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Disclaimer: InuYasha isn't mine and never will be… sigh
My Will
Chapter 9: Loosing
Kagome felt her chest clench with an indescribable pain as she stared. She felt tears come to her eyes, but found that she was unable to blink them away. That familiar burning sensation came up in her throat, and her head began to ache.
The young girl felt as though her legs could no longer support her own weight, but she forced them to move for her. She slowly turned around and ducked back behind the corner. It was then that her legs gave out. Kagome fell back against the wall, sliding down to the floor. She could feel her senses ebbing away as she struggled to think. But her mind swam from the horrible headache. Her vision became blurred.
It was suddenly hard to breath…
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"I'm telling you, Shippo, no more wandering around the halls! One day, a doctor's going to catch you instead of me!" Sango walked briskly as she led the boy back to his room, clutching tightly to his wrist.
"But, Sango! Rin and I were just about to play darts!" The boy protested, pulling on the side of her green dress.
Sango shook her head, "You know you aren't supposed to play with the darts! You'll loose an eye!" She continued to pull him down the hallway, ignoring the red headed boy's protests.
It was sad really… The boy had gone postal after loosing his father, and had begun to develop imaginary friends, refusing to play with actual children his age. Sango knew that she was one of the only people in the hospital that had managed to make a connection of any kind with the boy.
"Oh my…" Sango stopped abruptly, causing Shippo to run into her. He let out a little yelp of protest before the girl wheeled around and grabbed him roughly by the shoulders. She gently pushed the boy back behind the corner.
"Stay here. Please don't move," She pleaded, looking him straight in the eyes. Shippo looked away, nodding sullenly. This wasn't the first time that Sango had tried to protect him from seeing something at the hospital.
Sango turned back down the hallway, rushing back towards the body laying curled up against the wall.
"Kagome?" She spoke, trying to keep her voice calm and steady so as not to frighten the girl if and when she woke up. But there was not so much as a stir from the lifeless body. Sango felt her breath quicken as she began to panic.
"Help!" She yelled standing up and running to the hallway opposite from the one that she had set Shippo. "Help! This girl isn't breathing!"
Miroku's head appeared from one of the doorways. Sango let out a sigh of relief as she ran towards him, "Miroku, She needs help…"
He nodded wordlessly following her back down the empty hallway. Once they turned the corner, he ran to the body's side.
"How long has she been out?" He asked, gently pulling Kagome away from the wall and laying her onto her back.
"I don't know, I just found her like this," Sango answered, standing away from the doctor. She felt fear building up in her stomach as she watched Miroku check her friend. She could tell by his movements that he was baffled.
"She's not breathing," He stated, clasping his thumb and forefinger over the girl's nose as he prepared to revive her.
"I told you that already…" Sango mumbled as she knelt down beside him to take Kagome's hand in hers. "She's cold…" She murmured.
Miroku didn't answer. Swiftly, her brought his mouth down to Kagome's, breathing life back into her body. Sango watched the girl's chest slowly rise and swiftly fall. She leaned up against the wall as she squeezed Kagome's hand.
Come on…
It was another thirty seconds or so of Miroku's steady breathing before Kagome's chest finally seized in it's own shuddering breath. The psychiatrist sat back, allowing the girl some breathing room as she came to.
"You did it," Sango whispered joyfully as she leaned closer to the coughing girl, patting her hand soothingly.
"Of course I did it," Miroku answered arrogantly as he stood up.
"Where are you going?' Sango asked, looking up at him worriedly, "What if she passes out again?"
Miroku shook his head; "I need to go get one of the doctor's on staff tonight. I'm a psychiatrist. Performing resuscitation is basically all I can do for her unless she needs some other kind of basic first aid…"
Sango nodded, turning away from him as he began to jog down the hall, "Oh!" She heard him yelp as he stopped at the corner. "Shippo? What are you doing here?"
Sango called to him, knowing well that the boy would not answer Miroku, "Shippo! You can come over here now! It's alright!"
