Yello again...so I was ordered to post another chappy..so here it is. Enjoy it!

Story -- Forbidden Love

Chapter -- My Best Friend

Summary -- Many years ago there was a demon and a human who fell deeply in love and fate caught uptothem. Now there is a prophecy that history is going to repeat itself.

Japanese words that may be used
Ni-san – older brother(Honorific)
Otou-san – Father
Youkai – Demon
Doko ni iru? – Where are you?
Honto ni? – Really? Truly?
Kawaii – Cute
Nande? – Why

Almost two years have passed since Sesshoumaru left and he still has not returned home. Inutaisho is worried that Sesshoumaru has not found a mate because he does not want to choose for him. He wants his son to find one himself.

"Daddy? Why hasn't ni-san come home? You said he would," Inuyasha asked.

"I don't know, son."

That night Inuyasha left his home to go look for his brother. He traveled into the forest searching everywhere. He climbed some trees a couple a times calling for Sesshoumaru, but there was no answer. It was getting colder and he had forgotten which way home was.

"Ni-san! Ni-san! Doko ni iru?" Inuyasha cried. He cried and cried, but there was no answer.

Suddenly, the sound of a branch breaking from a nearby tree and a high pitched scream startled Inuyasha. He turned around a fast as he could and saw a little girl. She had fallen high from the tree tops and landed right in front of Inuyasha. She had dark black hair and brown eyes. She wore a cute green kimono with little pink flowers on it.

"Who are you?" Inuyasha asked coming closer to her. As he came closer, she gasped and backed up into a tree (she was still on the ground) Inuyasha continued to come closer and when he finally reached her, he kneeled down beside her and started sniffing her. "You smell pretty," he said still sniffing. "Like flowers."

"Thank you," she said softly. He smiled and held his hand out to help her up off the ground. She paused for a second trying to decide whether to take his hand or not, but in the end she took his hand. "What are you," she asked pointing at his ears.

"Eh? Me?"

"Yes, what are you?"

"I am a Youkai," he said standing proudly.

"You are a Youkai? Honto ni! Wow! A real live Youkai! I've always wanted to see one in real life!" She walked towards him and reached up to tweak his ears. "Haha! Tweak! Tweak!"

"Hey stop that!" Inuyasha yelled backing up and covering his ears with his tiny hands.

"Awww! Nande? Nande? Your ears are so Kawaii! I wish I had ears like that!"

"Maybe you will get some someday," He laughed

"Oh! Really!"

"Sure, why not. Hey, what's your name?"

"Oh ya, I haven't really introduced myself yet, have I?"
Inuyasha shook his head.

"I am Kagome Higurashi! Nice to meet you," Kagome said reaching out her hand to shake his.

"I am Inuyasha Takahashi! Nice to meet you, Kagome!" Inuyasha copied Kagome.

He reached out his hand, but not to shake it with Kagome's. They held their hands out for a few seconds. Kagome was waiting for a handshake and Inuyasha had no idea what was going on. He then dropped his hand back down to his side and looked at Kagome.

"Now what?" he asked.

Kagome raised her eyebrows, "You don't know how to shake hands?"

Inuyasha's head tipped sideways, "Shake hands?"

"Yes, shake hands. That's what you do when you meet someone," Kagome explained. Inuyasha's head was still sideways trying to understand what Kagome was trying to tell him. He was like a puppy being trained by his master. "Here, I'll show you," she said putting out her hand again, but Inuyasha just stood there staring at it.

"What's supposed to happen now?" Inuyasha asked sniffing her hand curiously.

"Here, give me your hand."

"Eh? You want me to give you my hand?"

"Yes."

"Why? I need it."

"Just put out your hand," He did as she asked and she shook his hand. "There that is how you shake hands," she smiled.

"Cool!" Inuyasha said happily and shook her hand again.

"Why are you out here anyway, Inuyasha?" she asked.

"I am looking for my brother. He didn't come home yet and Daddy's sad. That's why I am out here. I am going to bring him home!"

"Awww, that's so sweet," She said placing her hands on her cheeks and smiled.

"Why are you out here, Kagome?"

"Uhhh…well….that is….ummm…"

Before she could say anything more, there was a deep voice calling for Kagome.

"Oh no," She whispered "Come with me," She grabbed Inuyasha's arm and ran to a nearby bush to hide.

"Kagome?" the low voice said over and over and gradually began to come closer.

"What are we doing?" Inuyasha asked.

"Shhh," Kagome said placing her finger to her mouth.

