Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha characters….I wish I did though.

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A/N: Hey guys!!! I'm finally joining All the other sites have either gone out of business on the net or lost their domain. It's time to start fresh here. Anyways, I'm starting this story, War Between Our Worlds, and I hope you enjoy!!!!

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Chapter One: History Legends and Birthday Jitters

"They were never meant to mix…co-exist, but never mix. There was always a boundary to things, a limit for everyone. Angels stayed on their side, in their home in Heaven, while devils stayed exiled, in their home called Hell. Rarely were angels and devils allowed to meet. If a devil were to ever cause havoc or chaos on Earth, the angel always had to wait till they were gone to fix the harm. It was one of the most sacred rules for all three realms: Heaven, Hell, and Earth.

But somehow, rules were always meant to be broken. There always was a war between Heaven and Hell, good and evil, clashing and raging for centuries. But there was no greater time when all Heaven and Hell broke loose after the discovery of the most forbidden love. The daughter of the King of the angels fell in love with the son of Satan himself. This love created nothing short of the apocalypse of all the worlds. The only solution was to clip the daughter's wings and punish the son. They were both banished and exiled to Earth, where they were also turned mortal.

Their love pulled them through, taking whatever was thrown at them. But unfortunately, it wasn't them who suffered, but their child. Their child suffered the burden and the consequences; their child was named: Inuyasha."

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"Hmph. What a load of bull! I swear---!" Kagome said, stifling a yawn at the end of her sentence. These legends were sometimes so boring. "Anyways…I swear! These "legends" are just a bunch of fairy tales some psychotic nutcase told people before they were thrown to a looney bin." Kagome concluded, flailing the book in one hand. "I mean, come on!" she drawled on. "…who would even believe in stuff like that?"

Sango sighed. "Oh dear." She said impathetically. "Be nice Kagome. At least this legend has a love story with it. It should be rather interesting, don't you thi---"

"That's what makes it even worst! Love isn't THAT much worth to lose your place in Heaven…or even Hell for that matter." She pointed out, totally cutting Sango off.

"Urgh! Oh come on Kagome!" Sango argued. "Just because Koga's fallen flat on his face for a shorter skirt doesn't mean love is that bad. Not all guys are like that. You know the saying, 'Boys like him just give the whole male population, a bad reputation.' Know what I mean?"

Kagome looked at her friend blankly before looking back at the ground. "It's not exactly a 'saying' Sango…you totally made the rhyming part up." She replied in a deadpanned expression.

"Ha. Don't hate. It's not my fault I'm Shakespeare-in-the-making." Sango grinned as they continued walking to school. "Besides, legends aren't all that bad. They're truly captivating…"

"Huh. More like fake and boring." Kagome fought back. Sango just sighed at her friend's stubbornness. Kagome Higurashi and Sango Taijiya both attended Skikon High and they were currently both running out of time.

"Urgh! Kagome, would you hurry your ass up?! We only got five minutes before school begins and we still got a little more than a block to go! I swear…if we're late again…I'm never walking to school with you anymore."

"Would you hold up? Reading, walking, understanding half of what you're reading while making sure not to trip is a little DIFFICULT you know…" Kagome said, half paying attention to her history homework, half to where she was walking. Unfortunately, as talented at multi-tasking as she was, Kagome tripped over a crack in the sidewalk. "Oww….stupid sidewalk. Stupid crack." She muttered.

"Well, that's what you get for not studying last night and procrastinating till this morning!" Sango exclaimed.

"…Not helping Sango…" came Kagome's muffled response.

Sango smiled at her friend's situation. "Why don't you just close the book, put it away, and we'll make a dash for it? We've got less than five minutes now." She said, checking the time on her cell phone. "You can study your history book when we get there with whatever time we have left."

Kagome sat up and idly looked at Sango. She grabbed her book, stood up, and brushed herself off, considering it a moment. "Oh, what the heck." She stuffed the book in her bag and dashed off with Sango down the block, towards their school.

