a/n: This is a shortish chapter. (ok,ok, short) and I hope I can get around to writing more of it soon. This idea came from a really weird dream I had… so… hehehe..

Disclamer: I do not own anything. Except the piece of paper that I have to use to take notes in math… :P

Chapter one: New beginnings.

I glanced back at my family with a sigh, before hurrying onto the train, and finding a seat.

Sure I would miss them- but they hadn't needed to get platform tickets just to say goodbye - they could've dropped me off in front of the station.. But my grandfather had insisted…

I stare glumly out the window, as everything seems to zoom by and vanish into the distance.

Goodbye, home. Goodbye, middle school. Goodbye, Yuka, Eri and Ayumi. Good riddance, Hojo.

Hello, St. Hakushin Academy.

I sighed, as I bemoaned my fate. Sent off to a boarding school, in literately, the middle of nowhere… leaving my nosy friends behind forever….

Goodbye Tokyo.

Those thoughts stung the worst. I loved Tokyo - and everything about it. All though it was only the outskirts of the big city… it was pretty much all I had ever known. I would miss it like hell… it already hurt, seeing it pass before my eyes. The medium height buildings - the oh-so delicious restaurant … the place my friends and I had gone to do karaoke at the other night…

Even though I saw it - it all seemed so distance. So far away.

My family.

I would miss them a lot too. Sota, and his annoying pranks - but hey, that's little brothers for you… Gramps, and his tales of magic and folklore. There was no reason for him to tell me them…. Our life was strange enough already… and then… there's Mom. She's helped me through so much… Dad's death years ago, Hojo's annoying phone calls… my friends grip on my social life. She's truly a saint. The best mom ever. And I was leaving her behind for some stupid school in the mountains.

Just great. And it was all Gramp's fault too.

He had decided that his granddaughter had enough spiritual power to make her a Miko. Yes, a Miko. As if not living in a shrine wasn't enough. He made the decision, that my 'powers' should be honed in, and trained. That I should learn to keep evil demons away from the shrine. Why they would want to go there, I don't know.

Of course, my mother, being the wonderful, person she is, agreed with him. That it would be 'good experience', that I should learn to cope with demons.

So here I am.

I hear the faint voice come over the speakers.

"Tokyo Station. Next stop, Tokyo Station.'

Heart thrumming with anxiety, I got to my feet, and slung my large bag over my shoulder, pulling my suitcase behind me, as I joined the crowd waiting at the door.

The minute those doors opened, the minute the train stopped, we all came surging out, pushing others out of our way , in our furious attempt to get wherever we needed to be on time.

I checked the clock on the wall.

I had five minutes to get to my next train.

Five minutes to find my way around this maze of a place.

Crap.

As I hurried up the stairs and turned to the left, my eyes fell on a girl my age, arguing with a man in the ticket booth. Next to her, sat a pile of bags, and a small youkai cat, which was watching me intently.

I needed to get through those ticket gates!

As I hurried towards them, I could hear the girls voice, loud and clear.

"I NEED to get on that train!"

"I'm sorry but these gates are out of order." the man replied, directing the statement at both me and the girl.

I whirled on him.

"But I NEED to get on the train!" I exclaimed desperately.

He shrugged. "I can't help you there."

The girl turned to me abruptly, looking me over before she looked back to the man.

"Thank you so much for your services." She said sweetly, giving him a smile, before raising a fist, and punching him in nose.

Blood came spewing out of it, and I took a step back, repulsed.

The girl was clambering over the machines now, and she looked back at me.

"Well? What are you waiting for?" She demanded, as she dropped back to the ground.

With a quick glance back at the man, I leapt after her, and raced down the stairs, just in time to see the train come to a stop.

People were flooding out now, and It was just my luck that I made it on in the nick of time - in fact, had I been a second later, my hand would've been caught in the door. Ouch.

The girl from earlier grinned at me, as she took in a deep breath, and offered her hand to me.

"Sango - Sango Taijiya." She informed me, as I took her hand and shook it.

"Higurashi- Kagome."

She smiled as she pulled her hand away and leaned against the wall.

"You going to St. Hakushin's?" She questioned casually.

I grimaced. "Yup - you too? Taijiya-san?"

She laughed, "Hell yeah - you can just call me Sango."

I scrutinized her for a moment, then. She had long brown hair, which is pulled up into a ponytail, and dark eyes which have a serene - yet optimistic light in them.

