Disclaimer: *Checks list of things owned* A blanket, a piece of bread… but no Inuyasha. Sad. I wish, but I own Inuyasha not. *Cries*

Chapter 5: Freshman Year - Part I

Name : Higurashi, Kagome Age : 14 years

D.O.B. : March 21, 1984 Weight : 100 pounds

Mother : Higurashi, Hitomi Height : 5 feet

Father : Higurashi, Akane (Deceased) Hair Color : Black

Hometown : Tokyo, Japan Eye Color : Blue

***** TaPdAnCe*****

Kagome stood at the entrance of her high school. It was the first day of freshman year, and she wasn't going to lie - she was scared out of her mind.

Sure, she had gone to this school since second grade, but had always been with Sesshomaru in his classes, learning what he was also taught. But that stopped two years ago, when he had reached his freshman year. She had to go back to seventh grade learning, and it was just too easy.

She got along fine. She hung out with Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippou. She had met Sango when she returned to seventh grade. Kagome and Sango had become best friends.

Kagome still lived with the Tashio's, for all intensive purposes. She went and saw her family, he mother, her grandfather - who had moved in shortly after the death of Kagome's father - and her little adopted brother, Souta. But she had, technically, moved in with her friend's family.

Kagome had her own room at their large house. It was blue and black with silver accents. Those colors soon became Sesshomaru's favorite, when she moved in. Kagome kept her clothes and stuffed animals in that room, and even had her own king size bed. But that didn't stop Kagome.

Kagome never left Sesshomaru's side, from the day she turned a year old, and they met. She went everywhere with him, and he never seemed to care. He would always speak to her silently, not ever talking to her out loud. He never talked aloud, not even to her.

Even though she had her own room, Kagome still went to Sesshomaru's, even at night. They always sat together on his balcony in silence, talking to each other through their strange connection. They would talk and look at the faded stars, until Kagome fell asleep on his lap.

It soon became a routine, but sometimes they would not go out on Sesshomaru's balcony and look out at the night sky. Sometimes, Kagome would come into Sesshomaru's room after getting into her pajamas, and find him laying in his bed. She would lay next to him, and he would wrap his arms around her protectively. That's how they fell asleep every night, and no one ever stopped them, knowing Sesshomaru would throw a fit if they tried.

But now, Kagome stood in front of the huge, high school building, and closed her eyes. She had to calm down. It was just school. She had gone here for years, and with all the same people. Why now?

Kagome took a deep breath, and heard a masculine voice speak in her head. Kagome, you will be fine. I will not be there, but the others will. Calm down.

She took Sesshomaru's words to heart, and walked closer to the building. She saw Inuyasha standing with Miroku and Shippou. They were talking and laughing at something; Kagome couldn't quite place what was so funny.

"Hey guys," Kagome said, faking a smile. "You all excited for school today?"

The others looked at her like she had another head popping out from her shoulder. Inuyasha asked her, "Are you crazy, or just bipolar?"

Kagome laughed at him. "A little of both, maybe," Kagome managed to say.

Inuyasha wrapped his arm around Kagome. "Hey, don't sweat it, babe," he told her. "I've got your back, and Sesshomaru is just around the corner if we need him."

Kagome wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him a peck on the nose. "Yeah, 'Yasha," Kagome told him, hugging him tightly. "Thanks. Love you."

"Love you too, baby girl," Inuyasha replied.

Shippou and Miroku looked between Kagome and Inuyasha. Miroku finally piped up, "Are you two together?"

Kagome blushed bright pink. Inuyasha snorted. "Yeah, me and her? Sesshomaru would kill me in an instant if we were dating," he told his friends. Then he mumbled, "I wish."

Kagome laughed again. She knew Inuyasha had a crush on her for a while. She would have dated him, but Sesshomaru would not let her out of his sight near Inuyasha… except when at school. There was no choice there.

"It's okay, 'Yasha," Kagome said to him. "At least you know that I love you with all my heart."

"Yeah, yeah. I love you, too," Inuyasha kissed her forehead, then her cheek.

Inuyasha kept his arm wrapped around Kagome's small form, and she wrapped hers around his waist too. That was how they walked into school together.

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The first few weeks of school for Kagome were okay. She met some older friends that she hadn't seen, because she had been with Sesshomaru for so many years. But she also met some enemies.

