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Miracles can Happen

Chapter 1

SMACK! A heavy bowl flew across the room and hit a young girl in the face. More inanimate objects soared over and continued to pummle the girl to black and blue. Curses in a foreign tongue were shouted at the resistant girl.

It was dinner time at the Higurashi household and all was as usual. The domestic violence that raged every night for as long as Kagome could remember, tore whatever was left of the family bond even further apart. Mr. Higurashi. An engineer who 'cared' for his family and career, well that was what he was like on the outside. In the privacy of the Higurashi home he was a monster who beat his daughter to tears each night over simple mistakes.

It was Tuesday and that was the night that Kagome had to do extra laundry and make the dinner. So as she prepared the meal, and watched her little brother of one year, her mother sat in her recliner drinking a martinee. "Hurry it up I want to watch Opera with some grub!" her mother shouted at her from the other room. Kagome didn't say anything but held her tongue because even if she said something quite acceptable her mother would go on a full out screaming fest.

Soon the pot roast was done and the mashed potatoes needed to be stirred. All was quiet except for the noises the t.v. was making, the sound of cooking, and Souta playing on the floor. He had 3 toys to play with, a small duck, which doubled as a bath time toy, a few blocks, and a little bear. Sure the family wasn't poor and could at least afford to pay for a few child toys, but Mr. Higurashi's philosophy was that if you spoil a child with expenses, then the child will grow up to believe that their parent will pay for anything. Mr.Higurashi didn't think toys would help his children. Punches and physical torture might, but only when they deserved it. Cases of when they 'deserve' it might be when Souta sneezed, or Kagome cooked too slow. So the children grew up believing that these things were wrong.

Kagome began to pile large amounts of food on the two plates. Slowly and laboriously she struggled to lift the dishes and cater them to the living room which had become her parents private dinner-and-a-movie. Kagome set them down in front of her parents who grabbed their utensils and dug in wildly, they completely ignore their sixteen year old daughter. Trudging wearily back to the kitchen Kagome found that Souta had fallen asleep on the floor. Carefully and as quietly as she could, she scooped her little brother up and made her way to their room.

As it seems obvious the parents don't really like Souta and Kagome. Which brings me to Ryoki. Ryoki is the twenty two year old brother with his own job, dorm and college to attend. So basically he did not stick around with his parents any longer than necessary. He barely came to visit which happened once but only so he could move his stuff out. Kagome and Souta were all alone to fend off their folks. Kagome was strong though if not for herself than for Souta.

A broken family with nothing left to hang on to. The parents dislike the children and wouldn't mind getting rid of them. The children hate their home but have no where else to go. So what are Kagome and Souta to do? They have no money and nobody to care for them. What their looking for is a miracle. A miracle that will rush into their lives and change them forever. So where is their miracle? It all starts tomorrow, the day things get changed. It was a Wednesday...

RING! RING! RING! I woke up to find my stupid alarm clocking making way more noise than it should be. Grumbling I reached over and shut it off. I slowly pulled myself up off the bed, careful to not wake up Souta just yet. I rubbed all traces of weariness from my eyes as I realized what time it was. 7:00. OH MY GOD! I still need to make everyone breakfast, take a shower, get Souta ready and get myself ready. This was going to be hectic morning. I made my way downstairs and hurriedly got out some eggs, bacon, pancake mix, and coffee, the usual menu for my cruel mother and father. I started cooking in a frenzy, stirring the eggs, flipping the bacon, and making sure the pancakes don't burn. Ok, everything was almost ready, all I need to do is put everything on the table and cover it to keep it warm. With that done, I rushed back to my room to awaken Souta. He needs to have a bath in the morning too, so my solution to this was to let him take a shower with me. Gently I called him to wake up, "Souta, baby, come on honey wake up come we need to go to school now." I picked him up with extreme care and went to the bathroom.

