A/N: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I'm BAAACCCKKKKK!!!!! Yeah... sorry about that .

Anywho, as you can see, I'm back, and just a little bit more evil. You can blame that on Las Vegas... just so you know, that place SUCKS unless you have LOTS of money and you're over 21. There are NO restaurants, just Casinos. It just sucked for me. The ONLY cool thing was that I got to play the Rush 2041 arcade all day on 50 cents, because I'm just that good at racing arcades. ^.^v

So, yeah, on with the fic... I wasn't quite sure exactly what I wanted to do with this one, so were gonna hafta put all our hope for the title of this chapter on these loaded dice I bought...

Disclaimer: I own NOTHING! Yay!!?

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Kinetics:

Track 19: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

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Inuyasha's vision was blurred as he woke, and the only thing he was sure of was that he was in a white room that smelled of medicine. "Where am I?" he asked groggily, starting to sit up.

He felt a feminine hand push him back down gently and heard a familiar voice say, "Shh, stay down, your in the hospital."

"Kagome? What happened...?"

"Shh, it's alright, you just fainted..." Kagome trailed off uncertainly, and Inuyasha knew something was up.

Struggling to remember, he sank down in his pillow and slowly went over all of the events of the day. The day had been hectic, but nothing that would have made him-

The horrifying scene of his father being mowed down played over and over again in his head, and he jolted forward in fear and surprise. "What happened to my father?" Inuyasha asked quietly, breaking out in a cold sweat.

"They... don't know if he's gonna make it..." Kagome answered, as if she were afraid to see his reaction.

"And the driver?"

"We... don't know who it was. He sped off afterward..."

Inuyasha sank back down into his bed, forcing back the tears that threatened to show. He couldn't be weak, not in front of Kagome....

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Miroku paced the hallway angrily, wondering just what was going on in his friend's room. Meanwhile, Shippou was off somewhere on the phone, so Miroku had no one to vent at.

That is, until a familiar female figure appeared down the hallway. Miroku quirked a brow for a second, wondering just what Sango was doing here. His expression turned into a scowl as she approached. Did she think she could on pretending? Did she really think he was that dumb.

She stopped in front of him, her head hung low in shame. Miroku just glared.

"I... I..." Sango offered shakily. Without warning she threw herself at the young boy, crying heavily into his chest. "I'M SO SORRY!!"

Miroku was confused. He wanted to yell at her, to throw her away, but all he could do was try to calm her. Why was that?

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An hour later, things had died down. Sango had fallen asleep in a chair, and Miroku was well on his way to dreamland too. Shippou was still no where to be found.

The delicate silence of the room was broken by the creaking of hinges. Miroku straightened himself out and looked up to see both Kagome and Inuyasha step out.

"What's she doing here?" Inuyasha asked.

"I think... she's seeking forgiveness," Miroku answered. He was too stressed to care about much right now.

Inuyasha just shook his head. It wasn't the most important thing on his mind right now. "Where's my dad?"

"They moved him to Boston about two hours ago," Miroku said tiredly.

Inuyasha took a deep, calming breath. He then screamed, "FFFUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKK!!!"

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Sesshoumaru sat in a waiting room just outside the OR. His father's fate rested in the hands of the doctors, which made Sesshoumaru feel powerless. He sighed. Why did life have to be so unfair?

His thoughts were interrupted as the door opened and he saw his father being wheeled down the hall. A doctor approached Sesshoumaru and said, "We've done all we can do for him, all that's left is to wait."

Sesshoumaru just nodded, and paid only half his attention as he was told which room to go to. He thanked the doctor, nodded curtly, and rushed down the hall in the direction he was told.

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Inuyasha ran from the car out into the street towards the Boston Medical Center. He began to feel light-headed again and started to slump forward, but was caught by Miroku.

"Take it easy!" scolded the black-haired youth, "Are you trying to get yourself killed?!"

"Thanks..." Inuyashsa said, before taking off again.

The lady at the desk seemed frightened by him, as he frantically asked for his father's room number. The lady told him the number and pointed in a direction, and before she could say anything else he was gone.

Ignoring the feeling of nausea rising in his stomach, Inuyasha ran down the hallway. Taking note of the numbers on the wall, he took a sharp left, and ran straight into Sesshoumaru. Without saying anything, Inuyasha got up and began to walk around Sesshoumaru, but the older boy blocked him. "Let me go!" Inuyasha screamed.

Sesshoumaru just held him back. "Let me see my father!" Inuyasha screamed again, sending a wild punch towards Sesshoumaru's face. The older boy hardly flinched, and a trickle of blood started at the corner of his mouth. Inuyasha's expression turned to horror.

"You're too late," Sesshoumaru said, his eyes sinking, "you're just... too late..."

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A few weeks later, after all the services were held, Inuyasha was still grieving. He hardly spoke, didn't eat much, and pretty much floated around disinterestedly. One week, he just stopped getting out of bed.

"Hey Inu..." Miroku said, walking down the stairs, "Look... everyone's worried about you. They sent me here to try and talk you out of this slump." Inuyasha didn't acknowledge him.

"Come on, get out of bed."

"Shh..." Inuayasha hushed him, "Don't move, or you'll ruin the surprise."

Miroku was stunned. He couldn't bare to be there, staring at the broken shell of his best friend. He quietly left.

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Hours later, Inuyasha sat up. He scanned his room, like a stranger taking in someone's house for the first time. His eyes fell upon his old guitar- even through all of Kagome's persisting, he hadn't played it in a few years.

He stood up stiffly, ignoring the ache's in his back, and walked over to the instrument. Sitting in his old stool, he shifted through his old sheets of tablature from when he was first learning. "Ahh... this one looks about right." he said to himself.

He picked up the instrument, and after a few false starts the song came back to him. The melancholy chords reverberated off the walls, and the world seemed to slow down for him. He sang:

I look at you all,

see the love that lies sleeping,

While my guitar gently weeps,

I look at the floor,

and I see it needs sweeping,

still my guitar gently weeps,

Kagome stood at the door, a silent tear running down her cheek.

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A/N: o.o Uber sad.... poor ending, I know...

I am SO sorry this took so long! I started writing this on Monday, and had to fight through the heaviest writer's block I have ever known to get this out. Hopefully the next few chapters come easier. I know there may be a few mistakes, but I'm just so tired of this chapter that I'm just gonna post it as is.

If all goes according to plan, the next two chapters should be flashback. Meh. Anywho, be on the lookout for Chapter 20, which I've decided to screw originality and go for Achilles' Last Stand for. My apologies to Greywolf, but I really can't avoid it without merging the chapter with chapter 21, Dust in the Wind, which I seriously DON'T want to do. However, I am using Achilles' Last Stand in a manner completely different than my original plans.

Also, be on the lookout for info about the contest, as well as another chapter of Lost Prophet. That's all for now really... ja!