DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha. I'm just a fan of the show. All rights to the character belong to its creator Rumiko Takahashi.
SUMMARY: Kagome and Inuyasha are in-laws bound together by their connection through her deceased sister and his late wife. With nobody to lean on besides each other, can these two settle their differences and make peace with each other for the sake of the children involved?
NOTE: This is an alternate universe story. Inuyasha is a half demon in this fic and he and Kagome as well as the other characters of the anime/manga live in a human/demon society. This story starts off in the present in the first chapter below. When you get to Chapter II and beyond you'll get a glimpse of past events that occurred in Kagome's and Inuyasha's lives. These events will be italicized. So, all italicized paragraphs at the beginning of my later chapters will refer to past events. Then the chapters will revert back to the future.
CHAPTER 1: BUTTING HEADS
Rising up from her canopy bed, Kagome reached over to the burgundy nightstand resting a few inches away from her bed. The lights were off and her room was dark and she couldn't really see anything, except for the crimson red numbers on her black digital clock in the shape of a cat, which rested against the center wall of her room. It was three-thirty in the morning.
She frowned and brought her hand down onto the nightstand, feeling for her phone. She'd been enjoying a very delicious dream, which involved her, a hot guy and a bowl of Ben & Jerry's cherry-peach-vanilla ice-cream, until that stupid phone of hers jarred her awake. Whoever it was that was calling her, in the wee hours of the morning had better have a darn good excuse for waking her, or they were going to get a large taste of her fury. She highly valued her rest and she didn't like being disturbed.
"Hello!" She said a bit groggily after she located the phone and placed it onto her ear.
"Aunt Kagome!"
"Kenshin! Honey, what are you're doing calling me so early? It's three in the morning."
Kagome heard someone sniffle on his end of the phone before little voices rang out in the background, which definitely belonged to her twin nieces. She smelled trouble with a capital t. Frowning, she sat up fully in her bed, wondering why her nephew and nieces were up at this time of night.
"Kenshin, why are calling me so early in the morning?" She repeated. "Are your sisters up as well?"
"Yes! I didn't know who else to call."
"What's going on Kenshin? Where's your father?"
"On the floor in his room. He stumbled into the house a little while ago and woke us up."
Kagome groaned and gripped the telephone tightly. "Is he drunk again?"
"I think so. I think he was in a fight. His clothes are really bloody."
"Let me speak to him!" Kagome nearly yelled, struggling to hold in her temper.
"I can't! He passed out! That's why I called you."
"Oh God!" She groaned. "Do you know CPR?"
"I don't know CPR Aunt Kagome! What do I do?"
Kagome groaned again and pressed a hand to her forehead as she began to get frustrated.
"Click over and call your uncle Miroku, Kenshin. Let him know what's going on. Maybe, he can get to the house and help Inuyasha. I'm gonna call the police and send some help over to your house. Then I'm gonna call you right back."
"Okay Aunt Kagome."
Kagome ended her call with her nephew and began frantically punching in numbers on her phone, hoping against hope that her nephew and nieces wouldn't witness their father's death on today. She took a quick breath as she waited for someone to answer her call. She wondered how long her obnoxious brother in law had been unconscious. Hopefully it wasn't a very long time.
"You've reached the Hiragana Police Station. My name's Doris. How can I help you?"
"I need an ambulance sent to my brother in law's house. He's not breathing. He lives in Furigana with his three children. His address is 3569 Westland Estates."
"Ma'am this is the Hiragana Police Station not the Furigana Police Station."
"I know that. I was hoping that I could get connected to the Furigana Police Station. I don't know the number to the Furigana Police Station being that I live in Hiragana. My brother in law lives in Furigana and he's the one that needs medical help. I live too far away to help him."
"Alright Miss. Can I get your name?"
"It's Higurashi Kagome."
"Thank you Ms. Higurashi. What's the nature of your call?"
