Well as I said before this is the drama portion of the fan fiction and I do plan on making this a long fiction for all to enjoy!

Chapter 11: Rumors and a fight

Kagome sat on her bed. Her face ached. Her dad had one hell of a slap.. or punch. Kagome wasn't so sure which one it was. She had felt the pain. She had given her mother the explanation. It was now later on in the night and Inuyasha had gone down to get Kagome an ice pack or something.

Kagome hated that her father drunk. She was unaware that he had still been drinking all of these years. He was a good man, yes, but when he got drunk he was abusive and angry and his words were always true.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha opened to door and entered. He peaked into the hallway once more, before shutting the door and walking over to Kagome. He sat on the bed beside her and held up some ice in a clothe. "Here." He gentle pushed the ice against her face. "It's pretty swollen. You should keep it on tonight." Kagome nodded and suddenly felt all emotional again. A tear escaped her eyes and Inuyasha gave her a sympathetic look.

"Inuyasha." Kagome cried into his chest. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her protectively. "I just.. don't want him to become the kind of person who is always getting drunk and beating on us. I want him to always be the way he is when he's sober."

"Kagome, I won't ever let him hit you again."

"But.. I don't want him to hit mom, or Sota either. I don't want him getting drunk."

"So we won't let him drink." Inuyasha pulled away and gave her a small smile. He used his callused thumb to wipe the tear from her cheeks. "Just get some rest. We'll talk more about this tomorrow." He handed her the ice pack. She nodded and lied down under the covers.

Inuyasha went to get up, but felt a tug at his sleeve.

"Could you.. stay with me tonight?" Kagome asked a little shyly. Inuyasha smiled again and nodded with agreement. He lied down beside her and wrapped his arms around her. She used her own hands to held the ice pack on her face. She hoped it would be swollen and a bruise in the morning.

The Next Morning

Once again hope was against her. She looked in the bathroom mirror. She was ready for school, but there was nothing she could do to cover up the mark that her father had made on her face. She growled to herself. She would hate this. She had no doubts people would ask how she got the bruise. She would have to make it up.

"You ready?" Inuyasha peaked through the door. He saw Kagome staring at her face. He entered and turned her towards him. Inuyasha used a hand to touch the bruise. Kagome winced a little.

"It's still kind of soar."

"You know..." Inuyasha gently placed a kiss on her lips. "You could stay home and I could tell the kids you're sick or something."

"Is the bruise so ugly I can't even show my face?" Kagome giggled a little at the self battering.

"Not even a bruise could make your face ugly wench." Inuyasha kissed the bruise.

"What am I going to tell the others when they ask how I got it?"

"Maybe they won't notice."

"Impossible. It's so big people from the feudal era can probably see it. Even a blind person wouldn't miss it."

"You've had worse."

"Not on my face where it's open for the others to see. Plus I am usually in the feudal era. Now I'm in my era and people will think things."

"Let them think. If they decided to say something untrue we take care of them. Bring your arrows."

"Inuyasha." Kagome nudged him.

"What?"

"No violence. Let's just get to school."

"Feh." Inuyasha crossed his arms.

Later

Kagome was glad she didn't have to face her father that morning. He had been in bed with a hang over.

As Kagome walked down the halls to lunch she felt stares from everyone. It was making her nervous. It seemed like every eye was on her. She seemed to shrink under their looks of.. pity.

Kagome walked out onto the field for lunch. Her lunch box in her hand. Still the looks never failed to stare straight at her. She was about to scream in frustration.

Meanwhile

Inuyasha walked beside Takamura and Wakai.

"Inuyasha." Takamura began to whisper. "People are starting to say stuff about you and Higurashi.'

"Like what?" Inuyasha asked as he sat down at the picnic table. Takamura sat beside him and Wakai at his side.

"Well you know that bruise on Kagome's face?"

"Yeah, what of it?"

"They're saying you put it there."

"What?" Inuyasha jumped up and everyone looked over to him. He sat back down and everyone turned back to their own conversations. "Who the hell would say that? I would never hit Kagome!"

"We know. Someone just started saying it, but no one knows who and people are starting to believe it.

Meanwhile

Yuka, Eri, Ichii, and Ayumi walked over to Kagome as she sat by the tree.

"Hey Kagome." All four girls called. Kagome looked up to them and smiled.

"Hey guys." All four friends took seats next to Kagome.

"Kagome, we need to talk." Yuka began seriously.

