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Chapter 6 - The Hospital Visit
Kagome groaned and looked at her clock. She had woken up before her alarm went off. It was only six. Her body told her to go back to sleep, while her mind told her to wake up. Her mind always won. She used her arms to get up and was stopped by the sudden pain rushing through her arms. She had forgotten for a moment that she was burnt. The memory of yesterday came flooding back to her in a tidal wave.
She remembered everything. She wished it were all a bad dream. 'I wish most of my pain was a bad dream. If I keep thinking like that I'll keep living in the past, and I'll never heal the hole in my heart.'
She stumbled down stairs and made herself a pot of coffee. She went and took a bath. The cool water on her arms was just what she needed to take the edge off her pain.
She could smell the coffee, and her nerves were screaming at her to drink her morning share. She wasn't hungry, but she crammed some food in her system. She popped a pain killer, and swallowed some coffee to help the pill work faster.
She walked back up the stairs to get dressed. 'Real clothing, not the cotton uniform for a whole week. That means I should go shopping soon.' She picked out a tank top, and a pair of low riders. She grabbed a large belt and walked out of her closet. She stopped dead. Miroku was sitting on her bed. He was grinning by her lack of clothing.
"What are you doing here so early in the morning?" He'd seen her in less dress than her matching bra and panties before.
"I was wondering since you are now driving to school, if you'd give me and Shippo a ride to school?" He grinned at her. The welts on her arms marring her perfect body.
Kagome sighed. "Fine, but I will not let you make me late for school. Ever!"
Miroku jumped off the bed and kissed her on the cheek. "Thanks Kagome!" He took the tank top and helped her put it on being mindful of the burns. "So are you going to buy the game today?"
'He's worse than a little kid.' Kagome grinned. "Ya we're going at lunch to pick it up. So I take it, if I'm going to be dropping you off at school, I guess that means that you'll want me to pick you up too?"
Miroku's grin grew. He nodded. Kagome shook her head and laughed softly. "Miroku what would you do without me?"
"I'd probably still be with Naraku and his gang." His voice was low. After Inuyasha left, Kagome made Miroku tell her the whole story. He was reluctant, but when she threatened to take away his keys and the plasma, he agreed.
Miroku was tricked by Kikyo and Kagura into being a drug dealer for Naraku. They had slipped a mind eraser in drink. When he came to a few hours later, Naraku had framed Miroku; for what even, Miroku couldn't even remember.
Naraku told Miroku he could leave only when his debt was paid. Miroku didn't have a job and couldn't get one a thirteen years old, so he started selling drugs, and he kept getting into more debt. It was a cycle he couldn't break.
Kagome took his face in her hand. "You'll never go back to him understand. I won't let you."
Miroku smiled at her. "I know. Now sit down, I'll brush your hair for you. I don't want you to hurt your arms any more than you have to."
Kagome sighed and handed her brush over to him. She revelled in the sensation of someone brushing her hair. The last time someone brushed her hair she was just about to go to school in Japan. Her mother told her how proud she was of her.
She liked that memory. She was snapped out of it when Miroku asked her for a hair tie. She quickly handed him one and he tied her hair up in a high pony tail. He stood back to admire his handy work. He nodded in approval. Kagome shook her head.
"Thanks Miroku. Shit it's already 7:45, we should get going. I need a coffee to go." She got up and walked into the study and got her untouched school bag. She walked back down stairs and threw her old lunch in the sink.
That was a bad habit of hers. She never took out the containers the same day. Some times she'd throw the whole container away, she was scared to open it.
Miroku had made her a travel mug to go. They left the house. Miroku insisted on carrying her bag. She popped the trunk and he placed it inside.
She honked the horn and Shippo came bounding out. He had a piece of toast shoved in his mouth. He jumped in the back seat and Miroku hopped in the front. She popped a CD that a DJ had given her. It was a really good CD.
She liked the whole thing. It was all dance music. However, he had pumped it up a notch. Kaoru thought of the music to be more of an epiphany, then a real classification of music genre.
She pulled out of the drive. The drive to their school was full of the boys bellowing out the lyrics to the songs. Kagome laughed as most of their notes were off key, but she was having too much to care.
