Hiya! This is a sappy romantic drama type story with some later humor and quite a bit of angst. I've decided on some lemon in later chaps for flavour, but not yet…. It's another little ficcy from the mind of eD. I'm very willing to take hints and suggestions…. R & R, if you flame too bad, YOU SHALL ROT IN HELL FOR ETERNITY, CURSED TO BE FOREVER ROLLING IN FLAMES, GROPED BY MIROKU, AND TORTURED BY INUYASHA!!!!! Thank you, have a nice day. *~_~*
Kagome is in an accident (Kinda) and now there's something, or someone, wrong with her. The soft pitter patter of rain seems to follow Inuyasha everywhere now. His love is gone, again. The miko he so trusted has wandered from his sight for the last time. The family he forged out of the odd-ball gang of shard hunters is breaking apart, how much can a heart take before it can take no more…and how long can it hold out…against death?
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" Inu…y-yasha…" He ran along with the doctors and was the only on to hear the whisper
" Hold on Kagome. Just hold on for one more minute." He was at a loss. How had it happened?
Flashback
" Hey, Inuyasha! I think there's a shard around here somewhere!" Kagome's voice had come from the edge of the forest
From his perch, he couldn't see her. He was upwind from her and hardly noticed the fierce smell of blood till it was too late. A piercing scream broke his thoughts. He leapt from the tree and flew to where he heard her screaming.
" I-I-Inuyasha! It's got me!" He looked around and felt nothing but anger and confusion when he saw thin air ripping her head off. "It's invisible! AHH!! INUYASHA HELP ME!"
End flashback
She couldn't seem to remember anything but vague images. Inuyasha had panicked when Kaede said there wasn't anything she could do past binding the wounds as best she could. He'd snatched her up and leapt into the well without a second thought and there he was now, running with those doctors watching her die.
" I-I-nu…y-yash-sha…" She tried to reach out for him, tried to grab his hand, but something got there first.
She looked down at her hands being held to the bed. She couldn't help the steady flow of tears. Inuyasha's strong hand held hers and he stroked her hair. The mask delivering oxygen seemed like it was covering her whole head, cutting her off from everything. She was rushed into a room and people bustled about her. She could vaguely hear Inuyasha arguing with a doctor over whether he could stay in there or not when she remembered.
Flashback
" I wonder what that sound is… Who's there?" She whirled around when she heard the light rustling of leaves " Hello?"
Nothing happened. The silence was petrifying. She couldn't see anything, and then she heard it again, behind her. In moments, before she could call to Inuyasha, some creature leaped her on. The invisible youkai snapped its jaws down on her arm.
She screamed as loud she could while the creature chomped down on her skull, " Inuyasha! It's got me!" Inuyasha came running. He looked around and panicked when he saw thin air ripping her head off. "It's invisible! AHH!! INUYASHA HELP ME!"
He slashed at the demon with tetseiga and finally fought it off. By the time they reached the village, Kaede was waiting. Kaede shook her head sadly and all Kagome could hear was vague sounds. She was carried into the hospital and all she could see were the ceiling lights whirling by…1...2...3...4...5...
End Flashback
The heart monitor went at a steady, but slow bip…bip…bip… "I'm staying! She's MY mate! And it's MY job to protect her!"
" I'm sorry Sir, but you have to go. I don't know your customs but being a 'mate' isn't good enough here. You have to leave."
Inuyasha grabbed him by the throat, claws threatening to puncture the skin " I stay. That's that. She. Is. Mine. To. Take. Care. Of!"
He dropped the doctor and went to Kagome's side. Her breathing was shallow and he could feel no heat coming from her hand as he clasped it in both of his. A single tear streaked down his cheek, his tired sad eyes shadowed by his bangs, and his handsome ears drooping. Her chest heaved with difficult breaths and her face was contorted in pain.
The doctors set to work after dulling the pain by getting blood in her, about seven liters, and stitching the wounds on the sides of her face. The whole process of stitching took three hours, in which Inuyasha sat unmoving but for gently stroking her hand. The doctors then set about repairing her left arm, reconnecting nerves, blood vessels, torn tissue, and bone. The minutes ticked away as Kagome's breaths came shallower and fewer, with more time in between.
