I hope everyone enjoyed chapter ten, and Inuyasha's being shot. I could not resist doing a cliffie, but I'll be sure to think twice seeing how Sapphire might kill me if I do it again lol. I would like to thank Sapphire, Livvy22, iLuvJaewon, Rabin Nozomi, and Seunglee for reviewing! You guys made my day! Now, on witht he story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters. Rumiko Takahashi does.
WARNING: Major fluff! You have been warned...
Chapter eleven: Things I try to forget
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The bullet had made a clean shot straight through his stomache, exiting his back. His white t-shirt was soaking up with blood, making it's way down his shirt to the ground. Kagome stared confused and scared at Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha.." She whispered. She watched as Inuyasha turned his gaze from his hand to her eyes. True fear and shock were flashing in his eyes. Slowly, Kagome realised he was falling towards the ground. The slow motion was happening again to her. All she could do was watch as he made a thump as he hit the ground.
He stared at her even as he lay motionless. Slowly, his eyes began to drift closed. His breathing was raged and becoming alittle slow. Kagome sat paralized. She couldn't believe what just happened. Why.. why did he just take a bullet for her. Why?
"Inuyasha..." She whispered again. "INUYASHA!"
Surprise.
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"Can you give us some details of what happened?" Two detectives stood infront of the cop car Kagome was currently seated in. It had only been two hours since she had been 'rescued' from the room, and all she wanted to do was go see Inuyasha.
"Please? Can.. you leave me alone?" Kagome asked quietly. She hugged the male detective's black jacket around her shoulders tightly. "I.. just want to go.. home or..."
"We need a statement before..."
"Jase, her family is here. We can get the statement later." The female detective said while putting her hand on the males shoulder. The other one nodded numbly after awhile. "We'll go get your family." Was all the two said before they walked silently away.
Kagome looked down at her hands. She could see the flashing lights from the other cop cars around her. The ambulance siren was still ringing in her ears from before. Before, when Inuyasha lay unconsious, all she wanted to hear was the sirens, now she would have cried a water fall just for them to go away. For silence to overcome her.
'Inuyasha.. I have to see Inuyasha..' She thought to herself. 'I have to see if he's ok. With my own eyes. I.. I have too. Oh Inuyasha.'
Two and a half hours Before
All Kagome could see was the salty water from her eyes. How could this have happened all in a hour or so time? They were fine, everyone was fine, and now the gaurds, Kaguya, they were all dead. And Inuyasha was close to it with the bullet in his stomache.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome fell to her knee's next to the ravan haired man. His chest was rising and falling, to slow for Kagome's liking. But atleast it was moving. "Inuyasha, you have to wake up. You have to open your eyes! Inuyasha!"
"Funny how the last person you thought you would cry over, is the only person on your mind, wouldn't you say Kagome?" The voice from before taunted.
"Who are you!" Kagome turned her heated blue grey eyes up to the ceiling. "Show yourself!"
"Emotions. Such a feeble feelings. Our nerves react to them over things that many would say are idiotic, and worthless. Inuyasha's emotions reacted when he thought about the bullet that inpaled him, would cause harm to you. And look my dear, do you see where it got him?" The voice laughed hard. "If you keep acting the way you are, you might end the same way."
Kagome shook her head. "I don't care. I don't care what you do to me. You can go rot in hell you bastard!"
"I could, but then you would be all alone. Do you want to be alone Kagome?"
Kagome looked down at Inuyasha's peacful face. "I want you to leave. Leave me and Inuyasha, and everyone else here alone!"
The voice was silent, as if thinking what she just said over. "Very well. If your soul, your strenth can handle the stench of the blood from the gaurds, and your now bleeding lover, then I shall leave you. Leave you for hours, maybe days. Before long your own mind will eat you alive. But I shall leave you lone."
Kagome didn't even look up. She kept her tear filled eyes strained on Inuyasha. Blood was rushing through his clothing, soaking both of them. A blood pool that he could have drown in was filling around them. 'So much blood.. What can I do to stop it?'
The door that the two teens had entered, suddenly shot open then shut like someone, invisible, had just walked out. A clicking sound followed, telling Kagome the door was locked again.
