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Miracle Worker
Ch. 3: "I Believe You Are Innocent"
Dr. Kagome Higurashi sighed when she got home. She felt very emotionally drained. The doctor did not know why because SHE was the psychiatrist! Oh, wait, she was also human; not to mention she comforted a patient in a way that her other fellow psychiatrist would deem as 'unethical in doctor/patient relationships.'
How Kagome let Inuyasha cry bitterly on her lap was considered 'unethical'; also the way she comforted him. She allowed him to cry in her lap, without pushing him away. She had forgotten the moral code during that moment.
At that moment, they weren't just 'doctor and patient'; they were 'man and woman.' It just seemed natural for Kagome to comfort Inuyasha during his moment of emotional strain.
Kagome slammed the two folders down on the table, not being able to concentrate. She sighed again as she looked over the papers in the old folder. A question came to her mind; should she increase the hours with Inuyasha, or just stay on the same course?
The first answer that came to Kagome's mind was to increase the hours. Inuyasha seemed like he needed the extra hours of help; all the help he could get, really. Kagome once again turned to the papers, and read the police report:
… We got to the house after the neighbors have reported screams coming from the house. When we got inside the front door we saw claw marks all over the walls, the doors, and the furniture.
The bedroom was the worst. The bed's sheets were torn up, clumps of hair all over the floor. Pictures were knocked down off the walls, their frames broken.
There was blood. Blood everywhere; covering the bed, the floor, and all over the house. Then we heard a cry from the kitchen, so we headed that way to see if anyone, although we hardly believed it, was still alive.
We saw the suspect holding the victim in his arms, crying her name over and over. He was covered in blood.
He deserves to fry after a murder like that. Give justice to that poor girl and her family, and let him fry!
Kagome sighed and looked away from the papers. She wasn't the brightest person in the world, but there was a reason she has a doctor's degree; something just wasn't right about the report. She didn't know what, but she could tell. Now if only she could ask Inuyasha the questions she wanted to ask him, without him snapping on her.
"But I would never hurt her! She was my princess! I would never kill her! I would never kill my princess! I swear to you, I would never harm her in any way!"
"I want to believe you, Inuyasha." Kagome sighed. "I want so much to believe you."
Kagome touched her neck where the bruises, the size of his hands, were marked there. She remembered the crazy look in his eyes, the change in his voice when he yelled at her. How inhumanly strong he was.
Yet, even a person like that could be innocent.
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"It is almost the thirteenth of August, Inuyasha.""Yes, I know, detective."
"You will be trialed by a Trial Jury."
A nod from the hanyou.
"Oh stop scaring him, Detective Kagura. Can't you see he is under enough pressure?"
"I'm not trying to scare him, Kana."
"Could have fooled me." Kana mumbled.
"Now, Inuyasha. Will you tell us the truth for once? Tells us what really happened that night." Kagura questioned.
Inuyasha stared straight into Kagura's eyes; his deep violet-colored eyes piercing through her soul.
"I told you the whole truth from what I can remember, detective. I keep telling the truth, and other people keep on knocking it down." Inuyasha replied.
Kagura sighed, rubbing her hand through her hair.
"You can't get away from the death penalty just by pleading temporary insanity—"
"Just insanity."
Kagura glared at Inuyasha.
"Do you know how many people have been pulling the insanity card before you?! Eighty percent have pleaded insanity or temporary insanity! That card is played so many times that it would be highly unlikely for your get off. Just admit that you killed the both of them, and you can get a lighter sentence!"
"I did kill them, but I didn't know that I was doing it."
Kagura let out a frustrated growl.
"Just say, 'I did kill them both.' That's it! It will save us both a lot of trouble!"
"I didn't know I was doing it. I don't remember. All I have are flashes—"
"All you have is all the evidence AGAINST you! Hard evidence that point to you! You're claws all over her body! Their blood all over the place! You at the scene of the crime! God! Think for once, Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha stared hard at Kagura, then to Kana. His eyes pierced her soul as well, although Kana was less affected by it than Kagura was.
"I didn't know I did it." Inuyasha said in a firm, soft voice while he still looked at Kana.
Kagura had sparks coming out of her eyes.
"Inuyasha, this is your final warning—"
"Oh, you are also talking to Inuyasha?" a female voice suddenly said.
Kana, Kagura, and Inuyasha all looked up to see Kagome, holding two folders and standing by the closed door.
"Yes, we are." Kagura said in a cold voice. "Now, you may leave—"
"I can't do that, because you are taking time off of Inuyasha's psychiatric help. Therefore, I cannot allow you to talk to him any further. Also, I might add, two detectives are not allowed to talk to the suspect without the presence of his lawyer, so all that Inuyasha said will be discarded. If you do not, I will be forced to take legal action against you."
Kagome and Kagura glared at each other for a good minute. Inuyasha stared up at his doctor in awe and respect. No one has taken up for him since he was put in this place; not even his lawyer.
