I'm so SORRY! I know I was suppose to update yesterday but I had this wedding to go to (by force) and I came home really late. But here's the new chappie and it has a sneak preview of my newest story 'A Father's Love' which I hope you will all love! Don't forget to tell me what you think of this new chappie when you're done… Also I want to say 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY INUKAG4EVA2282!' I'm sorry this is late though, but this chappie's for you! :D
Disclaimer: Still don't own Inuyasha or Roy Mustang or Edward Elric or… yea, you get it :p
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Kagome paced around the hospital lobby outside Ina's room. Even though she was one of the main doctors on the floor, she couldn't do anything since it wasn't her shift and she couldn't really focus on anything since her daughter was in critical condition. Kohaku, Souta, Haya, and Kosuke sat on the benches outside of the room they watched as Kagome paced back and forth. Kosuke held onto Haya as she cried, if the situation wasn't so serious Kohaku and Souta would've been teasing them.
Kagome kept glancing at the door waiting for the doctor to come and out and say that her baby girl was going to be okay. When the ambulance came it took everything she had within her not to collapse as the medics told her that Ina may not survive the trip. Inuyasha held onto her as she watched the medics put the IV into Ina. Ina couldn't breathe on her own so they had connected her to a machine to help her. Kagome had broken down and when they arrived at the hospital, Sango was put in charge of Ina, Kagome was grateful, but she still wanted to see her daughter. Kohaku and the rest had arrived several minutes later. Ayame and Miroku had left their kids with Shippou, before rushing to the hospital.
Miroku and Kouga had gone with Inuyasha somewhere and Sesshoumaru was at Kikyo's with the police trying to find out what caused his niece to collapse. Rin and Ayame had gone to get some food and drinks for Kagome and the kids.
"Kagome?" Kagome jumped a little and turned to see Rin handing her a cup of coffee. She accepted it, but she didn't take a drink from it.
"Ina's in good hands, Kagome." Said Rin. Ayame nodded as she handed a drink to Haya. It was one on the morning and everyone was tired and anxious on Ina's condition.
Finally Kagome turned to the kids. Something had been bugging her since she first arrived at the hospital.
"Kosuke, Souta. What were you guys doing at Kikyo's house so late?" Kosuke and Souta looked startled. They looked at each other but didn't say anything.
Haya looked at Kagome, her eyes were still tearful. "Mizuki, a girl from the musical and one of our close friends, told us she had overheard Kaoru telling some of her friends how hard she had to work trying to break Kohaku and Ina up only to have them get back together and that Kikyo swore that if she had followed the instructions carefully then Kohaku would belong to her and she was meeting up with Kikyo later. Mizuki was worried because she also heard Kaoru saying that she needed more of that elixir to knock out Kohaku."
Souta nodded. "Ina got mad and started heading to Kikyo's house even though we told her not to."
"Once we got there, we found Kaoru and Kikyo talking together and Kikyo was yelling at Kaoru. So we snuck in through the kitchen and Ina confronted Kaoru started yelling at her and I had to hold her back because she was about to slap Kaoru and she hadn't regained her powers back yet." Said Haya.
"I told Ina, she wasn't worth it and that no way in hell would dad marry Kikyo now and Kohaku would never choose Kaoru over her and Ina said she didn't care, she wanted to kill Kaoru anyway and she kick this little bottle out of Kaoru's hand and Kaoru got mad was about to slap Ina when Kohaku grabbed her hand and stopped her. Then after that Ina collapsed and that's where you and dad came in." said Kosuke bringing Haya closer since she had started crying again.
"What was in the bottle?" asked Kagome taking in deep breathes. Everything they had just told her made her want to hurt Kikyo and make her regret with every fiber of her being of ever messing with her family.
"I don't know." answered Kosuke.
Kagome was about to say something else when the door opened. She rushed to Sango and searched her friend's face for any signs of anything good. She couldn't find it.
"Kagome, I need to talk to you and Inuyasha both." She saw the tears threatening to fall out of Sango's eyes.
Kagome nodded and looked at Ayame who nodded and took out her phone and called Kouga.
Several minutes later, Inuyasha came rushing down the hall. Sango lead them into the room and upon seeing her daughter she rushed to her bedside. She let her tears fall as she caressed her daughter's cheek. Ina seem to have wires coming out of her, Kagome turned to face her friend.