"Yes, definitely." Ichii nodded.

"Okay... sure what's wrong?"

"We've been hearing something.."

"Oh for the love of god! Has Inuyasha been abusing you?" Eri practically screamed. Kagome's eyes widened.

"What gave you that idea!" Kagome became a little angry. "Inuyasha would never hit me!"

"Than how did you get that bruise?"

"I fell... on my way to school." She lied. Her friends were more gullible than any normal person and seemed to buy it.

"Oh, you poor thing. Are you okay?" Ayumi asked. Kagome smiled nervously.

"Yeah, better than ever." Kagome looked up when she heard yelling and her eyes enlarged again. "Oh no.." She stood up. Inuyasha and Hojo were faced off in a glaring match. They seemed to be arguing. Kagome got up followed by her friends to see what it was all about.

"Nozomi wanted me to fight you for stealing Higurashi from me." Hojo began. "And I said no. I should have said yes back than. Than Higurashi wouldn't have had to deal with your abuse!"

"Abuse!" Inuyasha seemed aghast. "I would never hit her you fucking bastard! Don't dare say shit like that!"

"Sure seems like it. Have you seen her face lately! You live with her. It sure ain't her younger brother or mom that hit her and with a bruise that big it's safe to say she didn't fall.

Kagome's friends gave her confused glances. She just laughed flakily.

"You don't know a god damn thing about what happens between me and Kagome. Don't assume I would assault her. I sooner kill you."

"What so now you're trying to lie to keep yourself out of jail. You're just scum." Hojo lunged at Inuyasha and Inuyasha prepared to battle.

"No, Inuyasha stop!" Kagome called out to him. Inuyasha looked over to her. She was at the front of the crowd. The moment he looked away was the moment he made his mistake, because Hojo landed the first hit.

Kagome gasped and covered her lips as she watched the battle being. Inuyasha was sure to kill Hojo.

"Stop!" Kagome yelled and went to jump in, but felt a pull on her sleeve. Nozomi stoop there grinning. Kagome growled and punch Nozomi in the face, which was totally unlike her. Kagome then jumped in and grabbed Inuyasha's one's sleeve, but Inuyasha used his free arm to punch Hojo across the face. Hojo went flying back in pain and fell to the ground moaning. "Stop!" Kagome yelled again as Inuyasha went to go forward. Inuyasha stopped on her command.

Kagome gave Inuyasha an angry glance.

"What?"

"You hurt him Inuyasha! You know he's no match for you. You should have backed down and left him be."

"I never back down." Inuyasha growled and narrowed his eyes at Kagome. "Would you rather him think I beat on you?" Kagome looked down.

"If you would have gotten me I could have straightened things out." As the crowd listened in, it wasn't hard to figure out that Inuyasha really hadn't caused the bruise.

"What's going on here?" A security guard from the school came charging out to the group.

In the Principals Office

Kagome and Inuyasha sat in two seats with pouts and Hojo and Nozomi in the other two. Across from them was the principal. He was tapping his fingers, much to Inuyasha's dismay.

"What do you four have to say for yourselves? A fight between Hojo and Inuyasha. A battle between Kagome and Nozomi."

"He said..." Inuyasha began, but the principals waved his hand to shut the hanyou up. This wasn't the first time Inuyasha had been in this office so far.

"Mr. InuTaisho it is wise to keep in mind that first impressions are everything and so far..." He did not continue feeling Inuyasha would get the meaning. Inuyasha growled. "You are all suspended for three days, which means today, Friday, and Monday. The assistant principal has contacted your parents and they are on their way. Your assignments will be mailed shortly."

"Is that it?" Inuyasha asked when everything got quiet.

"Is there to be more?"

"Well usually you just go on and on about how what I did is wrong and what other consequences could be and blah... I just usually zone you out at the consequences anyway."

"Mr. InuTaisho I will have you know that those are important words that you should one day heed."

"I'm sorry? What'd you say?" He asked seriously. The principal glared. Then a voice was heard over the loud speaker.

"The following students to the office for dismissal. Inuyasha InuTaisho, Kagome Higurashi, Hojo and Nozomi Kudo. (A/N: Nozomi's dad is Hojo's blood uncle.)" The loud speaker beeped as it turned off.

All four students grabbed their bags and prepared to leave.

There's the end of chapter 11. There's going to be a LEMON next chapter, but it will be posted on a link.