Kagome cared not about the lock, but of all the blood. She brushed some strands away from Inuyasha's face. Oh how she wished he would wake up and yell at her. Throw insults at her, tell her he hated her. Anything that would show signs that he would be okay. "Inuyasha.. Please... What do I do? Tell me, onegai."
"Ka.. Kago.. me?"
Kagome jumped. Just a second ago his violet eyes had been closed, now they were half open like he was in a daze, staring at up her. Her eyes widened. "Inuyasha.." She whispered quietly.
"Kago..me.. why are.. yo..u crying over.. me?"
"Kagome!" Kagome's eyes shot up, the voice interuppting her thoughts. Behind the yellow tape, she could see Tyoshi waving her hands impatiantly. Kagome watched her aunt rush over to her, taking in her arms, crying with relief. "Kagome! I'm so glad your ok."
"Is Kikyo and everyone else fine? Please tell me they are." Kagome asked. Her voice was hallow like her eyes. Her arms were limply at her side as she was trapped in the hug.
"Yes. There all at the hospital." Tyoshi said as she held tighter to her niece.
"The Hawaiian one? With my mother? Is Inuyasha there too?" Kagome asked while pushing herself away from her aunt.
"Yes. You wish to see Inuyasha the detectives told me? Well come on dear, we are going too. Right now." Those were the words Kagome wanted to hear for what felt like forever. But before she could reply, her eyes slowly slid down, and her whole body went limp. She had fainted.
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"She's just very exhausted Ms.Renay. Miss Higurashi shall be fine, she just needs her rest. Perhaps you should go check up on your daughter." The doctor who examined Kagome asked the panicked Tyoshi.
Tyoshi nodded. "Of course. If any signs show with Kagome, please tell me. Arigatou doctor." Tyoshi bowed before scurrying out of the room.
The doctor sighed. "The poor girl has gone through so much. Once she awakes, I'm not sure if she'll be able to take the news about.. her Okaasan (mother). Poor girl."
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"Kikyo! Are you okay!" Tyoshi raced over and hugged Kikyo just like she had with Kagome. Kikyo smiled alittle at her mother, then nodded. "I'm fine." Tyoshi could feel tears pulling at her eyes. She quickly turned to all the other teens in the room. "Are you guys all alright?"
"Shook and tired, but were fine." Kagura said. Everyone else nodded. "When will our parents be here?" She asked.
"Very soon. The doctor says you are all allowed to go to the waiting room. That's where your parents will be." The teens all nodded before bowing and waving. They said there good byes and thank you's while leaving the mother and daughter alone.
"Oh Kikyo.. When I heard what happened.. I thought, I thought..." Tears ran down Tyoshi's face. "I don't know what I thought. I was so scared. I thought you and Kagome were dead."
"Kagome? Is.. she alright?" Kikyo asked while looking down at ground. It seemed like her whole attitude had changed. Before, the only thing that mattered to her was shopping, clothes, money etc. But now, life was precious to her. For the first time in her life. This terrible experiance was turning out for the best for Kikyo.
Tyoshi nodded. "She fainted when I came to see her. She's here now. And so is Inuyasha. Do you want.."
"Not right now." Kikyo answered fast. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Mother, I.. have to tell you something. Something I over heard here in the hospital. Please, can you sit down?" Tyoshi looked confused at her daughter before taking a seat in a small couch in the room.
"One of the nurses that was walking by, she was whispering to another about a death that had recently happened. One on the first floor. A kind young women had passed on in her sleep, peacefully."
"What does this have to do with us Kikyo?" Tyoshi asked, fear picking at her heart.
"Mother," Kikyo turned to her mother. Her black eyes were actually filling with tears. "Atsuki.. Atsuki Higurashi. She died mom. Kagome's mother is dead."
Tyoshi eyes widened. Her face drained of colour. Her blood ran cold. Her whole body felt numb as she stared dumbfounded at her daughter. "No.. No this can't.. No.." Tyoshi shook her head several times.
Kikyo felt the tears spill over her cheeks. "Yes mother, I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry." Kikyo walked over and embraced Tyoshi. The two sobbed quietly, unable to grasp these new found news. "How am I to tell Souta? Kagome? First there father is dead, now Atsuki? I just can't.."
