AN: Hello everyone! It's me again! Thanks for all of your reviews and
suggestions! Anyway, I'm going to try and write a long chapter this time,
I hope you all like it. Oh yeh, Inu-yasha and everyone else in the story
are not mine, well, the head nurse might be but I will gladly switch her
for inu-yasha; I don't think rumiko takahashi will though. Anyway, here
goes the story! Hope you enjoy.
"Inu-yasha, Ikariyu" The words hit Kagome like a ton of bricks would feel like slamming into her stomach. She couldn't believe her ears; she tried pinching herself.
This must be a dream! She though, Inu-yasha Ikariyu, I really can't believe it! If I ever fail this job, if he goes and complains to his father about me, about this hospital, about anything that I have done wrong, it will be the end of everything. It will be the end of my life as I know it, and even now it isn't as good as I would like it to be. That little daddy's boy, if I do something bad, then I'll be fired for sure! I'll never ever be able to find another job! I wonder if this is going to be the end of me? NO WAY! I cannot back out! This has been my dream and it will stay my reality! So I will try my best and not be defeated!
Kagome let out a wave a triumph into the air and that was the time when she noticed that everyone was looking at her, yet again. Kagome slumped a little bit forwards, slightly getting frustrated with herself for acting so unprofessional on her first day.
"Well, all I can say, Kagome, is that this can either be the breakthrough of your career as a nurse, or it can be the downfall of everything. And also, we all wish you good luck! We hope you will live if only for a day longer with your new patient."
"Ah, everyone, this isn't exactly helping me." Kagome said dryly, everyone was so pessimistic here! How bad could one patient be? Sure, this one guy could choose to ruin her life but even someone like that was still a human being with feelings and sympathy towards others! Kagome just figured that everyone was overreacting to the situation, it was probably some kind of "new nurse" joke or something that comes up every once in a while.
That's right, Kagome thought, they're all trying to test me to see how much I can bear! Of course this isn't going to be all that bad. Everything's been going good today so how can it suddenly turn into a nightmare all of a sudden? I better be going now.
Kagome looked at her watch and saw how long she had stayed in the nurse's office. This wasn't going to make a good impression at all! She straightened her skirt and informed everyone that she was about to leave.
"Minna, I'm going to leave now to attend to my patient! And I bet you he can't be all that bad!" Kagome said cheerfully as she turned towards the door to open it. In the distant background, she could hear the other nurses singing her songs of good luck and throwing confetti everyone. All Kagome could do was slap her forehead and walk outside.
Geez, she said to herself, everyone here is so weird!
Kagome straightened her shoulders to make herself look more nurse-like, her face was set sternly anticipating her first experience as a worker. A soft smile slowly crept up towards her face and it brightened up her mood considerably. She walked confidently towards her patient's room, making sure that everything was all right with herself, she opened the door to the room.
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Sango could not believe what she had just saw, it was all way too much to take in. First Kagome passed the nursing test, then, she was offered instant oden and suddenly, she got reminded of a nursing job that she was supposed to have somewhere.
Wow, Sango thought, I actually processed all of that information, well, that's pretty amazing. I better clean up this place now; just looking at it gives me the creeps. Even though dad had trusted Kagome and I to take care of this room, I guess we just weren't responsible enough. Oh my God, what is that in the corner? Is that what I think it is? Oh my God it really is a cockroach! KILL!
Sango grabbed an old newspaper and rolled it up into a tight bat, she quickly ran over towards the cockroach and had to hit in numerously many times until it finally heaved its last sigh into the world and passed on into wherever insects went after death.
Hmph, she thought, just like that bastard, Miroku, extremely hard to die. Except Miroku is probably made up of eight million cockroaches combined so that it's impossible for him to be killed!
Sango mused at the thoughts of how Miroku could possibly be murdered and found herself shocked at the thoughts that were crossing her mind. Normally she wasn't so violent, it was only if someone really made her mad that she would turn like this. Sango forced herself to stop thinking; it wasn't going to do any good to anyone. She decided to continue on with cleaning up the place, picking up some stray trash that was lying here and there. It would be hours before all of this was finished! God, she wished that someone would be here to just help her! Anyone, she would accept even a homeless guy into this room and pay him a whole bunch of money.
Sango put all of the trash that she had gathered since she had started into a large black trash bag, she looked around the room and her heart blackened; after all that she had done earlier there was still so much! She sighed and tied up the plastic bag; Sango opened the door to her room and went outside of it to the trash dump. It was around one hundred meters away, not very far yet not exactly a short walk.
Come on, Sango! Are you really that out of shape? Dad would be really embarrassed at you, especially since he had trained you, yes, ESPESCIALLY you, to use the sacred weapon, Hiraikotsu! Yeh! I have to shape up! Now, run!
If anyone was watching at that precise moment, they would've thought that she was running away from some kind of murderer, it might've even been in the evening news, if only there were someone chasing her.
Sango quickly rushed backwards to her room and realized in agony that she had not locked or even closed the damn door! There could've been an intruder inside the house, someone could've stolen everything or else, what if there were an underwear thief? {[AN: sorry just had to put that there]} If there was anybody in the house, she would make sure that she would beat them up to pieces! She was no weak woman!