"Are you serious?" Kagome nearly shouted into the phone's receiver. "I just told you what the nature of the call was!"
The woman acted as though if she hadn't heard a word she said. "Look honey I can't help you if I don't know what the problem is."
"My brother in law passed out at his home. I don't know how long he's been out. He's in his home with his three frightened children and none of them know CPR. I need an ambulance sent to their home."
"Ms. Sagome, is it?"
"It's Kagome!"
"Look Miss, you might want to check your attitude! You're the one who needs my help."
"I don't have time for this Doris! There's a man at 3569 Westland Estates who isn't breathing and hasn't been for God knows how long. Now stop getting attitudes with me and get him some help."
Kagome heard Doris groan and sigh annoyingly into the phone and she almost slammed her phone against the wall.
"Are you done ranting Sagome?"
"It's Kagome!"
Whatever! Where do you need the ambulance sent?"
"To 3569 Westland Estates!"
"What city?"
"Furigana."
Kagome heard Doris punching in numbers onto something that sounded like a keyboard. Then she heard her gasp as if she'd just seen a ghost.
"Um, Ms. Kagome."
"Yes."
"I'm gonna have to transfer your call."
"What? Why?"
"Westland Estates is inhabited by Demons, isn't it?"
Kagome didn't miss the way she said the word Demons, like it hurt her lips just to utter the word.
"Yes there are demons that live there but what does that have to do with anything?"
"Is this brother in law of yours human or demon?"
"He's both!"
"In that case I'll have to transfer your call."
"What's the matter with you people? A man is dying! Just because he's half demon you're gonna deny him medical assistance."
"My apologies Ms. Higurashi but we don't provide assistance for demons."
"Not even for half demons?"
"Like I said we don't provide assistance for demons, half or whole."
"You racist…prejudiced…
Doris ignored Kagome and began punching in a new set of numbers on her keyboard.
"Stay on the line Ms. Higurashi and I'll transfer you right over."
Kagome mumbled into the phone as her eyes fell upon her clock. It was 3:55 in the morning, meaning that nearly half an hour had passed since she got off the phone with her nephew. She pressed her lips together, hoping that Kenshin was successful in contacting Miroku. The way things were going for her, it'd be a while before anyone was actually going to hear her case.
"Ms. Higurashi?" Kagome heard another voice on the telephone meaning Doris had finally transferred her call.
"Yes! This is Ms. Higurashi."
"Ms. Higurashi my name is Hiro and I understand that you need an ambulance sent to the Westland Estates."
"That's correct. The address is 3569 Westland Estates. His name is Ishikawa Inuyasha."
"Got it. We're sending some assistance over right away."
"Thank you so much."
"Does he have any medical problems that you're aware of?"
"No! He's in great shape. He doesn't bruise easily."
"Just one of the perks of being part demon."
"Look Mr. Hiro, I don't mean to be rude but I really need to call my nephew back. Is there anything else you need from me?"
"Well, there were some medical questions I needed to ask."
"I already told you that he doesn't have any medical problems."
"I know that but there are other things that my medical team will need to know just in case he needs surgery. Since you mentioned to the previous operator that he was your brother in law, I'm going to assume that there are some things that you don't know about him."
Kagome pressed a hand to her temple. She hadn't even thought about that. There was quite a lot that she didn't know about her brother in law.
"You mentioned that he's at home with his children."
"Yes, his 12 year old son and his 6 year old twin daughters."
"Is there anyone that can look after the children when he enters the hospital?"
"Not anybody I can think of."
"Are you sure? There's no sister, cousin or uncle?"
"There's nobody."
"What about the children's mother?"
Kagome felt her back stiffen as she gripped the phone tightly in her hands.
"My sister is dead and my brother in law is a single parent. I'd go over there myself if I didn't live so far away. There isn't anyone that can help them, sir. I'd appreciate it if you didn't ask me that question again."