"We asked if he would like to have his lawyer present, and he said no." Kana exclaimed.
Inuyasha snapped his head and looked at Kana. Both of the female detectives never asked him if he would like his lawyer present. He was about to say something when Kagome cut him off.
"As a psychiatrist, I would always take the word of a person who is sane, never the word of someone in an insane asylum." Kagome informed them.
Inuyasha flinched; yes, he knew he was insane, but for some strange reason, when Kagome said it, it hurt. Inuyasha had to hold himself back from attacking Kagome again because the instinct to kill anything that hurt him was kicking into his system.
"However," Kagome continued. "You do not have a tape recorder with you, so therefore it is not substantial."
Now Inuyasha was torn with emotion; half of him was filled with respect for his doctor because she was taking up for him. The other half wanted to yell at her because she was playing both sides of the line: his side, and the prosecutor's side.
Kagura glared some more, then finally stood up.
"We are going now, Kana." She exclaimed, giving Kagome one last glare.
While Kagome was glaring at Kagura, Kana walked over to Inuyasha and whispered in his ear so only he would hear.
"You're going to fry, Inuyasha! And I will be there to see you get cooked!"
Before leaving, Kana licked Inuyasha on his cheek, leaving him stunned and wide-eyed. When they left, Kagome turned to Inuyasha.
"So, how are you today?" she asked.
Inuyasha just stared at Kagome with wide eyes, his mouth open and closed as he tried to speak. Yet, the only sentence that came out of his mouth was, "They didn't ask me if I wanted my lawyer present."
Kagome nodded.
"I know, Inuyasha, I know."
"Then why did you say that you would never take their word over someone who is insane?"
Kagome stopped, guilt bubbling in her stomach.
"I do not have an excuse for what I said, Inuyasha, and I apologize."
Inuyasha nodded, excepting her apology.
Kagome set the folders down, and then moved to the window. She tried to open it up, but it was very much locked in there that way.
"The window doesn't open." Inuyasha informed. "It never did."
Kagome sighed, and she moved back to the table with the folders on it. She opened them up, and then she stopped.
"I have an idea: how about we go outside in the gardens and talk?"
Inuyasha looked surprised.
"I suppose we could. I haven't gotten much sunlight since… last time." He indicated to his pale skin that was in desperate need of sunlight.
Kagome nodded, telling him to wait until she got permission. Inuyasha stared at the folders, then at the one Kagome personally made for him. He hesitated, and then he reached out and looked at her notes.
She had written down all the possible mental illness he could have. He listened with his sensitive ears for her footsteps as he scrolled his eyes down the page. Then the last thing in her notes that she wrote seemed to have jumped out off the page and attack his eyes.
Inuyasha heard Kagome's footsteps, so he sat down in his chair, acting like he was waiting the whole time.
When she came in, she smiled at him.
"Well, I had to fight them a lot, but I finally managed to get their permission."
Inuyasha and Kagome went down the elevator; it seemed strangely familiar for Inuyasha to be in an elevator because of his stay in that room for months on end. He got to wear regular, civilian clothes instead of the regular white pants and shirt he was force to wear.
He wore a red shirt with a pair of faded blue pants that were three sizes too big, and they hung loosely around his hips.
Kagome and Inuyasha walked out of the elevator, and walked down the hallway until they came to the two doors that led to the gardens outside.
Kagome pushed opened the doors, but Inuyasha did not follow. She looked behind her; he was still standing there, looking outside like it frightened him.
'Of course.' Kagome thought. 'He is so used to being inside for months that he probably forgot what it was like to be outside.'
Kagome lifted her hand out to him.
"Come on, Inuyasha!" she smiled to him.
Inuyasha hesitated, and then placed his hand on her outstretched hand. He suddenly had the urge to snap his hand back from her hand; months without human touch can make a sane person go insane, and an insane person go even more insane.
Yet, he forced his fingers to wrap around her hand and she did the same. Kagome tugged Inuyasha toward the two opened doors and then out into the sunlight.
The white sunlight burst in his eyes, and Inuyasha had to tightly shut his eye lids over his violet eyes. When his silted, cat pupils adjusted from the months indoors, he slowly opened his eyes to a beautiful sight.
Everything was beautiful in the garden; even some of the dying flowers. And Kagome, whom was still holding his hand, was the most beautiful in the whole garden.
Her smile was brighter than the sun that shined down on them; her eyes were bright, sparkling, and full of life. Slowly, he felt that life in her start to fill his already dead soul up with life; it was like Inuyasha's soul was waking up from a long sleep, finally coming back to life.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha breathed her name.
Kagome stopped, her eyes growing wide, and Inuyasha felt as if he said something wrong.
"You said my name. Usually you just call me 'doctor,' but this time you said my name."
"I'm sorry, doctor."
"No, no, it's quite alright. I prefer if you called me by my first name."
Inuyasha nodded, and then Kagome smiled again, neither of them noticing they were still holding hands.
