Disclaimer: I went to Japan, and I sat on her doorstep and begged for three nights straight. Rumiko still didn't give him to me...In fact, she called the police. Now I'm forbidden to return to Japan...

In Darkness There is No Pain

Ch. 6: Dark Angel

By: Eartha

Sweat collected on the brow of the young doctor as he carefully finished sewing up the child. It had been a strenuous procedure, requiring more attention than most of his other surgeries. Glancing up at nurse Sango, he nodded his head to tell he was finished. In response, she began to pick up the tools and clean up the girl so she would be ready to go back to intensive care. Quietly watching for a second, Inuyasha nodded his head in approval then turned to leave, the small mass of tissue in solution in his hand. He would drop it off at the lab to test it. It looked benign, but if proved to be cancerous then he didn't know what else they could do for the child. Once a cancer like Leukemia spreads, there's little he could do to stop it. One can keep on cutting away, but sometimes what's left of the person is worse than the cancer itself. He shook his head, if he thought about it too much, he would just be depressed...It was just that...no one deserved to feel that type of pain, especially not the innocent.

After dropping off the sample, he left to find his friend Miroku. If anyone could cheer him up, it would be the lecherous monk and any female he happened to find the man with. It was always amusing to watch the lecher be beaten into the floor. With purpose he set off towards the women's (can't just say nurses 'cause there are some guys out there who are nurses too, you know!) changing room.

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Kagome sighed deeply, slumping into one of the comfy chairs in the room. Kaede made her stay overtime. She had now officially been on her feet for 15 hours and really felt like just crashing right here in the hospital. Her eyes began to close into blissful sleep....

"Hentai!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bam, boom, crash...

Urgh, what now, thought Kagome as she slowly slid her hand over her face. If it was that lecherous monk...

However, Kagome was pleasantly surprised to see not the black-haired man whose sprawled form she knew so well, but the slumped form of a man with a tangle of silver-white hair.

Sango stood over the body, breathing healthily, cheeks full of color from the embarrassment of it all. She was standing half-dressed, shirt in hand, with skirt unzipped. In her hand was a medical reference textbook, the most voluminous book there was to be found.

Sango had just knocked out the annoying doctor from this morning.

Kagome couldn't help it when her shoulders began to shake. What could she say? She had had a shitty day and was nearly delirious from sleep deprivation. She really tried to hold it in, really she did. Especially since Sango looked so upset, but...

It was just so damn funny...

When Kagome just started laughing her head off, Sango seemed to wake from her stupor. Slightly miffed that her friend would laugh at her predicament, she turned and walked away, desperately trying to find a secure location to continue changing.

Kagome never noticed her leaving. Tears were streaming down her face from all the amusement of the situation.

However, after hearing him groan in pain, she was able to contain the giggles. She walked over to the prone form, squatting down to peer at the man's slowly rising head.

Kagome smiled broadly when his golden eyes met her stormy blue. When he finally recognized her face, he let out an even louder groan...

"Karma's a bitch, isn't it Doc?"

Again, Kagome couldn't help to laugh again when she saw him scowl at her. The whole thing was just way too deliciously funny...

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Inuyasha was really, really confused. All he did was walk into the room and he gets hit with a huge book!! What did he do to deserve that?! Wait, hadn't he been looking for Miroku when this all started? Something about watching him be hammered to the floor by a nurse in the girl's changing room? No, it couldn't be, had he fallen into the same fate as the lecherous monk?!

Silver laughter woke him from his raging thoughts, and left him in a stupor. That sound, who could make such a melodious sound? He just had to know where that sound was coming from. Slowly, groaning in pain with the effort, he raised his head to find the source. A form approached bringing with it the wild smell of lavender in the evening breeze. What a soothing scent...

Slowly raising his eyes as the form lowered itself to his eye level, Inuyasha came face to face with the amazing creature that was now filling his thoughts. First he took in the bottom of her face. She had a cute, pointy little chin with full, pouty lips. Moving upwards he found an adorable nose, Asiatic in form. Then, he found her eyes. They were beautiful seas of endless blue.

However, his near-dreaming state was abruptly awoken with that thought. He had seen those eyes before...

Her voice made its way to his ears, "Karma's a bitch, isn't it Doc?"

