Disclaimer: I still do not own Inuyasha, and I still wish that I could own him.
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Miracle WorkerChapter 9: "Unexpected News"
Inuyasha paced the constrictments of his room, wondering in silence how Kagome was faring. Was she going to come see him today, or just leave him there? No, this is Kagome he was thinking of; not Kikyo.
Kagome will come see him; she always does.
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Kagome checked her cell phone's voice messages, hearing nothing but the same man and the same threats as before. She checked her missed calls list, and saw that the number the man keeps calling on cannot be displayed or traced. Kagome scowled, gathered up her folders, and took her camera with her.
It was time to go see Inuyasha.
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As Kagome drove to the asylum, using the back road to avoid traffic, she turned on her radio, trying to stop the silence in her car. She flipped to several stations, landing on one that sounded good to her. She leaned back, trying to relax.
Looking in her rear view mirror, Kagome saw a black car with tainted black windows, the only car on this road besides herself, approaching from behind her very quick.
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Inuyasha jumped up from the bed he was sitting on, and moved to the caged window. Instinctive warning was flowing through his blood. This was not a false alarm as it was last time; this was real!
"Kagome!"
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The black car that was approaching Kagome awfully quickly got up on her car's bumper, and abruptly hit it. Kagome lurched forward, looking behind her, but unable to see the driver. What the hell was their problem?!
Suddenly, the car swerved to the next lane, coming up next to her, on the driver's side. Kagome looked to the side of her, still not able to see the driver. She pushed the gas pedal down closer to the floor, and the person in the car did the same.
Kagome put her car in sixth gear, and floored the pedal, passing the black car. Suddenly, the black car hit her bumper again, and she lurched forward. She was going to have whiplash by the time this nightmare was over!
"Okay, bastards, let me see what you got!" Kagome cried out, pressing hard on the gas pedal, which was already to the floor.
The black car came up beside her again, only hit her car from her side. Kagome's car jerked to the side, dangerously close to going off the road. Yet, the doctor concentrated on keeping her car steady, and she jerked her car left, hitting the black car.
"How do you like that, you shit head?!" Kagome yelled, flashing the driver the middle finger.
That must have made the driver angry because they jerked their car harder, hitting Kagome's car even harder. Kagome gripped the wheel harder, experiencingly getting her car to stead and at the same time, keep it from going off the road.
"Stead girl, steady!" Kagome cooed at her car; the car seemed to obey her master, and became as steady as it could be. Kagome gripped the wheel harder, making her knuckles turn white. "Let's do some damage!"
Kagome lurched her car into the other car, but instead of backing off, she kept her car smashed into the side of the other black car. She kept her wheel turned left, not stopping until she felt the driver go off the road. Then she quickly swerved her car to avoid going off the road herself.
Kagome still kept the pedal floored, speeding away to avoid another confrontation with the anonymous driver. She had to get onto the main road; it was her only chance of surviving this!
Suddenly, the black car came back on the road, behind Kagome; and they were still miles away from the main road.
"Damn my damn bad luck!" Kagome curse, hitting the wheel, then gripped it tighter.
The driver in the black car sped up to catch up with Kagome. When they did, they came up to her side, and smashed Kagome's side, pulling the same thing she did earlier. Kagome was ready for them, so when they brought their car right, Kagome turned her car left; so they sped down the road, equal in power and speed, nether one able to throw the other off the road.
Kagome held the wheel with her left hand, and felt for her bat that she always kept on her right side (for security reasons). When she found the bat, she put it in her lap and used the same hand to roll down the window.
She carefully switched hands, replacing the wheel with her right hand, and took the bat in her left hand. She started smashing the passenger window and pieces of glass went falling to the seat of the other car.
Kagome could not see who the other driver was because she had to keep her eyes on the road; but when she started to destroy the other car's window, the diver sharply jerked to the left, running off the road again.
