Inuyasha: Chapter 2
Important note: The same note again; this is the first chapter 2 actually, but it happens about as Kagome wakes up in Kagome: chapter 1.
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'It's dark.' I thought. 'So dark… can't see… I can't see my body… but I know I'm hurt… there's pain… and darkness… and cold… is this… am I… dead…?' The only thing I could feel was the sharp sting of cold, and the numb feeling of pain. I knew I was hurt… I knew I wasn't somewhere I wanted to be… these things I knew. But… Suddenly, a picture flashed through the darkness, as though on a screen. It was blurry at first, but as it came into focus… 'Hey you. Long time no see.' A smiling face… I watched as the picture faded, and another one took its place. A stretched out arm, a look of terror… 'INUYASHA!' Tears streaming from her eyes… "Kagome…" I whispered. How I spoke I'll never know, but speaking those words brought everything back. The demon, the jewel shard, the cliff… "I... I… I'm dead!" My voice echoed throughout the darkness again. And suddenly, I started to feel pain. At first I just winced, but it got more and more excruciating, faster and faster. Suddenly the darkness began to fade, as thought melting, and even that hurt. And as the lights came back, and the feeling came back, I cried out, and felt my mind go blank.
"…Ugh…" I opened my eyes, gasped in pain, and closed them again. I exhaled in relief. I was alive. "Alive." I whispered, but almost screamed at the ache it brought. I tried to take a deep breath, and even that hurt. Everything hurt! I involuntarily remembered falling off the cliff and onto a stalagmite. I shuddered, realizing it must still be in me. That was probably why everything hurt so much. Wow, I really was lucky to be alive! I also realized that I would probably get it out of me if I wanted to stay alive for much longer. 'Damn.' I thought, because thinking didn't hurt as much as talking did. I knew I'd have to look eventually, to make up a plan on how to get it out. I sighed, winced, decided 'better now than later', and opened my eyes. The sight that came to me was almost more than I could bear. I was lying on my back with a stalagmite through my stomach. It wasn't the biggest one in the world, but damn, did it hurt. I was also surrounded in a pool of blood… my blood. I closed my eyes again and set my mind to thinking. I had options. I could push myself up until the stalagmite was out of me, and then throw myself on my side; I could just sit up as hard and fast as I could, and hope I didn't rip out my lungs or anything; or, I could just lie there. I decided the last two were out of the question. I'd have to go for the 'push myself up and over' plan. 'Wonderful.' I thought sarcastically. I was about to decide on just laying there until my death, but I had a sudden thought. Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo… all crying over me. All devastated. What if that really happened? That would mean I made them cry… and I didn't want to make them cry. I took a deep breath, braced myself, and…
