Friends are Forever

Kagome had gotten home late last night, and she had missed a full day at school, though that didn't matter much since she already knew the entire lesson. The only thing that bothered her was the fact that she was starting to like Inuyasha.

When she woke up this morning he was the first thing she thought about as she got ready for school. Putting on an extremely black T-shirt and a black pair of baggy pants she went to get breakfast meeting up with Souta in the dining room.

"Hey Kagome, did you forget today was your appointment day? Your dressed in your school clothes." He said blandly noticing that she looked a little excited then a little sad at the prospect of going to the hospital before hiding it underneath her mask of indifference. Kagome rushed upstairs to go change into more comfortable clothes. The next time she came downstairs she was wearing a light pink blouse and a knee length blue skirt. She only wore black to school, for some reason people seemed less inclined to talk to you when you wear dark foreboding clothes.

The drive to the hospital was about an hour long and as she looked out the window it made Kagome think of her long walk home last night. The only thing that worried her about going to the hospital was the fact that she might meet Inuyasha there, or he might see her and wonder why she was there. Finally she just decided to avoid him in the hospital and not go to his wing. She had missed an entire day of school for him, and school was the most important thing to her. She missed so much school already because of her "illnesses" that missing a day for any other reason was rare. It seemed to her as though he had already become important to her, which she knew was probably true.

"Kagome, your brother has noticed that you've been acting strangely since yesterday, and you didn't come home until late last night. You never go out let alone come home late. Where were you yesterday all day?" asked her mother who was driving her to the hospital.

"Hospital" Kagome replied simply

"But you knew your appointment was today, right? What reason did you have to go to the hospital?" Kagome's mother continued

"Stop interrogating me" Kagome demanded

"Alright fine, but you know you can tell me when you think your ready to."

Kagome just ignored her and kept staring out the window remembering the last time she had driven down this road to the hospital. When they got there, Kagome saw an ambulance pull up and paramedics get out. Her mother left knowing Kagome knew her way around, leaving Kagome watching as the paramedics take out the patient. It was a girl who looked as though she had been in a bad car accident, barely clinging to life. Another ambulance pulled up and two more people who had been in a car accident were taken out, one was obviously dead by the fact that no one was in a rush to treat his fatal wounds and the other looked nearly dead.

Kagome just continued into the hospital but when she turned a corner inside she saw one of the people being rushed into the ER, and it looked as though the other one was already there. What a fragile thing human life is.

As Kagome turned another corner though she bumped into someone.

"Oops excuse me, hey wait, you're Kagome aren't you? I recognize you from your pictures. I'm Miroku, the new intern, ill be working on your case. I look forward to getting to know you!" Said Miroku

"Right." Was Kagome's only reply

"Okay then, well just come this way, the doctors are going to start with a few tests and then try this new medicine that's just been approved by the health board." Said Miroku who seemed really excited about it all

Kagome didn't like her visits to the hospital, the drama of some of the patients though was amusing and kept her occupied. Every visit left her extremely tired and depressed from the tests they ran and the non-results. As Kagome waited for her mother to come pick her up though she saw a familiar figure leaving the hospital. She hoped he wouldn't notice her and would just keep walking but he stopped as though he realized something.

He turned towards her direction, almost not recognizing her at first and then realization dawned on him, he stared at her.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing here! Are you some kind of stalker or something?"

"I'm not here for you, and shouldn't you still be in bed? Those wounds were pretty bad, Inuyasha." She stated

"I'm a half-demon, which means I'm stronger than any weak human so I heal faster, besides I've had worse. Anyway, what's your name?" he asked

"Kagome"

He waited for more of an answer or a little explanation but none came. He started to get frustrated with her but she just seemed to ignore him, staring off into space as though they had never been talking and he wasn't even there. After a few seconds, that really got on his nerves and he was about to start yelling at her when a she suddenly stood up. Confused he just stared after her as she walked to the parking lot and got into a car that was just pulling up to the hospital.

Unfortunately for him, it was her mother who had come to pick her up and drove off before she noticed anyone was there. He missed his chance to talk to her that day, but he promised himself he would talk to her and get an explanation later no matter how long he had to wait.

It was a beautiful day out and the sun was warm on Kagome's skin but she didn't feel like being outside at all today, she didn't feel like being outside much ever. She was outside at a picnic as a request from her mother, the picnic was home made food her mother had prepared hoping to give Kagome a reason to be outside, and it worked. Also she had promised Souta that she would play soccer with him, even if all they did was pass around the ball a little. Souta took any chance he could get to spend time with his sister, no matter how little time they did spend together, it all added up to her being a good sister.

There was one little thing bothering Kagome though, a small thing at the back of her mind, which she tried to ignore. Oh yes, how could she forget.

She was dying.

A/N: DUN DUN DUHHHHH… oh yeah that's what my story is about. Please don't reveal that in your reviews. You could probably guess though right? I didn't want to reveal it right away but I couldn't hide it anymore. sorry the chapter was so short.

and thank you to Angel-(im sorry i dont know your numbers), Funarahi, and Mariposa-(also dont know numbers)