Hey people, what's up? This is a brand new story and I can't wait to see what you think of it! I hope you like it! OK, now back to this wonderful (if I do say so myself) story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters (crying is heard in the background) but if I did I would get them together AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. But I don't own it so I can't help all you poor Kagome and Inuyasha couple lovers out there just like me.

Chapter 1: Leaving home and gaining trust

Kagome sat in the corner of her room crying. She prayed that her stepfather wouldn't come up, or that her mother would come home. Unlike most kids, Kagome loved school. It was the only place she could get away from her stepfather's beatings. The only other time was when her mother came home. Her mother knew nothing about what happened to Kagome every day. She was totally unaware that all the bruises on Kagome didn't come from bullies like Kagome had told her.

'Only one more week with him.' Kagome thought. 'Only one more week before I go to boarding school.'

Kagome's mother had suggested that Kagome go to boarding school to get away from the bullies. Kagome had quickly agreed and her stepfather hat to also agree, or her mother would know something was wrong.

Kagome heard a bang downstairs. She held her breath until she heard her mother yelling that she was home. Kagome sighed and got up. She had a few more bruises to tell her mother about.

***One week later***

Kagome stood in front of her dorm room. She stood there, trying to decide whether or not to go in. She was nervous. What if her roommate was like her stepfather? What if she kept on doing bad things and needed to be punished? What, what if her roommate was a boy?

Kagome turned the doorknob and opened the door. The first thing she saw as an angry looking teenage boy and two knocked out teenagers on the floor. One was a boy wearing dark purple and black, he had a small ponytail at the base of his neck. The other was a girl with long black hair pulled back into a high ponytail.

Kagome screeched and ran into an adjoining room to that one. The room was empty, so Kagome knew that it was hers. She hid in the space between the bed and the wall. She heard the door open and cursed the door for not having a lock. The person went right to her hiding space. She curled into herself and prayed he wouldn't hurt her too much. She sat like that for a whole minute before she looked up.

Above her stood the angry teenage boy. His head was turned slightly, like he was confused, and his long white hair hang down to frame his face. She looked up at his mouth and saw fangs. Looking up at his eyes she ssaw that they were a beautiful golden color. Looking up even further to his head she saw...

"Dog ears!" Kagome said, awed.

..dog ears.

The boy's eyes got big and his ears twitched. Kagome suddenly had the urge to touch them, and stood up walking within two inches of him. She started to reach her hands up to touch them when he swatted her hands away.

"W-what are you doing?" Inuyasha asked, backing away. He had a shocked look on his face, trying to cover his ears so she couldn't get them.

"I just wanna know if there real. Come on, please?" Kagome asked, looking innocent.

"No, I don't want you to." Inuyasha backed away farther so that his back hit the wall.

Kagome looked at his scared face and jumped back in shock. 'I'm acting like him! I'm acting like my stepfather, it might be over something stupid, but I'm still acting like him. If u don't stop, I might become him. I can't force people to do anything, and I shouldn't hit people either.' Kagome thought, trying to understand when this had happened.

"What's wrong? Why are you the one scared? You're the one who can see my ears. No one is supposed to be able to see them, except for when I let people, and I'm the one who almost got his ears touched." Inuyasha grumbled.

Tears started to run down Kagome's face, and she automatically put her head down so Inuyasha wouldn't be able to see. Inuyasha could smell them of course.

"I'm acting like him, I'm sorry." Kagome whispered, still crying.

"I don't care who you act like, just stop crying!" Inuyasha said, trying to ignore the pain he felt when he saw this little innocent looking girl cry. 'Now that I think about it,' Inuyasha thought, 'she does seem a little bit to thing, and were did she get all of the bruises?'

A loud bang startled them both, and angry voice yelled, "Inuyasha what did you do to make her cry?" The girl from the other room came in and marched right up to Inuyasha. "Do you have any sense of decency? She just got here and she probably doesn't even know who you are!" Sango was really mad now.

"I didn't do anything. All I did was tell her not to touch my ears, then she started crying!" Inuyasha yelled, starting to get mad also.

"She wanted to what?" Sango asked, shocked. 'Can she see his ears?'

"She can see my ears and everything. She wanted to see if they were real when she started crying. When I asked why all she said was 'I was acting like him'" Inuyasha shrugged and continued. " I have no idea how he is so don't even ask."

The whole time they were talking Kagome was getting angrier and angrier. 'Do they think I can't hear them? I'm right her for gods sake!' (a/n imagine flames around head, he he he)

"Do you have to talk about me like I'm not here?" Kagome asked, trying to stay calm.

"Oh, sorry. May I ask who you thought you were acting like?" Sango asked, looking interested.

"No." Was Kagome's short answer.

Sango looked shocked by the answer, but didn't push it. "OK, well, I'm Sango. I'm guessing you're my new roommate Kagome. That hot head is Inuyasha. Don't worry about him, his bark is worse then his bit. (Inuyasha started to get angry at that) He and Miroku, the boy in the living room, live next door. They come over her often, so you'll see them a lot. Oh, and I guess you can see that Inuyasha is a half demon." Sango said while trying to get Kagome out into the living room.

"Um...he's a what?" Kagome asked, confused.

"Half demon, half human. Normal people can't see his ears, claws, eyes or fangs. Because you can means you must be a miko. I guess you must have seen people like Inuyasha before, but you were told not to tell stories right?" Sango asked.

Kagome flinched, thinking about the last time that she had told someone about the things she saw or felt.

***Flashback***

Kagome was throne across the room, screaming. Her stepfather had just got home and she had another hour before her mother came home.

"Your mother told me you told another lie about seeing creatures. You worthless piece of shit, didn't you ever learn no to tell a lie? That worthless father you had must have never taught you anything. Well, now I'm gonna have to teach you the hard way."

Kagome jumped up the second she heard him say something bad about her father. "Don't you dare say anything bad about my father. He was a better man then you! I don't want you to even think about him with your horrible mind!" Kagome screamed charging at him. That day she was beaten within an inch of her life. Her mother was told that she had gotten into a fight with a neighborhood kid, and that it was the kids last day here. That was the first time Kagome's stepfather lied about her, and that was Kagome's last attempt at freedom.

***End Flashback***

Kagome stood in the living room with tears in her eyes, and Inuyasha was looking panicked again. "I thought I told you not to cry!" He yelled, making funny faces to try and get her to stop.

***End of chapter 1***

So, how did you like it? Please review, I want to know how I did on this one and if I should continue. I hope you liked it, thanks!

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