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"No, I love you more," said Miroku.
"Oh, stop it, Mir," Sango said playfully.
"Will you two shut the fuck up for once in your lives?" said a pissed Inuyasha. Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku were currently sitting at the sophomore lunch tables, waiting for Kagome to eat lunch with them.
"Inuyasha, please, it is not good to be jealous. Even though Sango and I have been together for a long time now, it's no reason for you to act like an ass," said Miroku proudly.
"Whatever, I don't need this right now," said an angry Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha, you are not acting like yourself. Is everything okay?" asked a worried Sango.
"Of course not! Kagome has been in a relationship with Kouga for two years now! Do you think I'm okay?" said Inuyasha violently. Inuyasha didn't give them time to talk again when he said something horrible.
"In fact, that slut is probably having sex with him right now."
"INUYASHA! You are just terrible sometimes!" screamed Sango. She slapped Inuyasha as hard as she could. She wasn't going to let Inuyasha talk badly about her best friend, especially when he was saying things that he didn't mean.
After Inuyasha recovered from the painful slap, he felt ashamed of himself. How could he have said such a thing about the person that he loved the most?
"You're right, Sango. I am terrible," Inuyasha said sadly as he was leaving the lunch table.
"Wait, Inuyasha!" said Miroku. Inuyasha heard him, but just ignored him and continued walking away.
'Wow, I'm such a heartless bastard to say something like that about Kagome. I know I'm just jealous of Kouga and Kagome, but I took things too far with that comment.'
Inuyasha's thoughts were quickly interrupted when he heard a small scream and smelled Kagome's fear with his demonic senses. "KAGOME!" Inuyasha screamed before running off to find her. He quickly found her because the smell of fear was so strong. And it was coming from the boy's bathroom. Inuyasha burst through the door and saw something that made him want to violently slaughter everything in his path.
"Bitch, I'll cheat on you if I want to. This wouldn't have happened if you agreed to have sex with me. Even though I've already done it with all my other girlfriends, I think you will be the best one I've ever had. But, we will just have to see, won't we?" Kouga said with a menacing smile on his face. He was about to punch Kagome's tear-stained face, but Inuyasha caught his fist before it made contact.
"What do you think you're doing?" asked Inuyasha, who was surprisingly calm.
"Mutt-face, get out of the way. I don't need you interfering in this," said Kouga, with no sign of fear on his face.
"I have every right to interfere in this," Inuyasha said. But before Kouga could argue again, Inuyasha picked him up tightly with one hand around his neck.
"If you ever touch her again, I WILL kill you," Inuyasha said through clenched teeth. In the blink of an eye, Inuyasha threw Kouga against the wall on the other side of the bathroom.
"KAGOME, GET OUT NOW!" screamed Inuyasha. Kagome nodded with fear. She ran to find Sango and Miroku to get help.
'Inuyasha, thank you for saving me...' she thought before she burst through the doors of the cafeteria.
"SANGO, MIROKU! HELP NOW! yelled Kagome. She didn't even wait for their reaction before running back to Inuyasha again. Sango and Miroku looked at each other, confused, before running to help their friend.
Sango and Miroku and managed to catch up with Kagome, trying to ask her what was going on. But when they arrived at the horrifying scene, their questions were answered. There was Inuyasha, beating the life out of Kouga in the hallway. Kagome screamed for Inuyasha to stop, but he just ignored her. Finally, after what seemed like forever, Inuyasha stopped punching Kouga and stood up.
"Don't EVER touch her again," said Inuyasha angrily. He was about to go see if Kagome was okay, when Kouga said something that stopped him in his tracks.
"Mutt, I was about to fuck her good. She would have become my ugly bitch and never would have been with a waste of space like you," said Kouga, venom dripping off each word that came out of his mouth. Inuyasha didn't even turn around to beat him up again. He hunched over, yelling and screaming. Kagome, Sango, and Miroku backed away out of fear. When Inuyasha turned around to face Kouga again, his appearance had changed. His face had two purple streaks on them, his fangs and claws were longer, his eyes were blood red, and he had the most horrifying, evil smile on his face. He had become a full demon.
He ran towards Kouga as fast as he could, claws ready to kill. He growled as he slashed Kouga's arm. Kouga's scream pierced the hallways.