No, it couldn't be. This heaven sent creature couldn't be HER, the annoying wench he told off this morning.

He scowled, then took another look at her face in whole. It was still beautiful, but there was no doubt about. It was the same nurse...and she was laughing at him!!!

Man did he hate his life.

Just as he was about to make an angry retort, the rushing smell of sandalwood reached his nose. No one had that much cologne on except for the annoying, yet hilarious monk. The exact man he had been trying to find when this all happened. Curse that man for rubbing off his bad luck with women on him...

Just when he was about to verbally curse his own bad luck, Inuyasha was again sent to lala-land when the heavy door was flung open, knocking him on the head once again...

Ahh...sweet oblivion.

.........

Miroku blinked once, then twice. His infamous lecherous smile gracing his face when he looked upon the couple on the floor. There was the beautiful nurse Kagome, cheeks red, sprawled over the form of his best friend, Inuyasha. It looked as if the man had finally taken some of his advice on women. Wow, will wonders never cease?

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Kagome was mortified when Miroku began to stare at her with that all- knowing lecherous grin. When he had opened the door so suddenly, she had been startled into falling over the doctor, placing her in a very compromising position. The only thing she had to be thankful for is that dog of a doctor being unconscious and thus being unable to make the situation worse.

However, her embarrassment lessened when she watched Miroku's eyes grow serious with sadness.

Thoughts flew through her mind. Had they lost one of their patients? Oh, no. She really hoped it wasn't that little girl Rin, she had been so full of life...

Her train of thought was cut off abruptly when Miroku addressed her.

"Kagome, I came in here looking for you. We just received a call from the morgue..."

Concern showed on her face as he mentioned such a place. It was not uncommon for it to be mentioned in their line of work, but something told Kagome this was beyond what encompassed her work. It was something far more personal...

Concern instantly turned to fear when Miroku knelt down and picked up her hand, rubbing the small appendages with the pad of his thumb in a soothing manner.

Then Miroku spoke...

"Kagome, there was a bombing this morning and...well...it's your Grandfather, they want you to come and identify the body..."

Miroku's warm sympathy could not reach her as her body turned icy cold. No, it couldn't be. Her grandfather had been scheduled for a radio show this morning...How could a bombing occur there? Why would a bombing occur there? It didn't make any sense. That's right, it didn't. They must be mistaken. It just couldn't be...

Kagome began shaking her head and mouthing the word, "no." Miroku could see the denial in her eyes. He wanted to reassure her, to help her, but she pulled back from his efforts.

"No, it must be a mistake, Miroku. It can't be Grandpa, it just doesn't make sense."

Kagome spoke with such conviction that Miroku himself almost believed her. But, they wouldn't have called and sounded as they did, if they hadn't been pretty darn sure...

Miroku began to reason with her, "Kagome..."

But, the girl backed away from him even more, panic replacing denial.

He reached out to her again...then, Kagome screamed.

After that, all hell broke loose.

Sango ran in, saw Miroku and then unceremoniously picked up the medical reference. Miroku ran in fear of his life. Unfortunately, he seemed to have lost his sense of direction, because instead of being smart and leaving the dressing room, he ran into it. Right into the women's showers. Miroku soon realized his mistake when variously undressed and dripping females began throwing soap and other bathroom accessories at him. He tried to turn back, but there was Sango behind him. So, he only fled further into the heaven turned hell, screaming girls running after him.

Wow, it had seemed much better in his dreams...

Meanwhile, Kagome remained in the middle of the entrance room, rocking back and forth in sheer panic and fear. No thoughts crossed her mind, her body was in complete denial shut down.

Then, warm clawed hands snaked around her, bringing her towards a warm chest.

Inuyasha had heard the whole thing. Whatever their differences may be, he couldn't just watch the girl suffer alone. The Monk had a made a real mess of the whole situation. So, he hugged the girl to himself, giving her support when he knew she felt like drowning in despair.

He knew.

And then the tears came, as expected. Silent at first they soon turned to despairing wails of pain.

And all Inuyasha could do was hold on tighter to the dark angel in his arms.

A/N Hey people, I'm back!! Amazing isn't it? Well, I received a really nice e-mail from an author named Zade who inspired me to begin writing this story again. And look, what do you know, I did!!!

Thanks ZADE!!

Lova ya all

Eartha