Chapter 1/Strange New Friend

"Oh great now I going to be late," Kagome said running down the hall of her school.

"Not the first time right," Said a new girl who seemed to come out of no where. She had silky brown hair that went half way down her back. She had emerald green eyes that gave Kagome the idea that she was going to kill her self.

"I'm Kagome, by the way," Kagome said, still running down the hall.

"Hi, I'm Shippa, what room are you going to?" Shippa said having a feeling they were going to the same room.

"Uh, room 120, Math, oh joy."

"Me to but actually I am good at math." She smiled. Kagome could have sworn that she had little fangs like Inuyasha.

"Oh really, well here we are." Kagome said sadly. 'Why does she give me that strange feeling that she is someone else?' Math class for the two seemed to go on for ever, the bell finally rang and school was over. "Bye guys," Kagome waved at her friends. She was in deep thought about the fair that was coming up until she heard Shippa, one of her newest friends, yelp. When Kagome was over there she found Hojo, the bully of the school picking on Shippa.

"Hojo, stop don't pick on her she's new!" Kagome yelled. Hojo now faced her. He ran towards her but Shippa ran towards Hojo and jammed her head into his stomach. He went flying back.

"I may be new but that move was old," Shippa said then she added, "I don't want to see you picking on me or any of my friends got it?"

"Just because you're smart doesn't mean that I won't fight you again," Hojo said. Shippa sent him a look that scared him. Kagome noticed that she had a tint of purple on her face and a tint of red in her eyes.

"You know what? A slug could take you down Hojo," Kagome said as he got up.

"Not bad Kagome, but it's more like…I can get my ass kicked by a girl," Shippa said, they stood there laughing.

"You want to see what it's like to get you ass kicked by a girl," Hojo said and then he realized what he said.

"So Hojo you're telling us that you are a..laughs..A girl," Kagome said getting in to the now verbal fight.

"I guess so," Shippa said and faced Kagome, "Now all he needs to do is get rid of that horrible face." Both of them walked around in a circle not even noticing the crowd that has formed around them.

"Oh my god, I didn't even notice his face I was to focused on the fact that his clothes, I mean look at them where did he come from the Stone Age," Kagome laughed, Hojo went to go punch her but she dodged it and kicked him in the stomach.

"And that is how you get your ass kicked by Kagome," Shippa said sounding like a professor, noticing the crowd around them.

"Hey you want to come over I bet my mom wouldn't mind," Kagome ask her new best friend.

"Sure, I have nothing to do any way, I mean my parents are away on a trip," Shippa said as they made their way out of the crowd.

"Come on lets go before Hobo over there gets the idea to kill us," Kagome said walking towards her house and the shrine. "Hey are you going to the fair that's going on next week?"

"I don't know it depends, if I'm not doing anything then I might." Shippa said. They walked on to the front yard.

"Ma, I home and I brought a new friend," Kagome said as her mom walked out.

"Oh hello, and what is your name," Kagome's mom said, as she noticed the inhuman features that were hide very well.

"I'm Shippa," She said, twirling a necklace that hung around her neck. 'What kind of necklace is that? It looks like a dog demon fang. What if she is a…no she can't be' Kagome thought.

"Oh that is an interesting necklace, what's on it," Kagome's mom said as Shippa looked down at the necklace.

"It's a…shark tooth, I think…yeah it's a shark tooth," Shippa said 'Crap, I can't let them know what it is; Stupid Kouga has to give me a necklace that I can't take off. I am going to kill him.'

"Oh Kagome, Inuyasha came because he said you were taking to long," Her mom said, telling Inuyasha to come out. He was in his kimono wearing a hat on his head to hide his ears. 'Strange I have heard that name some where, ah who cares?' Shippa thought.

"Hey Kagome, who's this?" Inuyasha said, getting a strange felling that he meet her some where before.

"This is Shippa, Shippa this is Inuyasha," Kagome said seeing that she didn't stare at him like her friends did when they went gaga for him but she looked at him like she had seen him some where.

"Do…do I know you because you seem familiar," she said, there was no cold ness in her voice like there was when she yelled at Hojo.

