Chapter 15

"Kagome! Explain who that boy was to us!" Yuka jumped out of no where.
"Yeah, how did he know us?" Eri came from her side.
"He's so cute!" Ayumi cheerfully said.
"He's just a little boy that I take care of, and he knows who you guys are because he looked in my photo album." Kagome now had a dull look on her face.
"Kagome are you okay? Or did he ask you about why you're not with a certain picture with..." Kagome interrupted Eri.
"Yes, he asked about it. Just drop the subject okay?" She sunk her head a little low.
"Hey Kagome, what was with the little pup, you said it was a wolf?" Yuka asked and Kagome nodded.
"The wolf cubs name is Keya; she's sweet but scared of others." She stated.

As they finally got to school Houjo was coming towards them. But then the bell ring and they all went to class.

"Inuyasha dear, are you hungry?" Mrs. Higurashi asked him.
"No ma'am." He answered.
"What about you Keya?" She asked Keya. Keya didn't even look at her and sat next to Inuyasha and he petted her.

Inuyasha looked gloomy, so did Keya; they missed Kagome. It had been 3 hours since she left and there was 4 to 5 more hours left.

Mrs. Higurashi wanted them not to be bored; she likes it when people were happy. She didn't know really what to think of but then she looked at Kagome's photo album.

"Has Kagome ever shown you her photo album?" She said as she grabbed it and sat next to Inuyasha who still was petting Keya.
"Yeah, she told me who they were last night. Her, Eri, Yuka, Ayumi, then Houjo, then her and her grandpa, then her and her brother, and then her and you together." He said before he looked up at her.
"She never wanted to put her father in her album, I wish she did though." She side.
"She said that she didn't have a father?" He had a questioning look.
"She does, but she doesn't like him." She replied.
"Why is that? I thought she liked everyone?" He questioned.
"She does... except him." She said slowly.
"Why?" He asked.

Mrs. Higurashi took a moment and breathed in for the moment before she explained. She didn't want this to hurt as much as it should, she had a feeling she would have to explain about Kagome's father to someone.

"Along time ago, during the time when Souta was born it started. Kagome had to stay home with her father because I was at a place to deliver a baby. I never knew that her father hated her so much; he abused her when I wasn't around. I never knew it either, Kagome never told me because her father would hurt her more. That week I was gone for delivery she was abused so much it was hard to bare to look at. She was covered in so many bruises and scratches. She still loved him as a father though; she always did no matter how much he would hurt her. But soon after Souta was born; about a month later to be precise, he left us and he never came back. When I had found out what he's been doing to her I made him leave. We had a fight but he did decide to leave. He claimed he was going on a business trip to Kagome so she wouldn't be upset. He knew that he loved her, but only in a sick and twisted way, but he cared."

Mrs. Higurashi took a moment to collect herself from fury, anger, sadness, and most of all... pain.

"Kagome gave him a warm smile and hugged him. He shoved her away and walked out. That day on Kagome had always sat on the roof top waiting for him to return. When she was 13 years old, she started to give up on him. She didn't like waiting for someone that wouldn't come back. When Souta asked about their father Kagome would leave or push him away. Every time someone mentioned her father, she would get so tense and won't know what to do in her case. She loves him still but I don't know if she can forgive him anymore. She sometimes goes on the roof, but not every night anymore." (Sorry, I made it similar to my experience XD.)

She finished and looked at Inuyasha. He looked like he felt the same pain as Kagome did so many years ago. Then Mrs. Higurashi remembered something.

"Kagome still has a big bruise on her shoulder; she never lets people see it. Not anyone, even... me." She managed a little smile.
"Why does she still love him if he hates her?" He said so slowly that it took him to think of how to say it.
"Kagome loves everyone, but her father is just a mystery to me now." She answered.
"Hmm..." He wanted Kagome now, to see if she felt bad or not.

Inuyasha stop petting Keya and looked up at Kagome's mother.

"May I go to her now?" He asked her.
"It's only 1pm; you have 2 hours left Inuyasha." She explained.
"Please? Me and Keya want her here now." Inuyasha said sternly and Keya barked.
"Okay, just don't get in trouble and run fast." She said.
"Kay, thanks." He replied.

"Kagome... look, Houjo's coming this way! Go say hi to him!" Ayumi said in a hyper tone.
"Why? He'll come to us and say hi, then I'll say hi." Kagome sounded bored.

Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi looked at her curiously and then Houjo came by and they smiled.

"Hey girls... hey Kagome, do you feeling any better than the past two months?" He asked nicely with a handsome smile. Kagome sometimes got annoyed by his smile.
"Yeah Houjo, I'm okay, I feel better than ever." Kagome said with a small smile. Eri saw Kagome sweat drop.
"Great, do you want to go to the movies Friday night?" Houjo asked.
"Uh..." She "was" thinking about it... not.

Ayumi stepped in the conversation.
"She can't Houjo; she has to take care of her son!" Ayumi smiled.
"Huh?! Kagome... you have a son???" Houjo nervously asked.
"He's not technically my son Ayumi! I take care of him!" She shouted a little.
"Kagome, how come you never told me!?" Houjo asked as he grabbed the side of her arms and started to hurt her a little.
"Let... me... go..." She struggled to say but his grip got a little tighter.
"No, your taking care of a little boy, obviously you need a guys help, who is it!?" Houjo was now serious. The nice guy she new was turning out to scare her.
"I... take care... of him... on my own!" She still tried to struggle away still.
"No, I know that's a lie!" He shouted again and gripping her more.

Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi were stunned at what has happening. It was they were frozen and couldn't move and help her. Kagome couldn't take the pain anymore, she could only think of one person.

"Inu... yasha..." she softly said in her pain. Then she heard a bark not far and shouted "KEYA!" very loudly.

Inuyasha and Keya heard her clearly and sped up some. Keya grew another size without notice again and almost looked like a full grown wolf. When Keya heard Kagome's cry for her she howled. Inuyasha told her to go faster and he'd be behind her. With that Keya's eyes turned red as a demon eyes would and went extremely fast to help Kagome.

Houjo had Kagome in the air and Kagome was in a lot of pain because Houjo's hands were almost going in her skin that some blood came out and was staining her school shirt. Keya jumped over the gates that surrounded the school and saw Kagome getting hurt. Keya's eyes look like they were on fire from such anger. When Houjo placed Kagome down and slapped her Keya lunged at him and made him fall to the ground. Saliva was surrounding Keya's sharp white teeth. Her eyes glowing red; Houjo could see his reflection of himself in them.

Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi came to Kagome to see is she was okay. When they helped her sit up she saw Keya ready to kill Houjo. She couldn't let that happen, no matter what he did to her. But she was scared from what Houjo just did to her. 'Maybe he deserved it? No, no one deserves to get hurt in return.' She thought as she hid her eyes in her bangs. She knew what she should do.

"No." She lowly said. Keya heard her and looked over her shoulder to Kagome with an innocent look with red eyes.
"Don't hurt him Keya." She shed a tear from her pain. Keya looked at him dangerously one more time and snorted at him and went towards Kagome and growled a little to Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi to back up some and so they did. She hugged Keya tightly but didn't hurt her. Keya's eyes went back to normal because Kagome was safe now.

Inuyasha jumped over the gates next to Kagome with his hat on; he was fast for a 5 year old hanyou. His claws looked like they were ready to kill someone.

"Mommy, are you okay?" He asked sitting in a dog style.
"I'm fine, what are you doing here though? I said 3pm." She said as she looked toward him. She heard him starting to growl and saw that he was looking toward Houjo. Keya was in attack mode again; eyes daring to turn red again. Inuyasha and Keya were both in front of Kagome in attack mode towards Houjo as Eri and Yuka helped Kagome get to her feet.

"Kagome, maybe you should go home now, we can tell the teachers that you felt sick and decided to go home unannounced." Ayumi suggested.
"She is going home, with us." Inuyasha said without turning around. He was very serious; almost like he was back to his actual age but with a kid voice.
"Yeah, I'll go home, thanks guys." Kagome said.
"What us to come with you?" Yuka asked.
"No." Inuyasha answered for Kagome and started to form a fist on his sides.

Kagome remember that he always acted like that when he didn't trust anything to get near me when she was hurt. He would be so serious; so strict and frightful. She didn't disagree with Inuyasha even though was just a boy.

"They will come if you hurt him." Kagome said to Inuyasha and Keya.

They immediately stopped their attack mode at looked at Kagome with innocence. As if a young child were to obey to its mother. Houjo was getting up and brushing the dirt off himself and was ready to speak.

"No wonder why you father left. You're not that easy to trust, you were a wench and always were, you go behind people's backs!" Houjo shouted out loud to her. Everyone looked at Kagome. Not just Eri, Yuka, Ayumi, Inuyasha, Keya, and Houjo; but people who were walking by also.

Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi gasped. "How could you say something like that to her Houjo?" The 3 asked.
"Because it's true! Hey Kagome, that kids a half breed isn't he?" He smiled malevolently and saw Kagome hiding her face.

Kagome was angry, no... furious. She never likes it when people to talk bad and involve her father into the same conversation; and now he involved Inuyasha. Pain, sadness, and anger were inside her and could barely control it anymore. She smacked him and accidentally used her miko powers. It forced him to hit a school building and get seriously hurt.

"DON'T YOU EVER TALK ABOUT THEM LIKE THAT!" She shouted.

Kagome wanted to go hit him some. She caught herself at the moment. She was turning into some type of evil person, she scared herself; she was even scaring Inuyasha a little. He ran to her and hugged her on her waist, begging her to stop. She didn't notice what just happened; she didn't mean to do anything. She stood up and took about ten steps away from them all.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha." She said in a low voice and shed a tear again because of what she did.

Inuyasha didn't know why she was sorry. He remembered what Mrs. Higurashi had told him. But how Kagome yelled at Houjo scared him a lot. He had never seen her yell so seriously before. Kagome turned her head slightly to see him in the corner of her eye. She felt terrible after what happened she never meant to do anything.

"You can go back to your time if you want Inuyasha." She whispered.

Inuyasha ran up to her and cried in her skirt. He didn't want to leave her just because she lost control of herself.

"No! I want to stay here with you till you go back!" He said cried a little more and was now getting a little tired from his running, anger, and red eyes.

'He still wants to be here with me? But I scared him so much. He won't have it any other way though.' She thought to herself.

She bent down and looked him in the eye.

"You still want to be so close to me even what I just did to him?" She asked and he nodded in response.
"I know why you're mad." He hugged her around her neck and she returned the hug and picked him up that way.
"I suppose you're tired then. Let's go to my house so you can rest some." She said softly as he nudged his head in her neck for comfort.

"See you guys later, I'm going home. Come on Keya, let's go now." She said. Keya followed by her side.

"Bye Kagome." They said to her as she walked towards the way she lived with Keya and Inuyasha.