Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...but I wouldn't mind being a half demon myself!

What Is A Half Breed?

A bird was singing next to him. The wind was whistling around him. The warm suns rays were shinning through the tree limbs onto the 16 year old boys' face. Slowly opening his eyes, the boy quickly held one arm over his face to shield the blinding sun.

Rubbing his tired, amber eyes, he sat up, leaned against the trunk of the tree and stretched out. With a heavy yawn, he scratched his head and behind his ears. Sleeping in a tree always make his ears itch for some reason. His long white hair was in a tangled mess, but that was nothing a few minutes of running his long claws through couldn't solve.

Suddenly, his sensitive nose caught a delicious sent near by. The sent of fresh sushi and some left over yakisoba noodles from the previous night's dinner. Looking down below him, the boy spied his first meal of the day. Smiling at his good luck, Inuyasha stood up on the branch that he had been sleeping on and prepared himself to jump.

A girl, about 14 or 15 years old was walking though the park on her way to school. On her back was a book bag and what just happened to be poking out of the top of it? That's right, a lunch box, just waiting for someone to snatch up.

Looking down at his unsuspecting victim, Inuyasha watched her as she walked passed his tree. She glanced up ward and he could see her face. She was sort of cute. Her long black hair hung loosely down her back and her arms swung back and forth at her sides as she walked. Her slender legs, which were exposed under her uniform skirt, allowed her to take long strides across the grass.

He quickly shook the thought from his head. He had no time to think about that now! He was hungry and she was his meal ticket. As she passed the tree, Inuyasha saw his chance and took it. Leaping down from his branch, he seemed to fly though the air. When he was directly over the girl, he dove straight down at her. With his claws out and ready, he reached for the book bag, ready to snatch it from right off her back.

Without warning, the girl turned around and came face to face with the hungry, driving Inuyasha. They're eyes locked for a split second and something happened. Inuyasha forget about everything else; his surroundings, his breakfast, the fact that he was falling! The way she looked at him reminded him of someone....

"Whoa!" The girl cried as Inuyasha came crashing down to the ground. He laid there, face flat in the dirt at the girls feet, for what felt like an eternity. He felt so stupid! He'd never fallen out of his tree before. What had caused him to loose his concentration? After a moment he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Oh my god! Are you alright? Can I help y..." a soft female voice, full of concern started but never completed the sentence. Inuyasha then felt the hand move from his shoulder to his ear. Before he knew it, there was a hand on each of his ears, gently rubbing them.

"What do you think you're doing?!" He exclaimed, pulling his head out of the girls grasp and looking up.

"Oh! You're awake!" The girl sounded surprised and yet, disappointed.

"Sure I'm awake! What? You thought that fall would knock me out or something?" Inuyasha howled as he sat up and glared at the girl in front of him.

"Well, no, but..." the girl began, "are those real?" She finally asked aloud, referring to his ears.

"Of course they are." Inuyasha answered defensively, crossing his arms and putting his hands inside the sleeves of his haori. "What, do you think I'd wear 'toy' ears just for fun?"

"But how?" The girl persisted, looking at the boy with even more curiosity. The boy, in response to the question, simply snorted and turned away. He sat there, cross legged on the grass with his arms folded across his chest like s stubborn child.

"Like I know." He snapped, his ears twitching.

"Are you sure you're alright? That was a pretty nasty fall. Maybe I should take you to the doctor or..."

"I'm fine! Why do you care anyway?" Inuyasha shouted, turning back to the girl.

"Looks like you bruised your ego more then anything," she mumbled under her breath, thinking he wouldn't hear her. Unfortunately, he did. His ears twitched again and his arm tensed up. How badly he wanted to just take his clawed hands and slash her to bits.

"Why where you up there in the first place?" She asked, taking her book bag off her shoulder and setting it down besides her. Inuyasha turned back to face her. His eyes followed her hands every move and remained focused on the bag as it was placed next to her.

"Getting some sleep, what else?" He answered matter-of-factly, never taking his eyes off the lunch box. His stomach growled, reminding him that he hadn't eaten since the previous day's lunch when he swiped a bagged lunch from a passing office worker out on his break.

"Sleeping? In a tree?" The girl inquired. This boy was turning out to be stranger and stranger by the minute.

"Yeah, you got a problem with that?"

"No, it just seems sort of...." Oh, what was the word she was looking for? Suddenly, something around the boy's neck caught her eye. "What's this?" She asked, reaching out to touch the necklace that suddenly caught her attention. It was a very interesting necklace; it was made up of a pattern of 5 purple beads then a small fang (tooth) which repeated a number of times.

"Nothing," Inuyasha quickly hid the necklace under his red haori. The girl sat back on her heels and looked over the boy again. He was a hansom one; with large amber eyes surrounded by flowing white mane of hair. The haori he was wearing was like nothing the girl had ever seen before. She couldn't really describe it. It was just so unique, like the boy himself. But she still wanted to know more about those ears!

"So what's your name?" The girls' voice was soft and gentle.

"What's yours?" Inuyasha demanded. He wasn't about to give away his name before finding out hers.

"Higurashi Kagome." The girl answered. Inuyasha looked a bit surprised. He didn't expect her to actually answer. "Your turn," Kagome said, leaning forward towards the boy, waiting his response. As she looked on at him, she noticed that his eyes were fixated, not on her, but on her book bag. What's up with the guy?

"Kagome!" A female voice called out from across the park. From across the way, Kagome could see 2 girls dressed exactly the same as her; a couple of friends from school.

"Hang on a minute!" Kagome called back. "Well?" She asked, turning back to the boy, but to her great surprise, he was gone. Looking around, the only thing that remained of the strange boy was a small dent in the grass where he had been sitting and another where he had landed from his fall. She looked up into the tree and could see some of the leaves on the branches rustling.

"Coward," she said in a loud whisper to the tree.

"Kagome! Come on, we're going to be late." Kagome's friend, Yuka, said as she rushed across the park. A moment later, Yuka, along with Kagome's other friend, Eri, was at Kagome's side.

"What are you doing here?" Eri asked.

"I was just...just..." Kagome had to think of a lie and quick. She couldn't tell her friends that she was talking to some strange boy who just fell out of a tree right on top of her!

"Who were you talking to?" Yuka inquired.

"No one! I mean...aren't we going to be late?" Kagome quickly changed the subject, picked up her book bag and stood up. Brushing the remaining pieces of grass and leaves from her legs, she quickly began walking in the opposite direction of the tree with her confused friends following closely behind her.

A/N: Don't think Inuyasha's getting away that easily! Two quick points for those of you that don't know.

#1. In Japan, you introduce yourself by saying your last name first, thus, the reason for Kagome saying her name was Higurashi Kagome.

#2. A haori is a type of outfit guys wear in Japan. If you've ever seen the Inuyasha anime or read the manga, that's what he's wearing.

Just a few notes! Thanks for reading and come again soon!

:: Aoura Maiden ::