Chapter 29
When he walked into the small room he wasn't prepared. No matter how many times Rin had said it to him the sight that he seen nearly made him lose what little control on his emotions that he had. He walked up to her and placed a hand on hers. There was machines and wires everywhere. She had a oxygen sensor on her finger and a blood pressure cuff on her forearm than two iv's running on in the top of one of her arms then one in the other hand. The vent as Rin called it was a rather large machine that had hoses connected to it. Those said tubes where going inside of Kagome. He watched as her chest moved up and down as the machine made her breath. Her face was now clean and no blood on it but you could really see the swelling and bruise that was slowly getting darker from where she had taken a beating.
"Kagome I'm here, don't you worry I'm here." Inuyasha told her as he kissed her forehead. Turning to Rin he hugged her,
"Thank you for taking care of her, now I will do what I can. Can the others come in I need to talk to Sesshomaru and the mangie wolf?" he said to her. He stopped hugging her and stepped back so she could go get the others. He took a seat in the chair that was in the corner of the room and took a seat. The room was so small it reminded him of the room he had stayed in when he was at the orphanage with Kagome and the others. Even that seemed bigger than this. The nurse walked in and introduced herself and told him that she would be taking care of Kagome the rest of the night and that in two hours they would be doing shift change and would come back in. She got him some blankets and a pillow and told him that if there was anything that he needed to just let her know. She had just left the room when the others walked in. Ayame burst into tears and was crying and Even Sesshomaru seemed to have a hard time taking in the sight of Kagome like this.
"Inuyasha, are you alright?"he asked his brother
"I'm as okay as I'm going to be, thanks sesshomaru." Inuyasha said. His brother didn't say anything just nodded his head. His father stepped forward the.
"Inuyasha try to get some sleep I will be back a little later so that you can go home and shower and get something to eat." his father told him. Inuyasha was shaking his head he had plans to leave her again. He refused and was going to decline the offer when his father looked at him again,
"You will do as I say and your brother will be in as well so that you can get some of the things you need. You have to sleep and eat son. Not only that but you stink I smell you from here and I'm sure she doesn't want to smell you." His father told him.
Inuyasha knew that there was no point in trying to argue with them they had made up their minds. He took in the sight around him. This was almost to much he felt the hairs on his neck stand up as he looked at her. How could he let this happen to her? How could he make everything right for her? He felt like a failure in so many ways. They all took a step into the small hallway and talked about the plans for the next few days on what they were going to be doing.
"We need more intel though we don't even have a lead at this point and Naraku and the man got away. Not only that Hojo was able to slip out without being found. We need a lead." Inuyasha said looking at the group. They nodded their heads in agreement.
"For now Inuyasha let us worry about that you are needed here and we can take it from here. Just give us some time i can make a few calls and see what i can find out and get back to you on what i find out." Ayame said to him. He had to admit he liked her she was always willing to help when she could and he could tolerate her more than Koga. Since the day that he had met him they had not gotten along.
"Okay, call me when you find something. Don't keep me out of the loop. We also need to find out who the woman was. She played a part in this mess to." he told them before saying goodbye to them.
He walked his way back around the little corner and into her room again he cringed at the sight before him. He failed her that is for sure. He moved his chair out of the corner and put it beside her bed and sat down he took her hand in his and drifted of to sleep listening to the beeps of the machines and the sound of her heart beat.
Finding the woman was proving harder than she thought it would. Sneji wasn't going to like that bit of news. She still had time though, he was going a little off the deep end she thought by trying to kill his own daughter but who was she to judge. She looked down at the map and took her crystals and started to chant and then started to move one of the crystals around in a circular motion and was hoping that she could find the woman that way. Something was suppressing her presence and she couldn't find her that way. Sighing she walked over to a chair and took a seat,
"This is getting a little complicated you know. I'm unable to locate her with normal methods like i was before." she said. She knew someone was lurking in the shadows she wasn't fazed by that. Honestly she was used to the man doing that he was such a bother at times.
