Okay, I'll see where this chapter goes. And people who have asked, yes Kikyo will be in this story I am sorry to report. And (:gulp: Don't kill me!) she will be Inuyasha's girlfriend for a short time. :Dodges hail of bullets: He only dates her to make Kagome jealous! And the title of this is Growing Up and we all make mistakes when we grow up. We all know Kikyo was a big mistake, ne?

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I said it once and I won't say it again.

Summary: AU Kagome and Inuyasha meet each other much earlier on in life. Try, first grade? Yeah. They grow up together, and they inevitably change. InuXKag, MiroXSan, RinXSess, ShippoXSouten. Rating for safety and it may go up. Probably won't though.


Kagome's first week at highschool went by fairly quickly. On she Saturday, she would go to Miroku's house to watch him and Inuyasha play video games. But tonight was Friday, and Sango would be spending the night at her house. What could spoil her good mood?

An ominous ring of the phone answered her question. "Hello, Higurashi residence, Kagome speaking." she said as she answered.

It was Inuyasha. "Kagome, for Pete's sake, help me!" There was a squirming and wrestling for the phone before he added, "Can I come to your house? Please, it's an emergency! I don't know what to do!"

There was an odd squealing on the other end, and Kagome was pretty sure it wasn't Inuyasha. Whoever was with him was meeting the end of his fist pretty bad, she could tell. "Okay, but Sango's coming over tonight, so don't make a big scene."

"Thanks Kagome I-Don't you dare! I'll kill you! Don't you press that-" Inuyasha screamed to someone before the line went dead.

Kagome held the phone away from her ear as it started to beep loudly. She raised one eyebrow and wondered what was going on. Inuyasha was obviously distressed. She shook her head and supposed she would find out when he got here.

There was a knock on the door. She went to open the door and there stood Sango. "I thought I was at the right shrine, but I wasn't positive." she said with a laugh.

"Come in, I was thinking we would watch movies or something. I've got some scary ones." Kagome warned her.

They walked into the living room and sat down. Kagome's mom walked through, looking frantic.

"Oh, Kagome. I'm going out of town for a while. I'm supposed to do a special article on the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. I've left you money for food and an emergency credit card on the desk in your room. Sota can not be left home alone. If you want to go to your new friend's house tomorrow, take him along. And bring your cell phone with you at all times when you aren't in school. Call my cell phone before you use the emergency credit card, okay?" she asked as she rushed around, making her final preparations.

"Um, okay. Let me guess, you aren't sure how long you'll be gone?" Kagome surmised.

"No. You know me and my work all too well Kagome dear." her mom told her as she smiled.

"Yup. Call ahead so I can get all the wild partiers out of the house before you get home." Kagome requested.

"Of course." her mom replied, knowing that Kagome was kidding.

"See you later Mom!" Kagome said with a wave as her mom rushed out the door.

"Wild parties huh?" Sango asked with a grin.

"Yeah, on the weekends I get drunk and party it up, didn't you know?" Kagome asked with mock surprise.

"Well, I didn't know, but I could tell. Now I have a drinking buddy! Joy!" Sango said, getting into their banter.

"Yep, and I have the perfect stuff for tonight!" Kagome said going to the fridge.

"Whoa, are you serious?" Sango asked with wide eyes.

"Uh-huh. I have…Mountain Dew!" Kagome cried, holding a twelve pack over her head in triumph.

"Well, if that's are drink of choice tonight, then I should warn you about my drinking problem." Sango said with a serious look on her face.

"It's okay Sango. We all have a drinking problem when it comes to Mountain Dew." Kagome assured her with a pat on the back.

Suddenly it sounded like a brawl was happening outside. "That must be Inuyasha. I wonder what happened to make him so upset." Kagome wondered.


Earlier at Inuyasha's house…

Inuyasha was sitting on his bed, thinking about all that had happened that week. For instance, the staring problem of the humans…and his own staring problem.

'Well, Kagome is attractive enough. So I guess it's normal for me to stare.' he thought.

"So I just need to try and stare at her a little bit less." he decided, pleased that he had figured it out.

"Oh, you're staring at her now? Do we need to give the little boy a talk about the demons and the bees?" Sesshomaru asked, coming in Inuyasha's door.

"I've known about mating for a while, and it has absolutely nothing to do with her." Inuyasha informed him in a haughty tone.

"Both you and I know that you like Kagome." Sesshomaru said with a self-assured smirk.

"Shut up! What are you doing in my room anyway you jackass?" Inuyasha demanded, barely managing to keep a blush from his cheeks.

"Father wants to see us in his study. Apparently something bad has happened." Sesshomaru informed him.

"Oh. Okay." Inuyasha said. He wondered what had happened that his dad would want to talk to him and Sesshomaru. He would never say it, but he loved his dad, and he hoped it wasn't about some terminal disease his father had. Ever since he lost his mom, his dad was the only family he had that he actually liked.

They walked to the study together, as much as neither of them wanted to. When they got there, their father was sitting in his chair behind his desk. "I wanted to talk to you about a very serious matter." he told them.

"What is it Father?" Sesshomaru asked.

"One of my business partner has died along with his wife. Well, I should actually say murdered, although we can't prove anything. But anyway, his son is now an orphan. So I adopted him before anything could happen to him as well. Inuyasha, he's very close to your age, so I'm leaving up to you to protect him and watch over him. Also, I believe it was the Thunder Brothers who killed his parents while they were under his father's orders." Inuyasha's father told him.

"So, what's the runt's name?" Inuyasha asked grudgingly.

"Shippo. Inuyasha, his room will be right next to yours. He'll be here any second, and I want no insensitive or awkward questions about his parents or any of this." their father told them.

