InuYasha looked at the sun rising over the east part of the city. He sighed and cringed slightly at the ache in his back from the seven 'sit' commands he had recieved the night before. 'I'm just glad Kagome had waited till I was outside to give them to me. I would have hated to wake Dev up.' He smiled. Maybe he had a slight attachment to the human baby. It was, after all, Kagome's baby. He sighed again and watched the sun. Kagome, she would wake up soon. He had forgotten the night before to ask about the trial thingy that was coming up, and how this lawyer was suppose to help her keep her baby.
He looked into Kagome's room and watched as Kagome woke up from the crying baby. 'Let him have the baby for one week. He won't get any sleep, and will give Dev back.' InuYasha sympithized with the miko. 'Or maybe Dev has miko powers and will blast that bastard into the night sky.' He smiled evilly at the thought. Then thought about Dev hitting him with a blast for pissing his mom off. Ok, maybe Dev having miko powers wasn't a good idea after all. He sighed, his yellow eyes showing affection for the mother and son. He couldn't hold in his love for her anymore, well, maybe when he was close he could, but from this far it was ok to have the feelings all over his face.
Kagome looked out her window as she changed Dev's diaper. She saw InuYasha and smiled at him a very tired smile. "InuYasha, you can come into the house. I'm not mad at you anymore."
He jumped down from the tree and came over to her window. He was under it. He leaped up without much strength and landed on the sill. "You're not tricking me are you?" He asked.
She shook her head and giggled. "No, no trick...I...I'm just cold without you in here." She admitted.
He nodded, as if this was a normal thing. 'Maybe she does like me.' he thought with hope.
"I'm going to court in two days. This court will be just to decided whether fighting over Dev is worth it for him. I hope he relizes he can't win and gives up...I wonder who he has to defend him," she rambled on as she dressed Dev again and laid him, sleeping, into his crib again. She went over and shut the window, her body shaking slightly from a cold breeze that came in.
InuYasha sat on the floor in his usual corner. "How long will this last?" he asked her.
"The trial can last for years," she said. She went over to her bed and laid down. "I hope he gives up though. I don't want Dev living through a horrible childhood. I want to be able to take pictures of him smiling in the sunlit park, not infront of a courthouse." She frowned in a deep depression.
"Tell me where he lives and how to get there," InuYasha practically commanded her.
"Why?" Kagome looked over at him.
"He's bringing you pain. Anyone who does that deserves to die..."
"No. No, InuYasha, you can't do that," Kagome sat up.
"Why?"
"Because, one: they'll wonder how he died from being attacked by a white haired monster, no offense. And two: they'll blame my family. They will know we don't like him, especially since he is trying to take Dev. They will think we hired someone to kill him. You can't. Just let me handle this, it is my time period," Kagome sighed and layed down again. She pulled the covers over her shoulders, trying to get warm again. This also signified that the conversation was over.
"Fine, what ever you wish," InuYasha said in a small voice. He looked down at the floor.
After a few minutes he heard her sleeping again. Then he heard a small shudder and he looked up at her. She was shivering, curled up, with her blanket over her. He could feel the chill too. Mrs. Higurashi had said that the heater was broken. He looked over at Dev. He was fine, his blanket was thick enough and his PJ's held in the warmth too, but Kagome was cold. He thought about for a minute, then stood up. He slowly walked over to Kagome's bed. She was up against the wall, obviously trying to keep warm.
He swallowed his pride, his fear of being 'sat', and his love shown through. He wouldn't let Kagome be cold. He layed down, not bothering with her covers. He didn't want to look like a pervert. His body was just on the bed, if she wanted to keep warm...
His thoughts were interupted by her pulling the blanket off of her and readjusting it to cover both him and her. Then she cuddled up against him. "Thanks InuYasha," she mumbled. He looked at her. Her breathing slowed again and became steady. 'She was awake.' he realized. Then he smiled, well, he didn't get 'sat', did he?
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TWO DAYS LATER
Kagome woke up and stretched her self on her bed. She smiled as she poked InuYasha in his side, "Hey, time to wake up."
