In a Han-you's eyes.

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a/n: Okay somebody e-mailed me asking if this was a lemon! HELL NO!! I don't write lemons!! Okay! Well here's the next chapter!

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"Kagome?" He whispered by her. "Do I look all right?"

"Yeah, don't worry." She looked to Momoji and Asami who had their eyes glued on Inu-Yasha.

"Make them stop looking at me," he whispered as Momoji and Asami dragged Kagome off.

"I'll be right back Inu-Yasha." she said as they went to her room.

"Inu-Yasha dear." Kagome's mother said. "Are you hungry?" He nodded and followed her to the kitchen.

Up in Kagome's room the two girls slam the door shut hurting Kagome's now sensitive ears. "Spill it!" Momji yelled.

"Yeah who's the silver haired cutey named Inu-Yasha!" Asami said as they looked at her. "Is he your insensitive, two timing, jerk of a boyfriend!"

"And better yet does he have other cute friends?" Momoji asked.

"Inu-Yasha isn't my boyfriend how many times do I have to tell you I have no boyfriend!" Kagome yelled as her friends backed down. "And you don't want to meet his friends."

"But do you have feelings or each other?!" Asami and Momoji yelled as Kagome held her poor abused ears.

"I do." she said softly. "But I don't know about him, and then there's his girlfriend." Kagome said as her friends nodded.

"Don't worry Kagome I know you two will hook up!" Momji said smiling wide.

"Yeah!" Asami said. "We better get going."

Kagome and the two girls walked to the door and Kagome waved goodbye to them. Returning inside the house Kagome sighed entering the dining room "Thank god there gone!" She slumped down into the chair by Inu-Yasha and took her hat off.

"Oh my god!" Kagome's brother yelled as her mother dropped the salad bowl on the floor.

"What happened to you Kagome!" She shrieked running to her little girl.

"I got hurt." she said softly "And Inu-Yasha had to give me his blood to save me."

"It changed you right?" Her mother asked biting on her lip slightly.

"I'm a han-you." Kagome said softly almost as if she was shameful.

"If you want to disown her for something she couldn't help, take it out on me." Inu-Yasha said loudly staring into his lap.

"I would never do that to Kagome, Inu-Yasha." Kagome's mother said looking at the han-you as he rose his gaze back to her. "I love Kagome and unless she does something unforgivable I'll always love her."

Inu-Yasha kept staring at the human lady as she kindly smiled at him, "You are a very good man Inu-Yasha. That's why I trust you with Kagome."

Inu-Yasha couldn't help but give her a sincere smile. He had been worrying that Kagome would be disowned because of him for weeks. "Thank you.." he looked at Kagome and then back to her mother, "Before we leave I need to tell you about something very important."

She nodded then looking over at Kagome, "Kagome do you mind getting some more ramen from the store down the street and after that make sure to get your school work."

Kagome nodded and put her hair back up and into the hat, "Be careful." Inu-Yasha said as she waved and left.

"Sota." Kagome's mother told the little boy with short black hair.

"Yeah I needa get my folder from Katsu." He said rushing out of the house.

"What is it Inu-Yasha." She said sitting in the chair by Inu-Yasha. "Is it something wrong with Kagome changing?"

"Yes and no." He said slowly. "Youkai tradition is to give the weaker mate blood."

"Mate?"

"It's like your human version of wife or husband but mates last all of their lives." He said stumbling over the words. "I gave Kagome my blood to save her."

"But by doing that you completed the first step in your mating ritual?" (a/n Hey! all this talk of the mating ritual is NOT suppose to give people vibes! -_- eww.) Kagome's mother said completing Inu-Yasha's sentence.

"Yes."

"Well have you done anything to my daughter?" She asked glaring at him.

Inu-Yasha cold sweated, "No!" he fumbled with his hands. "I haven't done anything to Kagome ever! Sh-She doesn't even know about this!"

"When are you going to tell her?" She asked peering at him.

Inu-Yasha looked up at her trying to remain calm, "I don't know."

"Do you love her?"

His face flushed fast and he sat there thinking. "Yes or no!" She said tugging on his ear.

"Yes. I think." He said still blushing. "I was in love before and I caused that person great pain in suffering."

"You mean Kikyou." She said as Inu-Yasha stared at her. "Kagome tells me everything. She understands about you and Kikyou to some degree but I know this, even though Kikyou has tried to kill her and you have abandoned Kagome to go to Kikyou. She still loves you and would save Kikyou even after what she's done to her."

"I do love Kagome. But I need to make sure Kikyou can pass on." he said looking past her and out the window. "I want to complete the ritual with Kagome."

"So you are asking me for permission?"

"Yes." He said still looking out the window as a small red bird flew around a tree. "I'll even do it your way. If you agree please don't tell anybody until Kagome knows."

"I give you permission I trust you Inu-Yasha with my little girl." She smiled widely "Take good care of my baby."

"I will." He said standing. "She's taking to long, I think I'll go find her."

"Okay, son."

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Kagome walked out of the school gates carrying her homework in one arm and tofu in the other. 'God I got work for weeks!' She groaned in her head.

By the gate Hojo and some her friends sat on the school wall. "Hey Kagome!" Hojo said waving to her. Kagome walked over to them smiling.

