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Look Both Ways
Chapter 2
The room was dark when Inuyasha opened his eyes. He seemed to be in a small, and un-naturally clean and sterile area and lying off the ground in some sort of bed that he didn't quite recognize. The room was so peaceful and quiet, interrupted only by a slow and steady, low pitched beep. A window slowly came into focus. When he leaned over to look out, he was met with more darkness, all except the stars in the sky. 'Hmm, I guess its night; I wonder where the moon is….What? Why would I care where the stupid thing is!'
However, he just couldn't erase the spine tingling fear that slowly swept its way through his body, it was like he was expecting some unknown force to come and attack him.
'Where am I?!'
Continuing to take in his surroundings and analyzing the room for any potential dangers, he noticed someone sleeping in the corner. He slowly leaned over once more but trying not to make any noise so as not to wake the person up. 'Why is someone sleeping in the room with me?' questioned the confused hanyou just as Kagome turned in her uncomfortable sleep, revealing her face. 'Oh god, why is a GIRL sleeping in a room with me!'
Inuyasha then tried to get up from the bed he was laying on, sitting completely up and swinging his feet over the side and jumping to the floor with unusual grace, he was met with an enormous wave of pain radiating from his head. Doubling over, he cried out as the blood rushed to his head. Kagome then woke up startled from the noise the poor boy was making.
"Inuyasha?" mumbled a sleepy Kagome
The hanyou froze at her words and the mention of a name. Was she talking about another person in the room? Was it him? No, he certainly knew his own name… didn't he?
"Inuyasha!" the worried girl exclaimed again and rushed to his side.
"Whoa, hold on a sec, what are you talking about, who is Inuyasha?" the hanyou managed to say through his gritted teeth.
Kagome continued to look at him, her concerned expression giving way to shock.
"Why, that's you Inuyasha"
"Don't be stupid, I'm….. well… um… I'm" he just trailed off in confusion, his eyes growing large.
"Your name is Inuyasha"
"I don't understand, how can this be, where am I, what have you done to me?!"
Kagome didn't take long to reply. "I'm so sorry Inuyasha, there was an accident, I was driving and the other car, it ran a red light… I should have looked both ways, I was just so distracted. I am so sorry Inuyasha, it's all my fault."
The hanyou was dumbfounded, the stranger before him was starting to have tears well up underneath her eyes… and god, he hated it when girls cry. So, betraying his own feelings of uncertainty and confusion, he reached out to the poor girl in front of him and took her in his arms to comfort her. He didn't know exactly what to say, especially since she only cried harder in his embrace, so he remained silent.
A while later, when the girl had cried herself to sleep, he stood up and carried her over to the bed he was previously lying in and tucked the covers around her. The chair she was in before just didn't seem suitable. He took his time in gazing at her and making sure she was comfortable in her new found bed. She was beautiful and he felt strangely drawn to her, like he knew her somehow.
He then looked up to see a dark haired, violet eyed boy with bandages around his head staring at him, startled he jumped back and dodged behind the bed. Peering over, he noticed the boy was doing the same. He then tip toed his way over to him, all the while noticing that the other boy was still copying him… exactly! Reaching out and touching a solid surface, he then felt it safe to stand and explore the new object. With further examination, he deduced that it was he who was staring at himself.
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At daybreak, with the first rays of sunlight radiating through the window, Kagome woke up feeling a bit relieved, like she had removed a few emotional stones she was carrying. Looking around she found a sleepy Inuyasha sitting in the chair she was previously lying in.
"Good morning, Inuyasha"
"Hmm"
"How do you feel?"
"Not so hot… are you ok? You mentioned being in an accident?"
"I was… and you too, we were in the same car, but your side was the one directly hit"
"Oh…"
"You are in a hospital Inuyasha, after the accident I was here for a little bit too, but I didn't slip into a coma like you did. In fact, last night was the first time you woke up in about a week!"
"You seem to know a lot about me … but who are you? I did some thinking last night, and there isn't lot I remember."
Kagome gave him a shocked and hurt look
"You don't remember me?"
"Sorry, not a lot is firing up top, do I know or am supposed to know anyone else around here?"
"No, you have some other friends… but they definitely don't live around here. The doctors mentioned the possibility of you having amnesia when you woke up due to the trauma to your head, thus the bandages"
Inuyasha reached up to feel his head… yup, definitely bandages
"Amnesia?"
"Yea, it's when you don't remember stuff after an accident. It's real selective, you can remember most basic things, like talking and walking, but memories seem to be blocked. In fact, people like to have it a bunch on soap operas." Kagome added with a sly grin, trying to lighten the mood.
"So that's why nothing makes sense"
"Unfortunately, but I will do my best to try and help you regain your memories. My name is Kagome, Kagome Higurashi. So, do you think you feel well enough to get out of here?"
"Yes, why?"
"Good, I heard the doctors talking about you; they want to do some testing and what not. They discovered your ears and so we need to get out of here ASAP now that you are awake"
"My ears?" Inuyasha slowly whispered to himself, again reaching up to the bandages on his head as Kagome grabbed his arm to lead him down the back stairwell and out of the hospital. It was a good thing they were not a long walk from home, because she was certainly not going to drive again anytime soon.
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Alright, another short chapter. I think this story will just have to be that, a bunch of small chapters, but hey, at least they will come out fast!
PS. Thanks so much to Dark Angel Hazel who read and reviewed my story! You were my first review, in fact my first review ever (this story being the first one I have written). I posted and just for kicks I checked it a short time later to see if there were any reviews (not really thinking there would be) and there was!! I screamed and danced around my room (thank god no one else was there, or they would think I was a nut… but really, I am). Thanks so much to everyone reading this story, keep reviewing (maybe one review per chapter :D) and more chapters will find there way to this website. Thanks again!