The only sound in the room was the two girls sobbing quietly in each other's arms. Just when they thought things couldn't get worse, they did. Terribly worse. Tyoshi was afraid to ask if anything else worse could happen.
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Beeping, every two seconds beeping was heard on the same floor Kagome was on. The heart monitor beeped loudly, telling everyone the raven haired Inuyasha was still alive. Patches of where tubes had been ran up his arms and across his chest. A bandaid patch was put on top of the hole where the doctors had removed the bullet. The IV bag was nearly empty, kind of how Inuyasha felt now.
His eyes were half open like they had been when he had woke up in the room with Kagome. 'Kagome..' He thought. 'Is she okay?' He closed his eyes tightly as he pushed himself into a sitting postion. His bones tensed, and his muscles strained, but over all he was fine. Hot firey pain ran up his abdoemn, but he chose to ignore it. 'Kagome, I have to find Kagome.'
"Mr. Masaharu, what do you think your doing?" Inuyasha looked up at the same doctor that had helped Kagome. "You're far to weak at the moment to be moving around."
"Kagome, I have to see Kagome." He said, ignoring the doctor.
"Kagome? Kagome is sleeping as we speak."
"Kagome is here? Is she okay, what happened?" Inuyasha asked. His eyes travelled to the door next to the bed he had been sleeping on, then to the doctor. He wondered if he would be able to out run the doctor and get the hell out of this room.
"Kagome fainted after you and everyone else was rescued. She is healthy and fine. Unlike you Mr.Masaharu. Did you forget you were shot?" The doctor asked while looking over some papers.
"Iie. How the hell could I? Look, all I want to do is see Kagome and.."
"Inuyasha, I promise you once Kagome awakes, I will ask if she wants to see you. Until then, lay down and rest. I'll be back in five minutes to get test results. Don't even think about leaving your bed." The doctor gave Inuyasha a stern look before leaving the room, and Inuyasha alone.
'The hell I'm staying here! I have to talk with Kagome, then see if Kikyo's alright.' Inuyasha stopped moving for a second, thinking over his thoughts. 'I care more for Kagome then I do Kikyo? I've known Kikyo for years, Kagome for days, and suddenly Kagome comes first? I.. don't have feeling for her.. do I?' "Of course not!" He told himself. "No way. Not ever. I just did a good deed that's all."
"It's.. good to know your voice works."
Inuyasha whipped around. His eyes widened as he saw the blue grey eyes of the girl he was searching for. The two were silent, unable to think of any words to come up with. "Kagome, are you.."
She smiled alittle then nodded. "Hai. I am fine. Are.. you? After all, you were the one who got shot." Inuyasha looked down at his bare chest and nodded. "Alittle pain, but I'm just lucky my brain works."
"Since when did you ever have a brain Inuyasha? Hopefully the doctors took pity on you and gave you a new one." Inuyasha stared at Kagome for awhile. He smiled then chuckled alittle. The chuckle turned into a full out laugh, but he wasn't laughing at the joke she made. He was laughing out of relief. Relief they were both fine. Kagome only smiled, she couldn't find herself laughing any time soon. "I'm glad you're ok." She said faintly.
Inuyasha's laughter died down alittle. He smiled and nodded. "You too.." The two were silent once again. They stared at eachother as if searching for the right words to say. "There.. there was so much blood. I didn't think you would.." Kagome choked on her words, tears filling her eyes.
"Your not going to cry again are you?" Inuyasha shifted so his feet so they were over the bed and touching the floor. "You did once already. Nobody cries more then once for me, if once at all. Don't waste your tears on me."
"Your.. your such a jerk! I can't believe you!" Inuyasha was startled at Kagome's outburst. After everything that happened, she had the gull and say we was a jerk? "I.. I was so worried. You took that bullet for me, me! You didn't even think twice. I just.. no one's ever done that for me. No one cares enough to do that. The least I can do is cry for you. Just let me do it okay? Gods!"
Inuyasha watched the large tears fall from Kagome's face. He lowered his eyes after awhile. "I.. I was worried about you. I didn't have time to think. Then.. then when you were cryng for me.."
Before in the Room
"Kago..me.. why are.. yo..u crying over.. me?" Kagome was silent. She stared shocked at Inuyasha. Her mouth opened but she didn't know what to say. "Why do you think you big loser?" Kagome asked after awhile. "Because I'm worried for you. Because I'm scared for you. Because I don't know what will happen to you."