She pulled up at their school. She knew Miroku was showing off, so she let him have his fun. A few guys came running up when they same him.
"Hey guys!" Miroku said as his friends approached.
Kagome looked at the clock. She had fifteen minutes to get to her school. 'Means I can open this thing up.' She thought with an evil smirk. "Hey Miroku. I'll pick you up here after school. Have a fun day."
"Alright Kagome, don't forget about you going out at lunch." He walked around the car and gave her a small kiss on the cheek. "Be careful Kagome, Inuyasha can be a handful, and he's dangerous." His warning was whispered in her ear.
"Remember who you are talking to Miroku, I'm not easily defeated." Kagome reassured him. "After school, don't forget." Kagome put the car in drive and took off. She turned up the stereo, and the music flooded the air.
She pulled into the school parking lot with a few minutes to spare. She turned down her radio and shut off the engine. She hopped out of the car and popped the trunk. She grabbed her bag, only to have a hand grab it from her.
She gasped and looked up. Inuyasha just looked at her, "Hurry up!" He closed her trunk and walked in. He even held the door open for her. They talked about last night. Kagome ignored the looks she got from the students, as she walked with Inuyasha to her locker. She didn't see an enraged pair of yellow slits shoot daggers at his half-brother.
She walked into her English class, with Inuyasha at her heels. "Inuyasha? Don't you have class?"
"Feh! I just want to make sure that you're going to be alright! We have a date, and I'm not going to let you break it off because you hurt yourself. I'll meet you after class." He walked out of the room, leaving everyone to stare at her. Kagome opened her bag and reached for a book when Sango sat down beside her.
"How are you feeling Kagome?" Sango asked her looking at her arms.
"I'll live. I looked for you yesterday, but you left. I wanted to thank you. You were awesome in the heat of things."
"Hey, you're the one that was cool under pressure. I heard that the teacher's alive and he's going to make a full recovery. If it wasn't for you, he'd be dead. How are the burns?" Sango asked looking at the giant red welts.
Kagome shrugged her shoulders. "They could be worse."
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Sesshomaru walked into the class. His gaze turned immediately to Kagome. 'She's hot. The school uniform just covers up her curves.' He quickly took his seat before it became obvious that he was staring. Kagome was reading silently, when notice Kagura get up and walk down Kagome's aisle. He knew what she intended to do.
Kagura had walked up to Kagome and scraped her wool jacket all along Kagome's right arm. Kagome bolted upright and out of her chair. She hissed as the pain shot up her arm. Her sores were all open, now she'd have to go to the hospital. She lunged for Kagura, but Sango held her back. "What was that for?" Kagome growled in a very dangerous tone.
"That's for not saving Kanna, bitch." Kagura smirked and casually walked back to her seat.
Kagome's face fell. "I did try." Kagome's eyes were filled with tears. 'I have to go now. Fuck I hate hospitals. I'm gonna get you, you bitch. You just wait. I'll make you regret the day you ever did this to me.' The pain became too much. She wanted to scream.
"Kagome you had better get going to the hospital. Do you need a ride?" Mr. Williams came running up.
"No I should be able to drive myself there." She opened her purse and grabbed her car keys. Kagome pushed the button to have the top raised. She grabbed bag and headed to the door. Sango was at her heels.
"Kagome, I'm going with you. I don't think you'll be able to drive."
"No that's okay Sango. You stay here. I'll be fine." She gritted her teeth. "Write this down, 453-6466. That's my number. Give me a call tonight. I'll see you tomorrow Sango."
"Well at least let me carry your bag to your locker?"
Kagome let out a sigh of relief as Sango took her bag from her. The bag wasn't heavy, just the pain in her arm forced all strength from her.
Down in the basement, Kagome left everything but her lunch in her locker. There wasn't anything that she needed to bring with her. She closed her locker and made a loud hissing noise.
"Kagome!" Sango cried out rushing over to her.
"Sango," her voice was full of pain, "Can you put my hair up so that it doesn't touch my arm?" Sango dropped her bag and pulled an elastic band out of her pocket. She wrapped Kagome's hair in a bun and fastened it with the elastic. 'Gawd, I'm fucking weak. I can't even have my own hair touch it, let alone put it up myself.' "I'm sorry I'm so weak Sango."
