Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...but who says I can't stalk him?

What Is A Half Breed?

Where we last left off... 'So, taking aim at the tree, she released the rock...'

A second later, she heard the sound she had been waiting for.

"What in all the hells...?!"

It was him!

"Inuyasha!" She called, running with all she had over to the winning tree. "Inuyasha! Come down!"

"Why do you keep doing that?" He demanded, refusing showing himself.

"I had to find out which tree you were in!"

"By throwing rocks at me?!"

"I can't see in the dark! How else am I supposed to know where you're at?" This conversation was turning out to be very different from what Kagome envisioned it to be.

"What do you want?" Inuyasha's voice was harsh. His words seemed to cut at Kagome like daggers. She couldn't believe how rude this boy was. And after all the concern she felt for him!

"I was going to give you some stuff for the night," she started, putting her hands on her hips as a sign of frustration, "but now I'm thinking about just heading home!" Inuyasha sat on his branch for a few minutes, watching the girl from behind the safety of the leaves. At the last possible second, he leapt down, landing perfectly in front of her.

Surprised at his sudden appearance, Kagome tried to back up, but the weight of her book bag began to pull her down. Letting out a short shriek, Kagome prepared herself to land on the hard ground, but found the impact never came. Looking up, she saw Inuyasha standing over her, holding the strap to her book bag up.

"Thanks," She said, regaining her balance and standing up straight. But it wasn't until she tried to take another step that she found that Inuyasha was still holding tightly to her bag.

"Hey, let go." She ordered, leaning forward to try to escape his grasp. So, obeying her command, Inuyasha released the bag from his clawed grip, causing Kagome to fly forward and land flat on her face. Lifting her head up, she saw Inuyasha standing over her, a large smirk across his face.

"Now you know how it feels," he said smugly. Kagome could feel her face redden as she quickly got to her feet. After long, awkward silence, with the two staring at each other, Inuyasha finally broke down and spoke.

"So, what did you say you had for me?" Before Kagome could answer, a heavy clap of thunder shook the ground underneath them. It wasn't more then a moment after that when lightning crossed the sky, illuminating everything. As the sky was lit up, the heavens above opened up and allowed it's contents to pour down upon the unsuspecting pair.

"We have to get so shelter!" Kagome cried over the pouring rain and harsh thunder. She took off running the general direction of her home, believing that InuYasha was following her. Turning back, she was about to tell him where she lived, incase they got separated in the darkness, but was surprised to find that he was no where in sight. "Inuyasha!" She called, stopping dead in her tracks, trying to see through the heavy darkness that surrounded her.

"Man, girls are slow!" A cocky voice came from behind her. Whirling around as quickly as she could, Kagome found Inuyasha standing about 10 yards in front of her.

"How did you...?"

"Come on, I'm getting soaked." He said, briskly walking up to her and taking the book bag from her back. Kagome looked on in surprise as he did so. Was he helping her now? "So, where are we going?" He asked, slinging the heavy bag onto his back with ease.

"I don't live far from here; about 2 blocks down the street. We can rest there until...for a while." She answered, pointing in the general direction. She didn't really know what to say without upsetting him about his 'situation' again.

"Alright then, let's go!" And with that, Inuyasha took of at an amazing speed toward the street.

"Hey! Wait up!" Kagome yelled, following the strange boy across the park in the pouring rain.

A/N: Alright, I know I'm long winded but I promise, we are really going to be getting in to the story soon. I can't wait to bring up his past! And who knows, maybe our favorite demon exterminator, monk and fox demon will show up...hmmmmm