Kagome quickly dropped the bat on her lap, grabbed the wheel with both hands, and jerked right, almost going off the road and flipping her car at the same time. She breathed heavily and rapidly, her heart pounding from the adrenaline and fear that just happened. Kagome kept the same speed, flying down the stretch of road; suddenly, the damaged black car was back on the road again.
"That fucker doesn't know when to give up!"
An idea hit Kagome that mostly came from action movies; she slowed her car down a bit, allowing the black car to come up to her side. Kagome did not have time to see who the driver was, but she did see that the person has unruly, wavy black hair.
Kagome suddenly slammed on her breaks, turned the opposite way from the car, and was completely turned around. She sped off in the opposite direction, looking in her rear view mirror, and saw the driver of the black car do the exact same thing.
Kagome waited until the driver was on her right side this time before she slammed on her breaks again, and turned completely around. The driver in the black car did the same thing, came up on Kagome, and hit the car's back bumper once again.
Kagome's tail end ended up swerving left and right, constant swerving until Kagome slammed on her breaks, causing her car to skid while turned sideways. She skidded to a halt, but left her side of the car venerable to the front end of the black car.
The driver hit Kagome's side with incredible force, pushing her car while it was still sideways on the road.
Kagome turned her wheels right, sounds of tires squealing filled her ears as her car broke away from the black car, but did full doughnuts on the road. She came to a stop, facing sideways again, only with the passenger side venerable to the black car's smashed front end.
The driver did not waste any time to smash into that side, pushing Kagome's car again. Kagome swerved her car, this time purposely having her driver's side facing the black car again. When the driver smashed Kagome's side again, she was ready for it.
The driver once again hit Kagome's side, pushing her car. Kagome threw the bat out her opened driver's window at the car's windshield; it broke it, and a few shards went flying towards her, causing her to turn her face.
She felt some shard cut her face, and felt her blood oozing out from the cuts. When Kagome looked back at the car, the windshield was still in tact, but all it needed was one more hit.
Kagome quickly reached into her glove compartment, pulled out her spare, hard cover psychology book and threw it at the driver's windshield. It completely shattered the glass, causing the driver to run off the road before Kagome had a chance to see their face.
At the point, Kagome turned her very damaged car around, and sped off. This time, her luck was good, and the driver did not return to harass her any more.
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Kagome parked her car close to the front entrance as some workers on lunch break looked at her weirdly. The doctor was use to it by now and she ignored it as she gathered the folders and her camera.
When she tried to open the door, it did not open all the way; and when she tried to roll up her window, it did not move. Kagome gave up, knowing that no one in his or her right mind would try to steal her car in the condition it is in now.
Practically snarling, Kagome set the folders and camera aside and climbed out the opened window. She reached back inside and grabbed her items she set aside, straightened her clothes out, and went inside the asylum.
Kagome was sure that she looked like hell with her hair all messed up and cuts on her cheek, but she stomped up professionally to the front desk. She reminded herself to remain professional at all times.
"Excuse me," Kagome said politely to the front desk woman. "I'm here to see my patient, Inuyasha."
The woman looked at Kagome, rolled her eyes, and replied, "Take a number. I'm not putting you ahead of everyone else."
Professional behavior now gone.
Kagome abruptly grabbed the woman by her collar, and brought her up to her own face. The doctor sneered and growled at the woman in white, feeling as if she was on fire.
"Listen lady," Kagome growled. "I have had a very, VERY bad morning, and the last thing I want is to deal with a hag like you! Now, according to Law number one seventy-seven, passed in 1992, you need to let the doctors see their patients before anyone else is served. Do you not understand that rule?!"
The woman in white numbly shook her head negatively, telling Kagome that she understood that law. Kagome let the woman go, and the person at the front desk typed her name into the computer and nodded to her.
"Thank you. Now was that so hard?" Kagome cooed.
Without waiting for an answer, the doctor headed upstairs to see her patient.
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Ron met up with Kagome on Inuyasha's level; seeing her in her state gave him quiet a surprise, but he was happy as well.