He groaned and tried to roll over. Unfortunatly he was close to the edge of the bed and he fell on the floor. This had become kind of a custom now. InuYasha kept Kagome company, nothing more, nothing less, and she would poke him in the morning causing him to fall off the bed. Then she would giggle and go pick up Dev, who would always wake up from the THUD that InuYasha caused. This morning wasn't different.
'I like this,' Kagome thought. 'Too bad InuYasha doesn't feel anything for me. He likes Kikyo.' She turned around and looked at InuYasha who was trying to pick himself up off the floor. "InuYasha, you look cute down there. Maybe you should just sleep there, I mean, you always end up there in the morning."
He gave her a glare, but then softened it. He didn't mind that she made fun of him right now. He was starting to be accepted by her. She didn't see the love in his eyes as she walked around the room trying to find the right clothes for Dev to wear.
She turned around and looked at InuYasha. "Do you want to babysit again today, or come with us to the courthouse?"
"I can't go out there, you said that people will look at me wierd with my ears remember?" InuYasha crossed his arms. He thought she was trying to tease him somemore.
"No, I mean, that's not what I ment. I can bring you with me because you can wear a hat. My mom bought you clothes to wear...I...I just didn't know if you wanted to find out what a trial was," she had ment to say something else, he knew it.
"Fine, what am I to wear?" he asked.
She smiled and pulled out a shirt, pants, and a baseball cap. She threw them to him and he caught them. She pushed him out the bedroom door, "Change in the bathroom, I have to change in here."
He grumbled something and walked to the bathroom.
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They walked into a large building with a huge sign saying, "Tokyo Family Court House" on the front in large white letters on marble. InuYasha couldn't look at all the things and people at once. He was going to spin around if he tried. Kagome, though, had his hand as she pushed the stroller holding Dev in it. He tried his best to look human, well, a human with white, long hair. Mrs. Higurashi looked like she was going into battle, her face was smooth, but her eyes could have killed any man who looked at her wrong. She wore a black skirt and a red blouse. Sota was dressed in street clothes, a shirt with Gundam Wing on it, and jeans. He had in his pocket his gameboy, with his Pokemon silver all set to play. Kagome wore a beautiful long flower dress. And InuYasha wore almost the same thing as Sota. Only he wore khaki's and a black shirt that said: "I'm just one F*&%ing ray of sunshine!" He didn't like it, but he couldn't argue with the statement, or with the Higurashi women. Dev wore his blue baby outfit, and seemed to be sleeping peacefully in his stroller at the moment.
They walked into courtroom number 306, Judge Hatsuna's second home. InuYasha sat in the bench behind Kagome, Sota did too. Mrs. Higurashi, Kagome, and their lawyer, Takashido, sat in the defendants chairs.
InuYasha held the slumbering baby, the stroller folded up and leading against the wood bench. Sota pushed buttons randomly, he was so engrossed in his video game. InuYasha watched Kagome as she became nervous after ten minutes. He could smell the fear on her; he didn't like it.
She shifted her body in the comfortable chair for some reason the cusioned seat wouldn't comfort her body. Kagome sighed, trying to calm down. She knew that in any momentthe man who raped her would be walking through the double doors in the back. She had thought about this many time. What she would ever do if she saw him again. Many times she had thought about making InuYasha attack the man, but after what she had told him, she couldn't.
They both heard him walk into the court room. His voice, that same voice Kagome had nightmares about, carried through the room. It almost seemed to attack Kagome's every nerve. InuYasha could still smell the fear from Kagome and the triumph from Ashi.
No words were exchanged as he sat in the prosecuters chair, him and his female attorney.
InuYasha fought the urge to jump over the divider and claw Ashi's heart out from the human's chest. 'Just like he did to my Kagome.' He couldn't stand to look at him anymore, so he looked down at the man's creation. AvDevjyp, half Kagome, half Ashi. InuYasha looked over again at Ashi.
Ashi looked over at InuYasha. He had never seen the boy before, no matter how long he watched Kagome. But then he did recongize Dev. He knew his own son. 'I can't wait to have him,' he thought. Then he smiled evilly to InuYasha, the boy holding his child. That would be rectified soon enough.
A uniformed police officer stood infront of the judges box. He held himself with an air of authority. In a booming voice he called out, "Please rise for the honorable Judge Hatsuna."
