Before I forget…this chapter is dedicated to KagomesDarkHeart…why? Because she's awesome…that's why. Oh, and btw…I FREAKING LOVE YOU HEBI! Haha you remind me of my best friend so much!


If You Could Only See

Chapter 28


Modern Day Tokyo: Approx. three years six months after the well closed.


The heart monitor beeped steadily throughout the otherwise silent room. Jii-chan had given up his attempts at warning and had taken to sulking in the chair, fingering an ofuda and eyeing the room nervously. Mrs. Higurashi sat in the chair by her daughter's bed, gently stroking a cold hand in hers, fighting back tears in her eyes.

"My poor girl…" she whispered as two tears escaped the barriers on her eyes and ran down her cheek.

Suddenly footsteps were heard, running from down the hallway. An excited and flustered Souta burst through the door.

"Mama!" he breathed excitedly. "He's here!"

"Souta! What are you talking abo– "

"He's here, Mama! After all this time! I saw him, just now! Mama, it's Inuyasha!"

Suddenly the beeping of the heart monitor sped up as Kagome's heart rate increased. All eyes in the room snapped to her, searching for any signs of her stirring, but she stayed still. Her heartbeat slowed and returned to normal, taking with it the fleeting sense of hope that had filled the room.

"What did you say, Souta?" Mrs. Higurashi said tiredly to her son.

"It was Inuyasha! He's the one that found Kagome and brought her here when she collapsed! The little girl from Kagome's stories…the one that traveled with Inu-Niichan's brother, she's grown now and she organized the whole concert!" Souta could barely contain his excitement.

"What? But…but that doesn't make any sense!" Mrs. Higurashi said, completely stunned.

"I know…" Souta said, furrowing his brow in confusion. "It doesn't really make sense to me either…but does it really matter? I mean…they're here now! All the people from the story of the Shikon! Rin, Shippo, Sesshomaru, and Inuyasha were in the waiting room, but they told me that all demons were still living around us, and they are just hidden." Souta looked down at his sister again. "What rotten luck…she's been worried sick about them all, and the moment they turn up, she's knocked into a coma…"

Mrs. Higurashi finally stood from her place by Kagome's bed. "If what your saying is true, Souta, then they must have been waiting to see Kagome for a very long time…I'm going to go to the doctors and I'll get them to clear Kagome for visitors. She may be unconscious, but they say that talking to someone in a coma helps wake them up."

She left the room, and got the okay from the doctors to let visitors into Kagome's room, but she was only allowed one at a time. Thanking the doctor, she exited towards the waiting room. She searched for any signs of a familiar face…and there he was. Sitting in a chair with his head tilted back against the wall, his eyes closed and his silver hair framing his face.

"Inuyasha-kun?"

His eyes opened and he turned to look at Kagome's mother. His eyes were full of regret and worry, and the sight of him broke Mrs. Higurashi's heart.

"Thank the kamis…your safe…" she put a hand to her heart and breathed a shaky sigh of relief. She sat down in the empty seat next to him and looked at him with watery eyes. "You grew up quite nicely, you know."

Inuyasha attempted a smile at her, but it was strained and forced, and the muscles in his face hurt with the effort. He was saved when Mrs. Higurashi turned to Rin and Shippo.

"But I haven't met your two," she said, giving a small smile."I'm Kagome's mother. I'm guessing that you must be Rin," she said to Rin.

"Hai," Rin said, staring in wonder at Kagome's mother. It was so odd to meet the people from Kagome's life without them.

"And your Shippo, I can tell by your hair," Mrs. Higurashi said to Shippo.

"Y-yeah," Shippo said, blushing a bit as he gave an embarrassed smile.

"My...it's so nice to finally meet you all! It was very nice of you to bring Souta here."

"It wasn't any trouble! Kagome is part of out family, we'd do anything for her!" Rin said smiling warmly at the older woman.

"I talked to the doctors, and he said it would be alright if you wanted to go in and see her, but I'm afraid you can only go one at a time." Mrs. Higurashi looked out of the corner of her eye at Inuyasha, but he was sitting with his head down, and his hair hiding his eyes from view. "Inuyasha-kun..."

"I'll go...if its alright with you," Rin said, looking hopefully at Mrs. Higurashi.

"Hm, maybe that's a good idea. My father is a bit esentric, and he may try to use ofudas if a demon were to go into the room alone. Just send him and Souta out here, if you would."

Rin smiled at Mrs. Higurashi gratefully. She gave a quick look at Inuyasha, who made no attempt to acknowledge her as he continued to hide his face from view. She bit her bottom lip in worry, but continued through door and down the hallway, towards Kagome, at last.

犬夜叉

"H-hi, Kagome...its me, Rin." Rin sat in the chair next to the hospital bed, and the machines made the only other sounds in the room. "You wouldn't believe how much we went through to get to you...its been crazy. I'm...I'm sorry it took us so long. A lot has changed since you were taken away from us. I just had my first child...its a little girl. Sesshomaru wanted to name her Rei, she's so sweet. Once your awake and out of here, you'll have to come and see her. Kami...I just can't believe that after all this time...your really here! I always knew I'd we'd see you again, somehow. I'm just sorry that it had to be like this..." she trailed off, looking at Kagome's fragile figure. "You meant a lot to me...back when I was still a little girl. I'm...so glad we're finally together again." Tears fell from Rin's eyes for the millionth time that night, and she stood, leaning over Kagome so as to kiss her lightly on the cheek. "Welcome back, Kagome." She left the room and went down the hallway, back to the waiting room.

