A/N: Ok, so here is chapter 8. I forgot to update the shout outs for last chapter so many of you who reviewed chapter 6 weren't mentioned, for that I apologize. So here we go. Thanks to the reviewers of chapter 6 and 7:

Empatheia and Horselady902001 x2 thanks for reviewing both chapters.

Kagome888, DaxOrangexstrikesxagain, Sango (Chelsea) and Dolphinlady Thank you all so much for the reviews and I want to send out a special thanks to all of those who review every chapter, it is much appreciated. Now on with the chapter!

Chapter 8: The Secret

Inuyasha watched as tears started to roll down Kagome's cheeks.

'What's going on?' Inuyasha wondered. Kagome hung up the phone and looked at Inuyasha.

"Kagome, are you ok? What's going on?" Inuyasha rose from the floor and crossed the space between him and Kagome. He sat down next to her and looked into her eyes.

"It's my friend Sean, he was in an accident and... he... they think he is going to die..."Kagome silent sobs became loud, violent, shaking sobs as she ran to the kitchen to get her keys.

"Kagome? Where are you going?" Inuyasha asked as he stood.

"Back home, I have to see him before he... he is asking for me Inuyasha, me... I've let him down before with Bruce... I can't let him down now..." Kagome opened the door.

"Oh no you don't Kagome!" Inuyasha grabbed his keys. "I'll drive you there. You can't drive like this."

He followed Kagome's instructions to the hospital in her small hometown. The trip had seemed to take forever, and as they pulled into the hospital parking lot Kagome jumped out. Inuyasha could barely keep up as she dashed to the elevator taking it to the room number Sean's mother had given her over the phone. As they neared the room Sean's mother came flying out of the room, and embraced Kagome. Kagome looked past Mrs. Jones and what she saw shocked her. Sean wasn't really in that bad of shape... he had a broken arm, he was bruised, had some small cuts, and some places where he had had to have stitches, but it wasn't half as bad as some of the skating accidents he had been in. Kagome frowned. 'Sean's mother always was one to overreact...' Kagome had been all worked up for nothing. She shrugged Sean's mother off and walked into Sean's room taking a seat at his side.

"Hey Sean, what happened? I heard you were dying." Kagome said sarcastically.

Sean smiled weakly, "You know my mom... ever since my brother's accident the least little thing and I'm going to die." Kagome looked Sean over, he was as hot as ever. His long black hair fell in front of his face and his crystal blue eyes sparkled. Sean looked past Kagome and saw Inuyasha. "Who's that?"

Kagome looked behind her and then got up to go drag Inuyasha farther into the room to the chair next to the one she had been sitting in. "This, is Inuyasha," She turned to Inuyasha "Inuyasha this is my friend Sean."

Inuyasha looked Sean over, the guy didn't seem to bad. "Hey." Inuyasha stated simply. "Sorry to see you're in this condition, but I guess it's better than being on the verge of death." Inuyasha joked.

Sean chuckled a response, and the three of them sat there chatting for a while totally oblivious to the events about to unfold.

"Hello?"

"Yeah, hey man, listen. I just heard Sean is in the hospital. Some sort of accident, but word is you know who is there visiting him..."

"You serious?"

"Yeah man, she's there."

"Perfect. I think I'm going to go pay Sean a visit."

"Excuse me, I have to use the restroom." Inuyasha said as he got up and walked out of the room. All was silent for a while until Sean finally broke it.

"So, Kagome, has Bruce called you any since you left?" Sean asked in concern.

"No, I never gave him the chance, the day I left him I blocked him for calling me." Kagome answered in a small voice. "I don't want to talk to him, I'm afraid if I do, I would go back to him."

"You know you can't do that." Sean smiled weakly. "Look as much as I want to talk, they have me on these drugs and well, I tired." Sean whispered.

"Don't worry about it, but I have to go as soon as Inuyasha gets back ok?"

"Ok," Sean stated as he drifted into sleep.

"Kagome..."

Kagome turned and froze. A pair of dark brown eyes captured hers as he walked towards her. He came up behind her, putting his hand softly on her shoulder. He bent down till his mouth was next to her ear. "Are you afraid, Kagome? Please don't be. I love you, you know that." Kagome stood up quickly and turned to face him.

"Get away from me Bruce..." She whispered.

He took another step towards her. "Kagome... why did you leave me?" His voice only moments ago, calm, was now filled with rage.

Inuyasha walked in just in time to see Bruce send a plate of food which had been Sean's lunch flying towards Kagome. She however couldn't duck in time and the plate's edge hit here just above her eyebrow. Blood began to trickle down.

Inuyasha felt rage seep throughout him. He quickly shut the door to Sean's room before anyone saw what was about to happen.

Kagome watched as Inuyasha's eyes turned from their beautiful gold to a blood red. His hands turned to claws and... was that... yeah, puppy ears popped out of the top of his head. He slowly walked towards Bruce.

"I'm about sick of you, and I don't even know you. All I know is you've hurt Kagome for the last time, do you understand what I'm saying?"Inuyasha said with a growl. Kagome watched as he pounded the living hell out of Bruce then turned back to normal. "If you EVER try to hurt Kagome again, I will kill you." Inuyasha stated simply. Then he turned to Kagome " Grab a few of those bandages on the counter top and let's go home."

Kagome walked silently behind him till they got to the car. "Inuyasha?"

"Yeah?"

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" Kagome nearly screamed.

"Look, I didn't want to have to do that in front of you but I couldn't help it." Inuyasha stated simply. "I am a half demon, but there is nothing to worry about, I'm not going to hurt you. The only thing I ask is that you don't tell anyone." He took the bandages from Kagome and cleaned her cut then put one on it.

Kagome turned to him. "You don't have to worry about it. I'm not going to tell anyone. How do you live with it though?"

"Well, I don't know to tell you the truth. I rarely let my demon form show, and I have never let anyone see my demon form. Consider yourself lucky." Inuyasha said with a chuckle.

"Do you ever wish you were normal?" Kagome nearly whispered.

"Nah, I think it's cool. Don't you?"

"Yeah it's cool and all but what if you wanted to be normal?" Kagome asked him.

"Well every half demon like myself, has the choice at their eighteenth birthday, to accept or reject their demon blood. Should I choose to accept it, I become immortal, like my father, should I reject it, I become human like my mother." Inuyasha said with a smile.

"Well have you chosen?" Kagome asked calmly, this was truly fascinating to her.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I will accept it. It's my family heritage, I can't just discard it like my sister did. It would upset father too much." With that the subject was dropped.

A/N: Ok there it was, not so great, I kinda rushed this out last minute but it is here none-the-less. Sorry its so short and sorry to hit you with Inuyasha's true identity from out of no where but...that's how I had it planned.Please review, the next chapter will be a bunch of writing from Kagome's journal so PLEASE review, and as always, keep the ideas flowing. Talk to ya later! Bye!