" Done. It's all up to her now. We may need some more blood though, O positive isn't exactly the most abundant we have."
" Take mine." The words of the demon startled him, " She can handle my blood. It doesn't matter what type, just take it."
Hesitation…consideration…taking the blood. That's how it went, and the blood went to Kagome. The hours passed with no change, not good or bad. He tried desperately to stay awake, but he knew he couldn't, and he slipped away into a deep snooze.
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Kagome fought in her dreams, for her life. She fought against Kikyo, against Naraku, against her own feelings. She fought a losing battle against the two, till she felt a familiar hand on hers. She tried to call out to him, to Inuyasha, but she was only dragged back into her own nightmares. She lost, and was lost, deep within herself, and right then…she gave up.
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Inuyasha was jerked awake by the sound of the flat line. He yelled for the doctor and the room was suddenly full of people. They all began to panic when they heard it…bip…bip…bip… Everyone stared in confusion as those eyes fluttered open. The young girl moved the annoying mask from her face and sat, dazed and in pain from all the fuss. Her black hair swept over her shoulders ad she put her face in her hands and her shoulders shook with sobs. He walked towards the girl to put his hand on her shoulders in comfort, when she threw her head back and laughed.
The laugh was not Kagome's, but another laugh that seemed familiar, and yet twisted from what it once was. Outside thunder rumbled and the lights of the small hospital flickered as lightning and thunder crashed together in frenzy with the pouring rain. The girl roared in laughter till tears spilled from her eyes. She sat then looking around grinning a malicious grin that didn't fit on Kagome's face.
" Kagome…Are you oka-" She turned on him and leapt from the hospital bed with ease
" My name is not Kagome. And you Inuyasha. You are in trouble. You left me, and you betrayed me…" She wagegd a sadistic finger in front of his face before flicking him on the nose
He was to shocked to respond " Kagome, what are you talking about? I think there's something wrong in your head. Please, lie down. I'll take care of you."
" Her! What about me?! You were supposed to take care of ME! You said you loved me!"
" Kagome, I do lo-" He was cut off by a swift slap, with more power behind it than Kagome could ever manage, and he stumbled into a tray of needles
" My name is Kikyo" Thunder and lightning were the only things to disturb the silence, with the constant tapping of rain on glass… Nobody heard the sounds of the captive mind screaming for release, begging to be freed, begging to be itself, trapped in a raindrop.
Kagome is in an accident (Kinda) and now there's something, or someone, wrong with her. The soft pitter patter of rain seems to follow Inuyasha everywhere now. His love is gone, again. The miko he so trusted has wandered from his sight for the last time. The family he forged out of the odd-ball gang of shard hunters is breaking apart, how much can a heart take before it can take no more…and how long can it hold out…against death?
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" Inu…y-yasha…" He ran along with the doctors and was the only on to hear the whisper
" Hold on Kagome. Just hold on for one more minute." He was at a loss. How had it happened?
Flashback
" Hey, Inuyasha! I think there's a shard around here somewhere!" Kagome's voice had come from the edge of the forest
From his perch, he couldn't see her. He was upwind from her and hardly noticed the fierce smell of blood till it was too late. A piercing scream broke his thoughts. He leapt from the tree and flew to where he heard her screaming.
" I-I-Inuyasha! It's got me!" He looked around and felt nothing but anger and confusion when he saw thin air ripping her head off. "It's invisible! AHH!! INUYASHA HELP ME!"
End flashback
She couldn't seem to remember anything but vague images. Inuyasha had panicked when Kaede said there wasn't anything she could do past binding the wounds as best she could. He'd snatched her up and leapt into the well without a second thought and there he was now, running with those doctors watching her die.
" I-I-nu…y-yash-sha…" She tried to reach out for him, tried to grab his hand, but something got there first.
She looked down at her hands being held to the bed. She couldn't help the steady flow of tears. Inuyasha's strong hand held hers and he stroked her hair. The mask delivering oxygen seemed like it was covering her whole head, cutting her off from everything. She was rushed into a room and people bustled about her. She could vaguely hear Inuyasha arguing with a doctor over whether he could stay in there or not when she remembered.
Flashback
" I wonder what that sound is… Who's there?" She whirled around when she heard the light rustling of leaves " Hello?"
