Chapter 7: The Recovery


When Kagome came to she was in the hospital. Sango and Miroku were sitting next to her bed, talking. She looked around trying to remember what happened and she saw Inuyasha sitting in the corner of the room with her older sister Rin. They were also talking; she could barely hear their conversation.

"This has happened before a few times before when she didn't take her medicine or she was really stressed out, but it was never this bad." Said Rin.

"Well it was both this time so that's why it was really bad. Why is she taking medicine in the first place?" said Inuyasha.

"She'll tell you when she's ready."

"Well this time it's my fault, and the fact that I'm in heat. Damn it I fucking hate this! Something always goes wrong!" Inuyasha said then punched the wall almost putting a hole in it.

"Calm down Inuyasha, if you weren't there she might have died!" Rin said.

"Yea, if I weren't here in the first place none of this shit would've happened!" He yelled and punched the wall again and put a hole in it.

"Stop blaming yourself you idiot! She's going to be fine!" She yelled back.

"This is Kikyo all over again…" He muttered, and then he looked up and saw Kagome looking at him. He walked over to her then knelt down beside her. "So, how you feeling?" He asked.

"Not very good," Inuyasha winced when she said this. "I got a major headache and I'm thirsty."

"I get you some water." He said then walked out of the room.

"Thanks." Then Rin walked up to her and she asked, "Hey Sis how long have I been out?"

"A couple hours."

"Oh… Ow my head." She said rubbing her forehead.

"Oh the nurse gave me some painkillers to give to you for that," she said, "Here."

"Oh thanks." She said as Inuyasha walked in with a glass of water.

"Here Kagome." He said and handed her the water.

She took the pills, and then Sango said, "We're gotta go back to school. You should really get some rest."

"Yea, you lost quite a lot of blood." Said Miroku.

"Ok, thank ya'll" As they went to leave she said, "Hey, Inuyasha?"

"Yea, Kagome?"

"Can I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure," Then he said to the others, "I'll walk back."

"Bye, Kagome." They said to her.

"Bye."

After a few moments of silence Kagome said, "Wow I'm freezing." and then shivered.

"Here." He said taking off is top robe and giving it to Kagome.

"Thanks," She said, "You really like showing off your muscles. Huh?"

"Well… Umm… Maybe." He said blushing.

"I'm taking that as a yes." She said giggling.

Inuyasha knelt beside her and asked, "What is it, Kagome?" She waited a few seconds then broke into tears. "Please, don't cry Kagome I hate when people cry."

"I can't help it… It's just… My life is all screwed up right now… I don't know what to do." She said between sobs.

"Kagome, I went through something like this before," He said, "My dad died right before my own eyes when I was only 6. He was shot by a bunch of gangsters from a gang my dad used to be in, because they thought he was going to rat them out. So they drive-by'ed him as he was walking me to school."

"Inuyasha…" she said while still crying.

He went on, "They thought they had got me, but I was only hit in the lower chest." He lifted his shirt up and showed her the scar; she winced when she saw it. It looked pretty bad for something that happened 10 years ago. "Then when they found out I was alive they went to my house to get me, but I wasn't there. When I came back from my Grandma's house, I walked in and saw blood splattered all over the wall," She saw tears fill up his eyes.

'This must be killing him to tell me this.' She stopped crying, caught up in his story.

"I walked into the kitchen and saw my mom bent over the sink with a switchblade in her back. I walked up to her and saw two bullet holes in her chest, and one in her neck." He paused for a few seconds then he said, "Ever since then me and my brother have been on our own. No one would take us in because they think they'll get killed," He shook his tears away and said, "But that's all in the past, now were going to school, just trying to get rid of bad memories."

"Inuyasha… I'm sorry you had to go through all that, and I just made you remember it all." Kagome said after he finished.

"Don't be sorry, Kagome, I actually feel better now that I told you." He said with a half smile.

"Inuyasha… I'm glad."

"For what?" He asked, confused.

"You actually opened up to me." She said and smiled.

He blushed and said, "Well yea, I guess I don't tend to do that a lot." She smiled and nodded.

When he got up to leave Kagome said, "Inuyasha, please come visit me tomorrow."

"But I," He started to complain but then stopped and saw the sadness in Kagome's eyes, and then he gave in and said, "Ok, I'll come visit after school."

He saw Kagome's eyes fill up with joy and she said, "Aww, thanks Inuyasha you're so sweet."

"Hmm… That's a first." He said.

"Of what?"

"Me being called sweet… or anything good for that matter… except for soccer."

"Well how does it feel?" she asked him.

"Hmm… Not bad." He said nodding.

"Fine." She smiled at him then rolled over to go to sleep. "Ahem…"

"What?" She asked. He pointed to his bare chest then at her. She noticed his shirt on her. He reached for it, and she said, "But Inuyasha I'm freezing." He reached over and grabbed it then pulled it over to him with her on it. He noticed all she was wearing was the skimpy hospital robe.

"I'll tell a nurse that you need another blanket. Okay?"

"Alright." she said and let go of the shirt.

Then Inuyasha put her back in the bed and tucked her in. "See you tomorrow."

"Don't forget."

"No worries, I won't." He took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it then handed it to Kagome saying, "Here's my cell number, just call if you need something."

"I will. Thanks again, for everything."

He smiled and said "See you tomorrow."


Longest chapter ever!

I'm so sorry I won't be getting them up as fast, cause I lost the flippin' folder of chapters.

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