Inu Yasha sat there, in
the waiting room, rolling the jewel around in his hand, starring off
into space. Kagome, his kagome, was still in there, behind those
large doors. Somewhere a doctor was sewing her back together. He
clenched the jewel in his hand. Just the thought of other people
touching her or even seeing her with out her being fully clothed made
his blood boil.
"Calm yourself Inu Yasha" Came Sesshomaru's
voice from somewhere near the door.
Inu Yasha looked up to see
his brother walk threw the door and sit down across from him. Placing
his elbows on his knees for balance, Inu Yasha hunched over and
closed his eyes.
Sesshomaru studied the object in Inu Yasha's
hand before he was certain he knew what it was. "Brother, do you
carry the jewel?"
Inu Yasha nodded without looking up.
Sighing
in relief Sesshomaru sat back in his chair. "Do not worry anymore
brother; she will no longer cause pain to herself or others."
Inu
Yasha just nodded.
Looking up Sesshomaru leaned his head back.
"You know little brother, we found her mother a few hours ago"
Inu
Yasha's ears perked up. Moving his head rather quickly he looked at
his brother. "where?"
Moving to the same hunched over position
his brother had he sighed. "They were driving home that night, but
weren't paying attention. We are not sure how it happened. But we
found the car in the river north of here. They seemed to have driven
off the main bridge."
Inu Yasha gulped. He was hoping to help
kagome heal, not give her bad news. The poor girl will never be happy
again. "Are they…did they?"
Sesshomaru closed his eyes. "It
is how we feared."
Inu Yasha knew that he would never see them
again, but hoped that he was wrong. Now all he had to was find a way
to tell kagome that wont make her think its her fault. There was
something missing and he was going to find to find out what. All this
didn't make sense. Standing he headed for the door without even
looking at his brother.
Sesshomaru sat there starring at
kagome's sleeping face. He knew about kagome's family, he knew
their secret. As a matter of fact he knew her father before he died.
He knew the truth behind his death. He knew what kagome really was,
and why they hid it from her, and he knew Inu Yasha was about to find
out.
As if on cue, the half bread opened the door quietly and
snuck in. Looking at his half brother, the pulled out Mrs.
Higarashi's diary. "You wont believe what I found out" Inu
Yasha held up the book.
Right away Sesshomaru knew what it was. "I
already know little brother"
Pausing, it took Inu Yasha moment
before he came to and glared at his brother. "Why didn't you tell
me?"
"It wasn't important"
"WHAT!"
"Calm
yourself brother." Sesshomaru didn't even take his eyes from
Kagome. "Miko's, in this time, are considered enemies by all
demons, with the exception of a few. They will kill them at no cost.
The prophecies state that a miko will be born, and will have more
power than the great midoriku. Kagome's mother and father were the
last two miko's in the world, and now kagome is the last. That is
why her father died."
"But…why?" Inu Yasha sat down in the
nearest chair, starring into space.
"They fear that this great
priestess with destroy them all"
"Why would Mrs. Higarashi
keep this from kagome. You'd think that she'd figure it out
eventually and be angry with her for not telling her to begin with?"
Inu Yasha asked. That really didn't make sense.
"There were
claw marks on the car, proving that it was carried to the bridge."
Inu Yasha swallowed hard. Pulling out the jewel from within his
pocket he glared. This stupid little thing caused so many problems.
A short time later they left the room to allow her some quiet
time to sleep. She will be in a world of pain when she wakes.
Kagome
opened her eyes.
Everything around her seemed foggy. She tried to
move her body but found she could only do so in small movements. It
felt as if she couldn't keep a hold of reality. Everything seemed a
bit slower and surreal. She even had trouble keeping to one thought.
That's when it hit her, she knew what was wrong.
She was
drugged.
But why? What was wrong with her. Trying to focus she
found that she couldn't, but was able to figure out that she was in
the hospital; but why? Slowing moving her hands, having to stop to
the fact that she lost them once in a while; she found it. There was
a decent sized piece of Goss taped to her. What happened?
Trying
to get her head together she realized something; she didn't
know.
Who was she?
