Chapter 1: The New Puppy
(Kagome POV)
The snow swiftly falls down from the grey sky over my head as I sit under my favorite tree. I start to sing the song I wrote recently.
(Bring Me To Life by Evanescence)
"How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core where I've become so numb
Without a soul, my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home"
Mama always knows what's going on with me...no matter how I try to hide it. She looks into my eyes and knows all. I look up at the sky and wonder why it all had to be like this. Why did daddy have to leave us...leave me... I continue singing.
"Wake me up
(Wake me up inside)
I can't wake up
(Wake me up inside)
Save me
(Call my name and save me from the dark)
"Wake me up
(Bid my blood to run)
I can't wake up
(Before I come undone)
Save me
(Save me from the nothing I've become)
"Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life"
It feels like I'm dead inside...this shouldn't of happened...daddy's not supposed to die...he's supposed to be invincible...like superman. To make matters worse...it's my fault he's gone...
"Wake me up
(Wake me up inside)
I can't wake up
(Wake me up inside)
Save me
(Call my name and save me from the dark)
"Wake me up
(Bid my blood to run)
I can't wake up
(Before I come undone)
Save me
(Save me from the nothing I've become)
"I've been living a lie
There's nothing inside
Bring me to life
"Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead
"All this time, I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything"
It sucks how you never realize how much you love a person or how much you needed them till they're gone. Daddy's done so much for me and I didn't even get to thank him for it all....
"Without thought, without voice, without a soul
Don't let me die here
There must be something more
Bring me to life
"Wake me up
(Wake me up inside)
I can't wake up
(Wake me up inside)
Save me
(Call my name and save me from the dark)
"Wake me up
(Bid my blood to run)
I can't wake up
(Before I come undone)
Save me
(Save me from the nothing I've become)
"I've been living a lie
There's nothing inside
Bring me to life"
I bury my head behind my knees and cry. I cry for my daddy's death, for my brother and mama, for grandpa, for me...for us all to get through this alright. I start to hear tiny footsteps approaching, but they seem labored. Then I hear someone's voice booming across the yard. I lift my head up to see a teenage girl running towards me. She had long straight brown hair that was put into a loose pony tail, dark brown eyes, and was wearing a pink tank top with jeans and flip flops. When she reaches me, she says, "I can't stand seeing you like this Kagome. Let's do something today, get your mind off of everything.
"Hi Sango, I'm not really up for anything today."
"You never are. I know what you're going through is hard, but he'd want you to be happy. It's been almost a year now. Don't let this all take over your life." I can still hear these tiny, labored steps. They can't be Sango's...who's are they? We hear something light fall to the ground. "Kagome? Did you hear that?"
"Yeah, what do you think it could be? Should we go to try and find out?" I nod and get out of my sitting position under the tree. We walk out towards the street. Once we get to the long set of stairs we see a red spot staining the snow. "Is that blood? What is that in the puddle of blood?"
"Kagome, look it's a puppy!" And they also saw the bloody paw prints it left getting up the stairs. "Oh, the poor thing! Kagome, go get your first aid kit and a blanket. If he still has a chance we must save him." I see Sango running towards the puppy, so I run towards the house so we put him on the towel inside while sealing all of his wounds.
After we were done, Sango covered the puppy in the blanket and kept him in her lap. "Sango, what do you think happened to him?"
"I don't know Kagome...oh! He's moving now; at least he'll be okay now." The puppy awoke and started to stir. "Shhh, it's okay little one, you're safe now." He jumps out of Sango's hand and barks. It looks like he wants us to follow so I get up and he starts running.
"Come on! He wants us to follow!" Sango catches up easily with me, but we couldn't catch up with the puppy. He was just in our range of sight. "Wow...this puppy...is...really...fast...."
