" She looked in a surprisingly good mood. "I got Mushu for lunch," She explained happily. Kagome nodded. Sango could be happy over the smallest things. "Mom barely buys that stuff. I'm usually left with sandwiches." The two girls laughed.

Suddenly, Kagome was knocked to the ground, falling promptly on the grass. She looked over, where a girl had landed on the sidewalk.

"I'm sorry," she said, earnestly.

"Don't bother apologizing, it's no big deal," Kagome said, picking herself up, then offering her had to the girl. "I'm Kagome," She smiled.

"I'm Rin. It's very nice to meet you. I'm afraid I was absent yesterday. You do go to Arukani?" Both Sango and Kagome nodded. "Great. I was a little worried that since I'd missed yesterday I'd be way behind."

"Nah, not really. We did introductory stuff to everything. I'm Sango by the way." She smiled at Sango, who smiled back.

"Tell me Rin, were you sick yesterday?" Rin quickly took this cover story. "Yea. I had a fever and my uncle thought it best I stay home."

This wasn't completely true. Basically, she had been hurt so badly, the bruises were tender and easily seeable, so her uncle advised, well more like threatened, her to stay home.

"Well, it's great your feeling better," the three girls walked into the school, happily chatting.

"Just watch out for Inuyasha. He's a real jerk." Kagome told her.

"Oh, and Miroku. He's most guaranteed to treat you in a sexual manner," Sango warned.

"I know them," Rin said. "I used to live near them. But, after my parents died, I moved to the other side of town, to stay with my uncle."

"Oh, so you know. Good. It's best to watch out for them both. They've got a habit of b-" Kagome was interrupted when Inuyasha shoved past her rudely, bumping her shoulder.

"Being complete Assholes." She finished, clenching her firsts.

"Don't worry about it. He's trying to piss you off, remember?" Sango said soothingly. Suddenly she turned bright red, as her lower back had been open to Miroku's fancy. She turned around and slapped him hard, leaving a nice red handprint across his face. Both Kagome and Rin found it hard not to laugh.

Without a word, Miroku walked away.

"You got him that time. I'd like to see him to it again after that," Kagome grinned.

"I feel so violated," Sango said uncomfortably.

"Come on, we should help Rin find her locker," Kagome said, grabbing her hand. "Do you have a schedule?" Rin nodded and took it out.

"I'm at locker...B180."

"Cool, you're real close to the rest of us!" Sango exclaimed, completely forgetting all about being harassed by the lecherous Miroku.

"Hey Rin, can I talk a look at what classes you have? Hopefully, you'll be in a few with me and Sango," Kagome said. Rin nodded and handed her schedule to Kagome. "Whoa, no way! We have practically the same schedule. Except for English, I have that 8th hour, and you have it 5th. That's when I have Social Studies. Sango has Science. Well, other than that, our classes are pretty much the same." Rin grinned. This was wonderful: She had made two wonderful new friends. Maybe things wouldn't' be so bad after all.

"Come on. Math's next." The three girls happily chatted their way to the classroom. Rin was placed in a seat near Sango. This discouraged Kagome a bit , knowing that she would probably be bugged once again by Inuyasha. 'I can't let him get to me,' she thought. 'Maybe if I completely ignore him...forget he's even there, he'll stop. What does he have against me anyway?' The bell rang, and class began.

Luckily for Kagome, they were starting a project, in which they were allowed to pick their two partners. Kagome turned towards Sango and Rin and made eye contact. The girls nodded. "This is great. I'm glad we get to choose our own partners. Otherwise I'd be miserable. I'm SO bad at math," Kagome said.

Rin shrugged. "I'm okay at Math, I guess, just not as good as some people."

"Don't worry guys. This projects in the bag. Algebra's easy," Sango said reassuringly. Kagome laughed.

"Easy for you to say, you a math wiz."

The minutes passed fast as they planned their project out. "Please return to your seats before the bell rings," the teacher instructed. Kagome got up and walked across the room. She noticed Inuyasha was staring intently at her. She glared at him, and sat down. She heard a snicker behind her.

