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Kaede frowned. What an unusual request she thought as she entered the village in search of the perverted monk. Approaching the public bath house she saw the man that she was looking for leaning against the outside of the building with a smile on his face.
Miroku watched the old woman approach him. By the look on her face he knew that she wanted to tell him something. Intuition told him that she wasn't going to reprimand him for being in front of the bath house bugging the ladies. Widening the smile on his face he nodded as she stopped in front of him.
"Miroku I need you to go on a mission for me." No that wasn't how she needed to phrase that. Inu Yasha needed him to do something, but She knew if she started her sentence out like that the monk would complain about how he could do it for himself.
"I would love to but I can't the weeks up. Kagome and Inu Yasha should be coming back. I'm sure that Inu Yasha will want to leave as soon as they get back."
"Kagome might not ever be coming back."
The serious of her tone wiped the smile right off the monks face and all he could do was look at her like she might tell him it was all a joke. But Kaede would never joke about something like this, he had never even knew Kaede to be someone to even tell a joke but on this occasion he wished that she would just smile and say that she hadn't meant a word of what she had said.
"I know that she was sick when her and Inu Yasha left but."
"I talked to Inu Yasha and I." she wasn't able to get the sentence out before the young man interrupted her.
"You know how Inu Yasha blows things out of proportion."
"As I was going to say before you interrupted me. I went to see Kagome myself and it was my opinion that she might never be coming back."
"You went to see her?" Suddenly everything was becoming too real to him. He could understand that Inu Yasha would make a bigger deal of things but when Kaede the down to earth one said that it was her opinion that Kagome would be coming back he got worried. "It's Kagome though I'm sure that in her time they know how to take care of anything."
"She has Yhem."
The statement sealed the argument and Miroku to brake eye contact with the older woman because he could no longer handle it. "You. is there any chance you might have made a mistake?" though he asked he already knew the answer.
"No."
"then I'll go. I will leave on your mission immediately I only ask you one thing tell Sango that I have left but don't tell her the reason I do not wish for her to worry."
"I know she will tell her. But she will wonder why you just left."
"Tell her that I left to look for a woman."
"that will just make her mad."
"I know that it will but I would rather have her mad at me then worrying about something that she can not change any day. Now tell me what is that Inu Yasha wants me to do."
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It was getting dark outside sitting in the chair at the desk he watched as Kagome slept. He thought of the events from earlier. He thought of how Kikyo had refused to help. All she had wanted was her soul back. How could she be so selfish? If it had been the other way around then he knew that Kagome would have done what ever had been in her power to help. He heard rustling from the bed fallowed by muffled coughing. Before he knew what he was doing he was across the room gathered Kagome to him. Pulling her into a sitting position he patted her back running his hand in circular motion.
Kagome opened her eyes when she realized that she had been pulled up. As her waking mind took over she become conscious to fact that it was Inu Yasha holding her. Bringing her arms up she wrapped them around him pulling him closer to her and for just a moment her she could pretend that he was holding her because he loved her not because he had found out that she. breaking off that thought she pressed her face against his chest.
"Can. can you hold me till I fall asleep?"
Her voice was soft as she spoke almost like she was afraid to say it. He was ashamed, ashamed that he had acted in such a way that she was afraid to ask him for something. Pulling her closer to him he brought his hand up to the side of her face before letting it trail back through her hair. How could she make him feel like such a wretch?
"I would hold you forever. If you wanted me to."
Kagome frowned a little allowing tears to flow down her cheeks.
"I would never be cruel enough to ask you to do that. So just hold me for tonight." She was afraid laying here in the darkness only here would she admit that there was nothing she or anyone could do. Inu Yasha moved beneath her resting against the head board of the bed. Holding her securely against him he heard the sound of her breathing slow as she slipped into sleep again.
Wincing at her words from before he pulled her sleeping form closer to him enjoying the warmth of her body next to his. 'I would never be cruel enough to ask you to do that.' She had been thinking about him and Kikyo how he had told her he would die with her. Damn You Kagome can't you think about yourself for once. That didn't mater any more, the only thing that mattered.
"Can't you see that see that you're the only thing that matters in the world to me right now you stupid wench." His words were choked because he didn't know what to do. Be angry or cry. "I'll never make you ask. For you I would do anything,"
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Hojo sat in his room his face buried in his hands. A medical book was laying open on his bed but he had his back turned away from it not wanting to see what it said.
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Hojo looked at the nurse that had come to lead him away they said that they needed to run a quick test on him just to be safe before he left. Did that mean that Kagome was really sick? Did they think that he might have contracted the disease?
Sitting down in the chair he looked at the nurse as she readied a needle.