Sango took a quick peek around the room, slowly picking up a baseball bat that lay concealed underneath the sofas, she walked around the house but it was silent. A silent cluttering suddenly sounded and this built up Sango's reflexes.
"Watch out, you bastard!" Sango said, swinging her bat at full force.
"EH?" she screamed out, there was no one there!
"Ahhh, .so it was Kirara!"
Kirara was the unusual pet that she and Kagome had found on the back of an alleyway street, they had kept her and fed the poor animal in secret, because if she ever had been found out by the apartment keeper, it would be thrown out. Yes, there were just some people out there that despised animals entirely. Sango picked up Kirara and held her close towards herself; she apologized to the little pet and gently put it down. Kirara was a confusing animal, she looked like a kitten, yet her eyes and bushy tail did not entirely suit the description. The two girls always thought she was some kind of new species; but even if she were, they would never report her to some crazy scientist.
"So there's no-one here!" Sango cried out in happiness. "Oh well, I guess I have to get on with my cleaning."
Sango looked around the room and realized at that exact moment, that it was extremely clean, spotless to be exact, there was no trash, no little cockroaches lying around, heck, there was even no weird black things on the floor! It was a miracle.maybe she had done this unconsciously but something like this was absurd. A little piece of white paper that was attached underneath a stone caught Sango's eye, on it, was some badly scrawled out handwriting.
"Hey, I hope this has helped you guys, you should keep your apartment cleaner,"
There was something in the back of her head that suggested who this writing was from, but she quickly dismissed the idea. It was totally impossible, nope, not impossible, but totally out of the world, if it had happened it would go down into a phenomenon that was never to happen again!
Ick, how could I even think of that bastard at a time when I'm happy like this! Maybe he poisoned my mind or something, but I am never going to forgive him no matter what! What he did not me was not something that should happen ordinarily, I hate him so much! Even if he did this, it isn't enough to make up as an apology, the bastard! Hmph, I'm going to make myself some tea now, that'll calm me down from this state! Yes, tea is going to be very relaxing, maybe I'll even let Kirara have some!
Sango picked up Kirara and headed over towards the cupboard to get some tea, inside, a piece of yellow paper came falling out.
"Sorry, I stole all your tea! You can't get these in the normal stores so I guess I took some for myself."
She quickly crumpled up the note and flicked it into the trash bin.
What a waste of paper! She thought, I really, really will never forgive him now! After what he's done and stealing my precious tea! He'll get his revenge for sure! God, I hate that bastard, Miroku!
But secretly, unbeknownst to even herself, a tiny space inside her heart wished that he was still inside the room.
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Kagome Higurashi took a deep breath and entered the large suite that was supposed to be called a hospital room. It was even larger then her previous house in the village! She took a look around the room; there were three large windows that surrounded the far wall completely. Curtains draped the sides of it, they were pure with embroidery carved on it so delicately and intricately that Kagome herself was staring in awe at them. Inside the room were two beds, one for some guests that might be staying overnight; this one was drenched in a velvet blue mattress. Her eyes shifted towards the patient bed that lay just a couple of meters away from the other and she gasped. The man that was lying on that bed, he was so much like someone she knew. So much, like Sesshoumaru. There was no mistaking the beautiful silver hair, the amber eyes, because she knew that almost nobody in the world looked like that. Her mind started wondering everywhere at the possibilities that lay around her. Didn't Sesshoumaru once say that a brother of his had been born when he was only five years of age and had been given up for adoption because the family had no ways of feeding itself? And also, the head nurse said that the patient was adopted! There were so many coincidences! If she brought Sesshoumaru here he would be so happy to be reunited with his little brother! Sure he didn't talk of him much but that was only because Sesshoumaru didn't know his brother, right?
Argh, Kagome screamed silently, what am I thinking of? I'm supposed to be MAD at Sesshoumaru! But really, even a person as insane as anything would try and unite these two brothers right? Of course! I'll try and bring him here just this once and then THAT will be the last time I ever have to talk to Sesshoumaru again! Yup, just that one last favor.
The patient on the bed opened his eyes at the sound of someone entering into the door, he gasped at the figure that entered the room. Could it be? Was it really? He didn't dare think about it, just in case he was wrong, but the resemblance was striking! The eyes, the face, the hair, heck, even the body shape was the same as her! Maybe, just maybe, it was that person.
"Ki-Kikyou?" he asked in a soft but audible voice. Inu-yasha sat up straight and refocused his eyes. It had to be her! If it was not then it was either some relation or his eyesight had suddenly gone from perfect vision until extremely bad.
The mention of the name snapped Kagome away from her trance; she suddenly concentrated again and smiled towards the patient. They had always taught her at the nursing school that a smile went a very long way. Kagome bowed towards the patient and was ready to make her introduction.
"No, sorry, I think you've gotten me mistaken! My name is Higurashi. Higurashi, Kagome. But just call me Kagome please! From now on I will be your nurse, Ikariyu-sama."
"No! You've got to be her; you've got to be Kikyou! Stop joking Kikyou! You're not that Kagome wench or whatever she is, stop it! It's all a joke right?"
