Childhood Remix

Disclaimer: This is an "Inuyasha" fanfiction. I have not stolen the idea and I have not taken claim to the show. It has not now nor has it ever been mine. Enjoy! 

Chapter 6: Lovebirds deceased…

"Kikyou, stop," Inuyasha said only seconds after kissing her back.

"Why? Don't you like me?" Kikyou asked with a pout.

"I…I think I like your sister…" Inuyasha stated mostly to himself with a blush.

"But why?" Kikyou asked with disgust.

"She…accepts me for what and who I am,"

"So do I…"

"Well, if that is true, then I…I dunno. I just like her. I suppose I have from the start," Inuyasha said as his blush deepened.

Kikyou glared at him. "I can't believe that girl is more important to you than I am,"

"I've known her longer, and you only just accepted me. I'm sorry,"

"Don't be," Kikyou said with a flip of her hair before she stormed off. Inuyasha went running past her after Kagome's scent. To his surprise, her scent mixed in with tears.

He finally caught up to her and saw her walking proudly. He could tell she was trying to hold back her tears. "Hey," he said softly.

"Go away," she replied softly as well.

"But why?"

"Just go with my sister. I saw you two together. You suit each other," she said trying to keep the anger and jealousy out of her voice.

"No, I just…she surprised me; I don't want to be with her,"

"Oh please, I saw you kiss her back,"

"Only for a second I swear, I- wait a minute,"

"What?"

"Are you…jealous?"

"No!"

Inuyasha smirked. "I think you are!"

"Am not!" Kagome yelled with a blush.

"Then why are you blushing?" Inuyasha asked a smirk still on his lips.

I don't believe this guy! He thinks he's amazing just because I have a little crush on him! Kagome thought before replying, "I'm not! I'm just…I'm just angry!" she shouted.

"Why are you angry?"

"Because you think that I'm jealous!" Kagome shouted as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"W-why are you c-crying!?" Inuyasha asked in a worried tone.

"Because I'm not jealous!" Kagome said in a none-too-believing tone. Nonetheless, Inuyasha grabbed her in a hug.

"Okay, just don't cry, I'm sorry," Inuyasha soothed.

Kagome sniffled. She was really crying because he was right, and all that time that she spent hiding her tears, came crashing down. Still, she went with it and snuggled into him. After a while, Kikyou came into the clearing and was surprised to see them hugging. Neither of them had noticed a full ten minutes had passed with them like that, but they didn't care. Inuyasha pulled back the tiniest bit and held out his hand. "Friends?" he asked with a bit of a sad expression. He'd rather be more than that, but he didn't wanna lose her friendship just in case she didn't.

Kagome stared at his hand for a moment. She didn't want to lose his friendship in case he didn't want to be more than friends. She'd rather be friends with him than nothing at all. "Friends," she agreed as she shook hands with him.

***

A happy Kagome, an angry Kikyou, and a content Inuyasha stood in front of the Higurashi home. "Here we go again," Inuyasha said as they all walked in at the same time. Mrs. Higurashi looked up when she heard the kids walk in. She smiled.

"Inuyasha, what a surprise," she stated kindly. Inuyasha's ears perked up. He always liked her.

"Hello," he greeted quietly.

"Mom, can Inuyasha stay with us?" Kagome asked.

"Won't his family miss him?" she asked as Inuyasha's ears drooped.

"I don't have any," he lied. He had a brother, but he wasn't very friendly to him.

"Oh, I'm sorry,"

"It's alright ma'am," he said with a small smile.

"Don't you have a home?"

"No," he answered losing his smile.

"Well then, you can stay as long as you want," Mrs. Higurashi said with a smile. Inuyasha smiled back as she showed him the house and where he would be sleeping. She hadn't expected him, but she always had an extra bedroom.

It wasn't until she was showing him the village that he felt unwelcome. He got many glares thrown his way, and people were whispering of a half-breed in the village. "Now stop that!" Mrs. Higurashi shouted. "He is a guest in the head priestess' home, and anyone that has a problem with that can leave now!" Immediately after she said that, the whispers and glares stopped. It didn't stop them from ignoring the hanyou, however. Ignoring, Inuyasha could deal with. Settling down that night, Inuyasha felt he had finally found a home.

