Okay! The last chapter (I must admit) really sucked. Hahahaaha, but thanks for the reviews! :D. Anyhow, school has just started again... so my updating might not come as fast.. Haha, I'm also really beginning to hate my story. Hahaha. Oh well.. Here it goes...

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Chapter 10

'Wh-wh-where am I?' Kagome asked herself as she opened her eyes slowly and found herself in a bright place.

'Oh no! Am I...dead?!' she thought, but then sighed in relief as she saw a nurse walk in.

"Oh, how wonderful! You're awake!" the nurse smiled at Kagome a cheerful smile and then read on her clipboard. Kagome tried to sit up on the bed, but when she moved her head, she felt a flush of pain run through her.

"Oh my! Do be careful, honey! You took quite a hit on the head, there." the nurse said as she gently stroked Kagome's head.

"Oh, Kagome! Thank goodness you're okay!" Kagome's mother was at the door panting as she had a worried look on her face.

"Are you alright? Do you remember me?" Kagome's mother asked in a soft voice as she hugged Kagome tightly.

"Yes, ma`am, she should remember you. Thankfully she was brought here quickly. Her head will have to be wrapped in those bandages for a week though. And she will have to take these pills for a few days." the nurse smiled as she handed Kagome's mother a bottle of little pink pills.

Kagome's mother returned the smile and nodded.

"You will have to sign some papers out in the front, ma`am. Would you like me to lead you there?" the nurse asked helpfully.

"Oh, no that's okay, deary. Thank you though. Be back in a while, Kagome honey!" Kagome's mother called out as she walked out of the door.

"How...long have I been here?" Kagome asked as she finally sat up in the bed. Her head began to throb more than ever. She groaned in pain and held her head with her hands. Kagome felt the bandages around her head.

"Since last night, dear. Thankfully you're awake now though. Any later and that group of people might've been more worried than they were last night. Especially that boy." the nurse winked.

"Group of people? Boy?" Kagome asked confused.

"Yes, there was this one rather pretty young woman here. Every five minutes she asked if you had awakened. She was also with a young man. A handsome one at that! The two were a bit noisy in the hospital hallways though. It would be silent, then all of a sudden you would hear a young woman's angry scream, a slap, then a large thud, and then silence." the nurse giggled to herself.

"Must've been Sango and my cousin, Miroku." Kagome said dully, but then smiled at the thought of them coming for her aid.

"But the boy that brought you in here...he was rather unusual. He had very long silver hair, and growled at everyone that told him visiting hours were over. He stayed here, right in this room, for several hours. Never did he leave your side. A couple of nurses and I found it adorable on how his ears would twitch at the first sound of you moving." the nurse smiled.

"You're very lucky to have a boyfriend like that."

Kagome blushed and looked down.

"He's.. not my boyfriend." Kagome said.

"Oh! My mistakes, dear." the nurse jumped.

"It's alright... I don't mind." Kagome flashed a little smile at the nurse.

'Inuyasha? Here? With me? He...brought me here?' Kagome thought to herself. There was a sudden flashback of what had happened in the diner. Kagome put her hand on her head as it began to throb again.

'After I had done that stupid stunt in the diner...he still helped me?' Kagome gave herself a little smile.

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"When I came home and got a phone call from Miroku, I couldn't believe what had happened." Kagome's mother said as she drove back home.

"What did...he say?" Kagome asked.

"He said that you were in the hospital because you had hit your..head? He also said that you were out pretty bad and that you wouldn't be home till tomorrow maybe." Kagome's mother's grip on the steering wheel tightened.

"I was so worried about you, Kagome. It was hard for me to just drive to the hospital.." Kagome's mother's voice cracked as she began to tear.

"Mom...it's okay. I'm okay, now. You don't have to worry." Kagome said softly as she put her hand on her mother's shoulder for comfort. Her mother put her other hand on top of Kagome's and smiled.

"But you are growing up to be the lovely woman I knew you could always be. You've made me very proud, Kagome. And I know...that my job may take away time I'll be spending with you, but I know that you are responsible enough to take care of yourself. You never fail to make me proud to have raised a daughter like you, honey. Never." Kagome's eyes grew soft as she had listened to what her mother had said.

"Thanks, Mom." Kagome said smiling. Her mother smiled back as she drove.

"But that boy, Inuyasha, what a young man he is." Kagome's mother laughed ask she broke the silence in the car.

"Why do you say that?" Kagome asked.

"When I came to get you as I walked in when you awakened, he was just getting out of the hospital. He said that it was my turn to look after you. He'd been with you the entire time!" her mother shook her head as she smiled.

"I like that boy. You should definitely get to know him better." Kagome's mother winked.

"MOTHER! You're crazy!" Kagome laughed.