"What's wrong with her?"
"I'm sorry sir I can't tell you something like that It's for immediate family only." The nurse said plastering a smile on her face.
Hojo had never felt so frustrated before in his life. He knew that Kagome didn't like him in that way but he still had trouble letting her go. Here this woman with her fake smile telling him that he had no right to know what was wrong with her. Something in him snapped. Shooting to his feet he looked at the woman.
"No. Now you look here!" Another person rushed into the room now both of them where standing there looking at him like he was a mad man and maybe he was but he wanted answers. He had to know what was wrong with her. Because even if she never felt the same way he would always care for her even if he had to just be her friend he could handle that.
The first nurse closed the short distance placing her hands on his arms. With a heave he shrugged them off looking her right in the eye. "Sir please sit down I really need to run these tests before you can leave."
"You're doing tests on me to see if I have the same thing as my friend. I think that means that I am pretty much entitled to know what you're doing the test for am I right? If you don't want to tell me then I'll be contacting a lawyer. The Dr was Kind enough to give me his card" he said taking the little piece of paper out of his pocket to look at it. "Now would you two be so kind to give me your names." He hated having to act like this really he did but before he left he would know what was wrong with Kagome. Even if it meant he had to use methods that he would normally frown upon.
The two nurses looked at each other both giving a nod.
"Don't think that just because." He had been about to say that just because he was a kid but the nurse interrupted him.
"She has Yhem and that's what we're running a test on you for. Now that you know what it is well give you the tests and you can go and find out what it is." To the nurses surprise the boy sat down and rolled up the sleeve of his school uniform.
"Thank you that was all that I wanted to know. Sorry that I was so rude just now."
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Yhem he wished that he had never heard that name. He knew that Kagome was sick a lot but he had never expected that something like this would happen to her. Burring his face in his hands again he shook his head. He had went right out and got a book. What he found there hadn't been that encouraging. There was nothing that they could do for her and that just pissed him off. Reaching his hand behind him he picked up the book. Maybe he had missed something maybe. His eyes falling on the first line he reread it for what must have been the fifteenth time. 'Yhem was a disease that effected thousands in the feudal era of Japan. It's fatality rate is nearly one hundred percent of all recorded cases with no known cure. The last known case.' What was the use he had read it and reread it there was no chance that he had missed anything with this thought he flung the book across the room. It had said nearly one hundred percent that meant that there was still a chance. He only hoped that Kagome could hold out till they found something.
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He was thinking. He had been spending a lot of time doing that. No not a lot of time. It was just that it felt like time had stopped for him. But at the same time it was moving so fast. Had it been only yesterday? There was a knock on the door it was a soft knock and he knew that Kagome couldn't hear it but the persistent sound was annoying him sliding off the bed he gently laid Kagome down. Reaching out he brushed the hair out of her face.
"I'll be right back." A small smile played across her features and with that he turned to leave.
His expression changed as he opened the door the smell of rain accompanying the sight of a woman dressed in white. He remembered that the doctor had said he would be sending people to check on Kagome, Not that he was even going to let this person in the house.
"Hello I."
"What are you doing here? They said there was nothing that they could do. I don't want you here." The last came out as a growl making the woman on the steps take a step back.
"I'm supposed to report back on how the young lady's doing." The man in front of her looked imposing half stammering she took a step forward to cover the ground that she had just lost.
"I said that I didn't want you here. Tell them that she's the same." With that he slammed the door in the woman face. Stocking back up the stairs he paused to collect himself.
Pushing open the door he saw that Kagome was sitting at her desk with her back turned to him. She hadn't noticed that he had entered so he just stood there for a few seconds watching her before crossing the room.
Leaning over her shoulder he saw that she was holding a small white case in her hands. her fingers turning it over to look at it from a different angles. A frown tugged at the corners of her mouth, in response he felt the frown that was already on his face deepen. A light tapping sound came from the window as it started to rain steadily outside.
"What's that?" he asked referring to the object that she held in her hands.
Not even bothering to turn and look at him she opened the small case revealing rows of colors. With some brush like thing resting in the middle. "It's a water color set that I got for Shippo I had panned on giving it to him when we went back."
"I was going back to talk to Kaede and see if she had found anything out. Would you like me to take it to him?"
"I would. Though don't worry him as to why I'm not back yet."
Inu Yasha thought of the small Kit who saw Kagome as his mother. He had already lost so much and he didn't know how to tell him this. So he came to one conclusion that he wouldn't.
"Sit boy." at the sound of her words a load crash was heard behind her as Inu Yasha went hurdling to the floor.
