Demons from Heaven

by the answer is 42

Kagome is your average high school student, or at least, that’s how she lets on. She’s beaten and abused, treated like a dog by her father, older sister, and her grandmother. Then she meets Inuyasha, a strange boy that claims to be a halfdemon, and it’s j

1. sealed with a kiss

Hello!!!! I am back in business! Oh Yeah!

I know that it's been…oh, I don't know….a VERY long time sense I wrote anything, AT ALL. Well, unless it was school stuff; poems, autobiographies, random stories…not my fault they keep making us write them.

Evil: two of which your teacher published in the literary magazine.

42: Shut up!!!

This story I actually had the idea for a long time ago. I have really no idea why I thought it up, but I did. It's kind of turned around the plot and characters in Kagome's life completely. Here's a summery of it:

Kagome is your average high school student, or at least, that's how she lets on. She's beaten and abused, treated like a dog by her father, older sister, and her grandmother. Then she meets Inuyasha, a strange boy that claims to be a half-demon, and it's just too good to be true. Will he save her from her abused life? Or just cause even more problems and hurt for her?

Yeah, so the parings are (of course) Inuyasha x Kagome

Miroku x Sango

Sesshomeru x Rin (Rin's a lot older than she is in the anime/manga) I am still debating Miroku x Sango, and Sesshomeru x Rin, though

Shippo: hello! Well the answer is 42 has another story and here it is. (Disclaimer) And she does not own any thing… ANYTHING. Well maybe the plot…. We're still working on that.

So, here we are, ENJOY!!! (I am; in fact, open for any changes, suggestions, and/or comments. Tell me what you think, and if you think I could improve at all!) Sometimes I have no idea what I'm talking about, which is actually what I'm asking for your help and opinions in.

Evil: like your talking about leaves, umbrellas, and cats at the moment.

42: yeah… kind of like that.

Evil: well lets get on with the story.

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Demons from Heaven ch. 1: Sealed With a Kiss

Kagome's POV

I walked down the hallways, silent, slightly invisible as always. My hair, falling in little, charcoal colored waves down my back, bounced ever so slightly with every step I took towards the lunch room, and the only friends I had; the shy, beautiful Sango, who liked to sneak her pet cat into her bag where ever she went, and ever happy, optimistic Rin, who lived in the orphanage a mile away from the High School.

Rin and Sango were the only ones who noticed me, the only ones who took the time to care even the smallest bit about me at all. It was them, and only them, who had stopped me from committing suicide. Yes, I had, at one point, thought about taking my own life to escape the pain and loneliness of the world I lived in. For that, I owed them everything I could possibly ever give to them, but they never asked for anything except for me to stay alive and well.

I walked into the lunchroom and looked over the 1000's (or at least it looked like that) of heads to find my friends. I saw them; the table where they were sitting was at the far end of the room, the farthest far end of the room, in fact. I went to them, treading threw the waves of students milling around, looking for a place to sit, yelling for their friends to get their attention, pulling on others arms to drag them to a table full of other people, laughing, smiling, things I rarely did before I had met Rin or Sango.

"KAGOME! HI!!!" It was Rin. Exuberant as always, waving me over like a red flag. "KAGOME!!! OVER HERE! KA-GO-ME!!!!" I smiled at the child-like antics of my friend. I reached the table and sat down next to Sango, who was feeding her cat. It oddly had two tails, we had Never really figured out why, its name was Kirara, and Sango loved her like she was a human child.

"Hey Rin, hi Sango," I said, Sango looked up, startled; she'd been so absorbed with her cat that she hadn't even heard Rin screaming her lungs out.

"Oh, hey Kagome" said Sango, smiling at me, "OW! Kirara, that hurt!" she taped the cats' nose gently; while feeding her, Kirara had bitten Sango's finger by accident. She mewed indignantly.

