Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA (YET MUWAH HA HA HA HA NOW ON WITH THE STORY)

A/N this is my first ever fan fic. I really hope you guys enjoy it and please review. This is the newly revised version so those of you who hate Kikyo and think she should be a stone cold bitch, hopefully I have redeemed myself from making her all close to Kags and nice. Well not anymore. Please read and find out.

And now I give you Best Friends

Chapter one: OMG!!!

"Kagome, wake up. Come on, Kags it's your birthday this is so not what you're suppose to be doing right now," a male voice summoned Kagome from her dreamland.

"What," she groaned rolling over to try and shield her eyes from the bright May morning sunshine. "If it's my birthday then I should get to sleep 'til whenever I want to."

"Yeah, well we have school today so no sleeping in," the voice continued pulling the pink blanket off her bed.

"Come on, Inuyasha that's not fair," Kagome complain sluggishly sitting up, "don't you have anyone else to annoy?" Kagome asked with a deep yawn.

"Nope, I'm all yours," he retorted with an arrogant smirk. Kagome's face soured and she stuck out her tongue in annoyance, "If you're gonna act like a spoiled brat then I guess I'll just have to return your gift?" Inuyasha teased.

"What," Kagome gasped, "I'm so sorry about that my good friend whom I hold so dear to my heart." Kagome answered sarcastically in her best little girl voice.

"That's more like it," Inuyasha said with a nod while watching Kagome yawn again, "Aww, is little Kagome still tired?" Inuyasha asked in a baby voice.

"Yup,"

"Well I think I have a cure for that," he said pouncing and, pinning her to the bed tickling her mercilessly.

"Ok...Ok... I... I'm up!" Kagome said between bursts of laughter.

"Hey Inu I thought your only suppose to get that close to a girl if its me," a voice whined as a girl entered the room.

"Hey, Kikyo believe me it was all him," Kagome accused putting her arms way over her head with Inuyasha still over her.

"Hey babe and I know that rule, I would apologize were I on a girl, that is," Inuyasha teased peeling himself from Kagome.

"HEY," Kagome whined standing to her feet to glare at her best friend. And that they were, Inuyasha and Kagome had known each other for nearly eleven years. They had met when Inuyasha moved to Tokyo in the first grade to the house right next to the Higurashi shrine. Inuyasha walked over to his girlfriend and gave her a little peck on the lips then leading her out of the room completely ignoring Kagome's harsh glares. "Inuyasha, your goanna pay for this one, just wait and see," Kagome yell from her door way before going to get ready for another day at Minami High. She went to her closet and pulled out a baby blue t-shirt with paw prints on it that read 'SHAM' in the front center. She also grabbed her faded jeans and black high-tops along with her long hem white sweater. She changed, brushed her hair and pulled it back in a simple low ponytail and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth and apply what little make-up she wore, just a bit of eyeliner and she was set. Once satisfied with her over all look she adjusted the locket dangling from her neck and casually headed down stairs for breakfast.

"Hey Kikyo, where's lover boy?" Kagome asked with a smile upon laying eyes on the girl in a white business top, black skirt just above the knee, and high heels sitting at the table. Her hair was in two long pigtails reaching below the waist and one her face bore purple eye shadow, eyeliner, and a touch of red lip-stick. Upon sitting down Kagome had to fight the urge to cover her nose at the strong sent over strawberry and vanilla perfume. Though the two girls appeared similar and were cousins on the inside they were totally different from one another. Kagome was more of a tomboy, ever really dressing too girly if she could avoid it; she also loved getting down and dirty with the occasional soccer game with some of the guys at school. She also had a sweet, loving personality, which her cousin greatly lacked. Kikyo on the other hand hated getting dirty and loved her preppy clothes, she unlike Kagome never played sports other than volleyball in gym class and was caption of the school cheerleading squad. She had tried for two long years to get Kagome onto the team because of her nimble muscles and outgoing personality but it had taken until now to wear her down enough to get her in. She was the school 'it' girl, and had the icy attitude to go with it.

"He left out of fear," she answered with a dialect giggle escaping her lips.

"Thats more like it," Kagome laughed taking the seat across from her cousin, "so why are you over here anyway? It's a little early for family visits don't you think?"

"Yes, I suppose it is a bit early but not all of us can sleep the morning away. I had to come over to give your mother something Mama asked me to deliver and she told me to stay for breakfast," Kikyo answer in her usual cold tone. Kikyo had always been a cold person and Kagome had gotten used to it but she still wondered why her cousin was always so distant.

