Full Summary: Can Kagome's heart change for love? Making unbelievable choices is just something that makes someone die for…
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha…
AN: I was so inspired to write this fiction after an AR book I read… Can you believe that?? An AR book! Ha! Well, I hope this goes well and not chaotic like this other fic I'm trying to keep together… Defiant Enchantress… Grrr… I'm sure if you read Laura's Heart, this would be similar but not by a whole lot. Just a little!! And I can aware you that Inuyasha is OOC!! He's sweet! Yay!
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Saving Me
Prologue
Beating…
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Beep…Kagome moved her head to the side slowly as her eyes were slightly opened to the brightness of a light. It stung her a little bit but she just couldn't get her eyes to open fully. She felt a mask go over her nose and mask as air was brought in and out of it.
Beep…And that sound? What was it? It sounds so distant but that's all she could ever hear. She felt a warm hand touch her right hand rubbing the back of lightly. Knowing it was her mother.
Kagome let out a small moan indicating that she was awake.
"Kagome…" she heard her mother whisper closely to her ears as she felt her breath winded her hair. "Honey?"
Kagome felt that if she moved she would feel an enormous deathly pain. She lifted up a finger and felt nothing. It was a cue to open her eyes. And so she did open her eyes and looked around seeing white drapes surrounding her and her mother looking down at her with a smile.
"What… happened…?" Kagome asked speaking through the mask sounding a little blocked because of it. She forgot where she was.
"You're at the Sakura Hospital… You had another heart attack…" her mother said solemnly. She sat down on a chair next to the bed still having a hand over Kagome's.
Oh… an attack… Why wasn't that new to hear? It shouldn't be after all. Because Kagome's heart isn't what you call normal.
She was born with a weak heart and had about three different surgeries because of it. She rolled her eyes and looked over to the spot where the white curtains weren't covering, the window. And thought about why does she have to be the one stuck with this heart? It wasn't fair! She has a life ahead of her and now isn't sure if she's going to fulfill it… She's gotten this far hasn't she? She's fifteen and made it this far.
A tear trickled down her cheek, as all she ever thought about was this. It was all ready hard enough to focus in school. And hard enough to even stay home just for one day. She might as well live in the hospital since this is her hundredth time being here and in this retched room. She wanted to scream.
Nothing could be worse than this. Nothing could be worse with a heart that always leads you to something that you just wished you would never ever want to have or expected. It's worse than having any other injuries. You can't walk for more than one minute or you'll pass out. You can't get all girly-girly when you meet a guy because your heart will race and end up here.
Here in this hellhole where you can't get out unless by a miracle, an angel touches you.
"The doctor says that you have to stay here for a week or so…" her mother broke the thoughtful silence that Kagome endured. Kagome stared at the Sun that was going down as it was painting the sky orange and yellow. Beautiful in anyone's opinion but for Kagome it was pure bored ness as that sky was all she ever saw every time she would wake up.
"Again?" her voice was raspy. She cleared her throat and took off the mask. What's the point of having that on when she could get more by the air she was breathing now?
Her mother didn't seem to mind, as she knew Kagome hated those breathing oxygen tanks and wouldn't blame her at all. She looked at her daughter and stood up. The visiting hours were about to end in five minutes.
"I'll be here in the morning right after Sota goes to school. I'll bring you're favorite 'sert. Oden?"
Kagome smiled at her loveable mother that was by her side all the way through was grateful for it, too. She always kept a happy thought unless it was something really terrible and wouldn't be able to hide it in her happiness.
"Mm. Thanks mom."
Her mother bent down and kissed her forehead with her eyes closed and patted her hand.
"I love you, you be good."
"I love you, too, Mom."
Her mother smiled one last time and closed the door gently behind her. She inhaled deeply letting it out with a frustrated sigh. She had been there by her daughter's bed for nearly eight hours and not one bite to eat…
She spotted Kagome's doctor and talked to him.
"Ah, Mrs Higurashi." He smiled down at her. "How are you today?"
"I'm doing fine, Dr Miroku Houshi." She had a hand under her chin.
"I'm sure Kagome will be fine. If anything will happen we'll be sure to call you as soon as possible or keep in any contact with you."
"I know… You've been a big help with her ever since she's been here."
"I'm glad and honored to have Kagome as my patient." He put a hand on her shoulder and leveled his eyes with hers. "You shouldn't be really stressful about Kagome's condition. I can assure you that she is no where near danger."
She looked up at him holding in her tears. "I was wondering…"
"Yes?"
"Can you move Kagome's bed by the window to let her have a perfect view of the grounds when she wakes up in the morning? And those filthy curtains, I don't like how there right there when she has the room to herself."
He smirked. "You may be kind and gentle hearted but you're also a picky woman for her daughter's goods."
She nodded and couldn't help but smile, "I just want to keep things comfortable for her, that's all."
"I know. You're a good mom." He didn't want to take anything further and was wanted by a nurse who was calling him for another patient. "I'll be sure to send someone on that." He winked saying good-bye.
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Kagome watched as the time was slowly passing by. Just another day here, more like the rest of her life here. She practically remembers the whole place, all the rooms down to the cracks on the walls.
All the time she would have her doctor, who is a total complete perv, check on her once in a while. He was probably the youngest one working here and yet was top of all doctors in the country. He's somewhere around the age of 18 right now and he'd been Kagome's only doctor since he was thirteen. It amazes her how he was also the youngest student to graduate college for hospital and all those smart stuff that she doesn't even know about.
