AN: This is a really good song, if you haven't heard it before, you must listen to it. It can really change your life, and that's a good thing. I thought of this story because this song needs to be heard, and what they sing in the lyrics is what really goes on in our lives. I hope you enjoy this story. If you know the song, and you have a friend that hasn't heard it before, please share this story with them. It might change their lives, it might help, or it might not. But it's worth the effort. Please, enjoy the story.
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own Hero, Superchick does. I also don't own Inuyasha, someone else does.
You Could be a HeroInuyasha laughed, and so did many other people as Fuji fell to the ground. He tried to get up again, but Inuyasha pushed him right back down on the ground once more.
"Come on, Fuji!" Inuyasha said. "Strike me like a man!"
Fuji didn't say a word, his lips were swollen, his eye was purple and black, and his nose was bleeding. No one stopped the fight, and no one stopped laughing. Kagome watched from afar, seeing the pain in Fuji's eyes, and on his body as Inuyasha and many other tormented him, made fun of him, and pushed him down. It wasn't long after a teacher came out to stop the fight, shooing away the students to their classes. Kagome stayed where she was, watching as the teacher helped Fuji onto his feet, and cleaning up his face.
No one talks to him, he doesn't fit it in
But we feel like we do when we make fun of him
'Cause he wants to belong, do you go along?
'Cause his pain is the price paid for you to belong
It's not like you hate him or want him to die
But maybe he goes home and thinks suicide
Or he comes back to school with a gun at his side
And a kindness from you might have saved his life
Heroes are made when you make a choice
You could be a hero – heroes do what's right
You could be a hero – you might save a life
You could be a hero – you could join the fight
For what's right, for what's right, for what's right
Kagome saw Fuji die the next day, and no one was laughing then. Inuyasha didn't speak for the rest of the day, and everyone was grieving. One girl, Maki, was especially sad. Fuji was her only friend, but he killed himself, and now she was alone. Kagome saw her everyday, scars on her arms, and tears always in her eyes. No one ever spoke a word to poor Maki, because she was different.
No one talks to her, she feels so alone
She's in too much pain to survive on her own
The hurt she can't handle over flows to a knife
She writes on her arm, wants to give up her life
Each day she goes on is a day that she's brave
Fighting the lie that giving up is the way
Each moment of courage, her own life she saves
When she throws the pills out, a hero is made
Heroes are made when you make a choice
You could be a hero – heroes do what's right
You could be a hero – you might save a life
You could be a hero – you could join the fight
For what's right, for what's right, for what's right
The next day, Maki no longer had scars on her arms. She was talking to everyone, and everyone was talking to her. Kagome had listened to a conversation going on one day, while walking to class.
"I was so tired of living," Maki had said. "But I just knew I had to go on, because I knew it would get better. So, I threw the pills out the window, and now I'm a different person!"
In the back hallway, hiding behind everyone, was Hideki, leaning against the wall. He looked like he had just come out of a motorcycle magazine, with his leather jacket, and dark jeans. His parents had just gotten a divorce, and neither of his parents wanted him or his little brother. So, Hideki lived in a small apartment outside of town, with not so much as a couch to sleep on. But, he did his best to take care of his little brother, and they were both alive.
No one talks to him about how he lives
He thinks that the choices he makes are just his
Doesn't know he's a leader with the way he behaves
And others with follow the choices he's made
He lives on the edge, he's old enough to decide
His brother who wants to be him is just nine
He can do what he wants, because it's his right
The choices he makes change a nine-year-old's life
Heroes are made when you make a choice
You could be a hero – heroes do what's right
You could be a hero – you might save a life
You could be a hero – you could join the fight
For what's right, for what's right, for what's right.
"Little Mikey D was the one in class, who everyday got brutally harassed," Inuyasha said, standing up on the table in the cafeteria. He was tired of being a bully, tired of driving someone to suicide. Kagome watched from below him, but then she too stood up on the table, clapping her hands along with him. "This went on for years until he decided never again would he shed another tear. So he walked through the door, grabbed the 44 out of his father's dresser door, and said 'I can't take like no more,' and like that, a life can be lost. But this ain't even about that, all of us just sat back and watched it happen, thinking it's not our responsibility to solve a problem, it isn't even about me. This is our problem, this is just one of the daily scenarios which we choose compromise instead of doing the right thing. If we make the choice to be the voice for those who wont speak up for themselves, how many lives can we change, save and rearrange? It's our time to pick a side, so don't keep walking by, not wanting to intervene 'cause you just want to exist and never be seen. So let's wake up, change the world, our time is now!"
Kagome nodded, throwing her fist in the air. "You could be a hero – heroes do what's right."
Inuyasha threw his fist in the air, a couple other people doing the same. "Our time is now!"
"You could be a hero – you might save a life."
"Our time is now!"
"You could be a hero – you could join the fight!"
"Our time is now!"
"For what's right, for what's right, for what's right."
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AN: I hope you all enjoyed this story. Thanks for reading!
Mandi