"What did you call me?!" Kagome was fuming with anger, she didn't expect to be called a "wench", after all, what had she done to him to make him hate her so much? What was wrong with her name or what she had done? If the introduction of the two was as bad as this she certainly didn't want to find out what spending her work-time and answering requests just to please this guy would be like! Maybe the nurses were right, maybe he was just a really stupid, jerk that deserved nothing. But Kagome decided to give it a try anyway.
"Feh. So you're not Kikyou!" Inu-yasha readjusted his eyes again, "Come to think of it you don't look a bit like her! She was a lot prettier, more feminine, her face wasn't so boring and her voice wasn't as stupid as yours. Geez, I don't know why I even mistaked you for her! You're just a fuck*ng stupid girl!"
"Excuse me, but I don't appreciate being called that! Can we start over again?" Kagome was practically burning off all her energy just trying to keep in her anger towards this "special" patient, no wonder that nurse never lasted near him! And the scariest thought was that if he was a lot weaker in ICU and he was healthier now, then, that would make his "especially charming" personality even "better".
"Nope, b*tch, we cannot, why don't you just finish your job and go back to your little nurses place? You're not smart enough to be a doctor are you? So that's why you're a nurse! What a dumbass some people are!"
"I'm sorry but I graduated at the top of my class! The smartest girl in the course couldn't even pass the exam!" Kagome's face was slowly going red, she was ready to punch the guy but because it would further endanger her career, she decided not to. This guy was even worse than Sesshoumaru! She thought of what horrors would happen when they were reunited.
"Ooh, wow, give me a load of all that top of the class sh*t, come on just finish your job and leave wench!"
"No wonder that nurse quit, you are a really big jerk." Kagome muttered under her breath while grabbing the IV bottle in the room. She put on her sanitary gloves, which fit, perfectly on her slim hands.
"What did you say about me, wench? I heard that!" Inu-yasha screamed out at her like some crazed lunatic. His previously peaceful face had turned into a disarrayment of hatred and anger.
"Ah, nothing, Inu-yasha-SAMA, I just said that I am going to be quick, and leave as immediately as possible. You have nothing to worry about, Inuyasha- SAMA." Kagome said dryly. She hated the guy already.
"Feh. Whatever, b*tch"
Kagome had just about enough, she walked over quickly towards the IV pump and hastily put on the new bottle replacing the old one. After that she stormed out of the door, leaving the patient in an agony of laughter. Kagome looked at her watch again and saw that she had only been there for thirty minutes, she could not bear half an hour with him, how will she survive all day long? Her fingers slowly went up to her neck and they caught hold of her necklace. She could see the chain breaking, its links finally giving way to its age. Kagome could find tears welling up in her eyes; the necklace had been so precious to her. It had been the only memory she ever had of her father.
: Flashback:
"Daddy!" A five-year-old Kagome cried out to her father, it was one of those rare occasions where they would go shopping for groceries into the nearest city. "Look daddy! This necklace is really pretty!" Kagome pointed out the necklace in a jewelry display, in it, was centered a small diamond, the chain was made of pure gold.
"That's a really nice one Kagome! But I don't think we can afford it, honey! Maybe later, when you grow up."
The man could watch his daughter's face fall, her pretty eyes were downcast, "But daddy, it's my birthday in a couple of weeks." She said, with tears in her eyes.
"Well, I'll think up of something! Your gift will be a surprise!" her father winked at her and grabbed her tiny hand. She walked along with him, slowly looking away from the store window. She didn't know it but her father took one last glance at the necklace, he noted down its price.
3000 dollars, I hope we have enough money to buy it, just this once for my little Kagome, he thought while smiling.
: On Kagome's birthday :
"Kagome! It's time to open your presents!" Kagome's mother called out to her, she had baked a cake especially for this day, cooking utensils and such were extremely expensive and other food besides the ones that they grew were rare treats for the child. In a couple of months, it would be two children. She was pregnant with another one and had already known what kind name she would give to the child. If it was a girl, then Shiryuu, if it was a boy, then Souta. Yes, she would name them after her mother, or after her husband.
"Really mommy? Thank you!!" six year old Higurashi Kagome rushed forwards toward her presents, one of them caught her sight, even though it was the smallest one, she had always been taught that the smallest things could be the greatest gifts, so she opened it first. Kagome tore open the wrapping paper and opened up the small box that was inside. She gasped as she saw the figure in it. It was the same exact necklace that she had wanted when she was walking with her father! Kagome slowly held it up and excitedly put it up towards the light, she could see the small diamond glinting and the gold of it was shining like the sun.
"Mommy, mommy! Quick, quick, put it on me!" Kagome cried out excitedly.
"Of course honey, of course!" her mother had watched her child in happiness, Kagome was growing up so fast, she could not dream of the day when her daughter would eventually leave the house in pursuit of a life of her own. It would hurt so much. And her second child would eventually go away too. That would leave her alone with just her husband. At least, she had someone to grow old and die with, and she knew that her children would always be there for her no matter what. She walked over towards Kagome and put the necklace on her daughter. It only made Kagome's features stand out even more. Even as a child she was beautiful!
"Thank you mommy! Thank you!" Kagome said.
"If you really want to thank someone, it's your dad! Here, I'll call him up and then you can talk to him!"