Heck, her mother wanted him to be her husband the day she laid eyes on him.
Kagome smiled, as he was also a very good-looking man. But knew that he was a womanizer and won't stay with one girl for more than an hour and move on…
That's all she's keeping to.
She looked over at the clock that was right by her and said in big, bold, read letters 11:49 PM.
Wow, eleven… no wait. Ten minutes till midnight since the 49 changed into a 50.
Kagome heard the door open. She didn't want the nurse or the doctor to know that she was awake so she closed her eyes and put herself where she looked like she was still sleeping for while.
Luckily it wasn't dark in the room, Kagome opened her eyes as she peeked who was entering and morally entering at this time of the night.
It was someone Kagome never met. He had silver hair and dog-ears. Silver hair and dog-ears? Obviously this guy wasn't human. But she thought that only humans could work here. He had headphones on and it was on really loud since Kagome could practically hear the words clearly. He had on an ugly green suit that Kagome find only nurses would wear. Those huge tee and pants with those funky shoes that looks like it was ballet time.
Just then the bed shook.
Kagome sat up, regretting it because her heart stung. She put a hand over her chest and yelped, "Argh!" she groaned and lay back down.
"I'm sorry!" he had a rusty voice yet soothing as he was apologizing putting down his CD player and headphones on the table. "I didn't mean to wake you!"
Kagome was breathing slowly. "It's not your fault… you didn't give me this heart…" Kagome whispered the last part for him not to hear but she was wrong.
His ears dropped. Feeling her with pity as she didn't know who she was talking to. He may just meet her for the first time but yet felt bad for her.
"I never you seen here before… Are you new?" she asked staring up at the ceiling as if her soul was drained. She looked so tired right there.
"No," he answered. "I've been working here for a year."
"Oh really?" Kagome swallowed palely. "I'm Kagome."
"I know."
"You do?" She forced her head to look at him cocking an eyebrow.
"I've seen you here a lot of times since I've been here, actually. I always hear your name down the hall when I come here to clean up." He looked down to his side. "Inuyasha."
"Inuyasha. That's your name?" she sounded really tiny. "It's pretty…" Inuyasha didn't want to argue about his name being pretty because it surely wasn't. "What were you doing here anyways?"
"I was sent to move your bed by the window… I thought I'd come in here now then at six for you to wake up to see the beautiful view of Sakura city." He looked out the window staring at the moon. "I'm just an orderly."
"You act as if that was a bad thing." She told him. She changed the subject so suddenly. "What were you listening to?"
"Smooth jazz." He answered coolly.
Kagome looked at him with a curious smile, "I didn't know guys listened to jazz."
"There's a lot of guys who listens to jazz."
"Not the cool ones."
"I'm not cool."
Kagome smiled looking the other direction, "you're right. You're not."
He smirked. "You know for a girl who's got it bad you're sure kind of stubborn."
Got it… bad? She thought as he said those words like he said that everyday to anyone like her condition. No one ever said anything like that to her. They would always say, "You're doing so well! You'll be better all the time!" or "Yay! Your heart is as good as well!" Was he being honest?
"And for sneaking in badly, you seem to be nicer than I thought you would be." She leveled with him.
"I ain't nice. I'm just doing my job." He crossed his arms. "You know, here's nice. I won't move your bed then. I'll let you do it."
"Oh, about that. I was going to tell you not to move my bed. I don't care about the view it's all I ever see so what's the point?"
"Eh, true. But I have to move it anyways or my ass would be up for the challenge." He earned a laugh from Kagome.
"I'll just tell your boss I told you not to then." Kagome looked over at him as he stared right back at her with his golden eyes that Kagome just seem to notice. "How long are you staying here?"
"I think I should be headed off now… I'm needed at the next floor in a few minutes." He answered with a shrug.
Kagome didn't want to feel lonely and also to the fact that she wasn't near sleepy. "You think you can stay here with those few minutes?"
He looked at her and smirked a cool one, "Are my looks working? Are they drilling you in like I was planning to?"
Kagome giggled, "No, I just get lonely here, that's all. I never talk to anyone while I'm here. Only to my family and the doctor." It was simple when she said that. She obviously really meant it too.
He sighed and walked over to the table. "Here," he handed her, his CD set and took out three CD cases out of his pocket placing it on her stomach. "It'll give you something to do while you're still here."
"When do you want them back?" she asked sitting herself up a bit feeling his hand on her arm helping her also.
"I'll be back whenever. I'll get them. I'll be here for the rest of the week so maybe later when I have something to do here in this floor, okay?"
Kagome nodded.
"It was nice meeting you." He said and ruffled her hair and walked out the door without saying goodbye. Because saying goodbye would mean goodbye forever…
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Kagome stared at the door as he left. She could smell his scent when he past by her. It was a rough smell of cologne but then again it was putted on light. That deep smell of spice and danger mixed at the same time. Kagome couldn't get why she was thinking of Inuyasha but it was better than thinking of her condition right now.
She placed the head set on and flowed with the music, as it was the soft jazz music that he was listening to. But she remembered hearing words the last time she's checked… Hmm… maybe later on in the CD some guys starts singing or something. But that didn't matter.
Since she has his CD player and CDs, she has an excuse for him to come back and visit him to retrieve his things…
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AN: Rough start, no? Well, this is as much as I can do so far since this is a prologue. The update wouldn't be long. Maybe within 50-60 hours… Lol. Any longer, I'll put up two chapters. Ha.