What I did for Love . . .
Two days later, Kagome realized she had just one more day until she could leave the hospital. Feeling panic settle over her, she called her friend. "Hello?" A sleepy voice answered the phone but what shocked her was that it was a male's voice. She looked at the number in the ID to be sure she dialed the right number.
"Um, is Sango there? I really need to speak to her." There was a shuffling noise as the familiar female voice picked up, "This better be life threatening or important." "Oh God, Sango, its Kagome. It's so good to hear from you. I really need your help and this is life threatening."
It took Sango a few seconds to remember this voice and really hear the panic in the tone, "Kagome, whatever you need I got your back. Where are you? Still with that guy?" "Never mind the guy. I'm in the hospital and I need you to come pick me up." "I'm on my way. Which hospital?"
"I'm at Mercy Hospital. Please hurry, I really need your help. I think I messed up bad this time." "That's like 20 miles from here. Wait why are you in the hospital? Did that guy hurt you?" Kagome let out an exasperated sigh, "Sango, all that can wait. No he didn't hurt me, I had a baby." "If he didn't hurt you then why is this situation life threatening?"
"Sango! We don't have time for this right now. I just need you to come get me and my baby girl, can you do that?" "Yeah. I'm on my way." The line clicked and Kagome let out an uneasy breath. Her cell phone started to buzz and she thought about ignoring it but answered anyway.
"Hello, this is Kagome speaking. Who's this?" "Hello, Kagome. I can't wait to see you tomorrow. Who's the new addition to our life?" Her throat went dry when she heard Inuyasha's voice over the phone so she grabbed the water on the bedside table. "We have a baby girl. Her name is Aoi. She has your hair and my eyes."She thought he hung up because the line went silent but then she heard the very menacing growl through the receiver.
"I have to go, feeding time." She hung up before he could respond and knew why she wanted to ignore the call. Relaxing slightly but less than before, Kagome waited for the nurse to bring Aoi for her daily feeding. Kagome felt calmer with her baby in her arms so that gave her the hint that she'd be a good mom.
After three hours, Sango finally showed up at Kagome's hospital room door. The relieved look that settled over Kagome's face when she saw her best friend was breath taking. "Sango, it's been such a long time. I missed you so much. How have you been?" Sango looked at her friend with worry.
The bruise on her wrist and right shoulder looked old but it was just that she had bruises in the first place that worried her. "Kagome, we have time to talk about the past. Right now, I want you to tell me about the present and where those bruises came from." Kagome bowed her head and told her friend everything up to the moment when she had Aoi.
Inuyasha paced his kitchen floor thinking about the girl that would be living with him.
It was supposed to be a boy! She just can't do anything right. There's always next time . . .
Having a girl was not his intention but that wasn't a problem at the moment. Kagome had hung up on him without saying goodbye. Something was going down and he planned to find out what. He called Ai in to bring him his checkbook and coffee, he had some calls to make.
Before he dismissed Ai he told her, "Kagome better not be planning on taking off with my kid. Girl or not, she's still mine. Remember what I said, I meant it. You will die if she tries to run but I'm going to make her watch."
The sadistic smile on his face proved that he got some enjoyment out of hurting others. He dismissed her as he made some calls that led to him buying out the hospital where Kagome was staying. "They can't keep her from me now." After he bought the hospital, he grabbed his car keys and went for a visit.