"But he is...quite something, I'll tell you that. I can't believe he actually stayed with me.." Kagome mumbled to herself. Though her mother had heard, she chose not to let Kagome know that.

When they reached the driveway, Kagome's mother opened the door to the house, looked in, and then immediately closed it before Kagome could see what the reason was.

"Darling...you should open the door for yourself. But hush..you might wake them up.." Kagome's mother held her finger to her lips. Kagome had a confused look on her face and nodded.

As she opened the door, she saw Sango lying on the couch sleeping with a "Get Well Soon!" balloon attached to a bear in her hand. Kagome laughed as she saw Miroku on the floor with a hand print on his face, but sighed as she saw a box of chocolates with a card that said 'Kagome' on it.

As Kagome walked further into her home, she gasped as she saw the silver haired boy sitting near the kitchen table with his arms folded on his chest. In front of him, was the 'Evanescence' CD.

Kagome walked nearer to Inuyasha and looked at him while he slept. She turned to her mother.

"Were they all here?" Kagome asked. Her mother shrugged.

"I suppose so. They all look so tired." Kagome's mother said as she looked at Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha.

Kagome smiled and nodded as she went to get them blankets. She covered Sango and Miroku peacefully. As she put a blanket over Inuyasha, his ears began to twitch, but he did not wake up. Kagome smiled as she caressed the soft dog ears, and they began to become less tense.

"Thank you Inuyasha...for practically saving me.." Kagome whispered as she went upstairs to take a shower.

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Inuyasha's eyes began to open when Kagome was in the shower. He looked at the blanket that had covered him now. He sniffed his surroundings and sensed Kagome's scent.

** FLASH BACK**

"Let go of her, Naraku!" Inuyasha called out as he saw Naraku holding Kagome by the neck.

"How nice of you to join us, Inuyasha. Now you can witness me permanently damaging your little bitch here." Naraku laughed.

Several of Naraku's goons ran up to Inuyasha with knives.

"Hmph. If you think these guys are going to hold me back from kickin' your ass.. Then you got another thing coming!" Inuyasha smirked as he knocked out all of Naraku's goons with one swipe of his clawed hand.

Inuyasha saw Kagome's eyes open in fright and then close. This made him even angrier knowing that Naraku was scaring her. He ran up behind him, and pulled his legs. Naraku instantly flung Kagome out of his grasp and her head hit the wall of the diner.

"YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR HURTING KAGOME YOU BASTARD!" Inuyasha said as he punched Naraku in the face a few times until he was unconscious.

Inuyasha ran towards Kagome's fallen body on the cement ground. Her head was bleeding severely. Inuyasha's eyes burned as he had a sudden flashback on how Kikyo's face looked like before she had died. He picked her up gently and supported her head with his chest. Inuyasha ran as fast as he could to the nearest hospital.

'I won't make the same mistake, Kagome. Don't die on me. I will not watch Kikyo die for a second time.'

** END OF FLASH BACK**

Inuyasha began to grip onto the blanket. He looked at the Evanescence CD on the table in front of him. He smiled as he remembered his first encounter with Kagome in his car. Inuyasha sighed in relief as his ears twitched and heard the sound of the shower turn on. Kagome's mother walked in and saw that he was awake.

"Oh, why.. Hello there, Inuyasha." she smiled.

"Hello Mrs..Kagome's mother." Inuyasha smiled sheepishly.

'Oh, that sounds like a gentlemen..don't even know her last name, Inuyasha' he thought to himself in shame.

"Ms. Higurashi, Inuyasha." Kagome's mother laughed.

"Right..hello Ms. Higurashi."

"Kagome just went upstairs to take a shower. And I can't tell you how thankful I am to know that you were there for her aid." Ms. Higurashi smiled.

**FLASH BACK**

"Sir, visiting hours have been over for nearly an hour now. I must ask you to leave." a nurse said as she entered a white room.

Inuyasha growled at the woman and showed his fangs.

"I'll leave when I want to." he said sternly.

The nurse was alarmed, but realized the boy's feelings and nodded. She left the room and told no one.

Inuyasha stared at Kagome as she lay there sleeping and bandaged. She wasn't moving at all...

"If you're planning on blaming this on me when you get better.. You got a lot of nerve, wench." Inuyasha crossed his arms as he sat in a chair right next to Kagome's bed.

"You were the one that ran out.. After you kissed me!" Inuyasha looked at Kagome.

"After you kissed me...." Inuyasha restated. "After I kissed back..."

He folded his arms across his chest and sat down in the his chair silently.

"What were you doing with those goons anyhow?! How did you get there?!" Inuyasha said in an angry..yet worried..tone.

"Hmph. It was good to see Naraku with a few bruises on his face before I got there though. You're pretty tough after all, Kags." Inuyasha laughed.

"Whoa..what the hell? KAGS?!" Inuyasha unfolded his arms and sat up. He was surprised that he already made a nickname for her. Good thing she wasn't hearing a word he was saying.