It was strange for someone to ask for no honorific after their name - especially if you had just met them. I wondered vaguely what kind of person she was.

"You excited?" She inquired, cutting into my thoughts.

"No. You?"

She rolled her eyes.

"No way. I've been told my whole life about what a wonderful school it is, ' it has acres and acres of land', 'understanding teachers' 'delicious food', 'gigantic libraries' and…" She looked at me with an odd smile, " 'dungeons'."

"Fun." I replied with a groan, as the Shinkansen slows to a stop, and a few other passengers file past us.

"I know, right?" Sango responded, "Luckily, I know a few people… so that'll help… what about you? Kagome… -chan."

"Nobody." I replied gloomily.

"Well, you can stick with me then." Sango proclaimed confidently.

I didn't understand why I was trusting her. She was someone I had just met. Why should I? But she had helped me…

"This is our stop." Sango informed, me, as the train's speed started decreasing. I gripped my bag, and followed her onto the empty platform.

It was a small train stop - it was in shambles, and dirty as could be. My heart went out to the poor place - someone should do something to rebuild it, because it certainly was not a welcoming sight.

Then something caught my attention - a little Youkai boy running towards us, his bags streaming out behind him.

"You can't catch me!" He cried over his shoulder as he came to a halt at our feet.

Sango and I exchanged glances before looking down at the little boy.

He was a kitsune - that was clear. He had a bushy tail, delicate hind paws, and red hair that was pulled behind him with a sort of bow. His eyes were a bright blue green, and they peered hesitantly up at us, through his bangs.

"uh.. Hi." He began nervously, as he glances in between us.

We both stared at him in silence, until, a loud voice broke through it.

"Oi! Shippo! Where the fuck are you, you little brat?"

The Kitsune stiffened in fear, as he glanced over his shoulder.

"He's coming." He muttered darkly.

"Who's coming?" Sango demanded of him, but her question was answered when the red clad figure dropped in front of us.

"Shippo." The youkai began threateningly, ignoring Sango and I, "If you don't- "

"Save me!" The kitsune named Shippo shrieked, launching himself into my arms. Unsure of what to do, I held him close to me, as I glared at the creature.

He wasn't a youkai, as I had previously thought - he was a hanyou. Tell tale triangular ears peaked through his mass of long, silvery white hair, as he golden eyes glowered down at us.

I had to admit, he was good looking. But that feeling didn't stay long, since he took only a second to offend me.

"Keh. How can that wench protect you? She's only human." The hanyou scoffed.

I scowled back at him. "What's your deal?" I snapped.

"What's YOUR deal, bitch?" He retorted, "Hand over Shippo."

"Noo!" Shippo wailed into my arms.

"Why should she?" Sango asked of him, as she watched him in distaste, " He clearly doesn't want to go with you."

"Feh. Who cares what the bastard wants or doesn't want?"

"You won't let Inuyasha get me… will you?" Shippo asked me fearfully.

"Of course not." I told him reassuringly -but in all truth I'm not so sure I would be able to protect him.

"Inu… Inuyasha?" Sango asked incredulously, her frown deepening, and eyes narrowing.

"That's what they call me." Inuyasha smirked.

"You're the one who broke into the HQ?" Sango growled, voice raising, "You BASTARD! You know what you did? You got my dad fired! FIRED! And my brother…"

Her voice trailed off, and I could see the hatred boiling in her eyes. She wanted this guy dead.

Her words were confusing me. HQ?

Then she brought something out of her large pile of bags - something she had been hiding this whole time.

A freaking, huge, boomerang.

I stared at, eyes glued to the sleek tan bone, which I knew was a youkai's.

She was a demon exterminator.

I should have guessed - Taijiya was her last name. It couldn't get much more obvious.

"Prepare to die, Inuyasha." She hissed under her breath, as she rushed towards him.

Inuyasha's eyes widened. There was something in their golden depths that made Kagome blink.

Confusion. He didn't know what Sango was angry about.

"Wait! Sango-chan!"

"He's the reason my brother is DEAD, Kagome!" Sango shouts back at me, eyes livid, "I can't just let him LIVE!"

"Wait!" I insist, " Something's not quite right."

I got a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach. And a sensation, like a shiver came over me.

"Sango… I think he's innocent."

a/n: Not very long - I know… but I'm tired, and I need to rest up for math camp *cries* I'll try to update soon! Review and tell me how you like it!