~*~More Than What She Seems~*~

A/N: Sorry for the cliffy in chapter 9!

Chapter 10: It Would Be For The Best

"Prepare-to die?" Kouga repeated. He straightened up again. "What the heck do you think you're talking about? You think a mere half-breed like you can kill me?"

The cafeteria had fallen silent.

"What happened to Inu-dear?" Kikyo mumbled nearby.

"If you would actually look for once, you'd see that I'm not the 'half- breed' that you claim me to be right now," Inu Yasha smirked. "I'm a full- blooded dog demon..."

Kouga sniffed the air, "Wrong. I still smell the human scent in you."

He cracked his knuckles.

"So I still have a greater chance of beating you!" he launched a punch at him.

The impact sent Inu Yasha sprawling onto the floor.

"INU YASHA!" Kagome cried out.

Miroku and Sango leapt up from their seats.

Inu Yasha slowly sat up and growled, "You'll pay for that."

"What?" Kouga backed away a step. "He's still conscious?"

"Take this!" Inu Yasha swiped a claw at him.

SPLURT

...

Drip

...

Drip

Kouga looked down at his chest and arms. They were covered in blood.

"N-no," he mouthed. "A hanyou...won...against me?"

"Kouga!" Ayame exclaimed suddenly. Heads turned toward her as she ran to the scene. "Kouga!"

"It's you.." he muttered. "Ayame..."

"Don't speak, Kouga-kun," she said hastily. Ayame blushed. "I-I mean Kouga.."

She slung one of his arms around her shoulder and helped him to the nurse's office.

"N-no.." Kouga protested weakly. "The fight isn't over yet..."

Ayame ignored him and helped him (actually, more like MADE him, huh?) walk to the nurse's office.

*****

Inu Yasha looked at the students in the cafeteria and growled again.

All the students rushed out with fear and terror.

The principal ran in, "What is going on-"

Inu Yasha bared his fangs, narrowed his eyes and growled.

The principal noticed his claws and then ran out of the cafeteria, screaming...just like the students had (by the way, the principal is a man, not a woman...)

"Feh, humans," Inu Yasha snorted. "They're worthless. They're meaningless. They're nothing."

"Inu Yasha!" Miroku said stiffly. "Listen to me. You have to change back to your hanyou form before it's too late to change back."

"And why would I want to do that?" Inu Yasha crossed his arms over his chest. "I have the power to do anything I want when I'm in this form. I can kill anyone too...in fact..."

He turned his head and looked Miroku straight in the eye, "I could kill you right now if I wanted to."

"You wouldn't!" Miroku remarked.

Sango stepped up and stood beside him, "Inu Yasha, listen to him!"

In reply, Inu Yasha positioned a sharply clawed hand, ready to attack his two friends.

"You saw what happened to Kouga," he smirked. "The same thing is going to happen to you right now."

He held his claws back and then swiftly swiped it across them.

"!" Miroku and Sango held their arms out in front of them and closed their eyes.

"Stop!" Kagome shrieked. She pushed Miroku and Sango to the ground and took the hit.

Sango's eyes shot open and she screamed, "KAGOME!"

She quickly stood up and looked at her best friend's condition.

"Kagome!" Sango gasped.

Kagome laid on the ground with blood oozing out of her arms and her stomach.

"Pathetic wench," Inu Yasha remarked. He jerked when he felt someone lock him in his place from behind. "What the hell?!"

"Inu Yasha!" Miroku held him in place. "You've gone too far!"

"You...hurt Kagome," Sango breathed. She cried out, "How could you!"

She spun around and stomped up to him.

"BASTARD!" she cried. "You hurt my best friend!"

Sango punched Inu Yasha in the stomach, knocking him out.

"S-Sango," Kagome said rasply behind her. "D-don't hurt him..."

"I'll do what I have to do," Sango wiped her tears away and walked over to her.

"Sango, I know that OUR Inu Yasha didn't mean to hurt us or Kagome," Miroku said firmly, still holding up the unconscious hanyou. "He had no control."

"Kagome...Kagome," Sango whispered, leaning over her friend. "Don't die. Please don't die..."

Miroku and Sango said nothing else and just let silence take over.

"Ka...gome," Inu Yasha murmured. His eyes opened slowly, his orbs amber again and his claws back to normal. "What happened?"

"You hurt my best friend, that's what happened," Sango spat.

Inu Yasha gave her a confused look and his eyes wandered to Kagome. He breathed in sharply, "Kagome!"

He freed himself from Miroku's grip and rushed over to her.

"What happened to her?!" Inu Yasha demanded. "Who did this to her?"

Miroku looked away, "You did..."

*****

Inu Yasha sat against the sakura tree, leaned back and closed his eyes.

"I hurt Kagome..." he whispered to himself. "I can't believe it."

His eyes flickered open again, "Miroku's won't talk, Sango's mad at me, and Kagome's probably going to go to the hospital..along with Kouga."

Inu Yasha stood up, "If Kagome dies, I'll never forgive myself..."

"That's why should just forget about her, Inu-honey," a voice said sweetly.

He twitched, "What do you want slut?"

Inu Yasha turned around and shot Kikyo an icy glare.

"It's not really your fault, Yashie," Kikyo assured him. "You had no control. Blame it on Higurashi."

"How is it her fault?!" he snapped. Inu Yasha looked away. It was true though. The whole thing started because he had been jealous of Kouga...all because he wanted Kagome to be his and nobody else's.

'Wait,' he reddened. 'Where did that thought just come from?! I don't want Kagome to be MY woman...do I?'

"If you really care for her, Inu Yasha," Kikyo said quietly. "It would be best to leave her alone. Don't come near her anymore. You'll only cause each other pain."

Her eyes shimmered, "But don't worry. I'll always be by your side to cheer you up."

With that, she walked away.

"That's what I'm afraid of..." Inu Yasha snorted and began to walk off. "...you always being by my side."

He stopped in mid-step and looked up at the late-afternoon sky.

"But she's right..." he said softly. "Kagome and I WILL only cause each other pain. I should stay away from her."

Inu Yasha continued walking again, "It would be for the best..."

A/N: Waaaaaaaaah! I'm gonna cry! ;_; Somebody, hand me a tissue! *tissue magically appears* *Waterlily takes it gratefully and blows her nose* *sniff sniff*.

Haaaa...okay ^_^. Well, that was really depressing for me. But don't worry, things will get better again! Let's see...I can tell you that's there's some action in the next chapter...that's all I'm telling you! So wait and see! ^_^

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