"Inuyasha, stop!" screamed Sango. Inuyasha turned around and growled at the three, almost as if he was telling them to stay out of it. Everything seemed hopeless at that point, but Kagome wasn't going to give up. Inuyasha's demon form scared her, and she was going to do everything in her power to get him back to his hanyou self. She walk towards him calmly, and put a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder, thinking that he could recognize her. Big mistake. Inuyasha, blinded by his demon senses, thought it was Kouga and began to hurt Kagome. With one large hand, he picked up her small neck. He smiled at her menacingly.
"Inuyasha, stop! Please!" screamed Kagome with tears quickly rolling off her face. Sango and Miroku were trying to help Kagome, but they couldn't figure out how to approach Inuyasha. It was no use. Inuyasha had a strong hold on Kagome's neck, and she was blacking out fast.
'Inu... ya..' Kagome thought before her eyes closed. The full demon Inuyasha was pretty satisfied with himself, thinking that he had finished Kouga off. Inuyasha dropped Kagome on the ground next to him. He then started to chuckle violently, evil coming out with every sound.
Sango was crying in Miroku's arms, when he had had enough. Nobody was going to hurt Kagome. He gently let go of Sango before he charged at Inuyasha. Inuyasha was caught off guard when Miroku punched him with all of his strength. Inuyasha flew back against the lockers and slid down them with a thud.
When Inuyasha looked up, Sango and Miroku noticed his golden eyes. He was back to his normal self.
Inuyasha's head hurt so badly. He groaned when he tried to stand up. He looked at the blurry Sango and Miroku, confused.
"Ugh..., wha-what happened?" mumbled Inuyasha. His question wasn't answered. Sango was crying hysterically and Miroku was so angry that he wanted to hurt Inuyasha. Miroku pointed to the scene in front of him. There lay Kouga, screaming and clutching his broken arm in his own pool of blood. Inuyasha was disgusted. But what Inuyasha saw next made him want to die. There was Kagome, either unconscious or dead, he didn't know. Inuyasha tried to step towards Kagome, but Miroku huddled over her protectively. Miroku picked her up and motioned to Sango to come with him to the nurse's office. Inuyasha tried following them, but was quickly stopped by Miroku.
"INUYASHA! STOP TRYING TO COME WITH US AND ACT LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED! CAN'T YOU TELL THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HURT US AND KAGOME ENOUGH?" screamed Miroku.
Inuyasha didn't even have time to respond before Miroku and Sango walked down the hall with Kagome. Inuyasha looked at Miroku and Sango's forms exiting the hallway, dumbfounded. He then, looked down slowly at his claws, scared at what he would find. There was blood all over them. He sniffed them and found both Kagome's and Kouga's blood on them. The sight and smell disgusted him. He then looked up at Kouga, who was groaning and holding his hurt arm. No matter how much Kouga crossed the line with Kagome, Inuyasha knew he crossed the line too. Inuyasha was going to try to help Kouga to the nurse's office, but the moment that Inuyasha moved towards him, Kouga flinched with pure fear in his eyes. Kouga scrambled to get up and run to the nurse's office. Inuyasha backed away, eyes wide and mouth open with shock. He flinched when he heard the bell, signaling that lunch was over.
'No, I have to leave now. I can't hurt anymore innocent people..." he thought before running to his home as fast as he could. He knew that his mother was out of town and Naraku would be gone from the building, so he could go to his home without getting in trouble. Inuyasha was running so fast, that he arrived at his home in less than a minute. He burst through his apartment door, breathing hard. He stomped to his room, but not before destroying everything in his path. He picked up the couch in the living room and hurled it against the wall, knocking over the TV in the process. He smashed all the lamps, and punched through several windows. He then went in the kitchen and pushed the fridge to the ground, causing all the food to fall out and make a mess on the floor. He smashed the dining room chairs with the large table. He then went to his room where he did the worst damage of all. He completely turned over his bed and all of his other furniture. He clawed his bathroom mirror, wiping some of the blood on it that he had acquired earlier. Finally, he slowly made his way back to his room, panting and breathing hard.
"DAMN IT!" Inuyasha screamed when he punched a large, deep hole through the wall. Inuyasha then slid down the wall slowly.
'I deserve to die...' Inuyasha thought sadly as tears flooded his face.
Back at the school, Sango and Miroku steadied Kagome as she walked out of the nurse's office.
"Guys, really! I'm fine!" said Kagome. "I want to go see Inuyasha..."
"No. We are not letting you near him again," said Sango. Miroku nodded in agreement.
"You guys are being so unreasonable! Sure I am a little scared of him and traumatized, but everybody deserves forgiveness!" said Kagome with frustration. She didn't even let them respond before running off. Miroku and Sango tried to catch up, but Kagome was just too fast.
