Authors Note: I do not own InuYasha or any of the other characters in this story (unfortunately).

Ch. 1

The End to 'Just Friends'

"I see how it is…" a teenage girl with long black hair said as she crossed her arms and blinked away the tears that were forming in her stunningly beautiful, bright emerald eyes.

"No you don't, you don't understand Lyn!" replied a boy with bright tawny eyes that had a look of confusion and hurt. He sighed as he ran his clawed hands through a thick mane of ashen hair and paused briefly to scratch one of the slender white dog ears that protruded from atop that mane.

"I understand just fine. It's over…" the young girl said as she brushed a strand of raven black hair from her soft, milky white face.

"No!! That's not what I meant!" the boy said as he grabbed her hand as she got up to leave.

"Then what did you mean? You said we can't be friends anymore," the young girl said as she pulled her hand from his grip and stood there. She stared intently into his eyes, trying to understand what he was saying.

"Yeah, but in a totally different way!" the boy said as he stood up quickly and gave her a look of complete desperation. He frowned slightly and sighed as he dropped his head in frustration.

"What other way is there InuYasha? I mean, I don't seem to know any another way," she said as she sat in the spot that he just been and put her head in her delicate white hands.

"We're only friends right?" he said as he turned towards her and got down on his knees. He grabbed her hands gently and raised her chin so that he was looking into her sparkling, clear eyes. He smiled sadly as he looked into her eyes and placed a hand on her cheek.

"Yeah, I know, but not anymore," she said softly as she diverted her eyes away from his, but never moved her head. She secretly liked having him touch her because she loved the feeling of his long claws brushing against her face.

"No, just let me explain. Please," he said as she turned her eyes back towards his. She saw that he meant to tell her something, but his usual shy, anti-social side was preventing him from doing so.

"Fine, I want to hear your excuse," she said as she pulled her hands from his and crossed her arms. She looked at him with a fake scowl on her face. She knew he didn't know the difference and that's what she was aiming for.

"I don't want us to be friends anymore, I want us to be more…" he said softly as he looked away from her and dropped the hand on her cheek as he rose up from his kneeling position. He stood looking at her for a moment before he just dropped down onto the couch next to her and rested his head against the back of the couch. He closed his amber eyes and frowned slightly. He took a deep breath and held it, hoping he could gather the courage to tell her what she needed, no, what He needed to hear himself say.

"Are you saying what I think you are?" she said as her scowl disappeared and her hands fell to her lap as she looked at him most curiously. She had always thought he had been more than friendly for the last year.

"Depends on what your thinking…" he said softly as he felt himself blushing. He knew that she knew what he meant and it relieved him yet made him more uncomfortable.

"How come you didn't just tell me that in the first place?" she said happily as she clasped her hands together and smiled, lighting up her soft and beautiful face. She tucked her knees under her body as she turned toward him and moved her face rather close to his. He looked at her and felt fairly ashamed.

"I wasn't sure if you felt the same…" he said as he lowered his head and looked at his clawed hands. He could still feel her eyes piercing him and he felt a bit embarrassed as he felt himself begin to blush again. But this time the blush was deeper as he felt her breath on his face and smelled her overpowering, lovely scent fill his nostrils.

"Of course I do!!! I want us to be more than friends. I Want to be your girlfriend!" she nearly squealed in delight as she clasped her hands together in front her mouth. He looked at her and gave her an awkward smile as he titled his head to one side, kind of the way puppies do when there're curious.

"You do? All right! Well, then shouldn't we go out or something?" he asked as he moved closer to her so that she could lean against his shoulder. She softly breathed in his scent and felt at peace.

"Sure. How 'bout a movie?" she said as she closed her eyes, She nuzzled closer to him and he put his arm around her. She felt him rest his head on hers and a small smile broke the calm of her face. She had waited for this day ever since she was 8 years old and saw him for the first time.

*Flashback*

"8, 9 ,10! Ready or not! Here I come!" a young, no more than 8 year old Lyn said as she uncovered her eyes and went off in search of her friends. Her long black hair bounced and fluttered with her movements as she snuck around her yard.

"Are you over here?!" she said as she looked behind her families sacred oak tree. As she looked back up, she heard the other children taunting someone.

"What are you guys doing? I thought we were playing hide-and-go-seek?" she asked a young girl who stood in the back of a crowd that had formed. The girl turned towards her and shrugged slightly.

"We were, but then we found some freak and we were just having some fun. Why don't you join us Lyn?" the young girl said, but as Lyn heard the terrified yelp of a hurt animal, she shoved her way to the front and saw two young boys kicking another young boy. There was something different about him though. He had long, white hair and what seemed like dog ears, and with every kick, he yelped like a hurt puppy. It broke her heart every time they did this and soon she couldn't take it anymore.

"What are you guys doing?!" Lyn said and at the sound of her voice, the two boys stopped what they were doing. When they did, the dog boy looked up at her with golden eyes and as she looked into those eyes, her heart seemed to skip a beat. She didn't know what it was, but a strange and knew sensation built up in her stomach as she looked at him.

"Go! Leave him alone! I said go!" and as she moved toward them, they took off and so did the other kids. She watched them all run off and made sure the were all gone before she turned back toward the hurt dog boy that made her stomach flutter.

"It's OK little guy, I'm not gonna hurt you. Cross my heart and hope to die," she said as she moved toward him and he moved back. But as those words escaped her lips and her small, soft hand touched his face, he smiled and that smile melted her heart.

"Thanks. My names InuYasha. You?" he said softly as she helped him up and brushed him off. As she brushed him off she had the overwhelming urge to never take her hands off of him.

"Oh, my names Lyn. Lyn Runeris," she said, blushing like mad. She looked down and clasped her hands together shyly behind her back. She started to rub the toe of her black converse into the dirt nervously when she felt him staring at her. When she looked up she saw he had a small grin on his face.

"It's nice to meet you Lyn. Are we friends now?" he asked. She looked up at him quickly and he looked into her green eyes curiously. She wanted to scream yes, but she gained her composure and smiled fiercely.

"Yes! We'll be best friends forever InuYasha!" she said happily and he smiled as she grabbed his hand. She blushed even harder as they walked back to her house hand and hand.

*End Flashback*

"Sounds good," he said smiling, revealing his sharp, white teeth. She looked up a him and thought about how interesting it would be to run her tongue across those sharp white points.

"Oh, um, how about we wait 'till tomorrow night, that way you can look human?" she said with a innocent smile. He turned towards her so suddenly that her head fell off his shoulder and she fell sideways into his lap.

"How'd you know about my human form?" he said with a surprised expression plastered on his face. He looked down at her and blushed madly when he realized that she had landed face down in his crotch. She got up quickly, but not to quickly of course, and shrugged.

"Meoga told me awhile ago," she said looking at him innocently. She remembered asking the flea where InuYasha disappeared to on the days of a full moon and that's when he told her. She had known for almost 5 years now and as she noticed that he looked a little apprehensive, she was a bit puzzled about it.

"Know ones supposed to know about that! Your not gonna tell anyone are you?" he said as he looked at her with an anxious expression on his face. She was a bit taken back by this but she just gave him a small smile and nodded in understanding. Even if she didn't know why he was being so sneaky about it, she knew this wasn't the time to ask. She didn't want to stress him out and ruin the moment even more.

"Of course not InuYasha! Your such a numskull," she laughed as she went over and started to rub his left ear making him close his eyes and sigh in pleasure. He rested his head in her lap as she continued to massage his ear and as she looked down at him, she felt something she had forgotten she could. She felt truly happy.