Disclaimer: Okay, seriously. If Inuyasha belonged to me, he and Kagome would already be together. But as they aren't and I don't own

When Kagome woke up the next morning, the first thing she noticed was the nice warm body sleeping next to her and the sound of somebody whimpering. She immediately walked over to her baby boy and began to soothe him, but he would have none of it. He wouldn't feed, didn't have gas. So what was upsetting him?

"Here" Snapped Inuyasha snatching the little wailer from Kagome and, to her great shock, began to sing a lullaby. Within minutes there was happy baby half asleep in his almost-stepfather's arms. As he laid the baby back in his little crib, he asked, "Feeling alright?"

"Yes." Kagome replied, a smile gracing her lips, "I'm fine."

"Wonder what the judge is going to do now, with you stuck here for a bit." Kagome slapped her head. She had completely forgotten that the judge was supposed to give his decision today! But she'd just had Micah. Surely, he'd wait until she was able to be present before he made his final decision. Kagome turned to her son, her Micah, who was now giving her a look of such sweet innocence; she found tears pricking at her eyes. He cooed and then reached for her, clearly wanting to be held. As she scooped him, people came pouring into her room. Erri, Ayumi, Yuki, her mother, brother, grandfather. They laughed and cooed over the baby, and congratulated Kagome on her son and her engagement, and for a brief while, Kagome forgot all the worries.

After about two hours the crowd thinned until finally, everyone left, allowing a certain lawyer to slip in. She found the two tucking in Micah, arguing over how to do it. It made Amaya smile, until she offered a suggestion.

"Try it this way." She said, gently tucking Micah in. Kagome and Inuyasha watched in wonder.

"Amaya" Kagome began, but the young lawyer beat her to it.

"Yes, I did have a baby. A pained smiled twisted on her lips, and a tear ran down her cheek, "I named her Kagome." Inuyasha and Kagome said nothing. Amaya continued unprompted, "We got married in college and Kagome came in my junior year of Undergrad studies. About my first year of law school, I began to ask about having another baby. About two months after he agreed, I noticed the bruises when I was changing her one day. I reported it, repeatedly, even took pictures. But no one even cared, and I couldn't make it too obvious what I was doing, he would have killed Kagome, plus at the same time, I found out I was pregnant again. Then finally, when I found bruises around her throat, I confronted him." Kagome had a feint idea of what happened next.

"He just went berserk! Suddenly the sweet man I married and had a baby with was gone. Replaced by a snarling, fist throwing monster. He attacked me, and then raped me. While he did it, he screamed if I wanted a baby so bad, he'd give it to me." Amaya paused here, to wipe away more tears, before continuing, "I miscarried almost immediately, but was mercifully unconscious. They found Kagome in her crib. She was bruised almost beyond recognition, but they said the end was quick. But that's not even the worst part." Amaya turned her eyes to little Micah and gently stroked his cheek, before continuing, "He ripped me up so bad inside and there's so much scar tissue that there's almost no chance of me ever conceiving and an even smaller chance of me successfully carrying to term. So you see his revenge was complete." Kagome could find nothing to say to this. What was there to say?

"So I became a criminal lawyer, specializing in rape and parental rights. That's why I had to help you when you came into my office." At this Kagome felt ears run down her cheeks. Amaya was telling her this for a reason, and she had a very good idea why. . .

"The judge gave Hojo custody of Micah, didn't he?" Amaya met her eyes, but shook her head no. "Supervised weekend visitations, and if there's the slightest infraction or he gets into anymore trouble then he looses even that." Kagome looked at Micah, who gazed calmly back at her, unawares of the horrible predicament they were all in. Kagome burst into tears. It wasn't enough that he wasn't punished for what he did to her, oh no, now she'd have to face him every weekend. Suddenly strong pair of arms was around her, followed by another pair.

After a few minutes, she was calm again, and placing her son in her fiancée's arms, she went into the bathroom and splashed cold water on her face. As she toweled herself dry, Kagome found herself gazing in a mirror. Her face had a light to it, and her eyes were shining.

New mother's glow, Kagome thought with awe as she studied herself harder. I don't look upset now. This surprised her. Was it from just having cried about everything? No, it's because Inuyasha will protect Micah and me, no matter what. At this happy thought, a sense of security and love came bubbling up, and Kagome felt suddenly calm. So Hojo had visitation rights. So what? Hojo couldn't go anywhere with Micah without Her or Inuyasha present. And he would screw up, Hojo had learned NOTHING, of that Kagome was positive. Micah would belong to ONLY her and her hanyou, and Amaya would help.

With that, Kagome stepped out of the bathroom, smiling. She took Micah in her arms and cuddled him.

We'll be alright. She thought snuggling into Inuyasha's chest, because we'll look out for each other


A note from FB: Yes, I know that it's been months, I'm sorry. Harry Potter and school distracted me! I'm back now, and I would to take this opportunity to ask should I go back and rewrite some of these chapters and, if so, is anybody interested in being my beta-reader?