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OUR SECRET

He used to hate the world; cuss any and everything out in his presence that dared to toy with his emotions. He hated people. To him people were prejudice, intolerable, selfish, arrogant assholes…who could rot in hell for all he cared. He cared for no one; no one but his mom. She was the only person that understood him, the one person he could turn to when things became rough, and the only person he could love.

That is until she came.

When she came into his life, everything seemed to have become brighter the more time they had spent together. His perspective of life became clear and vibrant when she stood by his side. He learned to not see all people as the selfish individuals he once took them for but as people who had been misguided and taught differently from others. She was his angel, and he'll never forget the day she came into his life…

Flash Back

A 12 year-old hanyou glared darkly at the rope that lay limp in hi s arms. He had been trying for the last 30 minutes to get the damn thing into a knot but had failed miserably on several occasions. Frustrated he threw the rope onto the ground and crossed his arms over his chest as he made a goal to glare the thing to hell.

So preoccupied with his glaring he failed to notice a pair of baby blue eyes that stared at him in confusion. She took in his long silver hair, the cute fuzzy appendages that sat daintily on the top of his head and the frown on his face that made him look like a sad puppy; literally. She thought he was cute.

He wasn't stupid he could tell that someone was watching him and quite frankly it was annoying the hell out of him. Didn't theses people get enough of looking at him? Why couldn't they just leave him alone?

"Hey! Whatcha doing?," The voice didn't sound threatening ore accusing as he first thought it would; it sounding gently, innocently curious just as his mother's. Who was this person?

The boy snorted, "Who wants to know?" the person moved closer and the boy could feel his eyelids droop from the sensations this person's scent was having on him.

"I do" he turned around ever so slowly and was met by a very beautiful sight. A girl, younger than him, with long shoulder length raven-hair, perfect pink/red pouty lips and bright baby blue colored eyes stood before him. She was simply breath taking; not that he would admit that to anyone.

"W-well maybe I don't want to tell you"

The girl smiled and he felt his heart, unintentionally, bang rapidly against his chest.

"Why not? I have every right to know"

At this the boy growled a stood to face the girl who only smiled. Oh, How he wished he cold wipe that smile right off her pretty face at the moment.

"You have every right huh? Of course everyone has a right except for the lowly hanyou right!" the girls looked taken back and was about to speak before his loud voice interrupted hers, "You know what I don't even know how I deal with you people and if that damn rope happened been so friggin' stupid I wouldn't have to"

The girl, now confused beyond reason, stared intently at the young hanyou before her,

"Um…are you okay? I mean sorry if I hurt your feelings…I was just asking what you were doing in my back yard?" the hanyou eyes widened when he realized that he was indeed in the backyard of the girl. But how was he to know that anyone lived at the old shrine; it looked pretty abandoned to him.

The boy sighed, "Trying to do the world a favor and end my pathetic life" When he heard the girl gasp he looked at her before turning his head away nonchalantly,

"Why would you do a stupid thing like that?"

He growled; this girl was getting pretty annoying, "What are you stupid or just blind? I'm a hanyou! Half human, half-demon!! I'm a disgrace to both the human and demon society, who wouldn't want me to end my life?"

The girl only crouched down and held out her hand to grasp his; on instinct he flinched but when she rubbed soothing circles in the palm of his hand he relaxed. Well relaxed as much as he could with a pretty girl holding his hand.

" I'm sure there are a few others that wouldn't want you to do this, like your parents. How do you think they'll feel if they found out that their son killed himself over racial issues" the boy snorted, " Yes I know some people are just like that but you have the power to do what you want to do and only you"

The boy looked at her and rolled his eyes, "Yeah right"

The girl squeezed his hand, "Yeah…right. You have the power to do what you want to do"

The boy only stared, "How can you be so sure of what's going to happen? How do you know all of this?"

The girl merely shrugged, "I don't. But mama always said that life is like a box of chocolates…you never know what you're going to get"

"Your mother was deranged" He chuckled a bit and the girl smiled,

"Maybe but it is true. Now are you just going to sit and do nothing or do you wanna play hide-and seek"

The boy snorted, "Isn't that a baby game?"

"If you consider yourself a baby then yes it is" She smiled when he growled.

"That's it come here you!"

End Flash Back

He didn't know how it happened but he was happy that it did. In the course if a year the two were inseparable; always play fighting or laughing. They were linked together so nicely; anyone would have believed they were friends forever. And he loved it that way.

He wanted people to see that a hanyou such as he could have the opportunity and privilege to have a friend as great as her.

Kagome.

