Families CAN Be Replaceable

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7 MORE DAYS TILL MY BIRTHDAY!
Usually I don't do recaps in this story, but because so much happened in the last chapter I'm going to do one.

Recap- "She might come back." she told Inuyasha, "I'll give her a choice, but I'll try to keep her awya from the battles."
"Please." he said quickly. "It sounds like you care if she gets hurt." Kagome said surprised. "She's just a kid." he explained quickly, "Kids don't deserve to endanger their lives." "You don't mind when Shippo does." "He's a demon." "She's a half demon." "Feh. Go back to sleep wench."
I smiled and went back to sleep. Once again, Inuyasha proved that he cared for me, unintentionally.

Inuyasha stood up. "If it helps you decide, you don't just have friends here, you have a family here too." he replied. "Oh really?" I asked smiling, "Tell me about it." "Well." he started, "Kagome's sort of like your mom. She's been there and stuck up for you. Shippo's sort of like your little brother. You treat him like one and he adores you just as much as he does Kagome. Sango's like an older sister. She watches out for you too. Miroku, well I'm not sure exactly what he is." "An uncle." I said, "He's like an uncle." "Yeah. he's like an uncle." Inuyasha continued, "And I'm sort of like your brother. I know what sort of pains you've gone through because of what you are. And because of that, you understand what I've been through too. I do try to protect you like a I protect Kagome. And aren't big brothers supposed to be jerks?" I laughed. I never would have believed that Inuyasha had put himself down if he wasn't talking to me now.
"Did that help?" he asked. I nodded. "Yeah." I replied, "It helped a lot. Thanks."

"What will it be?" Kagome questioned. "I'm going to come with you through the well. I still want to help."

'Mom' was in the kitchen when we walked in. She looked up and smiled. "Your uniform came, Kyo." she told me, "You'll start school on Monday." "What day is it today?" Kagome asked, "I lost track." "It's Friday." Mrs. Higurashi told her. "What about... you know?" she questioned. "On your dresser, did you get what you needed?" 'mom' replied. I didn't ask. Kagome ran up stairs.
Mrs. Higurashi sat down. "Sit down." she requested. I did. "I don't know if Kagome told you or not, but I'd like to adopt you." "She told me." I replied. "Well, my reasons for it is if your parents don't respect you for who you are, they don't deserve you. I'd like to give you a family that really cares. Second, if you live here, you can go through the well whenever you need. I'm not sure if you're going to stay here all the time or go back and forth like Kagome, but if you stay here you'll have options. Third, as I've said before, Souta's taken you already for a sister, but it would be great if was for for real. Fourth and lastly, I've always wanted a third child! What do you say?"
"I say yes." It was an easy answer because I had already decided to it. 'Mom' glowed. She pulled a bunch of papers out. "You have to sign here and then we have to get your real parents to sign beloew it. So you need to tell me their address so we can go there." I stared at her for a moment. "Go back to my parents." I repeated.
"I though you might be a little unsure about that." Mrs. Higurashi said sadly, "But it's the only way we can adopt you. You'll never have to see them again after this." "I understand." I replied quietly, "I'll do it." "We'll go tomorrow then." she said, "Just give the address to me." I wrote it down for her. "Thanks."
Kagome ran back into the kitchen. "I'll be right back." she said, "You did put it on hold, right?" "Yes, dear." Mrs. Higurashi replied. Kagome ran out the door. "So where do I have to sign again?" I asked.

Kagome came back when the sun began to set. She didn't even say anything to anyone, she just ran to her room, holding a bag. Because my ears are so good, and my bedroom was next to her's and that's where I was, I heard Kagome open the bag and take something out. The something snapped open. Then she walked over to what I guess was her bag and pulled another thing out. I walked downstairs. I didn't know what Kagome was doing, but it wasn't any of my buisness.
"Do you want to play checkers with me?" Souta asked as I walked into the living room. "Okay." I said, "But I'm red." I sat down and we began to play. In no time I was beating Souta. "How are you so good?" he asked. I shrugged. "No clue." I told him, "But maybe you should observe the game a little more closely. King me."
"Can you come into the kitchen, Kyo?" 'mom' asked. "I'll be right back." I said to Souta. "Alright." he said. I got up and walked into the kitchen. Kagome and Mrs. Higurashi were there. "'ve got something for you that you can use when you go to school." Kagome told me. She held out a little box. I took it, opened it, and gasped.
Inside was the most beautiful ring I had ever seen. It was a thin silver band, with six tiny sapphires in it. "I really don't need such a nice ring." I said a little unsurely. "But you'll need this one." Kagome told me, "Try it on!" I did. The same feeling that comes on the night of the new moon came. "See?" 'Mom' said, "It hid your demon looks!"
It did. "I got the spell from Kaede." Kagome explained, "It's sort of like Inuyasha's sit necklace except yours doesn't restrain you like his does." I walked over to a mirror in the kitchen. My ears were gone and human ones replaced them. My claws were gone too. The only difference between a new moon night and the ring's power was my eyes were still purple.
"I like it." I said, "Thank you so much. It must have been so expensive!" "It's no problem." Kagome said. "If you're going to school, we can't have you running around with claws and cat ears." 'Mom' said, "And the ring was no big deal. I saw it when I was buying myself a new necklace. It was on sale." "Thanks so much." I said again. I pulled off the ring. As soon as it was off, my demon features appeared again.
"Would you like it on a chain when you're not wearing it?" 'Mom' asked. "That would be nice." I replied, "If it's no trouble." "None at all." she replied, "We'll buy you a nice silver chain at the jewelery story after we get your parents to sign the papers."