A long pause passed between Kagome and Hiro as she continued to hold the phone. She didn't mean to bite the poor guy's head off but she was tired of explaining to him that there was nobody who could take care of her nephew and his two sisters. She began to pull the phone away from her ear when she heard him speak again.
"I don't have any more questions for you Ms. Kagome. You may end this call. I hope your brother in law makes a full recovery."
"If your medical team makes it to him in time." Kagome mumbled into the phone.
"He'll make it. It takes an awful lot to kill a half demon."
"I hope so. Goodbye Mr. Hiro. Thank you for your help."
"You're welcome Ms. Kagome and I'm sorry for asking so many questions."
"Don't worry about it." Kagome stated before pulling her phone away from her ear and ending her session with Hiro.
She closed her eyes before dialing Inuyasha's home number. She was starting to get a bitter taste in her mouth and her head was beginning to throb. His phone rung and she waited for someone to answer it but no one ever did. She ended the call and dialed Inuyasha's number again only to receive the same answer.
If nobody was answering the phone maybe Kenshin had been successful in finding his father some help. Or perhaps it was already too late to save him. She hoped it wasn't the latter.
Laying her phone down, Kagome stepped out of bed and turned the lights on in her bedroom. Then she went to her closet to pull out some clothes. She could just strangle Inuyasha for getting into another fight. This was his seventh fight in the past three months.
She honestly didn't know what his problem was. He didn't have to attend every fight he was invited to. She understood how rough it had to be to raise three children by himself but he didn't have to get so violent whenever somebody looked at him the wrong way. He had children to consider. His actions reflected them and the last thing the poor children needed was more enemies.
His own brother thought he was an unfit father and even threatened to take his children away from him a few times before. Of course that was probably initiated by his brother's wife. She couldn't have any children of her own and despised anyone else that could. Kagome actually felt sorry for the poor woman because she really did seem to want a child badly.
Tossing her clothes onto the bed, Kagome headed for the bathroom. As soon as she got out of the shower she was going to get dressed and take the earliest flight she could to get to Furigana. She had a few choice words to give to her bonehead brother in law. He had to stop behaving so irresponsibly. It wasn't healthy for his children or himself.
As she stepped into the bathroom her phone began to ring and she raced back to her nightstand to pick it up. It had to be good news.
"Kenshin?"
"It's Miroku Kagome."
"Oh Miroku! Thank God! Is everything okay? Did Kenshin get in contact with you?"
"Everything's fine Kagome. We're all at the hospital."
"How's Inuyasha?"
"He's stabilized."
"Is he gonna be alright?"
"You know Inuyasha Kagome."
"Exactly, that's why I need to know if he's really okay."
"He's fine."
Kagome sighed and gripped her phone tightly, wishing it was Inuyasha's neck instead.
"So what happened Miroku? Kenshin told me that his clothes were bloody. I'm assuming he was in a fight."
"He got into a scuffle with some guy at that Irish bar on South Street."
"Oh Inuyasha!"
"That's not all of it. The guy who he fought wasn't alone. When they found out that Inuyasha was pounding their buddy into a bloody pulp they jumped into the fight."
"How many?"
"There were at least four more of them."
"Did anybody try to break it up?"
"I'm sure they would've if in fact there were any humans involved."
"What? Are you telling me that Inuyasha tried to take on five demons by himself?"
"He didn't try he did and he probably would've gotten the best of them if he wasn't intoxicated."
"How drunk was he?"
"Very, very drunk. It's a wonder he was still as alert as he was considering how much alcohol he'd consumed."
"I can't believe nobody tried to stop them from fighting."
"Well believe it Kagome because nobody did. In case you've forgotten most humans don't take too well to demons, half demon or full demon. Either way it doesn't matter."
Kagome sighed and grunted as intense feelings of anger and sympathy filled up her senses. She hated Inuyasha for getting into so many fights but she also sympathized with him. Being a hanyou wasn't the easiest thing in the world.
