Author's Note: I have two stories on hold and one in progress...and yet, here I am, beginning a new story. Because I am easily bored. So, I need interesting plots and character embarrassment to survive life. So, welcome! I am Motoko. That is my online name, so that's basically what I'm referred to as. Or Miko. Or Momiji. Whatever works for you.

Wlecome to Shim! I will be your authoress for the time being. I DO NOT encourage you to read any fanfiction dealing with Harry Potter that I have written. They are very old and very bad. I only keep them as a reminder of the pitiful crap I once wrote. Not that this is anything award winning. But, it is decent. So, I do encourage you to read on. This HAS been done, I know.

SORRY, KIKYO-HATERS! I don't believe in making Kikyo a slut in stories. It ruins her beautiful and mature character. She is important in this story, and does mess stuff up a bit, but nothing evil, believe me. I refuse to ruin her stoic radiance. Kikyo was a mature and thoughtful young woman who cared for children and helped others.

I WILL NOT change any pairings, but if you reveiw or email me and kindly ask for some conflict, will do that. If you want Kagome to have a crush on Sesshoumaru for awhile, then I might oblige. If I want to, I will. So, you can always try if you want that.

Some Words You Will Need To Know:

Konnichiwa: Hello
Hai: Yes/okay
-Chan: Put at the end of a name. It is used by close friends or lovers.
-San: I'm not sure for the exact meaning. It is used with friends, perhaps that aren't too close. And maybe an older friend, depending on the situation. Any info you have would be appreciated, on any of the endings
Baka: Idiot/stupid
Oto-San: Father/Dad
Okaa-san: Mom/Mother
Hentai: Pervert/Perverted/Porn
Moshi Moshi: How you say hello over the telephone

Characters that Will DEFINATLY Appear:
Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Kikyo, Rin, Shippou, Kouga, Hojou, Kaede, Souta, Ms. Higurashi, Kagome's Grandpa, Yura, Kagura, Kanna, Ayame, Sesshoumaru, Jakken, Jakotsu, Bankotsu, Kaguya (from Inu Movie 2), Totousai (sword maker), Myoga. Plus, Kagome's three modern friends:Yuka, Ayume, Eri

And some others, perhaps. Just so you know, I have seen up to episode 160 in Inuyasha. So, you may not recognize some characters that I named above.

Chapter 1: Some Background

"Urg...make it go away, Sango..." Kagome moaned as a BEEP BEEP echoed in her ears.

"Get up, Kagome, I don't have time for you right now," a brown haired girl, Sango, said as she tied her hair into a ponytail with a long pink ribbon. She quickly pulled on the light blue skirt that was part of her uniform and kicked her roommate's bed. "UP!"

Kagome stretched and rolled off the bed, landing underneath her blankets on the floor. "I'm up, I'm up..."

"No, you're down. Way down. You're acting like you've just gotten over a hangover."

"I can't drink," Kagome muttered and stood up unsteadily.

"Get on your uniform, hurry!" Sango snapped as she put on some clear lipgloss.

"Hai!" Kagome quickly dressed, showered, and brushed her teeth and hair. Sango was tapping her foot impatiently as Kagome ran out of the bathroom and grabbed her backpack. "Ready!"

"Finally, let's go," Sango said and the high school girls retreated down the hall of the dorms.

"Move it, Otohime," a girl with short, sleek black hair and deep red lipstick shoved Sango. She was followed by her pack. Girl pack. They were like a tribe. In fact, they were one of the most popular groups in the school. Yura Konno: the leader who was obsessed with her (and everyone else's) hair. Kagura Kaze: The rude right hand to Yura. She took care of any 'dirty business'. Kanna Kaze: The albino beauty, and sister to Kagura, who hardly spoke a word. She was like a bodyguard, she scared most people. Then, there was Ayame White, the new girl. She seemed too sweet to be friends with the other girls.

"Shove it, Konno and get out of my face. Take you and your shadows with you," Sango spat, her magenta eyes flashing dangerously.