The whole court rose as an old male dressed in black robes came into the room. He sat down, "Please be seated." Everyone else followed suit.
"Case number 56479, Higurashi VS Ashi. Custody over AvDevjyp," the important policeman said.
"State your case, defendant," the judge said in a bored tone. How many times a day did he have custody battles?
"Ms. Kagome Higurashi had been violently raped by the prosecuter. In addition to being raped she became pregnant. It is morally wrong for this man to try and get any custody over this child," Kagome's lawyer put every word out in the courtroom with expression. He stayed behind the desk with Kagome. His black hair was slicked back, and his suit was neatly pressed. But Kagome would have thought this was his very first case. Of course, she wasn't watching him out of any interest, she just didn't want to look over at Ashi. Takashido sat down.
"Prosecuter," the judge nodded to Ashi and his attorney. This case may be more interesting than he thought.
"My client, Mr. Sato Ashi, did not rape Mr. Higurashi. She, as of being recently of age at the time, welcomed him. Now that he wants joint custody, she is accusing him of rape," the woman then sat down. Her speech of calling honost Kagome a flat out lier was done.
He nodded, then thought about it. He said, "This case will need a jury as rape has been accused in the cause of the child's birth. Court date will be set for a jury to decide on the rape charges and on custody." He tapped the malot on the gavel, "Court dismissed."
Kagome stood up slowly and walked through the gate to InuYasha. She held in her tears and hugged him. He held her with one arm, the other still held Dev. They started out. In the lobby Kagome set the stroller up and InuYasha layed the baby down. Sota was complaining to Mrs. Higurashi that he didn't want to put his gameboy away. Takashido waited for them to be settled. They had invited him to eat lunch at their house.
"Thank you InuYasha," Kagome said. She hadn't given in to the tears yet.
InuYasha was going to say something back, but Kagome's eyes weren't on him any more. And they were filled with fear. He turned around. Walking right for them was the bastard. InuYasha once again fought himself and his fighting nature. He wanted to claw the asshole all the way to the moon. Ashi walked up and smiled sweetly. 'Bullshit eating, lieing bastard, I should feed you to Sesshomaru,' InuYasha thought to himself.
"Well, Kagome, seems you have declared me a rapist. I'm sorry you feel that way when we had so much love," Ashi acted crushed, like Kagome had been a beloved girlfriend.
InuYasha moved infront of Kagome and Dev, "Leave her alone."
"Free country. I can speak with her if I want to," Ashi smirked.
InuYasha, suprisingly, kept his cool. 'I'm not going to get Kagome in trouble,' He told himself.
Ashi turned away and started walking back to another courtroom. All his thoughts were on Dev and how he could get rid of InuYasha. He smiled evilly as he entered to find his own client waiting for him in the defendents chair.
InuYasha turned back to Kagome. She flung herself at him. Tears flowed dreely. He held her tightly, he didn't care at that moment about his ego. She was hurting, and he wanted to help. He looked at her mother. They of course had seen the whole thing. Mrs. Higurashi smiled sadly at him, approving of the way he had handled it.
InuYasha gently passed Kagome to Mrs. Higurashi. He went up to Mr. Takashido. "Can he do that?!"
"She doesn't have a restraining order on him. He can do what ever he pleases. I'm sorry," Takashido glanced at Kagome, then shook his head.
InuYasha went over to the stroller and started pushing it towards the door. The rest of the family followed, helping Kagome along.
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Thanks to: all the powerful and magnificient Fantasy Cat who asks that you read her stories, serena63083, Inuyasha-loves-Kagome, Foxterr, simply-jeri, Zeroenna88, Kazumi, Jade Hanyou, Kadiya Windrose, Cutiepie99, & KagomeWannabe
And I also want to thank my sister Akierateama for helping me with the courtroom scene, and the American saying "Free country!" I am glad she likes to watch USA court on our TV. ^_^
Note: I am not going to slow down any of my up-dating, but I have to say that there seems to be a new disease here in my small little town that is hurting and killing people. I'll stay well though just for all of you! ^_^
Dislclaimer: I don't own InuYasha. I don't own Gameboy. I don't own the court house. I don't own Gundam Wing. I don't own Pokemon. I do own Takashido, Dev, the woman attorney, and the judge. Ashi is owned by my ex boyfriend now! ^_^ So complain to him about Ashi's behavior!
