Chapter 21: Results
Kagome jumped over the well wall, into the well without hesitation.
The light signaling travel between now and then was everywhere, blinding her. It was lighter, purer than before.
She landed 500 years in the future with a clouding of her senses.
Kagome, relieved, climbed up and out of the well. Her mother had been weeding the garden and looked up, curiosity filling her eyes.
She gasped happily when she saw Kagome, but asked "What's wrong?" when she took in Kagome's tear-stained face, red eyes, and shaking form.
"Can I just go to the bathroom, Mom?" Kagome asked, turning green.
"Of course!" Kagome's mother said, confused
Kagome ran inside and threw up, horribly sick. She lay panting in the bathroom.
Within the next five minutes or so, Kagome had thrown up at least fifteen times.
'It must the fish. Ugh…' Kagome thought, throwing up again.
SesshoMaru had followed Kagome's scent to a funny-smelling dry well, where it disappeared.
He decided to follow his instincts and jump into the well.
He expected to hit the bottom with a crunch, but didn't. Instead, lights were all around and there was a sudden change in everything his senses could sense.
SesshoMaru started gagging uncontrollably. 'What is that horrible smell? It's everywhere! And clouding all of my senses!' SesshoMaru thought, taking long, strong breaths out of his nose to try to find Kagome. He found her scent, probably about an hour old, and followed it.
He heard a woman gasp. "InuYasha! Long time no see! You look great! Kagome's in the bathroom; she'll be out soon."
SesshoMaru growled, pissed, and took her throat in his hand. "Do not mistake This SesshoMaru for that filthy hanyou!" SesshoMaru growled, eyes tinted red. Then, he smelled Kagome's tears on the ground and dropped Ms. Higurashi, who was gagging and holding her throat.
'What the hell?' Ms. Higurashi thought, gasping for air, as SesshoMaru followed Kagome's scent to the bathroom.
When he ran in, she was throwing up in the toilet, tears running down her face. SesshoMaru wrapped his arms around her gently, saying "Are you okay, Rinki?"
Kagome gasped. "Please… Leave me alone, SesshoMaru…"
"This SesshoMaru will do no such thing. He is loyal and will stay by his only friend's side when so obviously needed."
Kagome blushed. "I know you tried your best, SesshoMaru, Chiha knew what she was walking into. It's not your fault. Thank you, for InuYasha, though. If I'd killed him, I'd no longer be a priestess… A pure one, anyways. I'd be a dark one."
"Kagome. You're sick." SesshoMaru picked her up. "Where is your room?"
"Up the stairs… My door has my name on it."
"…Door?" SesshoMaru questioned
"You'll see"
SesshoMaru got to the top of the stairs and saw "Higurashi Kagome" on a 'door' and took her inside. "Here?" he said, gesturing to the bed.
"Yes please."
SesshoMaru set her down on the bed gently. "How did you get sick?"
"I…. I don't know. I've been a little sick for a while, but… I don't know." Kagome coughed, blood splattering her hands.
"Rinki! Are you okay?" SesshoMaru exclaimed
"Yeah. I think-" she coughed some more blood up. "…Or not. Can you please get my mom? She should be outside or something."
"….."
"…Is something wrong, Sesshy?"
"I… er… Almost killed her… She called me InuYasha." SesshoMaru admitted, turning away.
"Can you please get her, though? I want her opinion on this."
SesshoMaru walked out of the room to Ms. Higurashi, leaving his fluff behind.
Kagome grabbed the fluff and was amazed at how similar to a pillow it was. 'So soft and wonderful!'
"Excuse me, Kagome-sama's mother?"
Ms. Higurashi screamed.
"Sorry. I don't enjoy being called my late brother's name."
"Your… Late brother?
"Yes, InuYasha."
"Ah. I see. Is Kagome okay?"
"No. She asked me to get you."
Ms. Higurashi gasped and, without a word, ran to Kagome's room.
Ms. Higurashi ran into the house, worried, and burst Kagome's door open.
It was a peaceful, calming sight; seeing Kagome sleeping, sprawled on her bed, SesshoMaru's fluff was wrapped around her body.
She was snoring softly, cuddling the fluff. Kagome was flushed and smiling slightly.
Ms. Higurashi smiled softly at the sight of her daughter.
Then, as soon as it came, it disappeared. She rushed over to her daughter and took the thermometer from her pocket.*
She gently put it under Kagome's tongue and closed her mouth.
It was a long forty-five seconds, waiting for the results.
The cicadas chirped all the while SesshoMaru and Ms. Higurashi waited.
After a lifetime of waiting, the thermometer went off. Ms. Higurashi jumped at the sound.
She gently took it out of Kagome's mouth.
The thermometer read 103.7˚F.
Ms. Higurashi started to panic, even to cry. "My… My baby…. Is sick!" She whispered.