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"Phew! Damn, I'm exhausted!" exclaimed Sango, sucking in painful gasps of air to her much abused lungs. Kagome, having to be the one who carried the much, much, heavier bag, clutched at her knees before collapsing to the ground. She rolled over and the rays of the sun beat against her form, making her feel hotter than she already was. "Yeah. We…made it…to school…only…to the damned…courtyard…though." She managed to say through bedraggled breaths. Taking in air was also painful as her oxygen-deprived body sat up. She squinted to look at Sango's grinning face.

"Ready to go yet?" Sango asked.

Unable to find the breath to respond just yet, let alone stand up, Kagome gave a curt nod before staggering to her feet.

Once both their breathing paces slowed, they headed to the school entrance. Kagome once again took out her history book and resumed her studying. If she didn't get most of it, she'd fail the history test for sure. History was her fifth period, but because it was Thursday, fifth period was actually the third period of the day.

'Ha. Thank the genius who made our schedule hell. I hope lightning strikes and hit him.' Kagome thought, already starting her day with her grumpy mood.

The first two periods of the day went by smoothly. It was boring, but smooth. Even the test was fairly easy. Kagome's day was turning out splendidly. That was, until she saw Koga passing by the hallway outside her class, stopping by the school from his university to see his new girlfriend. To top all of that, the history teacher announced that they were going to be working on some history project.

'This teacher just keeps getting better and better…he couldn't have had the most perfect timing.'

"Well class, tomorrow, we'll be assigning partners and---"

'RIIIIING' The loud bell signaling the end of class sounded loudly throughout the school. "Oh well…saved by the bell. See you all tomorrow…and study for finals!!" Mr. Tsutsui yelled to anyone still in the classroom.

'Haha. Yeah. YOU are the one who's saved by the bell.' Kagome thought evilly. 'Kagome, stop it…you shouldn't be taking it out on your teachers…That's right! Wait until you get the chance to wrap your fingers around Koga's neck.' It didn't help that Kagome also got a rude awakening this morning. Her day just couldn't get any worst…could it? First she woke up to find a lizard staring straight at her. That, Souta will pay for. Then, her history test anxieties make her nearly late for school. To top that all off, she had to see Koga with his new chick.

'I'm going to get wrinkles by the time I'm 21 if I keep this up…'

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The last period of the day flew by, and soon, everyone was released to go back home. Kagome was halfway across the schoolyard when she saw Koga picking HER up. She sighed sullenly before continuing her way.

"Why the long face, Higurashi?" Sango suddenly popped up beside Kagome.

"Oh for the love of----Sango, don't scare me like that! And eww. Don't call me that either…you sound like Koga when I first met him…" Kagome replied, finally bringing down the hand clutching her heart when Sango scared her.

"You…okay…?" Sango asked. She saw Koga, and undoubtedly, Kagome saw him too. "I mean, you still down about what happened?" she tried again hesitantly.

"I don't know really. I'm not really depressed…more like angry. I just can't believe he'd go and do that after saying 'there's no one else like you, Kagome' or 'I can't love another than you, Kagome.'" Kagome mimicked in a wimpy impression of Koga's corniness.

"…what a load of bull." She added in a sullen tone. Sango first tried to suppress her giggles at Kagome's "wonderful" acting, but soon found herself holding her stomach and wiping her tears our of her eyes due to all-out laughter.

Kagome narrowed her eyes at her best friend. "Glad to see you find pleasure in my pain…" venom dropped with every word she spoke.

Sango finished up her hysteria and stopped walking to face Kagome. Kagome stopped too and Sango embraced her. "It's alright, and it's gonna be fine. You just gotta be the strong, stubborn girl I've known my whole life….trust me Kagome. There are A LOT of guys out there who'd treat you right. You just gotta find the right one, that's all. Besides, your 18th birthday is coming up soon and not long after that, we'll both leave Shikon High and its memories behind." Sango said, smiling as brightly as she could. That smile was so contagious, so what else could Kagome do but smile too?

"Thanks Sango. You always know what to say." They embraced one more time before they went their separate ways and headed home. Kagome turned and watched Sango's retreating back.