Sango's eyes, which had been on Kirara, now looked towards my left wrist, "Wait, Kagome, what's this…?" Sango reached out her hand and lightly took my wrist for inspection, "You've got more bruises! Kagome…they-they hit you again, didn't they…?" she didn't wait for my answer. "Please, Kagome…please, just…just tell some one. Please"

"Oh no. Let me see" It was Rin who spoke, tone serious. Sango, ignoring my protests, handed my arm to Rin across the table. Rin took it and looked worriedly down at the large bruise that was protruding from under the sleeve of my school uniform. Though big and purple, the only ones who could have noticed it were Rin, Sango, or the people who had inflicted it in the first place.

I pulled my arm back, sharper than intended, and said, "No, I've told you…if I tell anyone, anyone at all…then…where will I go afterwards? No other relatives, no nothing, I'll go to a Social Services center, or something. No, Rin, those are nothing like orphanages…nothing at all…because you know that you have a family, you know their alive, but you also know…that they hate you…hate you for putting them in jail…where they might actually belong…but, still…" I trailed off hopelessly; they were string at me like this information was going in one ear, then out of the other. They weren't going to listen. I sighed, "I'm not going to tell anyone, now, lets change the topic before people start wanting to listen to our conversation, though why, I cant even BEGIN to imagine."

"Fine"

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Lunch ended soon, sooner than I would have thought possible for an hour and 30 min. to be able to, and it was time to leave to school. We had "F Lunch" or the lunch that you have at the VERY end of the day, sometimes it surprises me that we can actually concentrate on our school work when we're starving throughout the day.

I was dreading going home. It wasn't that I failed anything; in fact, I got an A+ on a calculus test. No, I hated my family, more than you would even think to be possible. You may be saying, "You can't hate your family, it's just not possible!" but, believe me, it is.

Rin and Sango said good bye before they both went their separate ways to go home; Rin straight down the rode to the orphanage, and Sango, going left to the manor that she lived in with her father and younger brother, Kohaku. Sango's family was kind of rich, but we didn't really talk about it all that much.

I however was going right, down the path that had little imaginary lightning bolts striking the points where my feet were hitting the ground. Yes, imaginary…

I walked down the familiar rode, jumping carelessly over cracks in the sidewalk as cars whizzed by, oblivious to the fact that I was not merely jumping over cracks, but avoiding lightning bolts as well. As I jumped over a particularly large crack, I landed in the mouth of an alley, stretched between a grocery store and an unoccupied building. It seemed to go on forever into some dark abyss, though I could see the faintest of faint outlines of a brick wall at the very end of the ally, a dead end rode.

For some, unknown reason, I stopped, and looked down into the alley. There was someone there; I could just make out their outline in the gloom. They were leaning against the wall closest to me, and they moved their head slightly, noticing my hesitation to move onward from the alley, but they made no more moves than that. I hurried on.

My house was coming up on the left, much to fast for my liking. It was a semi large house, with 3 bedrooms, and 1 (and a half) bathroom. I liked my house, but, it was no home for me. Its rooms held no feeling of safety or comfort, only fear and abuse. I tried to slow my pace, in fact, I did slow my pace, but, the inevitable is impossible to stop. I pulled back the garden door to the concrete slabs than made up the front walk, and slowly strode up them.

Instead of going in the front, I took a detour. Going behind the house, past the garbage, then the old swing set. Passing that brought back painful, unwanted memories of my mother, who had died when I was very young, about 3 or 4. I actually managed to pass under the window on the side of the house, making it less likely that they would have seen me. I finally reached the back patio door. I opened it slowly and poked my head through it, then walked completely into the kitchen.

I sighed in relief. Good, no one in here. I put my backpack down in a chair, and walked over to the fridge, opened it, and took out a coke, and it was one of those really nice cokes that are in the glass bottles. I took off the top with a twist, and brought it to my lips. I herd foot steps on the linoleum floor and nearly dropped the coke from my hand.

"Kagome…is that you girl?" it was the wizened old voice of my grandmother. "I know that you had a test today, how was it?" feigned kindness and curiosity.

I turned around, smiling; I was thinking 'None of your business! You damned fraud!' but what I said was, "Hello grandma! I actually haven't gotten those test results back yet, but on a test last week I got an-"but I didn't get to finish my sentence, my father came in just then, all special in his office suite, briefcase thrown over his shoulder; just his presence suggested that he was angry at something…or, perhaps…someone.

