Disclaimer: I only own Inuyasha and Co. in my dreams.
Warning: The following chapter and possibly the one afterwards may be dark and a little heavy. Meaning not many jokes if any. May contain severe Kikyo bashing and a lot of depression. You have been informed.
The "Best" Vacation Ever
"Eriko? I thought you had to stay by Inuyasha's side?" Miroku wondered.
"I also have to know what the hell this bitch did to my best friend," Eriko responded, eyes fierce as ever.
"Well…I broke up with him…maybe I wasn't the kindest with it…" Kikyo was scared for her life.
"What exactly did you say?" Kagome was fierce.
Kikyo began slowly and softly, "Well…at first I told him we were over and then he started yelling at me. About my roommate, so I might've said my roommate was a better boyfriend and a lover than he'll ever be. Then he called me a hypocrite and I might've told him, he should've seen this coming because he was nothing but a…a…a…h-half-h-half…"
"Half…?" Sango pushed.
"…Breed," Kikyo winced, ready for the onslaught from them. Especially from Eriko, not only was Inuyasha her friend but she was also a half dog demon.
"Y-you killed my best friend! He's going to die and it's all your fault!" Eriko sobbed, surprisingly non-violent, "Why did you have to say that? Why? Don't you understand how much that must've hurt him?"
Kikyo looked down, guilty.
"Do you even care?" Eriko wept.
Kagome grabbed Kikyo by the collar, "If anything serious is wrong with Inuyasha, you will never go home alive." Kagome dropped Kikyo and the three of them left.
"Funny," Ginta commented aloud.
"What? What's funny?" Hakkakku wondered.
"Well, I always thought that Kagome would be the weepy one and Eriko would threaten Kikyo's life not the other way around," Ginta replied.
"Me, too," Hakkakku agreed.
Kouga turned to his friends, "Will you two shut up?"
"Sheesh, we're just trying to lighten the mood," Ginta mumbled.
"Do you want me to try and lighten your blood supply?" Kouga warned.
Hakkakku muttered, "You're just jealous because Kagome is getting all worked up over Inuyasha and not you." One glare shut him up.
Eriko ordered her friends about, "Now that I know the cause of his depression, I know that he needs to get to a hospital as soon as possible. He cares about that damned bitch far too much and that racist comment might send him over the edge. I can already tell his breaths are getting shallower and shallower, his pulse slower and slower." So they hurried him to the nearest hospital.
"Please, please, please, please, please, please don't die," Kagome kept praying and praying. Eriko merely sobbed as the pulse monitor machine (I forgot what it's called, okay, give me a break) showed his pulse rate dropping. Sango and Miroku merely watched, upset and worried.
When the nurse came to tell them that visiting hours is over, Kagome just kept asking for fifteen minutes more. Eriko refused to leave screaming, "What if he wakes up and we're not here!" Sango and Miroku left not knowing what else to do.
Sango and Miroku filled in those who cared on Inuyasha's condition. "He's not getting better. We don't know how much longer he'll last. Kagome? She's still there. Eriko won't dare leave his side."
And so it went on for the next day and a half. Then…
"Inuyasha, don't. Don't give up. Please," Eriko was so desperate it was obvious that she was beginning to give up herself, "Please. Do you really want the next time your mother lays eyes upon you to be at your funeral?"
"Inuyasha, we know you can hear us. Please, don't for us. For your mom. She needs you. We need you," Kagome added, also losing hope.
Inuyasha's only response was a nearly non-existent heartbeat. "I guess I have to tell Izayoi that he's gone," Eriko got up for the first time in hours. His eyes fluttered open.
"He's alive!" Sango cried, exasperated. She embraced Miroku in excitement. Miroku, too happy to realize, kept his hands away from her behind. It was truly a miracle.
"Unh…? What happened?" Inuyasha was groggy as though he had just been woken up from a really long dream.
Kagome hugged his neck, "We thought you were a goner. I thought I'd never hear your voice again." She pulled back and admired him in disbelief. "I need to pinch myself."
Sango smiled, "I can't believe you're talking Inuyasha. It seems so surreal. I thought…forgive me but I thought you had given up…" Sango burst into tears…of joy.
"This was the wickedest thing you've ever done Inuyasha. Scaring us all like that. I was so scared. I…I…" Even Miroku cried.
"Could you guys stop crying?" Inuyasha, himself, had a problem with tears.
Eriko wiped hers away, "It's so hard not to." She leaned towards him and slapped him.
"Eriko?" everyone was in shock.
Cliff hanger, again! Haha! Thanks to all who reviewed
Lanie Zane
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