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Romance/Drama—T rated

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Chapter 1: InuYasha Takashi

He yawned loudly, rolling down the car window as he drove off to school. He happily let the cool morning breezes pass by his puppy ears and come through his snowy silken hair while his eyes captured the golden sun.

Pulling into the parking lot, he put his car in neutral, killing the engine. He stepped out onto the asphalt of the school and looked at the humans walking around before he closed and locked the door. Past the double doors he began walking to his assigned locker. His feet echoed throughout the halls.

"Hey InuYasha! What ar'ya doing here so early?" a male voice asked out from behind. InuYasha turned around to see a boy with sleek black hair pulled into a ponytail that resembled that of a rat's. He had calm blue eyes; boyish yet intense. The jersey he wore clearly stated he was one of the jocks at school.

The hanyou waved at the greeting boy, a smirk clear on his face.

"Nothin' much. Besides, I could ask you the same thing, Miroku," he said coolly.

"Hey, I'm on student council. Which reminds me; where were you this morning? I mean, come on! You're the Student Body Prez! Ya should've been there," exclaimed Miroku dramatically, waving a finger in front of InuYasha's face.

InuYasha simply rolled his eyes at this scolding.

"Sorry mother dear," he mocked, "but Kikyo had a party last night and I didn't feel like gettin' up to go to some damn Student Council meeting," he said bitterly.

Miroku crossed his arms at the mention of the third party—he really didn't like Kikyo and couldn't see what InuYasha saw in that piece of trash.

"Kinky-ho is really taking up way too much of your time, Inu. You need another chick in your life! I heard that there's a new girl coming to our school. She sounds easy by her portfolio description, hmmm?" Miroku added in a mischievous way.

InuYasha snorted at the idea of leaving his beloved Kikyo for some other broad. Kikyo was a fine enough girlfriend. Sure, she was a little flirtatious with other guys—practically with anyone she met—but he knew she would never leave him! Not one to brag though, he was one of the finest catches in all of North Academy High. Everyone loved him; even the straight guys. Well, maybe not…but he was still buddies with 'em.

InuYasha followed Kikyo blindly and would believe every word that came out of her perfect mouth. Miroku saw straight through that tramp's façade and he was determined to make InuYasha see what kind of a person she truly was.

"Naw, I'll stay with Kikyo. I'm loyal to my girlfriend and I don't need anybody but her…most of the time, anyways," InuYasha stated with overconfidence and a huge grin. It was so easy to have any woman he wanted. That new girl would see him and instantly fall for his charm, no doubt about it. Maybe she could be useful; a bed partner perhaps but certainly not a girlfriend.

"Dude, you sneak into other chick's dorms to be with them! I don't call that 'loyalty'.

"Hey, I said most of the time," InuYasha pointed out in his weak defense.

Just then another pair of feet was heard scurrying down the empty hallway. InuYasha and Miroku both looked up to see the approaching person.

The approaching female's hair was ivory black and worn halfway down her back. It was so shiny and straight that it gave off a slight white sheen in the light. Her coffee-colored eyes were rich and filled with serenity and innocence. Her skin was peachy and white, the colors of a person who spent a lot of time indoors. For someone of her stature, she was more than fit and she was speedy as she took large strides.

She was dressed in a more masculine outfit—baggy jeans and layered shirts—her chest appeared unintentionally flat as it was covered by her outfit. Oddly enough she seemed to glow with a comforting radiance. There was also a wonderful fragrance of water lilies surrounding her.

InuYasha forced his eyes to look away from the maiden as she walked straight past them.

Miroku smirked at InuYasha's reaction to the new girl. InuYasha noticed his friend's subtle taunt and quickly gave him a nasty look.

"What's so funny?" InuYasha asked grumpily. A few smirks from his friend were the only reply.

"That was the new girl," Miroku mused.

InuYasha grinned at this ironic news.

"You said she was easy, right?" the hanyou inquired with another grin lightly drawn on his face. Miroku nodded his head slowly. "This should be fun then," he finished with mischief backing up his perverted thoughts.

The sound of someone falling perked the men's interest. Items were heard crashing to the floor and they scrambled away to find the source of the sound. When they rounded the corner of the hallway, they saw the new girl sprawled out on the ground with books and papers scattered in every direction.

InuYasha growled lightly to Miroku; a friendly reminder that the hanyou would be the one to claim this woman. Miroku had been friends with InuYasha since forever and it was blatantly obvious that the hanyou wouldn't have his friend interfere with his scoring of another woman.

Taking the hint, Miroku 'humphed' and left for his locker, leaving the two alone.

The girl sat on the floor with her elbows grounded. She was bright red in embarrassment as she looked up with distain at the thing that caused her fall. She had walked right into a cement post that helped suspend the ceiling. She had been so wrapped up in glancing over her notebooks that she had completely failed to see the pole.

She rubbed her temple in aggravation.

'Well I feel like a genius,' she thought sarcastically.

"You okay?" came a voice overhead. She looked up at him curiously; he hadn't laughed or made her feel humiliated.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she affirmed with a soft voice cradling a coy tone.

InuYasha looked down at her with a serious face, trying desperately to fight the urge of smiling and not to burst out into laughter. She avoided eye contact as she collected her papers. It was as if she was completely ignoring the guy who had shown concern for her.

This made InuYasha wonder if this girl was maybe a little off in the head.

"Not even a 'thank you'?" he asked cockily while giving her a slight chuckle of amusement at his comment.

"No," she breathed out hoping to avoid conversation. She remained in a kneeling position on the floor attempting to retrieve every last scrap of fallen paper.