He leads us to a little shack that looks like it's been neglected for years. He whimpers and scratches at the closed door. I walk over and slowly open the door to look inside. The place actually looked like a tornado came in here; even had broken up furniture laying everywhere. There was blood and scratches everywhere. I ask, "What in the world could have happened here? This place is a wreck." The puppy runs into a corner in the back and pulls out a brown and red ball. When I look closer I see that it was actually another puppy covered in blood. "Sango...this is horrible...we need to help them. What if you took one puppy and I took the other?"
"Sounds like a great idea, let's get them out of here." Sango picks up the puppy from before while I carefully pick up the new one. "We'll need names for them too. What should they be?"
Before I could answer there was a crash from behind us. We turn around to see a huge man standing in the door way. "What are you two doing in here?! Leave at once!"
"Yes sir!" We both say and run. But, he must have noticed that we took the puppies because he came back out with a shot gun. When he started shooting, he got me in the leg, but I kept running anyway...for the puppy's sake.
We were half way there when I fell to the ground. My leg hurt so badly and I've lost a lot of blood already. "Come on, we'll walk the rest. He won't come after us."
I nod and she helps me up. We walk the rest and see mama looking at us worried. "Kagome dear, what happened to your leg?"
"It was some mean man mama; he was hurting these puppies so we took them. But, he shot me. Can you get me the stuff in front of the front door please? We need to help this second puppy before it's too late."
"I'll take care of the puppies, dear. Sango, take her to the hospital to get that checked out."
"Yes ma'am." Sango pulls me towards her car and we're off.
(At the hospital)
Once Sango and I get to the hospital, I start breathing heavier. Sango helps me get inside. I'm losing too much blood..."Sango...I need...to sit down..."
"Just hold on a little longer...Oh miss! Miss we need help!"
The doctor that was looking at her clipboard is now looking to see who was screaming for help. "May I help you?"
"Are you blind?! The girl I'm kind of holding up here that's now bleeding to death? Yeah I brought her to the hospital for a reason! Now help her!"
"Sango...relax...I'll be...fine..." The doctor nods and calls for a stretcher. She helps me on to it and rolls me into a room. I look around to see it's pretty empty; only a bed and an end table are in it and everything is white. I see all of this right before I fall asleep.
When I wake up, I look around. I see myself in the white room still with a needle in my arm that's attached to a bag full of blood. I guess I did lose a lot of blood after all. I hear a noise coming from outside of the door; it was open so I could hear everything. "What do you mean I can't see her?!"
"I'm sorry ma'am, only family can visit right now. We can't let you in without consent."
"Well I consent you to let me see my frickin' sister!"
"You're not her sister, you're a friend. Now I understand this is hard because she's hurt. But, she's going to be fine. Now, I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
I call, "Excuse me! She can come in, she's my sister." The nurse sighs in defeat but smiles and nods.
Sango says sarcastically, "Thank you" and walks in with her nose held high in the air for emphasis. The nurses walk away and Sango was still ticked. "Can you believe them?! Not letting me in...humph!"
I chuckle and say, "Well you're in now. You should watch that temper of yours."
The doctor comes in and says, "Hello Kagome, my name is Kaede. How are you feeling?"
"Hi Kaede. I feel fine. When can I get out of here?"
"Now, now slow down. You just got shot; you need to rest for a while. Let me see your wound."
I'm in a hospital gown so it's pretty easy to show them my leg. I take off the blanket and lift up the gown to show that the wound is completely healed.
"My word! Child, how did you...?"
"I'm a fast healer."
Sango just stared at my leg in shock. "I don't think I'll ever get used to you being able to heal that fast. I've seen it so many times now and it still surprises me."
Kaede looks at me in wonder. "Well then...I guess you can go when you please."
"Thank you Kaede! I'll see you when I see you!"
"I'll be glad to, but don't hurry back here. Maybe we'll see each other in a more pleasant environment."
I laugh and wave, as does Sango. We run over to her car and jump in to head back to my house.
Well this is the first chapter to my new story. How do you guys like it so far? Give me some ideas on what should happen in the next chapter. Ideas make the story better. So review please!!!