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an: This was previously on mediaminer, but I deleted it. It's an old story so be nice. It was probably only like my second story I ever written.

Hanyou Hunters

Chapter 1: Freak

The gang were all headed back to Kaede's after another unsuccessful shard hunt. Inuyasha was in a particularly rotten mood. For not only did they not retrieve any jewel shards, but on their way they had run into Koga of the Wolf demon tribe. Once again he tried to steal Kagome's heart. Even though she claims it is a one sided love, she always seems to protect him by issuing Inuyasha a painful sit.

He couldn't understand it. Koga had thrown out a few nasty comments about Hanyou's and before Inuyasha could even think of a come back, he was eating dirt. Just thinking about it made his blood boil.

"Dam that Wolf bastard", he grumbled under his breath.

Kagome gave an annoyed glare at the Miserable Half demon. "Calm down. I can't help it if he likes me."

"Hmmph. Well flirtin' with him doesn't help."

"Yeah, as if", she stopped walking. Shure sign of a big arguement.

"Every time we see him you can't wait to sit me so you can go running into his arms."

"What?!", she yelled, outraged.

"It's disgusting", he added.

Sango and Miroku waited calmly for their arguement to end and didn't even bother to hear what they were argueing about.

"If you weren't such a Jerk, and you had some control over your temper, maybe I wouldn't have to sit you."

"So you admit it, you run into his arms."

"I never said that!!!", she screamed.

"I didn't hear you deny it."

"Uggh! Why don't you just grow up!"

"What like Koooga", he mocked in her face.

"Yes!", she screamed back in his face. "Atleast he's nice to me."

"I knew it! You like him!", he pointed an accusing finger.

"Right now I'm liking him better than you!", she pointed back. "What's your problem anyways? Why do you always have to start fights with him?"

"Me?! He called me a half dog Freak!", he spat rudely in her face.

"Grrrr." A scream in her throat quickly worked its way up and came out without any hesitation. "YOU ARE A FR-", she tried to stop herself in mid-sentence, but the words had already come out. "FREAK!"

Everything went silent after that. Even though the others had tried not to listen, they had all heard what she said.

Kagome's still hung open. She just stood where she was, looking at Inuyasha, afraid of what had just happened to their relationship.

Inuyasha didn't yell back. He just stood there, as if with complete understanding. His face turned calm, yet you could still see the anger in his eyes. It was an expression much like his older brother would give.

"Inuyasha, no wait... I didn't -" But he had already taken off.

"Oh Kagome", Sango said sympathetically. "Why did you say that?"

"I..I..", she stuttered. "It just came out. I didn't mean it." She looked in the direction where Inuyasha had fled, like she was about to cry.

"Don't worry about it Kagome", Miroku calmed her. "Just give him time to calm down."

"But he was. I mean, did you see his face? It was like he wasn't even surprised." She shook her head in frustration. "He thinks that I'm just like everyone else now who thinks he's weird."

There was a drawn out silence as they all looked into the distance, where Inuyasha had gone. Miroku sighed. "Let's go back." He put his hand on Kagome's shoulder sweetly. "He'll be back...he knows we're having Ramen." They all gave a little chuckle, trying to cheer Kagome's spirits. She gave a little smile, hoping they were right.

Inuyasha had stopped running as soon as he was shure he was far enough that he wouldn't have been followed. He felt a deep pit of despair in his stomache. He felt like he was all alone in the world again.

'Freak she says...so I'm a Freak!?'

"Grrr. What does she know", he yelled swiping at a tree with his claws. But it did no good. It didn't make him feel any better. In fact, it made him feel worse. He didn't want to be mad at Kagome. He never wanted her to be one of those people he hated.

So is that the end of their friendship. Did they even have a friendship? What did Kagome see him as? Just ... a freak?

Kaede's

"I see", Kaede said, after hearing why Kagome was so upset. "Well this is something he's been hearing all his life. Hopefully it's not as big of a deal to him as we think it to be. Let's just hope he'll realize that he has friends that care about him.

Back in the Forest

Inuyasha sat Indian style on a thick branch of a tree. He relaxed, letting the gentle cool breeze keep his eyes dry. He tried over and over to not think of Kagome. Instead he tried to think of his Mother, the only person that he was shure liked him for what he was. But Kagome kept coming back to him.

He looked down at his claws. 'Not human, nor demon.' He slouched, and sighed deeply. 'I am a freak.'

"Eh!" A sharp pain in his neck jolted him out of his depression. "Huh?" He ran his fingers down his neck and found the object that hurt him. He pulled it out quickly. "Wha-?". It appeared to be a small black dart with a red and black feather at the end.

He looked around for the shooter. He couldn't see anyone. Infact he couldn't see well at all. His vision was blurring considerably. As he looked around he started getting dizzy and began to lose his footing. He slipped off, but caught himself and hung onto the branch. He tried to pull himself up but his body was weakening and he didn't have the strength to hold on.

He fell to the ground with a thump, but was able to stand back up quickly. The world was spinning around him and he soon fell back down. Realizing his weakness, he attempted to crawl away from whatever was after him. He knew he was being hunted. And he knew it was problably going to get him, unless somebody saved him, which at this point he knew he couldn't depend on. The world was getting darker and darker, and soon it was black.

"Get him!", a mans voice shouted.

No longer crawling but rather dragging his body, he continued his struggle. He could hear footsteps closing in on him fast. He gave up his struggle when he was pushed down. " He ain't' goin' nowhere", a mans voice chuckled. "Are you, you dirty bastard?" The man pressed his foot down on the Hanyous neck.

"Over hear", another man came out, waving to another, driving a carriage. They all wore identical red and black slayers uniforms.

"You sure he's unclaimed?", the man in the carriage asked.

"Let me check", the man by Inuyasha lifted his head up by pulling his hair. "What about it? You got any owners?" The man grinned. The Half concious Hanyou remained silent. "Guess not", the man smiled at his friends and started laughing.

Inuyasha felt himself slipping into unconciousness. He could only open his eyes half way. And even then he couldn't see anything. He heard the man above him talking, but couldn't make out any words.

"Load him up", the man in the carriage ordered. Inuyasha was lifted up and hawled into a cage in the carriage. Then the three men took off.

AN: Hope you like it. Please review. The story is finished, but I'm not going to post it all at once. I'll probably just keep adding the next chapter each day. Next chapter: The Celebration begins