"Father, he-hello. How was work today?" I asked. My father scared me more than anything else on this earth, so I couldn't help but stutter in his presence, and I hated it.

He looked at me with scrutinizing eyes, analyzing everything from my nervous expression, to my hands twisting the hem of my shirt, "What did you do today?" he asked sharply. I flinched

"I-I went to school, t-took a test" I hated the way I would stutter in front of him, "…um…h-had lunch, a-an-and I…uh…c-came home. T-That's-That's all…" He was still glaring at me when I finished. I looked down at my feet, shuffling them nervously.

"And what did you get on that test, Kagome?" he asked. Crap…

"I-I d-don't know…we only t-took it today…w-we haven't gotten them back yet…b-but-"and before I knew it my grandmother was shouting at my father. I looked up just in time to get smacked hard in my right eye by his fist. I literally flew back into the chair behind me, knocking over many other chairs in the process, and banging my head on the table. My grandmother stood in front of me, although cruel, she would never hit me, unlike my father…

"You can't, not while I'm here"…but she would still never stop him.

I got shakily to my feet and, without saying a word, grabbed a hoodey jacket off the coat rack, though it was the middle of spring, then ran out of the back door, pulling it over my head as I did so.

I could still hear my grandmother and my father fighting as I flew out of the door, then down the side yard, and into the front yard. As I practically tore down the garden gate, I met my older sister coming home from where ever the hell it is that she goes to, and she looked at me with amusement and curiosity, and then I was past her like the wind.

I ran hurriedly down the rode, no idea where I was headed, like most times, though I was always in the house when wondering, never actually having the chance to run away. It's not like this happened everyday, only when my father was in any type of bad mood…which just so happens to be often, even more so than before…

I didn't know where I was until I was nearly back on school grounds again, right in front of that same alley. I looked up at the sky, breathing heavily, I'd run the whole way here and I was absolutely exhausted. I wondered if it should be raining…then at least I wouldn't be so hot in this stupid jacket.

"Why do I get the feeling it should be raining…?"

I whirled around, startled by the sudden, unfamiliar voice. It was a boy, his long, silver white hair tied in a pony tail at the nape of his neck and a baseball cap on top of his head, throwing his eyes into shadow. The boy was wearing a long sleeved red shirt that perfectly fit his well defined upper body, and normal jeans. What I could see of his face was very handsome. He was leaning against the wall of the unoccupied building next to the grocery store, and I must admit, looking very cool (or is the word sexy…?).

"W-who…?" I asked. Damnit! I was still stuttering, I tried again, "Who are you?" there, that's better.

He chuckled, "Where are my manors? …We have met before, actually, though not in the way one might consider a meeting…" I could see his slight grin under the rim of his hat, "Really people would say that…you just happened to…pass me by."

Then I remembered; the person in the alley. For some, unknown reason, I stopped, and looked down into the alley. There was someone there; I could just make out their outline in the gloom. They were leaning against the wall closest to me, and they moved their head slightly, noticing my hesitation to move onward from the alley, but they made no more moves than that. I hurried on.

"Were you the one I walked past? In this alley?" Had he been there when I came down this way? I didn't think he had…what if…what if… "Did…did you follow me?!"

"Well…if you're asking if I stalked you, the yes, yes I did." His grin turned to a smirk, "Why? I have no idea…I wanted to, I guess."

I was absolutely speechless…this weird-o boy followed me home?! "Is that ALL you've go to say??? You basically stalked me all the way back to my house and-!" wait…had he…seen?

He answered my unspoken question, "They or rather, he hits you…your father…?" He pushed himself gently off the wall, and angled his head a different way, so that the sun hit his shadowed eyes, not directly, but in a way that made them shimmer beautifully in the sunlight. It was all I could do to not gasp at their beauty. His eyes were a deep amber, butterscotch with dark chocolate brown surrounding the edges and a lighter, slivery brown around his oddly elongated, oval shaped pupil, "Not that its got anything to do with me, but you need some help with that." He stated

"Yeah? Well, where do you suppose I get this "help"?" I asked, with air quotations. His smirk, which had disappeared when he had told me that he knew I was beaten, returned.

