Man's Best Friend

Disclaimer: Naruto and Inuyasha belong to their respective genius mangakas. My manipulation of the stories are all mine or unconscious ideas taken from other great authors.

Author's Note: Truth be told, I was very excited for this ^^

Childhood: Fan Girls

Kakashi was walking out of the Academy, nindog-less since lunch, excited to see his father even if he didn't project it. When he reached the gates, to his surprise Kagome in human disguise met him there.

"Where is Pa—Otou-san?" Kakashi questioned, glancing at her warily.

"He received a mission, that's why I left earlier," Kagome replied, tugging at her human clothes.

Dressed in a sleeveless white blouse and red pants, she ignored the attention she garnered from the students passing by. Tying her long black hair up to a high pony tail, she reached out and grabbed his hand as he waited for her.

"Let's get dango! Your treat!" she exclaimed.

Kakashi just let her drag him, rolling his eyes in exasperation. "You always want dango… and stop using my money. I'm trying to save up for Otou-san's birthday present."

"You know you like dango too, even if you eat it unsweetened!"

As they continued to walk toward their dango stand, Kagome sensed five of the fan girls trailing them, their auras tinged with anger and bitterness.

She quickly made a shadow clone and kawarimi-ed with it as she sneaked behind the fan girls.

Just before they reached the dango stand, the girls jumped out and quickly threw kunais at the clone, with the intention to scare her. But the clone simply let them hit and let blood bleed out from the wounds.

Kakashi immediately held 'Kagome' in his arms, kunai out and ready to harm. Glaring at the girls he roared, "What were you thinking!"

"I'm….so sorry…" the leader stuttered, "I thought…she would d-dodge…"she explained, looking sheepishly on the floor. The girl to her right stepped up, wanting to help but Kakashi glared at her, keeping her in place. "W-we will g-g-go and…and get h-help…"

With that the girls ran to the nearest clinic, looking for a doctor to help them out. Kakashi glanced down at his friend, her blue eyes dimming before him.

"Ka-kashi…" she whispered, her eyes drooping, "I-I'm s-so c-c-cold…" she stuttered, shivering for effect while internally she was laughing her butt off.

Kakashi broke out in near sweat, worried about his friend. "Damn it…I should have seen it coming. I'm so sorry, Kagome!" He cried, a tear leaking out from the corner of his eyes.

The Kagome sitting in the shadows froze, her eyes widen in surprise. She was only joking! She didn't mean for him to cry!

The clone, feeling her mistress' concern decided to try and make things better. Lifting her arm up, she gently wiped Kakashi's tear, resting her hand on his cheek.

"Kakashi-kun…you are a great friend." Kakashi glanced at her, his eyes wrought with worry and concern for her. "Please don't leave me, Kagome…"He pleaded, his small hands clenching her shoulders with a gravity that further burdened Kagome.

"Ne…Kakashi, at least the fan girls are gone," she smiled. Kakashi immediately tensed up before he stared at her in shock.

"Kagome…you did not…" he broke off, slowly becoming irritated with the girl in his arms.

"Love you, Kakashi-chan. I got your back!" the clone chirped, before poofing into smoke.

The real Kagome hesitantly walked toward the tense boy, now holding nothing. "Kakashi…I'll buy the dango this time…Please don't be angry with me…" she offered, trying to placate his righteous anger. "I got those nasty bugs away, didn't I?" she continued, trying to think of excuses to try to justify her little prank.

Once she reached him, his arm shoot out, grabbing hers and startling her. "I'm going to buy out that dango stand, Ka-Go-Me." He said, glancing at her with a smirk as he righted himself.

Kagome stood flabbergasted as he gently tugged her toward their previous destination. "See underneath the underneath, you free loader."

In the end, Kakashi got a stomach ache and Kagome got the last laugh no matter how much lighter her purse was.