'He has got to be at his apartment..Don't worry Inuyasha, I will forgive you' thought Kagome. After ten minutes of running as fast as she could, Kagome finally arrived at Inuyasha's apartment building. She didn't have a key to his apartment, so she was hoping she could get in somehow. To her luck, the door was wide open. The moment she walked in, it scared her. Furniture and broken glass were scattered all over the floor. Blood painted the walls.
"Inuyasha? Are you here?" Kagome asked shakily. No answer. "Inuyasha?" Still no answer. She finally made her way into his destroyed bedroom. There, she saw Inuyasha sitting against the wall, head in his lap.
"Inu.. Inuyasha?" said Kagome while stepping towards him.
"Don't come any closer," Inuyasha said sadly into his lap.
"Inuyasha, please. Let me come closer," Kagome said with tears in her eyes.
"I said, DON'T come any closer," he growled.
"Inuyasha, don't worry, I forgive you."
"How could you forgive someone like me? I COULD HAVE KILLED YOU!" screamed Inuyasha. This was the first time she had seen him legitimately cry. Tears engulfed his face.
"But you didn't."
"Kagome... I'm glad you can forgive me, but I don't know if I can forgive myself yet," Inuyasha said as he looked at Kagome's neck. It had hand marks, bruises, and cuts from where his claws pierced her neck.
"You can forgive yourself because I already forgave you, and I'm not mad you. I'm not scared of you either."
"Really? Well let's test that," Inuyasha said while taking a step towards Kagome. She flinched and a single tear escaped from her eye. "See?" he said. "You hate me. I am a monster to you."
"Inuyasha. You are not a monster, and I could never hate you. Yes, I may be a little traumatized, but that doesn't mean that I never want to be around you again!" yelled Kagome.
"Kagome, I never want to hurt you again," said Inuyasha with evident pain in his voice.
"And I won't let you," said Kagome.
"Inuyasha..."
She began to take a couple of steps towards him. He backed away from her until he was trapped against a wall. She came right up to him, cracked a small smile, and gave him the biggest hug she had ever given him. He stood there, stiff in her arms.
"Inuyasha, it's okay to hug me back," she mumbled into his chest. He slowly brought his arms around to barely touch her back. After what seemed like forever, she finally broke the hug, and stood on her tiptoes to give him a sweet kiss on the cheek. This time, he brought her into a fiercer hug. Because he was so caught up in the moment, he said something that he never ever wanted to say out loud.
"I love you," he mumbled accidentally. 'Oh shit! I didn't mean to say that out loud!' thought a panicking Inuyasha.
"Did you say something, Inuyasha?" asked Kagome.
"No. You must be hearing things," said Inuyasha quickly.
"Oh, that's weird. I could have sworn that you said something..." said a confused Kagome.
"So anyway, are Sango and Miroku pissed at me?" asked Inuyasha, trying to quickly change the subject.
"Yes, but they will eventually get over it."
"What about Kouga?" asked Inuyasha.
"He's still in the nurse's office. His arm looks really bad, but he will be okay. Oh, and I also plan to break up with him later. I wasn't about to break up with him after he got that badly hurt, even though he did try to rape me..." said Kagome angrily.
"Are you okay?" asked a worried Inuyasha.
"I'm fine, Inuyasha! I know your demon confused me with Kouga, and I know it was an accident. It was my fault because I was stupid enough to approach you without thinking."
"Kagome, don't ever say that. None of this was your fault." said Inuyasha. There was a short pause until Kagome spoke.
"Are you okay?" asked Kagome.
"It will take me a long time to get over hurting you, but if you still want to be by my side, I think I can cope," said Inuyasha with a dark blush on his face.
"Don't worry, I will never leave your side," said Kagome with an equally dark blush on her face. "But anyway, we should go back to school, there are still three hours left..."
"Yeah, you're probably right," said Inuyasha.
"Well, I guess we better go, then," said Kagome while she took Inuyasha's hand. With big smiles and light blushes on their faces, they both walked hand in hand all the way back to school.
'Inuyasha... I love you, too...'
Wow... longest chapter yet! That took a REEEAAAAALLLLLLY long time to write. I think this is also the best chapter so far. But anyway, I hope you liked it, and please review if you wish to!
Thanks to last chapter's reviewers:
DelSan 13: Soon! Very soon! Thanks for reviewing!
InuFan93: Thanks! And thanks for reviewing, too!
