Awkwardness was thick enough to have made a very nice jelly in Kagome's living room. The doctors, after judging that there was nothing they could do had sent her home, with their apologies.
As if an "I'm sorry" would prolong her life!
When they had arrived home, they had found almost all of Kagome's class waiting for them.
Now, Kagome sat silently in a chair, a headache forming in her head, and half of her staff staring at her, not quite sure what to say. What do you say to you're friend when you know she's going to die?
Kagome
herself felt like she was in a dream. The doctor had told her that she had two
weeks to live, and to make the best of them. Was it all a dream? Kagome inwardly
snorted. No, it wasn't a dream. It wasn't a joke, or a prank, of a movie, or
anything like that. The look on InuYasha's face had been real. The horror and
the sorrow had been real.
The hanyou blamed himself for
what had happened, that was obvious, but why? It had been Kagome's fault! She
was the one who had ran away, and made her wounds worse. Why would InuYasha
think himself responsible? He never took responsibility for anything, even if
it was his fault. Why would he start now?
And what was she supposed to do in these last days? Just hang around, and try to have a good time? With death looming over her like a shroud? And what was she supposed to do about her life in the warring states era? Just tell her friends sorry, and leave? What would she say to Shippo? What would she say to InuYasha?
She was pulled away from her thoughts as four figures approached her tentatively. Ayame, Suzume, Koaru, and Hojo all looked at her with tear riddled faces. "Um… Kagome?" They said tentatively, creeping forward slowly.
Kagome looked at them, coming out of her daze. "Oh, hi." She said, almost as if she was greeting them on the street. "What's up?"
The three girls looked at each other, then burst into tears, throwing themselves on top of each other in front of her. Kagome blinked at them, then looked up at Hojo. "Um…" she said, looking suddenly very shy. "I guess this means that we wont be able to go on that date on Saturday." She said, chuckling to herself slightly. The entire ordeal just seemed so surreal.
Hojo stared at her for a moment, then started to chuckle along with her. "In all honesty, I haven't thought about that since you keeled over in lunch yesterday."
Kagome smiled at Hojo, and shrugged. "It just seems so weird. I don't wanna die, but I'm not scared at all."
Hojo looked down to the floor quickly, remembering the situation. "Kagome, I-"
"Don't." Kagome cut him off. "Just don't." She said, sighing, and looking down at her soggy friends lying prostrate on the ground.
Slowly, they got to their feet, and dried their eyes. "Hey Kagome?" Ayame stuttered. "Um… something's been bothering us." She said.
Kagome looked down at them. "What?"
"Well…" Koaru started. "Last night at the hospital…"
"…There was a boy there." Suzume added. "He had this…"
"Long white hair." Ayame finished. "Who was he?"
Kagome looked at them for a moment, then turned to her mother, who was listening to the conversation from the kitchen door. "Mom, should I tell them?" She asked, seriously considering it. It would feel so nice just to tell everyone what had been happening in her life, the real reason she was going to die.
Kagome's mother smiled back at her. "Well, it can't possibly hurt." She said.
Kagome nodded, and stood up. "I've got something to show you," She said, intent on telling her closest friends everything.
The four schoolmates rose with her, and fell in behind her as she began to make her way towards the door that led to the temple yards. As she opened the door however, something barred the doorway.
Kagome, startled, backed away from the doorway, and stumbled backwards, falling to the floor. "InuYasha!" She stammered, looking up at the figure in shock.
Standing above her was a tall figure. He wore thick red clothing, and had long silvery hair. Sprouting from the top of his head was a pair of dog ears, and his fingers sported long-claw like nails.
He looked down at Kagome with an almost half crazed expression. "You're coming with me!" He demanded.
Kagome looked up at him in shock. "What do you mean?" She said, but before she could even finish, she found herself bodily lifted off the floor by the fiery hanyou.
"I'm the one who did this." He whispered I her ear. "I will not let you die!" With that, he threw her over his back, and dashed off, running towards the ancient well house.
Kagome's four classmates ran out after her, only to see InuYasha leap a solid fifty feet into the air, then smash through the roof of the well house, and drop into the well.
All of Kagome's class stared out at the smashed well house in shock, and blinked collectively.
Kagome's mother, and grandpa walked out of the house and starred at the damage. "Well…" Kagome's mother said, "We have some explaining to do."
**
Okay, this chapter really wasn't that great. Sorry. Also, it's only the first half of this chapter, so it's really short. Sorry. I've got a major paper due on Tuesday, and finals. So, I'm sot of cramped for time now. I cant even add authors notes.
Only thing about this chapter, is how Kagome is acting. As you've noticed, Kagome seems incredibly calm. This is mainly because she is in shock. As it was expressed, she really can't believe this is happening.
But anywho, I'll try to update more once summer begins. (Hopefully once every one or two days, with long chapters.)