"What happened?" she asked. Inuyasha held her close to his body, he kept glancing at Ina. His little girl couldn't even breathe on her own. He'd give anything in the world to be in her place, he never thought he'd see her like this, and knowing that Kikyo was responsible made him furious.
"Inuyasha, Kagome. Ina's in a stable condition for now." Said Sango looking at Ina's clipboard and then she turned to them.
"For now?" asked Inuyasha. Sango looked at Ina.
"I don't know where Ina's been hanging out, but she was in an area containing high levels of mishima-saiko and that has been slowly deteriorating her sense of smell when she was there, also she had an allergic reaction, a small one, and that was slowly constricting her throat, she wouldn't have noticed until the last minute." Sango looked at the clipboard again. "Also there were hints of ginkoglides bilobalides and -"
"Wait, go back. Ginkoglides bilobalides? How is that even possible? That plant is forbidden unless in the hands of a priestess…" Kagome let her sentence drift as she pulled away from Inuyasha and stared at him. "Kikyo and I studied together for priesthood. She knows full well of the properties of mishima-saiko and the Gingko plant."
"But why would she-" began Inuyasha.
Kagome turned to her daughter. "Kikyo was that desperate to keep you. The reason you couldn't smell Kikyo's emotions and the reason my baby girl is here right now, struggling to stay alive is because she didn't want you to know that she was really lying and she wanted to keep you all to herself." She looked at him. "I wouldn't be surprised if she had eventually use the gingko elixir on you, since you're half demon the toxicity wouldn't have affected you as much as when Kaoru gave it to Kohaku."
"What exactly does this plant do Kagome?" asked Sango writing down something onto Ina's clipboard.
Kagome walked over to her daughter and laid a hand on her cheek. "The gingko plant is crushed and made into a mixture. It's a simple process really, but at the hands of someone with absolute no knowledge of the plant, it could kill the person handling it. That's why only those of priesthood or occasionally monkhood can handle the plant since we are trained on handling procedures. But once the plant is made into an elixir, it's tasteless and odorless. It will temporarily knock a person out and usually it's use to make a person follow orders the taker usually wouldn't do. It's sort of a mind controlling drug. Only those with special licenses can get hold of this particular plant, and the mishima-saiko herb, nulls a demon's sense of smell. When prepared carefully, it too can be odorless."
Sango nodded. "When Ina knocked the bottle out of Kaoru's hand the two chemicals collided and increase the speed of Ina's reaction thus, cutting off her air supply." She turned towards the door. "I'm gonna run some blood tests on Ina and I wanna run some other tests on Kohaku, Kosuke, and Haya to make sure they're okay as well." Kagome nodded and once the door closed she faced Inuyasha.
"I can't believe she would do this! Why didn't you tell me you were losing your sense of smell? All of this could've have been avoided and we wouldn't be here with our daughter lying in the hospital barely hanging on!" she walked up to him and slapped him. Inuyasha just stood still.
She wiped her tears falling from her eyes and walked out of the room. Inuyasha slowly walked up to his daughter and stroked her cheek. "I'm sorry, Ina. I'm really sorry. I promise you with all my heart that if you make it through and get better I swear I'll do anything in my power to get back with your mom, I promise." He turned around and walked out of the room.
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Kagome had left the hospital and rove straight to Kikyo's house. When she got there, Sesshoumaru was speaking with one of the investigators. When he saw Kagome walking towards him he excused himself and headed to her.
"Kagome, you mustn't be here. This area is considered dangerous and is still under investigation." He said. She merely shook her head.
"I don't care. I want to see Kikyo."
"She is headed to the hospital, apparently the panther demon collapse as well." Kagome clutched her fists and took a deep breath. "Sesshoumaru, what's the penalty to pre-meditated murder?"
"Twenty-five to life. Kagome, but with me as your lawyer, you can get off without anything on your record." Kagome smirked.
"Good, cause I'll be needing a fucking smart-ass lawyer by the time I'm done with her." She turned on her heel and started towards her car. "Oh, and Sesshoumaru? Tell the investigator to look in Kikyo's backyard for a Gingko plant, it's deadly so get a priest or monk to handle it." Sesshoumaru nodded and headed back to Kikyo's house.
