Chapter 30
"Kagome…" Mr. Higurashi tries to make her talk about the guy that his daughter was hugging. Kagome just doesn't like doing this. For she respects Inuyasha's wishes, even if she doesn't know what they are exactly to begin with. "All I can tell you is this." She starts off. Her voice is trembling, she just can't do this. All of a sudden she runs offs. Mr. Higurashi frowns to see that his own daughter would do this. He would try everything in his power to persuade her to speak. But then he realized that it's not the right thing to do. Just when he is about to go down the path of his daughter's direction, a new voice stops him. "Mr. Higurashi?"
Mr. Higurashi turns to the direction of the voice that called out to him. That's when he sees a man in a business suit. His hair is long and silver. "Yes?" He responds to the silver haired man. "I'm Sesshomaru Takahashi. I'm Inuyasha's older brother." Sesshomaru introduces himself. "Oh, hello. I was about to go after my daughter that ran off." Mr. Higurashi greets back. Sesshomaru nods. "Yes, I spotted her leaving the building just a second. Her scent was full of uncertainty." He describes Kagome's smell. Then it occurred to Mr. Higurashi that Sesshomaru's way to tell about someone's scent proves that he's a dog demon. "Oh I had no idea." He tells Sesshomaru. "Can you tell me what you saw when you went to the park?" Sesshomaru asks the father.
Mr. Higurashi is confused. "I'm sorry, I never seen you there." He tells Sesshomaru. "It's okay. You see my younger brother is still struggling after losing his wife a few days ago." Sesshomaru assures calmly. Mr. Higurashi didn't see this coming. "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know about that." Mr. Higurashi frowns in sadness. 'So maybe that's why Kagome didn't want to tell me.' They both sit in one of the row chairs in the waiting room. "You see, Inuyasha maybe over it physically, but not emotionally." Sesshomaru explains his brother's status. "Not just that. The reason that he's like this was because his wife was the second woman in his life who died. His mother was his first." Sesshomaru begins.
Now it makes sense for Mr. Higurashi. The man that his daughter was hugging was going through the same path that made him go like that. "I assume that they both died of illness." He guesses. "Yes. His mother passed away from a heart attack when he was 5 years old. And his wife died from cancer." Sesshomaru is giving all the answers that Mr. Higurashi was desperate to ask Kagome. "I never knew." He said a few seconds after Sesshomaru explanation. Sesshomaru sighs, "I just hope that Kagome doesn't go through the same path that his mother and wife went through."
But then something crossed Mr. Higurashi's mind. "You said, 'his mother.'? Is his mother…" Before he could finish the question, Sesshomaru hold his hand up to stop. "No, we're half-brother to be specific of our relationship. My mother is a full demon like me, as well as my father." Mr. Higurashi can already figure out about the lineage of the two. "Same dad, different mothers. I lost my mother by the time I was a teenager. I had no idea that I had a younger sibling. And since Inuyasha was left alone after his mother's death, my father made it clear that no matter what, that I must look after him no matter what. True I was disgusted about that, but I had to get over that in order to experience the compassion between us. I know Inuyasha is the same way when he found out about me, but he's still stuck onto the past that he won't move on." Sesshomaru continues on what his brother went through.
Kagome comes out of the restroom. She just couldn't tell her father about Inuyasha. Noticing that she's close to the front desk she goes up to the receptionist. "May I help?" She asks Kagome. "I was wondering where a patient named Inuyasha Takahashi is here?" She asks nicely. The receptionist types in the name. "Ah yes, he's on the 4th floor." She answers the girl. "Thank you." Kagome waves and heads to the closest elevator. After pressing the 4 button on the side, she waits as she rides up the first three floors. The doors open up to let Kagome get off. She looks in one direction to see that it's just a dead end. On the other side of the elevators there are doors for each patient to recover. One door after another, some are vacant, some occupied. But then one has a special message. I.C.U. Kagome blinks her eyes, realizes what that means. Instant Care Unit. She looks to see who's in this position. It widens her eyes. "Oh no." It's Inuyasha who's in here. Kagome look left and right to see if anyone is nearby. She sees no one, and enters in quietly. After closing the door behind her. She gasps to see the room. The monitor is beeping steadily, IVs connects to Inuyasha's exposed arms. But the most shocking thing to see his mouth is being covered with a breathalyzer. Something to keep his breathing normal.
'Oh Inuyasha.' She thinks sadly. She looks around the room, she spots his jacket hung up on the closet rack. But then she spots something in one of the pockets. She comes closet to see that it's his wallet. She takes it out and opens it up. She knows better not to snoop into someone else's possession. But she can't help herself at this point. The first thing she sees are pictures. The first is one of himself as a child and an older woman with him in her arms. 'This is must be his mother.' She smiles as she can tell where Inuyasha's eyes come from as well as the skin tone.
His mother is one lovely woman. With such beauty she bares, of lovely brown eyes with long black hair down to her feet. Her expression shows love and respect. She turns the picture to see his name and the name of his mother, "Izayoi." She quietly spoke. She puts the picture back into the slot it was in. The next slot had another picture of Inuyasha in it, but there's another woman with him. From the looks of it, it's a wedding picture of Inuyasha and his wife, Kikyo. Like back in the apartment when she first saw the crystal figurine of Kikyo. But this picture shows the couple a few years ago to show their youth. "Kagome, who told you to come in here and snoop into my wallet?" Inuyasha murmurs at her. That made Kagome jump.