More than Just Friends by Yuki

Chapter 1: Reminiscence

A/N:Don't think that Sesshoumaru is acting a bit out of character ok?! He was young and he didn't hide behind his mask of indifference... at least in my story :D And... Sesshoumaru's mom died while giving birth to him. Just telling ya people so that you won't get confused:D

Ages: Kagome -17 years old

Inuyasha -17 years old

Sango -17 years old

Miroku -17 years old

Sesshoumaru-20 years old

Legend: in italic- usually flashbacks

"You can never catch me! You're too slow!" the boy with silver hair and golden orbs teased at his close friend. While she was trying to catch her friend she said "No fair! You're using your demon speed!" she attempted to catch him but just stumbled on a tree's root. "Ow!" she screamed in pain. Then in a flash she imediately saw Sesshoumaru kneeling beside her and looking at her knees. "Are you ok Kagome-chan?" he asked Kagome with a hint of worry in his voice. "Umm... yeah but my knees hurt." Kagome said tears starting to form around her beautiful saphire orbs."That is because you are so clumsy" he teased her. But before she could even think of a comeback she saw Sesshoumaru turning his back on her. "Climb on my back so that I can carry you to the house" he said calmly. "But-" she was cut off when Sesshoumaru said "Now" in a commanding voice. She sheepishly climbed on his back and they went towards the house. When they reached the house he gently lay Kagome on the couch and went to get the first aid kit. When he came back he treated her wounded knee right away. He was so careful not to hurt her.

'That was so long time ago... I can't even believe I remember that event. I was just 5 years old and he was 8 years old. I wonder what happened to Sesshoumaru. We got separated when I was 13 because they moved to another place. At first he sent me letters and calls me once in awhile but suddenly he stopped our communication. I tried to call him myself but it seemed that they changed their number. Inuyasha came back after three years though. I never found the courage to ask him what happened to Sesshoumaru. Why he stopped calling or writing. Now it has been four long and excruciating years since we last saw each other.' Kagome blushed at her thoughts. Suddenly she was dragged out of her thoughts when her teacher called her. " Ms. Higurashi. Are you listening to me? You seem to be lost in your thoughts." Ms. Makoto, her chemistry teacher told her. Ms. Makoto was a really nice and understanding teacher. ' I am so lucky to have a nice chemistry teacher... at least it won't make the subject more awful' Kagome thought. "Would you mind telling the whole class what the answer of number 7 is? Ms. Higurashi?" Ms. Makoto repeated. "Oh! I'm sorry Miss! I was just pondering what the answer to the question is." Kagome laughed nervously. "Hmm... an atom acquires a net electrical charge when it loses or gains 1 or more electrons." Kagome said. "Very good Ms. Higurashi. At least you understand the lesson even if you are daydreaming." Ms. Makoto said making Kagome blush because of embarrassment. After 10 minutes which felt like an hour... the bell finally rang! Everyone was now dismissed! Chemistry was the last horrible subject for the day here in Tokyo University.

Everyone hurriedly packed their things and went outside... well actually ran outside. "Yeah! We're free! I can't believe it! It's just like our 1st month being first year college and its so HARD! Well at least it' already the last day of school for this week! Don't ya just love fridays?! a teenager just like Kagome told her. "Uh-huh! Even the library sounds like a much more fun place than the chemistry lab! Kagome said sarcastically. So what are you planning to do later Sango?" "Um... nothing really. Hey! maybe we could go out together with the others. We could hang out at the mall!" Sango said. "Great idea! So can you call Miroku and I'll tell Inuyasha" Kagome said happily. "I heard my name... what were you talking about anyway?" the pervert inched closer and closer to Sango. And then a loud *smack* was heard though the whole school. Though nobody stared at them. By now they were already used to their perverted schoolmate being treated like this ALL the time, so it was quite normal to hear that kind of sound. "You never learn do ya!" the half-damon screamed at Miroku's poor ear. "You know I'm not deaf Inuyasha" the pervert retorted. You could see the up coming arguement like crystal until Kagome stopped it. "Come on! Will you two just stop it!" she bit out. The two guys just kept silent. After the 'show' and careful planning. "So we'll meet at the mall around 4:00 ok? At our usual hang out place" Kagome said "Yeah" the rest said in unison. "Bye guys! See ya later" Kagome said while walking away. Soon the rest of them went in different directions to go home.