Sango shook her head, "You are not weak. This would have put most out of commission for a while."
Kagome nodded her head, and took off back up the stairs. They were on the main floor when she saw Sesshomaru standing there. He walked up to her, "You dropped this. I figured you might need it." He handed Kagome her wallet.
Kagome groaned. "Thanks Sesshomaru. I would have been screwed without this." She gave him a smile of gratification despite the raw pain shooting up her arm. He turned to leave, when she remembered about Inuyasha. "Sesshomaru?" She called out after him.
He stopped and turned around, "Can you please tell Inuyasha, that I'm going to have to cancel on him?" She could have sworn that she saw an emotion flash in his normally expressionless facade. He gave her no reply, but nodded and left.
Kagome decided it was time for her too to leave and go and seek some medical attention before she let out a painful scream.
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Kagome didn't have to wait long in the emergency room. She was lead into the burn unit. They had pumped her full of painkillers, and she was grateful. She almost wished that she had taken Sango up on the offer of having her come with her.
She hated waiting alone, especially in a hospital. She heard a small pain filled moan, coming from the bed beside her. She got up and opened the curtain.. Kanna looked up at her. All Kagome saw in her eyes was pain. "Kanna..." She lost all coherent thought.
They stared at each other for what seemed like eternity. Kanna looked so small in the bed with wires and tubes running everywhere.
"I'm sorry. I should have tried harder." Kagome's voice was soft. She felt tears sting her face.
"I should have let you save me. I should be the one that's sorry. This is no one's fault but my own." Her voice was broken and weak.
Kagome took the seat by the bed and held her bandaged hand.
"Kagome? He would never leave me right? He would never let me die." Kanna looked out into nothingness.
Softly as to not disturb her thoughts she asked, "Who?"
"Naraku said that I was his favorite because I would never leave him." She seemed to snap out of her thoughts. "Can I tell you something?"
Kagome couldn't find her voice. She nodded.
"I secretly wanted to be free of him. If only there was some way to be free from his grasp..." Her voice trailed off as a machine beeped and morphine flowed from the drip.
"I'll make sure that you're free Kanna. I did it for Miroku, and I vow to you on my life and honor that you'll be free too. It's the only way. I'll help you get back your life. I promise." Tears were flowing freely. They were all slaves to him. Miroku, Kanna, Inuyasha, Kagura, Kikyo, and so many more.
Kanna looked into Kagome's tear stained face. "I know. You don't have to." She reached out and touched a tear that rolled down. "Kagome, don't cry for me," her breathing became more labored. "I wish I'd have met you before I became involved with Naraku. You would have made an awesome friend." Kanna finally fell back exhausted.
"Thank you Kanna. You have me as a friend now, that's all that matters." Kagome smoothed the burnt hair from her face, and placed a soft kiss on the girl's burnt skin.
"Kagome? Will I go to heaven or hell?"
"You will go to heaven and you'll be the most beautiful angel there is."
A small tear fell on Kanna's face. "Even with all the bad stuff I've done for Naraku?"
"He made you do all that. You really didn't have a choice. When the time comes you will be free. You will be pure and whole again. I know that."
Kagome sat in silence holding her hand. "Be strong Kanna." She said softly. A doctor came in and checked on both of them. Kagome's burns had wool sticking in it, so the doctors had to remove it. Kagome just imagined the death she was going to give to Kagura when she saw her.
She snapped out of her daydream when she saw the doctor shake is head. "What's the matter?" She asked softly, not wanting to wake up the sleeping Kanna.
"It's not good. She might not pull through. Her vital signs are dropping." He let out a heavy sigh.
Kagome stared at the doctor, no words coming to her. She let him check the machines and left. She kept staring at Kanna. The girl awoke with her eyes were glazed over. Kagome didn't like what she saw.
"Kagome," her voice low and hoarse. "You were right. You are a good friend. You should get to know him, he'll be good for you..." Her voice faltered.
"Who?"
"He's going to help you heal, he needs to heal too." Her breath coming in short spurts.
