Midnight: I bet you're all thinking, wow another story, and she already has like five up, with barely any chapters and she never updates. But I have a good reason for not updating in like several months. First of all someone tried to hack our computer, then my evil drivers ed teacher came along, and then my math teacher makes us write notes all class that have nothing to do with our upcoming assignment and then at the end of class she assigns us 90 questions due the next day. That happens every time we have math class which is almost everyday.

Cookies: And her second cousin that she barely knew died in a car crash and she just needed some time to think things over and take a break, so yeah, but chances are that reviewers from her previous stories won't be reading this so it's kinda irrelivant.

Sour: Wow, previous and irrelevant? Those are some pretty big words for you Cookies.

Midnight: I just wanna start writing now, so just be quiet!

ALL: WE DON'T OWN INUYASHA, JUST THE RANDOM CHARACTERS AND EVENTS THAT WE MAY RANDOMLY CREATE.

Full summary: Kagome and Sango are best friends, they both go to the same high school and practically live at each others houses. Misfortune strikes one night, Kagome is out babysitting Shippo and Sango was at gymnastics. Sango is attacked, and her brother is forced to kill their father and is then kidnapped. Kagome and Shippo are later threatened to leave and never come back? Where will the three go? Who will they meet?

"So Sango, you have gymnastics tonight right?" Kagome asked.

"Yup I sur du" Sango said through a bite of her sandwhich. Kagome just rolled her eyes, how many times had she told Sango not to talk with her mouth full?

Out of the two girls, Sango was slightly older and-most of the time- definitely more mature. Kagome was more cheerful and childish than Sango, but the difference between them never really bothered them at all.

"When you get done with that, why don't you come over to my house? School ends a week from now and we won't get to see each other much after that."

"But don't you have to babysit Shippo until late tonight?"

"Oh crap! I forgot about that! I'll bring him over for a while and take him back before his dad gets home. Shippo loves hanging out with Souta despite the age difference. Maybe you could bring Kohaku over for a couple hours, you know that Souta and Kohaku are in a fight right?"

"What are they fighting about this time?" says an exasperated Sango.

"I think that they're fighting about some girl."

"REALLY?" Sango starts laughing uncontrollably.

"I think it's quite cute! Souta is the one who likes the girl and Kohaku is saying that Souta keeps ditching him for her. So I think you should bring Kohaku over so that they can make up!"

"You are waaaaaaaaaaay over thinking this. They'll make up on their own eventually. Remember what we always say. Friendship is like a flower."

"Yeah, yeah. It can wither and it can bloom, but whatever happens to it, you know it will grow again."

"Unless you tear out the root and eliminate the seeds."

"Oh Sango, you can be such a pessimist at times. But as I was saying, you can force a flower to bloom using fertilizer. And that's what I intend to do to Kohaku and Souta."

"You're going to feed them fertilizer?"

"No! You know what I mean, so stop making fun of me!"

"But you're so naive and gullible! Remember that time in 7th grade, when Yura told you gullible was written on the roof and you looked?"

(A/N The event that Sango just mentioned happened to one of my friends so technically I don't own it. During the same class my friend had to get something from her locker, and the teacher left just as she was coming back and them some stupid jerk in my class pulled the chair away just as she was about to sit down. People in my class rarely except those who are different.)

"That wasn't funny! Yura was being mean!"

"Yes it was and Yura is ALWAYS mean to EVERYONE!"

Kagome and Sango talked for the rest of their lunch break and then each headed off to their respective classes. The rest of their school day was pretty uneventful. When the final bell rang both girls rushed to their lockers which happened to be side by side. Definitely not a coincidence.

"See you later Kagome!"

"Don't forget to bring Kohaku! Lie to him or trick him if you have to!"

"You know, sometimes you really seem evil."

"I only let you see that side of me."

"Yeah thanks."

"Anyways I'll see you later!"

Sango rushed off to gymnastics and Kagome drove home to get ready for babysitting.

"Thank you for babysitting Shippo, Kagome. I really appreciate it."

"No problem Mr. K! Have fun at work!"

"I will! If that's even at all possible..."

He, Kagome and Shippo all started laughing.

"But we did get 2 new guys. They're horrible! Manten is really...let's just say he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, probably the dullest actually. And Hiten hits on all the female employees and is really rude all the time! He keeps bothering me to give him and Manten a raise. I'm afraid I'll have to fire them today, the big boss gave me permission when he saw how our sales went down."

"Well good luck!" Kagome says.

"Bye Dad! I'll see you later! And remember, you promised that you would spend tomorrow with me at the park!" Shippo yelled to his dads' retreating form.

His dad laughed and replied "I will! I will! I never break my promises!"

A few hours later,

"Hey Shippo, do you wanna come over to my house and play with Souta and Kohaku for a couple hours? Sango is going to be there. We might never see each other again after we graduate, so we're trying to spend as much time together as possible."

