Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters.

It Takes Two
"Mother?"

Sango walked through the kitchen, but there was no response, nor was there anyone in it.

"She's gone again," she told herself. "I guess it'll work out for me."

She dressed in her soccer uniform, happy that detention was finally over, and she'd have some fun. Kagome would be here any minute.

And then the doorbell rang.

Sango quickly pulled her hair up into a high ponytail and ran to the door. Kagome stood, dressed as well, but with a sad look in her eyes.

"What's with the face? I'd think you'd be excited," Sango tilted her head.

"I am, just that. . ." Kagome look away a bit. "Kikyo transferred here."

She closed the door, and the two walked to Kagome's car. "What? Kikyo? Your childhood friend?"

She nodded. "She'll be at the game, too."

"You two were rivals over Inuyasha, right?"

Kagome nodded again. Sango remained silent as they drove to the soccer field.

"Damn it," Inuyasha cursed, "Why did she have to come back now?"

"Don't worry Inuyasha, I'm sure she won't do anything too drastic," Miroku offered.

He crossed his arms. Miroku leaned over and pointed to the direction of the field. Kikyo was standing there, her hair tied in a ponytail and dressed in her red uniform, opposite to Kagome's green uniform. She waved and smiled to Inuyasha.

"Ah, so she'll be against Kagome's team today."

"You're so observant, Miroku."

'Inuyasha,' Kikyo thought, beginning to stretched. 'So, we meet again. I'm happy, but it seems you're with Kagome now.'

The girl closed her eyes and began to reminisce.

Little Kagome sobbed on the playground. "Why does everyone make fun of me?"

"Hello."

She looked up and found another girl staring back. Kagome blinked, the two nearly looked alike. She sniffled.

"What's your name?"

She moved a few tears away, "Kagome."

"I'm Kikyo," she said, bending over. "Why are you crying?"

The girl didn't answer so she extended her arm.

Kagome accepted a long, white ribbon. Kikyo helped her tie her hair and bangs back into a ponytail.

"You look so cute, don't cry, okay?"

"It's like, so hot out here!" Liza whined.

"I know," Yui said, irritated. "Why do we have to do this?"

Nori commented, "I'm sure you don't want to fail Gym."

She received glares from both girls, and sweatdropped.

"There's Sango and Kagome."

Yui immediately crossed her arms and glared daggers at the girls, although the two failed to notice her trio.

"Let's kick butt," Yui sneered.

Kagome fell silent as Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her waist.

"Something wrong?" he asked.

"Just Kikyo," she mumbled.

The four stood in silence.

"We should get going," Sango broke the silence. She grabbed Kagome's wrist and lead her to the locker room. On the way, they ran into Kikyo.

"Um. . ." Sango faltered. They couldn't just run off.

"It's okay, I'll stay for a bit," Kagome waved Sango away.

She looked concerned, but left the two alone.

"It's nice to see you again," Kikyo said.

The girl nodded back. "Looks like we'll be rivals in this game, too."

"You were the one who ended our friendship."

"Hey you guys!" little Kagome ran up to the three girls. Her hair was tied with the same ribbon Kikyo had given her.

"She got happier, hasn't she?" a girl smiled at the others.

Kikyo stood behind her two friends, her arms crossed a bit. "She's just acting tough."

"Guess what!" Kagome chimed, "I like someone!"

"Really?" her friend asked. "Is it Inuyasha?"

"Ehh?" Kagome tilted her head. "How do you know?"

Kikyo had a look of sadness on her face, and then she gripped her hands.

"Almost everyone likes him," their friends replied.

"Even Kikyo-san?"

"I know," Kagome said. "You don't have to remind me."

They were older now. Kikyo and Kagome sat on the different ends of a bench.

"So, you're with Inuyasha now."

Kikyo nodded, and watched Kagome stand up slowly.

"I guess we can't be friends anymore."

The girl untied the ribbon, her raven hair falling a little below her shoulders, her bangs above her eyes. She handed it to Kikyo.

