Chapter Sixteen: Collapse
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"When I look into your eyes, I see a lot of hate. Pushing me away- your haunted by a past, a past that brings you down. So you throw it all away... again.
Just try to find a place deep within your soul, and don't deny the child living deep inside. Open your eyes and find, this life's better than you know. It's in your hands now, just open up your eyes.
Deep inside of your mind, your forced to believe, that nothings gonna change. So I take you by the hand, and I lead you to a place, a place of happiness. Like this.
Don't throw it away."
Open Your Eyes 12 Stones
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Kagome sat down in the stiff hospital chair with a distinct 'plunk' noise. She put her hands over her eyes and let out a stifled sob, but not one of tears, one of pure sorrow.
Sitting next to her was Inuyasha, and standing in the corner was a stiff- looking Sesshoumaru. He had driven them to the hospital right after the phone call from Sango's mother.
Inuyasha put his arm around Kagome's shoulder and she leaned into him, latching her arms around his warm body, and putting her face by his heart. She inhaled and was calmed by the smooth fragrance he gave off. His musky smell mixed with his cologne that was purely Inuyasha.
Sango's mother had told the story just a few minutes after they arrived.
Sango was finally telling them about being pregnant, and how Miroku had abandoned her. Her parents had been very angry with her, and disappointed with her actions. They were even considering kicking her out of the house as punishment.
Kagome closed her eyes and held back the tears. She had been crying way too much lately, and she really couldn't handle doing it again. She remembered what Sango's mother had said...
"She was telling us about all of this, and suddenly she cried out in pain, as if someone had kicked her in the stomach! We heard a splash, and looked down to see her water had broken. Sango had looked at me... Her eyes where so terrified. 'The baby is coming!' She told me... 'But it's to early' I had cried, and then she had cried out in pain again. She clutched her stomach, and screamed all of the drive to the hospital."
Inuyasha tightened his grip on her shoulders. "That son-of-a-bitch Miroku isn't even around." He stated. "Not even to watch as his own baby dies." Kagome nodded, and felt anger directed towards that ass, Miroku, but her worry for her dearest friend out-weighted it all.
"Why do you think things happen to certain people? Why do people who don't deserve happiness get mounds of it, well others suffer silently, choking in their tears?" Kagome asked, pulling away from his chest and looking into his eyes.
"Why do we have to be alone all of out lives, then meet a few people who actually care, and get them ripped out forever? Is that fair? If there was a fucking merciful god and all of that shit, why did he make his planet so painful? Why did he have murders and people who rape others for the fun of it?
"Why did he even allow people like Hichi to be born? A fucking prick like him? For him to still be living freely on the streets, hurting people? And why do wonderful people like Sango have to have a miscarriage? Have to have her child taken from her?" Kagome's voice cracked, and for the first time all day tears rose into her eyes.
Inuyasha felt his whole body rack with worry for this girl. "Kagome..." He started, lifting his hand up and touching her face gently. "It's because life isn't fair."
Kagome nodded. "We each have our destiny. I guess fate decided to give Sango this pain, in retribution for doing drugs well pregnant with a child. I guess it just decided one day to kill my mother, or rip your beloved Grandfather from you life... Kagome, though all of these horrible things have happened, isn't it enough that you still have friends? You still have Sango, Henya, and I around to be there for you?" He asked, giving her a small smile.
"I guess fate also played a trick on me." He told her. Kagome into his eyes.
"What do you mean?" She asked, feeling her heart flutter at the tone of his voice when he had told her that.
"He made me fall in lo-"
"Excuse me." A man stated, over by Sango's parents. Inuyasha stopped what he was saying and looked over as well. The man was obviously a doctor. He had white hair, and square glasses. His nametag was pinned on his right breast, and a black pen was sticking out of the pocket. Kagome looked at Inuyasha and they both stood up, walking over.
Sango's mother looked to be in a panic. "What's the diagnosis, Doctor?! Is the baby dead? Is my baby going to be all right?" Kagome watched as she started sobbing.
She then heard the doctor sigh and looked over. Though he was crisp and professional looking, she now saw looked very tired.
"I'm very sorry." He told them.
"Miss Sango Hatsuaki did not make it. She has lost too much blood from having it removed. Her baby and herself died justfive or sominutes ago."
Kagome stared at him for a very long time. She felt her whole body shaking, and faintly heard Sango's mom screaming in her husband's arms. The whole world had stopped, and in the process, Kagome's heart had been shattered into so many shards of blood-stained glass. She felt herself step back and put her hand over her mouth.
Kagome then crumbled to pieces on the floor. Sesshoumaru ran over and tried to steady her, and Inuyasha was already holding her. Kagome then let out the loudest cry she had ever emitted. Her best friend was dead. Her best friend was DEAD.
Sobbing loudly and now very freely, she screamed and she screamed.
"You never get a break, do you?" Inuyasha whispered, though he was not even heard over the sound of the woman he loved breaking into pieces before his eyes.
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Next Chapter: Forever (Epilogue)