The deep voice came closer and closer. Then the thing of which the noise was coming from came into view. Inuyasha could here her heart pounding quickly and her breathing was heavy. She tried to compress it as much as she could. All they could see at that moment were two large feet walking around. The person, who owned these two feet, was looking for her.

"I know you're around here somewhere Kagome. Come out now. Let's go back home." He said staggering everywhere. He then stumbled away still calling for her and Kagome and Inuyasha came out of hiding once he was out of sight.

"Who was that?" Inuyasha asked confused.

"That was my father."

"What was he doing all the way out here? Why didn't you go to him when he called you?"

"Because…He is the reason I'm out here," Kagome paused "He's the one who chased me out here in the first place."

"Why?"

"I don't know why,"

"There must be a reason."

"Well, If there is one I don't know what it is," tears started to run down her face.

"Kagome…Are you sad?"

"Yes…" She began to cry harder. Inuyasha pulled her tiny body in towards his and hugged her tight.

"Please stop crying Kagome. I don't like it when people cry," he caught one her tears with his finger and sniffed it.

"You sure like to sniff things," She laughed.

"I'm a Youkai!" Inuyasha said standing proudly again, but lost his balance and fell to the ground. Kagome laughed even harder at him. Inuyasha pouted in the dirt gave her a dirty look. "Stop laughing!" he commanded.

"I'm sorry. That was just so funny." She laughed.

"Hmph," He sat there, crossing his arms. Inuyasha then realized the time. "Oh no, it's getting late. I better get back home before my dad worries….But…I'm lost…I don't know which way is home. I don't even know where I am now."

"Well, we are at the sacred tree of my village. My village is Just through those trees," She said pointing. "Where do you live? Maybe I can help."

"Ummm….I live…In the Demon Kingdom."

"Hmmm…oh, I heard of a place like that. Just follow the river that way."

"Really?"

"Yup"

"How do you know this?"

"My mom told me. She said to never go that way because that's where the demons are.""Okay, thanks Kagome for all of your help and for teaching me how to shake hands."

"Heehee you're welcome, Inuyasha. Bye!" She waved.

"Bye," he waved back "Wait, when will I see you again?"

"How about here tomorrow morning."

"Okay! Sounds good! Bye Kagome!"

When Inuyasha returned back home, the lights were still on and a silhouette was standing in the doorway.

"Inuyasha! Where have you been, young man?" Inutaisho growled.

"I-I went out to look for Oni-san and I got lost," Inuyasha said as his puppy ears drooped. Inutaisho stared at his son and sighed.

"Well, at least you're safe. Don't ever do that again. You had me worried."

"I'm sorry, Daddy," Inuyasha said running to his father's leg and hugging it.

"It's okay, now go to bed."

The Next morning came for Inuyasha. He woke up to the sound of the birds chirping and the smell of breakfast. As he lay there, he suddenly remembered about Kagome and jumped out of bed to go and meet her. He ran out of his room and out the door, but was stopped by his father.

"And where are you going?" A deep voice said.

"I'm going to go play outside," Inuyasha said cheerfully.

"No you are not." Inuyasha's ears drooped and his cheerful smile disappeared. "Not without your breakfast you're not." Inuyasha's ears perked up again and he ran to the table to have breakfast.

When he was finished eating, he ran out the door as fast as he could to where Kagome was waiting for him. When he arrived at the sacred tree, there was no Kagome.

'Where could she be,' Inuyasha thought. Inuyasha looked around him and sighed. He was looking forward to seeing her again. As he sighed, Inuyasha caught a whiff of a sweet flower smell. It was Kagome's scent. Inuyasha got down on his hands and knees and followed the smell. He went to tree to tree tracking her. He circled around the sacred tree a couple of times, but still no Kagome.
He then gave up and plopped himself down underneath the sacred tree, resting his head against the tree trunk.

Suddenly, something hit his head. It was an acorn. Thinking it was just a squirrel, he ignored the acorn until another one came falling down and landing on his head again.

"Oww! Hey! Stop it, you squirrels!" He looked up into the tree and there was the girl he had been looking for. "Kagome? What are you doing up there?"

"Well, I thought since you like smelling things so much that maybe you could find me. It was really cute watching you."

"Hmph."

"Oh come on, Inuyasha. Just because you didn't find me, doesn't mean there won't be other times," She smiled and he smiled back at her.

"Kagome? What happened?" Inuyasha asked looking down at Kagome's bruised arm.
Kagome looked down and saw what Inuyasha was looking at.

"Uh…nothing…I just fell on a tree root. That's all."