Inu Yasha paced in front of the door.
The stupid doctor had been in there for almost two hours now. What
was so wrong? She was awake now, the wound wasn't that bad, she
could come home…right?
Sesshomaru watched Inu Yasha pace as he
leaned effortlessly against the wall. He was able to hear what was
going on in the room due to his demon hearing; that and he wasn't
pacing out of nervousness. He smiled at the thought of what Inu Yasha
was about to have to deal with. How was he going to fix this one?
Inu
Yasha leaped at the door as soon as he heard the door handle move. He
wanted in, now!
Opening the door that door was slightly startled
to see that half-bread less that an inch from him, looking past him
to the girl on the bed. He smiled; young love. "Well Inu Yasha, it
seems she is ok to be taken home, but we have a problem."
Inu
Yasha wasn't listening. All he saw was the beautiful eyes of the
girl he had been taken care of all this time. There was no cloud
behind them, just confusion. Walking to her side he sat down in the
chair to doctor must have been sitting in. He didn't leave kagome's
eyes and she didn't either.
"Inu Yasha" the doctor called.
Inu Yasha looked towards him.
"Kagome is suffering from what
is called amnesia. It seems that the jewel took her memories when it
was taken from her."
"It has control of her, her entire life"
Sesshomaru stood behind the doctor starring at the half-bread.
"Jewel?" kagome whispered she looked at the doggy ears on the
boy's head. "Inu Yasha?"
He couldn't believe it. This girl
here had no memory of any of it. "How long with this last?" Inu
Yasha managed to squeak.
Sesshomaru sighed. "She will never
regain her memories, as long as he never comes into contact with the
jewel."
"Jewel?" kagome whispered.
Inu Yasha turned
towards her. "do you remember anything?"
She shook her head.
Was she supposed to trust this guy?
"We found a jewel of power
in your body. It was causing problems for people so we had it
removed."
Kagome looked down at the Goss taped to her side. So
that's what that was.
"You are kagome higarashi, you attended
high school with Miroku, Sango, and I.
"Miroku…Sango" kagome
smiled. That felt familiar almost.
Inu Yasha had to stop. That
smiled. He had never seen her smile like that before. It was full of
life and happiness. He had to make her do that again.
"Inu
Yasha?" she asked so quiet that only he and Sesshomaru could have
heard her.
Inu Yasha leaned in a little closer.
"What about
my family?" Was she related to this guy? Oh god she hoped not.
"Your family?" he looked towards his brother for help. With
look Sesshomaru was giving him he knew he wasn't getting any. "They
were all miko's who fought to protect you and your little
brother."
"Really?" kagome sounded to excited. Cool, she had
priestess and priest in her family.
"Yeah" he nodded. "But
your father died when you were little and your mother and brother
died a few months ago." He was prepared for her to break out into
tears. He never liked it when girls cried, especially her.
"Oh"
kagome just sat there. She felt bad for them but didn't feel as if
it was any real loss. After all she has no memory of them. It was as
if a person died in another part of the country and they were telling
her about it. That was the one thing that disturbed her the most. She
wanted to feel pain for their loss but couldn't. It was as if she
knew they were just fine and didn't have to worry. "How did they
die?"
Inu Yasha took in a deep breath, preparing for this. "Your
father was killed by a demon and you mother and brother were
killed…in a…car accident."
"Demon" kagome looked back at
Inu Yasha's ears. "Oh" she reached up and to touch them. Her
fingers were almost there. "Who are you to me? Family? Friend?"
He
saw her finger. They were getting closer. "I'm your…" he
didn't know what to say. What was he? "Fiancé" he
whispered as her fingers touched his ears.
Kagome heard it but
didn't care. His head rested in the bed as she rubbed his ears. She
was to marry this boy? Cool.
Inu Yasha enjoyed the feeling of her
actions as he thought about what he just said. Well she didn't
freak out, that's good. He knew that she would eventually remember,
but it could take years. He would be there for her when she did. He
would do everything in his power to prevent her from turning into
what she once was. He would give her a few years of pure happiness
until she remember, and remember she will.