"Yay!" Kagome cried out in joy, she couldn't believe it, so far everything was going right for her, she had gotten her necklace and her baby brother or sister would be born soon! She couldn't wait to be able to hold the baby and see what it would be like.
Kagome's mother slowly picked up the receiver of the phone and dialed her husband's work number; she hummed her favorite tune while doing so.
"Yes, may I please speak to Souta Higurashi please? Say that this is his wife speaking."
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Higurashi, but there's been an accident."
:::end of flashback:::
Kagome couldn't bear to remember what happened after this, it was too much memories at once. She held the broken necklace in the palm of her hand, squeezing it gently before pocketing it in the pockets of her uniform. She took in a deep breath and cleaned up her tears, at least her eyes were not red yet from crying, she would have to do the rest of it at home, but she didn't want Sango knowing, her roommate would just be way too worried. Kagome entered the nurse's office again and heaved a sigh of relief.
"So how was it, Kagome?" the head nurse asked.
"It was, an interesting experience, yes, well, the guy was a complete jerk!" Kagome said angrily while recalling the previous event.
"Trust me honey, it ain't gonna get any easier after this. Just thank God that your shift is over today! You can go home now."
"Thanks! What time do I have to come in tomorrow? Sorry, they haven't told me at the office yet." Kagome asked.
"At seven a.m. precisely! You've got to be here!" was her response.
"OK, I'll see you tomorrow! Sayonara!" Kagome hurried over towards the exit of the large building, not noticing the tears that were welling up in her eyes, she quickly ran into the parking lot and walked over towards the direction of her apartment.
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Miroku had gotten out of the girl's apartment; he had cleaned it up for them and gotten his bags of tea that he really wanted. He sure hoped that Sango would forgive him for what he had done; after all, it was a really bad thing to do. Other girls would just have killed him, but Sango was different. He hoped that someday he would be able to make it up to her. Somehow, somehow. He walked down the stairs this time instead of taking the lift and turned right. A figure hurried over towards him, seemingly unnoticing about him. He recognized it immediately.
"Kagome?" he asked in the darkness.
"Ah, Miroku!" she said, while sniffling quietly.
"Why are you crying?" his curiosity got the better of him, he just needed to know.
"Ah, I'm not! It's just, ummm, allergies! I better head towards Sango or else she'll flip out!" Kagome said, she tried to cover up her sadness with a form of excited ness in her voice, but she was one of the worst actors, she never could conceal a lie.
"Ahhh, don't tell me that, come on, why don't we talk, I mean.." Miroku said while his hand slowly, yet still surely, went towards Kagome. It slid down her waist onto his favorite spot. He let out a sigh of happiness as he finally got there.
"MIROKU!" Kagome screamed out while slapping his hand away. She didn't know how, but someway Miroku had actually brought her back to reality with that perverted gesture. It seemed as though part of her sadness was taken away. Inside her heart she thanked him for drying up her tears.
"Ahhh, did I do that again? I'm really sorry, Kagome, it seemed as though my hand just slipped." He said while trying out his new innocent face.
"That isn't gonna work on me, hasn't worked on other people and has never worked on me." Kagome said while trying not to knock on Miroku's head, something underneath his arm caught her gaze, it was four packs of some drink that he had obtained, and she couldn't make out what it was. "What's that under your arm?" she asked questioningly.
"Ah, this is, umm, umm, umm, ahhh, it's, umm." Miroku had no words to explain what he had obtained; after all he had done to get it!
"Oh my God! That is Sango's tea! She's going to kill you when she finds out you took it! You better put it back and apologize to her! Or else she'll never forgive you!" Kagome screamed out. She really didn't want to know what happened when Sango was deprived of that drink, it would be the scariest day of her life. Sango would just kill everyone in sight to go find that thing.
"It's not like she's going to forgive me anyway." Miroku said sadly.
"What happened between you two? I though you guys were getting along just fine and then now you're all avoiding each other? What happened on that date?" Kagome asked, she thought she knew what did. Miroku probably got all lecherous again and tried touching some pretty waitress's butt and Sango got so tired of this that she decided never to speak to him again! But before she wasn't really that bothered about it? So that probably wasn't the answer to her question, she needed to know but even Sango wouldn't tell her.
"Ah, maybe I'll tell you someday Kagome, but not now. Here, I'll give you the tea, and you can say to Sango that I'm sorry for taking it!"
An idea suddenly popped in Kagome's head, she thought that it might work. Since Sango and Miroku were not going to talk to each other out of their own free will, she would just make them talk to each other! That's right, Miroku would be forced to say sorry to Sango and then the two of them could patch it up together and get together again! That was the perfect plan. A glint rose in Kagome's eye and she began the start of her plan.
"Say, Miroku, I think you have to come up for awhile, you know? You can drink some of this tea, I bet you that if I ask Sango will let you, and during that process, you can say how sorry you are to her about this and about what you did in your date!"
Miroku did not her about the apologizing or the tea, he only heard the part where Kagome told him to come up, ooh, this was going to be the best night ever! Totally cool. Miroku's eyes danced with joy and he quickly grabbed Kagome while pulling her across the street towards the apartment.
Kagome didn't know what was going on, but she just figured that Miroku really wanted to see Sango.