Kagome sat in wonder, 'Who is she talking about?'
"I see them you know. They are all welcoming me. Even though I was bad. They all love me. They know I'm sorry." Tears of joy were flowing from her eyes. "I can't feel the pain any more. Kagome, they've come to welcome me. Your mom, dad, brother, and grandfather are all here. They tell me to tell you to live. They hate to see you suffer. They wished they could have said goodbye. Your mom says, 'Aijou, we love you.'"
Kagome sat in shock. Tears poured in a silent river down her face. No one knew that Kagome's mom called her Aijou. It meant beloved daughter, it was the first word in Japanese her mother had learnt.
"I love you too," she said through the hoarseness and tightness on her throat.
"I feel warm." Suddenly she turned and looked at Kagome. Her eyes were no longer glazed over, they sparkled. "He will show you in time. His heart is fragile. You must tell him that his mother loved him, that both his mothers loved him. I'm tired now Kagome. I want to go home." Kanna closed her eyes.
"You can go home now. Remember that you are loved." She held the small bandaged hand in her own as the heart monitor made its last blip and then nothing but noise.
Kagome sat and cried for a friend she never knew, or never would know.
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AN: Sorry guys, not real interaction between the two brothers here. I apologize to all Kanna fans, but her death was not in vane. You'll see later! I hope you all liked my sobby death scene. I'm not good at the weepy kind, but I'm more into the violent and gory deaths. I have to thank everyone for all the reviews, I'm surprised at the response! I'm a person of my word, so since I got an overflow of responses, I'm giving you the next chapter. I won't be able to post till Sat. morning, when I get home from work. Oh you are forwarned, I'm on a reviews high, so I'll be updating on Friday ^_~
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Chapter 6 - The Hospital Visit
Kagome groaned and looked at her clock. She had woken up before her alarm went off. It was only six. Her body told her to go back to sleep, while her mind told her to wake up. Her mind always won. She used her arms to get up and was stopped by the sudden pain rushing through her arms. She had forgotten for a moment that she was burnt. The memory of yesterday came flooding back to her in a tidal wave.
She remembered everything. She wished it were all a bad dream. 'I wish most of my pain was a bad dream. If I keep thinking like that I'll keep living in the past, and I'll never heal the hole in my heart.'
She stumbled down stairs and made herself a pot of coffee. She went and took a bath. The cool water on her arms was just what she needed to take the edge off her pain.
She could smell the coffee, and her nerves were screaming at her to drink her morning share. She wasn't hungry, but she crammed some food in her system. She popped a pain killer, and swallowed some coffee to help the pill work faster.
She walked back up the stairs to get dressed. 'Real clothing, not the cotton uniform for a whole week. That means I should go shopping soon.' She picked out a tank top, and a pair of low riders. She grabbed a large belt and walked out of her closet. She stopped dead. Miroku was sitting on her bed. He was grinning by her lack of clothing.
"What are you doing here so early in the morning?" He'd seen her in less dress than her matching bra and panties before.
"I was wondering since you are now driving to school, if you'd give me and Shippo a ride to school?" He grinned at her. The welts on her arms marring her perfect body.
Kagome sighed. "Fine, but I will not let you make me late for school. Ever!"
Miroku jumped off the bed and kissed her on the cheek. "Thanks Kagome!" He took the tank top and helped her put it on being mindful of the burns. "So are you going to buy the game today?"
'He's worse than a little kid.' Kagome grinned. "Ya we're going at lunch to pick it up. So I take it, if I'm going to be dropping you off at school, I guess that means that you'll want me to pick you up too?"
Miroku's grin grew. He nodded. Kagome shook her head and laughed softly. "Miroku what would you do without me?"
"I'd probably still be with Naraku and his gang." His voice was low. After Inuyasha left, Kagome made Miroku tell her the whole story. He was reluctant, but when she threatened to take away his keys and the plasma, he agreed.
Miroku was tricked by Kikyo and Kagura into being a drug dealer for Naraku. They had slipped a mind eraser in drink. When he came to a few hours later, Naraku had framed Miroku; for what even, Miroku couldn't even remember.