"What do you need to find her then?" came the question from the person hanging back in the darkness.
"Honestly Senji stop lurking and take a seat you have been standing there for hours watching me. To answer you question blood i need some of her blood to find her. Something is suppressing her and i'm unable to locate her." Urasue told him.
"I will send naraku back to the warehouse and we will get you some. Why are you looking so grim?" he said to her. She was surprised by the observation he had made. Sighing
"You must know that this is all for nothing by now. Kagome's powers have awaken and there is no way that you shall get them from her at this point. Those lights you seen when you took her necklace off was her power bursting free. This is almost pointless Senji." she told him. His reaction to the news was as she thought it would be he was mad and trying to convince her that she was wrong.
'This man can't handle the truth and it's going to drive me to crazy in the process. The blood may work, but i need him to see that this is futile in the end he will not get the power he seeks from her.' she thought to herself
Standing she took a few steps,
"Get me the woman's blood then we will see what i can find, in the meantime you need to find what you are wanting to do. The woman's powers are awaken and she's in hiding if not dead." she told him walking out of the room she didn't wait for his response she would rather just get away from the man. No such luck though he had started following her,
"I will get my powers back from her i will not let her get away with keeping them and then i will make her pay for what she has done. The bitch has been associating with dogs." he said with hatred. He left moments later with the phone to the side of his head talking to someone. She sighed in relief finally the headache would start to go away.
Ayame
Calls where made and she was excited about the news and couldn't help share the news with inuyasha. She thought she would go up to the hospital to share it instead of calling him and disturbing Kagome. She started making calls when they had left them that morning. She made a lot of progress. They walked into the hospital hand in hand. Koga was scanning the lobby as they walked even on a normal outing the training was always there he did it anymore without even thinking about it. They made it to the elevators and pushed the button waited and then was surprised to see sesshomaru when the doors opened up for them.
"Hello." Ayame said to him she guessed that he was going up to take Inuyasha's place in the room so that he could get something to eat and maybe some actual sleep. She doubted that he had gotten any in that past few hours. She was still tired herself and she got almost six hours of sleep herself.
"Did you find out anything? I'm going to assume that is why you are here." Sesshomaru said to them.
"Yes i made some calls and found out that the mystery man that was there in the warehouse with naraku was indeed Kagome's father. I have pictures of him with her mother and her as a small child to prove it. I haven't really been able to find out why he is after her. I also found out that the old bag that was with him is a sorceress so to speak she is able to take people's powers or even demon energy from them. I think that's why she was there. I'm confused though she was there even before we arrived to get Kagome so there is some puzzle pieces still missing." she told Sesshomaru. He stood there a moment and nodded his head. It was clear to her that he was taking in all of the information and working it out in his head.
"So the man is her father there is a sorceress involved and a dirty agent not to mention Naraku. Do you know how they play into all of this?" he stated.
"No i don't know how they play into this and i'm not to sure if we will until Kagome wakes up. She was alone with them and may know something but i have eyes and ears out there trying to find out anything that they can on them. It's not a whole lot of information at the moment but i feel that it is enough at the moment to make Inuyasha feel somewhat better. How is he do you know?" she told them before stepping out of the elevator they had made it to the floor they needed. They had just started down the hall when her phone rang. She got a disgruntled look from a nurse that was walking down the hall then another pointed to the no cell phone sign. As if on cue they all pulled out there badges and the women tilter her head and walked off.
The men stood there impatiently waiting to find out what was going on. It was more of a one sided conversation Ayame was listening to the person on the other end and would acknowledge what the was saying then she hung up after thanking them and also telling them to keep digging.
"Well what was that about?" Koga asked her.
