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And for some confusion notifications: Chco: it is true that Miroku, Sango, InuYasha, and Kagome have all hung out since they were little. Kagome just recently made friends with Ayame. Though they all didn't meet Kouga until the talent show in their elementary years. Kagome and InuYasha aren't too fond of him at the moment. I hope that cleared up some of your confusion! :) If not, let me know.

XxjoshXx: InuYasha doesn't always ride his motorcycle. He also has a car. Since he was planning on taking Kikyo to her interview she preferred his car rather than riding on the back of the motorcycle.

Now to the story ^w^

Jakotsu gasped as he skipped into Smokii's Barbecue followed by InuYasha. He took a big whiff of the scent of freshly made barbecue meats and sighed happily. "Oh InuYasha; I'll tell the lord about you and your kindness to me..." He cooed with a hand placed on his heart. He quickly walked over to the counter. InuYasha rolled his eyes following closely behind.

"Ya know something tells me the lord won't care how much kindness I have in me." He pointed out with a twitch of his ears.

Jakotsu looked behind himself at the hanyou and raised an eyebrow. "And why not?"

"Hello! Welcome to Smokii's Barbecue! How many?" A waitress asked with a bright smile.

Jakotsu made eye contact with the waitress and held up two fingers then he gazed back to InuYasha.

"I'm a hanyou. I'm the complete opposite of holy. I actually didn't think I would have to explain it to you."

"He's forgiving you know. If anything, it's your parents fault." Jakotsu smiled reassuringly. "But definitely not yours."

"Miss? Smoking or Non-smoking?" The waitress asked completely not noticing the fact that Jakotsu was indeed a man and not a woman.

"Non-smoking." he replied totally ignoring her mistake. Wasn't like he cared or anything. He actually preferred it. You could sort of see it as a compliment in Jakotsu's point of view.

"Alright; follow me please. My name is Misha by the way." The waitress lead the two over to a booth with a window and handed them their menus. "Today's special includes a plate of ribs and steaks with french fries. Can I start you two off with a drink?"

As InuYasha and Jakotsu both settled into their booth they replied "Coke please."

"Alright two cokes. I'll be back in a few." She bowed and ran off to a different table.

Jakotsu took another big whiff and sighed. "Don't you just love how it smells in here?"

"It's delightful." InuYasha said with a roll of his eyes as he decided what he wanted to order. "Being a hanyou I get the pleasure of smelling more than enough of it."

"InuYasha, you know there are many advantages in being a hanyou. You just like to point out all the negatives."

"Course not. I'd rather be a hanyou than a human. It's just, it's not all that simple."

"I understand. Now what'cha having? This all looks YUMMY!"

"Why don't we get the party tray. Then you could pretty much get a little of everything."

"You wanna share with me?" Jakotsu squealed.

"Okay don't get freaky on me. It's not like we are sharing spaghetti."

"Hey look it's on the menu." He said pointing to the spaghetti acting very serious.

"Shut up."

Jakotsu laughed and waved him off. "I was only joking. Anyways, I like the party tray idea. Want to get that? I probably couldn't eat all of it on my own."

"Alright. For thirty dollars? Sold."

"A bit expensive don't you think?"

"No, expensive is those tiny Sirloin steaks they try to sell you at my parents favorite restaurant, every time you go in there. You'd pass out if you saw the prices. But they're mouthwatering I must admit."

"You know my other imaginary birthday is coming up..." Jakotsu mentioned nonchalantly examining his nails.

"That place is super formal. Do you even own a tux- I mean uh...dress?"

"Duh! Which do you prefer? Singing violet or mind twisting red?"

"Uh...?"

Misha bounced over to InuYasha's and Jakotsu's table once again and smiled setting down the two drinks. "Two cokes? Are you both ready to order or would you like more time?"

"We're ready." InuYasha informed handing her their menus."We want the party tray..."

"Okay." She nodded. She didn't have a notepad with her. A little too much self confidence in InuYasha's opinion but perhaps she just had a really good memory. "That it for you?"

"Yes."

"Won't be long!" She called out dashing to the chef.

"So how are you and Kagome?" Jakotsu asked ideally stirring his coke around with his straw.

"Closer. I took Kikyo to Victoria's Secret for a job interview and we found out that Kagome had also had one."

"Ooo. Things are going to get feisty."

"Really?"

"Well I always got the intention they didn't like each other."

"I guess I was the only one blind all those years. There had to be a time they liked each other a little bit! Makes no sense to me."