"I wouldn't want to look at your face any longer than I'm forced to," Yura laughed. She was real good at the bitchy girl laugh. She smiled, her lips full of venom, and left.

Sango Otohime was a tough girl. Tough, but fair. Kagome found this a perfect combination in a friend, and so they stuck together. That's what their all girls' school was about. Packs of animals tearing at one another, and sharing the meat with their allies. Alliances. Betrayal. Trust. Power. They were like something from the Discovery Channel that parents would but parental controls on for the overdose of violence. Sango, as pretty as she was, couldn't make it to the upper-class, or 'popular', groups because she had something they all lacked: Sympathy, justice and kindness. Even if that was often hidden by her temper. Most also saw her as a tomboy with social anxiety, but she was actually rather feminine and liked to make new friends. Of course, few people at Kaede's School for Girls were friend worthy.

"And they strike again," Sango muttered to Kagome, stretching after the unusually short verbal battle.

"And we get to face them tomorrow, oh, the joy." Kagome picked up her backpack and followed Sango through the hall. Some smiled and waved, others growled like lionesses. Kagome wondered why, of all the girls' schools, she had to be placed in that one. The most vicious and unforgiving school of them all. There was an all-boys school nearby, and the schools joined for dances and holiday events. Kagome didn't like joining with that school after the whole 'Houjo Incident'. The worst part about both schools was that every student, excluding a handful, LIVED there. They dormed at their stupid high schools. The stricter the school became, the more the students rebelled.

Kagome was unfortunate because all the schools near her home were...well...on the lower end of the academic scale, and this school was known for its fantastic teaching and outstanding graduates. So, she was rushed into this stupid friendly-challenged Hell Hole/Pit Of Doom. Her brother, Souta, was lucky enough to go to a decent Elementary School near their house. Figures that there would be a good elementary school, but no good high schools.

First period started, and it was boring like usual. Then, there was second period, Science.

"I have exciting news, Class!" Ms. Aoyama chirped. She was the prime example of someone on a large overdose of Laughing Gas. Except, she somehow had the effects of it by simply breathing. Her high-pitched, never-stop-smiling voice was enough to make anyone cringe. "We are doing a fun, fun FUN experiment where we get to deal with chemicals!" The class continued its zoning out. "And, you will all have partners!"

Well, that snapped them back to reality, sure as anything. The class groaned as one.

"Now, now, this is going to be fun!" Ms. Aoyama clapped excitedly and began reading names. She was new that year, and didn't understand that choosing a partner for someone could be fatal, if the wrong girls were paired up.

Kagome sighed. Sango wasn't in her Science Class. Only Rin, who was Kagome's other best friend. Kagome cringed when she heard her name.

"Higurashi Kagome, you are partners with Shikigami Kikyo."

That's not so bad, Kagome thought to herself. Sure, Kikyo's last name was kind of freaky, and sure, she never talked to anyone and no one even knew her well enough to call her a friend, but she wasn't evil and popular, so she was under the category of 'Indifferent' in Kagome's book. Kagome smiled over at Kikyo, but Kikyo was still looking out the window. Kagome waited until everyone was supposed to be sat with his or her partners, until she walked over to Kikyo.

Kagome cleared her throat. "Hello, my name is Higurashi Kagome. You're Kikyo, right?"

"Yes." She said simply.

"Oh...well...I'm your science partner."

"Yes."

Kagome blinked. "Okay, then, let's get started. We're supposed to-"

"I know what to do," Kikyo grabbed a bottle. She didn't say it rudely; she just stated a fact.

"Of course you do," Kagome scratched the side of her head. She didn't like someone making her feel stupid.

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"Sango-Chan! Sango! Sango! SANGO-CHAN!" Kagome finally screamed, pounding on the bathroom door. "GET OFF THE PHONE ALREADY!"

"FIVE MORE MINUTES!" Sango screamed back and continued talking to her father.

Kagome fumed on her bed. She was still irritable thanks to Yura, who had decided it would be funny to humiliate poor, innocent Rin by telling everyone that Rin slept with a security blanket. Damn bitch.