"What the hell was that for wench?" the anger in his voice soon gave way to worry as he saw her face looking down at him.
"I just hadn't done it in a while and.."
"It's ok I understand." With that he crawled to his feet not taking his eyes off the girl in front of him.
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"That lecherous Monk." The words escaped her mouth while the rest of her thoughts remained silently stewing. That stupid monk, they had things to do and he decides to just run off to look for some woman. Sure he hadn't run off to do something like this before but she wouldn't put it past the pervert. Though right now she didn't know what had made her more mad the fact that he had left without telling her, or he had left to find a woman. More importantly a woman that wasn't her. Still there was something off about his behavior. Normal he wouldn't do something like this. That had to mean that something was up. Or that his perversion was just getting worse.
Kaede sat there looking at the exterminator she felt bad for having lied to her, but it was Miroku's request.
"You know Miroku really is a good guy?"
Hearing that Sango looked up to see that Kaede was sitting across the room. She hadn't even noticed that the woman had come into the room.
"I know that he is, that's why I'm so mad."
"I think that this time you should give him credit because thing aren't always what they appear." She watched as the woman's changed from to anger to one of confusion seeing this she got up to leave.
'Well then I'll give you the benefit of the doubt this time you stupid letch' Sango thought turning her attention back to the floor in front of her.
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A loud pounding filled the house. With a scowl Inu Yasha turned away from the desk.
"I'll go answer it."
Nodding she watched him leave, while setting down the paints that were in her hand.
'Damn it. Who the fuck was it now? If it was that woman again he would do a hell of a lot more then slam the door in her face he didn't have to put up with them. If they couldn't do anything for Kagome then he didn't want them any where near to her. Grasping the door knob he flung open the door his mouth opened to say something. His words died in his throat before he could even get them out when he saw who it was.
Mrs. Higurashi watched as the door opened to reveal a disgruntled looking Inu Yasha but as soon as he saw it was her his mouth closed and his expression changed.
"I came to see my daughter."
It was raining and he had to fight the urge to step back and let her and the other two members of Kagomes family in but he knew they were in quarantine, no more then that he knew that if he let them in and they got sick too that he would never forgive himself, that Kagome would never forgive him.
"I can't let you in."
"She's my daughter this is my house!" Her voice rose as she looked at the man in front of her. The only thing that kept her from trying to get in was the look on his face.
"I know but what would Kagome do if you got sick because of her? Think of how she would feel. I probably shouldn't even be talking to you."
"Did they have a way to help her? The people from your time?" her words sounded choppy like she had to force them out, or like she didn't want to hear his answer.
Bowing his head he didn't know if he could look her in the eye. He felt like a failure.
His silence spoke everything and she didn't press the matter. More like she didn't want to admit that they had hit a dead end. So rather she returned to the subject of seeing her daughter. "Let me see her please just let me see her. If not that, just let me talk to her if even just through the door."
He couldn't take the expression on her face. He could take the emotion that was pouring off her. Nodding he shut the door and walked up the stairs. When he got to the bed room he saw that Kagome was half laying on the bed half laying on the floor crossing the room he kneeled next to her. Her eyes where closed and there was a thin sheen of sweat on her face reaching out his hand he went to pull her on to the bed.
"Who was at the door." She struggled to open her eyes but they didn't want to listen to her.
"Your mom. She wants to talk to you."
"Mom." Her eyes snapped open and she tried to stand only getting half way up before she sunk back to her knees. But that was alright because she felt strong arms close around her waist and then she was being lifted bridal style. With a smile she let her head lull forward. With a broken heart he carried her down the stairs to the closed door. Where she motioned for him to put her down.
Her feet touching the ground she was thankful that this time she was been able to support herself.
"Mom!?" she half yelled at the closed door.
"I'm here baby, oh I'm here open the door for me." Her voice sounded muffled from the other side of the door but not even that couldn't hide the pain that lingered in her mothers voice.
"I can't." it hurt to say those words she wanted nothing more then to open that door and feel safe in her mothers arms but she wasn't about to put her mom in danger. "I don't want you to get sick too."
"I don't care!! don't you see that I don't care! all I care about is you." Leaning forward the older woman rested her hand on the surface of the door almost like if by touching it she could be closer to her daughter.
"I care about you too. I couldn't let you get sick If you did what would happen to Grandpa what would happen to Souta?" reaching out she let her hand rest against the smooth finish of the door. Tears had started to fall down her cheeks and she just let them because there nothing else she could do. "They would be alone."
Even through the door she could tell that her daughter was crying. She wanted to comfort her. She need to be strong for sake but how could she when all she wanted to do herself was cry.
