Author's note: Vacation is coming soon for me and I hope to work on possibly making longer chapters. I feel like I'm cheating you guys, and I'm sorry about that, but this one's a tad longer than the rest of them and believe me, I have the rest of this story planned already. And i also feel that i need to make something clear: KAGOME IS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IT IS MAY. SOUTA IS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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Chapter 7: Interruption

Things aren't always as they seem, but to Hojo, what he saw was death. And it was coming fast. He blushed and stood up straight. He knew that this silver haired man had seen everything but he played the innocent card.

"Hello. My name's Hojo. And you are?" He flashed a smile and held out a hand.

"None of your damn business!" He growled and cornered Hojo.

Hojo's eyes grew wide with fear. What are those…? Dog ears? And fangs? He looked down at the hand that was now picking him up by the collar of his shirt. Claws…?

"Who the hell do you think you are for taking advantage of Kagome like that? I outta rip your throat out!" He growled even louder and he threw Hojo at the door but missed and got slammed into the wall. Hojo grunted.

"Hey, if you're going to act like this, we might as well take this outside!" Hojo yelled. But InuYasha hadn't heard him.

After he had thrown him he had turned and said "Kagome! Are you okay?"

InuYasha froze. He knew that the Hobo-What's-His-Face had been touching her, he didn't like it, but he hadn't seen what she looked like…

InuYasha turned and looked at Hojo. "Get out." He flatly said.

"What?"

"Get out."

Hojo's eyes widened and he stood, brushed his clothes and left the room, only to tell Kagome's mother what had just taken place.

"Well, that's InuYasha for you." Souta was still stifling but still spoke to Hojo about it. "I mean, what are you gonna do? InuYasha is like Kagome's boyfriend. It's only expected. How else would he react?"

Hojo's eyes widened. "Boyfriend? But I thought I was…" His eyes flashed with anger.

"They try and act like their not together, but we all know it eventually going to happen between them." Grandpa sighed and Kagome's mother slightly nodded.

"But everyone at school knows. I mean, she acts like she's my girlfriend. We always go on dates…"

Souta sighed. "Honestly Hojo. How many dates have you two actually completed?" Hojo didn't answer.

"Of course," Souta stated. "InuYash does have an old girlfriend. Who knows? Maybe they'll decide to get back together and then you won't have to worry about it. Okay?"

Hojo smiled and nodded.

Souta actually hoped that InuYasha would never get back together with Kikyo. InuYasha was his hero and he wanted him to stay with his sister and become part of the family. It was just that everyone was already so depressed about Kagome's unconsciousness that he didn't want someone who was obviously grieving for his sister to feel bad about another thing. He put hope into Hojo, but he hoped that it was a false hope.

Souta's comment made Hojo's mind clear. He remembered all the times Kagome looked so sad at school and he'd overhear her friends talk about some two-timing boy who kept hurting her. Hojo hated it. He didn't want Kagome to be sad. She could be and would be perfectly happy with him. He didn't want her with some scoundrel that would cheat on her and hurt her. He would have to convince her to stay with him and away from that InuYasha freak, no matter how he did it.

InuYasha pushed the boy out of his mind when he saw Kagome lying on the bed. Bruised and bandaged, he could still smell her blood. He saw the gauze on her head and knew she had been badly injured. It's my fault… He could feel the stinging of tears behind his eyes. But he never cried. It wasn't like him, so he held them back. I wasn't here…

He placed his hand in her's. She's so cold… and her pulse is so weak… He looked around and saw mechanical objects all around the room. There were little wires that all attached themselves to Kagome. He dared not touch them.

InuYasha knew that he loved her. He had just never said it. He already knew Kikyo was nothing like Kagome and Kagome nothing like Kikyo. They may have shared a soul once, but that doesn't mean that they are the same people. Kagome never asked for him to change for her. She liked him the way he was. He'd heard her say it before.