"Doctor Higurashi, Inuyasha has been calling out your name for a long while. Is something wrong?" Ron asked, walking the doctor towards the right room.
"I just met up with someone from the seventh circle of hell, but thank you for your concern." Kagome answered.
Ron looked at the cuts on Kagome's cheek as he unlocked Inuyasha's door.
"I think you should see a medical doctor about those wounds." Ron advised, pulling the door open.
"I'll be fine for now."
Ron stopped Kagome before she entered.
"Please make sure you get him out of here." Ron pleaded with Kagome. "The other people who work here have been treating him worse since he got back. He still has the bruises on his face from the beatings they gave him last night, and I am even willing to testify with you in court."
Kagome nodded, respecting Ron even more.
"Court is tomorrow, at 11:00 am, sharp. Please be there."
Ron nodded. "I will." In addition, he closed the door behind her.
Kagome looked around, surprised to see the room vacant. Did he escape again?
"Inuyasha?" Kagome called out for him. "Inuyasha?"
Then a figure came out from under the bed, dressed in his infamous white shirt and white pants, as he was wearing when they first met. His face bared horrible purplish-black bruises, especially on his left eye, and his bottom lip was busted and cracked. Despite the injury, Inuyasha still smiled as gleefully as his lip would let him.
Kagome sobbed, running into Inuyasha's arms, and he winced when she did. His ribs were still bruised, and she quickly released him. The hanyou looked down at the woman before him, his eyes landed on the cuts on her left cheek from where the glass shards cut her skin.
Inuyasha gently put his hand on Kagome's right cheek, and leaned closer to her. Just when Kagome thought he was going to kiss her, his lips moved to her left cheek, and he licked the dried blood off; he then started to suckle on the deep cuts.
"Ah…" Kagome gasped in surprise, feeling his tongue dig in the cuts, and he suckled some more.
Inuyasha turned his head down ward and spit something out onto his opened, right-handed palm. Kagome could not see what it was that he pulled out of her cuts, and before she could look, Inuyasha began to suckle and dig in her cuts again.
To Kagome's surprise, his ministrations did not hurt her cuts, or sting them. Instead, it felt soothing and—Kagome blushed—arousing. Inuyasha pulled away again, spitting the last object into his hand. He released Kagome, and they looked at the objects in his opened hand.
There were four, big sized glass shards.
"Who hurt you?" Inuyasha asked in a possessive way.
"I couldn't see who they were; I just know that the person has messy, wavy black hair."
Inuyasha scowled, not angry with Kagome, but angry with the other person. How dare that asshole try to hurt his Kagome?!
"Inuyasha… you're face…"
Kagome reached up and gently touched Inuyasha's bruised left eye.
"What happened?" she asked as she pulled her fingers back because he winced in discomfort.
"The workers here have been more… irritable towards me since I escaped."
Kagome scowled, pulled out her camera, and turned it on.
"I'm going to take some pictures of those bruises for court; and Ron already said he would testify for me."
Inuyasha nodded, looking at the camera.
"Okay, just a few quick shots…" Kagome said, and pulled the camera view lens up to her eye to position it.
She took as many shots as she could from all angles of the hanyou's face. Kagome stopped and pulled the camera away from her face. She took out a piece of paper and a pen out, starting to write down notes.
"Do you know any of the workers who hurt you?" Kagome asked, still writing down notes.
"I've seen their faces but I don't know their names like I know Ron."
"Okay… Did they kick you, or leave bruises anywhere else besides your face?"
Inuyasha nodded and stiffly pulled his shirt up, showing Kagome the bruises on his abdomen and ribs area. Kagome looked at the multiple bruises, pulled out her camera, and started to take pictures of them. The psychiatrist pulled out her cell phone, and dialed a number.
Inuyasha heard someone on the other end pick up.
"Hello, this is Doctor Higurashi, and I believe that I have a court date set for tomorrow at 11:00 am, correct?"
Kagome paused as the other person spoke to her.