"But we're all going to be alone without you can't you see that. You're my daughter. You're my little girl. Why did this have to happen to you?" Anger filled her as to the reason why she was sick hit her. "If you hadn't went to the feudal era then everything would have been fine." It escaped her mouth as a yell expressing all the anguish that was tormenting her soul. She needed someone to blame and there was only one person that she could think of.
Kagome said nothing she couldn't deny it if she had stayed in her time then everything would have been fine.
"It's all his fault he drug you there. Can you hear me in there you took away my little girl." the words poured from her mouth at a half sob and she beat her fist against the door.
Sinking to the ground Kagome leaned against the door for support. "Don't blame him momma. It's not his fault." 'and I love him her brain added even though she couldn't bring herself to say it, but she knew that her mother would be able to tell how she felt.
The sound of her daughters sapped the anger out of her, and all that was left was tears so she let them come. He knees cave out as she crumpled to a heap on the ground leaning against the door. "Oh god I know honey, and I know you love him. It's just that I don't understand. I don't understand why."
Inu Yasha watched her waiting for her to deny what her mother had said, but she did nothing of the sort. So he just continued to stand there watching her cry against the door her mothers words ringing in his head 'oh god I know honey and I know you love him.' Looking down he was even more ashamed of himself.
Souta watched his mother he didn't know what was going on the only thing he knew was that Kagome was sick and she wasn't letting them in the house.
"Kagome!!" he screamed at the door taking a step toward it when he felt his grandfathers hand on his shoulder signaling him to stop. Looking up the older man shook his head no. but he didn't listen instead he shrugged the hand off talking another step forward stopping at next to his mother.
"Why wont you let us in you're making mom cry." As he got closer to the door he could hear his sister's sobs and he knew that his mother wasn't the only one crying. Tears started to flow down his own cheek and he felt his grandfathers hands pulling him away. This time he didn't fight instead he turned around burring his face in his grandfathers shirt and cried for all that he was worth.
Hearing her brother yell she had to fight to control herself from flinging open the door. She wanted to see them but she couldn't force herself to go to a window and look. If she did she knew that she wouldn't be able to control herself any longer. As it was now she was having a hard time.
"Mom. Next time you talk to me. can you call me on the phone?"
"Why don't you know that we love you too Kagome that we want to be here for you?" it hurt to hear her daughter say something like that to her. Call her on the phone it was almost like she didn't want them to be here.
"No that's not it I love you too. But I can't handle it this way! I can take that your so close to me and I can't hug you! I don't think I could bear it if I had to do this again. Please understand mom please." she paused trying to collect herself. "for me." The last came out a whisper.
Hearing rustling under the door she looked down and saw a charm to ward off bad health in her grandfathers hand writing. Normal she wouldn't take such things, besides charms her grandfather made never worked anyway. But at this moment she couldn't bring herself to say that instead she reached down taking the piece of paper in her hand bringing it to her chest she cradled it like a treasure.
After sliding the charm under the door he placed his hand on his daughters shoulder.
Feeling the pressure on her shoulder she turned and looked at her father who was standing there. Souta was clinging to his side and they were soaking wet. Only at this did she realize that it was still raining. The grip on her shoulder tightened a bit and she knew that her father meant that it was time to go. Leaning forward she wrapped her arms around her dad and she felt like a little girl all over again.
"Ok Kagome if that's what you want." she said to the door having to turn around right afterwards because she knew if she didn't then she would never be able to leave.
"It is." With the words out of her mouth she didn't know if she could talk anymore. Sliding all the way to the ground she curled up in a little ball before she felt arms around her pulling her close not able to anything but sob she found comfort in his arms.
It made his heart ach to see her like this. Pulling her against him he cradled her in his arms. Turning to look at the door he spoke. "I take full responsibility because it's my fault. Don't worry I will take care of your daughter. I'll do whatever I can to make sure she gets better." 'because I love her too' his mind add.
Hearing him say that she knew that her daughter was in good hands, but that didn't mean that it wasn't hard to walk away. Though it was nice to know that Inu Yasha returned her daughters' feelings.
Shifting to a sitting position he pulled Kagome into his lap feeling her arms go around his neck. Burring his face in her hair he felt numb, he knew one thing though. What he had said had been true he would do what ever it took to make sure that Kagome got better even if it meant groveling to his brother.
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Kaede frowned. What an unusual request she thought as she entered the village in search of the perverted monk. Approaching the public bath house she saw the man that she was looking for leaning against the outside of the building with a smile on his face.
Miroku watched the old woman approach him. By the look on her face he knew that she wanted to tell him something. Intuition told him that she wasn't going to reprimand him for being in front of the bath house bugging the ladies. Widening the smile on his face he nodded as she stopped in front of him.