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Kagome walked out of the elevator and was about to call Inuyasha when Rin came up running to her.
"Kagome!" she turned to her friend and saw the tears in her eyes. Suddenly she felt her heart drop.
"Rin, what's wrong? Is it Ina?" Rin rapidly nodded and she ran in the direction of Ina's room with Kagome close behind.
Kagome ran into the room where several nurses and Sango were running back and forth and checking Ina's vitals. She felt two strong arms pulling her out of one of the nurses' way.
"What's going on?" she gasped as she heard Sango yell, "Clear!" Kagome covered her mouth with her hands and choked back her sobs.
Inuyasha held onto her as she cried. He flinched as he heard sound of the static electricity.
Several minutes later, Ina's heart started beating again and her vitals were stable again. Sango faced Kagome and Inuyasha with sad eyes. She waited until the nurses had left the room before sighing.
"Kagome, Inuyasha. Ina just went through cardiac arrest. She was transforming back into her demon form and with chemicals in her body all working against the demon within her, her heart couldn't handle it and…" she let her sentence drift. Kagome pulled away from Inuyasha and noticed that he was back to his half demon form. The sun had already risen, but with everything that had been going on she had completely forgotten about it.
"I had to give her a shot to prevent her from turning back into her demon form. The medicine continues to attack her from within and-" Sango sighed. "I'm sorry Kagome, but if Ina turns back into her demon form she'll die. There's a new prototype medicine that we can give Ina, and I'm sure it's the one thing that'll keep her alive but the side effect is what worries me."
"The new medicine that we got last week?" asked Kagome, recalling the prototype medicine they received the week before. Sango nodded.
"Then what are you waiting for? If it's gonna keep Ina alive then give it to her!" yelled Inuyasha angry that they haven't given it to his daughter yet. Kagome turned to him.
"Inuyasha, if we give this medicine to Ina, she'll remain human for the rest of her life. She'll never go back to her demon form again."
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So what do you think of this chappie? I hope you enjoy this! The next chapter is the last before the epilogue! I'm almost done! :D Now for your sneak peek of my newest story 'A Father's Love'
Ina watched as the men lowered the coffin into the ground, and started to shovel the dirt over it.
"Mommy! Why are they covering up daddy?" The young girl asked as tugged on her mother's skirt and looked up at her mother. Ina's twin brother Kosuke clenched his fist and bit his lip as Kagome bent down hugged her daughter.
"Mommy! Why are they covering up daddy? He won't be able to get out! Mommy!"
Kosuke wiped his tears as Kagome pulled him into her embrace also.
"Daddy!" Ina ran out of her mother's embrace and ran towards the grave; suddenly she felt arms around her, lifting her off the ground. "Uncle Miroku! Tell them to stop! Please! Daddy won't be able to get out!" Miroku looked at her and she saw tears in his eyes.
"Its okay, Ina. Daddy's going to be okay." He said as he held Ina tightly, looking at the soldiers finish and salute the grave.
"When's daddy coming back?" she asked. She turned when she heard her mother break down and saw that Sango was crying with her.
Sango brought Kagome close as the rest of the crowd dispersed, leaving them to themselves. As Sango held her, Kagome embraced both of her children and sobbed.
"Mommy, when's daddy coming back?" Kagome looked at her daughter and bit her lip.
"Daddy's-" She stopped and hugged her two children tighter, crying. Miroku held on to Sango as she cried.
Besides them the General of the Army, Myoga, stood. "Brigadier General Inuyasha Takahashi, I salute you." Ina looked as the General of the Army saluted her father.
Kosuke walked up and stood next to Myoga and repeated his gesture.
Kagome watched her son and fell to the ground sobbing. "Inuyasha…"
Ina looked at the grave where her father was. "Daddy, I love you. Come back soon."
Also before any of you say anything about me ripping FullMetal Alchemist… I give FULL CREDIT TO THE SERIES and I love the military and drama aspect of it, but I promise in my story there will be no alchemy and it will not and does not follow the FMA plotline. I'm only using the military stuff, but I will not use any of the characters from FMA. I will on the other hand be borrowing scenes like the one above and tweak them a little for my story and when I do, I will inform my readers if you choose to read the story. I hope that's okay with you guys! Also Inukag4eva2282 deserves lotsa credit cuz she has helped me improved this story greatly! :D thank you chica!
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