He looked into Kagome's room and watched as Kagome woke up from the crying baby. 'Let him have the baby for one week. He won't get any sleep, and will give Dev back.' InuYasha sympithized with the miko. 'Or maybe Dev has miko powers and will blast that bastard into the night sky.' He smiled evilly at the thought. Then thought about Dev hitting him with a blast for pissing his mom off. Ok, maybe Dev having miko powers wasn't a good idea after all. He sighed, his yellow eyes showing affection for the mother and son. He couldn't hold in his love for her anymore, well, maybe when he was close he could, but from this far it was ok to have the feelings all over his face.
Kagome looked out her window as she changed Dev's diaper. She saw InuYasha and smiled at him a very tired smile. "InuYasha, you can come into the house. I'm not mad at you anymore."
He jumped down from the tree and came over to her window. He was under it. He leaped up without much strength and landed on the sill. "You're not tricking me are you?" He asked.
She shook her head and giggled. "No, no trick...I...I'm just cold without you in here." She admitted.
He nodded, as if this was a normal thing. 'Maybe she does like me.' he thought with hope.
"I'm going to court in two days. This court will be just to decided whether fighting over Dev is worth it for him. I hope he relizes he can't win and gives up...I wonder who he has to defend him," she rambled on as she dressed Dev again and laid him, sleeping, into his crib again. She went over and shut the window, her body shaking slightly from a cold breeze that came in.
InuYasha sat on the floor in his usual corner. "How long will this last?" he asked her.
"The trial can last for years," she said. She went over to her bed and laid down. "I hope he gives up though. I don't want Dev living through a horrible childhood. I want to be able to take pictures of him smiling in the sunlit park, not infront of a courthouse." She frowned in a deep depression.
"Tell me where he lives and how to get there," InuYasha practically commanded her.
"Why?" Kagome looked over at him.
"He's bringing you pain. Anyone who does that deserves to die..."
"No. No, InuYasha, you can't do that," Kagome sat up.
"Why?"
"Because, one: they'll wonder how he died from being attacked by a white haired monster, no offense. And two: they'll blame my family. They will know we don't like him, especially since he is trying to take Dev. They will think we hired someone to kill him. You can't. Just let me handle this, it is my time period," Kagome sighed and layed down again. She pulled the covers over her shoulders, trying to get warm again. This also signified that the conversation was over.
"Fine, what ever you wish," InuYasha said in a small voice. He looked down at the floor.
After a few minutes he heard her sleeping again. Then he heard a small shudder and he looked up at her. She was shivering, curled up, with her blanket over her. He could feel the chill too. Mrs. Higurashi had said that the heater was broken. He looked over at Dev. He was fine, his blanket was thick enough and his PJ's held in the warmth too, but Kagome was cold. He thought about for a minute, then stood up. He slowly walked over to Kagome's bed. She was up against the wall, obviously trying to keep warm.
He swallowed his pride, his fear of being 'sat', and his love shown through. He wouldn't let Kagome be cold. He layed down, not bothering with her covers. He didn't want to look like a pervert. His body was just on the bed, if she wanted to keep warm...
His thoughts were interupted by her pulling the blanket off of her and readjusting it to cover both him and her. Then she cuddled up against him. "Thanks InuYasha," she mumbled. He looked at her. Her breathing slowed again and became steady. 'She was awake.' he realized. Then he smiled, well, he didn't get 'sat', did he?
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TWO DAYS LATER
Kagome woke up and stretched her self on her bed. She smiled as she poked InuYasha in his side, "Hey, time to wake up."
He groaned and tried to roll over. Unfortunatly he was close to the edge of the bed and he fell on the floor. This had become kind of a custom now. InuYasha kept Kagome company, nothing more, nothing less, and she would poke him in the morning causing him to fall off the bed. Then she would giggle and go pick up Dev, who would always wake up from the THUD that InuYasha caused. This morning wasn't different.
