well...heres ya go...

*Disclaimer - i still do not own them...sigh*

*Discrimination*

"Oh...hm." Kagome was once again at a loss as to what to do. She glanced at his face again. His eyes were really frightening, glowing in the dark like that.

"Uh..what's your name?" Inuyasha fidgeted a little.

"Kagome." *Am I crazy or something?! Telling a DEMON my name?! Even though he did save me...that's not the point! He's still a DEMON! I should probaly leave before anything else happens...* "Well, I'll just be on my way then." Kagome spun on her heel and walked right past Inuyasha, determined to keep her eyes in front of herself.

"Keh. A silly human like yourself wouldn't know how to protect themself." Inuyasha snorted. Kagome looked a little indignant, but knew better to say anything. He WAS right. She was about to ask him why he bothered to say so, but he grabbed her arm and began walking down the street. "Where do you live? If you don't know how to protect yourself, I'll have to do it for you!"

"Wait a second! Why would a DEMON like yourself even bother with a /i human such as myself?" She yanked her arm away from his grasp.

"Well, SOMEONE needs to protect them. Come on, climb on my back, and I'll take you home." He held out his hand as though waiting for her to shake it.

Kagome was still very wary of her new demon 'friend', but she would prefer staying with him to risking another encounter on the streets. She gingerly took his hand. Inuyasha pulled her towards himself and lifted her onto his back. "So...where do you live?" It took a while for the question to register in Kagome's mind. I mean she was getting a ride from a rather cute boy, a DEMON boy, but a boy none-the-less.

"Oh. Ah...Other side of Tokyo. Higarashi Shrine." Kagome had been wondering WHY exactly the demon boy had to carry her on his back, instead of just walking, but she got her answer pretty fast. Inuyasha had taken a running start and leaped atop the building she had first seen him on. She unconciously held on tighter as he jumped from rooftop to rooftop. She was trying her very best not to scream, but she couldn't help it when he jumped OFF a building to land on the ground.

"Oi, wench! That hurts!" Kagome lifted her head from where it was buried in Inuyasha's hair to see him rubbing one of his ears. "Anyways...this is your home, right?"

"Ah...yeah. Sorry about that." Kagome slid off his back and walked to the entrance of the shrine, trying hard to not blush. She stop trying when she remembered what he said. "Hey! I'm not a wench!"

"You are when you scream in my ear!"

"I'm not the one who jumped off a building!"

"I'm not the one who needed saving!"

"Yeah?...well, well...ugh!" Having no arguement, Kagome spun around and began stomping up the steps to her home.

"Ungrateful wench!" Stomp. Stomp.

"In that case, THANK! YOU!" Stomp. Stomp. Stomp.

"YOU'RE! WELCOME!" Stomp. Stomp.

"Hmph." Stomp. Stomp.

"Keh." Stomp. Stomp. Stomp. Stomp.

Stomp.

When Kagome finally reached the top of the stairs, She took a breather and thought about the evening's events. *Hmph. Figures that if I was going to be saved, and by a DEMON, no less, that he'd a rude, arrogant, jerk! I can take care of myself!* Having caught her breath, she resumed the walk to her house. Upon arrival, Kagome opened the door and ran up the stairs to her room, without so much as a second thought to her suprised family.

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*Oi. Stupid wench.* Inuyasha had also returned home, and was sulking about the lack of thanks he had been given. He plopped onto the couch and stared blankly at the TV screen. *I mean, she should have thanked me for saving her! Not screaming and yelling and getting angry. Heh. She looks funny when she's angry.* "Hey! Shippo! You still awake?!" Shippo was a young fox demon that had come to live with Inuyasha, though Inuyasha wasn't sure how that had happened. Shippo had shown up at his door one day and refused to leave. For about two or three months, Inuyasha had desperatly tried getting rid of him, but he got tired and gave up. Shippo didn't bother him THAT much. In fact, they rarely saw each other.

"No." Was the reply from the only bedroom in the tiny apartment. Inuyasha didn't feel like getting up from the couch, so he decided to lay across it and sleep there. After all, carrying rude, ungrateful wenches across town was a bit tiring.