"Okay, may I please move that day and time to today at…" Kagome looked at her watch. "At 1:00 pm?"
"You're in luck, Dr. Higurashi." The other person said. "We have an opening for that time. Is there a reason you decided to move the court date?"
"Yes, it's a matter of emergency."
"Okay, court date is reset for today at 1:00 pm, please be on time."
"I will."
Kagome hung up the phone, and turned to Inuyasha while gathering her items.
"I'm getting you out of here tonight if it's the last thing I do." She said determinedly.
"Be careful, Kagome."
Ron appeared in the doorway after he opened it.
"Ron, the court time and date has been changed to today at 1:00 pm." Kagome informed, moving her load around so it was much more comfortable. "Can you make it?"
"That is my lunch break, so, yes, I can."
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Kagome had a hard time getting her poor, beat up old car started. When she did, she drove down the road to the nearest drug store and ordered a one-hour photo development. She browsed the isles during that hour, looking for nothing in particular.
When Kagome got to the feminine isle, she spotted someone very familiar.
"Sango?" she called out.
The woman turned, surprised, and faced Kagome. It is Sango!
"Sango-chan!" Kagome called in glee. "How are you?"
"Kagome-chan…" Sango mumbled, her face starting to blush. "What are you doing here?"
"I just got back from seeing Inuyasha, got the court date and time switched to today because I can't let him stay in that awful place anymore; and I'm waiting for the pictures to develop."
"You ordered a one-hour photo development? Why is that?"
"You should have seen Inuyasha this morning." Kagome replied with a disgusted scowl. "He was practically covered in bruises, which classifies his predicament as a state of emergency. What have you been doing?"
"I've been working on Inuyasha's case, and I've been visiting Miroku and Rin in the hospital."
"Rin is in the hospital?"
"Right across the hall from Miroku; she's covered in bruises, her bottom lip is busted, and… Kagome-chan! What happened to your face?"
Kagome unconsciously touched her face, feeling the dried blood on the cuts.
"I had a little… run-in with some person in a black car with black tainted windows. I didn't see who he is, though."
Sango looked shocked.
"Did you get the license plate number?" she asked.
Kagome got this little funny picture in her head; she was spinning around in her car, trying to see the first number on the license plate, and saying, "Okay, I see a four!" as she turns around again.
"No, because the driver was too busy trying to run me off the road."
Sango looked horrified, and Kagome looked at the small, rectangular box in Sango's hands.
"Sango, what is that?"
Sango quickly put the box behind her, quickly saying, "Nothing!"
Kagome frowned; what was her best friend hiding?
"Seriously, what is it?" she pressed as she tried to look behind Sango, but her friend turned around the other way.
"Sango!" Kagome whined, trying to reach for the box. "Seriously, you don't have to be embarrassed just because of a monthly cycle!"
"If that's what you think it is, then why did you ask what the box is?" Sango retorted, still not letting her friend see the pink box.
"Because, one, you hate pink, and you would do anything to avoid buying anything pink, including sanitary napkins." Kagome explained. "And two, you usually buy pads, and that looks like a tampon box. Have you switched all of a sudden?"
Sango sighed, giving up, but still did not show Kagome what the box is.
"No, I haven't switched, and I would still use pads if my monthly cycle had come. I missed for the passed two months." Sango explained, handing the box to her friend.
Kagome took the box in her hands, reading what it was; it was a pregnancy test!
"Sango, you're pregnant?" Kagome asked, shocked.
"I'm just suspecting; nothing is for certain yet."
"Oh, gods, this is so cool! Sango-chan, I'm so happy for you!" Kagome squealed like a schoolchild, and hugged her best friend.
"Hey, I said nothing is certain, yet!" Sango reminded, although she had a smile on her face. "I just hope Miroku will be happy to have a child if I am."
Kagome pulled back, a goofy smile on her face.
"Of course he would! Why wouldn't he be happy? I mean remember how you two met…?"