"What? What's so funny, Inuyasha?" She asked annoyed, turning her head around. Inuyasha's face was slightly red, and look as if he was trying to hold in a fit of laughter. That alone, made Kagome uneasy. What was he planning to do?

The bell rang and everyone stood up and left. Well, that is, except for Kagome. She was having a problem getting up. She was stuck to her desk. "Um, Mr. Tonasumo, I'm stuck to my desk," She said lamely.

Some of her fellow classmates stopped to turn around.

"She's stuck!"

"Somebody probably put glue on her chair!"

"Ha ha, what a loser."

Laughter erupted from the group of students. Kagome now understood why Inuyasha was trying so hard not to laugh. She knew for a fact he was the culprit. She narrowed her eyes, giving her quite a scary appearance. 'I'm going to make you pay for this Inuyasha,' she thought, clenching her fists. "It's glue," She whined, trying (and failing) to get out of her seat.

Suddenly an obnoxious laughter was heard as Inuyasha could no longer stand the hilarity. "Ha, what a loser, you actually fell for it! Now you've got your ass glued to the seat! It's to funny!"

Kagome felt her temper flare. "Inuyasha, you jerk!" She yelled. Well, what happened next is a good news bad news thing. The good news is Kagome successfully got out of her seat. The bad news is, well, she created an extremely large rip in her skirt. "Oh god, this isn't happening," She whispered. Luckily Sango and Rin huddled against her and led her to the bathroom. The moment she disappeared the rest of the student body who had witnessed it broke into fits of hysterics.

Miroku made a tsking noise at Inuyasha. "You shouldn't have done that you know, she's gonna want revenge." He jerked his head towards the bathroom, then turned back to Inuyasha. "Knowing her."

He shrugged. "It was worth it. God that was hilarious!" He laughed again, leaning against the wall, his sides aching. He hardly noticed that Miroku had walked away shaking his head. "Hey, Miroku, wait up!"


"I'm going to KILL him!" Kagome shrieked from inside the bathroom stall. "I'll kill him, I swear I will."

Rin shoved an extra skirt underneath the stall door. "I must admit, that was pretty mean?"

"I know! What has he got against me anyway? All I did was bump into the jerk on the first day of school! Jeez!"

Kagome continued ranting, but neither Rin or Sango really paid attention. "Do you think this is going to pass?" Rin whispered.

Sango shrugged. "Depends which one budges first," she commented.

Kagome came out of the stall, her ripped skirt in her clenched fists. "We're going to get back at him," She said in a deadly whisper.

"Whoa, WE? Who said anything about WE? I don't want to be getting into trouble the first week of school, Kagome."

Kagome looked at her friends with pleading eyes. "Come on guys. It's a matter of pride. I don't care if he's popular, or if other girls think he's cute. That doesn't matter! I want to make him pay!"

A deep fire of hatred burned in Kagome's eyes, and Sango knew it was best not to argue with her friend when that happened. "Alright, fine. I'll help. Rin, you in?"

She shrugged. "Guess so."

"Good. Now all we need is a plan," Kagome grinned. Suddenly the bell rang.

"Oh shit, we're late for class!" The three exclaimed rushing out of the bathroom.


"Inuyasha!"

He groaned, and reluctantly turned around. "What is it?" He grumbled. The girl frowned slightly.

"Aww, fine, if you don't want to talk to me. I'll just go away," Kikyo pouted. Inuyasha looked up at to the sky and mouthed the words 'thank you'. Kikyo made a face.

"I wasn't being serious. Come on Inu, walk me to my next class!" She whined, grabbing his arm. He seized it from her.

"Kikyo, I told you! We're not going out anymore! We broke up middle of last year, so stop following me around like a puppy!" (A/N: he he he) She pursed her lips into a pout.

"Don't be such a meanie!" She scoffed and walked away.

"She's so annoying," He muttered as he ran off to find Miroku.


"Rin, come sit next to us!" Kagome said smiling.

Rin nodded and sat down next to them. "So where are Inuyasha and Miroku sitting?" She asked. Sango jerked her head, motioning a nearby table.