"They're girls. You'll never understand them."

"Oh and you do?"

"Course. I read tons of Magazines."

"Figured."

"So when is your graduation? I'd like to come if I'm invited."

"You would want to come to my graduation?"

"As your co-worker, of course. Yura even brought it up to me."

"My boss wants to come to my graduation? That's...unusual." Clearing his thoughts from his mind he thought of when his graduation was. "Pretty close. In like a month or so."

"Aw...little Inu's growing up..."

"Keh."

After many slow slips of their soda's their waitress Misha finally came back with their tray.

"Here we are! One party tray." She presented the food and placed it on to the table. "Anything else I may have forgotten?"

"Mmm...nope." Jakostu said trying to look for something she missed. "It looks delicious."

"I'm glad." She smiled. "Enjoy your meal." and with that being said she skipped happily to the kitchen.

Jakotsu licked his lips and got a side dish plate putting a couple of ribs on it and french fries. InuYasha did the same though he got a steak and drizzled A-1 sauce on it.

Jakotsu clapped his hands together twice thanking for his food. "Ittadakimasu!"

()()()()()()

Kagome swung on a swing in the park reading a manga. It was a tragic romance of how the boy was too stupid to realize he belonged to a particular girl but yet he ran off with someone else. Kagome sighed licking her finger and flipped the page. It was truly a beautiful day. A gentle breeze every now and then would dance through the strands of her hair. She swung lightly from side to side with her feet resting on the ground. This day couldn't get any more perfect. Well, perhaps if she was joined with a certain hanyou...then things couldn't be more better.

Kagome felt someone breathing down her neck making her yelp. She turned around frightened at who she saw. Kouga!

"Well well well. Who do we have here? You know it isn't safe to have a pretty girl all alone in the park."

"Go away."

"Come on Kags..."

"Don't call me that."

"That hanyou does."

"He's done that like what, twice? Doesn't count. Now you're bothering me. Go away!"

Kouga smirked and tucked a strand of hair behind Kagome's hair lovingly.

Kagome screamed out of frustration and hopped out of the swing pushing him back. "Don't touch me!"

"Jeez Kagome, what's gotten into you?"

"Eh Yo Kouga!" Ayame growled jumping from down a high tree and and landing gracefully onto her feet.. "Leave my friend alone."

"You're friend? Kagome? Since when?" Kouga asked confused.

"Since none of your business. You're making her uncomfortable so just leave her alone. Kami we only came here to look for N- I mean nobody."

Kouga growled possessively and followed after Ayame.

"See ya later Kagome. I'm sorry about Kouga!"

Kagome hugged herself and tried looking for the page that she had been reading in the manga. Stupid Kouga made her loose her page. She wondered why Ayame covered up the name of who she was going to say.

()()()()()()

Jakotsu licked off the barbecue sauce from each of his fingers and smiled. "So good..."

He and InuYasha both devoured the party tray. InuYasha picked through his fangs with a tooth pick while he read through their bill. InuYasha reached into his jean pocket pulling out his wallet and fished for a fifty. He slide the dollar bill into the small black folder and pushed it to the end of the table. After he continued trying to get the piece of meat out that was stuck between his teeth. Luckily it was at a position no one would be able to see if he was talking. Misha quickly walked by their table snatching up the bill. InuYasha already informed her that they wouldn't have enough time for a dessert.

"Ready to go?"

"Yup. Thanks for treating me to lunch InuYasha. I really appreciate it."

"No problem." Your desperation in your voice humored me into taking you." He joked getting out of the booth waving to Misha so she knew that they were leaving. Back to work...

()()()()()

Kagome set down her finished manga and picked up a bridal magazine and looked through the many selections of dresses that they had. She had to find the perfect one. Something not too sexy and not too innocent. She wasn't a little girl anymore after all. InuYasha was smacked in the face with that information during their little reunion at the hair salon. Oh and it had to be something InuYasha would faint if he saw her in it. Kagome heard rustling in the trees and watched as a figure fell out of the tree shrieking. "Oh Kami! Are you alright!" Kagome asked out of concern getting up from the swing.

Kikyo was the one that had fallen out of the tree and scratched the back of her head. "Oww..."

Once Kagome realized who it was, her concerned expression fell into a glare and took her seat back on the swing nonchalantly flipping through the pages of her magazine.

"UH! RUDE! Can't you see I fell!" Kikyo asked trying to get up but it was quite the task with such a tight skirt on and stilettos on.