The hanyou gave a small smile and he leaned in to smell a sweet blue daisy; the sweet fragrance filled his nostrils, but for some strange reason, Inuyasha preferred Kagome's sent to the blue daisy.
Her sent was natural, more desirable. They walked down the pathway of the gardens, and they finally settled down on the green grass.
"My brother is planning on coming to visit me tomorrow." Inuyasha informed Kagome.
"Ah, that's great! As long as his visit does not get in between us!" she giggled.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome with those piercing violet eyes.
"I'm sure it wouldn't." he reassured her.
"Good, because I don't want to have anyone come between me and my favorite patient."
Kagome winked at the hanyou and smiled.
"I am hanyou…" Inuyasha blurted out.
"Han….you?" Kagome questioned.
Inuyasha nodded.
"Half demon and half human; my mother was the human, and my father was the demon. That's why he was killed: he mated with a human."
Kagome blinked.
"And your brother….?"
"He is pure demon. We share the same father."
"Ah…"
Kagome knew about demons. They were not uncommon during these days, and they lived among humans, dwelling with them. Of course, that did not stop the bigotry and hatred among humans and demons. This is the first time that Kagome has ever met someone who is half.
"Tell me, doctor… Do you have a way with people?" Inuyasha asked.
"A way…? Doctor?"
"Do you have a way with putting the pieces of people back together?"
"I don't know what you mean…"
Inuyasha looked away from Kagome.
"I'm sorry…. Just talking nonsense."
Kagome considered Inuyasha's question.
"Well… I am a physiatrist and I try to help people the best way I can."
"But…. Do you have a way of saying all the right words to make them trust you? To make them fall in love with you?"
"Inuyasha…. I just try to help them in the best way I can. I never try to get a patient to fall in love with me."
Inuyasha looked back at Kagome with sad, violet eyes.
"You're just like her…. Kikyo…. You and her have a way with making people fall in love. Do you never stop to consider what it is like for the other people?"
Kagome shifted, looking around for a quick escape.
"Inuyasha, I honestly do not know what the world you are talking about!" Kagome exclaimed in a very offended voice.
"Do you think I'm innocent?" he asked.
Kagome stopped moving and she looked up at the hanyou.
"What?"
"Do you think I am innocent." Inuyasha repeated.
"I want to believe that you are, Inuyasha. I really do want to believe you are innocent." She answered.
Inuyasha reached over and gently grabbed Kagome's hand. Kagome felt a tingling shock shoot up her arm from his hand. Her heart started to pound in an uneven rhythm and she desperately wanted to believe that it was because of fear.
"Then trust me." Inuyasha told her.
"I do trust you."
"Then how come you shift away from me?"
Kagome stopped, not realizing she was shifting away from Inuyasha. She promptly blushed her embarrassment.
"This…. This is not a suitable conversation for doctor and patient—"
"Does being a doctor also mean that you are a machine without any emotions, or a creature that does not feel anything? If so, then I also want to be a doctor, because I don't want to feel anymore."
Kagome swallowed loudly.
"A doctor… is a person who does feel emotions. Just because we put a wall between ourselves and our patients does not mean that we do not have feelings. We are also human, a creature with emotions."
"Then, without thinking, do you feel that I am innocent?"
Kagome closed her eyes; she pushed back all thought from her constantly thinking mind, pushed away the memory of Inuyasha trying to choke the life out of her. She pushed it all away in order to come to one conclusion. When she opened her eyes, she saw Inuyasha's violet eyes staring sadly down into her own.
Kagome saw the story of what happened through his eyes; not through the eyes of a madman, but through the eyes of someone who loved a woman so much, with all his heart, who was betrayed by her and driven to his unthinkable madness.
"Yes…" Kagome concluded in a whisper. "You are innocent."
Inuyasha smiled sadly at her.
"But that does not mean that anyone else on that Trial Jury is going to believe that I am innocent. I'm going to be found guilty, Kagome. It does not matter what you say, or anyone else says. I am guilty before I walk through those doors with shackles clinking away."
"No!" Kagome cried so suddenly that it startled both herself and Inuyasha.
"Kagome—"
"That won't happen! You will not die!"
"But it is almost August thirteenth; I will be on trial within two months and there has been months worth of evidence set against me."
"I refuse to let that happen, Inuyasha." Kagome exclaimed with a determined voice. "I will somehow prove that you are innocent!"
Inuyasha stared at Kagome for a few minutes before he barely gave her a smile.
"I will not hate you if it does not happen. It's okay, I really don't want to live anymore. I could never ask for a better friend than you, Kagome."
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AN: I know the story has been going a bit slow, but from now on, it is going to go a lot faster. So, please be patient until the next chapter. AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR REVIEWING!!!!! YOU PEOPLE ARE SOOOOO AWSOME!!!!Kokoro: Wow… O.O I'll remember that next time. Thank you!! LOL! Thank you for reviewing! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
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