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A/N: Thank you, reviewers! You all rule! -cowtails-

Here is chapter 15, hot off da' press!

Oh yeah, Kelly and Kelly's friend…. -sidesteps- erm… okay… your life may now proceed….?

I'm sorry this chapter will be short. I do have a life, and I can't spend all my time writing. I do try to though. -grin-

-Chapter 15-

Wrong Accusations

During lunch that day, Sango, Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka all tried to convince Kagome that she should go to the party at Kippa's that evening with them. Despite their pleading, the girl would shake her head. She just wouldn't hear of it. She was jealous. Jealous to the core. Why should Kikyou get him? Everything Kagome couldn't do or get, Kikyou would. It just wasn't fair.

All the tenth grade students were anxiously awaiting the final bell to ring so they could get ready for the party. Kagome tapped the end of her pencil on the desk's smooth top in a steady, rhythmic, bored fashion. Hearing Mr. Takemaru, their literature teacher, drone on and on was boring enough without having to help pass notes between that stupid giggling Kikyou and that blushing jackass Inuyasha. However, the boredom had an occasional relief. Inuyasha and Kouga resulted to the childish antics of chucking crumbled paper balls at each other or flying a paper airplane at the other's face, trying to have it hit the 'opponent' in the nose— of course this was while Mr. Takemaru had his back to them.

Finally, the clock showed ten minutes until they would be let out. Kagome, along with the rest of the class, was surprised that Kippa, Miroku, and Inuyasha hadn't pulled a usual prank. But the three just sat there, snickering deviously. They obviously had something plotted before the Thanksgiving break. The teacher sat down at his desk after assigning a five-page essay due the day after they came back.

As Mr. Takemaru opened his briefcase and reached in for papers, the class nearly leapt from their seats in surprise from the startling sound of the dark haired teacher yelping from shock and pain. He yanked his hand from the case, revealing two, bleeding puncture wounds. Before the class had time to react, he had leapt from his desk and out the door.

A strange silence settled over the nervous tenth graders. Something about that just wasn't right. Kagome snorted as she stood up and strode over to Inuyasha's desk, her blue eyes blazing. She glared daggers at him.

"Look what you just did, you stupid bastard!"

Inuyasha glared right back at her, fierce, retaliating gold meeting viscous, icy sapphire. "ME! I didn't do that! We had rubber-banded his desk drawers so he couldn't open them, hid his file cabinet keys in them, and changed the clock to ten minutes ahead of schedule! I'd never pull a prank that would injure someone!"

Kikyou stood as well. "I agree. You might find him to be quite the prankster, but he'd never hurt someone with them!" Inuyasha only nodded, as did Kippa and Miroku. Inuyasha was more known for pranks than the other two, so naturally, he always took the full burden of the punishment, whatever that might be. And then, the dog hanyou gulped in sudden realization. Someone had put a real, living snake in that briefcase, and it bit Mr. Takemaru. And naturally, he'd be blamed.

"Look, everyone, I didn't do it, I swear!" He addressed the class in a pleading tone. Some believed him, yet most just shook their heads at him. Just then, a long, rusty brown snake slithered out of the case, onto the desk, and dropped easily onto the floor. It reared up its upper half and hissed, all the while studying the classroom and it's nervous inhabitants. It started to weave and sway towards them, and the girls screamed and the boys, trying to look as unafraid as possible, backed away slowly. Many stood up in their chairs and on desks, others pressed against the back wall and hoped to not be noticed.

Inuyasha did none of these. He simply stood and walked towards the serpent, watching cautiously. In a swift motion, he grabbed it and pulled both ends so hard, he ripped it clean in half. Many stared in wonder, others screamed at the sight of it dying. Kippa fainted at the sight of its blood, landing with a thud in a limp heap on the floor. Kagome and Kikyou both blinked, and Inuyasha tossed the two halves of snake in the wastebasket and shrugged.

Just then, a few teachers burst through the door and grabbed Inuyasha. Inuyasha's eyes went wide and he struggled to be released. "Wh-what the hell!" The hanyou wasn't giving up without a fight, but soon each person had either his arm or leg. It took about seven teachers in all. They hoisted him off the floor with him kicking and yelling.

"I didn't do it, I SWEAR! You've gotta believe me, you've got the wrong guy!" The students watched their struggling, pleading classmate being taken from the room with as much difficulty as the boy could make.

"You've made the wrong accusation, I'm innocent!"

Then, the classroom door slammed and the teachers and Inuyasha were gone. A buzz immediately swept over the students, and the bell went off on a shrill note.

The students milled out of the room into the crowed hallway. As the went, Kagome couldn't help but wonder. Was Inuyasha really telling the truth?