Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
K.H.: Wow, a lot can happen in one chapter! Sounds like Kagome died in the last chapter, maybe she didn't? Who knows? I do. But you have to read to know, so nyah! ;p
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Inuyasha falls to his knees beside her & elevates her head, "Kagome, wake up! Open your eyes!"
She doesn't move or make a sound, causing him to become frantic, "Kagome, open your eyes damnit!"
He lowers an ear to her chest & hears a heartbeat along with some short breaths, "She's still alive, barely."
He looks over at Shippou, "Shippou, grab the Tetsusaiga & bring it over here. We have to take Kagome to one of those healing places."
Shippou dashes over, grabs the Tetsusaiga, and then runs back over to Inuyasha, "Got it!"
Inuyasha straps it on & Shippou hops on top of his shoulder in the process. After securing his sword, he picks up Kagome & sprints away. The agile hanyou leaps up onto a building & then hops from that one onto another, and so on.
He glances around, "Damn, where's one of those 'hospital' things? Any sign of one Shippou?"
Shippou gazes around & shrugs, "Don't know, but maybe that big building over there with the red cross might be one?"
"It's worth a try," Inuyasha says before changing his direction & heading towards what they thought might be the hospital.
Inuyasha lands at the entrance & runs in, ignoring the fact that the doors slid open for him.
He runs up to the front desk & looks at the lady behind it, "Look, she needs help! Get her help!"
The woman looks up at him strangely before looking at Kagome, "Oh dear."
She phones someone & then some doctors rush in with a stretcher. As if on instinct, he lies her down on the stretcher & they wheel her through two swinging doors.
"You are not allowed back there right now sir," a nurse says when Inuyasha moves towards the doors.
He glares at her, "Why not?"
"Because," she starts, "the doctors working back there need their room to work. This rule is to prevent both you & other patients from getting hurt."
"But, when can I see her?" he asks, his expression softening a bit.
"A nurse will come find you, but in the meantime, you can wait in the waiting room over there," she says, sweeping her hand towards the waiting room.
He sighs & nods before walking over to the waiting room with Shippou on his shoulder. He sits down in a vacant seat, keeping some distance between them & the other people in there.
Shippou slides down off of his shoulder & sits down in the seat next to him.
He looks down for a moment before looking back up at Inuyasha, "Do you think Kagome will be alright? Between you & that bullet-thing, she was hurt pretty bad."
Inuyasha looks at Shippou, "I... hurt her? I don't remember..."
"You transformed again & Kagome tried to stop you from hurting those people. You dug your long & sharp claws into her arms," the young kitsune answers.
Inuyasha looks down at his claws, which are covered with the blood of the people he had slain, "So that's why I can smell a faint trace of her blood, it's on my claws. I can't believe I did that. Kagome just wanted to take us to a stupid fair & I ruined everything for her."
Shippou nods solemnly, "Yeah, but at least we got to do some things before this happened. I've had a lot of fun today up to the point when those guards surrounded us."
His eyes tear up, "I hope she'll be alright, I don't want to see someone else I love die. I saw my parents die & I've thought of Kagome like she's my mother."
Inuyasha stares up at the ceiling, thinking for a moment, "Shippou, something's been bugging me for awhile..."
Shippou blinks, "Yeah?"
The hanyou glances downward at the kitsune cub, "What will you do when you grow up? You'll be too big to fit in Kagome's lap or cuddle up next to her when everyone's sleeping."
Shippou shifts uneasily in his seat, "I don't know, but I don't really want to think about it too much. Kagome's all I have left really... maybe she'll still let me cuddle up next to her to sleep. But a good thing about being grown up is that I'll be able to help you in fights & I could help protect Kagome rather than having her protect me."
The hanyou looks from Shippou back to his bloodstained claws, a disheartened expression on his face, "I couldn't control myself. I just felt the strongest urge to kill & felt joy at seeing their blood. I showed no mercy... not even to Kagome... I could've killed her...."
He clenches his fists tightly, causing his sharp claws to dig into his palms & drip blood. He raises his palm up & looks at the small wounds, watching has his blood mixes with those he killed or hurt.
Shippou's eyes widen a bit, "Inuyasha!?!?"
Inuyasha rests his hands in his lap & clenches them into fists, glaring at them with his teeth bared, "This is nothing when compared to what I did to those people."
Shippou is about to reply when a nurse walks up to Inuyasha, "Excuse me, are you the gentleman who brought in a young lady with a gunshot wound?"
~Gentleman... there's nothing gentle about me....~ the hanyou thinks before responding, "Yes- how is she doing??? When can I see her???"
The nurse smiles weakly & sits next to him, "Well, I've got some good news & some bad news..."
Inuyasha's eyes widen, "What's the good news...?"
"The good news is that she is expected to make a full recovery..." she says, suggesting more to her statement.
He grips onto his pants' legs, "...the bad news....?"
The nurse sighs, "She is expected to make a full recovery if she survives throughout the night. As of right now, it's not looking too much in her favor...."
At that, his heart seems to sink straight into his stomach, "I need to see her."
The woman contemplates this for a moment before giving a small, sympathetic smile, "Well, it is against hospital regulations, but maybe you can give her enough strength & the will to live."
"I doubt it, but I'll try my best," he responds in a quiet voice.
She smiles & stands back up, "Well, that's nice to hear. I'll come back to get you as soon as we get her a room."
He nods & she exits the waiting room.
