Chapter 36: Revival

With shaking hands Teruo removed the breathing tube from Kagome's mouth. Unhooking the various cords and lines connected to her body, the doctor couldn't stop the tears that began to leak from his eyes. It had been his job not only as a doctor but as her guardian to keep her safe. Ironically he was unable to save her from herself. He had failed on so many levels. Removing the IV from her arm next, a sudden gush of emotion had him crying out and moving away from the woman. Letting a nurse take over he turned his back to the demoness in the bed so that he could sign confirmation on her identity. A knock at the door took his attention. Instructing a second nurse who was cleaning instruments to help the first he opened the door partially so that the person would be unable to see. His eyes still wet with tears, the good doctor stared into the light blue orbs of Honorable Shin'ichi, a distressed expression on the old man's face.

"Kagome?" Shin'ichi asked delicately. No other words were needed.

"No. I'm so sorry but…."

"How long ago?"

"Less than twelve minutes. I called her death at 11:16 pm"

"How? What caused this?" the old man demanded. A howl that shook the entire hospital resonated in his ears. Sesshomaru was mourning the loss of his intended.

Teruo gazed down the hall, a far away look in his eyes. Peeking his head out the door more he merely shook his head. They had no idea what happened to suddenly make her crash. She had been in critical condition from the purified blood in her system but if that had killed her she would have evaporated into thin air. Her shell of a body was still with them. Until an autopsy was performed, it would remain a mystery.

"Well!" Shin'ichi insisted he answer. A head shake was telling him nothing. Another roar was heard, this time, a few screams joining it. What in god's name was that boy doing?

The doctor wasn't paying him any attention, though. His beeper once more went off, the number, this time, being the one for a hospital emergency. An alarm sounded over the PA system, signaling a shutdown. The hairs on the back of his neck stood up and grabbing the elderly demon by the shirt collar, Teruo pulled the man into the room, slamming and locking the door shut behind him. Grabbing the room's phone he called the adjourning room where he had seen two nurses and a fellow doctor run into as policy required. The female surgeon answered the phone stating her name, "This is Dr. Ando."

"Emiko," he responded,

"Oh, Fukuro-sensei!"

"What's happening, why are we on lockdown?"

"Oh, it's terrible a patient's gone insane. He managed to rip out his lines and is rampaging all over the hospital."

A feeling of dread came over him. Turning around to look at his deceased patient, his heart broke at seeing Shin'ichi holding her hand in his own, the old man fighting back tears of his own. Clearing his throat, he got the former rulers attention who quickly rubbed the back of his hand over his eyes.

"Shin'ichi-sama," Teruo referred to the man with as much honor as he could, "I fear Kagome-san's death has affected Sesshomaru-sama in ways we did not contemplate."

"How do you mean?" The poor man looking much older now in person than he did on television. He clearly wasn't thinking straight considering he was asking such obvious questions. 'Just like Kagome used to do...'

"I mean, Sesshomaru has ripped out his IV and is terrorizing our patients and staff. Most likely he's looking for,"

"Kagome!"

The four people in the room shuddered as the female's name was blasted through hallways. He had made it to this floor!

Shin'ichi released the deceased woman's hand looked around wildly for something he could use as a weapon. Finding a scalpel he dropped his cane and began to chant in an ancient demonic language. Getting Teruo's attention, he ordered him and his nurses to hide out in the bathroom. The ladies nearly fought to the death trying to enter the small toilet area first, the doctor remaining in position with the phone connected to his ear. In desperation, the elder demon barked at the owl to move, but he remained frozen in place. He wasn't concentrating on either the phone or the old man, though, he was too busy staring at Kagome's fingers that he could swear he saw twitch a moment after Honorable Shin'ichi let go. Her cadaveric spasms should have ended long ago. Why would she…

"Fukuro! He's coming!" Shin'ichi shouted.

Teruo didn't have time to react. One minute he was staring at Kagome's body with the phone glued to his ear, the next he was on the ground at the foot of the bed, the remains of the door littered all around him. Now broken, the doctor threw the phone away from him and sat up to look into the red-rimmed eyes of Sesshomaru. The demon growled dangerously low. Using the edge of the bed as leverage, Teruo slowly stood up and raised his hands in surrender. Going into doctor mode, he inspected the enraged demon before him, specifically at his chest that was gushing blood. Turning his eyes back to the man's face, his heart stopped at seeing the man's eyes completely red, the sclera a bright blue. His aura rushed around the room blowing papers and debris. At the rate his heart was leaking he should have bled out, at least, five minutes ago. What was going on with his patients?

Shin'ichi continued his chanting, focusing his energy into the scalpel he was holding. Taking a deep breath he looked into the eyes of his grandson, silently praying this would save his life. Positioning himself next to Teruo, the two men blocked Kagome's body from his view.

Sesshomaru snarled at this. They were keeping him from his deceased female. He rushed the younger male first, the owl demon having to jump to the side to dodge his red covered claws. Backing up against the wall, the doctor watched wide-eyed as the old man crept up behind the male and swiftly lodged the glowing scalpel into his back causing Sesshomaru to roar in pain. Swinging his arm back, Shin'ichi went flying to a cart, crashing and falling on top of it. Keeping his eyes on Teruo the dog demon slowly backed up only to give a warning growl for him not to move before turning to the bed where his female's body lay.

The doctor was too startled to even move. Gripping the wall for dear life he watched as Sesshomaru undressed and pulled back the sheets that covered Kagome. Praying he wouldn't be a witness to necrophilia, he saw the boy rip her gown from her body and climb into the bed next to her. He seemed much calmer now than before, the male spooned behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist and breasts.

Both their bodies started to glow in a mixed red color. The wind was picking up in the room, all centered on the two figures on the bed. Sesshomaru remained calm throughout all of it, still holding Kagome in his arms even as their hair blew upwards and intertwined. The arm that was holding her breasts moved to lay right over her heart. Teruo's eyes widened as he saw another aura, black in nature that rose up from the demoness. The auras mixed as one turning, a deep burgundy and hiding them in a dark tornado. What happened next was nothing short of a miracle.

Amazingly all that power that had been unleashed by Sesshomaru dissipated in a matter of seconds. The air was clear now and oddly the atmosphere too. No longer on the outside of a fog, the doctor gawked at the scene before him. Kagome's arms were no longer stiff at her side. They were rubbing along the arms that held her tight. Opening her cerulean eyes, the demoness turned her head to the male behind her who growled low. A knowing smile crossed her lips as she gazed at her alpha who saved her from death. Not being able to handle any more surprises, Teruo closed his eyes and passed out, his body hitting the floor as the two demons kissed.

A/N: There we go. Kagome Lives! I felt this title was really powerful for this chapter. Next chapter will be up shortly. Don't really know if this is really cheesy or not, I was smiling while typing it, but it wasn't an 'I really wanna stop writing' type smiling. I grin at corniness. Anyhow, Please tell me what you think! -Theores