The thing is that Souta doesn't really go to school to learn, in a way he goes to teach. Since I can't take care of him during school, and god forbid my mom and dad actually take care of their own son, I take him to my high school. Souta is one of the babies used in House care, and management class, where students practice diapering him, and feeding him. It was a deal the teacher and I had worked out. I let her take Souta for her class, and she doesn't tell the school board I take toddlers to school, not that she ever would. Ms.Kaede was one of the nicest teachers to me. She always had a kind word or two to say and was really a lifesaver when she agreed to take Souta during the day. At the beginning of the school year I used to stash him in the teachers lounge, where usually a teacher was to help care for him. Most teachers couldn't resist Souta's cute little baby charm, and would agree to watch him for period. Soon though the teachers had grown wise to the diapers and the feeding and everything that comes with a one year old. After that Ms. Kaede saw how I was having a problem with him, and immediatly tried to help. So thats where Souta and I go everyday. Considering how high schools can be, school was much better than being home. Not that I had a choice. Mom and dad insisted I come home right after the bell rings and not a moment later, so I could take their abuse and cater to their every whim.

Well, after the showering and eating was finished, I was really late. I myself didn't eat anything or risk being even more late. I grabbed my shoes and sped out the door, books and baby bag in one hand, the actual baby in the other. As I neared the school I noticed the utterly empty parking lot. I rushed on hoping to not be so late to make my teacher mad. Uh oh...I just remembered that they lock the doors from the outside. How was I supposed to get in? I stood panting in the landing of the front doors to the school. Feeling totally worthless my eyes began to water. Suddenly a noise behind me made me turn abruptly. Oh...my...god... It was this leather jacketed macho jock who was at least twice as big as me. "Locked out huh?..." he leaned against the wall and stared at me. Although I was a little frantic so I hadn't noticed where his eyes were wandering." I got a key. You want to get in?" Nervously I nodded. "Then follow me babe."

He started his manly strut away from the front doors and more towards the back of the school. "Ummm where are we going?"

"The back entrance babe the back." I ignored his feminist comment and meekly followed after. After a while we came to a part of the school I had never seen before. He dragged a key out his pants pocket and strolled to a very grafitied door.

"Are you uh..sure we're supposed to be here? I mean I don't think I have been here before." He chuckled and said,

"So it's your first time huh? Well don't worry it'll be pleasant enough...If not for you than definetly for me babe." I was totally confused now. Where in the world am I? I decided wherever we were at least it was way inside. With a click he opened the door a crack, then gestured for me to go ahead. I paced over trying to get by him, but he moved and I ended up brushing against him. "Oh you're going to be a fun one I can tell babe." I gave him the what are you even thinking about, with my eyebrow raised and everything. A grin broke out on his face and he shoved me inside, almost making Souta cry with the force. Realizing that I had a kid with me he looked down at my charge. His grin, if possible grew even more. "So you've done it before huh babe? That's great babe, the more experience the better."

"Ummmm excuse me? What are you talking about? And where are we going?"

"Playing hard to get huh babe? Well none of that, I'm interested in ya, so come on enjoy it. And we're going someplace where no teacher knows about, that way we can get lot's of privacy babe."

He grabbed my wrist, causing me to drop my book bag, and the baby bag. I only clutched Souta in my other arm. He proceeded to drag me down a narrow hallway, where numerous couples leaned up against the wall making out. Some had discarded clothing around them on the floor. Others were actually on top of each other rolling around in the dirty, and dim lighted hall. Holy freaking schnitzel! If I didn't stop this right now he was going to rape me! No one would probably help me out because everyone here had their faces glued to each other, in the wild animal mating positions. I started to scream, "HELP HELP HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME HE'S GOING TO FREAKING RAPE ME!"

"Heh, getting into huh babe? Gonna make this one of those damsels in distress kinda thing? Cool, we'll do it your way." Was this guy clueless or what. Maybe this is the first time anybody has ever said no to him before. As he continued to grip my wrist, we started to come to a deserted passageway. "I claimed the Room for the whole day babe. Even though it's sorta closer to the boys gym lockers, I'm sure no one will bother us. Besides all the guys get the lockers in the front, nobody ever uses the back ones. So you can get as loud as you want babe. Scream my name in fact, I want you to, it's more fun that way." I had to do something quick because he came to a door and opened it. Inside was a HUGE bed. It had silk sheets, and pillows, on the floor next to it was a box. What am I going to do. Struggling was no use, I had already tried it and he took it the wrong way. I started screaming as loud as I could, maybe there was at least one decent guy in the locker room who would help me.