"Miroku I need you to go on a mission for me." No that wasn't how she needed to phrase that. Inu Yasha needed him to do something, but She knew if she started her sentence out like that the monk would complain about how he could do it for himself.
"I would love to but I can't the weeks up. Kagome and Inu Yasha should be coming back. I'm sure that Inu Yasha will want to leave as soon as they get back."
"Kagome might not ever be coming back."
The serious of her tone wiped the smile right off the monks face and all he could do was look at her like she might tell him it was all a joke. But Kaede would never joke about something like this, he had never even knew Kaede to be someone to even tell a joke but on this occasion he wished that she would just smile and say that she hadn't meant a word of what she had said.
"I know that she was sick when her and Inu Yasha left but."
"I talked to Inu Yasha and I." she wasn't able to get the sentence out before the young man interrupted her.
"You know how Inu Yasha blows things out of proportion."
"As I was going to say before you interrupted me. I went to see Kagome myself and it was my opinion that she might never be coming back."
"You went to see her?" Suddenly everything was becoming too real to him. He could understand that Inu Yasha would make a bigger deal of things but when Kaede the down to earth one said that it was her opinion that Kagome would be coming back he got worried. "It's Kagome though I'm sure that in her time they know how to take care of anything."
"She has Yhem."
The statement sealed the argument and Miroku to brake eye contact with the older woman because he could no longer handle it. "You. is there any chance you might have made a mistake?" though he asked he already knew the answer.
"No."
"then I'll go. I will leave on your mission immediately I only ask you one thing tell Sango that I have left but don't tell her the reason I do not wish for her to worry."
"I know she will tell her. But she will wonder why you just left."
"Tell her that I left to look for a woman."
"that will just make her mad."
"I know that it will but I would rather have her mad at me then worrying about something that she can not change any day. Now tell me what is that Inu Yasha wants me to do."
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It was getting dark outside sitting in the chair at the desk he watched as Kagome slept. He thought of the events from earlier. He thought of how Kikyo had refused to help. All she had wanted was her soul back. How could she be so selfish? If it had been the other way around then he knew that Kagome would have done what ever had been in her power to help. He heard rustling from the bed fallowed by muffled coughing. Before he knew what he was doing he was across the room gathered Kagome to him. Pulling her into a sitting position he patted her back running his hand in circular motion.
Kagome opened her eyes when she realized that she had been pulled up. As her waking mind took over she become conscious to fact that it was Inu Yasha holding her. Bringing her arms up she wrapped them around him pulling him closer to her and for just a moment her she could pretend that he was holding her because he loved her not because he had found out that she. breaking off that thought she pressed her face against his chest.
"Can. can you hold me till I fall asleep?"
Her voice was soft as she spoke almost like she was afraid to say it. He was ashamed, ashamed that he had acted in such a way that she was afraid to ask him for something. Pulling her closer to him he brought his hand up to the side of her face before letting it trail back through her hair. How could she make him feel like such a wretch?
"I would hold you forever. If you wanted me to."
Kagome frowned a little allowing tears to flow down her cheeks.
"I would never be cruel enough to ask you to do that. So just hold me for tonight." She was afraid laying here in the darkness only here would she admit that there was nothing she or anyone could do. Inu Yasha moved beneath her resting against the head board of the bed. Holding her securely against him he heard the sound of her breathing slow as she slipped into sleep again.
Wincing at her words from before he pulled her sleeping form closer to him enjoying the warmth of her body next to his. 'I would never be cruel enough to ask you to do that.' She had been thinking about him and Kikyo how he had told her he would die with her. Damn You Kagome can't you think about yourself for once. That didn't mater any more, the only thing that mattered.
"Can't you see that see that you're the only thing that matters in the world to me right now you stupid wench." His words were choked because he didn't know what to do. Be angry or cry. "I'll never make you ask. For you I would do anything,"
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Hojo sat in his room his face buried in his hands. A medical book was laying open on his bed but he had his back turned away from it not wanting to see what it said.
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Hojo looked at the nurse that had come to lead him away they said that they needed to run a quick test on him just to be safe before he left. Did that mean that Kagome was really sick? Did they think that he might have contracted the disease?
Sitting down in the chair he looked at the nurse as she readied a needle.
"What's wrong with her?"
"I'm sorry sir I can't tell you something like that It's for immediate family only." The nurse said plastering a smile on her face.
Hojo had never felt so frustrated before in his life. He knew that Kagome didn't like him in that way but he still had trouble letting her go. Here this woman with her fake smile telling him that he had no right to know what was wrong with her. Something in him snapped. Shooting to his feet he looked at the woman.
