Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...damn

What Is A Half Breed?

Later the day, after the girls had finally arrived to school 15 minutes late, Yuka asked Kagome again about what she was doing in the park.

"So really, what were you doing? I know you were talking to someone."

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Kagome insisted, putting her math book away and reaching into her bag for her lunch. That's when she realized it

"It's gone!" She shouted, emptying her book bag onto her desk. Yuka and Eri were beside her in a minute, trying to figure out what she was talking about.

"Did you forget your lunch?" Eri asked, picking up some papers that had flown off the desk and onto the floor.

"No, he took it. Why that...that..." Kagome was so furious, she could hardly speak!

"Who?!" Yuka and Eri asked urgently. Kagome realized what she had said but didn't really know how to explain what had happened earlier. It all seemed so weird.

"Just this....boy," Kagome finally answered.

"I knew it!" Yuka shouted, jumping up in excitement. Everyone else in the class turned around and started staring at the 3 girls. Kagome put her head down on her desk to hide her quickly blushing face. "So who is it?" Yuka asked after she had finally calmed down. She was always trying to hook Kagome up with guys, but Kagome just wasn't interested in being in a relationship.

"He's no one," Kagome answered quickly, lifting her head from the desk. "Hey Ayume, can I have some of your lunch? I'm starving." Kagome asked, turning around to a girl standing behind her. She wanted to change the subject as quickly as possible.

"Sure," Ayume said and went back to her desk to retrieve her lunch.

"Don't try to pull this." Yuka snapped. "Now tell me, who is he?"

"Here you go, Kagome." Ayume said, placing a small bento box on Kagome's desk. "By the way, happy birthday."

"Oh, that's right! It's your birthday!" Eri exclaimed. "Yuka, we need to take her out for lunch on Saturday!"

"Sure, alright, whatever. Now, for the last time, who is..." But Yuka never got a chance to finish.

"Oh, look at that! I totally forgot that I need to talk to Sensei Rosen about some homework problems before history class. See you guys later!" Kagome jumped up, grabbed her book bag and raced out of the classroom.

"You can't hide him forever!" Yuka called after her.

"She didn't even finish her lunch." Eri pointed out. "I wonder if she's not feeling well?"

"If she's sick, it's because she's love sick." Yuka said, sitting down in a huff.

:-:

After school finally got out, Kagome raced home before Yuka and Eri could catch her for another interrogation. But instead of following her normal route, she decided to go back the way she came and try to find that boy again. She wanted her lunch box back!

When she reached the tree that he had fallen from, she looked up, expecting to see him perched on one of the branches like some sort of large squirrel. Unfortunately, he was no where in sight. Sitting down at the base of the tree, Kagome sighed heavily. There was no way she was going to find him now. And she had no way of knowing who he was, only what he looked like. If there was one thing she wouldn't forget was those ears.

"Well, wherever you are, I hope you're happy. Not only did I not eat lunch, now my friends think I have some secret boyfriend or something!" Now what was she supposed to do? Sighing again in defeat, Kagome was about to get up when she heard rustling from above her. Looking up, she saw the leaves on the branches directly above her moving, as if something was there. It was probably just a bird or something. It was then that she saw something colorful poke out from behind a leaf. It wasn't the colorful wing of a bird, but the bright colored plastic corner of her lunch box!

"Hey!" She shouted up into the tree, jumping to her feet. "Give that back!" Almost like following her order, the lunch box dropped the ground and landed with a 'thud'. Picking it up, Kagome opened it and found it completely empty except for the plastic containers that once held her homemade sushi and yakisoba.

"You ate my lunch?!" She cried at the tree. An older couple who were passing though the park stopped and starred at Kagome for a moment before continuing on their way, muttering under their breath about the strange habits of today's youth.

"Fine," Kagome said, gathering up her stuff. "See you later," she said sarcastically. She began to walk away, headed home, when she stooped down and picked up a small rock. Turning back to the tree she wound up and hurled it into the branches out of frustration. The moment it left her fingers, she hoped that she didn't hit an animal, except that eared-boy. Her wish was granted.

"OW!" She heard the cry from the tree. Stopping dead in her tracks, Kagome quickly turned around and raced back to the tree.

"Hey!" she called up again. This time, she got an answer.

"Whadja do that for?" The boy asked jumping down from the branch he had been occupying. He was rubbing the back of his head with quite a bit of force that could be taken as frustration.

"That's what you get for stealing my lunch!" Kagome retaliated, not ready to back down to this punk. The boy looked on at her with a bit of surprise. No one had ever talked to him like that before. Actually, no one really ever talked to him. What was with this girl? The two starred at each other for a few minutes, neither one wanting to back down. Finally, Kagome broke the silence.

"So who are you, really?" She glared at him while he glared right back at her. "I told you my name, what's yours?" The boy remained silent for some time, but Kagome refused to let him get away again without getting his name.

"Inuyasha," he finally answered. Kagome looked on at him with surprise. Inuyasha? What kind of name was that?

"Inuyasha?" She asked aloud. Inuyasha shot Kagome an evil glance before turning his back to her.

"Yeah, so what's wrong with it?" Inuyasha snapped.

"Nothing, it's just so...so..." Kagome didn't really know how to describe it, "unusual."

"Suites me fine." Inuyasha put plainly. Kagome looked on at the boy and tried to decide what was really going on inside that head of his. Although he put on a badass attitude, he seemed lonely, almost sad.

"So, where do you live?" Kagome broke another awkward silence with another personal question. Inuyasha didn't turn around; he simply pointed one of his long fingers up toward the tree. "You live in a tree?"

No answer.

"What about your parents? Where are they at?" This must have stuck something with him, because Inuyasha whirled around with amazing speed and was only an inch away from Kagome's face in a split second. Gasping in surprise, Kagome tried to pull away, but only succeeded in backing herself up to the trunk of the tree. Inuyasha's eyes blazed with anger for a second before he pulled away her.

Kagome held her breath until he pulled away, then let out a long sigh. 'I guess that was a bad question to ask on my part' she thought to herself. Watching Inuyasha carefully, she noticed that his hand was clutched in a fist and his ears were twitching Suddenly, Inuyasha sprang up into the tree and disappeared within its many thick branches.

"Hey! Wait!" Kagome cried, rushing out from under the tree so she could see the branches better. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...to..." Well, she wasn't really sure what she did to offend him. Then she had an idea about what had upset him so much; maybe he was an orphan? Maybe his parents had died, leaving him alone in the harsh world to fend for himself. This thought brought a tear to Kagome's eyes. How hard it must have been for him. No wonder he acted the way he did.

"Look, I'm sorry. I had no idea you were an...an..."

"A what?" Inuyasha shouted from the tree top. "I'm a what?!" He demanded, bearing his claws in a manner ready to strike out at her.

"Aren't you an orphan?" Kagome said in almost a whisper. Inuyasha didn't answer. He just looked down at her.

"Get out of here." He snarled before disappearing once again to the sanctuary of his tree. Kagome stood stunned. There was nothing she could do now. She had offended him. So, finally accepting her defeat, Kagome gathered up her stuff and headed home.

A/N: Nothing to say now...

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