Nothing happened. The silence was petrifying. She couldn't see anything, and then she heard it again, behind her. In moments, before she could call to Inuyasha, some creature leaped her on. The invisible youkai snapped its jaws down on her arm.
She screamed as loud she could while the creature chomped down on her skull, " Inuyasha! It's got me!" Inuyasha came running. He looked around and panicked when he saw thin air ripping her head off. "It's invisible! AHH!! INUYASHA HELP ME!"
He slashed at the demon with tetseiga and finally fought it off. By the time they reached the village, Kaede was waiting. Kaede shook her head sadly and all Kagome could hear was vague sounds. She was carried into the hospital and all she could see were the ceiling lights whirling by…1...2...3...4...5...
End Flashback
The heart monitor went at a steady, but slow bip…bip…bip… "I'm staying! She's MY mate! And it's MY job to protect her!"
" I'm sorry Sir, but you have to go. I don't know your customs but being a 'mate' isn't good enough here. You have to leave."
Inuyasha grabbed him by the throat, claws threatening to puncture the skin " I stay. That's that. She. Is. Mine. To. Take. Care. Of!"
He dropped the doctor and went to Kagome's side. Her breathing was shallow and he could feel no heat coming from her hand as he clasped it in both of his. A single tear streaked down his cheek, his tired sad eyes shadowed by his bangs, and his handsome ears drooping. Her chest heaved with difficult breaths and her face was contorted in pain.
The doctors set to work after dulling the pain by getting blood in her, about seven liters, and stitching the wounds on the sides of her face. The whole process of stitching took three hours, in which Inuyasha sat unmoving but for gently stroking her hand. The doctors then set about repairing her left arm, reconnecting nerves, blood vessels, torn tissue, and bone. The minutes ticked away as Kagome's breaths came shallower and fewer, with more time in between.
" Done. It's all up to her now. We may need some more blood though, O positive isn't exactly the most abundant we have."
" Take mine." The words of the demon startled him, " She can handle my blood. It doesn't matter what type, just take it."
Hesitation…consideration…taking the blood. That's how it went, and the blood went to Kagome. The hours passed with no change, not good or bad. He tried desperately to stay awake, but he knew he couldn't, and he slipped away into a deep snooze.
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Kagome fought in her dreams, for her life. She fought against Kikyo, against Naraku, against her own feelings. She fought a losing battle against the two, till she felt a familiar hand on hers. She tried to call out to him, to Inuyasha, but she was only dragged back into her own nightmares. She lost, and was lost, deep within herself, and right then…she gave up.
~~
Inuyasha was jerked awake by the sound of the flat line. He yelled for the doctor and the room was suddenly full of people. They all began to panic when they heard it…bip…bip…bip… Everyone stared in confusion as those eyes fluttered open. The young girl moved the annoying mask from her face and sat, dazed and in pain from all the fuss. Her black hair swept over her shoulders ad she put her face in her hands and her shoulders shook with sobs. He walked towards the girl to put his hand on her shoulders in comfort, when she threw her head back and laughed.
The laugh was not Kagome's, but another laugh that seemed familiar, and yet twisted from what it once was. Outside thunder rumbled and the lights of the small hospital flickered as lightning and thunder crashed together in frenzy with the pouring rain. The girl roared in laughter till tears spilled from her eyes. She sat then looking around grinning a malicious grin that didn't fit on Kagome's face.
" Kagome…Are you oka-" She turned on him and leapt from the hospital bed with ease
" My name is not Kagome. And you Inuyasha. You are in trouble. You left me, and you betrayed me…" She wagegd a sadistic finger in front of his face before flicking him on the nose
He was to shocked to respond " Kagome, what are you talking about? I think there's something wrong in your head. Please, lie down. I'll take care of you."
" Her! What about me?! You were supposed to take care of ME! You said you loved me!"
" Kagome, I do lo-" He was cut off by a swift slap, with more power behind it than Kagome could ever manage, and he stumbled into a tray of needles
" My name is Kikyo" Thunder and lightning were the only things to disturb the silence, with the constant tapping of rain on glass… Nobody heard the sounds of the captive mind screaming for release, begging to be freed, begging to be itself, trapped in a raindrop.