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A/N: YAY!! Delayed openings are cool except for today cause I had to do something one of the periods that gets omitted (1st, 2nd, and 3rd periods). But nonetheless I can write now so yippee! Hope you like this chapter and please review.

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Chapter 23- What A Surprise

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Sesshomaru looked up to see who came out of the doors; his eyes were greeted with none other than Inu-Yasha. He was speechless, he couldn't find words to express what he was feeling right now. Part of him was terrified and part was relieved that his brother really wasn't dead. He finally found something to say which was extremely unlike him. "HOLY S***! WHAT THE HELL? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE…" At that point Kagome hit him in the stomach as everyone in the waiting area once again death glared at the group.

"What the hell are you screaming about?" Kagome asked seeing as she had not turned around when she heard the doors open. Now she did turn around to see what Sesshomaru was gawking at. She froze when she saw him and then she got up from where she was sitting and ran out the hospital doors.

Inu-Yasha just cast his gaze downwards as his mother now turned around. She didn't say anything but he could feel that she wasn't too happy at all. No one went rushing up to him or anything; they didn't believe it was him. "Hi mom, Sesshomaru" he said feebly as he started walking towards them. He passed a window that a nurse was behind, that nurse had seen him come in and heard him being pronounced dead. He turned to the window and spoke to the nurse. "Hey wench, I'm not dead so don't go putting me in a freezer" He then just walked over to where his mother and brother were.

Amazingly no one had followed Kagome, they were too busy being shocked that they didn't notice. She was walking home, thinking about everything that happened. She wasn't very far from the hospital; only across the parking lot but it was fairly nice out so she didn't worry about it too much. Suddenly she felt two hands on her shoulders and she was being spun around to face the person. As she stopped facing him she saw golden eyes staring back into her own blue-gray ones. "Get away from me. You're only my imagination because I want you to be alive not the reality" She bowed her head to look at the grass and stared at her sandaled feet.

"I have no idea what you just said but I can guess. I'm not dead okay? It was Jinni, she came over my house for one reason or another and she made me drink this blue stuff. She told me it would just make me seem dead but I wouldn't really be dead. She's fucking sick in the head" Inu-Yasha said getting madder and madder, he let a growl escape his lips and his grip tightened.

Kagome snapped her head up at this. 'Jinni? I saw her carrying a blue vial with something in it, could he be telling the truth? No, it's just my imagination there's no way doctors can be fooled.' Inu-Yasha could tell she didn't believe him so he turned around and pulled her by her arm back into the hospital. The doctor that had pronounced Inu-Yasha dead was there along with other resident doctors (doctors in training).   

"Tell her" Inu-Yasha said when they got within earshot. He shoved Kagome forward to speak with the doctor.  "She won't believe me so you tell her"

"It seems I misdiagnosed Inu-Yasha for being dead. The liquid he was forced to take is based on the principles of old herb healing. Apparently one can alter the healing effects and make it into what they call a 'death drought'. It makes the taker seem dead but wears off after 42 hours" The doctor said most sincerely.

Kagome was shocked at what she was hearing. A doctor saying he 'misdiagnosed'? (she's really thickheaded if she thinks doctors are perfect). She wouldn't accept it that easily and said so. "I can't believe you or anyone. I saw him dead! It's impossible to come back from being dead!" tears sprung from the corners of her eyes and she did nothing to stop them from flowing freely. She quickly turned around and once again ran out of the hospital, her vision blurred significantly. She didn't stop running even when she got to the main road. Since she couldn't see well she didn't see the oncoming car and in an instant everything slowed down. The car screeched and a horn was blaring out of the car, then she felt herself being picked up and she was on the other side. She fell to her knees and gasped for air, her heart was pumping at an abnormally fast rate. She finally looked up to see who had saved her from injury but all she saw was Inu-Yasha standing there. "Why do you do this to me? WHY?" she screamed then all was black. (dun dun dunnnnnnn!!)  

~~Three Weeks Later~~

Beep, beep, beep, beep. The monotonous beeping of a machine was all Kagome heard as she tried opening her eyes. 'My eyelids are really heavy' she mentally noted as she got her eyes open halfway looking around to see where she was. The first thing she saw was a white ceiling, then her eyes traveled over to the wall. The wall was painted a light green and her message board was tacked up on the wall. Then she noticed that all her possessions were in the room and at a halfway point the color changed from her green to a nice light yellow. 'Hey wait I recognize everything, I'm in my own room' she thought looking around at all the pictures she had up in frames and some were even floating freely in no apparent order. She felt a weight on her bed near her feet and for the first time noticed someone's head was lying on a portion of her bed.

"Don't…mumble mumble mumble" The person said as they switched the side of their face they were laying on. Kagome also recognized this person. Their silverfish hair, cute little dog ears on the top of his head, the razor sharp claws instead of nails. 'Isn't he dead though?' she thought. She stared at him for awhile longer wracking her brain for answers. She was so in thought she didn't notice the weight lifting off the bed or the yawn that followed. The next thing she heard was "KAGOME!!" This snapped her out of her 'deep' thought in an instant.

"Ouch, you do not have to yell. It hurts," She said "And what are you staring at? I've only been asleep for a night. By the way what are you doing in here?"

"Only a night? You've been out for at least two weeks, and you're speaking a language I can finally understand. Before you blacked out you were acting really weird and only speaking in Japanese, it was very confusing" Inu-Yasha pointed out losing all of his arrogance for once.

"Really, well what are you doing in my room and what are these machines?" She asked

"Well I was really worried you'd never wake up so I was granted permission to visit and I accidentally fell asleep it seems" Inu-Yasha replied still not noticing there was no arrogance present.

"You were worried?" 

Realizing what had come out of his mouth he quickly countered the comment earlier made. "Me? Worried? Feh, yeah right" A blush graced his face. "You wish," he mumbled  "So why were you not speaking English all that time?"

"I wasn't? That's impossible all I know is English" Kagome answered with a puzzled expression.

"Wait so you have no idea how to speak another language?" Inu-Yasha asked

"That would be correct. Why do you look so surprised? I've known you all my life basically"

"No you haven't, I only met you about five months ago"  

Kagome yawned "Whatever, I'm tired so I'm gonna go back to sleep. See ya" Kagome rested her head fully against the pillows and let the comforting blackness overwhelm her. 

Inu-Yasha sat in the chair by her bedside thinking about everything he had learned, and finally got up to tell everyone that Kagome had been awake for awhile. 

A/N: I can't believe it's snowing in March! I'm really sick of the snow and all it's whiteness and coldness, and having to run track in it. Oh well, I love the sport so yay. Please review!!! Bitte! Well hope you liked the chappie and I'll be updating hopefully tomorrow if I don't get back from my school trip. Fun Fun! See ya! ~Tomo