Miroku shrugged and continued his journey to the nurse's station. Shippo peaked his head around the corner before warily making his way toward the two girls. He walked close to the wall, keeping an eye on the fallen girl, until he was standing behind Sango.
"Is she gonna be alright?" He asked, twisting his small fingers together.
Sango looked at her friend lying on the floor, breathing deeply. She turned her head to gaze at the boy, giving him a reassuring smile, "I think she's gonna be alright."
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The shadow man walked silently towards the tall building, crouched low. His long black hair tumbled about his shoulders in waves, framing his hidden face. In his hand he held a knife, raised slightly against anyone who dare block his path. It glinted in the faint moonlight, flashing like a star.
He came around the side of the building, becoming one with the shadows in the alleyway. An emergency exit from the building opened up to him. He shrank back from the light, fearing it. A girl stepped toward him, her raven hair that hung loosely about her shoulders blowing gently in the cool night air. Her brown eyes held nothing, a blank expression on her face. Quickly, the shadow man darted inside, closing the door behind him, and leaving no trace of his presence in the alley.
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Kagome gasped as she awoke, opening her eyes to darkness. She could feel sweat dampening her skin, causing her clothes to cling to her body. Blindly she reached out for the lamp on her nightstand, turning it on with a loud click.
Her breath coming in short gasps; Kagome lay still for a few moments, trying to regain her senses. But for some strange reason her mind remained hazy, her thoughts remained uncollected. There was only one thing that rang clear in her mind
She had opened that door.
Suddenly, a headache seized her. The pain seemed to trickle to every nerve in her body, until it felt as though her limbs were on fire. After a few moments of the intense pain, she felt her conscious retreat to the back of her mind.
"Hello Kagome."
She wanted to scream, to thrash around and yell, but she no longer had control over her own body.
"Leave me alone!" Her mind cried out to the bodiless voice.
"Now, now. You'll do best to listen to me this time. That or I'll try to kill you again."
Kagome heard her body's breathing cease, and fear overtook her. "NO!" She cried, "I'll do what you want!"
She heard the voice chuckle.
"Of course you will."
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InuYasha lay on his bed, his arms underneath his head. He stared at the white ceiling, musing as usual. Thoughts of Kikyo and the kiss they had shared not a few hours ago floated through his drowsy mind.
Footsteps coming from the hallway stirred him fully awake. It was nearly midnight; no one was permitted to walk the halls this late. Narrowing his eyes, InuYasha sat up in his bed, glaring at the open doorway.
A shadowy figure appeared just outside the door. It was hard to make out just who it was by the shape, and InuYasha squinted to try and see. He let out a sigh of relief when Kagome stepped into the light.
"Hey," He said, lounging back on the bed, "What're you doing up so late?"
She said nothing, but stood there and stared at him with a peculiar blank look on her face. InuYasha sat up again, staring back.
"Are you okay?" He asked, getting up from the bed and walking over to her.
When he was only a foot or so away, Kagome launched herself at him. The sudden impact of her body coming full force into his, sent InuYasha sprawling on the bed. He felt her fingers at his throat, clawing near his jugular before they wrapped themselves around.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" He choked out, prying her small fingers off of his neck and tossing her off the bed. She landed in a crumpled heap, and did not get back up. InuYasha sat on the bed for a moment, collecting his wits as well as his breath. Slowly, he looked over the side to see her.
She was curled up in a ball, shaking with silent sobs on the cold, tile floor. InuYasha slipped off the bed, a concerned look on his face.
"Kagome…" He whispered, tapping her shoulder lightly. Suddenly, she leapt up. InuYasha flinched, expecting the worst. But instead, she wrapped her arms around him and began to sob into his shoulder.
"InuYasha… I don't know what happened…" She cried, holding him tightly.
The boy's heart went out to her. Softly trying to hush the young girl, he wrapped his arms around her middle and pulled her close to him.
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