"H-hosp…ital… You, um… SesshoMaru-san, was it? Please pick Kagome up and follow me."
"Hn." SesshoMaru gently lifted Kagome up and followed Ms. Higurashi, who was speed walking.
Ms. Higurashi walked to her car and opened the door. "Get inside there and sit with Kagome."
SesshoMaru got in and sat down. 'No-name-san, I don't see how this will help Kagome at all… "AH!" SesshoMaru yelped as Ms. Higurashi started the car.
"Sorry, SesshoMaru-san. I forgot to warn you… Hold on, now." Ms. Higurashi apologized, driving out of the driveway and onto the main road.
She drove to the hospital, worried. Once they got there, she said "Get out and follow me. Hurry!", as she started crying.
SesshoMaru managed to open the door and followed Ms. Higurashi through the glass door.
It opened automatically, and SesshoMaru stared at it like 'what the hell?' but kept going.
The nurse came out of a room and escorted Ms. Higurashi and SesshoMaru into Kagome's room.
Once SesshoMaru put Kagome on the bed, the nurse asked SesshoMaru to leave the room.
[With Sango]
Sango woke up with a peculiar sense of loss, and she didn't know why.
She mourned for that unknown reason for a time, until Caleb came into her room.
"Sango! What's wrong?" he shouted, worried about his pregnant lover.
"Oh, no…. I'm okay." Sango said, placing her hands gently on her stomach.
"Are you sure?" Caleb asked, hugging Sango gently.
"I…" Sango leaned up and kissed Caleb lovingly. Caleb responded by wrapping his hands around Sango's head.
The kiss intensified and as it did, Sango pulled away.
"Sango? What's wrong?" Caleb asked, wondering why his lover would pull away from him.
Sango grabbed his hand and put it on her stomach.
"Oh! It's kicking! Awwwwww~!" Caleb said as the child inside her tried to tell its mother it's there.
Sango smiled, knowing her baby was healthy.
Caleb smiled widely, then he frowned.
"Caleb? What's wrong?"
"N-nothing. What do you want to eat?"
Ms. Higurashi came out of the room Kagome was in. "She has pneumonia and diabetes…. She… She needs to stay here… She's very sick and-" Ms. Higurashi started to cry quietly
"It's okay." SesshoMaru's deep voice echoed. "Let us go back and wait for her to get better."
Ms. Higurashi left the hospital, SesshoMaru following behind.
Once they got back, Ms. Higurashi explained what they each were and, if Kagome lived, the diabetes would never go away.
"O-Oh. I see. I'm so sorry…" SesshoMaru apologized, not understanding how it happened, thinking he was at fault.
"I-It's not your fault. Has she recently been traumatized?" Ms. Higurashi asked, remembering that the doctor had asked her.
"Yes."
"WHAT?" Ms. Higurashi exclaimed loudly, startling Gramps. "What do you mean 'yes'?"
"Wha…?" Gramps wobbled in.
"Nevermind, Dad." Ms. Higurashi said. "Go back to bed."
"You really want to know?" SesshoMaru asked Ms. Higurashi as Gramps left the room.
"Yes. I want to know what my daughter's been through." She reassured him.
"She had recently met an injured soul seer, who had a jewel shard. She died trying to kill my half-brother, InuYasha.
"I avenged her, don't worry. I killed InuYasha. He almost killed your daughter
"I convinced her to go back before the fight heated up." He decided to leave out him trying to get her to have sex with him out.
"When I told her what happened, she freaked out… She ran here, actually." SesshoMaru finished.
"Oh… Oh my Kami! My baby~~~~~~~~!"
"C-calm down, Kagome's mother! With me around, she was perfectly safe! For I'm the lord of the Western Lands!"
"Oh. Okay… I have to go to the marketplace. My son will be home woon. Please tell him what happened." Ms. Higurashi said, leaving.
A/N: And there you have it! Most of it's in my science notebook and done in Math, Science, and Advisory. I'll send it to Hanyou-foxgirl as soon as I get home and type it.
I'm supposed to be doing math here in Advisory (study hall), but too bad.
I can't bring my writing binder (I tore all of KTLH out of my notebook and into a huge-ass binder), because of the lemons and the language, so yeah.
Here you have it~! Chapter 21! It took forever, but here it is! Oh, and was I was the only one surprised by the whole diabetes thing? I'm still surprised and I'm the one who came up with it! O_O
~Ichi Rei 8/19/10 11:50ish AM
2 months and one day later: Yo. Uh… Hanyou-Foxgirl is no longer my beta; she had too much going on. Yeah. Sorry if there's typos. It's 7 pages long, and it took me 5 hours to type. Ugh. I don't know if I'll get all of them today, but Happy One-Year Anniversary KTLH! YAY! XD
~Ichi Rei 10/20/10 6:18 PM