"Ok! I'll do whatever makes you happy!"

"I think you just want to hang out with Souta and Kohaku." Kagome laughs.

"A little bit...But I want to make you happy! I can't remember my mom because she died when I was 2. Now I'm almost 7, I see you as my mom. You do everything that a mom would do."

"Awwwww...Thanks Shippo! That's really sweet! I guess I kinda treat you like you're my own son, because I think I love you like a son."

"What?"

"I love you like you're my own son."

"Oh! Well let's go over to your house now!"

"Ok! Ok! But look at it out there! It's pitch black and raining. You should pack an overnight bag and I'll call your dad and tell him you're going to stay over at my house."

"Alright!"

Kagome shooed Shippo to get his bag packed. Suddenly the power went off.

"Crap! Sorry Shippo! I'll bring a flashlight up for you to see! Just stay where you are! I'm going to find my cellphone first."

"Ok!"

Kagome felt along in the dark house and finally found her cellphone laying on the couch. She opened it and used it as a temporary source of light. She found her way to the kitchen and started rummaging in the drawers in search of some flashings.

Finally she was in luck, in the bottom drawer beside the dishwasher were the flashlights. She grabbed the biggest two, which also happened to be the brightest. She carefully went up the stairs and into Shippo's room.

"Shippo?" She called.

"I'm over here."

Kagome looked to see him half buried in a pile of stuff he was trying to fit into his back pack. She laughed.

"Shippo you don't need all of this."

"Fine..."

"I'm going to call your father now."

"Ok."

"Hello? Mr. K?"

"Who is this?" Mr. K's voice sounded nervous. He was never nervous, was something wrong?

"This is Kagome. I was wondering if it would be alright for Shippo to sleep over at my house tonight and hang out with Souta."

"Who is Shippo?"

"Shippo is your son. What's going on Mr. K?"

A raspy voice hissed in the backround, "So you lied to us Mr. Kamiya. You said you had no family. Well we'll just have to kill you all then."

"Kagome just-" And someone on the other line hung up.

"Shippo something bad is happening! Pack your bag with things you need to live. Hurry, then grab your raincoat, I have to go get my jacket. Wait here, don't move unless I or your father come to get you."

Shippo whimpered. What was going on? Was his dad ok? Would Kagome be ok?

Kagome rushed down the stairs and grabbed her jacket, pulling it on quickly. Suddenly a bolt of lightning splintered through the front door. Kagome screamed and ducked behind the sofa.

"WHERE'S THE BOY?"

"I told you, there's no one here!" Mr. K yelled.

"You lie! My brother and I can smell them! Hiten, the girl is behind the sofa!"

Suddenly a tall man with some strange jewel like thing glowing in his forehead grabbed Kagome. She vaguely thinks 'why does he have some weird jewel thing in his head?'

Hiten throws Kagome to the floor and demands to know where the boy is.

"I'll never tell you!"

Manten slapped her across the face and she fell to the floor near Mr. K. She sat up slowly, hand rubbing her sore cheek.

"Girl if you tell us, we will spare your life. And seeing how beautiful you are, you may acompany us."

"You're sick! I value Shippo's life much more than my own! Besides I would never travel with monsters like you!"

SMACK! This time it was Hiten who slapped her. He looked like he was about to kill her, but Manten interupted.

"Hiten! I smell the boy! He is close!"

"Let's get him then!"

"SHIPPO HIDE! THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU! SAVE YOURSELF!" Kagome screamed at him, hoping he would listen.

"Kagome" Mr. K whispered, "I'll fight them off. You must take Shippo and leave here. Don't come back to this city again. Take whatever you need. I've stored money in a safe hidden behind the curtains in the library, the code is 25,7,23. Take all of the money. Up in my room is a chest inside of it is things that belonged to my wife. Kagome my wife was an amazing demon and she would have wanted you to have it. I'm a strong demon, but fighting those two, with their cheap power...I'll surely die. There's a large black hiking back pack in the upstairs hall way closet. Put the money and my wifes' things in there."

"But Mr. K-"

"No buts. Now we must save Shippo. GO!"

Mr. K hurtled upstairs and started fighting with the 2 younger demons. Kagome silently crept upstairs, hoping they wouldn't hear her. She was sure they wouldn't be able to hear her over the sound of their fighting, but she just wanted to be on the safe side.

She winced as the closet door creaked when she opened it. She quickly grabbed the back pack Mr. K told her about. She was just about to go into the library and get the money from the safe when suddenly the door to the bathroom flew open and Mr. K flew out, luring the 2 other demons away from wherever Shippo might be hiding.

Kagome crept into the bathroom and quietly called out, "Shippo? Shippo, if you're here, please come out it's me, Kagome."

An orange head peaked out of the laundry basket.

"Kagome, what about my dad?"