'I like this,' Kagome thought. 'Too bad InuYasha doesn't feel anything for me. He likes Kikyo.' She turned around and looked at InuYasha who was trying to pick himself up off the floor. "InuYasha, you look cute down there. Maybe you should just sleep there, I mean, you always end up there in the morning."
He gave her a glare, but then softened it. He didn't mind that she made fun of him right now. He was starting to be accepted by her. She didn't see the love in his eyes as she walked around the room trying to find the right clothes for Dev to wear.
She turned around and looked at InuYasha. "Do you want to babysit again today, or come with us to the courthouse?"
"I can't go out there, you said that people will look at me wierd with my ears remember?" InuYasha crossed his arms. He thought she was trying to tease him somemore.
"No, I mean, that's not what I ment. I can bring you with me because you can wear a hat. My mom bought you clothes to wear...I...I just didn't know if you wanted to find out what a trial was," she had ment to say something else, he knew it.
"Fine, what am I to wear?" he asked.
She smiled and pulled out a shirt, pants, and a baseball cap. She threw them to him and he caught them. She pushed him out the bedroom door, "Change in the bathroom, I have to change in here."
He grumbled something and walked to the bathroom.
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They walked into a large building with a huge sign saying, "Tokyo Family Court House" on the front in large white letters on marble. InuYasha couldn't look at all the things and people at once. He was going to spin around if he tried. Kagome, though, had his hand as she pushed the stroller holding Dev in it. He tried his best to look human, well, a human with white, long hair. Mrs. Higurashi looked like she was going into battle, her face was smooth, but her eyes could have killed any man who looked at her wrong. She wore a black skirt and a red blouse. Sota was dressed in street clothes, a shirt with Gundam Wing on it, and jeans. He had in his pocket his gameboy, with his Pokemon silver all set to play. Kagome wore a beautiful long flower dress. And InuYasha wore almost the same thing as Sota. Only he wore khaki's and a black shirt that said: "I'm just one F*&%ing ray of sunshine!" He didn't like it, but he couldn't argue with the statement, or with the Higurashi women. Dev wore his blue baby outfit, and seemed to be sleeping peacefully in his stroller at the moment.
They walked into courtroom number 306, Judge Hatsuna's second home. InuYasha sat in the bench behind Kagome, Sota did too. Mrs. Higurashi, Kagome, and their lawyer, Takashido, sat in the defendants chairs.
InuYasha held the slumbering baby, the stroller folded up and leading against the wood bench. Sota pushed buttons randomly, he was so engrossed in his video game. InuYasha watched Kagome as she became nervous after ten minutes. He could smell the fear on her; he didn't like it.
She shifted her body in the comfortable chair for some reason the cusioned seat wouldn't comfort her body. Kagome sighed, trying to calm down. She knew that in any momentthe man who raped her would be walking through the double doors in the back. She had thought about this many time. What she would ever do if she saw him again. Many times she had thought about making InuYasha attack the man, but after what she had told him, she couldn't.
They both heard him walk into the court room. His voice, that same voice Kagome had nightmares about, carried through the room. It almost seemed to attack Kagome's every nerve. InuYasha could still smell the fear from Kagome and the triumph from Ashi.
No words were exchanged as he sat in the prosecuters chair, him and his female attorney.
InuYasha fought the urge to jump over the divider and claw Ashi's heart out from the human's chest. 'Just like he did to my Kagome.' He couldn't stand to look at him anymore, so he looked down at the man's creation. AvDevjyp, half Kagome, half Ashi. InuYasha looked over again at Ashi.
Ashi looked over at InuYasha. He had never seen the boy before, no matter how long he watched Kagome. But then he did recongize Dev. He knew his own son. 'I can't wait to have him,' he thought. Then he smiled evilly to InuYasha, the boy holding his child. That would be rectified soon enough.
A uniformed police officer stood infront of the judges box. He held himself with an air of authority. In a booming voice he called out, "Please rise for the honorable Judge Hatsuna."
The whole court rose as an old male dressed in black robes came into the room. He sat down, "Please be seated." Everyone else followed suit.
"Case number 56479, Higurashi VS Ashi. Custody over AvDevjyp," the important policeman said.
