I do not the Inuyasha or Furuba characters.

"You're Late." Riko Sato,a freshman math teacher, known for her strict teaching methods looked squarely at Inuyasha. He continued walking until he found an empty seat. "I said, you're late."

"So? I'm here now," Inuyasha said slumping down into his chair.

"I was warned about you Inuyasha. Unlike your previous teachers, I will not stand for disrespect. You have detention for the next week." The boy's eyes widened.

"No way! You've got to be kidding me! It's the first day! You can't do that!"

"I can and I will. Give me anymore problems and I'll have you suspended like that," Sato-sensei snapped her fingers in front of his face. "Now, do you really want to be kicked out of a third school? It's bad enough you have to repeat freshman year. I can make your life a living hell. Don't make me do that," she finished. All eyes were on Inuyasha, who gazed down at the floor. 'Bitch,' he thought. 'My life is already hell. I'm not like these rich brats who have life handed to them on a silver platter. What a bunch of assholes. I wish Sesshomaru never dragged me here...'

1 Year Ago...

Inuyasha pulled out a knife. " I said, give me the damn wallet." The man began crying and pleading for his life, as he shakily took out his wallet. 'I'm not going to hurt you,' Inuyasha had wanted to tell him, but he needed to be seen as a threat. It was the only real power he held over people. God, he had been so hungry. He hadn't eaten in at least, what? Three days? Three days is an eternity when you're hungry. So when a rather lost-looking, well-dressed businessman wandered into the Tokyo alleyway that Inuyasha had been staying, he took it as a godsend.

Inuyasha opened the wallet and took out a business card. "Shinichiro, huh? You tell anyone about this and I'll kill you. You got that?" The boy pulled out a wad of cash and threw the wallet back at him.

"Th-Thank you," the man said appreciatively and ran away. Inuyasha counted the money. Not as much as he had expected, but enough for burgers and fries for the next couple days, which was really all that mattered at the time, anyway.

After he had filled his stomach, Inuyasha became restless. He decided to spend some of his hard-earned money on a small bottle of chap, hard liquor, and proceeded to get very drunk. He spent the rest of the night wandering the streets, until he stumbled upon a shiny new silver sports car, parked outside an upscale bar. The sight of such an expensive thing downright pissed him off. He turned toward the bar.

"You bastards! You rich fuckin' bastards! It's you! You are the real scum of the earth! How much did this 'toy' cost you? I bet the gold-digging sluts just love it, don't they? You're all a bunch of bastards," he slurred, right before his stomach took a turn for the worse and puked all over the car. "Bastards," Inuyasha mumbled one last time and passed out on the hood. The owner of the car came out, a magnificent silver-haired man a beautiful woman attached to his arm.

"Inuyasha..." Inuysasha looked up to find the face of his estranged brother, Sesshomaru. He groaned and lay his head down once again.
"You know him," the woman asked him. Sesshomaru frowned.
"It's a long story. I'm sorry, Kagura, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to bring you home early." She gave an exasperated sigh as she opened the passenger's side door. Sesshomaru managed to get his younger brother into the backseat and the three off them drove off in silence. The next morning, Inuyasha awoke to the feeling of something pouncing on his stomach. 'What the-'

"Inuyasha-onee! Time to wake up!" He opened his eyes and came face to face with a little girl. It wasn't until then that he realized he had been sleeping in a bed. 'Where am I? What happened last night?' He stared at the child.
"Breakfast is downstairs!" She gave him a kiss on the cheek and sprinted away. 'Who is this kid and how does she know my name?' He started to climb out of bed when he noticed that with the exception of his boxers, his clothes were missing. The confused boy glanced around the large room and noticed a small pile of clothes with a note resting on top.

'Inuyasha,
I took the liberty of buying you some new clothes.
I hope they are the right size'

He put the clothes on cautiously. They were obviously expensive, but his own tattered T-shirt and red sweat pants were nowhere to be found. He followed the young girl's intructions and went down the staircase that was right outside his room.

"Hello, little brother. Care for some coffee? You had quite a rough night." Sesshomaru sat at the kitchen table, wearing a silky white robe.
"What the hell am I doing here? Why did you bring me here," Inuyasha demanded.

"I'm disappointed, Inuyasha. You should really show some gratitude. I don't let just anyone into my home." Sesshomaru sipped his coffee.
"Yeah? Well, I never asked for your help. Where are my clothes?"