"Yeah, same here, your name is similar to a person I know," Inuyasha said then Kagome caught his attention. They looked at each other, Kagome's mom went in side the house. Shippa just looked from one to the other, 'Hmmm, I always liked a challenge now how to get them together,' Shippa thought as she twirled the necklace again, that caught Inuyasha attention. "What the hell is that?"

"None of you business, why?" Shippa asked.

"Nothing, it's nothing."

"Sure right, okay." Inuyasha noticed what she was wearing and she didn't look like a school girl, a one strapped shirt that was an emerald green that matched her eyes perfectly and a pair of blue jeans, and a tattoo (but it was a birth mark) that looked like a fox. It was right on her collar bone.

"What's that on your collar bone?" Inuyasha said even Kagome looked.

"It's my birth mark, why?" Shippa said looking down at the darker part of her skin.

"It's nothing, can I see your necklace," He said.

"Inuyasha mind you manners," Kagome screamed.

"Sorry I just wanted to see it," he walked over to Kagome and told her the reason why, "Because she might be a demon and if that necklace was a demon fang then she just might be one!" Shippa started to laugh because they were so close and they made such a cute couple. "What?"

"Nothing it's just that you two make the cutest couple," Shippa said trying not to lose her head by laughing. They both blushed at this. "Okay you can't tell me that you two don't like each other." Kagome's face went an even deeper red and Inuyasha's eyes widened. (It's not like he normally blushes, right? Oh engrr I hate my self that was such a stupid question)

"Is it that obvious?" Inuyasha whispered to Shippa. She faced him like he was crazy.

"Yeah to anyone with half a brain cell but I think she likes you to," Shippa said walking over to her new best friend. Little did she know that Inuyasha and Shippa had more in common than she thought. "So what know?"

"Well you and Inuyasha could not try to rip each other's head off," Kagome said making a smart remark.

"Oh like I would really want to tear her head off when I could give you kou…" Inuyasha said realizing that they had someone who didn't know about the fuddle era, or at lest they think.

"Oh if you were going to rip off Kouga's head I really wouldn't care," Shippa said, she smiled a little smile barely showing her fangs that were now longer. "Opps!"

"I knew you looked familiar," Inuyasha said as the wind blew the cap off his head.

"Okay what the hell is going on," Kagome said, Inuyasha looked at her as though she would have never said that word.

"Okay I admit, I am the king's daughter. Oh joy, I got really mad at him and Kouga for making me wear this stupid necklace that won't seem to come off."

"Okay so how does she know you Inuyasha," Kagome said looking at him as if she was going to say 'sit boy'.

"Alright I got into a fight when I was young; she was sad and ready for a fight to cheer her up. When I was screaming for help, I got my self in to more trouble that I expected to, Shippa came and help me. Oh and you should have seen her fight it was awesome."

"Oh I have she fought the bully at school, well now that explains why your eyes had a tint of red," Kagome said, as Inuyasha looked at Shippa blankly.

"You didn't?" he said in a very low voice.

"I guess I did, at lest I didn't kill him," Shippa smiled weekly before looking at Kagome.

"Shall we get Kouga's head on a sliver platter," Shippa said in a joking way.

"And well we're at it we can get Miroku's head too," They started laughing, "Oh what about the fair next week?"

"I think I can help you with that," Shippa said as her devious demon features came back to her. She now had a sky blue eye, as well as an emerald green one and two silky brown ear at the top of her head although one ear had the marking of a goddess. As soon as Shippa was done telling Kagome her plan her dad was calling her but only she could hear it. "Well got to go get yelled at by daddy, Hope to see you again!"

"Probably will if Kouga drags you every where he goes," Kagome yelled out before she almost diapered.

"Don't we all wish? Oh and don't forget about the plan," Shippa said then she vanished.

"What the hell was she talking about?" Inuyasha asked. He hated it when other people were around because then he wasn't the only person around with Kagome. Although he had to admit Shippa was better than Kouga.

"You'll find out," Kagome said pulling gently on the collar of his kimono.