"State your case, defendant," the judge said in a bored tone. How many times a day did he have custody battles?
"Ms. Kagome Higurashi had been violently raped by the prosecuter. In addition to being raped she became pregnant. It is morally wrong for this man to try and get any custody over this child," Kagome's lawyer put every word out in the courtroom with expression. He stayed behind the desk with Kagome. His black hair was slicked back, and his suit was neatly pressed. But Kagome would have thought this was his very first case. Of course, she wasn't watching him out of any interest, she just didn't want to look over at Ashi. Takashido sat down.
"Prosecuter," the judge nodded to Ashi and his attorney. This case may be more interesting than he thought.
"My client, Mr. Sato Ashi, did not rape Mr. Higurashi. She, as of being recently of age at the time, welcomed him. Now that he wants joint custody, she is accusing him of rape," the woman then sat down. Her speech of calling honost Kagome a flat out lier was done.
He nodded, then thought about it. He said, "This case will need a jury as rape has been accused in the cause of the child's birth. Court date will be set for a jury to decide on the rape charges and on custody." He tapped the malot on the gavel, "Court dismissed."
Kagome stood up slowly and walked through the gate to InuYasha. She held in her tears and hugged him. He held her with one arm, the other still held Dev. They started out. In the lobby Kagome set the stroller up and InuYasha layed the baby down. Sota was complaining to Mrs. Higurashi that he didn't want to put his gameboy away. Takashido waited for them to be settled. They had invited him to eat lunch at their house.
"Thank you InuYasha," Kagome said. She hadn't given in to the tears yet.
InuYasha was going to say something back, but Kagome's eyes weren't on him any more. And they were filled with fear. He turned around. Walking right for them was the bastard. InuYasha once again fought himself and his fighting nature. He wanted to claw the asshole all the way to the moon. Ashi walked up and smiled sweetly. 'Bullshit eating, lieing bastard, I should feed you to Sesshomaru,' InuYasha thought to himself.
"Well, Kagome, seems you have declared me a rapist. I'm sorry you feel that way when we had so much love," Ashi acted crushed, like Kagome had been a beloved girlfriend.
InuYasha moved infront of Kagome and Dev, "Leave her alone."
"Free country. I can speak with her if I want to," Ashi smirked.
InuYasha, suprisingly, kept his cool. 'I'm not going to get Kagome in trouble,' He told himself.
Ashi turned away and started walking back to another courtroom. All his thoughts were on Dev and how he could get rid of InuYasha. He smiled evilly as he entered to find his own client waiting for him in the defendents chair.
InuYasha turned back to Kagome. She flung herself at him. Tears flowed dreely. He held her tightly, he didn't care at that moment about his ego. She was hurting, and he wanted to help. He looked at her mother. They of course had seen the whole thing. Mrs. Higurashi smiled sadly at him, approving of the way he had handled it.
InuYasha gently passed Kagome to Mrs. Higurashi. He went up to Mr. Takashido. "Can he do that?!"
"She doesn't have a restraining order on him. He can do what ever he pleases. I'm sorry," Takashido glanced at Kagome, then shook his head.
InuYasha went over to the stroller and started pushing it towards the door. The rest of the family followed, helping Kagome along.
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Thanks to: all the powerful and magnificient Fantasy Cat who asks that you read her stories, serena63083, Inuyasha-loves-Kagome, Foxterr, simply-jeri, Zeroenna88, Kazumi, Jade Hanyou, Kadiya Windrose, Cutiepie99, & KagomeWannabe
And I also want to thank my sister Akierateama for helping me with the courtroom scene, and the American saying "Free country!" I am glad she likes to watch USA court on our TV. ^_^
Note: I am not going to slow down any of my up-dating, but I have to say that there seems to be a new disease here in my small little town that is hurting and killing people. I'll stay well though just for all of you! ^_^
Dislclaimer: I don't own InuYasha. I don't own Gameboy. I don't own the court house. I don't own Gundam Wing. I don't own Pokemon. I do own Takashido, Dev, the woman attorney, and the judge. Ashi is owned by my ex boyfriend now! ^_^ So complain to him about Ashi's behavior!