Naraku told Miroku he could leave only when his debt was paid. Miroku didn't have a job and couldn't get one a thirteen years old, so he started selling drugs, and he kept getting into more debt. It was a cycle he couldn't break.
Kagome took his face in her hand. "You'll never go back to him understand. I won't let you."
Miroku smiled at her. "I know. Now sit down, I'll brush your hair for you. I don't want you to hurt your arms any more than you have to."
Kagome sighed and handed her brush over to him. She revelled in the sensation of someone brushing her hair. The last time someone brushed her hair she was just about to go to school in Japan. Her mother told her how proud she was of her.
She liked that memory. She was snapped out of it when Miroku asked her for a hair tie. She quickly handed him one and he tied her hair up in a high pony tail. He stood back to admire his handy work. He nodded in approval. Kagome shook her head.
"Thanks Miroku. Shit it's already 7:45, we should get going. I need a coffee to go." She got up and walked into the study and got her untouched school bag. She walked back down stairs and threw her old lunch in the sink.
That was a bad habit of hers. She never took out the containers the same day. Some times she'd throw the whole container away, she was scared to open it.
Miroku had made her a travel mug to go. They left the house. Miroku insisted on carrying her bag. She popped the trunk and he placed it inside.
She honked the horn and Shippo came bounding out. He had a piece of toast shoved in his mouth. He jumped in the back seat and Miroku hopped in the front. She popped a CD that a DJ had given her. It was a really good CD.
She liked the whole thing. It was all dance music. However, he had pumped it up a notch. Kaoru thought of the music to be more of an epiphany, then a real classification of music genre.
She pulled out of the drive. The drive to their school was full of the boys bellowing out the lyrics to the songs. Kagome laughed as most of their notes were off key, but she was having too much to care.
She pulled up at their school. She knew Miroku was showing off, so she let him have his fun. A few guys came running up when they same him.
"Hey guys!" Miroku said as his friends approached.
Kagome looked at the clock. She had fifteen minutes to get to her school. 'Means I can open this thing up.' She thought with an evil smirk. "Hey Miroku. I'll pick you up here after school. Have a fun day."
"Alright Kagome, don't forget about you going out at lunch." He walked around the car and gave her a small kiss on the cheek. "Be careful Kagome, Inuyasha can be a handful, and he's dangerous." His warning was whispered in her ear.
"Remember who you are talking to Miroku, I'm not easily defeated." Kagome reassured him. "After school, don't forget." Kagome put the car in drive and took off. She turned up the stereo, and the music flooded the air.
She pulled into the school parking lot with a few minutes to spare. She turned down her radio and shut off the engine. She hopped out of the car and popped the trunk. She grabbed her bag, only to have a hand grab it from her.
She gasped and looked up. Inuyasha just looked at her, "Hurry up!" He closed her trunk and walked in. He even held the door open for her. They talked about last night. Kagome ignored the looks she got from the students, as she walked with Inuyasha to her locker. She didn't see an enraged pair of yellow slits shoot daggers at his half-brother.
She walked into her English class, with Inuyasha at her heels. "Inuyasha? Don't you have class?"
"Feh! I just want to make sure that you're going to be alright! We have a date, and I'm not going to let you break it off because you hurt yourself. I'll meet you after class." He walked out of the room, leaving everyone to stare at her. Kagome opened her bag and reached for a book when Sango sat down beside her.
"How are you feeling Kagome?" Sango asked her looking at her arms.
"I'll live. I looked for you yesterday, but you left. I wanted to thank you. You were awesome in the heat of things."
"Hey, you're the one that was cool under pressure. I heard that the teacher's alive and he's going to make a full recovery. If it wasn't for you, he'd be dead. How are the burns?" Sango asked looking at the giant red welts.
Kagome shrugged her shoulders. "They could be worse."
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Sesshomaru walked into the class. His gaze turned immediately to Kagome. 'She's hot. The school uniform just covers up her curves.' He quickly took his seat before it became obvious that he was staring. Kagome was reading silently, when notice Kagura get up and walk down Kagome's aisle. He knew what she intended to do.
