AN: Thank you for the reviews! Please review this chapter too ^^ Kikyou dies in the middle of the chapter, enjoy the happiness of it.

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Kagome walked along home, her work was already done and it was getting late. In truth, she had stayed at work for longer, she would get paid extra for the over-work she had contributed. She looked back towards the day and laughed at the patients she had encountered that day. Suddenly, a menacing figure appeared in front of her.

"Who-is that? I don't' have any money! I'm a poor person! See!" kagome said as she displayed the contents of her bag, a wad of money fell out of her purse.

No! Kagome screamed in her mind, I forgot I had withdrew some money from the bank! This is my payment for a whole month's time!

"Really," the figure said, stepping into the light, "I'm not going to steal from you."

Kagome heaved a slight breath of relief. "Sesshoumaru?" she asked.

"Yes."

"What are you still doing here?" Kagome thought that she was already mean enough to him in the hospital, she already regretted what she had done. After all, it wasn't his fault that she was already in a bad mood in the morning. Why did she have to throw it all out on him?

"I'm renting an apartment here." He said as a matter of factly.

"WHAT?" Kagome's eyes widened in surprise, unable to say anything she just stood there for a few minutes longer.

"But, why?" she asked, words finally forming from her mouth.

"Because I feel that Inu-yasha, as you so lightly put, my brother, is a danger towards your health."

Kagome tried not to laugh at the way he put the words, why couldn't he just say that he cared? It was funny how he did that. He was so scared of admitting things that it was almost like a child's way of thinking.

"Where?"

"There was an opening in one of the apartments close to yours." Sesshoumaru said.

"So that would be?" Kagome looked over towards the direction of her apartment, and she spotted one of the buildings close to it. She gasped again. "you mean? That apartment? That's the most expensive in the district!" Kagome screamed out.

"No, actually, the woman decided to rent me it for free."

[{flashback}]

"Oh my gawd!" the woman said as she saw Sesshoumaru come in.

He looked around and saw the lady at the counter. Her eyes were replaced with hearts.

"how much for a month?" he asked in a monotonous voice that seemed to make her like him even more.

"You know what, honey? It's for free!"

[{end}]

Sesshoumaru sweat-dropped at the memory.

"Ah, I see." So he does have his uses, Kagome mused.

"And also."

"What?" she asked him.

"I have enrolled at the hospital as a part-time worker."

Kagome nearly fainted.

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"So he said to you that he wanted to be a part-time worker at that hospital?" Sango asked her while laughing, Sesshoumaru had always disliked medical things. "How is that even possible?" she asked, still grinning from ear to ear.

"I don't know! I mean, he hasn't even had training before! To think of all the courses and extra work I did just to pass that exam to become a nurse!" Kagome, in truth, was still shocked of the news that Sesshoumaru had told her.

"So, did you ask him why he suddenly took this decision?" Sango asked.

"Nope! I was just too shocked!" Kagome bent down to the table and took a sip out of her jug of iced cappuccino. Lately, it seemed as though she needed it to wake up. But then again, it probably was some sort of coffee addiction. With all the things happening, she wondered if she really needed drinks like that to keep her interested.

"I bet you, Kagome-chan, he enrolled 'cause he wanted to be with you!" Sango said.

"What are you talking about? That can't ever be possible!"

"Ah, you have so many people hanging over you Kagome-chan!"

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[yes, this is partially irrelevant, but hey, Kikyou's dying, let's celebrate]

A lone figure stood in the darkness of the field, trudging on wet grass lands, trying to lift its skirt so that it wouldn't get dirtied with the mud on the ground. Rain was pouring around everywhere, and she was soaking wet, her hair frizzed from the wetness. It had always been a complication with her, the weather.

"Crap!" she sweared in the rain. She was supposed to get back home by eight sharp or her boyfriend would get pretty angry.

"They should escort me!" she cried out, "I, Kikyou, will not take this at all!" she cursed under her breath again and her foot got lodged in one of the mudholes. She tried pulling it out, tried freeing it from the terrible grip of the mud, but there was nothing she could do. She fell down, and was in shock when she realized that the mud she had stepped in was sinking mud.

"HELP!" Kikyou cried out, she still had so much to do in life! To make Inu- yash miserable; to trick Naraku into giving her his fortune and leave him! Everything that she dreamed of!

