Intro of Idiots:

Fire and Raven are reading over last chapter.

Raven: So um.... did Shippou just vanish?

Fire: *sweat drop* Apparently

Raven: Why may I inquire?

Fire: *nervous laugh* um.....because he did *shrugs*

Raven: Uh......mm......can't beat that logic

Fire: He came in on Miroku's shoulder. Yes.....that is what it was.......

Raven: .......................

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"Do you think she's going to be alright?"

His mother answered in a soft voice.

"I can't answer that son. I just can't….."

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Kagome truly had no idea what had happened. She never had any memory about falling, down, shattering the vase, or hitting the ground. No memory of Shippou shaking her both screaming, and wailing worried if she wasn't all right. She never knew Sesshoumaru had come in or helped her out, or that she was taken to the hospital. She would never know that she was in intense care for a good nine hours before she could even breathe on her own again.

She would never find out it took her another four hours to become conscious, and she'd never honestly be able to comprehend just how close she was to dying.

Everyone else did though, everyone else knew what happened, and everyone was just a little bit disturbed by it. Most of all was Inu-Yasha. He remembered Kagome's pale face. He remembered what Sesshoumaru had said, and thus he wasn't sure what disturbed him more. The fact that someone tried to kill Kagome with such a creative plan, or that he could lose her just as quickly as he'd lost Kikyou.

They'd stayed in that room for a long portion of time. Tai had come at last, and took Rumiko, and InuYasha home. Inu-Yasha didn't object much being stuck in his world, but Sesshoumaru, Sango, and Shippou couldn't even be moved. So he'd left Miroku there to drive them all back in the limo.

It wasn't until one am that anything happened, Sesshoumaru, on the way back from a short walk, grabbed one of the nurses stopping her dead in her tracks. "Any updates?" He asked in an almost emotionless voice. The nurse scanned his eyes for any signs of second thoughts, but she found none.

"I know you are concerned so I will tell you. Kagome is breathing on her own, and out of the critical state. However, the doctor has ordered for us not to release this information, otherwise crowding may inflict damage upon the patient in her weaken state." The nurse finished by taking her arm away.

"When can we see her?" He asked still blocking her way.

"One person at her time, and only two in the first hour. I'd recommend you have one of your more patient friends go in first." She said before walking away.

Sesshoumaru returned to the room less than a minute later.

"It's decided, Sango, you can go in to see Kagome first, and then I will. We'd probably have to wait until decent hours for the rest of the visits. Go now, they are waiting for you." He said in a remarkable calm, but stern voice.

Sango cast a last look at them before going out.

Kagome was awake, not to active, but awake, and alive nonetheless.

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"Kagome." Sango said softly taking a seat next to Kagome's bed. Kagome stared blankly upward to the ceiling. Kagome hadn't replied.

She felt pinned down to her bed as if gravity had taken upon extra force, harder to breath, and that it seemed unnatural chilliness had reached to her fingertips. She looked no better. Her face unnaturally pale, and her eyes lacking any sort of emotion.

Sango sighed not knowing where to start. Kagome and her were acquaintances, but hadn't quite been friends. They never did spend to much time together.

"Kagome." Sango started quickly making something up in her mind. "Life isn't easy, especially when you first start living her. When I came with my brother we had no money, no home, no family. The only thing we had was a jewel from inheritance. It was astounding, called the Shikon No Tama. Around this time Inu-Yasha had meet a runaway named Kikyou. She amazed him, for she had nothing, but still held her pride up, never showing a moment of weakness."

Sango shifted her position getting further into the story. Kagome remained motionless, but her full attention was set on Sango.

"I had went to the family going to apply as a maid to support my brother. I ran into InuYasha and Kikyou around that time, and Kikyou had loved the Shikon no Tama. So I sold for the money, and InuYasha had got his mother to let me stay. I believe after that Inu-Yasha gave the jewel to Kikyou when they got engaged, and things finally began looking up for us."

Sango finished her story with a small smile. "Things work out in the end." She said finally turning to look at Kagome.

Kagome didn't say anything at first, but then spoke. "Well, I guess I'm not at that 'end', and that 'end' is most likely death, not a fairy tale as you say. What happened to Kikyou though?"

Sango shrugged. "I was never 100% sure of the details but I believed she told Inu-Yasha she'd get a ride, and for some reason walked. I don't know why, but she was jumped along the way. The Shikon No Tama was stolen, and Kikyou was killed."

Kagome's eyebrows furrowed. She remembered something-(I'm sure you've read this before, used as a reminder)

~*~*~ Memory sequence~*~*~

"She's there." Naraku told her pointing out a girl with long black hair that was walking on the side of the road. She didn't seem to care much that she was walking as snow fell, but instead she looked as if she rather take her time.

"Are you sure she has it?" Kagome asked slightly apprehensive while taking out the knife she was going to use.

Naraku nodded and they both got out of the car. This woman seemed to know they were there and turned around.

"Don't move." Kagome commanded pointing out the knife. They didn't mean to kill her, honestly. For otherwise they would have used a gun.

This woman though, she didn't seem phased. "I shouldn't have expected more." She'd said, but Kagome could have swore that woman knew her somehow.

Though Naraku was done with waiting, he jumped her to get the jewel, but she'd fought back getting away from Naraku and lunging for Kagome's knife. Kagome pulled away but Naraku grabbed it from her, and stabbed the woman, not once but three times. More than it took to kill her. He took the jewel, by the name of the Shikon No Tama from her neck, and they ran off.

~*~*End Sequence*~*~

That girl- Kikyou was it possible that was the same girl they killed. Kagome felt a cringe in her stomach, she was almost sure of it. She looked so much like that girl, a face she preferably wouldn't soon recall. Though Sango had mentioned something about Kikyou being a memory. If she wasn't laying down, she would have fell down. Kikyou just might have been her sister, and that's why she recognized her that day in the snow. Naraku had given her the jewel, and the jewel of Kikyou's death was hanging around her neck.

She suddenly felt dizzy, and eyesight was beginning to blur.

Kagome blinked rapidly knowing over stressing herself, she'd fall unconscious.

'What am I suppose to do? I surely can't give it back to them, and say sorry, and walk off like nothing happened. I was the accomplish in my own sisters murder, my new brothers future wife. Who could I honestly tell, someone that wouldn't fall from the weight of the secret I'd be putting on their shoulders?'

Kagome's vision cleared as she slowly calmed herself.

"Sango?" She asked rather weakly. Sango was already willing to listen.

"Is Sesshoumaru here, at the hospital I mean."

"Yes but-"

"Can I see him next, I have a few questions no ask?" Kagome managed to straighten out her thoughts, but she still had a heart wrenching feeling that this ending wasn't going to be a 'happily ever after' one.

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Conclusion of idiots:

Fire: And thus everything's pretty much coming together.

Raven: What was there, like 3 or 4 more chapters

Fire: Yeah, but a lot's set to happen so it isn't exactly going to be that short. I can tell people about the ending thought. If you read my warning on my bio how nothings ever happily ever after, well this clashed Raven so it isn't that bad.

Raven: ATTENTION=

Fire: Next chapter we will be revealing Kag/??? it will be so you might want to tune in to the intro of idiots. I'm pretty sure it will make 90% of you people happy, and then there is always the 10% who cannot be pleased.

Until next time.....

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