The next morning at nine we set off for my old home. I had dressed up in one of my new school uniforms, put my hair up in a bun, and sharpened my claws. I just couldn't resist the last one. They looked deadly now. I'd have to be careful if I had an itch on my face.
"So where are we going again?" Kagome asked her mom. "We're going to Kyo's house." she replied. Kagome stiffened. "I'm not sure I want to come in." she said. "You're going to have to." Mrs. Higurashi said, "I'm not sure if I want to either, but it's the only way were're getting these adoption papers signed.
I stopped paying attention to the conversation, looked out the window, and concentrated on the scents going past me. There was the smell of flowers, trees, Kagome's special scent next to me, her mother, my soon to be mother's in front, and Inuyasha's in the back. Inuyasha's?!?!
"Inuyasha's-" I stopped when I felt a claw start to push itself into my back. "What about Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. "Nothing." I replied shaking my head. The claw drew away. Kagome continued to talk with Mrs. Higurashi. I scowled at Inuyasha who scowled back at me. We would have a long talk about tagging along when we returned.
"We're here." 'Mom' announced. "I'll go in first." I said, "I want to surprise her." "Do you think that's smart?" Kagome asked. "No." I replied, "But I've learned a bit about fighting back since I was last here. How about this? Come right in, in five minutes. Don't bother ringing the door bell." "That's sounds good." Mrs. Higurashi said, "I guess. Come out if you need us though." "I will." I replied stepping out of the car and walking up the path to the house, "If I can." I finished quietly.
I rang the doorbell. A second later my mother opened the door. "Can I help- Kyo!" she exclaimed. "Nice to see you again, mother." I said tartly, walking inside. She closed the door behind me. "How'd you get back?" mom demanded pulling me into the kitchen roughly. At the moment I was expecting the worst. "I had the help of some friends." I replied, "The real question is how you got me into the 1500's to begin with."
"That's none of your buisness!" she snapped, "Why'd you come back?! Isn't it clear we don't want you?!" "Very." I replied, "And it's clear I don't want you either." Mom slapped me across the face. It stung. "Be quiet, you stupid cat!" she yelled, "You're a freak! We don't want freaks in this house! I should have killed you when you were a baby, weak and innocent!"
The self esteme I had built up over the past month disappeared. I hung my head in easy defeat. I didn't even see the ruler until it hit my ears. I cried out, but didn't scream. Mom's angry face changed to a one of surprise as I slipped the ring out of my pocket and onto my finger. My ears disappeared. She couldn't hit them anymore. They were safe from the abuse. The down side to this was this, my weapons disappeared too.
She hit on the shoulder with the sharp edge of the ruler. It cut into my skin. "If I can't hit your ears, I'll give you another scar like the one on your stomach." mom said grinning. She raised the ruler over her head intending to strike me hard. I closed my eyes and prayed one blow would knock me out. The blow didn't come. I opened my eyes. Inuyasha was holding my mother's wrists. "I don't think so woman!" he said growling, "You're not touching Kyo ever again. Especially not her ears! It hurts when people hit our ears!"
"Mrs. Tsukia." a man said walking into the house followed by Mrs. Higurashi and Kagome. "You're under arrest of child abuse." I grinned. "Who are you?" my mom demanded. "These are my friends." I said gestering to Inuyasha and Kagome, "This woman here wants to adopt me. That's why I came home. I don't know about the man." "I brought Officer Banks with me." Mrs. Higurashi explained, "I thought we might have a problem, so I requested that he come with me."
"When did Inuyasha get here?" Kagome asked me as Officer Banks put hand cuffs on my mom. She was glaring at me but I didn't care. "He was in the car." I replied, "Remember when I started telling you something about him when in the car? I stopped because he didn't want you to know he was there." "I wanted it to be a secret." Inuyasha said walking over to us, "Are you alright, Kyo? She didn't hurt you badly, did she?" "No." I replied rubbing my shoulder and face, "She would have if you had let that last one go. I probably would be out of it at the moment. I owe you a lot."
Officer Banks began to take my mom away. "Wait!" Mrs. Higurashi said suddenly. They stopped. "Mrs. Tsukia has to sign this so that she gives up custody of Kyo and I adopt her!" "Anything to get rid of the brat." Mom mumbled while signing the paper sloppily. She finished and was led away. I cheered and hugged Mrs. Higurashi. "Thanks!" I said, "Mom."

Kagome: It was so sweet again!

Inuyasha: Yeah.

Kikyo: It was strange.

Miroku: You haven't heard the whole story.

Kagome: Why are you still here?

Miroku: Me?

Kagome: No. Kikyo.

Kikyo: Because I'd like to spend some time with Inuyasha if you don't mind.

Kagome: {Walks out of room}

Inuyasha: Kagome! Wait up!

Kikyo: I will never understand him.

Sango: Then maybe you should give him up.

Kikyo: NEVER!

Clear Waters: Calm down!!!! R&R everybody! Hoped you enjoyed it!