InuYasha watched her with great interest. It was apparent that she didn't want to have anything to do with him. What was it with her? Every time he met a woman his simple smile and cool attitude made them swoon. This girl remained completely immune to his classic charms. Maybe she wasn't as easy as Miroku had claimed…

She wanted nothing more than to quickly flee this scene and head off to her classroom. It was clear to InuYasha that she needed help, especially after seeing her stand up and then walk straight into a sidewall. Once more, the clumsy new girl was on the floor. He held his breath to withhold the laugh that practically cried to be released.

"What are ya, blind or something?" he asked halfheartedly as he reached his clawed hand out to hers to offer assistance.

"Not blind—nearsighted," she explained while she once again stood up of her own accord. It was impossible for InuYasha to determine if she simply refused to accept his helping hand or if she hadn't even seen it.

She rubbed the back of her head and could feel the beginnings of a dreaded headache arise from all this stress.

"Don't you have contacts or glasses to solve that?" he asked while looking into her unfocused eyes.

"I don't wear contacts and some curt girl stole my glasses this morning," she said quite simply and shrugged off the thought of her lost item.

The way she explained such things with such innocence seemed very odd to InuYasha. It was as if her hard morning didn't affect her in the least. The sweet sound of her voice just didn't match up with the way she looked. It was awkward somehow.

"Oh…" the hanyou stated uneasily, not really sure of what to say to this sort of thing.

"Can you tell me were the office is? I can't find anything around here with these blank walls looking identical to one another," she asked politely, the tranquil quality never leaving her voice.

"Sure," he avowed as he gently touched her hand to lead the way. Her hand quickly pulled back from his as if his touch were acid.

"Refrain from touching me," she minimally warned. "I can see your white hair just fine—I'll be able to follow you easily. Lead on," she offered while pulling her hands safely into her large baggy sleeves.

InuYasha smirked greatly to himself.

'She's just being shy 'cause she doesn't know me…yet,' his mind coolly chuckled.

When the two entered the office, the secretary greeted the young woman with a smile. Upon noticing the hanyou, who had been neglectful of his duties, she practically scolded;

"Mr. Takashi, you were not here for the Council meeting this morning."

"Oh, yeah. Sorry about that. I slept in. I'll be ready for the next one, I promise," he said sweetly, rubbing the back of his head.

The secretary was not convinced nor amused. Ignoring his presence for now, she focused her attention to the young girl.

"And who are you, young miss?"

"Higurashi. I'll need to call my mother to get my extra pair of glasses; someone took them this morning," she said with a meek voice. InuYasha really enjoyed how her voice rang into his dog ears.

"Oh my…well let me check the nurse's office to see if we have a spare around here," the woman said as she stepped around the desk to check and made her way towards the office.

"My lenses are 2.50," Ms. Higurashi called after her. In mere moments the secretary came back with a pair of rimless spectacles. There were only several extra pairs around the nurse's office in case a student like her needed to borrow them.

"Here you are, deary," she said thoughtfully while handing her the bifocals.

Once Higurashi put them on, she blinked several times to adjust to the clearer surroundings.

"You can keep those for the day," the secretary continued. "Once your mother gets you all registered, come back and drop them off."

The young girl handed over a stack of several school documents to the secretary. Once she received her schedule she left the office.

InuYasha quickly followed the girl out into the hallway. The hanyou realized that he and this Higurashi girl shared the same first class. After she introduced herself to the teacher, she was politely instructed by him to take a seat.

InuYasha took up his own seat that was next to Miroku. The classroom was now starting to fill up as many other students gathered in.

Miroku had on a confused expression to say the least. Deciding to break the ice, he asked his friend nonchalantly;

"So, what happened after you shoed me away?" he asked while taking a small glance at the girl. He had to do a double take. "Is she wearing…glasses?"

"Nothing happened. She's nearsighted and couldn't see me that well. She hasn't bothered to give me a second look. And another thing, she wouldn't even let me touch her hand! I thought you said she was easy," InuYasha pouted in dismay.

Miroku merely rolled his eyes.

"Correction my dear friend, I said she sounded easy. I was clearly making an assumption and not stating a fact," he replied with a dumb grin.

"Stop being such a smartass. I gotta figure out how to get her to go out on a date with me. Nobody has ever rejected me," he gloated. "Well, there was that one person—that darn Sango Tajiya—but she's a lesbian, so it don't count."

"Sango is by no means a lesbian," Miroku corrected a bit darkly. "That was only a stupid rumor."

"You're just saying that 'cause you wanna ask her out."

"Is there something so wrong with that? But we are getting completely off the subject here. What did you do to that girl to have her repel you so easily? I've know you for quite some time and you've never failed to get into a girl's pants before," Miroku stated with an amused chuckle.

"I know that, idiot. I didn't do anything but it doesn't really matter anyway…she's just a freaky nerd; nothing to be gained or lost by having her," InuYasha explained passively.

"You mean to tell me that you can't get a straight girl? Ha! The great InuYasha Takashi gave up on a girl during the first round, who'd of thought!" Miroku happily stated as he feigned a shocked expression.

"Humph! What of it? It's just one girl—I'm not even sure if she is straight," he huffed.

"Oh believe me, InuYasha, she is. She was wearing perfume, not aftershave. And I'll bet I can get her to hang out with me before you can. How about it? Do you think yours truly can get to her before you?" Miroku coxed.

InuYasha was starting to get more than agitated by his friend's heckling. Miroku may be his best friend but this hanyou wasn't going to lose a bet.

"As if! She'll fall for me just like everyone else. The bet's on!" he challenged, extending his hand to seal the deal.

"Okay then; winner gains the loser's allowance for the whole year."

"And slave for a year," InuYasha added.

"Fine, fine. But loser also has to tell her about the bet," Miroku smirked. They shook.

"Deal," Inuyasha agreed.

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