"Shippo...Your dad told me that we have to leave without him. He said-he said-" silent tears started to slip from Kagome's eyes. She was holding her breath, so that she would not alert the demons to their presence.

"It's ok Kagome. You can tell me later. But my dad is always right! So we have to trust him! What's the back pack for?"

"Your dad told me to grab a few things to take care of for him. So first we have to stop in your dad's room."

Fortunately for Kagome, Shippo knew where the key to the chest was hidden.

"Dad told me. He always keeps it in moms' favorite stuffed animal. See the one right there? The one of 3 foxes sewn together? Like a family. The biggest one is the dad, the medium one is the mom and the little one is the baby. He always keeps it in the medium one. Can we take the stuffed animal with us? Please Kagome? My dad will want it when he meets us."

"Shippo...Of course we can bring it with us. But honey, your dad...He isn't going to meet us. He told me so himself, he's doing something that would make your mom proud. And you know what? He'll see her again real soon, he said."

"What do you mean? Is mom gonna come back to life?"

"No sweetie, no...I'll explain it to you later, but right now we have to make it out of here safely."

"But what about dad?"

"He wants us to go. He's gonna go somewhere else, he told me that too."

Kagome opened the chest to see beautiful things that she did not have the time, or heart, to admire at the moment. She easily filled the largest segment of the back pack, and part of the middle sized one.

The fighting was definitely not in the library any more. So Kagome grabbed Shippo's small hand and pulled him along. She pulled away the curtains and saw the safe. But what was that darn code again?

"23, 5, 34? Darn it! Nothing! 7, 23, 42? Ugh! Still nothing! 52-"

"Kagome! Somebody is coming this way!"

"Get behind me! If something happens to me, promise you'll get away! You can't break that promise, ok? Find Sango and Kohaku, they'll help you. Please, just promise."

"I...promise. Just like my dad, I never break my promises." Shippo says as he hides behind Kagome. He was finally starting to understand.

Now Kagome could hear the footsteps too. It sounded the the person was hurt. Shuffle, thunk! Shuffle, thunk!

And finally someone stepped through the door. It was Mr. K. Kagome and Shippo both sighed in relief.

"Thank goodness that you're both still ok! I've got those 2 fools tricked with my fox magic for now, but we don't have very long. Kagome, here let me open that for you. It looks like you're having trouble remembering the code I gave you."

Mr. K smiled. Kagome laughed nervously. In seconds Mr. K had the safe open and was quickly loading money and other important things into the rest of the back pack.

"My wife and I were saving it for an emergency. I guess this is it. You can use it to pay for a house, send Shippo to school, pay for food and anything else you need to. It should last you a while that way."

"Dad," Shippo started, "Where are you going that you won't be able to come with us?"

"I'm going to be with your mother. She's proud of us, you too, Kagome. Your mom and I will watch over you in heaven. And Shippo, I never break my promises, find a park as soon as you get settled in your new home. In fact, I've got a better promise for you. Shippo, when you find the park, go some place quiet, where no one will see you. Wish on this ring that you'll get one last day with your parents." he says, handing Shippo a ring with a strange pink jewel on the end of it, "We'll be there. I-"

He's cut off by Hiten and Manten blasting through the door.

Hiten starts yelling, "You basturd! Thinking you could fool us, you were wrong! We saw through your not so clever ploy!"

"Well then, why didn't you come after him sooner? Huh?" Kagome countered, feeling suddenly brave.

"Why you bitch!" Hiten was about to hit her, but Shippo jumped on Hiten, but his arm.

"Don't you talk about Kagome that way!"

"Shippo!" Kagome called frantically.

Hiten shouted in pain. "You brat! Brother, dispose of him at once! I'll take care of the girl!"

Manten grabbed Shippo by his tail and flung him at the wall with all his strength. Kagome screamed, but Mr. K caught his son in midair. Hiten was too busy to notice that. He was enraged that such a pathetic, weak mortal would DARE speak to HIM like that.

He was about to punch the weak mortal, a punch that would definitely end her life. And this time, no one was here to save her. His fist came whooshing closer, and though it was feeble, she lifted her hands to shield herself.

Midnight: So what do you guys think so far? I promise it will get better. And no, this story is not JUST about friendship. I just find the title really fitting for later in the story, you'll see why. Inuyasha, Miroku and others will show up soon, don't worry. But probably not for another chapter or two, but please don't skip any chapters, because they all have importance later in the story.

Cookies: If you notice, Midnight is adding in parts of what actually happened in the manga and anime to make it easier to understand. It might seem confusing now, but it'll make sense later. Anyways, she doesn't own those events.

Sour: R&R!

Midnight & Cookies: Sour don't be rude, you should say please!

Midnight: Something went wrong when Sour was a baby and now she's socially retarded.

Sour: I am NOT! (Smacks Midnight)

Midnight: OW! Anyways plz R&R! :) (: