Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. I am just borrowing the characters.
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Miracle WorkerCh. 6: "Every Heart Hurts"
Doctor Rin worked diligently over the lab equipment; test tubes and beakers made clink noises as she hustled about. The door opened, and Doctor Kagome came in, shaking and pale.
"What is wrong, Doctor?" Rin asked, concerned.
Kagome shook her head, keeping mute. If she said it out loud, then that would just confirm it. If it was confirmed, would she be able to handle it?
"The tests are almost done." Rin informed, making idle talk.
Kagome numbly nodded her head. She looked over the lab room as if she had just gotten there.
"Where is Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked.
"He went down stairs for lunch."
Downstairs…. Cafeteria…..
"Please go get him! He could be in danger!" Kagome pleaded in panic.
Rin looked stunned.
"Doctor, no one has been in danger just by going to the cafeteria."
"There's always a chance for a first time!" Kagome continued to rant.
"Doctor, please! If you do not settle down, then I will have you removed!"
Kagome sighed, sitting down in a chair. When she had taken Inuyasha's case, she should have known what the danger was. However, she did not think that there was any danger. Could she trust Rin if she told her who she saw downstairs?
"I'm sorry," Kagome apologized. "I just… saw something very unpleasant in the cafeteria. It shocked me, to say the least."
Rin nodded, turning to her computer, typing in the data for the test results.
"Doctor?" Kagome started. "May I please have several copies of those results?"
"Of course."
Kagome looked at her hand; it was shaking as if she was withdrawing from some kind of addictive narcotics. She had to calm down. Kagome sat on her hands to keep them from shaking. Pathetic, yes, but it was the only thing she could do at the moment.
"Okay, Doctor, the test results are in." Rin exclaimed.
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Inuyasha sat on the living room carpet with Shippou. They held cards up to their eyes, eyeing the other for the advantage.
"Do you have any fives?" Inuyasha asked.
"Go fish!" Shippou exclaimed. "I win! I win!"
Inuyasha sighed, placing his cards down. He could not believe that he just lost to a five year old for the past twelve games of "Go Fish."
"Okay, let's see if you can win in a game of Old Maid." Inuyasha challenged.
Before Shippou could respond, the phone rang. Both the boys looked at it like an object from space. Without saying a word, Inuyasha got up and answered it.
"Moshi, Moshi?" he answered.
"Hem, hello, is Doctor Higurashi there?" a man on the other end asked.
"No, not right now. Do you want to take a message?" Inuyasha replied.
(AN: How is he talking on the phone if his ears are on the top of his head? o.O)
"No thank you, I'll just call back later." The unknown man said, and then hung up.
Inuyasha looked at the phone in a perplexed way, but not towards the phone, it was towards the man who hung up. He shrugged, and hung up the phone.
He went back to the living room, sat down, and shuffled the cards.
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Rin printed out a lot of copies of the test results.
"Okay," Rin muttered to herself. "This one goes to the court house, this one goes to Miss Taijia, this one goes to Doctor Higurashi, and this one stays here in the files…"
"What are the results, Doctor?" Kagome asked, the suspense killing her.
"Something that will turn Inuyasha's whole case upside down." Rin replied.
Kagome got up from the chair, walked over to the documents, and picked one up. She looked over the percentages, and mind-numbing words.
"Okay, what does all of this mean?" Kagome asked, putting a hand to her head.
"Well, first, the blood sample that the detectives took, is not… human."
"What?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, it is a monkey's blood. Since monkeys are the closest cousins to the human race, it would make sense for the person to use it and come up with believable results.
"The tissue test that was taken from under the suspect's claws is not flesh at all. It is a rubber-like substance that feels like human skin. Most people use it for dolls to make the toys feel more real. The same is for the hair substance taken from the victim. Her hair is actually very cared for horse hair."
Kagome looked unbelievably at the documents.
"So," Kagome started. "It means that…?"