Sango finally gave Kagome the phone and she dialed the number to her home. Rang once.

Rang twice.

"Moshi moshi?"

"Okaa-san, its Kagome."

"Hello, sweetie. How are you?"

"I still despise this school with all my being. Why?"

"Kagome...it can't...I'm sure there are good things about the school."

"Sango, Rin, and they have excellent sushi," Kagome said quickly. There was a long silence.

"Oh...see, that's good," Ms. Higurashi said. She had been waiting for Kagome to say more good things about the school. She had been at the school one year already, and was one week into her second. "Do you have good teachers this year? You haven't told me anything."

"One is too perky and the others yell or speak in monotone."

"How about your friend, Sango?"

"Keeping us alive as usual."

"Stop being so dramatic."

Kagome paused. "I'm not. I swear, Mother, I think these girls would kill."

Ms. Higurashi let out a nervous laugh. "I'd hate to see how all-boys school survives then."

"Whoever said boys are more violent than girls must have been a stupid girl herself. Because, believe me, girls are much more dangerous."

"Did you ever think about joining Theatre?" Came the delayed reply.

"What does that have to do anything?"

"I just think you make a wonderful actress...oh, hold, Souta wants to talk to you."

Kagome sighed, now exasperated. "Hey, Souta."

"Hi, Kagome. Are you still alive?"

"Actually, I'm calling from Heaven. I have to go because Grandma wants to use the phone."

"Kagome, that's not f-"

Kagome happily turned off the phone and put it back on the receiver.

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It was Friday, and it was tradition to have a dance at the end of the first week of school. Once school ended, some chosen girls stayed after to decorate the autitorium. Sango, Rin and Kagome walked over to Wacdonalds (think of America's McDonalds) and had a cheeseburger.

"Are we going to the dance?" Rin asked. She was meek, and followed whatever Sango or Kagome suggested.

"I want to go," Kagome said and nibbled on a french fry. "You want to go, Sango?"

"I don't know...I mean, after what happened last time with Kagura..."

"Oh, let's go. It's a new year. They'll be to busy helping Yura find guys with nice hair to be worried about us."

"Okay, then, let's go."

Rin's eyes lit up and she smiled. "That's great, because I already bought a dress!" she clasped her hands together excitedly. Rin was one year younger than Kagome and Sango, and had come to the school near the end of the year last year. She was instantly picked on, seeing as how she was quiet around anyone and everyone. It had taken her a while to even talk to Kagome and Sango openly.

Kagome smiled down at Rin. "I guess we should go back and get dressed." I just pray I don't see Houjo.

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Kagome walked into the autotorium with Sango and Rin. She was wearing a simple black dress with white flowers on it. Sango had on a black dress as well, but it had one fake red rose on the left-hand side of it. And, she had in her usual ponytail. Rin had a white top and orange skirt on.

"Isn't it illegal for so many sluts to gather in one place?" Sango said, covering her mouth as if their disgusting behavior was contagious.

"The guys must be loving them," Kagome said. "I'm going to get a drink."

"I'm going to the bathroom," Sango said. Rin followed her. "I'll be back in a minute."

Kagome, now abandoned and slightly afraid, walked 1quickly to the table where snacks and drinks were. The enemy was all around. Okay, so she was being a bit dramatic, but still, most of the girls lived for the dances, where they got see the male species. Most of them didn't know guys well enough to see them after school, so the dances were the biggest social gatherings of the year.

Kagome was looking for anyone particularly interesting, and spotted something extremely strange. A boy with long black hair. Since when did guys have hair that long? And since when did it look so good? She met stormy blue eyes with violet, and then he was gone. Kagome blinked. Well, that was strange.

"Higurashi-San?"

Kagome groaned. She knew that meek voice. Replacing her scrunched up glare with a freakishly fake-happy smile, she turned around. "Good evening...Houjo."

"You look lovely...And...W-would you care to dance?" The boy asked, looking at her eagerly.

