She's Lookin Through Me

Chapter Eight – The Truth of It All

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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A year had passed since Kikyou's death… and the school still believed it was his fault. Yuki told them… he told everyone that Inuyasha was Kikyou's murderer. It was far from the truth, but when it comes to jealousy, anything can escape some one's lips, right?

Inuyasha sat in the courtyard outside of school pondering things as he always did. He didn't care that an entire school cast him aside. He didn't need them. The world had taken the one person that mattered to him… what was left?

It was late spring and the cherry blossoms, which had bloomed, were now falling all across the pavement. He looked up to find Yuki staring at him. He let out a 'keh' and stood up to see what Yuki could have wanted.

"Inuyasha… I've come to talk to you." He said simply, a cocky smile graced his lips making Inuyasha feel very uncertain. What could Yuki want now? He'd taken everything.

"What do you want, bastard?" Inuyasha asked in a growl. Yuki smiled to try and subdue the noise erupting from the hanyou's throat.

"I need your assistance." He said simply. "My dear aunt Higurashi called me this past weekend and told me my very popular, very beautiful cousin is moving here with me due to… well… a stalker." He said. Inuyasha glared at the boy. "I've come to ask that you will protect her when she arrives." He said simply. Inuyasha crossed his arms and looked at Yuki as if he were crazy to ask such a thing.

"Oh really? And why would I do this? I can't possibly owe you anything…" He said. Yuki smiled malevolently and tossed a crumpled up paper to the hanyou. Inuyasha looked at him before bending down to pick up the paper. He carefully read it over once he opened it.

'She's so beautiful… so fucking beautiful… and she talks to me.

I see them… see them all… staring at her like she'll fuck them… but she won't. Not my Kagome…

She's so gorgeous… I love how she'll look at me with those eyes begging me to take her away from all this…

And I would in a heartbeat…

I'll free you, Kagome… I promise…

You won't have to suffer with the burden any longer…'

Inuyasha looked up at Yuki. That had to be the most disgusting thing he'd ever read, and still… he couldn't care less.

"The boy that wrote that… is Onigumo Naraku." Inuyasha's ears twitched. Not Yuki had his attention.

"Yes… Naraku… the very same that murdered your precious Kikyou!" Yuki spat out. Inuyasha was still in shock. He wanted revenge so horribly. He wanted to slice the bastard open. 'Here he was trying to kill another woman… that disgusting bastard…'

Inuyasha sighed heavily as it was too much to take in and looked up at Yuki.

"What do you want me to do?" He asked no longer caring about the burden Yuki cursed him with… no longer caring about anything but exacting the revenge he so badly sought after.

Inuyasha sighed and rolled over on his bed… memories were filling his head like crazy. He couldn't fight them… he couldn't let go of them.

For some reason it seemed wrong now… to protect Kagome behind her back. It didn't start off for her. In fact, the only reason they were even friends was because he wanted to find Naraku. He didn't care about Kagome at all… but now…

'If Naraku did succeed… and do whatever the sick bastard wants to do… then…' He sighed. 'I love Kagome… but… I can't help feeling like this is so wrong. It's like she's bait. Bait used to catch a psycho path, molesting, freak.' His doorbell quickly assaulted his ears, freeing him from his memories and thoughts. He took a quick peak out his window and saw it was Miroku standing at the door. He sighed and crawled out of bed lazily to go and answer it.

"Yea?" He asked, opening the door. Miroku stood with a giant grin across his face.

"You still want help on how to win Kagome?" He asked. Inuyasha smiled slightly.

"Sure." He said, letting Miroku in. The boy looked around.

"Sesshoumaru isn't home, is he?" He asked remembering how fond Inuyasha's half brother was of him. Inuyasha shook his head.

"He's on vacation with his wife." He said. "But he left the girl with me…" Inuyasha muttered under his breath. Miroku smiled.

"Ahh… Rin is a handful… I remember." He said. Inuyasha nodded and plopped down on the couch.

