Kagome had been praying for a miracle all of her life, and here it was. She could finally be free of daily beatings and alienation. Of hunger and sleepless nights. Of a bruised body and broken psyche. Two little words is all it would take. She didn't hesitate, "I accept."

Rin, a 16 year old foster child, is bullied to the extent she stops talking, while at home her foster father forces himself on her. Life threatening events leave her to live with her best friend Kagome; however, its not just Kagome's family living on the shrine grounds. Can Rin ease into the flow of normal life? Will Sesshomaru, the lawyer, show her things no one else can? AU