Okay, new chapter... fun fun! It's about 4 pages on my program, so a bit longer than the last one. If this keeps up they'll be a chapter a day. R&R please people.

O and since I forgot to put in the disclaimer I'll jus add it in now...

Disclaimer: I do not own the anime/manga of inuyasha...

Chapter 2:

Well, that all happened when I was seven, tomorrow I'm turning eight. So even though I said I'm almost eight, I'm going to consider myself eight.

Birthdays have never been fun for me, my mom made me a new kimono once but that was it. Now that I have a friend maybe it'll be different. But on the other hand, Kikyo's folks may not allow her to see me. We must sneak out some how, or maybe I'll wait 'til the next new moon. I think that's in about two weeks. Aw man, two weeks! I think I'm gonna have to see her, somehow.

That night I climbed from my window and ran to her house. I threw a rock at her window. She didn't answer so I threw a second, just as it was about to hit the window Kikyo came out, and it hit her head.

"Ow! What'd you do that for?" Kikyo whispered.

"Honest mistake!" I was almost laughing but I didn't want to wake her parents.

"What do you want?" she asked.

"You don't love me anymore?" I pouted. She had said she loved me many times before.

"Of course I love you, but what is it Inuyasha darling?"

"That's better, come on lets go and play!"

"Fine, but you have to come here and get me..."

I nodded and jumped up to her window. "Jump on my back, my lady," I said, gracefully. She jumped on my back and we proceeded to the forest behind the shrine she lived in. There was a well and right beside it the tree we had climbed many times before. We began climbing that tree right after the one we climbed the first time we met got hit by lightning and fell over. I don't know if that's someone saying we weren't meant to belong... but it hasn't stopped us yet!

"Kik, my birthday's tomorrow... can you come over for maybe a party? Just us two and my mom?" I asked.

"Hm, well you know how my parents are, but maybe I can sneak over and we can make something special for you to eat!" Kikyo said smiling.

"Food?" my mouth was watering; it wasn't until then that I realized how hungry I was.

"What? Are you hungry or something?" Kikyo asked.

I nodded. She signaled for me to follow her. Kikyo walked straight into the forest, and despite how dangerous I knew it would be for her, I let her go. I followed closely behind incase something happened and I had to save her.

"Look, over there... in that bush!" She exclaimed, pointing at a bush.

I looked at the bush and there was a strange food in it. I sniffed and it smelt sweet and edible. I went over and grabbed it from the tree. When I took a bit my face swelled up.

"GROSS, WHAT IS THIS?" I yelled.

Kikyo fell to the ground and started laughing so hard. I spat out the strange food and started to try and get the taste away from my mouth.

"Y-YOU ATE A SNAIL! HAHAHAHAHA! DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FOOD? THE FRUIT IS THE LITTLE TINY ROUND-TRIANGULER ORBS ON THE TREE! THEY'RE CALLED STRAWBERRIES!"

I felt like a fool, and as hard as I tried I couldn't stop myself from turning red. I really wanted to impress Kikyo with something I knew. I went to the bush and ate a bunch of the 'strawberries' she seemed to enjoy so much. I wanted to do something for her to show I really cared. I wanted to prove to her that I wasn't stupid. I remembered my mother telling my brother that what girls really liked were compassionate men and that he should be more caring. Obviously he didn't listen, he wanted to keep up his tough demon rep, but I- I was different. I was going to tell her something that a she would think I was cute for.

"Did you know that your really, really pretty when you smile?" I asked.

She looked at me and blushed. Then she turned away and grabbed and stick.

"Let's fight! I wanna improve my sword skills!" Kikyo said, excitedly.

I had never sword fought before. My mom tried so hard to make me emotional that she told me the only person I could fight was my brother. And that was because she knew I couldn't hurt him. I hated being little.

"U-Um I don't wanna hurt you though..." I stuttered.

"It's only for fun, just don't hit to hard, and either will I!" She exclaimed.

I agreed and found a nice strong stick. I didn't know what to do with it, I much rather have just used my claws... but Kikyo insisted I sword fought with her. She lunged at me with the stick and the first thing that came to my mind was to block with the stick. So I did. I picked up the object of the game quickly and eventually I knocked Kikyo's stick out of her arms.

"Wow! You're good at this... who taught you how to fight?" She questioned me.

I had conveniently forgotten to mention to her that I had never sword- fought before, so I just told her that my older brother had taught me how. She asked if I could teach her some stuff. I didn't know how to teach but I just agreed. I began thinking my father had taught me something before he died a couple of years ago.

"Um, you should hold the sword with two hands for control, and you should try and anticipate the other person's movements. Basically trust your instincts..." I taught.

I tried to pretend I knew what I was talking about, though I didn't. But by the end of it all, Kikyo seemed to know what she was doing.

"Hah! I got your sword out of your hands! Woohoo!" She celebrated.

"I let you win!" I lied. She actually had knocked it out of my hands, but I also hadn't been trying my hardest so really I wasn't sure if I was lying or not.

"I love archery, but my parents want me to sword fight... I don't know what to do..." She said.

This was my chance to say something smart.

"I dunno..." I said.

Oh damn, I'm an idiot... Shit shit shit! I thought.

"Oh that helps. Inuyasha you can be so stupid sometimes..."

She had said my full name; that was a bad sign.

"Ok wait one more chance... Kikyo I love you, and I want you to be happy. Do what you want and don't let anyone get in the way of your dreams!"

"Hmmm, Inu you can be so dumb... but right now you're a genius!" She exclaimed and then she hugged me.

"We should go Kik... it's late... and you need to sleep. Remember, it's my birthday tomorrow!"

She nodded. I piggy backed her home and brought her up to her bed.

"Goodnight!" I said and smiled.

Kikyo replied, "Night!"

The next morning it was my birthday. I went to her window and threw a rock at it. She came to the window.

"Hey! Okay I'm gonna ask my parents if I can go to a 'friend's house' for awhile. I'll tell my sister Kaede I can't play today! I've told her all about you, in fact she shares a room with me!" she whispered, "Kaede come here!"

A little girl came up to the window, she was really little.

"Hi Kaede, I'm Inuyasha... how are you?" I asked.

"Inu come here and hold her. She's going to have to get to know you eventually,' she mumbled.

I jumped up to her window and I picked her up and held her. She was adorable!

"She's cute Kik, she really is, and she's brave! She isn't crying or anything!" I whispered, surprised.

"Okay Inu I'll call on you when I get outta here, where do you live?" Kikyo asked,

"You won't be able to find it... um meet me by the riverside where we first met..." I said, and then I jumped out the window.

I ran really fast and when I looked back, Kaede and Kikyo were both waving at me. I waved and then when I turned around I smacked face first into a tree. Kind of figures, Kikyo was laughing at me, and I knew she'd insult me playfully later. If that wasn't bad enough, my nose was bleeding. It was really embarrassing for demons to bleed over something that small. Well, it was a good thing I was only half. Well at least I learned something... don't look back...

Theres gonna be a twist in the next chapter... nothing gross so don't worry... it'll be up soon...