Alrighty! Chapter seventeen of 'A Hanyou in the Heart!' Aren't we all excited??? I am!! THE COUNTDOWN SHALL COMMENCE!! ::cough cough:: Sorry, I am a little uppity. A new episode of 'Inu Yasha' comes on tonight at 10:00. N e way...here's the chapter.

And, I was asked why the title of this story was 'A Hanyou in the Heart'. That answer will come later... namely that chapter before the last. Yeah, that one. ::lol:: But, you'll know. Actually... I don't know if you will. I am planning on making that chapter titled 'A Hanyou in the Heart and...I am not going to say anymore. Don't wanna give away what happens at the end, even though some of you prolly already know what happens... ::sigh:: am I that predictable?

N E way, here ya all go! This chapter is again dealing back with Inu Yasha and Kagome. It will be Inu and Kag so that you guys know for sure that I am not tricking you about the pairing. I just don't want you all to think this will be a Kagome/Koga story. Gotta get my thoughts straight.

Oh, as for my quick updating... I don't know why I update so fast, really. I guess the mix of no life, lots of boring time in school, which leads to my semi-dropping grades... ::laughs nervously:: Oh, that and writing takes me away from the high school drama and crisis's my friends all seem to be going through at the same time. Damn, I hate my social life...

"A Hanyou in the Heart" by Inu Faceness

Chapter Seventeen: They May Try to Forget, But...

Inu Yasha rolled in bed, staring straight at the ceiling. Darkness flooded the room, making only shapes visible. He blinked a few times, adjusting to the room. Taking a few breaths of air, he draped an arm over his forehead. Koga was talking shit on Kagome yesterday during gym again. When Kagome heard that there was a small fight in the locker room that was started by Inu Yasha, she was angry with him. He had tried to get Koga to shut up, but he, being the stubborn ookami youkai that he is, didn't. Inu Yasha had had enough, and hit him.

'I wouldn't call it a hit, really,' he thought. 'All I did was lightly put my fist in his face.' That lightly hit had given Koga a black eye for an hour. His youkai blood healed it easily. But Inu Yasha had gotten a talking to by the principal, promising never to do it again in school. He had to serve detention after school for an hour. That was where he got off easy. He didn't get a behavior speech from his older brother; Sesshomaru could have really cared less. All he did was tell that next time he should have killed him. Sesshomaru knew how Inu Yasha felt about Kagome, and knew that Koga could be taken care of. So, the inu youkai backed his younger brother up in his decision to beat up the ookami. No, the one Inu Yasha got shit from the most was Kagome herself.

FLASHBACK

"Inu Yasha, how could you?" Kagome said, walking toward him in the hallway. It was just after fifth hour and Kagome was furious. He could have sworn there was smoke coming from her ears and fire surrounding her very body. "Why did you hit Koga?" She put her hands on her hips and tapped her right foot impatiently.

"He deserved it, Kagome," was his reply as he closed his grey locker door. He leaned against it with his left shoulder, watching Kagome. Her lips were a straight line and her eyebrows were narrowed.

"Inu Yasha," she began, breathing in to relieve herself of her anger. "I don't think he woulda deserved a black eye. I don't know what happened in that locker room after class, but you two were in a fight. As far as I can tell from looking at you, you aren't injured. Koga is. I know you don't like him, but he is my friend, and kinda my boyfriend." Kagome blushed slightly. 'Yeah, I guess we are... We've gone out and all, but I still like Inu Yasha. But that's beside the point at the moment!' "Inu Yasha, stop picking fights with him. I really don't want to break up a fight between the two of you. Just, if you can't stand to be around him, then don't."

"But Kagome," he said, quietly to her as the halls started empting, "you are always with him, and you know I don't want to lose you as a friend."

Kagome put a hand on his shoulder, her anger suddenly dissipating. He looked so sad in that moment. "Inu Yasha, you'll never lose me as a friend, but you need to stop beating up my boyfriend." They both smiled at this. Kagome said a goodbye and headed to her class.

END FLASHBACK

But that wasn't all the conversation that they had. Inu Yasha hadn't talked to her since then except when she was walking with Koga through the halls. When the two guys had exchanged death glares, Koga spoke. Kagome didn't hear, for he spoke softly so that only Inu Yasha could hear as he went by. 'That bastard... I cant believe he said that.' Inu Yasha hit his mattress. 'He said he'd enjoy fucking her after the dance. Damn it! And when I stopped and said something, Kagome chewed me out. I told him to watch his fucking mouth. She yelled at me for the language. Damn, all I want to do is protect her.'

Inu Yasha sat up on his bed, his feet hanging over the sides. Today was the last day of school. The last day he'd have to put up with listening to the damn wolf in gym. He would only have to deal with him for another day, and then it would be over. They had the graduation ceremony tomorrow morning and afternoon, and then the dance is at nine. He wouldn't have to see Koga's ugly face for more than a day after today.

'But,' Inu Yasha stood just as his alarm went off. He slammed his palm down on the large button. The sound immediately stopped. He walked over to his closet where his school uniform hung, clean and dry. Inu Yasha grabbed it and began to dress. 'If Kagome really likes being with this guy, and she ends up being with him,' he looked him the mirror and butted the top of his outfit, pulling his hair out from under the clothing. 'If she falls in love with him, and we are still friends,' he shook his head and grabbed his book bag from beside his bed and headed out the door.

'She's not going to fall in love with Koga.'

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Kagome stood in her kitchen, making scrambled eggs for her younger brother, mother, and grandfather for when they woke. She had gotten up early. Her sleep was disturbed when her alarm went off an hour early. Since then, she hadn't anything to do but think. A certain hanyou was the ruler of her thoughts.

'What had made him act that way? Why did he hit Koga?' She shook her head, but then remembered when she talked to him yesterday. He told her that he didn't want to lose her as a friend. It wasn't everyday that Songiya Inu Yasha would show feelings to anyone, not emotion but anger. But in that moment, he was so sad. His eyes held something she never wanted to see in his gorgeous auburn eyes: rejection. The night he told her about America, he had even asked her not to leave him. Rejection was the one thing that scared him.

His brother's mom, Sesshomaru, and Naraku rejected him. What resulted in that rejection came his rape. She couldn't do that to him. She couldn't reject him. After all, she did still love him. No matter how hard she tried to push her love for him down, it would only come back stronger. Kagome decided long ago that she would give herself to him if he asked. She would be his wife if he wanted. A friend, a wife, a neighbor; she would be anything, do anything just to be near him. But all she could be now was a friend. She was with Koga, and from what she could tell, all Inu Yasha wanted was a friend from her.

She heard footsteps coming down the stairs and she took the eggs off the stove. Sota had his hand on the wall as he stood in the walkway to the kitchen, rubbing his eyes in his tiredness. Kagome smiled at him and fixed him a plate.

"Morning, Sota," she said to him as he sat down. He yawned and nodded, taking a forkful of eggs and shoving them in his mouth. It wasn't long after then that Mrs. Higurashi and Grandpa joined them. After eating her breakfast, Kagome said her goodbyes and headed out the door for school.

END CHAPTER

NO!!!! ::crawls into fetal position and cries:: no, no, no, no... ::continues to chant 'no' over and over:: I cant believe it... I DIDN'T GET TO WATCHE THE NEW EPISODE LAST NIGHT!!! ::cries really REALLY hard::

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