Hello all! Sorry that this update came so late. (Well all things considered it really isn't that late but I had intended it for Friday. O well.) I want to thank everyone who has been reading this fic. I really do appreciate your commentary. I forgot that some people don't understand some of what I put in Japanese. Really I do apologize, I hate it when I don't understand what it is that people are trying to say; so, at the end of this chapter is a little dictionary of the terms I have used thus far. I'll try to put them all, but I have a bad memory. Enough of me and my logorrhea, on with the fic!

Disclaimer: I don't own it, but if you are willing to sell it for ten cents; well no, that's even out of my price range, never mind.

Love Isn't Just a Memory

By: Nimerin

Chapter Five: The Light in the Tunnel

Where there was only darkness moments before a blinding light was now seeping through. Kagome blinked and the light disappeared momentarily. She opened her eyes and allowed them a moment to adjust to the light before she took in her surroundings. She was in a small whit room with faded blue curtains covering the small window. A fluorescent light buzzed overhead and was the only light present. Two chairs were situated by her right side and another on her left. There were several machines flashing and beeping and buzzing which all seemed to be attached to her in some way or another. She weakly lifted a heavy hand towards an even heavier head. Her head felt as though it were filled with lead sand. She turned her head towards the open doorway and tried to will someone to come through it. 'Come on someone tell me why I am here and why I hurt.' Her thoughts were slow in forming through the thickness in her mind. A nurse seemed to be heading towards her room. 'Yes, it worked.' The nurse continued past the room; thus, Kagome moaned dejectedly.

The nurse soon appeared in the doorway with a very surprised look on her face. She hurried over to Kagome and checked to make sure she wasn't imagining anything. "Hello child, are you awake?"

"Uh… yes." Her voice was scratchy from disuse and her tongue was hard to manipulate into forming syllables.

"How are you feeling?"

"Everything feels so heavy."

"Well, you have been unconscious for awhile."

"How long?" She felt dread settling like a lead ball in the pit of her stomach at hearing that. How much time had she really lost.

Seeing the obvious dread on the young girl's delicate features the nurse responded quickly. "Six days."

"Six days. Well, that isn't too bad. But, why?"

"You were pretty beaten up; but there was no medical reason to be out for as long as you were. I must say our whole case has us all mystified."

"How did I get here?"

"A good Samaritan saw you on the side walk and called an ambulance. What happened? Who attacked you?"

'What happened?' Kagome searched her brain for the answer but the more she tried to remember the more the fog within her mind consumed her. "I don't know." She said quietly to the waiting nurse.

"Do you mean you can't remember or that you never saw your attacker?"

A flash of crimson and black assaulted her mind's eye followed by a searing pain and then the comforting abyss.

The nurse grew very alarmed as she watched the already pale girl go ten shades paler and her eyes widen in pain. She raced out the room calling for help. "Doctor! Doctor! Come quick!" A middle aged man with graying hair and a white lab coat followed quickly after the nurse. "I stopped in because I heard a moan. I was surprised when I found her awake. I asked her how she felt and she said she felt heavy. Then, I asked what happened and she said she couldn't remember." The doctor looked up sharply at this and looked anything but pleased. "I then asked whether she simply couldn't remember or if she didn't witness the attack. After that she got really pale an appeared to be in pain just before she passed out completely."

The doctor was solemn as he finished taking the girl's readings and wrote them on her chart. He was mulling over the nurse's story and let out a heavy sigh. "Schedule her for a cat scan ASAP. Though, I must confess I doubt it will reveal anything abnormal this time either. This girl really is a mystery. I wish we could ask her what happened; but, from the sounds of it, she won't remember. Call her family and let them know that she woke up."

"I believe that they are in the cafeteria doctor."

"That's fine. Tell them she will probably be getting her Cat scan so they may have to wait a few moments."

"Alright." The nurse left the room in search of Kagome's family as the doctor looked at his patient with a sullen look.

Two attendants came in and prepared Kagome for transport. "We are here to take the patient to her Cat scan."

"That's fine. Bring me the results as soon as possible."

"Sure thing." They wheeled Kagome out the room and down the hall.

There was a strange whirring noise buzzing all around her. She sensed more than felt she was in a tunnel of some sorts and, to put it bluntly, she freaked out. Her eyes snapped open as she jerked her upper body to a seated position. Her head made contact with something solid and she immediately returned to lying down. 'Just what I need, something else wrong with this brain of mine.'

"Hello Miss Higurashi. If you remain still for a few more moments then we will have you out of there in no time." A man's voice came to her slightly distorted.

'Must be over an intercom or something.' She realized. "What's going on?"