'Well no wonder she fell...I mean those aren't necessarily considered climbing shoes.' Kagome joked in her mind. "Mmmm. Fine. Kikyo? Are You okay?" Kagome asked rather uninterested never taking her eyes off the pictures of dresses. Some were poofy while others were body hugging. But still what were InuYasha's tastes?

Kikyo growled and got off of the floor throwing her hair behind her.

"What'cha doing up in a tree anyways?"

"Well I was spying on InuYasha." Kikyo then frowned taking the swing next to Kagome. She glanced at the binoculars that were tied around her neck and sighed. "He's...cheating on me."

That was enough for Kagome to get her to look at Kikyo. "He what? Surely we are talking about a different InuYasha."

"I highly doubt there are any other InuYashas on this planet. I saw everything." She said resting the palms of her hands over her eyes. "They were both at Smokii's Barbecue. Sharing...a-..a-" She couldn't bare to say it.

Feeling sorry for her but not completely believing her Kagome placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Sharing what?" She asked softly hoping it would encourage her to speak. What kind of person would secretly watch where their boyfriend was at all times? Perhaps it was all just a misunderstanding...she hoped.

"A party tray!" She cried.

"Okay...?" Kagome said confused as she moved her hand from Kikyo's shoulder. "I think you are overreacting. I mean it's not like they were sharing a strawberry smoothie right? Or...?"

"No...They didn't have any desserts from what I could tell."

"This just doesn't make any sense...I mean InuYasha is a Inu Hanyou. They're very loyal and would never cheat on their mates. So what would make InuYasha any different from another Inu Hanyou?"

Kagome looked to see if Kikyo was even listening to her...though she wasn't. She was standing on top of the swing holding onto the chains for dear life. She had her binoculars to her eyes and squealed. "Oh sweet Jesus! do you see that hunk over there Kagome!" Kikyo asked pointing over to a tall, well built male with long silky black hair that stopped just past his shoulders. Kikyo's legs practically turned into jelly. He was beautiful.

Kagome was completely confused and hit Kikyo's arm. "Uh hello! You were just complaining that your boyfriend was cheating on you but here you are looking at some other guy. I don't know the rules of dating or anything but isn't that considered cheating as well?"

"If InuYasha gets to cheat why can't I? H-hey you!" Kikyo called to the young man. He looked like he was in the same grade as her though being a little older couldn't hurt anyone right?

Kagome rolled her eyes and left the park. She made it to the hair salon that InuYasha worked at and hoped to drop by to say hi on her way home.

"Hello Kagome!" Jakotsu greeted leaning against the counter. " What will it be? Trim of the bangs? New color? Highlights? Totally new do? Well?"

Kagome laughed and set down the magazine on the counter. "No hairdo's today. I just came to say hi to InuYasha and drop off the bridal magazine you let me borrow. Thanks for letting me borrow it by the way."

"Oh you're welcome." Jakostu smiled taking back the magazine. "So did you find a dress you wanted?"

"Sadly no." She frowned.

"Don't worry. You'll find the one soon enough." He said with a wink. "You probably don't want to spend all day talking to me so I'll go get InuYasha."

Jakotsu walked through all the hair stations until he finally spotted InuYasha.

"InuYasha..." He sang.

"Yeah?" He said as he rinsed his client's hair. She was just a small child and wouldn't stop staring at him. It was creeping him out.

"Kagome came by to say hi. I'll take over Kentai."

"Okay. Thanks." InuYasha dried his hands and make it to the front of the salon. He was glad he was given an excuse to get away from the girl who had a bad case of the stares. "Hello Kagome." He greeted with a smile.

"Well don't you look awfully relaxed."

"Hm? What does that mean?"

"I ran into Kikyo at the park today."

"Oh Kami; please tell me no one loss any teeth."

"No...though apparently she was spying on you while you were at Smokii's Barbecue."

"That's not weird at all..." He said sarcastically with wide eyes. "Why would she do that?"

"She thinks that you were cheating on her." Kagome said nonchalantly. She trusted InuYasha unlike Kikyo.

"What! I went to lunch with Jakotsu during our break! That's ridiculous! He's not even a woman for crying out loud!"

Kagome burst into laughter at how stupid Kikyo sounded now. The woman that she thought was with InuYasha happened to be his male co-worker Jakotsu!

"I'd call her later if I were you."

"Yeah. So did you want to do anything tonight?"

"We still had a movie plan we've been saving."

