"Inuyasha" takes place in feudal Japan.  The story begins with Kikyou shot Inuyasha with her arrow and sealed him to a tree.  She then died and her body was burned along with the Shikon Jewel.  Then it shifted to current Japan.  Kagome and her family lived on ancient ground of an old well.  On her 15th birthday, she was pulled into the well by a centipede demon.  After she got out of the well, she was in feudal Japan.  She then saw a boy with dog ears pinned to a tree.  A group of people showed up and thought that she was a demon in disguise.  They captured her and brought her to the town priestess, Kaede.  Kaede noticed that Kagome resembled her late sister, Kikyou.  Later that night, the centipede demon attacked the village looking for Shikon Jewel.  Kagome ran back to the forest.  At that time, Inuyasha woke up because he smells the blood of the woman who killed him.  The demon attacked Kagome and jewel felt out of her stomach.  Kagome was desperate to stay alive, so she pulled the arrow out of Inuyasha, freeing him.  Inuyasha killed the centipede demon, then demanded the jewel for himself.  Kaede helped Kagome by placing a spell necklace around Inuyasha.  All Kagome had to say was "sit" and Inuyasha will fall to the ground.  Kaede said that Kagome is the reincarnation of her sister, Kikyou.  Now, it is her job to protect the jewel.  A crow demon later stole the jewel.  While fighting it, Kagome broke the jewel with her arrow.  The jewel fragments scattered everywhere.  Kaede said that Inuyasha and Kagome have to work together to collect the jewel, because Kagome is the only one who can see/sense the fragments.  

 

Inuyasha

Age:  unknown; older than 70 for sure

Race:  half human, half dog demon

Family:  half-brother, Sesshoumaru

Love:  Kikyou, Kagome

Hate:  Naraku

Weakness:  his human form, Kikyou, Kagome

Weapon:  Tetsusaiga

Looks:  as demon has white hair, dog ears, yellow eyes, fangs, and claws.  As human has black hair, dark eyes

Abilities:  pretty fast, jump high, good sense of smell, hearing, and sight

Fact:  change into human on every moonless night

Personality:  Inuyasha is a foul mouth, rude, insecure, insensitive, and very immature half demon.  Even with all those wonderful characteristics, he is still very loyal to his friends and willing to risk his life to save them.

Goals:  find Naraku, collect the jewel to become a full demon, attack Naraku, figure things out between Kikyou and Kagome, kill Naraku to avenge Kikyou

Quote:  "I don't suppose I can have both of them."

Inuyasha was sealed up to a tree for 50 years by Kikyou.  He was later free by Kagome, Kikyou's reincarnation.  He and Kagome then teamed up to find all the Shikon Jewel fragments.  At first, he didn't like Kagome and was very rude to her because she resembles Kikyou.  Later, he starts to develop feeling for her and is very protective of her.  He gets very jealous when Kouga is around Kagome.  After Kikyou was brought back to life, he has mix feeling for them and couldn't decide between Kikyou and Kagome.  Besides his love life problem, he also has problem with his older brother, Sesshoumaru, who's goal was to take the Tetsusaiga away from Inuyasha.  Saying that these two don't get along would be an understatement.  Sesshoumaru wouldn't hesitate to kill Inuyasha and is totally offended by Inuyasha's existent.  And of course, there is Naraku.   If there is one person Inuyasha wouldn't hesitate to kill, it would be Naraku.  He turned Kikyou and Inuyasha against each other, and tried to kill Inuyasha numerous of times.  Inuyasha also hated the fact that Naraku is in love with Kikyou.  It makes him angry just to think about it.