When Kagome reached her house, she ran upstairs right away. Nobody was home. Souta was with his friend Shippo right now and Mrs. Higurashi was working right now at their little restaurant. If thats what you call a famous restaurant which is usually packed with people around... hmm... all the time?! Anyway she went up her room and quickly went in the bathroom. She took a shower and then changed into a red tank top that has a drawing of an old run down building ang says "Stupid Factory... where boys are made" (peace to you GUYS!) with ordinary jeans. She went downstairs and decided to watch tv because it was still 2:00. She kept changing the channels... there was nothing to watch. "Ah-ha! I'll just watch the DVDs I borrowed from Sango" Kagome said to herself. After picking a nice movie to watch, she went to the kitchen to get chips and pop corn. Then she hurriedly went to the couch and sat there. She watched the latest Samurai X DVD the one about Kenji. Her eyes were glued on the screen until her cellphone rang. "Grr! just when the story gets better!" Kagome said. "Hello?" she said a little irritated. "KAGOME?! Where are you?! Do you know what time it is? It's already 4:15!" a fuming Sango said. "OH! Sorry! I was watching Samurai X! You know me when I start to watch something I like... I forget everything else" Kagome laughed nervously. "Yeah, yeah just hurry up!" Sango, who is now a bit more calm said while Kagome was busy turning of the DVD player and tv. "Okay! Bye" Kagome said as she rushed out the house.

When she finally arrived at the mall her friends were already getting edgy. Namely Sango. "What took you so long?!" she said. "Sorry Sango-chan! I missed the train and had to wait for awhile. "Ok, I'll let this slip. But next time you're late, I'll leave you!" Sango teased. "So let's go but where exactly?" Kagome sounded so eager to start roaming around the mall. "Let's go shopping!" Sango squealed. "Hey! There's no way I'm going shopping! And what do you exactly mean 'Stupid Factory where boys are made' huh?!" Inuyasha said while gnashing his teeth and pointing at her shirt at the same time. "It's just a design Inuyasha! Don't take it seriously!" Kagome said. The reply she recieved was only a "Feh". "Fine! You guys can go on your own and we can go on our own." Sango said. "Sure! Let's go Miroku!" Inuyasha said while grabing him. "But... I wanna go with..." his lecherous hand trying to touch Sango... somewhere.... but never reached it's destination. "Keep your hands AWAY from ME!" Sango yelled while giving Miroku a good beating. "Like I said. He never learns" Inuyash said while saving Miroku from more bruises.

After roaming around window shopping... the girls found a small jewelry shop. "Hey Kagome! Let's go inside!" Sango said eying Kagome's bracelet . "You have got to change that bracelet of yours! You've been wearing that since... since... as long as I can remember!" she said while pulling her inside the store. "You are so exaggerating and there is now way I'm gonna change this bracelet Sango!" Kagome said a bit irritated. "Calm down Kagome. I know you won't change that. Heck! You won't even let anyone touch it! But it what if you find something you like." Sango tried to calm down her friend. "I'm sure I won't find anything I like!" she was being stubborn. "It won't hurt you" Sango pulled her. Kagome sighed. She knew she can't possibly win this battle. They went through everthing but went out of the store empty handed. Well... Kagome went out empty handed. Sango managed to spend almost all her money with a neclace that has a butterfly pendant. "I can't believe you Kagome! You didn't find anything you like in there! You are so loyal to*ahem*... that bracelet" Sango joshed her. "Oh please... "she said as Sango kept teasing her. 'Actually there were A LOT of things I found nice but I won't be able to use it because I WILL NEVER leave without this bracelet!' Kagome thought while they headed towards the coffee shop. She only took the thing off when she was going to take a bath or sleep. Kagome never left without her braclet since the day it was given to her...