犬夜叉

Shippo went next. Gingerly, he peered through the door. And there she was, after 500 years of longing and waiting, she was there. His mother. Kagome.

"Kagome..." he whispered stepping into the room, tears already pouring from his eyes. He wanted to run to her and have her hold him in her arms, but he held himself back. He walked slowly to the chair, never taking his eyes off her still figure. He feasted his eyes on her...after years of only the memories of her, he relished in the ability to take everything in. Her long, raven black hair, her smooth skin. He breathed in deeply, taking in her soothing scent, unique and her own. Her scent was better than he remembered.

"Kagome, I...I don't know if you can hear me or not right now...but its Shippo. Kami Kagome...I've missed you so much! When you disappeared, I was so scared that I'd never see you again," he took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. "I don't think I ever told you this...but you were like a mother to me. You cared about me, when you didn't even have to. You really saved me." Tears cascaded down his face as he looked at her unconcious form, and he wished for the thousandth time that she had never been taken from him. "I'm so happy your back..." he whispered. He stood and wrapped his arms carefully around her small body and tears fell, staining the shoulder on her hospital gown. As he left the room, he gave her one last lingering look, and left for the waiting room.

犬夜叉

Mrs. Higurashi looked with worry at Inuyasha. He sat motionless, hunched over with his hair hiding his eyes. Rin had left the hospital to take care of her daughter, and Shippo had just left for Kagome's room. But Inuyasha still hadn't shown any signs of wanting to see Kagome.

"Inuyasha-kun, whats the matter?" Mrs. Higurashi whispered.

Inuyasha made a noise in his throat and shook his head a fraction of an inch to each side, but made no other attempts to answer.

"Hm. So what happened after the well sealed?"

"Not much...really," his voice was soft and hoarse, and he continued to hide his face from view.

"Come on now...don't tell me you've just been lying about for the last five centuries," she said, trying to lighten the mood. "Something obviously happened...I see the ears I loved so much aren't there anymore," she said, tweaking one said human ear.

The very corner of his mouth twitched in a smile. "Nah, they're still there. I'm just wearing a charm that hides demonic features. All demons went into hiding about a hundred years after...after Naraku. It just made sense...demons and humans don't like each other, they'll always fight each other. So we sent all the demons into hiding and in return, we make sure that they never have to worry about food or territory, stuff like that."

"I wouldn't call that 'not much', sounds to me like you've been very busy," she smiled warmly at him.

Silence followed. It stretched on and Mrs. Higurashi couldn't think what else to say to him.

"Inuyasha-kun," she whispered, afraid if her voice was too loud, it would break the young man sitting next to her."Visiting hours are almost over…wouldn't you like to see Kagome?"

"I…I can't…I'm…sorry." His hands clenched into fists and they were shaking in his lap.

"Well of course you can, her room is right down the hall. The problem isn't that you can't…its that you wont. So why wont you see her? She's missed you terribly, and you two were so close, I know you missed her too. What's holding you back?" she questioned curiously.

"I…I wont because…because I love her." Though she couldn't see his eyes, Mrs. Higurashi would have been blind if she hadn't seen the trail of tears that leaked out from under his bangs and ran down his face. "And she doesn't love me back."

"Now why would you say something like that?" she said, taken aback. "You never asked her, have you? That's a big thing to just assume."

"I'm not assuming. I saw…she had a family…a little kid. She told him that his father would be home soon. I couldn't handle it…so I went back through…" he gritted his teeth together and fought the tears, but he couldn't diminish their flow. "It was about seven years after…after the well closed…on my side."

Mrs. Higurashi was shocked, and she felt tears of her own prick at her eyes. The young boy she knew had lived with the image of the girl he loved with someone else for the last 500 years. But it didn't make sense. Kagome hadn't wanted to be with anyone else…not after meeting Inuyasha. She had watched, day after day, as her daughter had tried anything and everything to get back to him. What he was saying and what she had seen of Kagome didn't match up, and she couldn't understand it.

But one thing was clear. She needed to get Inuyasha to see Kagome…because both he and Kagome were hurting, and only they could heal the holes in each other's hearts.

"Inuyasha-kun…please. I don't know…exactly what you saw, but I do know that she cares about you, more than you can imagine. Please, it will help you both, I know it."

Inuyasha's fist tightened even more, if that was even possible.

The doors opened, and Shippo came out, eyes sparkling with tears. "I think…I'll go to the cafiteria with Souta and Mr. Higurashi." He lightly tapped Inuyasha's should with his hand. "Your up."

Inuyasha's hands unfurled in defeat, and he stood, slowly making his way through the double doors.


Ok…sorry for the belated update. Took me a long time to write this chapter, and it ended up being a LOT longer that I originally thought it would be. But oh well…I didn't want it to feel rushed at all…but I think it still is a bit…keh, whatever. To stressed to fix it now.

Sorry if updates aren't as frequent…I'm dying in my Spanish class…so I need to study more for it. Gomen.

We're almost there! I'm so excited ^o^

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