AN: hey everyone, i'm bored and there's nothing else to do so I'm gonna be nice and update for once...um...I'm just gonna get right to the point...

"Connie?"

"huh?" Connie turned to see who it was and saw her ex.

''um...hi...uh...what're you doing here?" she asked nervously turning her back to the door with both hands on the door knob.

"to see if you were ok...you haven't been to school lately." he pointed out, turning to see the people that were behind him.

"yea...well I've been depressed lately..." she hesitantly said, motioning for her friends to come.

"who're these people? and why're you hanging out with these boys? are they a bad influence? were they the one's that made you depressed?" he demanded.

"no, they're just friends." she answered turning her head away from him.

"are you lying to me! don't turn away when I'm talking to you!" he yelled getting his hand ready to slap. She saw this coming and tried to defend herself. She was waiting for the sharp pain, but it never came. She looked up and saw Itsuya holding her ex's hand up in the air from where he was about to strike.

"maybe she doesn't wanna listen." he stated the obvious as he pushed him back.

"since when do you have permission to protect my girlfriend!" he said venomously.

"since she trusted me and tried to stay away from you.'' he answered casually as he crossed his arms, standing right in front of Connie. Minoru and Sonako stood beside Connie to see if she was ok.

"you little punk! who do you think you are!" he yelled as he charged at him. Itsuya simply grabbed his arm, when he came close, and flipped him over to where he hit hard on his back. He groaned as he tried to breathe and get up. Itsuya crossed his arms again and waited for the next attack, if there was ever gonna be another.

"Itsuya just leave him there, lets go inside." she said calmly tugging at his sleeve gently. She still had one of her hands on the doorknob and she felt it move. She gasped as she watched it slowly turn, her brain finally worked and grabbed all her friends and sprinted for the backyard.

"hey...come back..." Connie's ex grunted turning on his side. Kagome opened the door and looked outside. "Connie? is that- Akito? what're you doing here?" (i'm so so so freakin' sry, i couldn't think of any other name i had to use this from FB, and i don't own the name, thankfully)

"Connie..." he mumbled holding his side.

"Connie's not here, she went to the mall with some friends, I'll tell her you stopped by...are you ok? what happened?" Kagome asked worriedly walking out to his side and checking to see if he had any injuries.

"what happened?"

"Connie..." he said rocking back and forth, trying to catch his breath.

"what about Connie? was she here? did she do this to you? what?" she asked uncertainly. He nodded at both questions, while Kagome gasped.

Connie checked the roads again before they crossed. They reached the shrine within a few minutes. Then they headed to the well-house and went inside, Connie closed the doors behind her as she walked down the stairs, following her friends.

"you guys, it's not safe here and you need to go back." she said cautiously while they all looked at her, waiting for her to say something or do something entertaining.

"you want us to leave?" Sonako asked, taking it as an insult.

"yes! i mean n-no." she said then shook her head.

"it's not that I don't want you guys to go, it's just...I have no choice." she said nervously scratching the back of her head, not wanting them to leave either.

"but...why can't we stay here?" Minoru asked curiously confused.

"it's to dangerous here, and I don't think you guys can handle it, even I can't watch you guys without you doing something crazy or to get me in trouble." oops, she did it this time. "I mean, I don't mean how it sounds, it's just that it's true and I don't want you guys to be taken away by some crazy people who poke you with weird tools and keep you as some experiment." she explained then sighed. Itsuya stood and listened carefully to what she said. "c'mon guys, lets go, she's right." he said as he stood on the edge of the well, ready to jump.

"are you sure?" Minoru asked still confused.

"yea, c'mon." he said as he looked at Connie, who was giving him an appreciative look.

"ok, lets go." he said turning his head away and holding his hand out. Sonako sighed and grabbed it while Minoru grabbed Sonako's other hand. Before they jumped they all waved goodbye while Itsuya just snorted and jumped instead.

"thank you Itsuya." she mumbled as she smiled. Then turned to go up the stairs and out the well-house to leave for home.

"I'm back!" she shouted as she closed the front door to her home. She took her shoes off and looked around.

"hello? is anyone here?" she asked as she walked into the living roomand saw her mom standing with her arms crossed, glaring at her.

"oh hey mom I-"

"don't, 'hey mom' me, do you realise what you've done?" Kagome asked as Connie went to go sit down.

"um...no...what?" she asked confused, literally.

"thanks for the shower Mrs. Higurashi, I really needed it." Connie quickly turned to see Akito walk into the living room with just a towl around his waist.

"I found him on the ground... hurt... outside... in our front yard, do you know how or why it happened?" Kagome asked as Connie slowly turned her attention to her mother with her mouth wide opened and then closed it.

"um...i...uh...n-no.'' she stuttered.

"uh-huh...then tell me why he was mumbling your name when I asked him, 'what happened to you? who did this to you?' "

"uh...he needed my help?"

"no, he told me that you flipped him on his back." she said clearly tense.

"that wasn't me! it was It- s-someone who was passing by." she stumbled for words.

"oh really...some stranger came by and just flipped him over on his back for no reason?''

"it wasn't just that...he was protecting me!" she protested sitting on the edge of her seat getting ready to stand and yell her lungs out.

"from who? Akito?" Connie nodded her head vigorously. "yea..."

"why? Akito is such a nice boy, he wouldn't hurt you if you hurted him first, I don't see why you broke up with him."

"he abused me!" she bursted out, realising that she wasn't supposed to say anything.

"bull." Kagome said angrily annoyed.

"it's true! if you don't freakin' believe me, then fine! don't blame me when you see me dead the next morning!" she screamed as she stood then stomped up to her room.

"y'know that's not goin' to happen! and watch your mouth!" Kagome screamed back as she looked back at Akito.

"I bet you're dying to get into some clothes..."

"very..." he said looking down at himself.

"c'mon lets go get you some clothes." she said leading him into her room.

Connie slammed her door and locked it, then she went to her radio and put her Papa Roach CD in and slammed her cd player shut, turnnig the volume all the way up. Then she plumped on her bed closing her eyes, listening to the music that soothed her.

"oh great, she's in that hard rock mood." Kagome sighed as she gave Akito some clothes to change in.

"I'll go talk to her when I'm done." he suggested.

"oh woud you?" she asked hopefully.

"sure. what else could I do then to talk some sense into her." he said jokingly. Kagome laughed. "oh, thanks alot, she'll really need it..." she looked at her watch. "oh crud, I need to go to the store...do you think you can watch over her 'til I get back?" she asked

"sure, why not." he smiled before heading to the bathroom.

"oh, thanks, you're a lifesaver." she said before walking out.

"oh how much fun this will be..." he said when she was out of ear shot.

AN: th-tha-that's all folks! I had to do that, but yea, cliffie, sry, but it's late and i have school tomorrow and don't wanna miss the bus again and be late for school again, unexcused, again! but yea, don't wanna jinx myself so hope you enjoyed yourself and R&R, please and thank you!