"Inuyasha was set up." Rin finished.
Kagome was silent as she carefully gathered up her documents, placing them in the folder she brought with her. How would Inuyasha react when—if—she tells him? He does have a right to know after all.
"Doctor?" Kagome began. "Who did the last test? Was he blind when reading the results, or did he get his Biology Degree from the circus?"
Rin looked at the stored documents in the box.
"A person named Doctor Rujai, Naraku." Rin finally answered.
Kagome looked at Rin for a moment, considering something in her mind.
"Rin…" Kagome said, heading towards the door. "Please listen to me. Tell Sesshoumaru what you know, send those documents to their destination as fast as you can, and what ever you do… don't confront this Naraku person, okay?"
Rin looked confused but nodded her head in abeyance.
Kagome got into the elevator, going down to the first floor. She was shaking all over; she took a breath to calm herself down. Inuyasha is completely innocent. The main question was, how is he innocent?
A realization just occurred to Kagome as she stepped out of the elevator; the police document that had something wrong with it. She mentally slapped herself for not realizing it in the first place.
When Inuyasha attacked, he meant to attack the man that was with Kikyo, but they never found his body. That is the connection, and the only clue that the whole "murder" was set up.
Kagome was in such deep thought that she did not notice a pair of eyes watching her intently.
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When Kagome got through her front door of her apartment, she first heard Inuyasha's voice.
"Okay, how about five out of zero?!" he cried out in frustration.
"Okay, but this is getting really boring. Mama is better at card games than you are!" Shippou sighed.
"Hey! I haven't played card games in a very long time!"
"Hey, guys!" Kagome greeted. "You were playing card games?"
"Yes," Shippou answered. "And Mr. Inuyasha sucks at it, too!"
"OI!"
Kagome laughed, trying to ease the tension inside her. Maybe she was trying to avoid telling Inuyasha that his ex-lover betrayed him.
"I'll just be in the kitchen, cooking some dinner." Kagome informed, setting down the folders and her purse on the table.
"But, Mama, its only lunch time."
Kagome looked at the clock hanging above the kitchen table. Indeed, it was only twelve thirty.
"Okay, then I'll make lunch!" she stated a little too cheerfully.
Inuyasha's ears twitched once or twice at her "happy" tone, sensing that something was wrong. He got up, heading to the kitchen with Kagome.
"Why don't I help you with lunch?" he offered.
"Hey! What about our card game?" Shippou pouted.
Inuyasha smiled over his shoulder at the child.
"I thought you said that I suck?"
"You do, but you're the only one who knows how to play 'Old Maid'!"
"Well," Inuyasha tried to reason. "Which do you want? I play a card game with you, or I do the cooking?"
Shippou had to think hard about this.
"You cook." He answered. "You cook better than Mama can."
"OI!" Kagome retorted.
"Well he can make over easy eggs, mama!"
Kagome smiled, knowing that Inuyasha could cook better than she could.
"Okay, Shippou, can you please go to your room?" she asked.
"Huh? Am I in trouble?"
"No, dear, I just have something to discuss with Inuyasha, okay?"
Shippou nodded as he gathered the playing cards up and went to his room. Kagome did not look at Inuyasha, though he was watching her every move with intent. His doctor continued to look at the folders, which held the results that he did not know if he wanted or did not want to see.
"Kagome, is something wrong?"
Kagome put a shaky hand on the folder, steadying herself.
"The results are in, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha nodded, waiting patiently for Kagome to tell him what is wrong.
"God, I don't know how to tell you this…" Kagome began, opening up the folders.
"Just give me the honest truth." Inuyasha pressed.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome got out the papers that stated the test results. "You—you were set up."
Kagome held out the paper for Inuyasha to look at. He took it and looked at it; because his brother, Sesshoumaru, worked in such a laboratory, Inuyasha knew how to read all the numbers and percentages.
"So, I'm innocent." He stated, rather than asked.
"Yes, you are. I need to tell Sango so she knows right away—"
Kagome stopped talking when Inuyasha let go of the paper he was holding, like his last lifeline was gone. His expression was one of deep hurt and betrayal. Inuyasha did not say anything else; he just turned and walked toward the kitchen. Kagome picked up the paper, placed it in the folder, and called Sango.
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Sango was getting a migraine from just getting her head bitten off by several clients, whose cases would have to wait because Inuyasha's case was eating up all of her time. As soon as she set the phone down, it started ringing again.
"What?!" Sango growled at the person on the other end.
"Ruff day, huh?" Kagome asked from the other end.
"Oh, Kagome, sorry."
"It's no problem."
"So, did you get the results for the tests?" Sango asked as she reached into her desk drawer to pull out a bottle of extra strength migraine medicine.
"…Yes."
"You were hesitant to answer. What is wrong?"
Kagome sighed.
"He was set up."
Sango set an empty glass down on her desk.
"How… is Inuyasha taking it?" she asked as she poured some water into her glass, and set the water jug down.
"Not very well… He's cooking right now."
"Hm… well, you're the psychologist, so you will have to help him in that aspect."
"I know."
Sango took two pills out of the bottle, closing it back tightly.
"Are my copies of the test going to be sent my way?"
"Yes, I asked Doctor Rin if she could."
"Thank you." Sango said, and then she popped the two pills in her mouth, drowning them with water. "If anything else comes up, please tell me."
"I will."
"Oh, and I got a court date set up for you to have Inuyasha live with you. Just one thing, you have to return Inuyasha to the asylum, or else the court will charge you with harboring a suspect."
"Okay."
"Good luck, Kagome-chan."
"You too, Sango-chan."
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Kagome hung up the phone, looking over at Inuyasha, whom was staring at the soup on the stove, as if in a trance. Every so often, he would stir the semi-steaming liquid, still staring at it.
"I think soup is great for the summer." Inuyasha stated while he stirred the soup.
"Are… we going to have sandwiches with it?" Kagome asked hesitantly.
"Yes, I just need to make it."
Kagome got up from her seat, moved to the kitchen, and got out some bread.
"I'll make the sandwiches." She proclaimed as she took out the butter. "We are having grilled cheese sandwiches, right?"
Inuyasha shrugged.
"It doesn't matter to me… Nothing matters to me anymore."
Kagome closed the refrigerator as she walked over to Inuyasha, and she suddenly hugged him from behind. Inuyasha was so startled that he accidentally dropped the spoon that he just got finished stirring the soup with.
"K-Kagome…"
"It does matter to you, Inuyasha." Kagome said, still having her arms wrapped around him. "It matters so much to you so much that it hurts. That is why you are hurting right now."
Inuyasha put his hand on top of one of Kagome's hands.
"It-it doesn't—"
"Please don't lie to yourself, Inuyasha. Don't lie to me… It does hurt."
Kagome rested the side of her face on his back; that made Inuyasha turn around, gently pushing her away from him. When their eyes met, he saw streams of tears rolling down her face.
"Y—You're crying!" Inuyasha exclaimed nervously. "Hey, don't cry!"
"I can't help but cry!" Kagome sniffed. "You're hurting, and I can't do a damn thing about it! I can't heal you like I want to! The hurt and the betrayal with always be there! Why can't you be happy, the way I want you to be happy?"
Inuyasha nervously wiped away the tears that were streaming down Kagome's face, only to be replaced by some more tears.
"Why don't you let me go?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome stared up at him.
"What do you mean?" she asked, as he wiped some more tears away.
"I mean, why don't you just give up on me? I'm too broken to be fixed, Kagome. I am a danger to society because I hate them. I hate them all. All they have done all my life was treat me, my father, and my mother as outcasts; something that is to be scrapped off their shoes. I don't want to hate you like that, Kagome, but I know that I will eventually hate you."