**Three years later**

Kagome was walking up the street when she heard something behind her. She whirled around, but there was nothing there. She was carrying many items to deliver to an elderly woman in the village. They were all pretty breakable, and she was having a hard enough time carrying them all in one trip without the feeling she was being watched. It was probably just in her head, I mean, what could happen in such a small villa-

"Boo!"

"Ah!" Kagome screamed as her packages went up into the air and she went down to the ground. She heard Inuyasha's laughter. "That wasn't funny!" she shouted at him. As the packages started plummeting to earth, Kagome squeezed her eyes shut.

Silence.

Kagome cracked open one eye to see Inuyasha holding all of the packages. "See? No big deal," he said with a big, innocent smile.

Innocent my butt, Kagome thought. Her eyes widened as a single package fell from its prison in some tree branches. "Inuyasha, catch it!" she shouted. He jumped forward and caught it on the tip of his toe. Kagome didn't have time to let out a sigh of relief as it started to teeter back and forth. "No!" she shouted as she went in to catch it.

Too late.

It fell to the ground with a crash as Kagome glared at Inuyasha. His ears went back as his eyes went guilty. Letting out a nervous laugh, he replied with, "Oops…"

"OOPS!? INUYASHA, I NEEDED THOSE PACK-!" Kagome sighed. It's his thirteenth birthday, go easy on him, she thought. "It's alright, that one wasn't as important as the others," Kagome said as Inuyasha's ears perked back up.

"Really? Are you sure?" he asked.

"Yeah I'm sure," she replied as Inuyasha split the load with her. They finished delivering the packages and Kagome went off with Drew. Drew was her boyfriend on and off for the past year. This was the first week that they actually dated consecutively. Inuyasha hated the guy, but let her make her own decisions. Who was he to tell her that she couldn't date the guy?

***

Inuyasha sat on his bed sharpening his claws and sighed. He never got to fight anymore, this town was too peaceful, and sometimes he missed it. His claws got dull fast and he was losing his agility, but he would never give up this life for one like he had before. Never. He perked up one of his ears as he heard Kagome come in. Surprisingly, she walked into his room and sat next to him. Inuyasha blushed. She's sitting on my bed, my bed,he thought as she leaned her head against him. He blushed more before putting his arm around her. "So how'd it go with Drew?"

When Kagome sighed, Inuyasha knew they had been fighting again. "Fine," she lied.

"Come on, you can tell me," he prodded as he brushed some hair out of her face.

Kagome sighed again. "We got in a fight, and he dumped me,"

"What was the fight about?"

"He…he was cheating on me," Kagome stated softly. Inuyasha was furious! How anyone could hurt such a wonderful soul was beyond him!

"That jackass!" Inuyasha shouted. He was about to rant more, but Kagome put her arms around him and snuggled into his chest. Blush deepening, Inuyasha hugged her tightly. "You don't deserve him," he stated softly.

"Thanks, but I really liked him," she mumbled into his kimono as he ran his fingers through her hair.

"If he's not going to treat you right, he wasn't worth your time," he said a little firmer this time.

Kagome looked up at him. "Inuyasha,"

"Hm?"

"Why are you always sad on your birthday? I can see it in your eyes, and you never let me celebrate it…"

Inuyasha sighed. "My…my mother died on my fifth birthday. If I celebrate my birthday, then I feel like I'm celebrating her death,"

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't've asked," Kagome said truly sorry.

"It's alright, and if you ever want to know anything or if you just wanna talk, I'll be here,"

"Thanks, you're a great friend," she said with a smile.

"No problem, just know that I will always be here for you,"

"Thanks," she said before a giggle escaped her lips. "You know something, I used to have such a crush on you," she said with another giggle.

Inuyasha seemed to think about something before sighing. "You know something, I still have such a crush on you," he said finally.

Kagome looked up at him with wide eyes. "You mean that?"

"Of course, your nice, and beautiful, and you have one hell of a punch," Inuyasha smiled while rubbing her back.

"Hm…thanks," she said returning his smile before kissing him lightly on the lips. As she went to pull away, Inuyasha surprised her by putting his hand behind her head and pushing her closer to him. He had been waiting to kiss her for a long time, and he wasn't about to let it end so quick.

