Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Pretty sure it's copyrighted to Takahashi Rumiko.

A/N: After watching Kikyo, Captured By Naraku, I got in the mood to write something less angsty and serious. So...here! I've tried not to use any Japanese in here, but since there's no good translation for the word 'hanyou' I've used it. Hanyou generally means 'half-demon,' or so my friend has told me. If I'm wrong, please tell me. ^.^

'Ah, great. He's having another moody streak,' thought Kagome nonchalantly, watching Inuyasha. He was staring off into the water of the river the group was resting near, muttering to himself. He hadn't budged all day. Something was bothering him, everyone could tell. He was doing the same thing: His ears would suddenly perk up, he'd sniff the air, growl slightly, then look at the water again after a few moments.

"Kagome, why are you staring at Inuyasha like that?" Shippo tugged on Kagome's sleeve, looking up at her with a curious face. She jumped. "Huh?! Oh...Shippo, it's you. I got lost in my thoughts, that's all," Kagome said, smiling down at the little fox. He seemed satisfyed by the answer, and went back to talking with Sango.

In a grove of trees a bit of a way behind them, two girls were talking. Not just any girls, mind you. One of them had long, floppy ears poking out of her dark brown hair. The other one had black feline ears with white tips poking out beneath her hair. Her long pants, much like Inuyasha's, had a slit in the back that allowed a long black tail with a white tip to wave behind her. Her amber eyes had a slut pupil like a cat's, and her nails & toenails were long and sharp like claws. They seemed to be arguing.

"Come on! You HAVE to go! I'll be no match, there's five of-"

"But there's a dog over there!"

"Afraid of a little puppy are we?"

"PUPPY?!" The girl with the tail exclaimed. "HE'S A DOG DEMON WITH A SWORD!"

"Tch." The rabbit-eared girl waved her hand as if it were nothing. "You want that jewel, don't you?"

"Yes, but--"

"But nothing! I want you to go over there and get the jewel."

"MAYBE you didn't hear me. There's a dog. I. Don't. Like. Dogs." At that, the rabbit girl yanked the cat girl's tail. The cat-girl let out possibly the loudest caterwaul in the history of caterwauls.

Inuyasha sat bolt upright. "Now either I'm crazy or there's a cat nearby!"