"I refuse to give up on you!" Kagome cried. "I refuse to deem you as a lost cause! You deserve to live, Inuyasha, even if you, yourself, do not believe it! We all get hurt and betrayed in our lives, but that doesn't mean that we just lay down and die! We keep going, no matter how much we are hurting, because we should always remember that there are always people out there who will help us up if we should fall."
Inuyasha stared at Kagome, trying to take in the wise word she just spilled out to him. Without warning, he wrapped his arms around her, hold her tightly close to him. Kagome could barely move her arms to hug him back; he continued to hug her, breathing hard.
"Where have you been?" Inuyasha asked.
"What?" Kagome squeaked as he tightened his hold on her.
"Where have you been all of my life? When I was taunted for being a hanyou, and I stared out of my bedroom window, wishing for a friend as I watched the other human children play games that I was excluded from. Where were you when I was always the one that was blamed for whatever bad thing happened?"
"I am here, now, Inuyasha, during your time of great need. I promise I will never abandon you; I swear it."
Inuyasha finally released Kagome watching her with soft, violet eyes. He held one of her hands with his hand, holding both of their hands up, and their palms touching. They stayed like that for many minutes, each trying to dive deep into the other person's soul; the lunch soup completely forgotten.
For lunch, Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippou ended up eating boiled over soup, and half cooked grilled cheese sandwiches.
"And I said he was a better cook than mama…" Shippou muttered to himself.
Inuyasha smiled to himself when he heard Shippou muttering. He finally got himself to eat at the table with the other two, although he was still a bit nervous.
"Well, how about I make it up to you by making dinner?" Inuyasha offered.
Shippou was hesitant, but as a merciful child (ha!), he decided to give the hanyou a second chance.
After lunch, Kagome and Inuyasha washed the dishes, neither of them talking about what happened between them; how they could so easily cross the boundaries of doctor and patient. Inuyasha washed, as Kagome dried and put them away, both in complete silence.
Kagome started humming a song that sounded vaguely familiar to Inuyasha.
"What song is that?" he asked, scrubbing a bowl.
"I believe it is called, 'Every Heart,' by Boa." She answered, picking up the rinsed bowl, dried it, and put it up.
"Can you sing it?" Inuyasha asked.
"Sing?! I can't sing!"
"I bet you can."
"No, I can't."
Inuyasha turned the cold water on, picked up the dish sprayer, turned around, and sprayed Kagome's butt while she was putting a plate away. She yelped in surprise, looking at Inuyasha with the dish sprayer. He started to laugh as she grabbed the sprayer from his hands, turned it around, and sprayed him.
Inuyasha continued to laugh even while being sprayed with water; his cheeks hurt from the smiling because it has been a good while since he last smiled. Kagome put the sprayer back in its place, but did not fail to accidentally spray herself in the face, which sent Inuyasha into another laughing fit.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome growled.
"It looks like you wet your pants!!!" Inuyasha laughed, falling to the floor.
Kagome tried to make a stern face, but was failing miserably because of her lips wanting to spread into a smile. She finally gave into the impulse and laughed with Inuyasha. After they settled down, Kagome held out her hand for Inuyasha to take to help him back up.
Inuyasha took it, and tried to get up, however, the weight of a hanyou is much greater than the weight of a human; a small fact that both Inuyasha and Kagome forgot, that caused her to tumble down on top of him. They stared at each other in shock, both in a trance, staring at each other deeply, until Shippou came out.
"Hey, what is all the laughing about?" he asked innocently.
Kagome and Inuyasha promptly blushed as Kagome struggled to get off of Inuyasha. They sat on the floor, both with blushes on their cheeks.
Inuyasha cleared his throat.
"So, um, are you going to sing that song you were humming?" he asked.
"What song?" Shippou asked, going over to sit on Kagome's lap.
"I can't sing!"