Kikyou was one of her biggest. She was a mean person, even though Kagome tried and tried to get Kikyou to be her friend, with no avail.

Kikyou was also a slut. Sure, she dressed in the uniform, but she would always cut her skirt to be a good three to five inches to short. The problem with that was that the school uniforms were already pretty short. She also wore too much make-up, making her look like a sluttish clown. Kagome thought it was hilarious.

Inuyasha, on the other hand, did not think it was funny. He didn't like her at all. She was so mean to his Kagome. Sure, Sesshomaru really was her best friend, but he still thought of Kagome as his.

In Inuyasha's perspective, he though Kikyou was the worst person he had ever met. He thought she presented herself poorly, and thought she tried too hard. Kikyou had tried to get him away from Kagome and get him to be with her. Inuyasha wasn't going to have any of it. In fact, he yelled at her for it, in front of the whole school, and called her a whore. She just scoffed and walked away.

That set Kagome's mind about her. Kikyou was not someone she should get involved with. Kagome heard that Kikyou was doing drugs, smoking, and drinking. Most rumors, Kagome didn't think about when getting to know someone, but that's also what she could conclude.

The second worst person in the school, in Kagome's mind, was Kagura Onigumo. She was sister to Naraku Onigumo, and was also a slut. Kagome knew to stay away from her, from what Sesshomaru had told her.

Kagura did drugs, and presented herself as a prostitute would. She didn't wear as much make-up as Kikyou did, but she wore res eye shadow and black eyeliner every day. How boring.

Kagura hung on Sesshomaru way too much for Kagome's - and his - liking. Whenever Kagome was around Sesshomaru, Kagura would decide to make an appearance and hang all over him, while glaring at Kagome. Sesshomaru sis not stand for that, and soon told her himself that he did not like it.

** FLASHBACK: EIGHT GRADE YEAR **

Kagome was sitting next to Sesshomaru at lunch. She was giggling madly at something that no one else had heard him say. Obviously it was very, very funny.

Another eighth grade girl with shoulder-length black hair and red eyes walked up to Sesshomaru and Kagome. She shot Kagome an evil glare, and then smiled sweetly at Sesshomaru. Too sweet. She put her hand on his shoulder, and rubbed it.

Sesshomaru growled loudly, but Kagura had not seemed to notice, and instead, pushed Kagome aside so she could sit next to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru had attempted to ignore her, and move so he could once again sit by Kagome. Kagura didn't get the hint, and followed him to sit next to him again.

Kagura smiled sickly sweet again, making Kagome's stomach wretch. The black haired demoness leaned into Sesshomaru's ear and whispered something before… licking him. It was then that Kagome and Sesshomaru both, ultimately, decided that this girl should leave.

Sesshomaru growled again and pushed the offending being away from him. He looked her dead in the eye, and pulled Kagome into his lap. He held her protectively.

"Do not… ever… talk about my Kagome like that again.. Do you understand?" Sesshomaru said loudly. Everyone in the lunch room went quiet. No one had ever heard him talk before. He spoke to the whole lunch room, "That goes for every being in this school. No one, and I mean no one touches her. If anyone of you do without my permission, expect for me to have a conference with you, personally."

The whole lunch room was racked with fear of the young DaiYoukai. Everyone soon went back to their business, however, when the demon walked out with Kagome in his hold… bridal style.

** END FLASHBACK **

Kagome really did try not to let those two girls to get to her. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru both told her that they would never leave her for the world. Kagome believed them… but didn't trust those girls with either of her boys be themselves. Even though Kagome loved them dearly, in her opinion, they were both horny bastards.

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She sat in a class room that was over flowing with people who were all new to the high school. Most were youkai of different sorts, but some were humans. Very little of the portion were actually humans, because the district of Tokyo that she loved in was youkai.

She didn't mind, not in the least. Honestly, she herself found most humans overly annoying and dramatic. The only demon that she had ever seen that was actually as dramatic as a human was Kagura, and that was all because of Sesshomaru.

She sighed and waited for class to start. She felt a few familiar auras surround her, and sit down next to, or in front of, her.

"Hey," she said to all of them. "Nice to see familiar faces in this class."

The person on her right said, "Kagome, I am sorry that you don't like this school. Really, I am. I can't help it, and neither can you. Let's just enjoy it while we can."

Kagome smiled at the person beside her. "Yeah, yeah 'Yasha. I am sorry. I promise to be a good girl."