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AN: Ooh, Miroku's gone all perverted again, and poor Kagome-chan doesn't know what the hell he's thinking! What really happened between Sango and Miroku? And will Inu-yasha ever be nice to Kagome? Thank you for reading and please review and tell me your opinion about this fic! Thank yous!!!
"Inu-yasha, Ikariyu" The words hit Kagome like a ton of bricks would feel like slamming into her stomach. She couldn't believe her ears; she tried pinching herself.
This must be a dream! She though, Inu-yasha Ikariyu, I really can't believe it! If I ever fail this job, if he goes and complains to his father about me, about this hospital, about anything that I have done wrong, it will be the end of everything. It will be the end of my life as I know it, and even now it isn't as good as I would like it to be. That little daddy's boy, if I do something bad, then I'll be fired for sure! I'll never ever be able to find another job! I wonder if this is going to be the end of me? NO WAY! I cannot back out! This has been my dream and it will stay my reality! So I will try my best and not be defeated!
Kagome let out a wave a triumph into the air and that was the time when she noticed that everyone was looking at her, yet again. Kagome slumped a little bit forwards, slightly getting frustrated with herself for acting so unprofessional on her first day.
"Well, all I can say, Kagome, is that this can either be the breakthrough of your career as a nurse, or it can be the downfall of everything. And also, we all wish you good luck! We hope you will live if only for a day longer with your new patient."
"Ah, everyone, this isn't exactly helping me." Kagome said dryly, everyone was so pessimistic here! How bad could one patient be? Sure, this one guy could choose to ruin her life but even someone like that was still a human being with feelings and sympathy towards others! Kagome just figured that everyone was overreacting to the situation, it was probably some kind of "new nurse" joke or something that comes up every once in a while.
That's right, Kagome thought, they're all trying to test me to see how much I can bear! Of course this isn't going to be all that bad. Everything's been going good today so how can it suddenly turn into a nightmare all of a sudden? I better be going now.
Kagome looked at her watch and saw how long she had stayed in the nurse's office. This wasn't going to make a good impression at all! She straightened her skirt and informed everyone that she was about to leave.
"Minna, I'm going to leave now to attend to my patient! And I bet you he can't be all that bad!" Kagome said cheerfully as she turned towards the door to open it. In the distant background, she could hear the other nurses singing her songs of good luck and throwing confetti everyone. All Kagome could do was slap her forehead and walk outside.
Geez, she said to herself, everyone here is so weird!
Kagome straightened her shoulders to make herself look more nurse-like, her face was set sternly anticipating her first experience as a worker. A soft smile slowly crept up towards her face and it brightened up her mood considerably. She walked confidently towards her patient's room, making sure that everything was all right with herself, she opened the door to the room.
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Sango could not believe what she had just saw, it was all way too much to take in. First Kagome passed the nursing test, then, she was offered instant oden and suddenly, she got reminded of a nursing job that she was supposed to have somewhere.
Wow, Sango thought, I actually processed all of that information, well, that's pretty amazing. I better clean up this place now; just looking at it gives me the creeps. Even though dad had trusted Kagome and I to take care of this room, I guess we just weren't responsible enough. Oh my God, what is that in the corner? Is that what I think it is? Oh my God it really is a cockroach! KILL!
Sango grabbed an old newspaper and rolled it up into a tight bat, she quickly ran over towards the cockroach and had to hit in numerously many times until it finally heaved its last sigh into the world and passed on into wherever insects went after death.
Hmph, she thought, just like that bastard, Miroku, extremely hard to die. Except Miroku is probably made up of eight million cockroaches combined so that it's impossible for him to be killed!
Sango mused at the thoughts of how Miroku could possibly be murdered and found herself shocked at the thoughts that were crossing her mind. Normally she wasn't so violent, it was only if someone really made her mad that she would turn like this. Sango forced herself to stop thinking; it wasn't going to do any good to anyone. She decided to continue on with cleaning up the place, picking up some stray trash that was lying here and there. It would be hours before all of this was finished! God, she wished that someone would be here to just help her! Anyone, she would accept even a homeless guy into this room and pay him a whole bunch of money.
Sango put all of the trash that she had gathered since she had started into a large black trash bag, she looked around the room and her heart blackened; after all that she had done earlier there was still so much! She sighed and tied up the plastic bag; Sango opened the door to her room and went outside of it to the trash dump. It was around one hundred meters away, not very far yet not exactly a short walk.
Come on, Sango! Are you really that out of shape? Dad would be really embarrassed at you, especially since he had trained you, yes, ESPESCIALLY you, to use the sacred weapon, Hiraikotsu! Yeh! I have to shape up! Now, run!
If anyone was watching at that precise moment, they would've thought that she was running away from some kind of murderer, it might've even been in the evening news, if only there were someone chasing her.
Sango quickly rushed backwards to her room and realized in agony that she had not locked or even closed the damn door! There could've been an intruder inside the house, someone could've stolen everything or else, what if there were an underwear thief? {[AN: sorry just had to put that there]} If there was anybody in the house, she would make sure that she would beat them up to pieces! She was no weak woman!
Sango took a quick peek around the room, slowly picking up a baseball bat that lay concealed underneath the sofas, she walked around the house but it was silent. A silent cluttering suddenly sounded and this built up Sango's reflexes.
