Prologue: How We First Met

"Why are you crying?" Said a voice. She turned around, startled and simply stared at him. She didn't want to talk to any one, so she just turned back around and tried to forget what had happened earlier that day…

--Flashback--

"Give it back!" She cried trying to reach for the bear. The older boy simply smirked and held it high above him, taunting her. "You want it? Come get it then."

She jumped higher, and higher as tears began to form in her eyes. The teddy bear had been special to her, a gift from her grandmother on her second birthday. It had belonged to her grandmother when she was younger, so the for Kagome, the bear meant more to her than anything she owned.

"Please, just give me my bear back," she said, tears rolling freely now as the older boy waived it above him.

"You want it back?" He asked with a mischievous grin on his face. "Fine! Go get it!" He said almost laughing at her as he threw the bear on to the busy street.

She gasped as her eyes followed the bear as it flew high above her, landing in the middle of the street. She watched in horror as the cars shredded the old teddy bear to pieces with their tires. There was not thing she could do now but cry harder.

--Flashback--

"Why are you crying?" The little hanyou asked again, his voice full of concern. He had seen her in school before. She always looked happy and was always kind and sweet. Seeing her so distressed made something inside him almost… hurt. He didn't know her, but he knew her enough to not want to see her like that.

Kagome looked at him again, and this time, she turned around enough for him to see what remained of the teddy bear, there wasn't much left but the head and part of its left arm.

His head turned slightly to one side, just like a puppy would, and the soft triangles on to of his head twitched forward, giving the little girl his full attention.

"My grandmamma gave it to me. It was hers." Kagome said as she held on to the pieces of the bear. "…and he just-" she didn't want to remember anymore.

InuYasha could feel the anger in him rising. Who would do this to her? If he found out he was really gonna kick his ass into next Tuesday.

He seemed torn between comforting her and trying to find the bastard that had done it. But Kagome's sobs broke through thoughts.

"It- its okay," he said as he got closer to her.

Then he had an idea, "Wait here."

Before she could ask him anything, he left running in the opposite direction.

She didn't have to wait long to find out what he had been up to. In less than 10 minutes he was back, holding something in his clawed hands.

"Here," he said smiling as he handed her another teddy bear. This one was all white with a brown nose and golden eyes, just like his.

She seemed afraid to touch it. Why was he doing this?

"Take it, already. My mom gave it to me when I was a baby, but I'm too old for stuff like this now." He was already seven years old after all. Slowly, she reached out for it and took it.

She ran her fingers through the soft fur and smiled. "T- Thank you." She said softly.

Nothing was said for a while, but they didn't feel uncomfortable. Then she broke the silence between them.

"Umm… my name is Kagome. What's your name?" She asked. Her hands clutching both teddies.

"InuYasha."

"Well thank you, InuYasha."

"Keh." He replied. He blushed, but only a little.

The sun was starting to set, and the soft rays showered the sky with all kinds of colors- pinks, reds, violets…

"Want me to walk you home?"

"Okay." Was her only reply.

He held out his hand to her and she gave him a shy smile, and blushed a bit as she took it.

A/N: This is my first InuYasha fic; I hope you all enjoyed it! Sorry it was so short, but I wanted to establish their friendship first. Also, sorry for all the mistakes, but I have no beta for this story, so you'll just have to bear with me.