He lay on top of her on the bed as he kissed her back strongly. She tastes as sweet as she smells, Inuyasha thought as he felt Kagome's hands tangle into his hair. His hands dropped to her hips as he pushed her closer to him and their tongues dwelled for dominance. He never thought he would ever be able to kiss her, and he was happy he finally could. Brilliant birthday gift, he thought as she flipped them over. She started to undo his kimono before she threw it to the ground. Her hands lingered on his four pack as he started to nibble at her nec-

"Um…sorry," Kikyou said dumbly as she stood in the doorway.

Inuyasha and Kagome's heads immediately snapped up. Seeing her sister, Kagome sat up and off of Inuyasha as fast as she could. "It's um…okay, nothing was going on," she said in a shaky voice before she went running out.

Kikyou looked after her sister for a moment before turning back to Inuyasha. "What are you doing?"

"Putting on a shirt?"

"I mean with my sister,"

"Oh…I'd, um…well you saw what would've been…"

"Are you insane!? You're going to mess up her training and make her impure! She's a very good priestess and I don't want you ruining that!"

"Well pardon me for thinking that you didn't have a say in who I see!"

"Besides that, she just broke up with her boyfriend, I-!"

"Wait, you mean he broke up with her?"

"No, she found out that he was cheating on her, so she broke up with him. She said that she'd loved you more than she'd ever loved him," Kikyou answered with disgust.

"Really?" Inuyasha asked with a smile.

"Don't get your hopes up; you might just be the jealousy-making guy,"

"Huh?"

"That's right, she's probably just going to show you off to show that guy that she's moved on. So next time you think about defiling my sister, don't," Kikyou said coldly as she walked out.

Inuyasha sighed as he stood up and went to Kagome's room. "Hey," he greeted.

"Hey," she greeted back still holding her blush.

"So, who broke up with who?"

"He broke up with me," she answered. "Why?"

"Just wanted to make sure I had it strait," Inuyasha sighed again. "Well, g'night," he said before kissing her on the forehead.

"Good night," she said back before he left.

***

The next morning, Kikyou was on the move. She couldn't wait to get the half-breed and her sister away from each other. As she walked towards where her sister and her ex were talking, she knew Inuyasha was close. This is it Kikyou, don't mess this up, she thought as she looked into the clearing in the village. Drew was asking Kagome to forgive him and saying that he didn't really want to break up, but Kagome wasn't buying it. Knowing Inuyasha would be there soon, Kikyou walked up behind her sister and bumped hips with her causing Kagome to fall into Drew's arms. Kikyou ran out of the clearing to watch as Drew held her sister to him and kissed her.

***

Inuyasha walked happily towards the center of the village. Him and Kagome were finally together, and nothing could bring him down today. As he walked into the center clearing, he stopped short. Except that, he thought as he saw Drew and Kagome kissing. As she pulled back, Inuyasha ran. Kikyou was right! He thought bitterly. Great, their first day together, and she kisses another man. Just his luck.

***

Kagome finally managed to pull away from Drew and slapped him. Hard. "How dare you!" she shouted. "You cheat on me and then you pull this!? How could you!?" she screamed. Growling under her breath, Kagome stormed off.

***

Kikyou was on the move again. Once she saw Kagome storm off, she went after Inuyasha. He was fuming by the sacred tree. For some reason, it had always been a favorite place of his. "Hello," she said as he whirled around.

"What?" he snapped.

"Nothing, I was just wondering…" she started as she came closer.

"What?" Inuyasha droned out this time.

"What do you think of me?"

"What do you mea-?" Kikyou cut Inuyasha off as she kissed him.

***

Kagome stormed away looking for Inuyasha. She wasn't going to tell him, because he'd probably killed the guy, but she thought that seeing him would make her happier. She walked towards the sacred tree thinking Inuyasha would probably be there. She walked into the clearing to see his back turned toward her and Kikyou kissing him. She let out a gasp. No! Not again! She thought as she watched in horror as her sister kissed her boyfriend. Tears of anger, sadness, and frustration rolled down her cheeks as she ran home. I already got cheated on once, but this? My own sister…

**Well, there's that chapter. I know it seems a bit young for Kagome and Inuyasha since she's only eleven, but in that time, it wasn't unusual. It took me a while to write this because I had to go to soccer practice and it was nothing but running. I was so tired I ended up relaxing for I don't know how long. Relaxing turned into sleeping and I didn't get to continue it until about one in the morning. *Sigh* soccer kind of sucks… Tell me what you think and 'til next time.**