"Watch out, you bastard!" Sango said, swinging her bat at full force.
"EH?" she screamed out, there was no one there!
"Ahhh, .so it was Kirara!"
Kirara was the unusual pet that she and Kagome had found on the back of an alleyway street, they had kept her and fed the poor animal in secret, because if she ever had been found out by the apartment keeper, it would be thrown out. Yes, there were just some people out there that despised animals entirely. Sango picked up Kirara and held her close towards herself; she apologized to the little pet and gently put it down. Kirara was a confusing animal, she looked like a kitten, yet her eyes and bushy tail did not entirely suit the description. The two girls always thought she was some kind of new species; but even if she were, they would never report her to some crazy scientist.
"So there's no-one here!" Sango cried out in happiness. "Oh well, I guess I have to get on with my cleaning."
Sango looked around the room and realized at that exact moment, that it was extremely clean, spotless to be exact, there was no trash, no little cockroaches lying around, heck, there was even no weird black things on the floor! It was a miracle.maybe she had done this unconsciously but something like this was absurd. A little piece of white paper that was attached underneath a stone caught Sango's eye, on it, was some badly scrawled out handwriting.
"Hey, I hope this has helped you guys, you should keep your apartment cleaner,"
There was something in the back of her head that suggested who this writing was from, but she quickly dismissed the idea. It was totally impossible, nope, not impossible, but totally out of the world, if it had happened it would go down into a phenomenon that was never to happen again!
Ick, how could I even think of that bastard at a time when I'm happy like this! Maybe he poisoned my mind or something, but I am never going to forgive him no matter what! What he did not me was not something that should happen ordinarily, I hate him so much! Even if he did this, it isn't enough to make up as an apology, the bastard! Hmph, I'm going to make myself some tea now, that'll calm me down from this state! Yes, tea is going to be very relaxing, maybe I'll even let Kirara have some!
Sango picked up Kirara and headed over towards the cupboard to get some tea, inside, a piece of yellow paper came falling out.
"Sorry, I stole all your tea! You can't get these in the normal stores so I guess I took some for myself."
She quickly crumpled up the note and flicked it into the trash bin.
What a waste of paper! She thought, I really, really will never forgive him now! After what he's done and stealing my precious tea! He'll get his revenge for sure! God, I hate that bastard, Miroku!
But secretly, unbeknownst to even herself, a tiny space inside her heart wished that he was still inside the room.
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Kagome Higurashi took a deep breath and entered the large suite that was supposed to be called a hospital room. It was even larger then her previous house in the village! She took a look around the room; there were three large windows that surrounded the far wall completely. Curtains draped the sides of it, they were pure with embroidery carved on it so delicately and intricately that Kagome herself was staring in awe at them. Inside the room were two beds, one for some guests that might be staying overnight; this one was drenched in a velvet blue mattress. Her eyes shifted towards the patient bed that lay just a couple of meters away from the other and she gasped. The man that was lying on that bed, he was so much like someone she knew. So much, like Sesshoumaru. There was no mistaking the beautiful silver hair, the amber eyes, because she knew that almost nobody in the world looked like that. Her mind started wondering everywhere at the possibilities that lay around her. Didn't Sesshoumaru once say that a brother of his had been born when he was only five years of age and had been given up for adoption because the family had no ways of feeding itself? And also, the head nurse said that the patient was adopted! There were so many coincidences! If she brought Sesshoumaru here he would be so happy to be reunited with his little brother! Sure he didn't talk of him much but that was only because Sesshoumaru didn't know his brother, right?
Argh, Kagome screamed silently, what am I thinking of? I'm supposed to be MAD at Sesshoumaru! But really, even a person as insane as anything would try and unite these two brothers right? Of course! I'll try and bring him here just this once and then THAT will be the last time I ever have to talk to Sesshoumaru again! Yup, just that one last favor.
The patient on the bed opened his eyes at the sound of someone entering into the door, he gasped at the figure that entered the room. Could it be? Was it really? He didn't dare think about it, just in case he was wrong, but the resemblance was striking! The eyes, the face, the hair, heck, even the body shape was the same as her! Maybe, just maybe, it was that person.
"Ki-Kikyou?" he asked in a soft but audible voice. Inu-yasha sat up straight and refocused his eyes. It had to be her! If it was not then it was either some relation or his eyesight had suddenly gone from perfect vision until extremely bad.
The mention of the name snapped Kagome away from her trance; she suddenly concentrated again and smiled towards the patient. They had always taught her at the nursing school that a smile went a very long way. Kagome bowed towards the patient and was ready to make her introduction.
"No, sorry, I think you've gotten me mistaken! My name is Higurashi. Higurashi, Kagome. But just call me Kagome please! From now on I will be your nurse, Ikariyu-sama."
"No! You've got to be her; you've got to be Kikyou! Stop joking Kikyou! You're not that Kagome wench or whatever she is, stop it! It's all a joke right?"
"What did you call me?!" Kagome was fuming with anger, she didn't expect to be called a "wench", after all, what had she done to him to make him hate her so much? What was wrong with her name or what she had done? If the introduction of the two was as bad as this she certainly didn't want to find out what spending her work-time and answering requests just to please this guy would be like! Maybe the nurses were right, maybe he was just a really stupid, jerk that deserved nothing. But Kagome decided to give it a try anyway.