Suddenly, thunder started striking.

"Oh great, now my hair will be even more fried." Kikyou sat in the mud for a while, thinking about what would happen to her hair if lightning did strike it. She had always loved her hair, it was straight, silky, her best feature, what would happen if she lost it?

The lightning was gone and everything was silent once more, Kikyou got around to trying to pull herself out again, but nothing happened. Thunder could be heard in the background, rumbling itself in the distance. Then lightning emerged, and struck her. . .

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Inu-yasha looked outside at the storm, many thoughts plaguing his head, for some reason they just couldn't get out, no matter what he did.

"Get out, get out, get out!" Inu-yasha ordered at them, but nothing happened. He remembered the flashbacks, the words, the actions, everything. Why was he like this? He wasn't supposed to be!

[{flashbacks]}

"Kikyou? I'm not Kikyou!" Kagome screamed out.

"Feh!"

She sat down on the couch, folding her arms, her mind focused somewhere else.

"Thank you, Inu-yasha!"

Kagome smiling at him.

Kagome.

[{end}]

Inu-yasha sat down on his bed again, giving in to the flashbacks, he didn't care anymore, it was probably some sort of side affect of being injured or something.

"Kagome. . ."

His heart beat a little faster at the mention of the girl's name, what was happening? He figured that he might have had a fever and tried resting a little, closing his eyes and turning off the lights in the room, but nothing happened. He tossed and turned in the bed, trying many method's of sleep, surpressing thought, sleeping without a blanket, sleeping face down, but neither worked. It was amazing in a way. He decided to press the button to call a nurse for a sleeping pill.

"Yes," said the sleepy voice on the other line.

"I want a sleeping pill."

"Fine, it'll be right there."

The nurse opened the door and handed him a pill, he drunk it quickly and closed his eyes again. It was then, and only then, that he could sleep peacefully, but his dreams were still plagued by Kagome's face.

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"Quick, help her!" a fisherman said as he discovered Kikyou on the ground, half-sunk in the mud, struck by lightning. He tried to pull out the woman, but she was too lodged in. Suddenly, the body started moving again and she opened her eyes, but they were all white. The fisherman jumped in shock. He had never seen anything so terrifying. Not even the thoughts of drowning at sea were more frightening than this. He had never had a keen sense of trying to keep calm, so he screamed into the distance.

"Get out of our way!" the paramedics said to him, pushing him out instead of waiting for him.

"She's going into anaphylactic shock!" One of the men screamed.

"We have to give her a pill!"

They shoved a pill in her mouth and waited for a reaction, but there was nothing. Suddenly, her body convulsed again and she started biting her tongue, a few droplets of blood splashing out. She was allergic to the medicine!

The paramedics quickly pushed her out of the mud and onto a stretcher, giving her an IV into her wrist. The wheeled her over to the ambulance, hoping that they would get to the hospital fast enough. . .

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Kagome said good-night to Sango as she yawned, it had been a tiring day, but in all it was pretty interesting. She smiled to herself and flopped on the bed, closing her eyes while enjoying the softness of it. She thought a little of Inu-yasha, her patient, and laughed at how much he had changed over just a couple of days. He might've acted so high and mighty, but she could feel, inside, he was a good person. And nothing less than that.

With anticipation for the next day to come, she went to sleep.

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The ambulance went as fast as it could, transporting the injured, young woman inside. She had a series of fits again but lately they seemed less violent.

Suddenly, her heart monitor went flat.

"Quick! Give her the shock treatment!"

The paramedic squeezed some gel onto the surface of the shock pads and turned the machine up to medium volt.

He pushed it onto the woman's chest.

No reponse.

He turned it up higher.

Still no response.

He pushed three times.

The line was totally flat.

Everyone sighed in horror, as they realized that they had lost their victim. They were so close to the hospital by now. If only they had gotten there sooner!

Kikyou Hinozuma was pronounced Dead on Arrival. . .

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"I'm going!" Kagome said to Sango as she waved to her friend. She couldn't wait to start the day. She had never imagined that work would be so fun.

Kagome walked on over towards the hospital building and checked herself in, wondering why the atmosphere in the hospital was so silent.

"What happened?" she whispered to the head nurse.

"We lost a patient yesterday night."

"I'm so sorry! Who was it?" Kagome asked.