Kagome laughed as Sango scowled, blushed, yet kept smiling.
"How can I forget?" Sango laughed. "I mean, there we were, enjoying a nice lunch during our last college years, and here comes this guy dressed in priest's clothes; he takes may hand and asks,
'Will you bare my child?'
"And the first thing I do is grab my purse, whack him over the head with it, and he falls to the floor. We jump up, asking if he was okay, and when I got within hand's reach, he rubs on my behind. Then, two bruises to the head later, he says his name is Miroku Hoshi, and asks for my phone number!"
"Which you give to him." Kagome pointed out, laughing.
"Hey! I thought he was cute! How could I pass up the opportunity?"
Kagome laughed, looked at her watch, and said, "Oh, my photos should be done by now. Why don't you pay for that pregnancy test, I'll pay for the photos, and you can take the test while we rest at my apartment?"
"Sounds like a good idea…"
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Sango followed Kagome to her apartment, which was relief within itself because Sango insisted on Kagome riding in the car with her after Sango saw Kagome's car.
They got to Kagome's apartment, safely, and Kagome made lunch while Sango looked at Inuyasha's pictures. She had a look of major disgust, which grew as she looked at picture after picture.
At the same time, both women waited impatiently for the timer to go off so Sango could go into the bathroom to see what the result of the test was. Kagome served rice with fish on it, and Sango suddenly got a wired craving.
"I think I want vanilla ice cream on top…" Sango said thoughtfully.
"Okay, that's it! We don't need that test! You are obviously preggers!"
"We need it for confirmation!" Sango retorted. "I would rather have a confirmation then to be guessing all the time, and end up waiting until I see a doctor."
After her words, the clock timer went off. Sango got up quickly and went into the bathroom while Kagome waited at the table. Suddenly, Kagome heard a cry of glee, which left Kagome wondering if Sango did not want a baby, and the test was negative, or she did want a baby and the test was positive.
Sango came out of the bathroom with a huge smile on her face.
"I'm pregnant!"
It would be the latter then.
Kagome jumped up with a squeal and both women hugged each other while squealing.
"This is so great!" Sango cried out. "I so hope Miroku will be happy when he wakes up!"
When 12:30 came around, Sango went back to the hospital while Kagome drove off to the courthouse. She was happy for Sango, yet scare for Inuyasha. Will the courts let her take Inuyasha home with her?
When Kagome got to the courthouse, she was surprised to see Ron already there. Ron greeted Kagome with a smile, and they both went up to the front desk.
"I'm Dr. Higurashi, and I'm here for the 1:00 pm appointment." Kagome said, shifting her huge load again.
"Down the hall and to your right; you will be seeing Judge Toutousai."
Both Kagome and Ron entered into the courtroom, seeing a judge already there.
"Court case number 476, Dr. Higurashi, please state your claim." The judge said, looking at Kagome.
"In my four months of treating Inuyasha, I have noticed that the asylum he resides at is not the right environment for him. The workers there treat my patient very harshly, and I even have picture evidence of what I say is true. My request is that Inuyasha moves out of that asylum, and moves in with me so I can give him the correct psychiatric help needed to help him."
Judge Toutousai nodded, looking at Ron.
"And you sir?"
"I am Ron, sir, I work at the asylum. I can testify to you right now, your honor that Inuyasha suffers from the workers' abuse, and needs to move out."
"Hmmm… let me see the pictures, Dr. Higurashi." Toutousai exclaimed.
Kagome walked up to the judge's desk, and handed them the photos. Judge Toutousai looked at the pictures in deep thought, and then he set them aside.
"Okay, the care of a mental patient is a great stress, but if you want him to move in with you, Dr. Higurashi, I grant you permission. I just hope I don't hear about your murder in the news headlines."
Kagome heaved a sigh of relief, not believing how easy and quick it was to get Inuyasha to move in with her. She hoped that he was going to be happy with her.
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AN: Tired… so tired… need sleep…. (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz… wakes up) Please review!!! (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz)
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