Inuyasha raised his right eyebrow, "Okay…" They played until day turned into night and until the owls came out of their slumber to hunt for mice.

"I better head back home now," Kagome said.

"Yeah, me too," Inuyasha agreed and thought that he should be going home too before his father starts to worry about him. They said there good-byes and they went home.

The pattern of them meeting the sacred tree together went on for months. Every morning, Inuyasha tried to be the first one to arrive at the sacred tree, but Kagome would always be there when he got there. Inuyasha would have to almost always sniff out where Kagome was hiding; He would always find her. Kagome's hiding places became better and Inuyasha's nose became stronger. They were very close friends. The sacred tree was there favourite place to play. No one ever passed through there.

Inuyasha and Kagome loved to lie underneath the sacred tree watching the clouds float by. Sometimes Kagome would even place her head on Inuyasha's stomach and occasionally she would fall asleep.

Kagome was his very best friend; His very first friend. Nobody at home would ever play with him. He didn't know why they didn't. He thought maybe it was because of his clothes, or his ears, or his hair. This had always made him upset, but when he met Kagome, he didn't care anymore.

He had found someone that cheered him up when he was sad or mad. He had found someone who understood him and didn't care what he looked like. He found someone who cared about him.

One night, there was a horrible storm and it scared Inuyasha so much that he ran to Kagome's house and snuck in her room and cuddled with her. The next morning he would have to run back home before his father found out that he was missing.

It has been a year now since Inuyasha met kagome and that day was Kagome's 7th birthday. He ran to the sacred tree smiling holding her birthday present in his hands. When he arrived, Kagome was not there. He sniffed everywhere, but did not smell her anywhere. Then he thought that he finally got there first before her, so he sat down underneath the sacred tree and waited.

Hours passed by and Inuyasha started to get worried about his friend. This had never happened before. Inuyasha was very confused as to why Kagome did not show up. He followed the river to her village and to her house. He hid behind a barrel that was in front of her house listening for her parents inside.

Suddenly, a girl screamed loudly and was thrown out the door. It was Kagome! He watched angrily as her father came stomping out the door.

"Where have you been going, Kagome!" He yelled at her and began punching and kicking her harder and harder. She screamed louder this time. Inuyasha's heart started to beat faster in his chest and his fists clenched tighter. As her father striked Kagome many times, over and over again, Inuyasha's anger increased until he burst into rage.

"STOP IT! He yelled and ran to the father and started punching him. Her father hit the ground hard and looked up at his attacker.

"Kagome? Who is this," He asked. Kagome didn't say anything. She just stared at her father with frightened sad eyes. Inuyasha grabbed her fragile body and ran with her into the forest. "Kagome! Kagome, you get back here young lady!" He yelled.

They ran as fast as they could through the trees to get away from the angry yells of her dad. Inuyasha led her to his place and ran into his room. He sat her down on his bed and inspected her bruised body.

"Where are you hurt," he asked anxiously.

"I'm okay, Inuyasha," She said to him.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Okay, good!" He said hugging her. "Here, Kagome, I have a present for you."

"For me? Really?"

"Yup, Happy birthday Kagome!" He smiled and handed her a tiny rectangular box. He placed it in her hands and she began to unwrap it. When she opened it, and saw what it was she gasped and jumped on Inuyasha.

"Thank you! Thank you very much, Inuyasha! I love it!" She cried and took the necklace in her hand and put it around her neck. The necklace had a silver chain and a silver heart with pink diamonds. She then placed a kiss on his cheek and whispered thank you again.

"Thank you for everything," she said hugging him. "Inuyasha, will you forget me if I ever leave?"
He looked at her confused.

"Of course not, but you aren't going anywhere are you?"

"I hope not," She said. At that moment Inutaisho came into the room and saw Kagome. He was in shock to see a human girl in his house.

"Inuyasha! What is this! What is she doing here? Who is she?"

"Dad, this is Kagome, my best friend," Inuyasha Explained.

"Is she the one you have been going to see every morning?"

"Yes…is something wrong dad?"

"Inuyasha, she has to leave! I forbid you to ever see her again! That goes for you too," he said looking at Kagome.

"But, Dad, she's my friend!"

"No buts! Never see her again! You must leave now, young lady. I'm sorry," He said leading her outside the door and closing it as soon as she was out. Inuyasha started to cry and ran to his room and looked out the window to watch Kagome leave.

That was the last time he saw her. Kagome was his very first friend, his best friend, and she was taken away from him.

Teehee there you go! The 2nd chappy! I hope you liked it!

Gure-chan