Kagome sweat dropped. Didn't he remember what happened last time? "I...I don't think so, Houjo." His face fell. "Oh! Something shiny! Bye!" Kagome said lamely and ran off. Something shiny? Where in all the Earth did THAT come from?

"Kagome-Chan, were you with Houjo?" Kagome skidded to a halt at the sight of Rin and Sango.

"No, Rin...well, not really."

"You ran away?" Sango said helpfully.

"Sorta," Kagome looked back at the dancers, spotting Yura smiling playfully at a boy with black hair, her hands tangled in his hair. Her Hair Obsession was rather freakish.

Kagome scanned the crowd, and saw the long-haired boy with the violet eyes again. But, he had her back to her, and was walking toward another guy. Kagome's vision was then blocked by a brown shirt. She looked up to see another male with long hair, but his was in a ponytail.

"Hey," he said, smirking at her.

Kagome blinked awkwardly. "Konnichiwa."

"I'm Kouga. You are...?"

"Kagome."

"Would you like to dance?" He looked cocky. Kagome could feel it radiating off of his aura.

"I...sure," Kagome really didn't want to dance with person. But, he hadn't really done anything rude. So, why not?

Sango looked bored, while Rin was smiling and following Kagome and Kouga with her eyes.

A slow song conveniently came on just as they reached the dance floor. Kagome was about to bring out a container for her joy. She hated slow songs. With boys. Slow songs with boys were bad. She reluctantly put her hands on his shoulders, her body stiff. He encircled his hands on her waist, much to her dismay.

"You have really pretty eyes," Kouga flattered her shamelessly throughout the entire dance. Oh, and talked about himself at random points. Kagome was becoming very flustered with the constant flattery that a boy she hardly knew was giving her. She wasn't the romantic type.

"You seem different from all the other girls," Kouga said slowly. Kagome wondered how many girls had heard that line. "Something about you is...special."

Oh, gag me now. Kagome rolled her eyes, wishing the song would end. Why had she wanted to come to the dance? She couldn't remember.

In the middle of Kouga's lovely speech, the song ended abruptly, and Kagome jumped away from him at long last. Muttering a good-bye and waving quickly, Kagome rushed back to Sango and Rin, who were eating food.

"Was he nice?" Rin asked.

"Same old, same old," Kagome said, stealing one of Sango's cookies from her plate. "All guys are the same, I swear."

"Amen to that," Sango muttered after swallowing the food in her mouth.

Rin just shook her head discreetly, wishing someone would ask her to dance.

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Kagome had decided to come home that next weekend. It was annoying to go home. It was such a long drive. And, when she walked in, her mother squeezed her for all she was worth.

After having the life sucked out of her, Kagome sat to eat dinner with her Mother, Grandpa, and Souta.

"Kagome, I hear you are having problems in school," Kagome's grandfather said seriously.

"Yes, well, I've been thinking," Ms. Higurashi said.

Kagome knew nothing good ever came from those words. "About what, Okaa-san?"

"Kagome, do you really dislike your school?" Ms. Higurashi asked for again. She looked like she was debating something.

"Yes, I hate it!" Kagome all but screamed.

"You're so loud," Souta grumbled.

"Be quiet!" Kagome hissed irritably at him.

"Kagome, please," Kagome's mother gave her a hard look.

"What is it?" Kagome was getting impatient.

"I've thinking about having you switch schools. Would you like that?"

Kagome was silent. She loved Sango. She was her greatest friend in the world. And Rin was a sweet girl. But, she wanted so badly to get out of that HellHole. Would they be angry with her if she left them? Could she bare to leave Sango?

"It's within a mile of your current school," Ms. Higurashi added.

"What?! But how is that possible. The only other school nearby is..."

And then it dawned on her.

Hit her like a load of bricks.

Lighting struck the lightbulb in her head.

She solved the equation.

You get the point.

"A BOY'S SCHOOL?!?!"

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A/N First chapter done. Mostly background, I know. The next chapter will be up very, very soon. I just want some reviews to see what you like and didn't like, so I can make any minor changes. Thanks for reading.

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