"Me of course" he said simply.

I stared at him blankly, "Huh?" I asked stupidly. He nodded smugly.

"Yes me! Who else?" he gestured around himself, showing that there was indeed no one else hiding in the shadows.

I was about to say something to him that was along the lines of "and how do you suppose you would do that? Beat my father up every time he uses brute force?!" or, "you JUST MET ME, why would you want to protect me?" But he cut me off, "I want to, it's none of my business, but I want to help you anyway. I'm a fairly generous person, and I don't like seeing girls get hit, especially not by their fathers…" his smirk disappeared again, to be replaced by a frown, "…it's just not right. But now the only question is, will you let me…?" He looked me in the eye, with an intensity that made them seem like molten butterscotch. I couldn't look away…or say no.

"Y-Yes…"I said. Damn him and his beautiful eyes! He smiled and strange, pointy canines showed below his lips. What was he? A vampire?

"Good and your welcome. Now I do think that the employee and the employer should know each others names…" he trailed off.

I was still absorbed by his eyes, so I had to actually work to close them, and then ask him to repeat his question. "Oh! It's Kagome. Kagome Higarashi."

He nodded, "And mines Inuyasha. Just that, Inuyasha, no last name, no nothing."

"Well that's an odd name, "I thought out loud, then realizing, clamped my hand over my mouth.

He laughed, and then shrugged, "Yeah…well, until next time then. Bye." And then he walked to the other side of the grocery store and turned the corner. I ran after him, but he was already gone, disappeared into growing darkness.

It was only then that I realized the lampposts that had been lit while we had been talking, and the long, dark shadows that I set upon the ground. Had it really been that long we had been talking…? I supposed so.

I sighed, and turned around. I was not looking forward to returning home…I had never actually got the chance to run away before, and I did not know what awaited me back at home. But whatever it was…was far from good.

I trudged the way back, thinking of all the things that my father, grandmother, or perhaps even older sister, would be able to do to me when I got home. I didn't think that Inuyasha had meant that the "protection", that I now realized that he had forgotten to explain, would come into effect the very night we made the agreement. So, as I slowly and carefully pulled the garden gate back and walked up the front path, I readied myself for anything that might come my way; beatings, insults, guilt trips, or any other kinds of abuse that they would probably use on me.

I opened the front door this time, might as well get whatever it was out of the way.

What awaited me was…nothing. Nothing at all, no one was waiting for me on the other side of the door. No abuse…no nothing…after I ran away!

A thought popped into my head just then, what if they were looking for me? What if they were out there looking for me, worried that I might never come back or that I was hurt or even dead somewhere? I stole a glance at the clock, it was 10:30, I had taken many detours on my way back. It was certainly possible…

I ran through the downstairs, searching any possible place for any one of them to be. I couldn't find them. I ran up the stairs eager to believe the small hope that they cared.

I could hear the loud, combined snores of my family, snug and asleep in their beds. I should have known they wouldn't care…wouldn't even look.

I walked slowly to my room; I had to be quiet because I shared a room with my sister. I grabbed a towel, and walked to the bathroom. I turned on the shower, stripped of my clothes, and stepped in. I let the warm water flow over my tired body, relaxing my muscles.

I walked back to my room and changed into clean clothes. As I got in bed, I couldn't help but let the sadness and realization wash over me. Sadness because my family didn't care if I was alive and well, gone from the house when they had no idea where I might be, and they didn't care if I was dead…and realization that, even though he had promised, how could Inuyasha ever even hope to protect me…? I suddenly began to cry. I wiped angrily at the tears, but they could and would not be stopped. Then, not for the first time, I cried myself into a dreamless, restless sleep.

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I woke to the sound of my alarm clock, and that was all. I was the first one up everyday, and the first one to leave, long before anyone else even woke up. Especially today, I couldn't face my family, I just couldn't…I'd end up asking them why they didn't look for me…and that would just be bad.

I got up and dressed in my uniform. I remembered to put on the jacket that went with it, it had a hood and I could easily hide my black eye.