'How does she do it?' She smiled and set off home again.

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"I'M HOOOME!!!!" Kagome chided as she opened the doors to her shrine. "Well hello Kagome! How was your day?" Her mother asked stepping into the hallway.

"Oh…it was…uh, ok. Just a couple run-ins with some tests. Who knew history would be so hard to throw down with one punch?" '…Koga too…'

"You make it sound like your classes are alive and you had to karate chop them or something." Souta piped, also coming to greet his sister home.

Kagome looked irritatedly at her brother. "Still hooked on those Jackie Chan movies, I see." she said. Souta just grinned and trotted off to his precious playstation awaiting him in the living room. 'Boys' Kagome thought as she shook her head and went up to her room.

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"So…according to this book, Inuyasha is half angel, half devil. He's supposedly living here on Earth now. His parents died when he was young and he was left alone. Wow. What a sad story. The poor boy's already got the whole world against him, not to mention Heaven and Hell's out to get him, but his parents die on top of all that?! I hate the guy who wrote this legend! He's more whacked up in the head than I thought!" Kagome all but yelled into the phone.

Sango giggled at the other end. "Too bad this is the legend Mr. Tsutsui's assigning for the class project then, huh?"

"Gosh…I'm so glad we're in the same class. I don't think I'd be able to survive that class without you, Sango."

"Are you really struggling in that class Kagome?"

Kagome put her pen down and heavily sighed. "Not really. Don't get me wrong, I love history. The stories are captivating---"

"Ah hah! So you admit it's at least interesting."

"Don't interrupt me, Sango!" Kagome said jokingly.

"Oh…sorry. Continue."

"Tsutsui just won't give me a break you know? He expects us to know the history lessons like the back of our hands the day after he gives the lecture. I swear, he's worst than gramps. And, you know, sometimes I get the feeling he's out to get me…"

"Haha. True. I see it sometimes." Sango said jokingly. "Anyways, where were we?"

"Let's take a break from the book, Sango." Kagome said, stifling a yawn.

"Alright, what do you want to talk about?" 'Anything besides Koga.' Kagome thought. "Oh, I know!" Sango chirped. "Let's picture Inuyasha!"

"….uh…Sango, are you on something? How the hell are we supposed to do that?" Kagome asked.

"Well, I've read once that he was BEAUTIFUL."

"Huh?" Kagome asked again.

"Well, it was said that his mother was the most beautiful of all angels, and that, you know how devils are angels too right? Just fallen angels?" Sango said trying to get through Kagome's brain. Obviously, the girl needed sleep.

"Uh huh."

"Well, his father was then surely very handsome too! So most beautiful mother, plus most handsome father, equals most perfect child." Sango concluded.

"Hmm…" Kagome hummed. She tried picturing what a perfect guy would look like, but only ended up thinking about Koga. "Damn!"

"What?" Sango asked.

"Urgh…I'm trying to picture him, but I keep on going back to Koga." True, Koga was the type of guy every girl ogled over. When he was attending Shikon High, every girl wanted him. Even at his new college, he was the luckiest Freshman yet.

"WHAT?! Kagome…he's supposed to be dreamy…not nightmarish." Sango giggled at the other end. "Hey, don't get me wrong, I still wanna bash him upside his head." Kagome said defensively. They both burst out laughing until their hysteria was close to threatening to stab their ribs through. It quieted down and soon they finished up conversation and hung up.

Kagome got up from her desk and hopped over to flop down face-up on her bed. "Hmm…what a day." Kagome said with a sigh. "Stupid legend…got me thinking about stupid boys." She rolled over to her side and stared at her clock which read 11:15 pm. She rolled back over on her back to glare at the ceiling. She put an arm over her eyes. "Heh, Inuyasha…ha. He does sound like a dreamy guy…I wonder. What if he were real…? Ha. Fat chance of that happening." Kagome said out loud. She closed her eyes. She couldn't shake off the thought. The corners of her mouth quirked up and she smiled as she drifted off to sleep.