Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Yay! New story time! =D I really hope you all like this. I miss writing the high school scene. Of course, this is a music academy, but still. Anyway, on with the show!

"Once more, with feeling!" said the music instructor fervently, flailing his arms in the air as if it would make the choir before him do any better. He looked over his shoulder when he heard his door open. He signaled for the instruments and choir to cease as he made his way over to the principal.

"Ah! Headmaster! What brings you to my rehearsal?" he greeted pleasantly, though pleasantries were the farthest thing from his mind. Still, the man did issue his paycheck. The least he could do was address him respectfully, even though his constant bubbly attitude did grate on his nerves. No matter.

The headmaster smiled, nodding in that annoying bubbly fashion in which he did everything. "I've brought you a new prodigy! She's new here, but very talented. Professor Menomaru, meet Kag—wait, where'd she go?" He looked behind him to see that the little girl he'd been leading around was now gone.

...

Kagome Higurashi looked around the corner. Good, no one was after her yet. She knew what the headmaster would make her do. He wanted to show her off. Just like everyone else in her life. Well, she loved to sing, but she just wasn't ready to sing in front of a group of complete strangers. The very thought terrified her.

She'd been singing for years at her old school, the star of its musical program. Right now, being ten years old and in the most advanced music courses offered wasn't quite normal. She'd come to accept being different from her peers. And after a while, she made friends and lived quite comfortably, enjoying the use of her talent.

But then her mother had died. Now, it was just Kagome and Souta, her brother, living with their only family: Aunt Kaguya.

Little Kagome began to creep backwards when she stepped on what felt like a foot and fell over, taking the rest of the foot's unknown body with her. She sat up and moved her hair out of her face, only to see the most interesting-looking boy she'd ever encountered.

He was scowling at her. "Sheesh. Pay more attention." His hair was to his shoulders and silver. His eyes were a piercing, angry gold. Atop his head were what looked like dog ears. Before she could stop herself, she leaned over to touch them.

"So fuzzy." She muttered. He swatted her hands away and growled, standing up.

"Not the ears!" he yelled.

"I'm sorry! They're just so cute." She apologized.

The boy blushed. "Whatever. Who are you anyway? I've never seen you around here before."

She stood up and wiped any dirt off of her backside and legs. "Um…I'm Kagome. What's your name?"

He snorted. "Inuyasha."

"What a cool name!" she exclaimed.

"It's not that great." He rolled his eyes. "So, why are you hiding?"

"Who said I was hiding?" she said defensively.

He just raised an eyebrow. "Do you walk backwards because you have eyes in the back of your head, then?"

She sighed, explaining to him in a very cute, ten year old way her situation with the headmaster. Inuyasha smirked when she finished.

"I'm in the choir, too. You don't have to hide anymore, 'cause now you know someone here." He grabbed her hand and made his way back to the band room. The headmaster smiled at them when they entered the room.

"Well hello there, Inuyasha. I see you've found our new student."

"Yeah. She got lost." He was still holding her hand.

Kagome looked at her feet. "I'm sorry, sir."

He laughed. "No harm, no foul. Now, Inuyasha, why don't you go join the rest of the choir for a moment?"

"Fine." Inuyasha slowly let go of her hand and reluctantly did as he was told.

"Kagome," the headmaster turned to her, "won't you please sing for Professor Menomaru? I'm sure he can find a place for you here." He looked at the mentioned instructor. "Right, Professor?"

Menomaru crossed his arms and smiled, but looked like he was in pain. "Right."

Kagome hesitated, feeling her cheeks grow warmer every second. Her frantic eyes found Inuyasha's gold ones. He waved at her and gave her a thumbs-up. She sighed. "Okay." She thoughtfully ran a hand through her hair, trying to decide what song to sing. She took a deep breath and began.

"And I'd give up forever to touch you,

'Cause I know that you feel me somehow.

You're the closest to Heaven I'll ever be,

And I don't wanna go home right now…"

After she was done, the headmaster and the rest of the choir clapped. Menomaru looked as if he might faint. Kagome shyly smiled and looked at Inuyasha. He was grinning at her, his fangs showing. Relief washed over her like rain.

"Didn't I tell you, professor?"cheered the headmaster.

"That you did." Menomaru looked down at Kagome. "You'd be excellent for our female soloist in the chorus. If you're interested, that is."

Kagome couldn't really say no, with everyone watching her. And when she looked into Inuyasha's eager eyes, she knew she could belong here. She agreed to do it, and went to join the chorus in their rehearsal. After they were done, she approached Inuyasha with a shy gate.

"Kagome, you were awesome!" he said, smirking at her. She blushed.

"Thanks. I heard you in the rehearsal. You're really good, too." She said.

He tilted his chin up, a cocky smile on his lips. "I'm the male-alto lead in the chorus!" he said proudly. "Which basically means I'm like, the Lord and everyone else are my subjects."

Kagome giggled. "You're so funny! Wait, I'm the lead female soprano! What does that make me?"

Inuyasha stroked his chin in thought. "Hm. I guess that makes you the Lady. Like, a queen."

"A queen? Really?" she said eagerly. He nodded.

"I'm the King and you're the Queen. We'll rule this academy!"

And they were. Inuyasha and Kagome became inseparable after that day. They were constantly tied together in their classes all the way through middle school. Kagome had grown accustomed to Inuyasha's cocky attitude and mean temper. Meanwhile, Inuyasha had learned to handle himself around girls. Kagome was the only girl who wasn't scared of him because he was a half demon. In their seventh grade year, they made two more friends: Sango and Miroku.

Sango was an excellent bass guitarist with a tough, tomboy attitude that usually was marked by the way she dressed when not in their academy uniforms. She and Kagome were much like sisters after they met. They first encountered one another when Kagome had tripped over Sango's bass in the band room and twisted her ankle. Sango had been so afraid it was broken; she picked Kagome up off the ground with her own hands and took her to the nurse.

Miroku was a drummer, and quite the flirt. Of course, sometimes he was a bit on the lecherous side. He grew up with Sango, and she was the only female he felt comfortable enough with to actually touch her bottom or any other part he found attractive. He met Inuyasha and Kagome in seventh grade when he flirted with Kagome out in the open, and right in front of Inuyasha. Following what he believed at the time to be brotherly instincts, Inuyasha snapped at Miroku in Kagome's defense. That was when Sango came running up to let them know who Miroku was, and they all became a common group of friends.

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"Inuyasha! Look at this flyer! Lisa Furukawa is coming to our school!" Kagome rushed over to her best friend after school, flailing the flyer in her hand. He chuckled and took it from her when she was close enough, taking a look at it for himself.

"Wow. And there's going to be a contest?" He continued reading. His jaw dropped. "And the winner gets to record a track with her? Are you shitting me?"

Kagome squealed. "I LOVE Lisa! I'm going to enter-you should too!"

"Psh. Duh. Not like I can let the queen out-do the king in his own domain." He gave her a challenging smirk. Kagome grinned, knowing that as long as one of them was the winner, it wouldn't change anything.

"See you at the auditions!"

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Kagome didn't like to remember that day. She had been so happy, only to turn to the one she thought would be just as happy and discovers it was all a lie between them. All she would let remain in her mind was the image of his back as he walked away after glaring at her, his gold eyes shimmering with anger. Her image of him blurred and she quickly went to wipe the tears away from her eyes.

A/N: Next chapter will be their first year in high school for the music academy. I hope you enjoyed this, and please review!