"Just try." Inuyasha pushed, leaning against the refrigerator, Kagome and Shippou by his side.
Inuyasha wrapped an arm around Kagome, Shippou in her lap, as she nodded, agreeing to sing.
"Ikutsu namida o nagashitara
Every heart
Sunao ni nareru darou
Dare ni omoi tsutaetara
Every heart
Kokoro mita sareru no darou.
Nagai nagai yoru ni obieteita
Tooi hoshi ni inotteta.
Meguru meguru toki no naka de
Bokutachi wa ai o sagashiteiru
Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara
Kyou mo takaisora miageteiru…"
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"Sango…" a man said as he entered the lawyer's office.
"Miroku…" Sango breathed, getting up from her desk, and running into her love's arms.
She always felt so safe, warm, and loved in his arms. Miroku may be a bit of a pervert, but as long as he wrapped his arms around Sango, she felt as if she could have enough strength to carry on.
"Miroku…" Sango breathed again, tightening her arms around him.
"Donna egao ni deaetara
Every heart
Yume wo fumidasereruyo
Hitowa Kanashimi no mukou ni
Every heart
Shiawase ukabete nemuru.
Itsuka itsuka subete no tamashii ga
Yasuraka ni nareru youni.
Meguru meguru toki no naka de
Boku tachi wa ikite nanika wo shiru
Toki ni warai shugoshi naite
Kyou mo mada aruki tsuzukete iku."
"Sango…" Miroku breathed, coughing a little.
Sango looked up at him, worried.
"Are you getting a bit of a summer cold?"
Miroku opened his mouth to answer, but no words could come out.
"You know, they say that only fools catch summer colds!" Sango laughed, smiling up at him.
"Osanai kioku no kata sumi ni
Atatakai basho ga aru soushi
Hoshi tachi ga hanasu mirai ga
Itsumo kagayaite ita
So shine
Meguru meguru toki no naka de
Bokutachi wa ai o sagashiteiru
Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara
Kyou mo takaisora miageteiru…."
"Sango…" Miroku finally spoke. "Be careful… They're after you… and Kagome….."
Sango looked up at her fiancée with wide, worried eyes.
"Miroku, what are you talking about? Why are you not making any sense? Why—why are you acting so strange, Miroku?"
Miroku staggered, placing a hand on Sango's face, and then kissed her deeply; his tongue weakly rolled in her mouth. That was when she noticed a coppery taste in his saliva. He broke his lips from her own, staring in her chocolate-brown eyes; she was all that he needed in this world, nothing else.
"Aishiteru… (I love you)" Miroku whispered before he collapsed in a puddle of his own blood, that Sango did not notice was dripping from his blood soaked clothes and onto her carpet.
"Meguru meguru toki no naka de Boku tachi wa ikite nanika wo shiru Toki ni warai shugoshi naite Kyou mo mada aruki tsuzukete iku…"
Sango stared in shock at her fiancée lying on floor, barely alive. She did not notice the trail of blood he made from outside, and into her office. Nor did she notice her blood soaked clothes from when she hugged him. All she noticed was her love, lying on the floor, dying, and time seemed to stop when reality sank into her mind.
"MIROKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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AN: And another cliffy… oops? I would love to thank animelyrics (dot com) for their awesome anime lyrics and (sometimes) translations. I hope I don't get flamed for this…. Please, don't flame me!!! (cries) But who wants the English translation? Please review, pwease?
inuKgirl15: Thank you for thinking that this little fic of mine is great! Don't worry, I won't give up on it, because reviewers like you keep me encouraged. Authors stopping in the middle of a fan fic gets on my nerves as well, but sometimes you have to look at the reviews to see if there are any flames. I seriously hate flames; I got flamed once. How about you? I am a huge rin/sessy fan as well, but I have written two kagome/sessy fics (they are not complete). You can find a lot of sess/kag parings at, A Single Spark: A Sesshoumaru and Kagome Fan Page.
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