"There. But Kagome refuses to look at them." It was true. Kagome said with her back completely facing them.

"They're not going to receive any attention from me, whatsoever," She said matter-of-factly. Suddenly an idea popped into her head as she quickly searched her lunch. "Hey Sango, can I have your granola bar?" She asked.

"But I thought you didn't like organic. Especially Soy," She said confused. Kagome took this as a yes and grabbed it.

"Hey, it's hard. What is this, last year's?" She asked.

Sango shook her head. "Its dried granola. It's not chewy."

Kagome grinned. "Excellent."

"Will somebody tell me exactly why we're talking about granola bars again?" Rin asked confused.

Kagome made sure nobody was looking, then quickly threw the granola bar as hard as she could, sending it straight for the back of Inuyasha's head. Bulls eye. Inuyasha stopped eating as he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. He reached his hand back to feel it; a small tender bump had formed on the spot where the object had collided with his head. He turned and looked around for the 'weapon'. He spotted the granola bar on the floor and picked it up. "What the hell? They threw a granola bar?" He asked himself quietly.

He looked around for possible suspects. Not Kikyo. If she wanted to date him again, she wouldn't go around throwing granola bars at him. It wasn't Sesshoumaru, god, his grade wasn't even eating lunch at this point of the hour. His eyes fell on the culprit.

"Higurashi," he said aloud. Miroku perked his head up.

"What about her?" He asked.

"She hit me with a god damn granola bar!" He retort.

Miroku quirked an eyebrow. "Okay..."

"I'm gonna go over there and let her have it!" He exclaimed, standing up.

"Hey, did you eat the granola bar?" Sango asked.

Kagome gave her an childlike look. "Not exactly," she said, tracing circles on the table with her finger ever so innocently.

"Kagome, what did you do with it?" She asked.

"I um..."

"She threw it at me." A voice said from behind her. She turned around, expecting the worst. She expected right.

"Hey, Inuyasha, how's it hanging?" She said, laughing nervously.

"You're not funny," he replied, thrusting the granola bar in her hands.

"Kagome you contaminated my granola bar!" Sango said, grabbing it from her. Inuyasha shot her a glare.

"You know I'm gonna get back at you for doing that to me!" Kagome hissed.

"Oh really?" He snickered.

"Yea, I am!" She suddenly stood up, causing quite a commotion.

"THIS MEANS WAR!" The two yelled, turning their backs towards the other.

"I'm going to make that ass wish he never stepped foot in this school!" She pounded her fist on the table.

"I'm going to make sure she doesn't forget exactly who I am!" Inuyasha seethed.

"Now calm down Inuyasha, it's going to be fine," Miroku assured him.

"Oh go away. I have to do some thinking. Or should I say planning," He rubbed his hands together mischievously. With that he walked off in the opposite direction. Miroku sighed. Exactly what was his friend getting himself into?


LolaGurl: So, how'd you like it? Was it good? I hope it lived up to expectations. In truth, the granola things happened. I was ticked at a guy friend of mine (he was ignoring us at the time, and being extremely annoying) so my friend gave me a granola bar (soy, by the way) and I threw it at his back. He didn't really notice though. But it was fun laughing our Asses off when he felt his back and looked around for whatever he was hit with. Paris-rose: Uh huh, whatever. Shut up, we don't want to hear it.

Lola-Gurl: Be quiet and do the message!

Paris-rose: But I don't want-

Lola-Gurl/threatens with the torture of CLP/

Paris-rose: NOOO! Don't hurt my Pyro! Fine, I'll do it! Lola-Gurl thanks you for all your support and to PLEASE review!

Lola-Gurl: Much better /hands CLP over safely/

CLP: DUCHIES!

Paris-rose: Uh, he's not allowed to do that in your fics, only mine.

Lola-Gurl: Shut up. Fine. TMM, take it.

TMM: Thank you! Arigatou! Gracias! Merci! Ringraziarlo! Mange takk! Danke ! Obrigado!
Lola-Gurl: Ok, I think they get the point!

TMM: Fine. TT

Lola-Gurl: And remember, no flaming permitted!