She's Lookin Through Me

Chapter Five – Protection

By Patche

Disclaimer – Inuyasha isn't mine… (Le sadness)

Summary – A girl who moves to a new school to be with her cousin, Utada Yuki. Yuki is the most popular boy in his whole school, so, thanks to him, Kagome is granted with that same luxury. In her new school, she has grabbed the attention of every boy... even our favorite hanyou. Rated-T for some cussing and minor limeyness?

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"It's just one date, really… I don't know why it bugs you." Kagome shouted. She and Inuyasha were in first block talking to each other with the whole class staring. Up until now, she pretended she didn't even know Inuyasha. And now, here they were fighting in class.

"Feh. Don't flatter yourself. I don't care if you go on a date with anyone…" Inuyasha scoffed. Kagome slumped her shoulders and turned away from him. "I just don't like that it's Kouga. You're only doing it to make your cousin happy." Kagome turned to him.

"And you obviously didn't catch it yesterday… making Yuki happy isn't a bad thing…"

"Well, if you'd stand up to him once, maybe he wouldn't push you around so much. But by giving in, you're telling him that what he's doing is working." Kagome sighed.

"You don't know him like I do. It's just one date, Inuyasha, don't worry about it." He rolled his eyes.

"So anyway, what did Sango say?" Inuyasha asked, changing the subject. Kagome cocked her head to the side. "You know! You were going to ask her about us sitting there at lunch. I'm guess she said yes since you're talking to me in the middle of class." Inuyasha said. "You must not be ashamed of me anymore." Kagome slumped her shoulders and grabbed onto a lock of his hair, pulling him closer to her.

"I'm not ashamed of you. I just don't care anymore what Yuki thinks about you…" She said softly.

"So, you don't care if he beats you up for being my friend… but you do care if he beats you up for not going out with Kouga?" Inuyasha asked. "You're so twisted."

"Well… you're worth it." Inuyasha turned to her in shock as Kagome quickly covered her mouth, blushing like a mad woman. "I mean… you know… going on a date isn't such a big deal if it keeps me from getting beat up… so it's not worth it." Kagome said trying to recover. 'Where the hell did that even come from?' She asked herself. Kagome cleared her throat and tried her best to hide the blush from her accidental 'slip'.

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Inuyasha could not have been more miserable. Here he was at a lunch table next to his perverted cousin. Every single boy at the table just sat and drooled over Kagome. He had to admit… it was getting on his nerves a bit. Not that he liked her or anything… just… it's Kagome.

'You know, it's what you get for falling for the prettiest girl in school' His conscience chided. Inuyasha scoffed.

'I don't even like her. I just don't like the idea of a bunch of goons staring at her…' He thought to himself, arguing with his inner voice.

'Whatever you say…'

"So, Kagome." Miroku spoke up to try and get the other guys to pay attention to something other than her chest. "Why did you move here, exactly?" Kagome blinked and saw the twenty eyes staring at her.

"Well, at my old school there was a boy named Onigumo Naraku. I had talked to him a bit here and there and was kind of his only friend. He was a half demon… and no one liked him except me. I mean, I didn't like him like that… I just didn't think he was such a horrible person." She looked at the half demon across the table and smiled shyly at his expression. He seemed so into her story, even though he was pretending to not be listening.

"Anyway, my mom who works somewhere in the school found a note on his desk saying he was planning on blowing up the school… and my mom panicked and made me switch schools."

"You were friends with the half demon?" One of the boys asked as if it were a crazy idea. She looked at Inuyasha and smiled.

"I don't see any reason why not… he was just like us. I'm sure any human, if he were treated the same, would've felt that way." She said. All the boys nodded and turned to Inuyasha.

"Wha… why you all looking at me for?" He asked scoffing. Miroku and Sango chuckled lightly.

"It's so nice to see you here with us, Inuyasha." Sango said softly. He felt a tinge of a blush coming on but hid it from the group.

"And it's so nice to see my cousin actually talking to humans."

Everyone turned around to see Yuki standing there.

"What do you want, Utada?!" Sango shouted. She loathed Yuki. He was the epitome of everything she stood against. He was a hypocrite and she knew that underneath his 'cute boy' exterior… he wasn't anything special.

Yuki smiled and put a hand on Kagome's shoulder.