"So, you've got more great perving tips for me or what?" Miroku sighed and shook his head, placing his hands in his lap and turning to face his cousin.

"Well… there's something you should probably know…" Inuyasha said softly, looking away from Miroku. He cocked his head to the side.

"The only reason I even started a friendship with Kagome was because… because her cousin hired me to protect her." He said simply. Miroku nodded.

"Is that bad?" He asked. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"Well, for one… the guy I'm protecting her from is Naraku." Miroku's eyes widened.

"You mean… the one that killed…" He started. Inuyasha nodded slowly. "So… you only agreed because you wanted revenge?" Miroku asked knowing his cousin too well.

"Yea…"

"If you don't mind my saying… it is kind of strange that Yuki would have gone to you for help after he spread that rumor that you had something to do with Kikyou's death…" He said softly.

"No, I know… I haven't figured out why he'd pick me. That stupid wolf demon, Kouga, could more than definitely handle something like this probably a lot better than me… and he's in love with Kagome, so…" Miroku sighed.

"Maybe he's trying to get back at you somehow…" He said. Inuyasha turned his head to him and kept his amber gaze fixated on Miroku.

"What I mean is that… he will probably tell Kagome that you were merely using her as bait… after he knew that no one could resist his cousin…" Miroku turned to glance at the coffee table for a moment before turning back to the hanyou. "I'm sure no one would want to hear that they were merely used to exact some one's revenge for an ex-lover." Inuyasha nodded.

"But when he offered it to me… I certainly didn't think I'd ever feel anything for Kagome… but when I first saw her there was… it was like a trance. In that moment, I knew I should have said no to him… I could have found Naraku on my own, killed him and never gotten myself into this mess." Miroku nodded.

"Well, that's what you should have done, but it's in the past… so there's no sense in dwelling on it." He said simply. "What you should do is go to Yuki and tell him that you can find Naraku on your own and you want nothing to do with this protection organization thing he's set up for his cousin." Miroku said. "Oh, and… does Kagome know her cousin is doing this for her?"

Inuyasha shook his head. "Yuki told me specifically to never ever tell anyone. So, I'm breaking the rules a bit and asking for your help." Inuyasha sighed. "I don't know what to do, though. If I tell Yuki I want out, he'll ask why and once I tell him my reasoning, he'll assume I have feelings for Kagome which is completely forbidden anyway…" He sighed. "So, then he'd end up telling Kagome everything and probably making it a much worse story than it is like he did with Kikyou." Inuyasha let out a keh. "Saying that I killed her like that…" He furrowed his brows.

"Well, no doubt he definitely wants to ruin your life after you stole Kikyou from him."

Inuyasha remembered… Yuki and Kikyou had been together just before she was with Inuyasha… she broke up with him to be with Inuyasha… a half demon… lower than the low… and Yuki couldn't handle it. So he told lies to everyone about Inuyasha… said he was a bad person and all things evil. But, he had Kikyou by his side, so none of it mattered…

But once his girlfriend was murdered by Naraku… everything went horribly wrong. Yuki told many students that it was Inuyasha who killed Kikyou.

What was even worse was no questions were asked… no one doubted it. Inuyasha was guilty without even a second thought.

He cringed at the memory. Now he had friends, though… he had Kagome, and Miroku, and Sango all to lean on… which was something he hadn't had for over a year.

Miroku sighed and looked at the clock. "Well, I'll crash out here tonight it that's all right with you." He said lying on the couch. Inuyasha picked himself up off the couch and sulked back into his bedroom.

'I don't think I've ever seen him so upset…' Miroku thought. 'Not even after the rumor about Kikyou spread…' He looked at the ground. 'He must really want to keep Kagome by his side…'

AN – Thank you guys for all the reviews and all the birthday wishes. It means a lot to me… ahh. I'm so astonished. This story is so popular. I'm so happy. Umm so this chapter kind of explains everything about the Kikyou and Naraku thing… I'm sorry there was no fluff. I'll put some in sometime soon.

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

Love always,

Patche