"Even I don't know, they're keeping it under confidentiality. They don't want anyone to know who it is. All that I've heard is that it was a woman. A young woman too."

"Wow. . ." Kagome whispered into the air, she was always scared of death, it surrounded her everywhere, that was for sure, but to be working in a place where you could experience it second-hand or see what it was like directly, that was something a lot more different than just watching a couple of medical thrillers or the news.

Suddenly, the bell for her to attend to her patient rang and she hurried over towards room 52, waving good-bye to the nurse.

"Yes?" Kagome asked, a little breathless from running.

"Umm. . ." Inu-yasha looked a little flustered, he had called her here for no reason at all.

Someone appeared from behind Kagome.

"Kagome, what are you still doing here?" the man asked her.

"Oh, Sesshoumaru!" Kagome cried out in surprise.

"Yes." He said while gently placing his arm around her waist in a smooth manner. Inu-yasha scowled deeply.

"Where's your work station?" Kagome looked up at him.

"They're going to tell me today." Sesshoumaru glanced down at Kagome, making it look like they were about to kiss. Before he left, he threw a menacing glare at Inu-yasha and closed the door.

"Do you like that idiot?" Inu-yasha asked a little demandingly from Kagome while straightening his bed to a sitting position.

"Well, umm. . ." Kagome said, not sure of the meaning of the question.

"I mean, do you love him?" Inu-yasha said, amplifying the question.

"I guess, I don't know! I mean, I used to. . .but I'm not so sure about now. . ."

"You shouldn't."

"But why?" Kagome was a little perplexed by now.

"Because I don't want you to."

"Heh?" Kagome was just confused.

"Because you're not supposed to be with him."

"Meaning?"

"Meaning that you weren't meant for him. . ."

"So. . .?"

"Don't you get the idea already?!" Inu-yasha screamed out.

"No, not really. . ."

"Whatever, women. . ."

An awkward silence came between them, Kagome thinking about the conversation.

"I still don't know what you're talking about."

"Feh!"

"Oh right, what did you want?" Kagome asked.

"I forgot already!"

"Fine."

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Kagome was about to close the door when she saw someone she recognized, hopping over to her. It was that guy from yesterday! That Kouga guy!

"Oh, my dear Kagome!" he cried out, throwing one of his arms over around her. Unfortunately, patient 52's door was not yet closed. Inu-yasha growled at Kouga.

"What are you. . .Jealous that she's my woman?" Kouga asked, taunting Inu- yasha, knowing that he wasn't able to fight him in that condition.

"Hey! First of all, I'm not your woman!"

"Then I'll make you mine! Just like I'm your man." Kouga said, nearly scooping Kagome up.

"Really, Kouga-kun, what are you doing here?"

"I came here, to give this to you, my love." He handed her a box of chocolates wrapped with shiny red paper and a ribbon on it. A rose was attached on the top with a little note written in perfect cursive writing, "for you.".

Kagome gasped at the surprise and she hugged Kouga, causing him to blush. She'd never received such a simple yet pretty gift!

"Thank you, Kouga-kun!" Kagome said in delight.

"Of course, what else can a woman's man do for her?" Kouga's eyes danced.

By this time, Inu-yasha's anger power had gotten onto maximum, he ripped out his IV and limped over towards Kagome, punching the walls slightly before putting his arm around her.

"Ooh, you're getting pretty jealous aren't you? Well, before anyone gets hurt, I'll just get going." Kouga winked at Kagome and threw her a little air kiss which she blushed a little at. He skipped over on his good leg and crashed out of the hospital.

"Feh!" Inu-yasha growled again, the redness in his face not fully gone yet.

"What is your problem?!" asked Kagome.

"I don't know. . .I don't like him."

"Just like you don't like Sesshoumaru, right?"

Silence.

"Do you hate all of my friends? They've got nothing to do with you, you know that right?!" Kagome was getting a bit angry.

"Hmph."

"Really, you're like a child! What's so wrong with Sesshoumaru, or Kouga- kun?"

"Th-They're. . ."

"Whatever! I don't care." Kagome flipped her hair over and walked out of the room, slamming the door shut.

"They're trying to get you while you should be mine. . ." Inu-yasha said softly.

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AN: I'm so evil! I ended it there! ^^ well, I hope you like this chapter, there's going to be even more fluffiness in the next chapter! So review please!! ^^