"No. Now you look here!" Another person rushed into the room now both of them where standing there looking at him like he was a mad man and maybe he was but he wanted answers. He had to know what was wrong with her. Because even if she never felt the same way he would always care for her even if he had to just be her friend he could handle that.
The first nurse closed the short distance placing her hands on his arms. With a heave he shrugged them off looking her right in the eye. "Sir please sit down I really need to run these tests before you can leave."
"You're doing tests on me to see if I have the same thing as my friend. I think that means that I am pretty much entitled to know what you're doing the test for am I right? If you don't want to tell me then I'll be contacting a lawyer. The Dr was Kind enough to give me his card" he said taking the little piece of paper out of his pocket to look at it. "Now would you two be so kind to give me your names." He hated having to act like this really he did but before he left he would know what was wrong with Kagome. Even if it meant he had to use methods that he would normally frown upon.
The two nurses looked at each other both giving a nod.
"Don't think that just because." He had been about to say that just because he was a kid but the nurse interrupted him.
"She has Yhem and that's what we're running a test on you for. Now that you know what it is well give you the tests and you can go and find out what it is." To the nurses surprise the boy sat down and rolled up the sleeve of his school uniform.
"Thank you that was all that I wanted to know. Sorry that I was so rude just now."
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Yhem he wished that he had never heard that name. He knew that Kagome was sick a lot but he had never expected that something like this would happen to her. Burring his face in his hands again he shook his head. He had went right out and got a book. What he found there hadn't been that encouraging. There was nothing that they could do for her and that just pissed him off. Reaching his hand behind him he picked up the book. Maybe he had missed something maybe. His eyes falling on the first line he reread it for what must have been the fifteenth time. 'Yhem was a disease that effected thousands in the feudal era of Japan. It's fatality rate is nearly one hundred percent of all recorded cases with no known cure. The last known case.' What was the use he had read it and reread it there was no chance that he had missed anything with this thought he flung the book across the room. It had said nearly one hundred percent that meant that there was still a chance. He only hoped that Kagome could hold out till they found something.
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He was thinking. He had been spending a lot of time doing that. No not a lot of time. It was just that it felt like time had stopped for him. But at the same time it was moving so fast. Had it been only yesterday? There was a knock on the door it was a soft knock and he knew that Kagome couldn't hear it but the persistent sound was annoying him sliding off the bed he gently laid Kagome down. Reaching out he brushed the hair out of her face.
"I'll be right back." A small smile played across her features and with that he turned to leave.
His expression changed as he opened the door the smell of rain accompanying the sight of a woman dressed in white. He remembered that the doctor had said he would be sending people to check on Kagome, Not that he was even going to let this person in the house.
"Hello I."
"What are you doing here? They said there was nothing that they could do. I don't want you here." The last came out as a growl making the woman on the steps take a step back.
"I'm supposed to report back on how the young lady's doing." The man in front of her looked imposing half stammering she took a step forward to cover the ground that she had just lost.
"I said that I didn't want you here. Tell them that she's the same." With that he slammed the door in the woman face. Stocking back up the stairs he paused to collect himself.
Pushing open the door he saw that Kagome was sitting at her desk with her back turned to him. She hadn't noticed that he had entered so he just stood there for a few seconds watching her before crossing the room.
Leaning over her shoulder he saw that she was holding a small white case in her hands. her fingers turning it over to look at it from a different angles. A frown tugged at the corners of her mouth, in response he felt the frown that was already on his face deepen. A light tapping sound came from the window as it started to rain steadily outside.
"What's that?" he asked referring to the object that she held in her hands.
Not even bothering to turn and look at him she opened the small case revealing rows of colors. With some brush like thing resting in the middle. "It's a water color set that I got for Shippo I had panned on giving it to him when we went back."
"I was going back to talk to Kaede and see if she had found anything out. Would you like me to take it to him?"
"I would. Though don't worry him as to why I'm not back yet."
Inu Yasha thought of the small Kit who saw Kagome as his mother. He had already lost so much and he didn't know how to tell him this. So he came to one conclusion that he wouldn't.
"Sit boy." at the sound of her words a load crash was heard behind her as Inu Yasha went hurdling to the floor.
"What the hell was that for wench?" the anger in his voice soon gave way to worry as he saw her face looking down at him.
"I just hadn't done it in a while and.."
"It's ok I understand." With that he crawled to his feet not taking his eyes off the girl in front of him.