"Hey you got your work!" Kani one of Kagome's close friends said her brown hair blowing in the light wind that picked up. "Did Momoji and Asami go to your house?"

"Yeah." Kagome said clutching her hat as the wind picked up. "They surprised me."

"Yeah we were starting to get worried because you were gone for almost a month." she said tying her hair in a tight ponytail. "Are you sure you should be outside? I heard you had pneumonia."

"Err yeah I still feel really weak from it." She lied as the wind threatened to rip off her hat and tear her papers to a million pieces.

"Would you like me to walk you home Kagome-chan?" Hojo asked her as she felt a pang of annoyance run down her spine.

"No Hojo-kun it's okay." She said as the wind finally succeeded and pulled her papers. "Dammit!"

She ran after them and her friends got off the gate to help. Kagome was running faster then any just recovered pneumonia patient and even faster then a regular person. Her friends were to busy to notice as they ran around clutching papers.

Kagome was had most of the papers and her friends had the rest but the last page was caught on a tall blue oak tree. Not even looking over her shoulder she jumped high on the branch next to the fallen paper.

Gracefully she skilled the limb and grabbed the paper. From the ground her friends watched in awe as she did a back flip. "Ohmygod! She fell!" She screamed as Kagome did a back flip and landed gracefully in front of them.

"I got the last page." She said looking at them as their faces paled. "Wh-What's wrong?"

"What's with the fake dog ears?" One of Hojo's friends asked.

Kani went up to Kagome and tugged on her ears "I want to put them on! Their so kaw-"

"Ahhhhh!! Let go of them!" Kagome shrieked cupping her hands on her pained ears.

"Th-Their real!" on of Kani's friends said covering her face in disgust.

"I-I can explain!" Kagome yelled as other girls shrieked and yelled freak.

Every one ran away and only Kagome, Hojo, and Kani where left. Kagome clutched her hat and Kani stared at her in disgust. Hojo looked like he was going to puke.

"I can't believe I was friends with such a freak!" Kani said as she stomped off "I hope you go to hell you devil child!"

"Kani!" Kagome yelled, "What did I ever do to you!" Looking over at Hojo who was silent still.

"H-Hojo?" she asked afraid.

"I-I loved something so horrid and disgusting!?" he mumbled to himself.

"Hojo we're still friends right?!" She asked getting near him.

"NO! You're not Kagome!" He yelled slapping her. Kagome's cheek stung and slowly began to disappear. "Look at you you're not human!" He screamed punching her down to the ground. "The Kagome I knew was pure and kind and wasn't a monster like you!" He kicked her in her ribs and stood on her stomach.

She screamed in pain as tears formed in her eyes. "Stop, stop!" she yelled as he continued kicking her. "I am Kagome!"

Hojo was about to kick her face as somebody picked him up. "Who!?" he shrieked as Inu-Yasha stood caring him one foot above the ground. "Let me go!"

"I should kill you right here and right now!" Inu-Yasha barked holding Hojo by his neck. "Never lay a finger on Kagome!" Hojo gasped for air "How do you like it!"

Hojo kicked and Kagome opened her eyes to see Inu-Yasha suffocating Hojo. "I-Inu-Yasha!" she yelled trying to move. Pain shot up and down her back as she struggled to sit. She was sure Hojo had broke most of her ribs and she was probably bleeding internally. She couldn't feel her right leg and her hair was knotted and weaved with dirt and grass. "He didn't know better!"

"Didn't know better! This fucking human could have killed you!" He said "I should kill him to let the rest of them know what will happen to them if they bother you!"

Kagome rose to her legs tears and pain mixing in with each other. Her entire body was numb and on fire with the sharp pain. "I was once human!" She cried, "Don't kill him Inu-Yasha! He was my friend!" A tear fell from her face and she blacked out from the pain.

Inu-Yasha threw Hojo on the ground by the blue oak and picked Kagome before she reached the ground. "You got my stubbornness!" He said cradling her in his arms. Looking over at Hojo he spitted at him "Fucking human don't mess with her anymore, next time you will die!"

Inu-Yasha ran on rooftops and took the fast asleep Kagome to her room. Her mom walked in. "Kagome!" she called seeing her daughters now bruised body. "What happened!"

"That fucking bastard Hojo beat her up!" He scowled taking the hairpin out of Kagome's hair and letting it pool around the pillow. "She'll heal in a few minutes. Tomorrow I'll take her back."

"Okay. Tell her that I will take care of her in this time." She said softly. "Let me pack some of her stuff. Come back in two weeks to get more stuff. I want you to give her a bath and then change her and leave as soon as I get the stuff ready."

Inu-Yasha reddened to the bath part and she laughed, "She'll be in her bathing suit." She pushed Inu-Yasha out of the room and changed Kagome into a black bathing suit with orange strips. "Inu-Yasha, come in." the han- you entered the house again. "I want you to wet her hair to get all the stuff out, then use the blue bottle to clean it then rinse it and then use the green one after that dry her and bring her back to the room."

Inu-Yasha did as he was told and returned to find three bags of Kagome's things and her mother sitting on the bed with extra clothes. He laid her down carefully and left quickly, when he returned Kagome was in jeans, a red shirt and a gray jacket. He picked her up and put the three bags on his back.

"Be careful." Her mother called as he slipped out of the window and into the night.