"Feh. So you're not Kikyou!" Inu-yasha readjusted his eyes again, "Come to think of it you don't look a bit like her! She was a lot prettier, more feminine, her face wasn't so boring and her voice wasn't as stupid as yours. Geez, I don't know why I even mistaked you for her! You're just a fuck*ng stupid girl!"
"Excuse me, but I don't appreciate being called that! Can we start over again?" Kagome was practically burning off all her energy just trying to keep in her anger towards this "special" patient, no wonder that nurse never lasted near him! And the scariest thought was that if he was a lot weaker in ICU and he was healthier now, then, that would make his "especially charming" personality even "better".
"Nope, b*tch, we cannot, why don't you just finish your job and go back to your little nurses place? You're not smart enough to be a doctor are you? So that's why you're a nurse! What a dumbass some people are!"
"I'm sorry but I graduated at the top of my class! The smartest girl in the course couldn't even pass the exam!" Kagome's face was slowly going red, she was ready to punch the guy but because it would further endanger her career, she decided not to. This guy was even worse than Sesshoumaru! She thought of what horrors would happen when they were reunited.
"Ooh, wow, give me a load of all that top of the class sh*t, come on just finish your job and leave wench!"
"No wonder that nurse quit, you are a really big jerk." Kagome muttered under her breath while grabbing the IV bottle in the room. She put on her sanitary gloves, which fit, perfectly on her slim hands.
"What did you say about me, wench? I heard that!" Inu-yasha screamed out at her like some crazed lunatic. His previously peaceful face had turned into a disarrayment of hatred and anger.
"Ah, nothing, Inu-yasha-SAMA, I just said that I am going to be quick, and leave as immediately as possible. You have nothing to worry about, Inuyasha- SAMA." Kagome said dryly. She hated the guy already.
"Feh. Whatever, b*tch"
Kagome had just about enough, she walked over quickly towards the IV pump and hastily put on the new bottle replacing the old one. After that she stormed out of the door, leaving the patient in an agony of laughter. Kagome looked at her watch again and saw that she had only been there for thirty minutes, she could not bear half an hour with him, how will she survive all day long? Her fingers slowly went up to her neck and they caught hold of her necklace. She could see the chain breaking, its links finally giving way to its age. Kagome could find tears welling up in her eyes; the necklace had been so precious to her. It had been the only memory she ever had of her father.
: Flashback:
"Daddy!" A five-year-old Kagome cried out to her father, it was one of those rare occasions where they would go shopping for groceries into the nearest city. "Look daddy! This necklace is really pretty!" Kagome pointed out the necklace in a jewelry display, in it, was centered a small diamond, the chain was made of pure gold.
"That's a really nice one Kagome! But I don't think we can afford it, honey! Maybe later, when you grow up."
The man could watch his daughter's face fall, her pretty eyes were downcast, "But daddy, it's my birthday in a couple of weeks." She said, with tears in her eyes.
"Well, I'll think up of something! Your gift will be a surprise!" her father winked at her and grabbed her tiny hand. She walked along with him, slowly looking away from the store window. She didn't know it but her father took one last glance at the necklace, he noted down its price.
3000 dollars, I hope we have enough money to buy it, just this once for my little Kagome, he thought while smiling.
: On Kagome's birthday :
"Kagome! It's time to open your presents!" Kagome's mother called out to her, she had baked a cake especially for this day, cooking utensils and such were extremely expensive and other food besides the ones that they grew were rare treats for the child. In a couple of months, it would be two children. She was pregnant with another one and had already known what kind name she would give to the child. If it was a girl, then Shiryuu, if it was a boy, then Souta. Yes, she would name them after her mother, or after her husband.
"Really mommy? Thank you!!" six year old Higurashi Kagome rushed forwards toward her presents, one of them caught her sight, even though it was the smallest one, she had always been taught that the smallest things could be the greatest gifts, so she opened it first. Kagome tore open the wrapping paper and opened up the small box that was inside. She gasped as she saw the figure in it. It was the same exact necklace that she had wanted when she was walking with her father! Kagome slowly held it up and excitedly put it up towards the light, she could see the small diamond glinting and the gold of it was shining like the sun.
"Mommy, mommy! Quick, quick, put it on me!" Kagome cried out excitedly.
"Of course honey, of course!" her mother had watched her child in happiness, Kagome was growing up so fast, she could not dream of the day when her daughter would eventually leave the house in pursuit of a life of her own. It would hurt so much. And her second child would eventually go away too. That would leave her alone with just her husband. At least, she had someone to grow old and die with, and she knew that her children would always be there for her no matter what. She walked over towards Kagome and put the necklace on her daughter. It only made Kagome's features stand out even more. Even as a child she was beautiful!
"Thank you mommy! Thank you!" Kagome said.
"If you really want to thank someone, it's your dad! Here, I'll call him up and then you can talk to him!"
"Yay!" Kagome cried out in joy, she couldn't believe it, so far everything was going right for her, she had gotten her necklace and her baby brother or sister would be born soon! She couldn't wait to be able to hold the baby and see what it would be like.
Kagome's mother slowly picked up the receiver of the phone and dialed her husband's work number; she hummed her favorite tune while doing so.