"Okay, Kiki can we please turn off the business here?"

"What do you mean 'business?"

"You're talking to me like I'm some kind of client or employ or something."

"No, I'm not I'm speaking the way I always do."

"Alright whatever," Kagome gave in, "Icy Queen," she added a sly grin growing over her face.

" Do not call me that. Those stupid boys know nothing about me and now you side with them over your own blood!" Kikyo raised her voice angrily.

"Hey, hey, no one's siding with anyone it was just a joke. Calm down," Kagome said with a slight giggle filling her voice, "man, Kiki you're so touchy these days."

"I am not touchy."

"Okay, you're not touchy jeez can't you take a joke," Kagome said standing to get some milk from the fridge. 'She's do up tight lately even for her. How in the hell does Inuyasha stand being with her, she my cousin and I don't think I've ever had a real conversation with her. Then again he's probably only into her 'cause she's hot. Inuyasha's my best friend but he can be kinda shallow sometimes.

"Kagome," a voice broke through her thoughts, "Happy Birthday dear."

"Oh, hey Mom, thanks."

"Come and eat, it's your favorite."

"Those French crape things Dad used to make?"

"Um hum," the woman with short dark brown hair, eyes to match, wearing a cream short sleeve and pasted knee pink shirt replied.

"YES!!" Kagome yelled jumping into the air. After eating their normal family brekfast plus Kikyo, she, Kagome, and Sota parted ways to head to school. As the two girls walked they met up with Inuyasha who was in a red t-shirt and jeans, carrying his usual black backpack matching their own, air loose as preferred. The one thing that was different from how her was normally was the package in green and white wrapping paper he held in his left hand.

"Hey Inuyasha, what's that you've got there?" Kagome asked as he came to walk between them.

"What kinda' question is that?" he asked slightly irritated, "Well, I don't know, Kags. It's my best friends birthday so what do you think it is?"

"Could it be my present?" she countered looking at him hopefully.

"Well duh, come on open it?" Kikyo said entering the conversation.

"Ooh, yippy for me," Kagome said in her usual excited high pitch giggle, "can I open it, Inuyasha? PLEASE?" she continued pouting her lip and bulging her eyes into her signature puppy dog pout.

"Hum, let me think," he answered scratching his chin with a clawed figure in false thought.

"Oh, quit the acting, dog boy," Kagome said with a laugh yanking the gift from his hand.

"Hey, I thought if anyone say any stupid dog remarks there'll seriously be major pain to pay, Inu," Kikyo said wrapping a possessive arm around his midsection.

"Yeah, but Kagome's an acceptation. She's my best friend it's not like she means anything by it other than a joke," he replied reacting to her action by wrapping his own arm around her waist. Mean while Kagome was quickly ripping through the lovely paper sending strips flying in her haste. Once the wrapping was gone and the pretty ribbon was loosely around her neck Kagome opened the box to reveal a white iPod, a forest green case (Kagome's favorite color), and a $50 iTunes gift card. Kagome gaped at it in awe until Inuyasha voice broke through to her. "So you like it? You've been complaining about you CD player for months now so I just…"

"OH MY GOD!!!!!!" Kagome cut him off, "Are you kidding me I don't like it, I love it! Now I can stop coming over to steel yours," she yelled hugging him as tight as she could. "Inuyasha, you totally rock," She said not looking up from the small screen she was now observing. "And you already add all the music of yours that I like. Thank you so much. But hold on a sec these are so expensive why did you…"

"Get it?" he completed, "Because I was hoping that this way I'd be getting mine back, plus it's not like Sess cares and even if he did the money Dad left is his and mine, so why not?"

"Well, when you put it that way I guess it's alright."

"Yeah, plus he's so infatuated with Kagura that I doubt he'll even notice. Having a girlfriend does that," he added kissing Kikyo.

"Well, as much as I'd love to spend my birthday watching you two make out I think I'd be more fun to be with my boyfriend," with that Kagome quickly put the box with the set up tools and gift card into her backpack, put her new earphones in and started again toward school. Looking up from their little romance Inuyasha and Kikyo sighed deeply and continue to catch up to their birthday girl.

A/N Well that's the new beginning. Please review and tell me if you liked it. I personally find it much better that the original. I felt like the locket thing was kinda cheesy though with will be involved later and that Kikyo needed to be a bit bitchier so that's what I did. The other chapters will also be revised and probably have some more changes. Until next time, adamant.