The days of school had gone by till the later week. Inuyasha kept to himself mostly as Kagome learned more about him day by day. They sat together during Art and like always, Kagome would always wait for him. Kagome didn't bring up Kikyo that often. She didn't want to upset him.

During one day at school, Inuyasha and Kagome walked out of Art together. As they walked and talked a tall, tan guy came up to Kagome.

"Hey Kagome…" He spoke seductively. "The dance is coming up and I was wondering if you'd like to go with me." The boy's name was Koga. Kagome turned to Inuyasha who stood there with his cloudy eyes were full of anguish.

"Back off Koga!" Inuyasha snapped at the boy. Koga snarled back.

"Why? You're not with her! Your girlfriend's dead and I won't allow you to kill another innocent girl!" Koga snapped. Kagome gasped. Suddenly, Inuyasha's fist went flying to Koga's face.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed as Koga hit the floor. He held his cheek in pain. He got up.

"Damn punk!" Koga charged at Inuyasha and began to wail at him. A huge fight roared on in the hallways as people gathered. Kagome just stared wide-eyed.

"Stop it!" Kagome yelled. Suddenly, male teachers came running in to break the fight. One man held Inuyasha back as another man held Koga back.

"In the office now!" The vice principal yelled pointing to the boys. They walked slowly to the room. Everyone went back to their normal routine. Kagome went to her next class. She heard all the rumors of the fight and they all pointed to Kagome.

The day had past and Kagome finally got home. Kagome sighed and turned into the kitchen to see Inuyasha and her mom talking. Inuyasha looked up at Kagome with no expression on his face.

"Oh hi Kagome. How was your day?" Her mom asked sipping some coffee.

"It was okay…" Kagome said in an awkward tone. Inuyasha got up from the table in the kitchen.

"I should get going. Thank you Dr. Higurashi." Inuyasha took a sip from a cup on the table before leaving to the door. Kagome followed him.

"Hey…" Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's shoulder to stop him. She looked at his face. He had a black eye and bruised arms. "Are you okay?"

Inuyasha nodded. "I'm sorry." He said like a child. Kagome smiled.

"It's okay…" Kagome said. She looked at his eye. "You should put some ice on that."

Inuyasha smiled with a nod. "I'll keep that in mind." He turned to the door and left the Higurashi home.

Kagome turned back to the kitchen to see her mom drinking more coffee. "Why was Inuyasha here? I thought he comes on Thursday."

Her mom looked up. "I heard he got in a fight." She turned to her coffee then turned to her daughter. "About you…"

Kagome paused then sighed. "I don't know…Inuyasha just got really protective of me."

"I know, Inuyasha told me everything. A boy named Koga asked you to go to the dance. Inuyasha told him to back off. Koga began to talk about his dead girlfriend. Inuyasha said that Koga said Inuyasha killed her on purpose. Inuyasha made the first hit and then the whole fight started." Her mother sighed. "I think that you shouldn't get involved in this, Kagome. Inuyasha is still going through a lot and I don't think he had time for a girlfriend." Her mother said looking up from her coffee.

"Mom, I don't care if I'm his girlfriend or not. I just want to see him laugh and smile. I just want him to be happy." Kagome said. She turned to the hallway and went straight to her room.

"Inuyasha, why'd you have to get in that fight?" She spoke to herself in her room. "Now you're suspended and…and." Kagome paused then sighed to herself. "I hope you'll be able to go to the dance."