Hello friends! This is another InuYasha fic, but I decided to go in chapters this time. I need to think up the next part.

I do NOT own InuYasha (T_T) and that is going on the bucket list:

BUY INUYASHA lol :P

Read, no flames, and please review! :D Enjoy! :D

"So, this variable will be entered into the equation and…."

InuYasha could barely restrain his eyes from drifting closed as he listened to his calculus professor drone on and on for what seemed like eternity. His chin was resting in his left hand as his right continuously tapped his pencil against his blank paper. He was supposed to be taking notes, but he already knew this stuff like the back of his hand. At least, he thought he knew it.

A hand shot up in the front of the auditorium and InuYasha craned his neck to see just who it was. He felt the corners of his lips tug up into a smile as he recognized her.

It was Kagome. She was one of the smartest girls on campus, maintaining straight A's and participating in certain clubs. She didn't dress in skimpy beach Barbie clothes like the other girls that actually lived near campus in California. Most of the time, she was dressed in jeans and baggy t-shirts. But, InuYasha was drawn in by her chocolate brown eyes and her long, ebony hair that cascaded down her back like a waterfall.

His thoughts were interrupted when she answered the equation. He smiled again. The professor nodded, obviously pleased with his star student, and turned back to the overhead screen. InuYasha scribbled down the equation before it disappeared.

After class, InuYasha was walking through the courtyard with his bag slung over one shoulder when he spotted her. She was, surprisingly, sitting alone scribbling something in a small, leather bound notebook. With her looks and brains, one would think she had friends. InuYasha walked over towards her when he was intercepted.

"INU!" a squealing girl exclaimed and threw her arms around his neck. InuYasha gritted his teeth and struggled to get her off.

"Hey, um, you," he muttered and straightened his leather jacket.

"It's me, INU! It's Kikyo!" she said with a grin and held something out in her left hand. InuYasha took a closer look and grimaced. She was offering him her photo. On the bottom, scrawled in black marker, was her phone number. "Call me sometime, Inu. You and I should hook up." She said with a wink and attempted to saunter off. Instead she was distracted and went running in her pathetic pink high heels towards her little posse.

InuYasha looked back to where Kagome had been only moments ago, only to find that she had vanished.

-v-

"Kagome, you're already packing? We don't leave for another two days." Sango said with a teasing smile. Kagome shrugged.

"I'm going to be busy with the music club, getting things squared away for the vice president before I leave, and I have to see my astronomy professor about the recommendation for my job at the observatory." Kagome said and grinned. "I want to get packed before you become a messy tornado, anyways," she teased and folded the rest of her laundry.

Once Kagome deemed herself ready to leave at a moment's notice, she left the dorm room with Sango to go to the small diner on campus where Sango waitressed. Sango was dressed in her usual uniform, black jeans and a white tank top. Kagome had exchanged her t-shirt for a plaid button-down cotton shirt. It was green, of course. Sango always called it her signature color.

"Hey, Miroku!" Sango called towards the bar when the girls walked through the door.

"My two favorite girls!" was his reply as he came out to kiss Sango and give Kagome a hug.

"Hey, cousin," Kagome said with a smile. Sango kissed Miroku's cheek before going to put on her nametag and apron.

"Are you packed for the trip yet?" Kagome asked Miroku. Miroku shrugged. "Like you, I am well prepared." They laughed together as Sango remerged with a notepad.

"Miroku, let the poor girl order her food!"

-v-

InuYasha sat in a booth at the diner and watched Kagome interact with her two best friends. When she sat alone at the counter, he immediately saw it as an open opportunity. InuYasha walked over and slid onto the seat beside her.

"Hey," he said, pretending to be very nonchalant. Kagome nodded.

"Hi, InuYasha," she said with indifference. InuYasha did a double-take.

She knows me?

"You know me?" he asked, his voice a little less incredulous than his inner monologue. Kagome raised an eyebrow and looked at him.

"You and I have lived by each other since we were fifteen, InuYasha," she said. InuYasha's jaw dropped. "You were the girl with the guitar?" he asked, astonished. Kagome sighed.

"Yes, I was the girl with the guitar."

InuYasha was still staring at her when Miroku came over with her coke and burger. "Oh, hey! You're the neighbor kid from back home, right? Fancy seeing you here." He said with a grin and went to talk to a new customer. InuYasha blinked.

"Did everyone know this but me?" he muttered. Kagome giggled.

"You don't notice much, do you?" she asked. InuYasha smirked

I notice you.

"I guess not," was his reply. Kagome shrugged and waved to the waitress. After Miroku finished bringing out food, he went back to Kagome.

"So, are you going home for the holiday, too?" he asked with a smile. InuYasha shrugged. "I was thinking about it. Since it seems everybody's heading back to our hometown, I might as well too." He said. Miroku grinned.

"Me and Kagome are already packed. Sango, my girlfriend, is as ill-prepared as ever." He said and motioned in the direction of the waitress. InuYasha grinned, seeing another fresh opportunity rise.

"We should drive together, then."

-v-

The two days passed in a blur. InuYasha conveniently ran into Kagome everywhere; after class, at the diner, in the courtyard, even by the student dorms. He asked her out for coffee the morning before they left, but she'd rejected his offer.

She just doesn't know you.

-v-

Miroku threw all their bags into the back of the jeep and went up to the driver's side. Kagome was already arguing with InuYasha. It was going to be a long drive.