Disclaimer: I do not own any Inuyasha characters they belong to Rumiko Takahashi and friends.

Summary: AU Kag/Inu, They are from different worlds but can they make this work without one of them going crazy. Title kinda say's it all. Setting is some random city in the US.

Just a little note from the author, I hope you enjoy this, my first published fan fiction. I hope to make every chapter at least 700 words, and to update at least every week. Please review each chapter. Thank You

Chapter One: The First Encounter

21 October:

In the darkness of the early morning Kagome Higurashi, a girl almost a woman, was just leaving for school. She was quite unaware that her life was about to become much more interesting. As she made her way along the six blocks to her high school she was lost in thought about her first semester in a new school. She thought about her old friends in Japan that she missed and the few friends she had made here in this new city. She thought of how much more space there was here in the United States than there had been in Japan. She did not pay attention to where she was going until it was too late; she caught her shoe on a bump in the sidewalk. As she fell she knew that she was going to be in a lot of pain. Suddenly she was no longer fall but was placed on the ground by two strong arms that quickly disappeared. As the shock wore off and she stood up she looked around for her unlikely helper. She could not see anybody at all on the entire block.

Up in a tree not far from the girl, being very careful to stay in the shadows, sat Inuyasha Takahashi, a boy almost a man, but yet neither. He did not understand why he had caught the girl but he knew he would be seeing her again. Thinking back he was very confused; he had been late in getting home for the day when he had crossed paths with a girl. For some reason he had wanted to follow this girl that didn't seem to be watching where she was going. She was not very tall, about 5' 2" with hair so black it was sure to shine blue in moonlight, that flowed all the way down her back. It was just long enough that he was certain she had to be careful how she sat down for fear of pulling her hair. Pale skin that made no sense in such a usually sunny climate was like fragile porcelain. Her eyes were hidden from him for now but somehow he knew he would be seeing them soon. He did not understand why she was so fascinating to him. He had never before had an overwhelming need to be closer to somebody. He knew he had to get home before the shadows of morning disappeared, but this girl was so alluring. As he had been about to stop watching her, she had tripped and started falling, the overwhelming scent of her fear as she heading toward the sidewalk had been too much for him. He was by her side and gone again so fast that he knew without a doubt nobody had seen him. As she looked around for her savior he waited. As she started on her way again he made his way home deep in thought. He realized that he had only barely made it indoors before the sun came completely over the horizon.

As Kagome made her way through the school day she wondered about her accident that morning and was very distracted in class. She did not understand, had someone stopped her fall or had she just imagined it. She did have one scratch on her leg but it was so straight and small how could that be an injury from falling? She wondered.

Meanwhile, in a large house a couple of miles away from Kagome the same boy, almost man, sat in a dark room at the center of the house. He was contemplating what had happened to him on his way home. He had walked into the house and as he was getting ready to take a shower and change his clothes for the day when he became aware of a small amount of blood on one of his hands. He sniffed it; to his surprise he found that it belonged to the girl he had been watching. He had been so entranced by her he had not noticed cutting her. He carefully tasted the blood then continued his earlier actions. He would ponder this situation more once he had napped.

As Kagome walked home from school she pondered again what had happened that morning, when she got home she decided that she would not worry about it anymore. She changed out of her school uniform and had dinner with her family. Her evening was the same as it had been since she had moved to the United States, she was the first to leave every morning (about 6:45 AM) and the last to get home (about 5:45 PM). She enjoyed the large library at the high school and would get to school early to read and stay late to do her homework. Upon returning home she would have dinner (her mother always had it ready when Kagome got home), do her chores (mainly the dishes), help her little brother with his homework, and then she had the night to herself she would either watch TV or read before she fell asleep.

Inuyasha meanwhile had awoken from his nap and was wondering about the girl again. He decided that he would find her this night and find out where she lived.