Yes, as anyone would expect, when my father had punched me in the eye, a purple bruise had spread around my eye. The only way I could ever even hope to hide it was the jacket.

I raced down the stairs, thinking, no, knowing that no one would be down in the kitchen…but I was wrong.

As I turned towards the kitchen, I saw my father sitting in one of the chairs at the table, sipping his coffee, reading his paper. He hadn't seen me yet, so I decided I didn't need breakfast today. I turned right around and, similar to yesterday, streaked right out the front door. As I turned to close and lock it behind me, I saw him look up at the sudden noise, and look surprised and confused by my locking the door. He got up, looking regretful, but what ever it was; I didn't want to hear it.

I ran, as fast as I could possible manage with a heavy bag over my shoulder, towards the direction of the school. I could hear my father yelling my name behind me, but I didn't stop.

I reached the same point as yesterday, and slowed my pace. I kept walking though. I was completely unaware of the fact that I was being tailed, yet again.

I reached the intersection of right, left, and straight, there was already people streaming into the gates of the school, and I saw Rin and Sango, standing off to the side so that I could find them amongst all the other teenagers. Rin waved me over again.

I went to them, almost running in my eagerness to feel wanted. As I reached them, I raised my hand and waved happily. Rin and Sango did the same.

"Good morning Rin, Sango!" I said happily.

"'Morning Kagome!" they said in unison.

"Come on, let's go, we might still be able to get some coffee or a pastry from the breakfast trolley." I said. While we had been talking, we managed to get through the gates. They nodded happily.

The breakfast trolley was a little cart outside the school that served breakfast and coffee to anyone that paid. We were standing in line, talking casually about nothing in particular, when Rin asked, "Hey, Kagome…why are you wearing that jacket? It's REALLY hot outside today."

Thank you very much for reminding me Rin, "Oh this," I pulled the sleeve of my jacket playfully, "I…have…bad circulation…? And anyway, it looks like rain!" I pointed up at the sky. It did indeed look like rain, too. The sky was covered with dark grey clouds that just about screamed the words "RAIN STORM".

They looked up at the sky, and then back down at me, I rubbed the back of my head nervously. Then I noticed that their gaze had sifted to a little to my left, right over my shoulder. "What are you guys…?" I trailed off, turning around and seeing someone unexpected.

Inuyasha

I was half way surprised, though from yesterday it ebbed off a little. I started to walk towards him, he did the same. When we were standing in front of one another I asked, "What are you doing here? Did you follow me again?" I asked, I wanted to sound angry, but wasn't pulling it off.

He smirked, "I came here to seal the deal. I forgot to yesterday."

"What are you-" I started to say, but stopped when he put his hands on the side of the hood of my jacket, and pushed it down over my head, and then lightly pressed his lips to my own. I was so startled that all I could do was stand there with my eyes widened to the size of saucers. Right at that very moment, the clouds decided to let their rain fall onto the used-to-be-dry people below

We stayed like that for about…10 seconds, before he pulled away slightly, "Looks like you got your wish," he whispered, "its raining now. And I'm sorry I couldn't protect you or warn you in any way…sorry." Then he pulled away completely, turned and walked off the school grounds. But all I could do was stand there, frozen in the pouring rain, with my fingers lightly tracing my lips.

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I do hope you liked it. REVIEW! TELL ME HOW IT WAS! This is the first time in a long time that I've written anything and I want to know if I've improved or if now I suck more than I did before.

This has nothing to do with anything at all, but I though I should just mention…OMIAHGOD!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE BOOKS "Twilight" AND "New Moon" and if anyone has read "City of Bones" that ones awesome, too.

Evil: I swear you are obsessed with vampires!!!!!!!!

42: you haven't met Gretchen… Yea…nothing at all to do with anything…hmm…Well the ADORIBLE NEW KITTEN and I say good night, and that the ADORIBLE NEW KITTEN and I will try to update as soon as is possible, but this computers used by more than just one person and I think this stuff takes up memory and my brother doesn't like me taking up all the memory on the computer…TTFN!