"Umm... I guess this is goodbye" he said rather sadly. "Yeah... I guess. But you shouldn't forget to call or write ok?! she was starting to sob. "Hey! Come on! Don't cry! It's not the end you know?!" he tried to comfort her but she would not stop. "Here" he said with a little tint of pink on his cheeks and avoiding eye contact with her. She took the small box and opened it. She saw a black bracelet made of onyx beads and had a crystal cresent moon charm. "This must have been so expensive!". "So that you won't miss me that much" he said. The two teenagers blushed. They were silent for awhile but Kagome broke the silence. "Thanks" she said happily. Tears no longer falling down as she hugged him. He was shocked but hugged her back after a few moments. They stayed like that for awhile until Inuyasha cleared his throat. They jolted away from each other and blushed furiously. He completely forgot that his family was watching them! Inuyasha pushed his parents away from the two. "We should leave now Sesshoumaru. Don't worry Kagome. We'll visit you if we have time." He smilled warmly at her. Inutaisho knew what Inuyasha was exactly thinking and thought that they have to give them some 'privacy'. "Bye Kagome!" Inuyasha, Inutaisho and Izayo said to her in unison. After seeing his brother, father and step-mom out of sight he got Kagome's bracelet off of her grasp. "Hey! I thought you gave that to me?" she asked confusedly. "I know you're so clumsy. You might loose it" Sesshoumaru said as he placed tha bracelet on her wrist. She blushed again. 'This is so embarassing! I can't stop blushing!' she thought. Then Sesshoumaru said one last goodbye and take care to her and left.

"Hey! Earth to Kagome?! Are you there?! Sango said as she waved her hand infront of her friend's face. "Umm..." Kagome laughed nervously. "Hey guys! I did not see you coming!" she tried to change the topic. "That was because you were busy daydreaming again." Sango said. "Hey I just remembered! Maybe that's why you have been so distant lately! Today was the exact day *ahem* Sesshoumaru left!" Inuyasha said staring at her. Kagome blushed and said "Oh yeah! I totally forgot!". "You can't fool us Kagome! You have been crushing on him ever since it was possible to crush on someone!" the three said in unison. Now she blushed even more. And that made the trio laugh. Suddenly she realized something and looked at her watch. "Oh crap! I forgot! I have to pick up something in the bookstore! You know? For my world history project?" she said frantically. "You can come by the bookstore later Kagome." Sango said. "I have to leave early remember?"she said panicking. "Ok... guess you can go. But I'll call you later!" Sango said. "Thanks! You're the best! Bye!" then she dashed off.

In the bookstore she hurriedly looked for the book that her teacher required her to read. She did find the book in the library but she found the story to be quite interesting so she wanted to buy the book. She was such in a hurry that she bumped into a tall guy. "Sorry!" she said but wasn't able to look at the man because she was busy looking for the book and only had a few more minutes so that she will be able to go and visit her mom. She always visited her mom every fridays even for just a few minutes cause she did not live with her anymore. She lived in the dorm with Sango. "You're still very clumsy Higurashi. You never changed." she heard him say in smooth voice that sounded vaguely familiar.

A/N: Hey guys! If there are errors... Sorry! I'm just squishing this in my schedule! I may not be able to post soon because we will have our mastery tests soon! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! *sobs* And sorry if I haven't updated my other fanfic. I'm having.... Writer's block!!! While I was thinking (really hard! Honest!) of a continuation for the 'Waiting for You' fanfic, I came up with a new idea so here I am again :D I'll update the 2 fanfics A.S.A.P! So... please review and give suggestions if you want:D.... And for your information... I DESPISE chemistry!!! I'm not a fan of chemistry!! It is making my 15th year here on earth like living he*l ~peace to those who like chemistry!~