"After their brawl ended Inuyasha's assailants took off and so did he. They all knew that it'd be a matter of time before law enforcement showed up. So they all left the bar rather quickly."
"Let me guess. Inuyasha drove himself home?"
"Do you even need to ask?"
"What is the matter with him? He could've killed himself! If I didn't know any better I'd swear he was trying to kill himself."
"He's just got a lot going right now Kagome."
"Who doesn't Miroku? He's not the only one in the world with problems."
"It's really difficult for him Kagome, especially now."
"Don't you dare try to take up for him Miroku! I don't care what he's going through. He can't just take his anger and frustration out on the whole world."
"Kagome!"
"I don't want to hear it Miroku!"
"Kagome please!"
"Forget it Miroku! You're not gonna get me to feel sorry for him anymore!"
"Kagome, would you shut up for a minute and listen to what I have to tell you."
"What is it Miroku?"
"I agree with you. Inuyasha does need to stop behaving so irresponsibly. It's just that his wife's birthday just passed."
Kagome closed her eyes for a moment and leaned against the wall. How many times had she heard this story before? If Inuyasha thought for one minute that he was going to use her dead sister's birthday as an excuse to go picking fights, then she'd pick one with him herself. Not wanting to hear another word from Miroku Kagome decided to cut their conversation short.
"I have flight arrangements to make Miroku. I'm gonna try to get to Furigana the earliest I can. So expect to see me later today."
"Kagome I'm not done talking."
"Yes you are. I don't want you lying for that sorry brother in law of mine. He's a grown man."
"Kagome!"
"I'll be there as soon as I can."
Kagome ended the phone call with Miroku and called Satoshi Airlines. She was tired of feeling sorry for Inuyasha. It was time for him to accept some responsibility and if she was the only one strong enough to get him help then he was going to accept it whether he wanted it or not.
Walking through the doors of the Koshigaya Medical Center Kagome went in search of the Ishikawa clan. Miroku told her that everybody was still at the hospital waiting for Inuyasha to get released. It was 8:00 at night and she'd just arrived in Furigana a little over an hour ago. Miroku offered to pick her up from the airport but Kagome refused. She told him that it would be best if he stayed with Inuyasha and his children, considering Sango was pregnant.
She tightened her jacket on her shoulders as she made her way to the waiting area. She saw Sango sitting in a large, blue chair with both of her nieces Kara and her namesake Kagome on either side of her. They were both asleep. Their older brother Kenshin was seated across from her and Miroku was sitting next to him with his 4 year old son Miatsu sleeping in his lap. He seemed to notice her first.
"You finally made it." Miroku announced once she rounded the corner and made her way over to all of them.
"Aunt Kagome!" Kenshin announced in relief. The boy stood up from his chair and ran up to her, throwing his arms around her neck, squeezing her like she was a plush teddy bear.
"Hey kiddo! How's it going?"
"I love you Aunt Kagome!"
"I love you too Kenshin."
Kenshin trembled in his aunt's embrace and she eased back just a bit to get a good look at his face. The boy looked scared and besides that, he looked lost. She'd never seen him look that way before but she had seen the look before. She shuddered and threw her arms around him again.
"Please! Help my dad Aunt Kagome. He needs help."
Kagome patted Kenshin's back as her sympathy suddenly turned to anger. She'd just remembered why she flew all the way to Furigana anyway. She held onto Kenshin for a bit longer and then slowly eased out of his embrace.
"What room is your father in?" Kagome asked her nephew not realizing how cold her voice had turned.
Sango stared at her in confusion.
"He's in room 419 on the left wing of the hospital." Kenshin replied to her.
"I'll be right back honey. You stay here with your sisters."
Kenshin nodded and took his seat again as Kagome prepared to leave. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned and her eyes met Miroku's. He shifted his son in his arms.
"Don't be too rough on him Kagome. He's been through a lot today."
"Not nearly enough." Kagome mumbled before moving away from Miroku.