"Yes, may I please speak to Souta Higurashi please? Say that this is his wife speaking."
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Higurashi, but there's been an accident."
:::end of flashback:::
Kagome couldn't bear to remember what happened after this, it was too much memories at once. She held the broken necklace in the palm of her hand, squeezing it gently before pocketing it in the pockets of her uniform. She took in a deep breath and cleaned up her tears, at least her eyes were not red yet from crying, she would have to do the rest of it at home, but she didn't want Sango knowing, her roommate would just be way too worried. Kagome entered the nurse's office again and heaved a sigh of relief.
"So how was it, Kagome?" the head nurse asked.
"It was, an interesting experience, yes, well, the guy was a complete jerk!" Kagome said angrily while recalling the previous event.
"Trust me honey, it ain't gonna get any easier after this. Just thank God that your shift is over today! You can go home now."
"Thanks! What time do I have to come in tomorrow? Sorry, they haven't told me at the office yet." Kagome asked.
"At seven a.m. precisely! You've got to be here!" was her response.
"OK, I'll see you tomorrow! Sayonara!" Kagome hurried over towards the exit of the large building, not noticing the tears that were welling up in her eyes, she quickly ran into the parking lot and walked over towards the direction of her apartment.
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Miroku had gotten out of the girl's apartment; he had cleaned it up for them and gotten his bags of tea that he really wanted. He sure hoped that Sango would forgive him for what he had done; after all, it was a really bad thing to do. Other girls would just have killed him, but Sango was different. He hoped that someday he would be able to make it up to her. Somehow, somehow. He walked down the stairs this time instead of taking the lift and turned right. A figure hurried over towards him, seemingly unnoticing about him. He recognized it immediately.
"Kagome?" he asked in the darkness.
"Ah, Miroku!" she said, while sniffling quietly.
"Why are you crying?" his curiosity got the better of him, he just needed to know.
"Ah, I'm not! It's just, ummm, allergies! I better head towards Sango or else she'll flip out!" Kagome said, she tried to cover up her sadness with a form of excited ness in her voice, but she was one of the worst actors, she never could conceal a lie.
"Ahhh, don't tell me that, come on, why don't we talk, I mean.." Miroku said while his hand slowly, yet still surely, went towards Kagome. It slid down her waist onto his favorite spot. He let out a sigh of happiness as he finally got there.
"MIROKU!" Kagome screamed out while slapping his hand away. She didn't know how, but someway Miroku had actually brought her back to reality with that perverted gesture. It seemed as though part of her sadness was taken away. Inside her heart she thanked him for drying up her tears.
"Ahhh, did I do that again? I'm really sorry, Kagome, it seemed as though my hand just slipped." He said while trying out his new innocent face.
"That isn't gonna work on me, hasn't worked on other people and has never worked on me." Kagome said while trying not to knock on Miroku's head, something underneath his arm caught her gaze, it was four packs of some drink that he had obtained, and she couldn't make out what it was. "What's that under your arm?" she asked questioningly.
"Ah, this is, umm, umm, umm, ahhh, it's, umm." Miroku had no words to explain what he had obtained; after all he had done to get it!
"Oh my God! That is Sango's tea! She's going to kill you when she finds out you took it! You better put it back and apologize to her! Or else she'll never forgive you!" Kagome screamed out. She really didn't want to know what happened when Sango was deprived of that drink, it would be the scariest day of her life. Sango would just kill everyone in sight to go find that thing.
"It's not like she's going to forgive me anyway." Miroku said sadly.
"What happened between you two? I though you guys were getting along just fine and then now you're all avoiding each other? What happened on that date?" Kagome asked, she thought she knew what did. Miroku probably got all lecherous again and tried touching some pretty waitress's butt and Sango got so tired of this that she decided never to speak to him again! But before she wasn't really that bothered about it? So that probably wasn't the answer to her question, she needed to know but even Sango wouldn't tell her.
"Ah, maybe I'll tell you someday Kagome, but not now. Here, I'll give you the tea, and you can say to Sango that I'm sorry for taking it!"
An idea suddenly popped in Kagome's head, she thought that it might work. Since Sango and Miroku were not going to talk to each other out of their own free will, she would just make them talk to each other! That's right, Miroku would be forced to say sorry to Sango and then the two of them could patch it up together and get together again! That was the perfect plan. A glint rose in Kagome's eye and she began the start of her plan.
"Say, Miroku, I think you have to come up for awhile, you know? You can drink some of this tea, I bet you that if I ask Sango will let you, and during that process, you can say how sorry you are to her about this and about what you did in your date!"
Miroku did not her about the apologizing or the tea, he only heard the part where Kagome told him to come up, ooh, this was going to be the best night ever! Totally cool. Miroku's eyes danced with joy and he quickly grabbed Kagome while pulling her across the street towards the apartment.
Kagome didn't know what was going on, but she just figured that Miroku really wanted to see Sango.
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AN: Ooh, Miroku's gone all perverted again, and poor Kagome-chan doesn't know what the hell he's thinking! What really happened between Sango and Miroku? And will Inu-yasha ever be nice to Kagome? Thank you for reading and please review and tell me your opinion about this fic! Thank yous!!!