Kagura had walked up to Kagome and scraped her wool jacket all along Kagome's right arm. Kagome bolted upright and out of her chair. She hissed as the pain shot up her arm. Her sores were all open, now she'd have to go to the hospital. She lunged for Kagura, but Sango held her back. "What was that for?" Kagome growled in a very dangerous tone.
"That's for not saving Kanna, bitch." Kagura smirked and casually walked back to her seat.
Kagome's face fell. "I did try." Kagome's eyes were filled with tears. 'I have to go now. Fuck I hate hospitals. I'm gonna get you, you bitch. You just wait. I'll make you regret the day you ever did this to me.' The pain became too much. She wanted to scream.
"Kagome you had better get going to the hospital. Do you need a ride?" Mr. Williams came running up.
"No I should be able to drive myself there." She opened her purse and grabbed her car keys. Kagome pushed the button to have the top raised. She grabbed bag and headed to the door. Sango was at her heels.
"Kagome, I'm going with you. I don't think you'll be able to drive."
"No that's okay Sango. You stay here. I'll be fine." She gritted her teeth. "Write this down, 453-6466. That's my number. Give me a call tonight. I'll see you tomorrow Sango."
"Well at least let me carry your bag to your locker?"
Kagome let out a sigh of relief as Sango took her bag from her. The bag wasn't heavy, just the pain in her arm forced all strength from her.
Down in the basement, Kagome left everything but her lunch in her locker. There wasn't anything that she needed to bring with her. She closed her locker and made a loud hissing noise.
"Kagome!" Sango cried out rushing over to her.
"Sango," her voice was full of pain, "Can you put my hair up so that it doesn't touch my arm?" Sango dropped her bag and pulled an elastic band out of her pocket. She wrapped Kagome's hair in a bun and fastened it with the elastic. 'Gawd, I'm fucking weak. I can't even have my own hair touch it, let alone put it up myself.' "I'm sorry I'm so weak Sango."
Sango shook her head, "You are not weak. This would have put most out of commission for a while."
Kagome nodded her head, and took off back up the stairs. They were on the main floor when she saw Sesshomaru standing there. He walked up to her, "You dropped this. I figured you might need it." He handed Kagome her wallet.
Kagome groaned. "Thanks Sesshomaru. I would have been screwed without this." She gave him a smile of gratification despite the raw pain shooting up her arm. He turned to leave, when she remembered about Inuyasha. "Sesshomaru?" She called out after him.
He stopped and turned around, "Can you please tell Inuyasha, that I'm going to have to cancel on him?" She could have sworn that she saw an emotion flash in his normally expressionless facade. He gave her no reply, but nodded and left.
Kagome decided it was time for her too to leave and go and seek some medical attention before she let out a painful scream.
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Kagome didn't have to wait long in the emergency room. She was lead into the burn unit. They had pumped her full of painkillers, and she was grateful. She almost wished that she had taken Sango up on the offer of having her come with her.
She hated waiting alone, especially in a hospital. She heard a small pain filled moan, coming from the bed beside her. She got up and opened the curtain.. Kanna looked up at her. All Kagome saw in her eyes was pain. "Kanna..." She lost all coherent thought.
They stared at each other for what seemed like eternity. Kanna looked so small in the bed with wires and tubes running everywhere.
"I'm sorry. I should have tried harder." Kagome's voice was soft. She felt tears sting her face.
"I should have let you save me. I should be the one that's sorry. This is no one's fault but my own." Her voice was broken and weak.
Kagome took the seat by the bed and held her bandaged hand.
"Kagome? He would never leave me right? He would never let me die." Kanna looked out into nothingness.
Softly as to not disturb her thoughts she asked, "Who?"
"Naraku said that I was his favorite because I would never leave him." She seemed to snap out of her thoughts. "Can I tell you something?"
Kagome couldn't find her voice. She nodded.
"I secretly wanted to be free of him. If only there was some way to be free from his grasp..." Her voice trailed off as a machine beeped and morphine flowed from the drip.
"I'll make sure that you're free Kanna. I did it for Miroku, and I vow to you on my life and honor that you'll be free too. It's the only way. I'll help you get back your life. I promise." Tears were flowing freely. They were all slaves to him. Miroku, Kanna, Inuyasha, Kagura, Kikyo, and so many more.