"Yes sir." the brothers replied in unison.

As if on cue, there was a knock on the study door. "Come in." Inuyasha's father called.

A little kitsune came walking in the door. He walked up between Inuyasha and Sesshomaru and said to their father, "Thank you for letting me stay with you."

"No problem at all. Inuyasha will show you where your room is. Ask him if you need to know where anything is or if you can't get something." Their father told Shippo.

"Okay." Shippo replied with a bow to Inuyasha's father before skipping off to follow Inuyasha.

"My room's right next to yours, but you should be able to take care of yourself right?" Inuyasha asked skeptically.

"Of course. I am in the eighth grade. What do you think I am, a kid?" Shippo replied with a bit of a resentful tone in his voice.

Luckily, before Inuyasha could reply with what he was thinking, they were outside Shippo's room.

"So this is my room, huh." Shippo said more than asked.

"Yup. And don't make a lot of noise doing little kid stuff, I have things to do." Inuyasha warned him.

"Hey! I told you, I'm not a kid! I'm not, I'm not, I'm not!" Shippo insisted, banging his hands on Inuyasha's chest.

"Oh, so what you're doing right now isn't at all childish, is it?" Inuyasha said with a smirk. He held Shippo at arm's length and stuck his tongue out.

"Hey, you're sticking out your tongue! How mature is that, huh?" Shippo challenged. He put a leaf on his head and transformed into a kitten. He then proceeded to scratch and bite Inuyasha.

"Holy crap! Screw this!" Inuyasha shouted, running into his room.

Kitten Shippo followed right behind. He transformed back into regular Shippo and grabbed a picture off Inuyasha's desk. "Who is this, your girlfriend?" he asked tauntingly. It was a fairly recent picture of Inuyasha and Kagome.

"No, she was my first and only friend of almost my entire life." Inuyasha spat back. Shippo had obviously hit a sensitive spot. Almost as if to prove that point, Inuyasha started to attack Shippo in a not so gentle way.

Shippo responded by attacking back just as fiercely. It resulted in a struggle. They bumped into Inuyasha's nightstand and knocked the phone off of its cradle. Seeing this, Inuyasha picked up the receiver and dialed Kagome's number.

"Hello, Higurashi residence, Kagome speaking." Kagome answered.

Kagome, for Pete's sake, help me!" Shippo tried to grab the reciever so he had to wrestle it back before he said, "Can I come to your house? Please, it's an emergency! I don't know what to do!"

Shippo squealed when Inuyasha dealt him a rough blow. "Okay, but Sango's coming over tonight, so don't make a big scene." she replied, sounding inquisitive.

"Thanks Kagome I-Don't you dare! I'll kill you! Don't you press that-" Inuyasha screamed to Shippo as he pressed the disconnect button, cutting off the call.

"Stop it! We're going to Kagome's house! She has a brother that's in eighth grade, so you have a chance to make a friend before you go to your new school." Inuyasha said, ending the struggle by standing up and going to his room door as he heard someone pass by.

It was Sesshomaru. He had his hand up as if he was about to knock when Inuyasha opened the door. "What's going on in there? Are you two playing nicely?" Sesshomaru asked in a belittling tone.

"Nevermind. Can I get a ride to Kagome's house? Her brother is going to go to the same school as the runt here. I figure he should make a friend before his first day." Inuyasha told him.

"I suppose. Just tell my future sister in law hello for me, will you?" Sesshomaru asked, pulling his car keys out of his pocket and twirling them expertly around his long graceful fingers.

Inuyasha just growled in reply. He just went into his room, pulled Shippo out of it, and dragged the kitsune behind him as he followed Sesshomaru to the garage.

Sesshomaru drove a sleek black car. They got in and Sesshomaru started to drive to Kagome's house. He could drive there in his sleep by now, after all the times he had dropped off or picked up Inuyasha or Kagome there.

Shippo leaned up next to Inuyasha's ear and asked, "Who is he anyway?"

Sesshomaru could hear him of course. "I'm Inuyasha's older brother Sesshomaru. You'll find that I'm a good deal more civilized than Inuyasha."

The rest of the drive was relatively silent. They pulled up outside of Kagome's house. Inuyasha opened his door and got out, but not before Sesshomaru reminded him, "Tell my sister in law I said hi."

Inuyasha growled in reply once again. Shippo for some reason thought that second was a good idea to add, "So I was right. She is your girlfriend and you plan to make her your mate."

Inuyasha looked like his head was going to explode due to his fury. "My whole family teases because she's my friend. And if you tell anything like that to Kagome, they won't be able to find even the biggest pieces of your body. Got that?"

"Got it. But you still like her." Shippo said, asking for trouble. Inuyasha lunged at him.

They started to wrestle, and Inuyasha dragged Shippo to the top of the stairs (making sure he hit his head on each step) and then they toppled over onto the ground again. Somehow, they ended up kicking and hitting each other right in front of Kagome's front door.

The door was opened almost hesitatingly, like the person behind it didn't really want to know what was going on. "Hello Inuyasha. Remember how you said you wouldn't make a big scene?" Kagome asked him.


Well, another chappie done. Seven pages on Microsoft Word, so I hope it's long enough for you. Next chapter is in the making still, and it might take a little while. I'm toying around with what Shippo and Sota are going to do, so bear with me. Reviews and constructive criticism are appreciated. Until next time, bye!

Extra Disclaimer: I don't own Mountain Dew. Okay, I'm chugging a can right now, but I don't own the copyright.

P.S. With the disclaimer, it started an 8th page! Hooray!