"After you passed out, your doctor ordered another Cat scan. We called for him so that when we are done he can answer any questions you may have."

"Thank you."

After a few more minutes of bright lights scanning her head and that annoying whirring noise, she was slowly brought out of the machine. Two men in white suits stood on the right preparing to lift her back onto her hospital bed, while a man who appeared to be her doctor observed her studiously. "Lie down for a moment more miss, I need to check that bump you just gave yourself."

She complied as the man felt the bump. "Does it hurt?"

"Not really. I guess I have a hard head."

The doctor smiled slightly at that and then shone a light in her eyes. "I am just checking to make sure yo don't have a concussion."
"Oh, okay."

"All fine." He smiled openly this time. He had been secretly afraid the girl had suffered more head trauma and might slip back into her coma. He still hadn't figured out what had caused the first one, and he needed her awake if he was going to get any answers. "How are you feeling?"

"Better than last time. Though I have a small headache; but, that might be just because I hit my head a minute ago."
"What do you remember?" He was anxious to see if the nurse had been right about her lack of memory.

"Well, I remember going out with my friends and then telling them good bye." She tried to remember more, but the haze wouldn't let her. "That's it." her forehead was drawn as were her lips. "I don't understand. Shouldn't I know what happened to me?"

"Medically, there is nothing wrong with you. Do you know who you are?"

"Yes. Kagome Higurashi, age sixteen. I live with Mama, Jii-chan, Souta, and my cat Buyo at the Sunset Shrine. My three best friends are…" She wanted to say their names, but something was stopping her; it was pleading for attention but the haze pushed it back into the recesses of her mind. She looked up and saw the apprehensive look the doctor was giving her; she realized she must have been taking awhile to answer him. "Gomen. They are Yuka, Eri, and Ayume." 'Why was that so hard for me to say? It's almost as if I was resisting it.' She puzzled.

The doctor continued to drill her on miscellaneous facts that she should know, and she answered them all perfectly. The doctor was relieved. "Well, it doesn't appear that you have amnesia; your memory seems to be fine, in fact I believe that it is better than most people's." He smiled at her pleasantly.

Kagome was relieved that there wasn't anything seriously wrong with her but something still didn't make sense. She appeared to have all her memories, but she felt as though there were gaps. After a minute she shrugged it off. 'No one can remember everything can they?' "Doctor, just one last question."

"Sure."

"Why can't I remember what happened to me that night?"

He frowned as he thought it over. Finally he spoke slowly, as though he wasn't sure of his answer. "You may be subconsciously repressing it. Sometimes we don't want to remember, so we block it out." (AN: isn't it always a comfort when even the doctor's don't know what is wrong with you?)

"Oh."

"Don't worry, I am sure that you will remember it in time. If you really want I could schedule a meeting with one of the hospital counselors."

"Um…That's okay. I am sure it will come back to me soon." She smiled an honest smile at the doctor.

"I am glad to see you recovering so quickly. If you keep doing this well then I am sure you will be out of her in no time."

"Can I see my family now?"

"Sure. The attendants will take you back to your room. Your family should be waiting for you there."

The attendants made to help her off of the machine and into her bed, but she stopped them. "I can walk. Really I feel fine now."

"I think that it would be best if you let them bring you back to your room. You just woke up again and we don't want to risk any more incidents."

She pouted slightly but nodded her head in ascension. Seeing her agree, the men once again moved to help her. "I know I can make it five feet gentlemen." She said dryly as she swung her legs over the edge and hopped off the table before even waiting for their response. She strode to her bed on strong legs and settled herself in with a triumphant grin. "Okay I am ready to go now."

The doctor and attendants were in a slight state of awe if their gaping expressions were anything to go by. Never had her doctor seen anyone recover from a coma and be able to stand that strong and steady so soon. 'I suppose she must have been in very good shape before she landed her. Though, I don't recall her family saying anything along those lines; nor her during our brief talk. Oh well, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.' "Alright. Bring her to her room. I will be in to speak with you and your family soon Kagome. I just have to add a few things to your chart first."

"Okay, see you then." She said brightly. The doctor offered her a small smile in return before she was wheeled out. When she was out of sight he returned to his musings.

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AN: Aright well there was another chapter. Sorry that it was focused so much in the hospital, the next chappie is heading along those lines a bit too. I will try very hard to get some Inu and the gang in the next chapter but I never know where my mind will take me. If you have any questions just let me know!

Here is the little dictionary:

Kami-god

Hai- yes

Iie- no

Gomen- sorry

Arigato- thank you

Um… I think that's it. REVIEW PLEASE!