Disclaimer: Still don't own a thing except a tuition bill and a cat that keeps scratching me.
The next day, Inuyasha is leaning on the kitchen counter holding his stomach. He looks to the side as he thinks about what he ate today or yesterday. He had just gotten back from dropping Kagome off at the airport, and all of a sudden, his stomach felt queasy. Wrapping his arms around his waist, he heads back up to bed and lies down.
"Damn, now I know how Kag feels when she's pregnant."
Kagome is relaxing in her seat on the plane when the pilot comes on the intercom.
"Ding."
"Attention passengers, we will be making a plane change in New Orleans because of slight engine troubles. Please prepare for landing in 5 minutes."
The flight attendants go around making sure everyone is seat belted in and ready for landing. Kagome sighs and closes her eyes.
Dr. Kurama Youko runs down the hallway of the ER with a nurse telling him what just happened.
"The plane just spiraled down at the last minute and crashed into another plane. There were some survivors, but the severely injured ones had to be life flighted to the Burn Unit in Baton Rouge. This woman was one of the lucky ones, only incurring head trauma and some broken bones."
"And you call that lucky, yes?"
They both go inside and the other nurses and doctors part to make way for him.
"Dr. Youko, she's losing a lot of blood. She'll need a transfusion."
"Then get me some blood."
The nurse rushes off to get the blood as Kurama starts to operate.
"Okay miss, just stay wit us. Don't walk into that light yet."
Inuyasha sits up in bed and winces at the feeling of the pain still in his stomach. He glances at the clock. It's 5:36pm.
"Damn, I've been sleep for nearly 6 hours and my stomach still hurts? Maybe I need to eat."
He gets up and uses the bathroom, then heads downstairs to the kitchen. Grabbing a glass out the cabinet, he pours him some Ginger Ale then turns on the TV in the corner.
"Awl Damn, the news on every channel. A person can't even watch his shows without somebody killing somebody else. What the hell. Oh crap, I gotta pick up Dontè."
He picks up the phone and dials Kikyo's number.
"Hello?"
He takes the phone away and looks at it, and then puts it back to his ear.
"Kikyo, what's wrong? You sound like you've been crying?"
"Inuyasha I..."
"Are you hurt or something? You two alright?"
"Did you see the news?"
"Yeah, it's on, but I haven't seen it."
"Kagome's plane crashed during an emergency landing in New Orleans."
"Kikyo stop playing. This shit ain't funny."
"Watch the fucking news then!"
He turns to the TV and watches the news footage.
"Today at approximately 3:36 pm, Continental Flight 225 crashed into another plane here at the New Orleans International Airport after calling in slight engine troubles. Of the 46 passengers onboard, 12 survived and 11 of them were listed in severe condition. Because of the severeness of their burns, 7 of the survivors had to be life flighted to the Baton Rouge Burn Unit. The other plane was empty at the time of impact."
Inuyasha drops the phone as he watches the footage of the plane diving nose down into the already grounded other plane. His face pales and his voice catches in his throat.
"The remaining 5 survivors are in Louisiana Kingdom Hospital, here in New Orleans. Stay tuned to Channel 5 for more updates."
Without thinking, Inuyasha grabs his keys and closes the door as he leaves. He gets in his Impala and drives to the freeway, heading for New Orleans. Atlanta wasn't that far from it, so he'd make it by tomorrow if he hurried. Taking out his cell phone, he dials Kikyo.
"Inuyasha, where the hell are you?!"
"On the freeway."
"What?!"
"Look, tell SaDontè that I love him and he's gonna stay with you for awhile longer while I go to the hospital."
"Why can't you tell him?"
"Cause I don't wanna break down on the phone with him. Just please do this for me?"
She sighs.
"Kiky?"
He swerves around a slow moving car.
"Alright Inuyasha, just be careful. And don't forget to check back in here."
"Yeah, thanks."
He hangs up and presses the accelerator down to the floor. Reaching a speed of 120mph, Inuyasha fights to keep the tears from falling down his eyes.
"Please God let her be alive. I can't live without her. Kagome..."
Kagome was walking through a hallway of a house she didn't quite recognize. She knew that she knew of the house because she knew exactly where she was going, but other than that, she was lost.
Ending up in a bedroom, she looks up at the ceiling and gasps at the sight of the beautifully lit starry sky. Whoever owned this house had to be extremely lucky. What she wouldn't give to see the stars like this every night of her life.
She was on a plane. She was on a plane that was falling from the sky. People were screaming, and part of the plane was on fire, igniting people in its wake.
There was a lady sitting across from Kagome who was crying her eyes out and clinging to a small boy about the same age as SaDontè. SaDontè, oh God, how will he take this?
"SaDontè."
The fire reached back towards Kagome and it burned her arm slightly, but her seat was pulled loose from its bolts and she went sailing backwards, still strapped in. Her purse flew from her hands and all the contents scattered. Her ID was sucked into the fire and burned her picture off, and then landed in the crying woman's lap.
Kagome was right next to the door, which had blown off in the decent of the plane. Watching the ground come closer to her, she struggled with her seatbelt.
"I can't die! I can't die! Inuyasha and SaDontè need me! I can't die!"
She sees a flash of emerald and red and then everything went black.
Kurama sits up in bed and looks around. Why on earth he was having a dream about a patient was beyond him. The fact that the dream contained more than enough adult content was very disturbing. The woman was comatose for God's sake!
Sighing, Kurama lies back down and tries to get some sleep before his shift at the hospital started.
Inuyasha shoots up in bed after having his 3rd nightmare for the night. The fact that he'd stopped at a hotel to rest hadn't helped either. He felt so helpless to Kagome now. All he could do was pray that she was still alive and well.
Lying back down, Inuyasha drifts into an uneasy sleep.