"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME! THIS GUY IS CRAZY! HE'S GOING TO RAPE ME! SOMEBODY HELP ME! HELP HELP!" With all the screaming I was doing, Souta began to wail. His sound got louder and louder. By this time the guy threw me across the room, to land safely on the bed. He closed and locked the door. Then he began to strip...

In the locker room...

A tall, silver haired, golden eyed boy, ran throughout the lockers. Him and his friend Miroku were playing catch with a tennis ball he had swiped from the equipment room. Miroko threw it too high and it went sailing over the rows of lockers into the dark shadowy back area that no one used. InuYasha was looking for his ball, in each row. The dark made him squint to see where it was. Now he was at the very last row. Suddenly sounds were coming from the back wall.

Hmph prolly some couple who decided to skip class and have some 'fun' . InuYasha thought to himself. As he looked the shouts got louder and louder. Jeez do they have to make that much noise? He listened to an obviously female voice cry out. Hey... She's yelling for help... I wonder... Then he heard it. It could not have been more clear to him.

"Get off me you stupid jerk! I don't want this! Leave me alone! Your making my baby cry!" InuYasha understood it, well except for the baby part. He had to do something. The poor girl was going to be raped for cripes sake! He searched for a door. There! At the end of the row of lockers! He raced down and jerked the door open. Beyond it were dark hallways, but there was a door on the side of the hall a little way down. InuYasha sped toward the door, and practically wretched the door open, only, the door was locked. How is he supposed to get in? Backing up, InuYasha charged toward the door and rammed into it, causing the whole door to fall on the inside of the room. What he saw made him extremely furious. A guy, what was his name? Hmmmmmm oh yeah Hojo. Hojo was wearing only his boxers and the girl he was attempting to rape was wearing only her bra and underwear. Hey she looked good... NO! He was there to save her. Hojo looked up angrily. "Hey is everyone against me! First the chick won't take her clothes off, and I have to do it for her forcefully, then some guy marches in here, and breaks the door down!" InuYasha was at the guys throat in seconds.

"Leave...her...alone" he growled while his hands were holding Hojo up by his throat.

"She's mine! I got her first! You can have her when I'm done!" Hojo screamed at InuYasha.

"Don't you get it? Leave her the hell alone." With that InuYasha threw him out in the hall, where Hojo picked himself up and ran, completely forgetting he was only wearing boxers. InuYasha turned toward the girl who seemed to be in complete shock.

"You...You...You saved me!" Kagome managed to sputter out.

"Yeah well he was about to rape you wasn't he?" InuYasha noticed the girl was crying. "Hey, whats wrong? He didn't actually do you did he?" The girl continued to trail tears down her cheeks, completely silent. Well it would be silent if that wailing didn't stop. Where was it coming from anyway? InuYasha bent over and tried to locate the source of the noise. It was coming from somewhere under the bed. He stuck his arm around to grab the little noisemaker, when something latched on to his arm. Slowly he pulled out a sobbing baby. "Whoa..." InuYasha picked him up and held him, unsure of what to do. The baby curled into his neck and immediately ceased crying. The baby was snoozing within seconds, tired from wailing so long. InuYasha was completely shocked and astonished, wow did he do that? The kid stopped his siren, because of him? Whoa... He looked up to the girl on the bed, who was still frozen except for the silent tears making their way down her face. Slowly and cautiously, InuYasha made his way toward the her, on the way he picked up her skirt and blouse. He handed them to her, and said "So, what's your name? And how did you come across Hojo?" She said nothing as she stood up. Without realizing what was happening, the girl threw her arms around InuYasha's neck and started to sob uncontrollably into the baby and his shirt. With his free hand, InuYasha patted her on the back, completely bewildered as to what to do. He set the baby down on the bed and held the sobbing girl with both hands. She was all the way pressed up next to him, for comfort. InuYasha could feel her whole chest on his, I mean she wasn't wearing a shirt. Man she was big! It was the perfect size, if you know what I mean After about ten minutes , She stopped and looked up at him.