She glanced at her two sleeping nieces and then at Sango. She could feel the older woman's eyes boring into her face but she ignored her. She could tell that Sango wanted to say something to her but she held her tongue. She knew herself that Inuyasha wasn't acting responsibly but she still didn't want Kagome giving him a hard time. He was her younger brother after all.
Kagome shook off her glare and walked away from them and headed to Inuyasha's hospital room. She had no idea what she was going to say to him but he certainly was going to be on the receiving end of her wrath. That much she was sure of.
Ditching the stairs she hopped onto the elevator. She pressed the button for the 4th floor and waited for the doors to close. She sighed and leaned against the wall and cleared her throat. She had a horrible case of jet lag and she was sleepy. Her body desperately needed its rest.
The elevators doors buzzed and she removed her body from the wall and stepped out of the elevator. It took her about five minutes to locate Inuyasha's room. She peered into the glass of the door and spotted him leaning over his bed. He was tying his shoe and he was shirtless and there was a thick, white bandage wrapped around his head save his ears.
She saw one of them twitch from above the bandage and knew immediately that he must've realized that she was outside his hospital room door. She took that as her cue to enter his room as she pushed the door open and made her presence known.
He turned to stare at her for a moment before stepping completely away from his bed. Then he grunted and bent down to tie his other shoe.
"Inuyasha?"
"Why are you here?" He asked her in a cool even tone.
"Well hello to you too brother in law."
"Keh." He muttered irritation evident in his voice.
Kagome snorted and groaned before fixing her gaze on the window. She wished that he was wearing a shirt. She was finding it quite difficult to talk him while he was clad in nothing but a pair of gray jogging pants that hung too loosely at his hips. She got a rather intimidating view of his tanned to perfection chest and his rather muscular stomach, not to mention that hint of silver hair that ran just below his navel. She refused to let her mind go any further.
Dear Kami! It just wasn't fair for anyone to be that sexy.
She closed her eyes for a minute and tried to steady her thoughts. It would be just like her to give him a piece of her mind and get distracted in the whole process. She sighed and placed her hands into the pockets of her jacket.
He moved closer to her a confused expression donning his beautifully rugged features.
She slowly shifted her gaze to his.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"Of course I'm alright." She stated once she was able to bring her raging hormones under control. "I should be asking you that question."
"Keh. What you should be doing is minding your own business."
"Well last time I checked my nephew and his sisters are my business."
Inuyasha huffed before glaring at Kagome. He really didn't feel like arguing with her.
"Don't start Kagome. I don't want to hear it"
"I don't care if you don't want to hear it Inuyasha. You've got to be half out of your mind if you think I'm gonna just forget about the fact that you keep getting into these fights. You have to stop this."
"And you have to mind your own business Kagome. I'm a grown man and the last time I checked I didn't need your permission to do anything I wanted to do."
"That doesn't mean you have to go around pummeling everybody who wrongs you. You're 30 years old not a teenager. You have to start acting more responsibly. You've got a family that needs you to protect them."
"I am protecting them!" He seethed.
"How? By getting your head beat into the ground by a hoard of demons!"
"I hardly call five measly weaklings a hoard of demons."
"It doesn't matter if they were weak demons. You were drunk and they were still strong enough to do some damage to that thick skull of yours or otherwise you wouldn't have that bandage wrapped around your head."
"Well, don't worry that pretty little head of yours off Kagome. My head doesn't feels as bad as it looks."
"If you hadn't gotten into a fight there would be no need for your head to be wrapped up."
"Like I said it doesn't hurt all that bad. Besides, those pissants had it coming."
"And you couldn't punish them another way?"
"Look Kagome! If you came here looking for a fight you'd better look somewhere else. I'm really not in the mood tonight!"
"I don't care! You could have died! Do you have any idea how scared your son is right now? How scared your little girls are?"
"Back off wench! I don't need a lecture from you!"