Inuyasha looks down at the floor with a sad & guilty expression, ~I've had two people that I loved die, please Kagome, don't die. I've lost both my mother & Kikyo, I don't want to lose you too....~
K.H.: Wow, a lot can happen in one chapter! Sounds like Kagome died in the last chapter, maybe she didn't? Who knows? I do. But you have to read to know, so nyah! ;p
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Inuyasha falls to his knees beside her & elevates her head, "Kagome, wake up! Open your eyes!"
She doesn't move or make a sound, causing him to become frantic, "Kagome, open your eyes damnit!"
He lowers an ear to her chest & hears a heartbeat along with some short breaths, "She's still alive, barely."
He looks over at Shippou, "Shippou, grab the Tetsusaiga & bring it over here. We have to take Kagome to one of those healing places."
Shippou dashes over, grabs the Tetsusaiga, and then runs back over to Inuyasha, "Got it!"
Inuyasha straps it on & Shippou hops on top of his shoulder in the process. After securing his sword, he picks up Kagome & sprints away. The agile hanyou leaps up onto a building & then hops from that one onto another, and so on.
He glances around, "Damn, where's one of those 'hospital' things? Any sign of one Shippou?"
Shippou gazes around & shrugs, "Don't know, but maybe that big building over there with the red cross might be one?"
"It's worth a try," Inuyasha says before changing his direction & heading towards what they thought might be the hospital.
Inuyasha lands at the entrance & runs in, ignoring the fact that the doors slid open for him.
He runs up to the front desk & looks at the lady behind it, "Look, she needs help! Get her help!"
The woman looks up at him strangely before looking at Kagome, "Oh dear."
She phones someone & then some doctors rush in with a stretcher. As if on instinct, he lies her down on the stretcher & they wheel her through two swinging doors.
"You are not allowed back there right now sir," a nurse says when Inuyasha moves towards the doors.
He glares at her, "Why not?"
"Because," she starts, "the doctors working back there need their room to work. This rule is to prevent both you & other patients from getting hurt."
"But, when can I see her?" he asks, his expression softening a bit.
"A nurse will come find you, but in the meantime, you can wait in the waiting room over there," she says, sweeping her hand towards the waiting room.
He sighs & nods before walking over to the waiting room with Shippou on his shoulder. He sits down in a vacant seat, keeping some distance between them & the other people in there.
Shippou slides down off of his shoulder & sits down in the seat next to him.
He looks down for a moment before looking back up at Inuyasha, "Do you think Kagome will be alright? Between you & that bullet-thing, she was hurt pretty bad."
Inuyasha looks at Shippou, "I... hurt her? I don't remember..."
"You transformed again & Kagome tried to stop you from hurting those people. You dug your long & sharp claws into her arms," the young kitsune answers.
Inuyasha looks down at his claws, which are covered with the blood of the people he had slain, "So that's why I can smell a faint trace of her blood, it's on my claws. I can't believe I did that. Kagome just wanted to take us to a stupid fair & I ruined everything for her."
Shippou nods solemnly, "Yeah, but at least we got to do some things before this happened. I've had a lot of fun today up to the point when those guards surrounded us."
His eyes tear up, "I hope she'll be alright, I don't want to see someone else I love die. I saw my parents die & I've thought of Kagome like she's my mother."
Inuyasha stares up at the ceiling, thinking for a moment, "Shippou, something's been bugging me for awhile..."
Shippou blinks, "Yeah?"
The hanyou glances downward at the kitsune cub, "What will you do when you grow up? You'll be too big to fit in Kagome's lap or cuddle up next to her when everyone's sleeping."
Shippou shifts uneasily in his seat, "I don't know, but I don't really want to think about it too much. Kagome's all I have left really... maybe she'll still let me cuddle up next to her to sleep. But a good thing about being grown up is that I'll be able to help you in fights & I could help protect Kagome rather than having her protect me."
The hanyou looks from Shippou back to his bloodstained claws, a disheartened expression on his face, "I couldn't control myself. I just felt the strongest urge to kill & felt joy at seeing their blood. I showed no mercy... not even to Kagome... I could've killed her...."
He clenches his fists tightly, causing his sharp claws to dig into his palms & drip blood. He raises his palm up & looks at the small wounds, watching has his blood mixes with those he killed or hurt.
Shippou's eyes widen a bit, "Inuyasha!?!?"
Inuyasha rests his hands in his lap & clenches them into fists, glaring at them with his teeth bared, "This is nothing when compared to what I did to those people."
Shippou is about to reply when a nurse walks up to Inuyasha, "Excuse me, are you the gentleman who brought in a young lady with a gunshot wound?"
~Gentleman... there's nothing gentle about me....~ the hanyou thinks before responding, "Yes- how is she doing??? When can I see her???"
The nurse smiles weakly & sits next to him, "Well, I've got some good news & some bad news..."
Inuyasha's eyes widen, "What's the good news...?"
"The good news is that she is expected to make a full recovery..." she says, suggesting more to her statement.
He grips onto his pants' legs, "...the bad news....?"
The nurse sighs, "She is expected to make a full recovery if she survives throughout the night. As of right now, it's not looking too much in her favor...."
At that, his heart seems to sink straight into his stomach, "I need to see her."
The woman contemplates this for a moment before giving a small, sympathetic smile, "Well, it is against hospital regulations, but maybe you can give her enough strength & the will to live."
"I doubt it, but I'll try my best," he responds in a quiet voice.
She smiles & stands back up, "Well, that's nice to hear. I'll come back to get you as soon as we get her a room."
He nods & she exits the waiting room.
Inuyasha looks down at the floor with a sad & guilty expression, ~I've had two people that I loved die, please Kagome, don't die. I've lost both my mother & Kikyo, I don't want to lose you too....~