"Pajamas and Movie? Alright. You're place or mine?"

"Well...you do have an awfully large flat screen TV..."

"Sometimes I wonder if you are just using me for my rich luxuries."

"Course not silly. I'll bring the movie."

"Which one?"

"Why does it matter? It's lady's choice."

"Oh...just nothing I'm going to barf at okay?"

"Don't worry I wont pick anything like that."

"Okay good. I have to get back to my client now."

"Alright. I would call that girlfriend of yours before she thinks it's okay to cheat too."

"I didn't cheat!"

"I know."

Kagome made her way over to the door turning around and waved at Inuyasha. "See ya later!"

"Oh and what are your plans?"

"Need to buy a new pair of pajamas for tonight." Kagome remarked.

As Kagome tried to walk back to the Higurashi shrine she saw Kikyo flirting with the new boy she found in the park. "Yo Kikyo."

Kikyo stopped laughing and narrowed her eyes at Kagome. "What?"

"Who's your friend?"

"This is Onigumo if you must know. Though he is trying to get Naraku to stick."

"I see...You know, I talked to InuYasha. It was all a misunderstanding you know. He just went to lunch with a Co-worker." She admitted with a shrug oh her shoulders. "But uh...you've seemed to have move on."

Kikyo pushed Naraku off her and clicked her heels all the way to the hair salon. "InuYasha! I'm coming back for you my love!"

()()()()()

Kagome looked at the large selections of movies and sighed. They had so many movies to choose from. She tapped her finger lightly on her chin and frowned. She couldn't decide between ten different movies! Instead she closed her eyes and which ever two she was pointing at, she got. She looked at her two randomly selected movies and smiled. 'These are perfect!'

"Oh...H-hi Higurashi." Hojo called out to her. He was stocking some on the video games that had been sold out the last hour.

Kagome looked over and smiled. "Hi Hojo. I didn't know you worked here."

"Yeah. My mom works at the Pharmacy here. What's the occasion?"He wondered taking a gander at her two selected movies. "Sleepover with the girls?"

"No, Movie night with InuYasha."

Hojo's smile immediately dropped. "Oh? Anyone else going to be joining you this evening?" He asked with a hint of jealousy in his voice.

"Nope; just two best friends." She said with her smile getting wider. She was proud to call him her best friend again after their few years of separation.

"I see." He said pointing his nose up to the air. "Well have fun." His voice dripped with attitude.

"Oh I will. I'm so excited! I still have to choose new pajamas, and candy. InuYasha said he already has a popcorn maker."

"Why do you have to buy new pajamas?"

"InuYasha doesn't want to see me in some big T-shirt with bunny pajama bottoms."

"Then what does he want to see you in?" He wasn't so sure he was going to like the answer. That wouldn't be a good image to put in his mind.

"Hojo...Calm down." Kagome teased.

Hojo shook his head with a small laugh getting back to work. "Well when you are finished shopping, come back here so I can ring up your items and say bye to you."

"Alright. Bye for now."

"Bye."

Kagome swayed easily through the many different aisles while she looked for candy. Chocolate was probably the worst thing she could give him so she decided on sour gummy worms. Her favorite.

The last thing on her list was to find pajamas. She moved the hangers all on one side as she slowly looked at the design on each of the choices. Some of the selections were night gowns while others came with shorts. She decided on a neon green spaghetti-strap and black pajama bottoms. There were nothing fancy about the nightwear but who cares? She was running a little late on schedule anyway. She made her way back to where Hojo was working and placed her items on the counter.

Hojo first rung up the Pajamas, then the movies and lastly the candy. Her total was higher than she expected but that was mainly because she got two movies instead of one. She wondered why Hojo wanted her to ring her items over here. She came to the conclusion that he probably just wanted to be nosy and see what she purchased. "Higurashi, you should come with us to One Night's Stand's concert tomorrow. Ayame has one extra ticket and it's begging to be in your possession." His invitation sounded more like a beg.

"Aww...I can't tomorrow."

"Why's that?"

