Disclaimer: Apart from merchandise with his logo, I do not own Inu-Yasha.

Author's Note: After finding myself hooked on them, I've decided to start my own little ficlet corner (600 words or less in each installment) for my baby ideas that I don't have time to nurse into full blown plot lines. They will have no rhyme or reason or order- some may be AU, others not. I just felt like this would be fun to try.

Please enjoy!

(Note: Thank you, Unknown Fool, for correcting me. I KNEW it was either June or July. . . Augh! I must be the worst Harry Potter fanatic in the world. . . (weeps pathetically) Anyway, that's all. Thanks again!)

"PRINCE"

"Wow! The next Harry Potter book is coming out soon!" Ayumi chirped, pouring over her newspaper while chewing on the end of a bendy straw. Eri leaned over her shoulder interestedly, munching on a few fries from the bottom of the WacDonald's box.

"Really?" she tilted her head, interested. "When?"

"July," Yuka informed her friend, already very pumped up. The hamburger in her hands nearly exploded in her strong grip, threatening to douse them all in mustard. "I can't wait! Can you, Kagome? . . . Kagome?"

But the fourth girl hardly seemed to be paying attention at all- instead she was quite taken by her geometry homework. Something about 'having to get it done' before a 'stupid white haired idiot' showed up. Her friends, who had by now (mostly) gotten used to Kagome's strange ramblings, had decided to let the mumbles slide. But ignoring them for math? That was just insulting.

"Kagome? Hellooooo?" Eri waved, snapping her fingers in front of the girl's face distractingly. "Can you hear me? Slurp once for yes and twice for no."

One long, low, irritated 'SLLLLLLUUUUP' from the gray-eyed teen's chocolate milkshake gave the answer.

"All right then." Eri settled back down, leaving the other two to finish talking. Not that they had stopped to begin with.

"So, what's the book's name?" Ayumi questioned, leaning forward with her chin on her hand. "I missed it when it was announced."

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," Yuka sang, taking a large bite out of her sandwich. "I hear it's-"

A sudden snort. "Half-blood prince. . . ? That's funny. I wonder when JK Rowling met Inu-Yasha. . ."

". . ."

". . ."

". . ."

Completely stumped by her unexpected, nonchalant comment; each of the schoolgirls turned towards a busy Kagome- a busy Kagome who hadn't even realized she'd spoken aloud until she felt her friends' stares pierce her. Glancing up curiously, the fourth girl blinked. "What?"

". . ." They shook their heads, adding a mental tally to Kagome's growing list of peculiarity; but for all practical purposes, reacting any more really just wasn't worth it. "Never mind, Kagome. Never mind."

(Note: Ever since I heard the title of the next book, it was that question always on my mind: When did JK Rowling-sama become an Inu-Yasha fan? Heehee. Anyway, credit to JK Rowling this chapter, as well, because I obviously don't own Harry Potter.)