"I gave you that as a gift," she stated.

"We're rivals from now on, okay?"

Kikyo reached out and gripped her ribbon.

"I guess I'll see you when the game starts," Kagome walked passed Kikyo.

"Yeah, I guess I will," Kikyo said softly.

The two had been good friends. Then they were separated, and now the soccer game.

"The battle might drag," Miroku said, "Because those two are probably going to be soft on each other."

The whistle blew, and Inuyasha and Miroku turned to the field. Both teams were emerging from the locker rooms.

Sango's foot was placed over the ball, her hands on her waist and staring at Yui who was in front of her. Kagome was next to her, and across was Kikyo.

When the game began, Sango rushed passed Yui, who flinched.

"Hey! Don't go so fast!" she yelled. Kikyo rolled her eyes at her teammate.

Sango stuck her tongue out, unaware of her surroundings, she lost the ball to another opponent.

"Yo, Kikyo!" the girl yelled, kicking it to her.

She let the ball thump against her chest, and then kicked it with great precision. Speeding through five people, she nearly ran into Kagome. However, she kicked the ball over her head and then resumed to the goal.

"Whoa, she's good," Miroku blinked with impression.

"Yeah." Inuyasha stayed quiet.

"Red Team scores!"

"That's typical," Kagome walked back to her set, "she's always better than me."

"Girls, today we will learn how to arrange flowers. Gather a few you like in the field and assemble them in a vase."

Little Kagome picked a few roses, and then sat defeated. "These don't look right. . ."

"You should gather more from the stems, so you'll have more room to put them in different styles," Kikyo said, sitting next to her.

"You know a lot," the little Kagome answered.

"Kagome, you're cute for your age, but you're still a bud," the girl told her, "Who knows if you'll ever bloom."

"Just a bud?"

Kikyo nodded.

"Just a bud, huh?" Kagome looked at Kikyo.

"Who knows if you'll bloom," she replied mockingly.

"We'll see about that."

Zero27- Hn, I dunno if this update was considered to be a "while", but I'm back on my feet again!

Kyosnekozukigirl- Lol. I haven't seen the Manga for Fruits Basket. . .I saw the Anime was rated ages 16 and above at Suncoast. O.o;;

Soli-chan- Wow. . .You were. . .really hyper in that review, it made me laugh so hard. . .

Lunatic Pandora1- ;; Rin seems a little bit annoying in the Anime, but I plan to pair her up with Sesshy in a new fic I'm writing. :D

Ladyofthedragons1- Hn. . .maybe not an alliance. It's weird I made her and Kagome friends before. . .

Shichini Kiwi Kasa- Awww. I would've punched him in the face. :: Insert halo here ::

Lil-Strange-Person- Hahaha. Well, it is quite queer to call a cat "Cow", like. . .Babe. The pig as a dog, I think. . . oo;; I haven't watched that movie for a while.

Katy- Ehh? You want Kikyo back with Inuyasha? This calls for voting! Or maybe I misinterpreted your review. O.o;;

Aamalie- LoL, talk about violence. :: Whistles ::

Rain angst- Thanks!

Taijiya-sango88- Loads of trouble. . .I think. I didn't actually plan that. I just. . .randomly typed then end. I'm so screwed, whoops.

Kaylana- ;; I know suicide is bad, it's this thing I have. I get easily depressed and overly emotional. I guess that's what I get for being bipolar. .;; But thanks for the offer on Chemistry. I'm getting good at it, too!

LivEvil- More conflicts ahead. . .This will be complicated for me to write.

Dogdemon3285- Nah, lots of fics portray Kikyo in a preppy way, and she's totally the opposite. I like to make her mature. . .

Kounetsu Yasha- Eek! Violence! Baaad! Plus I don't think it'd really fit with this fic.

By the way, the idea of friendship between Kikyo and Kagome came from this anime show I began watching called Naruto (which I don't own).

Let's vote! Kagome with Inuyasha? Or should Kikyo get him back?