How many times has he dreamt of seeing her smiling face everyday for the rest of his life? How many times had he actually said her name just to feel her name roll of his tongue? She was his savior; the girl who brought him down to earth with her kindness and love that emitted from her very soul. She was his angel.

But unlike most angels, his also had problems of her own to deal with, most of which are to be handled by the proper authority or in her case and overprotective friend. Kagome needed him almost as much as he her, and he had found that out the hard way…

Flash Back

A now, 14 year-old Inuyasha walked up the shrine steps towards his best friends house carrying that pile of books that she so carelessly left behind after racing off after school. He couldn't help but worry; there hadn't been a day where Kagome wouldn't linger after school and chat with him for a while. Her behavior strange actually all day; for instance during lunch she barely ate lunch with her friends and in health she didn't even pay attention to the teacher's demonstration of a woman's pregnancy. To put it simply something was wrong with her.

And he was just about to find out.

Finally, he reached his friends door and moved forward to know when he heard something break against the door. Instinctively he moved back and stared wide eyed at the door before straining his ears to listen to what was going on in there.

"STOP IT!!" he recognized that voice instantly. Kagome…

"Oh, you want me to stop huh? You want me to stop… alright" Inuyasha could hear the shuffling of footsteps and growled low in his throat. That was Kagome's stepfather, Naraku; he never liked the bastard. He didn't know why but something about the man didn't sit right with his stomach.

"Please…I didn't do anything" He heard Kagome whimper.

"You didn't do anything. That sounds about right you don't do anything; all you do is whore around with that little hanyou friend of yours."

Inuyasha was nearing his breaking point. How dare that bastard accuse Kagome of such acts? He would pay.

"Inuyasha is my friend and how can you accuse me of doing that!"

Naraku smirked, and the sick part was that Inuyasha could actually feel it.

"Like mother…like daughter"

A gasp was heard, followed by a loud slap that most likely belonged to Kagome as well.

"Y-You bastard!! My mother was not a whore…how can you say that about your own w-"

Inuyasha strained his ears even more when he heard Kagome's voice get cut off and desperately wondered what was happening in there. He heard a lot all at once after that; a slap, a table break and Kagome's cry of pain before the youkai in him took over.

Unfortunately before his world went black all he remembered after bursting in, was Naraku's cocky form hovering over a beaten and bloody Kagome.

End Flash Back

He knew that even though he couldn't remember what exactly happened to Naraku he was sure that he got what was coming to him. The aftermath was that Naraku was took to the hospital after suffering from a number of broken bones…Inuyasha had to be held back by ten men to keep to keep from killing Naraku and Kagome had a small concussion; nothing too serious, but Inuyasha never left her side for a second.

The deal with Naraku didn't go that well with him at all. According to police and Naraku's lawyers, Inuyasha was to be charged with unintentional battery and trespassing, which could give him at least 5-10 years in jail. On the other hand Naraku was charged with child abuse and was at risk of being put in jail for 2-6 years due to the injuries he has caused and Kagome and her little brother were to be put up for adoption. Kagome apparently didn't want that. She agreed to drop the charges of assault on Naraku if he dropped his charges on Inuyasha as a trade for staying with her friend. Inuyasha was, to say the least, not a happy camper. He didn't like that Kagome and her brother were still going to live with that bastard and he certainly didn't like that he couldn't do a damn thing about it.

Kagome had promised him that she would be okay and that nothing would go wrong, but as much as he wanted to believe his angel; he couldn't. Naraku wasn't your average guy and it would take a lot more than a measly threat to get him to do anything someone else's way. It was all logic...well in Naraku's eyes.

Inuyasha didn't like to dwell on things like that though because if he did, he might end up doing something both he and Naraku will regret. So instead of being himself he went to his mother and asked for her opinion on the situation.

But of course mothers being the way they are; she only told him that he should just wait it out and be there for Kagome until she was out of that hellhole. He did. However it never actually crossed his mind that he and Kagome would become more than friends two years later…

Flash Back

" Hey Kagome watch this" Inuyasha said as he climbed on top of his roof and glanced down at Kagome.

"Yasha, you're going to kill yourself one of theses days," She mumbled. Inuyasha only smirked and jumped off of the roof did a 360 front flip and landed in front of Kagome.

Kagome smiled and Inuyasha smirked, "Score?"

"I'd give it an 8 you were a little choppy up there" She smiled teasingly and Inuyasha chuckled.