Inuyasha glared at her with his you don't want to mess with me right now gaze and Kagome flinched but she refused to back away.
"Well until you straighten up your act that's exactly what you're gonna get from me."
Inuyasha turned away from her and walked over to the empty brown chair seated a few feet away from his bed. He pulled his black tank top from the armrest and slipped it onto his upper body.
"It's late and I need to get my kids home."
"I'm not done talking to you!"
"Then feel free to use this room to talk to yourself all you want. I'm heading home."
"You are impossible!"
"And you are nosey! Stay out of my business wench! If I want your help I'll ask for it!"
"I really don't care what you think of me Inuyasha and I probably would back away if there weren't children involved but they are and they're not just any children. These are my dead sister's children. They are all I have left of her and I refuse to just sit by and let you ruin their lives."
Inuyasha walked back over to Kagome and grabbed her arm and shook her until she hesitantly met his gaze.
"Listen up Kagome because I'm only gonna say this once to you. Don't lecture me about my children. They mean the world to me. I would never do anything to hurt them. You know that. So stop coming at me with your righteous indignation. I'm not a very easy person to get along with as it is. You don't want to ever be on the receiving end of my wrath."
He released her quickly and she staggered back, nearly falling onto the floor in the process.
She stared at him with a mixture of fright and anger in her eyes.
He gave her one long hard look before ripping his hospital room door open and storming out in search of the elevator.
Kagome shook herself and forced her feet to move as she followed behind him and stepped onto the elevator with him.
She refused to look at him. He was so pissed off right now that no amount of talking she did was going to change his mind.
When they made it to the first floor the elevator buzzed and the doors came open. They stepped off of the elevator together both of them refusing to acknowledge each other's presence.
Sango, Miroku and the children were all still in the waiting area.
Upon seeing his father's face Kenshin stood up and walked over to him and his aunt.
"Dad! Are you okay?"
"I'm fine Kenshin. Wake your sisters up. I'm ready to go home."
Miroku turned to Inuyasha. "You've already been released?"
"I'm only half human. My body can take a lot more than what you measly humans can take."
"Are you sure you're okay Inuyasha?" Sango asked him. "You were beaten pretty badly."
Inuyasha flashed his sister a tender smile appreciating her for being worried about him. He assured her that he was fine.
"I'm fine Sango. Thanks for watching the children for me."
Sango returned the smile to her younger brother before stretching in her seat.
Kagome looked at them all in blatant disgust sitting around as if nothing had transpired earlier today. She knew she should've left the situation alone but she couldn't bring herself to keep her mouth closed.
"I hope you're going straight home." She said to Inuyasha after he lifted Kara into his arms. Kenshin picked up the other twin whom they all referred to as little Kagome or Kay.
Inuyasha stiffened before staring down his sister in law.
She stared back at him refusing to cower even though his glittering gaze unnerved her more than she cared to admit.
"Back off!" He snarled.
"That tone may work on everybody else but it's doesn't do anything for me! You don't scare me not one bit."
"I have had enough with your self righteous attitude wench! You better leave me alone or this will be the last time you see any of my children again."
"Are you threatening me?"
"That's exactly what I'm doing!"
"You can't stop me from seeing my nephew and nieces!"
"You mean your nieces! You don't have any blood ties to Kenshin."
Miroku gasped and Sango covered her mouth.
Kagome walked over to Inuyasha and slapped her hand against his head. "How dare you! How dare you say that me!"
"Well your sister pretended that she accepted him. How do I know you're not pretending?"
Kagome's anger flared so bad that she balled up her tiny fists and punched Inuyasha in his chest repeatedly.
He laughed at her before grabbing her left wrist tightly.
"Don't you dare talk about my sister that way!"
Inuyasha smirked and squeezed her wrist tighter as she fought to get away from him.
"Inuyasha stop it!" Sango yelled at him.