"Heh, why do you care ab..out me? All I've do...ne is be me..mean to you. I th..thought.. you would be.. glad I.. die?" Inuyasha chuckled alittle, then coughed right after.
Kagome shook her head, one tear falling on Inuyasha's cheek. "I would never want you to die. I don't want anyone to die. So you better stay alive you idiot!"
Inuyasha chuckled. "Are you.. okay? What... where did that.. guy go?"
"He's left me alone with you. Were alone." She said shortly. "God there's so much blood!" Kagome ripped her long navy blue shirt, and rose Inuyasha's white one. Her eye's widened at the whole where the bullet went through. 'My.. god.' She thought to herself. She quickly wrapped the ripped article of clothing around the large wound like she had seen her ji-chan do once when she was younger. "It's not going to help but.."
"You shoud... try to break out of here.. leave me and.."
"I wont leave!" Kagome said stubbornly. "Not until we get help. All you have to do is stay quiet and breath. Ok? Just.. just.." Tears spilled out of Kagome's eyes, hitting the ground angrly like she felt.
Inuyasha smiled alittle. He reached his hand out and caressed some tears off Kagome's face. She was surprised at Inuyasha's actions, but grateful. "Hey.. I can hear.. sirens.. Kagome.. we'll be fine." Inuyasha's eyes closed and his hand fell softly to his side. Kagome's eyes widened. "Inuyasha.. stay strong.. you have to live you just have too!"
"I was so scared. But were fine. We'll be fine." Kagome said while smiling. "This will only be a terrible chapter in our lives. We can look onward to the furture, don't you think?"
Inuyasha nodded, leaning back on his bed. "Hai. Your right." The two sat in a peaceful silence. Things would be fine, they both thought, nothing else can hurt them, they went through things people only had nightmares about.
"Kagome! Your.. here.." Kagome turned around and watched as the doctor entered the room. "You shouldn't be moving."
"I'm fine." Kagome reasurred.
The doctor smiled, but slowly the smile began to fade. "Kagome.. I have something to tell you." The doctor paused, looking Kagome over. "Maybe it should wait. Yes and.."
"Nothing else can hurt me doc. Just tell me, I wish to know." Kagome said, her voice alittle emotionless.
The doctor sighed. "Then do you wish to sit down?"
"No." Kagome shook her head. "Just tell me."
The doctor paused. He seemed to be searching for the right words to explain this situation to the young teen. "Kagome. Alittle before you arrived here.. something terrible happened." Kagome stayed silent. "Kagome... your mother.. Atsuki Higurashi. She.. passed on. She's gone."
Inuyasha's eyes widened. He turned over to Kagome. Her eyes and face showed no emotion, he couldn't read her emotions what-so-ever. The room fell silent as Kagome just stood there. "Gone... my mother's to strong to just.. die.."
"I'm sorry Kagome. I really am." The doctor replied calmly.
Kagome shook her head slowly, then harder. Tears brimmed her eyes and fled down. "No.. No! Your lying, your lying!" Kagome shook her head harder. She couldn't believe it. Her mother couldn't just die, not like her father. Her mother had beat the odds before, she could do it again. She couldn't just leave her and her brother alone in the world. "She wouldn't do this to me.. she wouldn't.." Kagome's knee's buckled under her. She banged her fists hard onto the ground over and over. "This can't happen to me. It just can't!"
Kagome felt a throbbing pain hit the back of her head. Memories of her when she was younger flashed infront of her eyes. When she, her mother and brother, and even her ji-chan lived back at the shrine. Playing. laughing, being a family. 'She didn't just leave me.. Not after everything..' Before Kagome could think of anything more, the pain in her head dulled, and her senses became dark. Once again she had fainted.
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That's it for eleven. I felt sad when I writing this. Alot of fluff in my opinion, this is the first time I've ever wrote fluff, kind of fun. I finished this at around 11:02 p.m eastren time sunday, but thought I'd wait alittle before posting it up. And I realised this kind of ended in a cliffy huh? Sapph-chan don't kill me! Please, please review like you did before and the next chapter will be up soon ok? Til then..
Yume-chan!