Kanna looked into Kagome's tear stained face. "I know. You don't have to." She reached out and touched a tear that rolled down. "Kagome, don't cry for me," her breathing became more labored. "I wish I'd have met you before I became involved with Naraku. You would have made an awesome friend." Kanna finally fell back exhausted.
"Thank you Kanna. You have me as a friend now, that's all that matters." Kagome smoothed the burnt hair from her face, and placed a soft kiss on the girl's burnt skin.
"Kagome? Will I go to heaven or hell?"
"You will go to heaven and you'll be the most beautiful angel there is."
A small tear fell on Kanna's face. "Even with all the bad stuff I've done for Naraku?"
"He made you do all that. You really didn't have a choice. When the time comes you will be free. You will be pure and whole again. I know that."
Kagome sat in silence holding her hand. "Be strong Kanna." She said softly. A doctor came in and checked on both of them. Kagome's burns had wool sticking in it, so the doctors had to remove it. Kagome just imagined the death she was going to give to Kagura when she saw her.
She snapped out of her daydream when she saw the doctor shake is head. "What's the matter?" She asked softly, not wanting to wake up the sleeping Kanna.
"It's not good. She might not pull through. Her vital signs are dropping." He let out a heavy sigh.
Kagome stared at the doctor, no words coming to her. She let him check the machines and left. She kept staring at Kanna. The girl awoke with her eyes were glazed over. Kagome didn't like what she saw.
"Kagome," her voice low and hoarse. "You were right. You are a good friend. You should get to know him, he'll be good for you..." Her voice faltered.
"Who?"
"He's going to help you heal, he needs to heal too." Her breath coming in short spurts.
Kagome sat in wonder, 'Who is she talking about?'
"I see them you know. They are all welcoming me. Even though I was bad. They all love me. They know I'm sorry." Tears of joy were flowing from her eyes. "I can't feel the pain any more. Kagome, they've come to welcome me. Your mom, dad, brother, and grandfather are all here. They tell me to tell you to live. They hate to see you suffer. They wished they could have said goodbye. Your mom says, 'Aijou, we love you.'"
Kagome sat in shock. Tears poured in a silent river down her face. No one knew that Kagome's mom called her Aijou. It meant beloved daughter, it was the first word in Japanese her mother had learnt.
"I love you too," she said through the hoarseness and tightness on her throat.
"I feel warm." Suddenly she turned and looked at Kagome. Her eyes were no longer glazed over, they sparkled. "He will show you in time. His heart is fragile. You must tell him that his mother loved him, that both his mothers loved him. I'm tired now Kagome. I want to go home." Kanna closed her eyes.
"You can go home now. Remember that you are loved." She held the small bandaged hand in her own as the heart monitor made its last blip and then nothing but noise.
Kagome sat and cried for a friend she never knew, or never would know.
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AN: Sorry guys, not real interaction between the two brothers here. I apologize to all Kanna fans, but her death was not in vane. You'll see later! I hope you all liked my sobby death scene. I'm not good at the weepy kind, but I'm more into the violent and gory deaths. I have to thank everyone for all the reviews, I'm surprised at the response! I'm a person of my word, so since I got an overflow of responses, I'm giving you the next chapter. I won't be able to post till Sat. morning, when I get home from work. Oh you are forwarned, I'm on a reviews high, so I'll be updating on Friday ^_~
EEevee - Thanks for all your help! This chapter could not have been completed without you! You are the light in my madness, and hopefully I'll have another chapter to send to you soon ^_~
kittykathy - I'd tell you the pairings if I knew them.....that's the curse of my madness I don't know anything until it happens =D
Kerenza - I'll keep what you said in mind. Although you might have swayed the decision to more one side than another, but I have to consult with my White Plot Bunny (don't ask...he's the writer of this fic, I'm merely the medium). I'll let you know, or better yet, you'll find out ^_^
Fairyangel24 - I would never have any of my strong female characters kill themselves! It goes against my moral code. Suicide is a coward's way out, and my Kag is no coward! So there's no need to worry.
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