His ear twitched as Kagome moved her fingers a little bit, but didn't awaken. He stared at her. He had a sudden flashback of Kikyo's dead body in the rain. Inuyasha brought his hand onto the bed. He slowly brought it near Kagome's. Seconds later his hand was holding Kagome's hand.

"Thankfully...you're alive..." he whispered as he kissed her hand. He placed his head next to their intertwined hands on the bed. With that, he fell asleep.

** END OF FLASH BACK**

"I was just at the right place at the right time...no need for thank yous, Ms. Higurashi." Inuyasha pulled the blanket over him. Ms. Higurashi smiled again and went to get her keys.

"I feel like such a terrible mother...there's a meeting going on right now, and I ran out of it hearing about Kagome's incident. I really should be going now though. Do tell Kagome that I said good-bye and remind her that her pills on the table, dear?" Ms. Higurashi said as she stood out of the door.

Inuyasha nodded as he waved her good-bye.

"Take care of her for me! Good-bye!" And Kagome's mother closed the door.

Inuyasha sat at the table. He had been spacing out that he didn't realize that the shower was off.

'Feh. She must be done.' Inuyasha thought. He remembered what Ms. Higurashi had said and got up to get her pills off of the counter. As he carried them, he took them upstairs.

The bathroom door was already opened and steam came out of the room.

'Geeze. Is that the bathroom or the steam room?' Inuyasha rolled his eyes. He came across a door that was opened only a little bit. He was about to knock, but stopped when he heard the radio turn on. Well, oh well... what a coincidence. Their song had been playing too. 'Bring me to life' by Evanescence.

Inuyasha figured that if she turned on the radio she must've already been dressed so he decided that it would be funny to scare her. So, he opened her door quickly only to find the total opposite of what he had figured.

"EEP! HEY! YOU JERK! GET OUT OF HERE! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?! DIDN'T YOU EVER HEAR OF KNOCKING?!" Kagome yelled as she stood there in only a towel with her hair up and her forehead in bandages. Inuyasha's eyes widened with shock at what he had saw.

"WELL YOU TURNED YOUR RADIO ON AND I THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD'VE BEEN DRESSED! NOT MY FAULT!" Inuyasha yelled back.

"WHAT?! HOW DOES THE RADIO GIVE A SIGNAL THAT I'M DRESSED?! AND WHAT'RE YOU STILL DOING HERE?! GET OUT! GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT!" Kagome screamed as she threw socks at Inuyasha and one managed to hit him in the eye pretty darn hard. So he stood there with one eye closed at the door of Kagome's room.

Sango and Miroku woke up to the two screams and immediately ran upstairs. They stood there in shock as they saw what looked like.. Inuyasha winking at Kagome in a towel.

"Wait-a-go, Inuyasha! I knew I would rub off on you one day!" Miroku cheered. Sango gave him a cold stare and he stopped cheering.

"It isn't what you think!" Kagome and Inuyasha said at the same time.

"Well.. Looks like you've healed... pretty well.." Sango said as she stared at the two.

"Sango, there's an explanation for this! I swear!" Kagome said.

"Uhh.. That's okay, Kagome. You don't have to explain...I was just going to get going, so I'm going to go. You two have fun now!" Sango winked and went downstairs giggling.

"Well, well, well...Inuyasha. I knew you had it in you, but I didn't know you could score so big! I mean, in the towel?! I have yet to find lovely Sango in her towel." Miroku said with a perverted giggle.

"YOU BETTER THINK TWICE, MIROKU! BECAUSE YOU AREN'T EVER GOING TO SEE ME OTHER THAN HOW I WANT YOU TO SEE ME!" Sango yelled from downstairs.

"Oh! There she is...you two have fun now." Miroku winked at Inuyasha and went downstairs to Sango.

Kagome and Inuyasha sighed as their two friends had totally misunderstood the situation.

"See! Now look what you did!" Inuyasha yelled.

"ME?! Excuse you! You were the one that walked in on me!" Kagome yelled back.

"Well if you hadn't thrown those socks at me they would'n't have thought I was winking!"

"That's not even half of what they think! It's all your fault for walking in!"

"Your radio was on! How was I suppose to know?!"

"THAT DOESN'T SIGNAL THAT I'M DRESSED YET, YOU MORON!"

And so the two kept on arguing and arguing. Miroku and Sango were downstairs and listened to the two.

"Yep. They're going somewhere. I definitely sense flames!" Sango said smiling.

"I agree, Sango. Nice work." Miroku smiled. Sango gazed into his eyes for a moment, but then sighed in irritation as she felt a wandering hand.

"LECHER!!"

:: BONK ::

"Yeah...I guess I deserved that one.." a swirly eyed Miroku said while on the ground.