Hero

So it was a long day at school and it also happened to be her first day of school. It's been a week since Kagome and her family had moved to Karakura Town. Although they've been there for a week she's not memorized the way to and from school yet. To put it in words, she was lost and it was getting dark. As soon as she noticed the darkened sky she quickly picked up her pace. Suddenly, her wrist was being pulled at making her bump her delicate head into something hard and firm. "Hey girl, let me talk to you for a bit."

She looked up to see a guy from her school. Easily assumed because of the uniform he was wearing. Kagome tried to get out of his grip, "Sorry, but I have to get home."

"Don't worry about it. I'll walk you baby."

She saw him grin at her showing his pearly white teeth. He looked mischievous and she got nervous. Time was running out, she didn't want to be here with him any longer than she should so she did the thing she could think of and kneed him where his family's jewels were and sprinted off. She didn't know where she'd run to but she didn't care. "I have got to get away from this guy! I don't even want to think about what he wants to talk about."

She glanced over her shoulders to see him bending over with his arms between his thighs. "Serves you right, jerk!" All of a sudden she heard him scream "You little tramp! When I catch you, your ass is mine!"

Panic was the only emotion she was feeling right now. She was getting tired. She was huffing and puffing. "Why was it getting harder to breathe?" She clutched onto her chest as she fell down and he was catching up now. Kagome rolled over to her back to see where he was but it was too late. He stood over her as he grabbed onto her hair to pull it closer to his face.

"That hurt y'know. Since you're the one that inflicted it, you're gonna make it feel better. Got it." It wasn't a question; he was expecting her to understand.

Thinking to herself, she wondered why she didn't run to where other people were. She had to run through an alley where it was darker than wherever she was before. Bringing her out of her thoughts was his big rough hands going under her shirt and she screamed. He quickly brought it back out to try to shut her up as he slapped her. He laughed to himself as he saw tears forming in her eyes. Her soft porcelain face now a little swollen and red from the unwanted contact from this guy's hand. "What? You're first time or something? Good."

He quickly tried to adjust himself on top of her to unbuckle his belt. All of a sudden she felt his weight just flew off of her. "What? What happened?" She blinked a few times and saw that this horrible guy was lying on the ground a few feet away from her.

"You alright?" Kagome's eyes instantly flashed towards this newcomer that had basically saved her life. He was so tall! A whole feet maybe? He was also wearing the exact same uniform too, what a coincidence. She didn't know what else to do but cry. She brought her hand up to her face to wipe away the tears when she felt a stinging pain on her jaw line and chin.

"C'mon. Let's get you outta here." He slipped an arm under the back of her knees and the other under her back.

"I'm gonna take you to my house. My dad's a doctor; he'll look at that cut on your face. Name's Ichigo by the way."

She just stared at him making him feel a bit nervous. He looked down at her and sighed. The cut was bruised and bleeding; it looked like it hurt her.

Hearing him sigh she looked at him and said, "Thank you Ichigo, I'm Kagome." Bringing her head back down to nuzzle into his warm chest.

"I, uh. I saw him chasing you so I followed. Jealous boyfriend or somethin'?

"I didn't even know the guy. He was so scary; I thought I was going to throw up my own heart."

Kagome's head bounced knocking her into Ichigo's chest as he laughed. She sunk as she growled at him. They walked the rest of the way in silence. Kagome managed to fall asleep without Ichigo even noticing when he got to his home.

"Yo pop!" no answer as Ichigo walked around to look for his dad. "Dad!" he yelled as he got to the kitchen. The first thing he saw was a written note on the counter. It read:

Kids,

I won't be home for another 4 days. See ya when I get back!

Love Daddy!

Ichigo growled to himself. What's he suppose to do now? Do it himself? "I still have to wake her up though. She's kinda cute…."

Mentally slapping himself to the forehead he tried shaking the crap out of her. "Kagome, wake up! Wake up! Wake up!"

Kagome's body flinched up hitting her forehead on Ichigo's chin. "Ouch!" they both said. "You made me bit my tongue!" He let her down to stand on her own as she gripped her pounding head.

"You should ah…. Call your mom, it's late already." Pointing towards the clock on the kitchen wall it was 11:27

"What was I doing the whole time after school?! Was I lost for that long?" Not wanting to walk in the dark alone or wanting to use up anymore time of Ichigo's she asked to sleep over tonight, just this one night. He agreed but where would she stay? In his room or something? He walked her up to his room and went to the closet.

"It's so small and simple. He sure i-" Her thoughts were cut short as he threw one of his shirts at her, "You might want to change unless you want to sleep in your uniform."

As soon as his words came out of his mouth she quickly threw off her vest and unbuttoned her shirt to put on his then it was the skirt's turn. Ichigo had just stared as the event took place. Once he noticed that she was unbuttoning her blouse he blushed deeply and looked away. "You take the bed and I'll take the floor." He too started to undress and as on queue, it was Kagome's turn to blush as she saw his bare skin.

"Uhm, I don't want to take over you're room. I can sleep on the floor, you take the bed."

"No, you're a guest. Let me clean out that cut of yours. Stay here for a bit." He walked out of the room. She was all alone now, taking a seat on the bed she thought to herself. "Oh no! I forgot to call mother!" Not thinking of anything else she got up and ran for the door. Unbeknownst to her, Ichigo was on his way back to his room. As a result they collided with Kagome on top of Ichigo and a box of bandages all over the floor.

"Sorry, I uh…. Forgot to call my mom. May I?" She got up and offering him a hand to help him up as well. He took it and directed her where the phone was. She took off as he bent back down to pick up the fallen items. A few moments later she came back up. "Thank you Ichigo. For everything."

He answered, "No problem" he looked away and felt his face feel a little warmer than usual. Twice already and both with her. He mentally sighed in his head. She sat down next to him on his bed facing him with her chin up. "I'm ready."

Ichigo began to work on her face. "From this angle, she's even cuter."

The moonlight was beautiful tonight and it was really bright. So bright that Kagome kind of thought that she'd seen Ichigo blush. She giggled and then off to bed they went. "Hey Ichigo? Thanks for being my hero tonight." She climbed out of his bed to crawl over to him. He was confused. What was she doing? Right then she lightly place a kiss upon his cheek. Ichigo was defiantly feeling the heat of his face. "Anytime Kagome. I'm you're guy."

She hugged him real tight and tried to go back to bed but before she could Ichigo pulled her back towards him for a longer embrace. He to placed a light kiss on her. "Good night Kagome."

"Night Ichigo" Instead of Kagome sleeping on his bed like they intended, they both ended up falling asleep in each other's arms. Who knew a bad day would end up being great?

I don't really know where this came from. I was just listening to Hero by Miguel. It didn't turn out the way I wanted but maybe the next one will! :D