"Kagome," she whispered. "I'm really sorry for getting your shirt wet. I...I...didn't mean to carry on like that." Suddenly a grin broke out on her face, and she started giggling.

"What's so funny?" the confused InuYasha asked.

"You've had to hold two crying people and comfort them, it's your day for dealing with hysterical people." InuYasha chuckled at this.

"Wench..." he muttered Clearing his throat, he said, "I think you might want to put some clothes on. If you want to, I'm ok with you now, although I'm not going to rape you or anything." she grinned at the joke, then realized she was almost naked in front of someone she barely knew. Kagome's cheek flushed with embarrassment, as she quickly grabbed her clothes from his hand. She turned around and slipped her skirt on, giving InuYasha a great front row view from behind. Then she pulled her blouse on, and began buttoning it up the front. Meanwhile, Souta had woken up and was staring at InuYasha. The little baby raised his hands up to him and said " 'gomay!" InuYasha took the hint and picked him up, bad idea. Souta grabbed a fist full of his long silver hair and yanked, screeching with joy at his new toy. Gritting his teeth, InuYasha pulled his silver locks out of the toddlers hands, pledging to never do that again. He looked back over to Kagome to see if she was dressed yet. She was just buttoning her last button. She bent over to tie her shoe. Wow she was just over flowing with great views! InuYasha thought to himself. "Look, I'm really sorry if you were busy or anything."

"Nah, I just had gym, it's ok if I miss one class, it's not going to hurt my grades or anything."

" You really saved me you know. If you had come two minutes later, I wouldn't be a virgin anymore. I'd be some slut...like...like Kikyo."

"You're a virgin? Then whose the kid belong to?"

"Oh he's my brother, I have no where to take him during the day because of...of some problems at home. My parents can't, no my parents won't watch him, and I love him so much I don't want him to be neglected. So he goes to Ms. Kaede for her class.

"I see...Do your parents neglect you?"

"Ummm...well...Hey I don't have to answer you! It's my business if my parents abuse me or not!"

"Your parents abuse you? You shouldn't stay with them then, go get your own place." By this point Kagome had given up trying to hide the fact that her parents were violent. So she answered his questions truthfully.

"I can't get a place, I have no money, I have no where to go. No place to stay. There is no possible way I can support myself, Souta, and go to school at the same time."

"Why don't you come to my place? You can room with me if you want."

"What! I couldn't possibly... I barely even know you! I don't even know your name!"

"It's InuYasha, and wouldn't it be better for Souta? I mean eventually your parents are going to beat him too right?"

"Yeah they almost did the other night, he had laughed too hard and my dad was watching t.v. My dad just went beserk. He came flying out and started to wind up for the punch. If I had't stood in the way, he would be like..."

"Like you?" InuYasha finished her sentence for her.

"Yeah " she said quietly. "I think I'll stick it out a little longer though, I just can't move out to some stranger's house! I mean if you have your own place, you don't live with parents right? Then you must have roommates, which are probably boys. Am I right?"

InuYasha thought to himself, damn she was good, she was right also.

"I only live with my brother and my friend Miroku. Miroku is a little on the lecherous side but he wouldn't try anything besides grabbing your ass. And Sesshomaru is never there, he's always out. If you seriously think you should stay at home then be my guest but I really think you should come with me"

"No thats ok, I'll be tough. Got to be. For Souta. Now excuse me I have classes to attend." With that she gently pried Souta from InuYasha's arms, collected her stuff and headed for the door.

"Wait!" InuYasha called, "What's your last name?"

"Higurashi" she called behind her shoulder. Then Kagome turned the corner and was lost from sight.