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"That lecherous Monk." The words escaped her mouth while the rest of her thoughts remained silently stewing. That stupid monk, they had things to do and he decides to just run off to look for some woman. Sure he hadn't run off to do something like this before but she wouldn't put it past the pervert. Though right now she didn't know what had made her more mad the fact that he had left without telling her, or he had left to find a woman. More importantly a woman that wasn't her. Still there was something off about his behavior. Normal he wouldn't do something like this. That had to mean that something was up. Or that his perversion was just getting worse.
Kaede sat there looking at the exterminator she felt bad for having lied to her, but it was Miroku's request.
"You know Miroku really is a good guy?"
Hearing that Sango looked up to see that Kaede was sitting across the room. She hadn't even noticed that the woman had come into the room.
"I know that he is, that's why I'm so mad."
"I think that this time you should give him credit because thing aren't always what they appear." She watched as the woman's changed from to anger to one of confusion seeing this she got up to leave.
'Well then I'll give you the benefit of the doubt this time you stupid letch' Sango thought turning her attention back to the floor in front of her.
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A loud pounding filled the house. With a scowl Inu Yasha turned away from the desk.
"I'll go answer it."
Nodding she watched him leave, while setting down the paints that were in her hand.
'Damn it. Who the fuck was it now? If it was that woman again he would do a hell of a lot more then slam the door in her face he didn't have to put up with them. If they couldn't do anything for Kagome then he didn't want them any where near to her. Grasping the door knob he flung open the door his mouth opened to say something. His words died in his throat before he could even get them out when he saw who it was.
Mrs. Higurashi watched as the door opened to reveal a disgruntled looking Inu Yasha but as soon as he saw it was her his mouth closed and his expression changed.
"I came to see my daughter."
It was raining and he had to fight the urge to step back and let her and the other two members of Kagomes family in but he knew they were in quarantine, no more then that he knew that if he let them in and they got sick too that he would never forgive himself, that Kagome would never forgive him.
"I can't let you in."
"She's my daughter this is my house!" Her voice rose as she looked at the man in front of her. The only thing that kept her from trying to get in was the look on his face.
"I know but what would Kagome do if you got sick because of her? Think of how she would feel. I probably shouldn't even be talking to you."
"Did they have a way to help her? The people from your time?" her words sounded choppy like she had to force them out, or like she didn't want to hear his answer.
Bowing his head he didn't know if he could look her in the eye. He felt like a failure.
His silence spoke everything and she didn't press the matter. More like she didn't want to admit that they had hit a dead end. So rather she returned to the subject of seeing her daughter. "Let me see her please just let me see her. If not that, just let me talk to her if even just through the door."
He couldn't take the expression on her face. He could take the emotion that was pouring off her. Nodding he shut the door and walked up the stairs. When he got to the bed room he saw that Kagome was half laying on the bed half laying on the floor crossing the room he kneeled next to her. Her eyes where closed and there was a thin sheen of sweat on her face reaching out his hand he went to pull her on to the bed.
"Who was at the door." She struggled to open her eyes but they didn't want to listen to her.
"Your mom. She wants to talk to you."
"Mom." Her eyes snapped open and she tried to stand only getting half way up before she sunk back to her knees. But that was alright because she felt strong arms close around her waist and then she was being lifted bridal style. With a smile she let her head lull forward. With a broken heart he carried her down the stairs to the closed door. Where she motioned for him to put her down.
Her feet touching the ground she was thankful that this time she was been able to support herself.
"Mom!?" she half yelled at the closed door.
"I'm here baby, oh I'm here open the door for me." Her voice sounded muffled from the other side of the door but not even that couldn't hide the pain that lingered in her mothers voice.
"I can't." it hurt to say those words she wanted nothing more then to open that door and feel safe in her mothers arms but she wasn't about to put her mom in danger. "I don't want you to get sick too."
"I don't care!! don't you see that I don't care! all I care about is you." Leaning forward the older woman rested her hand on the surface of the door almost like if by touching it she could be closer to her daughter.
"I care about you too. I couldn't let you get sick If you did what would happen to Grandpa what would happen to Souta?" reaching out she let her hand rest against the smooth finish of the door. Tears had started to fall down her cheeks and she just let them because there nothing else she could do. "They would be alone."
Even through the door she could tell that her daughter was crying. She wanted to comfort her. She need to be strong for sake but how could she when all she wanted to do herself was cry.
"But we're all going to be alone without you can't you see that. You're my daughter. You're my little girl. Why did this have to happen to you?" Anger filled her as to the reason why she was sick hit her. "If you hadn't went to the feudal era then everything would have been fine." It escaped her mouth as a yell expressing all the anguish that was tormenting her soul. She needed someone to blame and there was only one person that she could think of.