"That was Hakkaku he has been looking into the matter as well. We know the connection between Hojo and Kagome they lived not to far from each other and at one point when they were younger before everything happened he was told hojo would follow her and constantly ask her out and to movies. She would always turn him down. That didn't seem to bother him until his father was put away. It wasn't until his father went to jail for a fraud charge that he started to hate the Higurashi family. He pursued Kagome even though he hated her and was going to use her as a way to get back at the family for what her father did. The next piece is a little confusing i found out a little more about the father his name is Senji Higurashi. The thing with him is he is a reiki user who managed to get tied up with the wrong people back in the day before he meet Kagome's mother that is. Things started to go south after that. The next bit is the real problem. He went looking for protection for him and the woman, the mob was after him after he kept turning them down." she told them and stopped talking for a few minutes to let it soak in. She also wanted to figure out the best way to state the next part without getting killed herself.
"Okay i get how Hojo is involved now and the father kinda but what is the deal did they tell you anything more. You left me out this whole time so i'm pretty much finding out with them." Koga told her. She did feel bad but she didn't want to share this bit with him because she didn't know how he would take it. Even though he cared for Kagome he has never taken a liking to the dog demons and this was not something that she wanted him to know until she was sure of the information herself and was able to talk to them herself.
"No that's not all." she said before looking at sesshomaru. Taking a deep breath she rushed forward with her explanation.
"Okay so i have more information but i think you may want to call you father in so that we can discuss this as a whole and not just start speculating." she said looking at him. She couldn't read him it was as if she was looking at a statue is facial features never changed.
"I'm not calling my father until you tell me what is going on here. Besides we may not need him." he told her
She took a deep breath.
"Your father is the one that Senji Higurashi went to. He wanted protection for him and the woman. I don't know what happened there but from what i was told your father then withdrew the protection for some reason and then shortly after Senji faked his death." she told them it wasn't a second or two later sesshomaru had his phone up to his ear demanding his father come to the hospital because he had something he wanted to talk to him about.
"We will not go to Inuyasha with this until we talk to father. With only half the information we may trigger something in him and that wouldn't be good for anyone here." he told them then added to himself,
' i also need to talk to father about that as well and find out what is going on in inuyasha's mind to cause him to act in such a way with that human girl.' he thought sighing he added 'This is getting too complicated.
About ten minutes later his father arrived, he walked over to him,
"We need to talk now." Sesshomaru said to him. His father nodded his head and followed them to a empty waiting room so that they could have privacy.
"What is your connection to this woman and her family." he asked bluntly. He was never one to ease into a conversation. Well not on normal terms Inuyasha has been a nut case since reconnection with the woman and at times he felt like he was trying to stop a child from throwing a fit.
"I see i was hoping i could resolve this before you found out about it. It was years ago Senji the girls father came to me begging for help to protect her mother and him. He was in deep with the mob and after he met her he wanted out and they didn't want him out. The way they see it it's a life commitment so to speak." He explained to him.
"I know that we found that out on our own i want to know all the detail, Inuyasha will hear about this sooner or later and i don't know how the fool is going to act he has been acting strange for a while now." Sesshomaru said to him.
"When he came to me i told him the only way that i would be willing to help him was that he take care of the woman and the child that she carried. He hadn't found out about the child yet and was surprised when he heard that bit of news. I also told the man that he needed to cut all ties with the people that he once associated with and that it was for his safety." He said before taking a sip of coffee that Ayame had handed him.
"Thank you my dear." He said to her before continuing his explanation.
"He did this for a time, i had a few friends of mine keeping an eye on him. Then when she was pregnant with the second child i got wind that he was back doing the same thing that put him and his family in harm in the first place. I tired to talk to him about it and got no where i told him that if he continued things would end badly for them. He said that he understood. I had someone follow him and they overheard him talking to a man saying that he had a plan to kill a daiyoukai and take their power. At the time you and i were the only one here your mother had already went home after her visit. I talked to a priestess and had his powers taken from him and given to one of the children. I never thought that he would go as far as to kill them to get them. That's why Kagome is his target she has his power and doesnt even know it. If he is to get them back he could kill us all." he told them. They sat there quiet for a few moments taking it all in.