Inuyasha hugged her from behind. He sighed. "Kagome… I'm not going to leave you. You just have to trust me, okay?"

Kagome nodded, and fell back into her half-demon friend's strong frame. He was built, but Sesshomaru had a body made of marble. Kagome freed herself from Inuyasha and turned to face him. She kissed him on the lips, thoroughly, before giving him a huge hug.

"It's okay, 'Yasha," Kagome told him again. "I'll make it through this day, even if it kills me."

***** TaPdAnCe*****

One month had passed, and homecoming was rolling towards them all slowly. Everyone was rushing to buy their dresses, and find dates. That was… all except for Kagome. She didn't really care.

She was going, but she was not going to prattle on about it like she had heard so many other girls do. Kagome was going to buy her dress a week ahead of time, but not any earlier.

The theme this year was "Under the Sea." Kagome thought it was way overused, but didn't say anything. She just went with the flow.

Kagome was going with Inuyasha, and, of course, Sesshomaru. He told her that he didn't trust the half demon with her alone. He said it was a mere precaution, and that he wouldn't let his Kagome to get into any trouble.

Kagome didn't care, really. She was glad to be able to go with Inuyasha, and even though Sesshomaru had told her that he would escort them, she had managed to let them be during the dance. He agreed, but said that he would check with them to make sure everything was okay every hour. Kagome grudgingly agreed to his conditions, too.

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It was the night of the homecoming dance, and Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were dressed and ready, waiting on the blue couch that sat in the Higurashi household. Inuyasha was still pouting about Sesshomaru wanting to be there to escort them, because he had felt that Kagome would be safer with him there.

Inuyasha shook his head, and waited another few minutes before he heard a soft stepping coming from the stairs. He looked up, and saw Kagome standing in the middle of the stairway, smiling softly.

Her hair was down in soft curls that surrounded her face and curled all the way down to end just at her lower back. She had a sleeveless dark, ocean blue dress on that had ruffles of twenty different colors of blue. She had light blue eye shadow and a thin line of black eye liner that made her eyes look bluer than possible.

She looked like an angel in Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's eyes. They couldn't stop staring at her, and she snapped her fingers in front of their faces when she got close enough to do so. They snapped out of it.

Inuyasha was the first to speak. "Kagome…" he said. "You look… amazing. Better than amazing. I think you're an angel."

Kagome blushed deep red and smiled lightly. "Thank you, 'Yasha," she said. She turned to Sesshomaru. He looked at her, his golden eyes clashing with her deep blue ones.

You look lovely, Sesshomaru told her silently.

Kagome smiled at him. "Thank you, Sesshy," she told him. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly.

He nodded only slightly for Kagome to see. Then, he stepped away and let his brother take his date by the arm.

"Kagome," he said. "You look so beautiful."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Now you're just being repetitive."

Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders and wrapped his arm around her waist. He kissed her cheek, which earned him a blush from his date and a growl from him older brother. He rolled his eyes at his brother.

"Calm down, dude," Inuyasha told him. "She ain't your date."

Sesshomaru said nothing, but instead crossed his arms and walked behind his younger brother and his Kagome.

***** TaPdAnCe*****

At the dance, Kagome met up with Miroku and Shippou. Sango was there, too, as Miroku's date for the evening.

Shippou also had a date. She was a fox kit also, with bright lavender eyes and bright blonde hair.

Kagome had only met her for a few seconds, but already liked her. She was bright and energetic, but not overly.

Kagome sat down at a table that was covered in a blue tablecloth and refreshments and snacks. Inuyasha sat on one side of her, while Sesshomaru sat on the other. Kagome put her head down on the table.

Sesshomaru put his large, rough hand on the small of her back. He rubbed her back and she groaned.

"I so do not wanna be here right now," she said sadly. "When can we leave?"

Sesshomaru spoke first silently. Kagome, we can leave when you are ready. The half-breed may stay here and dance. We will depart.

Kagome nodded. She turned to Inuyasha and kissed his cheek. "Inuyasha, me and Sesshy are leaving. You stay and dance a little more. I'll see you at home."

Inuyasha frowned slightly, but hugged her and said, "Alright, 'Gome. I'll see you when I get home. Love you."

"Love you, too, 'Yasha," she told him. She hugged him one last time, and then left the dance hand-in-hand with Sesshomaru.