"You can't be serious. Did you really want those blood and vomit-covered rags? Please, just keep those. The last thing I need is another incident of finding my half-brother looking like a drunken bum. I knew you and your mother were poor, I just had no idea how bad it was."

"Shut up about my mom," Inuyasha snapped. "She's dead, so just shut the fuck up."

"I had no idea. What happened?"

"Cancer," Inuyasha said quickly.

"So, who have you been staying with?"

"I get by. I don't need anyone. Least of all assholes like you." It was that moment that the girl from earlier bounded into the room and wrapped her arms around Sesshomaru's legs.

"Isn't Sesshomaru-sama the greatest," she said smiling at Inuyasha. "You are so lucky to be his brother!" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at Sesshomaru.

"Is that yours," the boy asked his brother. Sesshomaru shot a warning look in his brother's direction.

"This is Rin. Rin, go play." 'I never thought Sesshomaru would ever have a kid...' Inuyasha thought. The older of the two siblings cleared his throat. "Her parents were murdered. She had no place to go, so I adopted her...Now, back to you. We've had our differences, but no brother of mine is going to continue living like this. You look emaciated. And your face...how many fights have you been in this week?" Inuyasha put his head down. It was indeed covered with several scrapes, as well as a black eye. "It's disgraceful," Sesshomaru said, shaking his head. "What would Father say? Do you think this would please him?"

"I don't care! I never even knew him! He was a demon and a lousy person. Just like you!" Sesshomaru stood up.

"You say 'demon' like it's a bad thing. Are you ashamed of your bloodline? To be a part of something so great and powerful? It is a part of you. Have you forgotten? It just may be the only redeeming thing about you."

"As far as I'm concerned, he was nothing but a disgusting mutt, a freak of nature and it sickens me to be any part of him," Inuyasha spat out, glaring directly into his brother's eyes. With one arm, Sesshomaru grabbed Inuyasha by the throat. With the other arm, he reached toward the heavy silver chain that hung around Inuyasha's neck. The chain that he had worn for as long as he could remember, with a sparkling piece of jewel on the end. His only possesion that he had held onto all this time. his mother had given it to him when he was a young child, and as he grew, it had remained snug around his neck. While other children had security blankets, Inuyasha had this necklace,.It had brought him comfort in some of the darkest of times. And now, with one swift pull, Sesshomaru had broken it in half. He let go of Inuyasha, who immediately fell to the floor, trying to catch his breath. He felt around his neck. Gone. Sesshomaru stood and watched, still holding the trinket. Inuyasha's heart began racing. He felt strange. He felt...stronger. He looked down at his finger nails, which had grown into claws. He sprang up with an agility he had never felt before and ran to a mirror. He could hardly believe his eyes. Every inch of his hair had turned white.His eyes changed from a chocolate brown to gold, and fangs had grown from his once human-sized canines. He watched as his bruises and cuts began to disappear. He then noticed that on the top of his head lay a small pair of dog ears. He was stunned. Sesshomaru tossed the necklace back to him.

"Help yourself to breakfast...And take a shower. You smell disgusting."

And now here he was, hanyou in disguise, trying to make it through high school.

"Inu-yasha? Is that it," a small voice asked from the desk next to him. He didn't bother to look up. 'Probably just another jerk trying to act better than me,' he thought.

"Yeah, that's it," he replied.

"I'm Tohru. I saw you when you first came into school. Um, what time is your lunch?" 'What is this girl getting at?' He looked up and was met by the biggest smile he had ever seen.

"I was thinking. My friends have a different lunch period than me and if you want, we could eat together."

"Huh?" This was not what he was expecting.

"I mean, if you don't already have plans, and you want to of course," she added, a little flustered.

"Uh, yeah. sure," he said cautiously.

"Great!" Tohru gave another 1000-watt smile at Inuyasha before returning to her work. Inuyasha tried to hide his face as he began to feel a warm blush creep across his cheeks. Was this girl actually being nice to him? He was used to scorn, and looks of disgust from girls, but no girl had ever looked at him like this before. This Tohru girl was cute, too. How could someone so cute want anything to do with him? 'It's nothing to get worked up about,' he told himself. In his heart, however, he felt a small twinge of happiness, that could not be completely reasoned away.