From that day forward Inuyasha remained near his friend. Often sneaking by the village to see her. And sometimes she would sneak out to see him. Neither one of them cared, as long as they saw each other. Today was no different, as he sat in his tree. He caught that only to familiar scent.

"Kikyou."

She was on her way, he knew it. Because he had gotten used to her scent. The thing about Kikyou that made him interested, was that she always smelled and looked pretty.

"Inuyasha." he heard.

He looked down to see his friend standing there. He jumped down from the tree, and joined Kikyou on the ground. She smiled and he smiled back at her. Normally he wouldn't but he had gotten used to Kikyou. She was the only one he could trust. Before either of them knew it, they were walking off together. Not holding hands, just walking side by side.

"Look Inuyasha, at those pretty flowers."

"I...hey?"

She grabbed him by the hand, and led him into the field of flowers. He did not want to lay down in some wide open field. But he had to admit it was kind of relaxing to him. Just him and Kikyou, his best friend. Inuyasha looked up at the sky, Kikyou was on the opposite side of him.

"What are you thinking about Inuyasha?"

"Um, nothing."

Kikyou noticed that he was a lot nicer to her these days. Things seemed to change after that night. After all he did save her life. Protecting her from that huge ogre of a man, and staying with her. She owed him a lot, he didn't have to save her. She wanted to know why he did, since he didn't have too.

"Inuyasha, why did you come after me that night."

A blush covered his cheeks. He was glad that Kikyou was on the other side, he didn't want her to see him. Especially with his cheeks all red.

"I, well. I just didn't want you to die." he admitted.

No one had ever cared enough to say that. She had always been very alone, not until meeting him that is. He was just like her, thats why they got along. It seemed that Inuyasha realized that, and stopped being so hostile. Sure he was still a little rough around the edges, but he was nicer to her.

"Thank you Inuyasha."

"You don't have to keep thanking me you know?"

She owed the boy her life, why shouldn't she thank him. But for now she remained quiet, and looked up at the sky. It was really a nice day. And she was here with her best friend, everything was going great.

"Inuyasha look at the cloud, it looks like a horse."

She pointed to the sky and he looked up. At first he didn't see what she saw, and thought that she was joking. But then realized she was right.

"Yea. And that one looks like an old man."

He showed her what she was talking about. They looked at each other, and they both laughed. Kikyou wished times like this would last forever. Although they wouldn't because the villagers would start asking questions. They would never approve her friendship with him.

Inuyasha looked over at his friend, wondering why she got so quiet. She seemed distant, like something was bothering her.

"Hey Kikyou, whats wrong?"

"I just wish we could always have fun like this."

He listened to the tome of her voice, it was very sad and regretful. He understood clearly what she meant by that. There was no way people would except their friendship. He knew that and she knew that. And yet he wanted to remain her friend.

"Yea, well adults are stupid." he sneered.

She sat up with a bright smile on her face. He looked at her puzzled.

"Your right, and they're weird too. I always see the older girls kissing the boys."

"Kissing?"

She then broke out into a fit of giggles, like any little girl would. Inuyasha felt a knot in his throat, he never thought about kissing someone before. Although he had seen people do it all the time. He really didn't get what the point was.

"Well, would you kiss me?" he asked her.

She could not hide the blush that covered her face. Was this serious? What did she know about kissing. She might end up doing it wrong or something.

"Alright Inuyasha, I'll try it."

Both children leaned in, both equally nervous. But before to long their lips touched, moments later they broke apart. Inuyasha jumped back surprised, and Kikyou did the same.

"Eww. I hate kissing." they said at the same time.

"I can't believe adults enjoy this stuff." Inuyasha muttered.

"Me either, I don't understand."

Soon the two children abandoned the topic, and went back to looking at the clouds. Actually Inuyasha didn't think it was to bad. Then he realized that when he got older, he might like it better.

"Kikyou, I'm glad that I kissed you instead of some other girl."

"Yea, I don't want to even think about kissing another boy."

He glanced over at her, and she looked at him. It was good to know that they both felt the same way. Inuyasha really couldn't see himself kissing some other girl. Just as Kikyou couldn't see herself kissing another boy. He turned around as he heard a yawn escape her.

"Why are you so tired?"

"I've been tired all day, I didn't have a chance to sleep."

He handed her his haori and she gratefully took it. She didn't admit it, but she liked wearing it. Even though she knew that it wasn't hers.

"Here you can sleep with that."

"Thank you Inuyasha..." she yawned again.

He watched as she closed her eyes, and then moved closer to her. He didn't want anything bad to happen to her while she slept. So naturally he would stand guard.

"Don't worry Kikyou I won't let anything attack you." he whispered.