He ignored his sister as he stared up into Kagome's face. She was extremely angry and way beyond hurt. Her eyes were large and fearful and haunting. It seemed as though if they were trying to communicate with his but he was too stubborn and hell bent on scaring her that he didn't notice right away. By the time he realized what he'd done it was already too late.
He heard his son shouting at him to release his Aunt. The poor boy was trembling with tears threatening to fall from his amber eyes and down onto his youthful face.
Miroku took Kara from him and Sango was stared at him in utter confusion.
Without meeting her gaze again Inuyasha released Kagome's hand and she fell backwards against the wall.
Kenshin ran to her and threw his arms around her neck as she gasped and stared at her wrist. It was swollen and pink and blood was oozing from it. She was in so much pain. She wanted to cry badly but wasn't going give Inuyasha the satisfaction.
"Is everything okay over here ma'am?"
Kagome looked up from the floor and noticed two demon cops standing near Inuyasha ready to arrest him at her request. They didn't see what happened but she was pretty sure that they knew that something had just transpired. All they had to do was smell her blood on him.
With Kenshin's assistance Kagome was able to stand on her own as she faced the two police officers. "I'm fine." She announced through barely steady lips.
The two men stared at her curiously as she nodded to them. She felt the need to reassure them. The last thing Inuyasha needed was more trouble to follow him tonight.
"I'm fine officers. Everything is okay."
The demon cops stared at Inuyasha and then at Kagome. The stench of her blood was on his skin permeating their noses. However, unless she was willing to press charges against him there wasn't anything they could do.
"Everything is okay." She repeated again. This time she had better control of her voice.
She waited until the police officers walked away and then she turned her attention to the boy who hadn't yet released her.
"I'm okay Kenshin."
"No you're not! Dad hurt you! Your wrist is bleeding."
Kagome took a look at her wrist and noticed that it had begun to turn a dark purple color. She winced as she began to feel the full extent of the damage done to her arm and before she knew it a tear slipped from her eye and down her cheek.
"Oh my God!" She heard someone say from behind her.
She shifted her gaze to see a nurse staring at her swollen wrist.
"You need to get that taken care of."
"I'm fine!" Kagome muttered trying to keep up the façade while on the inside she felt like bawling like a baby.
The nurse ignored her and walked over to her and began to guide her away from the waiting area. "You need to get that fixed. It looks broken."
Kagome nodded as she leaned onto Kenshin and allowed the nurse to place a sturdy hand onto her back. As they walked away she heard Inuyasha whisper her name and her back stiffened. She ignored him and continued walking.
"Kagome."
"Leave her alone dad!" Kenshin nearly shouted at his father. "You've done enough already!"
"Kagome!" He uttered her name again ignoring his son.
She felt her heart flutter as her emotions wreaked havoc on her brain.
"Kagome!"
"Dad! Leave her alone! Can't you tell she's in pain?"
"Kagome!"
Still refusing to look at him Kagome finally answered him. "I said I was fine Inuyasha. Don't worry about me. Okay? I won't bother you again. I promise."
Inuyasha felt his heart fall into his stomach. What happened to all that anger that she threw at him when she barged into his room? He didn't know whose voice came out when she spoke but it certainly wasn't Kagome's, at least not the Kagome he knew. She spoke to him in such a quiet voice that Sango and Miroku strained their ears to hear her and still couldn't. The only ones who heard what she'd said were him and his son and the nurse because they were all demons.
He watched sadly as she leaned heavily against his son and quietly walked away from them. He only meant to scare her and put her in her place. He didn't mean to physically hurt her but he ended up doing it anyway. He stared down at the floor as feelings of guilt and regret filled his mind. Tonight was definitely going to be a long night.
Hello everybody! I decided to repost this one because it seemed easier to write then my others. I still haven't decided if I'm going to repost the other three stories. I might in the future, you never know. I'm gonna try to post new chapters as soon as I can. If you enjoyed reading it, then please post a review and let me know what you think.