"I just wanted to congratulate Kagome on making friends." He eyed Inuyasha before releasing Kagome's shoulder. "Although it is peculiar that the half demon… who isn't Kagome's friend at all… happens to show up at the same table on the same day…" He walked a little closer to Inuyasha.

"Stay the hell away from him, Yuki!" Kagome shouted, standing up. Yuki sneered and looked at her.

"I knew you were friends with him!" His tone sounded ugly. He was showing it… his cruel side in the middle of the cafeteria. It was unbelievable.

"So, what's it to you?" Kagome asked, challenging him. Yuki stomped over to her and grabbed her by the shoulders, shaking her.

"Hey, take your hands off Kagome." Inuyasha shouted, pulling Yuki away from her. He fell to the floor, which caught the attention of everyone in the cafeteria. The half demon had crossed the line. He assaulted Yuki.

Yuki stood up and sneered toward the half demon. He drew back to punch him but felt two hands grab at his arm. He turned around to see Kagome holding him back.

"Stay out of this, bitch!" Yuki shouted, throwing her back. Kagome groaned as she hit the ground with a loud thud. Now every boy in school was involved. Kouga ran up to Yuki and punched him square in the face while Inuyasha ran to Kagome's side to help her up. Several members of Yuki's posse began shoving each other. Sango and Miroku grabbed Inuyasha and Kagome and fled from the chaos.

"What the hell just happened?" Miroku asked once they were a safe distance away. Sango slumped her shoulders in exhaustion and turned to Inuyasha.

"Yuki wasn't supposed to know that she was my friend…" He said sounding a little confused. Kagome looked up at them pathetically.

"I'm sorry, guys… this was my fault." She grabbed her arm. "I didn't think he'd try to hurt you, Inuyasha." Inuyasha blinked and turned away from her.

"Keh, don't worry about me, wench." Kagome smiled. "Are you okay, though?" He asked turning to her slightly. Kagome nodded and ran up to him, throwing her arms around him.

Sango and Miroku looked at each other confused and Inuyasha just blushed insanely.

"Ummm Kagome? Wha…why…" He couldn't even talk.

"Thank you so much." She said softly. She was free now. She could be Inuyasha's friend. Yuki already knew about it… and there wasn't anything he could do. She could stand up to him. It was all so perfect.

"Umm… sure… no problem." Inuyasha stuttered as Kagome let him go.

Miroku grabbed Sango's hand and smiled. "Let's get out of here… there's way too much drama for me." Sango nodded.

"You guys want to go with us for some ice cream?" She asked. Kagome nodded and turned to look at Inuyasha.

"Ehh… I can't. I've got some business to tend to." He said. Sango shrugged.

"Suit yourself." She said as the three walked out of school together. Inuyasha looked back in the direction of the cafeteria and walked towards it.

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Yuki stood in a dark alleyway, waiting for some one. It was dark and the thunder roared through the skies. A tall figure appeared in shadows.

"You came." Yuki said sounding surprised.

"Uhh… duh. When do I not come?" The figure asked. Yuki sighed and nodded, digging into his pocket.

"I need you to keep it going for just a little longer. I still have to figure out what Onigumo's up to." Yuki said quietly.

"Ahh man. Yuki! I thought would have figured it all out by now!" The other figure was shouting now, but Yuki shook his head.

"I have to keep Kagome safe." He said calmly. "Just please… continue on with what you're doing."

The other man rolled his eyes. "Fine. But how much longer? You know she's going to find out eventually." Yuki nodded his head.

"Well, we're just trying to protect her…" Yuki said turning to leave.

"Hey, wait! Do you think maybe you could lighten up on the whole 'reverse psychology' thing? Because earlier today in the cafeteria… I really felt like ripping your head off." Yuki sighed.

"If I told her she could be friends with you, she wouldn't go near you. So, don't flatter yourself, Inuyasha. To me, you're still the scum underneath my nails… I just need you to protect my cousin."

Inuyasha nodded and watched as Yuki walked off out of the alley.

AN (You might want to read this)– Duhn duhn duhn! So… Inuyasha is Kagome's protector? What the heck, right? Okay… honestly, I had the whole story all planned out… but then this popped in and WHAM! I was so happy. So… let me clear some things up. There is still a secret… this is not the one Sango was talking about. This is something no one but Yuki and Inuyasha know about. Okay… just to make sure you all know that much.

And also... Than you guys so much for the reviews. It really keeps this story going.

Review please… even if it's about something I did wrong… I love reviews.

Love always,

Patche