Kagome said nothing she couldn't deny it if she had stayed in her time then everything would have been fine.
"It's all his fault he drug you there. Can you hear me in there you took away my little girl." the words poured from her mouth at a half sob and she beat her fist against the door.
Sinking to the ground Kagome leaned against the door for support. "Don't blame him momma. It's not his fault." 'and I love him her brain added even though she couldn't bring herself to say it, but she knew that her mother would be able to tell how she felt.
The sound of her daughters sapped the anger out of her, and all that was left was tears so she let them come. He knees cave out as she crumpled to a heap on the ground leaning against the door. "Oh god I know honey, and I know you love him. It's just that I don't understand. I don't understand why."
Inu Yasha watched her waiting for her to deny what her mother had said, but she did nothing of the sort. So he just continued to stand there watching her cry against the door her mothers words ringing in his head 'oh god I know honey and I know you love him.' Looking down he was even more ashamed of himself.
Souta watched his mother he didn't know what was going on the only thing he knew was that Kagome was sick and she wasn't letting them in the house.
"Kagome!!" he screamed at the door taking a step toward it when he felt his grandfathers hand on his shoulder signaling him to stop. Looking up the older man shook his head no. but he didn't listen instead he shrugged the hand off talking another step forward stopping at next to his mother.
"Why wont you let us in you're making mom cry." As he got closer to the door he could hear his sister's sobs and he knew that his mother wasn't the only one crying. Tears started to flow down his own cheek and he felt his grandfathers hands pulling him away. This time he didn't fight instead he turned around burring his face in his grandfathers shirt and cried for all that he was worth.
Hearing her brother yell she had to fight to control herself from flinging open the door. She wanted to see them but she couldn't force herself to go to a window and look. If she did she knew that she wouldn't be able to control herself any longer. As it was now she was having a hard time.
"Mom. Next time you talk to me. can you call me on the phone?"
"Why don't you know that we love you too Kagome that we want to be here for you?" it hurt to hear her daughter say something like that to her. Call her on the phone it was almost like she didn't want them to be here.
"No that's not it I love you too. But I can't handle it this way! I can take that your so close to me and I can't hug you! I don't think I could bear it if I had to do this again. Please understand mom please." she paused trying to collect herself. "for me." The last came out a whisper.
Hearing rustling under the door she looked down and saw a charm to ward off bad health in her grandfathers hand writing. Normal she wouldn't take such things, besides charms her grandfather made never worked anyway. But at this moment she couldn't bring herself to say that instead she reached down taking the piece of paper in her hand bringing it to her chest she cradled it like a treasure.
After sliding the charm under the door he placed his hand on his daughters shoulder.
Feeling the pressure on her shoulder she turned and looked at her father who was standing there. Souta was clinging to his side and they were soaking wet. Only at this did she realize that it was still raining. The grip on her shoulder tightened a bit and she knew that her father meant that it was time to go. Leaning forward she wrapped her arms around her dad and she felt like a little girl all over again.
"Ok Kagome if that's what you want." she said to the door having to turn around right afterwards because she knew if she didn't then she would never be able to leave.
"It is." With the words out of her mouth she didn't know if she could talk anymore. Sliding all the way to the ground she curled up in a little ball before she felt arms around her pulling her close not able to anything but sob she found comfort in his arms.
It made his heart ach to see her like this. Pulling her against him he cradled her in his arms. Turning to look at the door he spoke. "I take full responsibility because it's my fault. Don't worry I will take care of your daughter. I'll do whatever I can to make sure she gets better." 'because I love her too' his mind add.
Hearing him say that she knew that her daughter was in good hands, but that didn't mean that it wasn't hard to walk away. Though it was nice to know that Inu Yasha returned her daughters' feelings.
Shifting to a sitting position he pulled Kagome into his lap feeling her arms go around his neck. Burring his face in her hair he felt numb, he knew one thing though. What he had said had been true he would do what ever it took to make sure that Kagome got better even if it meant groveling to his brother.
Lady Julianna - wow thanks. I know me is evil lot of people say that ^.^ oh and congrats
Aimy- o.O thankies really like your review. I know I know me is really bad just leaving it like that. I will have more mush and yes Inu will have an emotional side. You'll just have to keep reading to find out what happens. Heheh if you like this story check out Waking up beside you it's another Inu Kag story. ::covers mouth:: I mean that is if you want to.
Kaede Kagome- Inu will go to any lengths.
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Yarou Youkai- I continued and it was soon. ^.^ well sooner then I usually do. I got the fever and just sat down and wrote it all in one sitting so if anything seams out of whak just tell me.
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