"Me and InuYasha-"

"OH MY GOSH! InuYasha! InuYasha! InuYasha! 'Me and InuYasha are doing this! Me and InuYasha are doing that!'" Hojo interrupted in a sudden outburst. "He's all you ever talk about and hang with! You have other friends that want to hang out with you too you know! And when you so called 'canceled' our date, were you really going to go hang with InuYasha! I can tell when a person is sick Kagome. My mom works in the pharmacy for crying out loud! You stood me up! That mutt has you tied around his little finger. I bet if he asked you to do anything for him you would do it without any hesitation. He has a girlfriend, Kagome. Quite trying to make him yours! And-"

"Excuse me sunny?" And old woman asked stepping up slowly to the cash register; interrupting Hojo's outburst.. "Can you tell me where..." She took a crumbled up piece of paper from her beige hobo bag and held it close to her face. "The sim...z. Is dat a two? I don't know. Anyways! My grandson's birthday is tomorrow and he told me he is a huge fan of...-" Again she looked at the piece of paper. "The...sim...z. Two. Do you think you could help me out?"

"I'm working with another buyer, granny! Hold your horses!" Hojo screamed into her face making her short hair swoosh to the back of her head. "As I was saying...InuYasha doesn't need you. He has Kikyo. You are just his little chew toy he can bite on when ever he wants."

Kagome's eyes teared up. This isn't the Hojo she knew. Why was he saying all this?

Kagome threw her cash at him and grabbed her bag leaving. She left in a blur as sparkling tears were the only trace of her.

"NEXT IN LINE!"

Oh what a pleasant surprise, the old lady was back...

()()()()()()

Kagome wasn't going to let Hojo's words ruin her night. Who care what anyone thought she was doing? She wasn't trying to steal InuYasha away from Kikyo. EVERYONE knew they had been friends practically forever. Why would anyone want to tear that apart? Kagome grasped her locket in her hand and brought it to her lips.

She brushed through her hair and put it up in a ponytail. She already had her stuff packet in her Pikachu backpack. Before she knew it she was all ready to go.

()()()()()

Mrs. Higurashi drove Kagome to the Taisho mansion and waved to her goodbye. "Have fun Kagome. If there are any problems don't hesitate to call me. You know I'm a light sleeper."

"Okay mom. Bye." Kagome smiled and rang the door bell. InuYasha opened the door for Kagome and stepped to the side to let her in. InuYasha waved at Mrs. Higurashi before she drove away, assured her daughter was safely inside the house now.

"hey." InuYasha said with a smirk. "I'm making the popcorn now. What'd you bring?"

Kagome shrugged her Pikachu backpack off of her shoulders and carefully unzipped it. "Some sour gummy worms and two movies." she dug in her bag and handed the items out into InuYasha's hands. InuYasha rolled his eyes at her choice of movies.

"Peter Pan and Robin Hood?" He whined.

"What do you mean 'Peter Pan and Robin Hood'" Kagome mocked him. "You should say 'Peter Pan and Robin Hood! NO WAY Kagome! You're amazing.'"

InuYasha didn't enjoy being mocked so he ignored her and went to fetch the popcorn. Following him to the kitchen Kagome slid on top of the counter. "Aw come on InuYasha. Those used to be our favorite movies when we were kids."

InuYasha couldn't deny that. Those had been their favorites. Maybe her selections weren't so bad. He pulled out the popcorn and put it all in a big orange bowl. As he carried it up the stairs to the theater room he twitched his ears and cleared his throat. "I talked to Kikyo after I got off of work."

"Oh did you? What'd she say?"

"Well...she asked if I was gay... I said no...and then she was like 'kay."

"Did she tell you about Onigumo?"

"No...who's that?"

InuYasha and Kagome both made it to the small theater and sat in the two bean bag chairs placed in front of the large flat screen TV. Nozomi had arranged their blankets in case they fell asleep and popped in the DVD for Kagome.

"Never mind. The good thing to do is stay out of it so that's what I'll do. This is between you and your girlfriend."

"She was cheating on me?" he guessed.

"Well...I wouldn't necessarily call it cheating. She did what every other girl would do."

InuYasha ignored it for now and ate some gummy worms.

()()()()()()

Like all the other times Kagome watched it; Peter Pan had a sad ending. In her opinion that is. They were out of food by the time Nozomi popped in the second movie. Kagome's head constantly grew heavy as her eyes gently closed. Two movies always made her too tired. Eventually she gave up and used InuYasha's shoulder as a pillow. InuYasha watched the rest of the movie before lulling into a deep sleep as well.

Nozomi made sure to check on the two after that movie ended and decided to call Mrs. Higurashi to let her know that Kagome had accidentally fallen asleep. Ending the day with InuYasha always brought a smile to Kagome's face. No matter how many hurtful things Hojo had said to her she would never stop being InuYasha's friend.

Hoped you like the chapter! This would be the longest out of all the chapters.

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