"Why thank you, oh great one we al know you could do so much better" He drawled sarcastically. Kagome smirked,

"Of course I can. I'm me," She giggled when he gave her a disbelieving look,

"Right… the day you out do me will be that day Sesshomaru gets married"

Kagome smiled and walked towards his garage before coming back with a ladder and placing it neatly against the side of Inuyasha's house. Inuyasha could do nothing but stare wide-eyed at the girl as she attempted to prove him wrong…once again.

Didn't she learn that he was simply undefeatable?

"Kagome you've got to be kidding me you're going to kill yourself," He shouted as she looked down at him.

"It didn't stop you"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "That's because I'm a half-demon wench, I won't break bones flipping off a 4 story building like your about to do now!" This girl really didn't know what she was in for did she? He prayed she wouldn't go through with it. But then again this was Kagome he was talking about…

"Oh Come on Yasha stop being a worry-wart I'm okay" She finally reached the top of the roof and braced her self in the center as she awaited to do her flip. She took a deep breath and inched closer to the edge.

Inuyasha was having a hard time staying where he was. This girl was actually about to jump off a 4 story house wasn't she? He had to do something…

"Okay Yasha here I go"

"Kagome wait!"

He called out to her as she stopped. He let out a breathe he didn't know he was holding and jumped up onto the roof with his friend.

"What is it Yasha?"

Inuyasha nervously rubbed his neck, "Um...well…you see.."

"If I don't get a reason I'm jumping"

Inuyasha started to panic again, "Um hey! Why don't we just watch the sun go down or something, you know to relieve all our stress"?

Kagome stared at him for what seemed like the longest time before putting a hand on his head,

"Are you okay Yasha? I mean this is truly not you talking is it"

Inuyasha shrugged, "I don't know I guess I just want to watch it go down for a change"

Kagome giggled and Inuyasha felt his knees go weak.

"Whatever you say Yasha"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and sat down on the roof with Kagome, stealing a few sideways glances at her here and there. She was still as beautiful as when he first saw her. Her raven hair, now reached down to her back, lips now fully red and pouty, and her eyes were still the most beautiful pairs of eyes he had ever seen. He let his gaze linger on her lips longer and cursed silently at how bad he wanted to kiss them. They were friends for crying out loud!

Suddenly Kagome shivered and Inuyasha took notice of what she was wearing. She wore badge khaki's and a dark blue, sleeveless, baby tee. Could this girl get any stupider? Taking of his jacket he placed it around the shivering girl and watched how she got used to its warmth. He smiled. He loved the way she looked in his jacket…almost as if it were made for her to be worn around school…or after-wait! This is his best friend not his girlfriend. His mind is going haywire today and he didn't know why.

"Yasha?"

Inuyasha looked at his angel beside him, "Yes?"

Kagome scooted over so that her head lay gently on his chest and moved his hand so that it held her closer to him. Inuyasha looked as red as a tomato at the new arrangement,

"Kagome what are you-"

"We'll be friends forever right Yasha?"

Inuyasha smiled, although he didn't take to highly of being cut off and gently ran his other hand through her hair.

"Yeah Kagome, we'll be friends forever"

Kagome looked up at him, "No matter what?"

Inuyasha looked back down and smiled at his angel, "No matter what"

The next thing that took place shocked Inuyasha to no end. It wasn't as if he hadn't expected it, because he didn't but the way she did it told him so…much.

Kagome had leaned up and captured Inuyasha's lips in a tender and gentle kiss before pulling away and blushing slightly. Inuyasha was still trying to figure out what had happened,

"Sorry…it's just I've been wanting to do that for a long time now and-"

Inuyasha's lips silenced her

End Flash Back

That had been the best day of his life when Kagome had accepting…hack more like invited him to become one with her. That day would be marked down as the best of the best, the day where he and Kagome gotten together. The day no one but them and his mother knew about.

Inuyasha didn't care if anyone knew quite frankly; actually he would be quite eager to tell every one that a hanyou like him, managed to grab him someone, so loving, caring, smart and beautiful as Kagome. Unfortunately that could not be done.

You see…Naraku had also mentioned sometime during the whole 'I'm going make sure you go to jail' stage that he never wanted Kagome to see him again. That if he even smelt the scent if a hanyou on her he would regret the day he'd met her. Of course he told his mother about this and Kagome too, and somehow came up with this. They would ignore each, get everyone to think that neither one of them barely recognizes each other's existence; they were to keep their relationship a secret.

So far after two years no one suspected a thing and now with Kagome only ten months away from becoming a legal adult they have yet to reach their goal of cutting Naraku out of their lives for good. And then and only then will they be able to share their secret.

"Three can keep a secret if two are dead"

Benjamin Franklin

Sorry if it seems rushed I'm very tired over here and I really need to be going to bed now!

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