"If hes able to kill us wouldn't that mean that Kagome is able to as well?" Ayame asked giving Koga a worried look.
"Yes she would be but the thing is she doesnt know about them and she cares about you all i don't think that she would hurt you. She may be the child of Senji but from what i have heard she is nothing like the man. She took a bullet for my son who would have been okay, without even thinking twice about her own life. I also feel that is another thing that is driving Senji he now knows how they feel about each other and it's eating him up inside. It's ironic really he has every intention on killing her but doesn't like that she has feelings for inuyasha." he told them
"Speaking of Inuyasha what is going on in his head cause the mutt is acting crazier than normal?" Koga asked him. He hadn't been thinking when he said mutt and that earned him a elbow to the ribs from Ayame.
"He has chose her to be his. It's simple really his demon chose her when they first met years ago. He told me he gave her a necklace and that he felt her put it on. It was linked to him and that is something only we inu youkai do when we care about someone we want to do what we can to protect them and i his case at that time he couldn't follow her and he knew that so the charm he had made for her was made with some of his demonic energy. So that if she needed help it would protect her till he got there. At the time i don't think he realized what that meant to the demon but he is finally realizing that he will do what it takes for her. She proved to him and the demon blood that runs through his veins that she is willing to do the same. He's acting the way that he is because he has already considered her his mate they just haven't done the ritual. She's hurt and in bad shape even though they are not fully mated his demon is acting as if his mate is dying and trying to preserve her to make her better so to speak. The thing is though if they were fully mated she wouldn't be in the shape that she is in. she wouldn't be as fragile as a human it's a way to keep the weaker mate alive so to speak they get some of the stronger mates strength." he explained everything to them.
They all nodded and stood up.
"We better get to Inuyasha chances are he may not have gotten any sleep and shift change was over a few hours ago." Ayame said to the men who all nodded.
They all walked back down the halls and turned another corner and then walked a little further down and went into a set of double doors into the icu unit and then turned a corner and walked to the room in front of them. When they got there the were a little surprised to see that inuyasha was actually asleep he had moved his chair and put it by her and was holding her hand. Even asleep he was aware of things around him when sesshomaru walked into the room he started letting out a low growl. Sesshomaru stopped for a moment and then said his name.
"Wake up." was all sesshomaru said to him at that point Inuyasha's head came up and was faced with the four infront of him.
"What are y'all doing here ?" He asked them as her turned Kagome's hand loose and stood up. He had to stretch he was stiff and sore from the chair but he would never say it he owed her this much for sure.
"I told you earlier son, that we would be back to sit with her so that you could go get something to eat and take a shower that you stink." his father told him. He could tell that he was ready to argue with them, he had saw that coming.
"Before you even argue with father on this just know that you will be insulting us if you don't do this. Do you really think that we can't protect her? Now stop acting foolish and go ." Sesshomaru said to him. Inuyasha was glaring at him now.
"I will be back in ten minutes." he told them.
"No you will take your time and eat and take a shower and sleep like a normal person." his father told him. He wasn't going to argue with them. He knew that he wouldn't sleep without being by her. He turned around and kissed her on the forehead and got low to her ear,
"Kagome i promise i will be back as fast as i can. Ayame and the others are here for you. I promise I will be back." he whispered to her. He once again kissed her forehead and walked towards the door.
"Did you find out anything?" he asked the group. He watched their facial expressions for any clues and didn't find anything.
"Nothing that we don't already know, we have others still looking into it." sesshomaru told him. It wasn't a lie and he knew that he wouldn't be able to read him like the others.
Inuyasha nodded and headed off for a much needed shower and food. He also thought he would pack Kagome some clothes and things. It was going to be a long day.
(thank you for hanging with me this far. sorry I haven't updated in a little while life is crazy. Anyway I hope you enjoyed it so far only a few more chapters to go before its complete please review so that I can know how you are feeling about it.)
