Chapter 5 (YAY)
Kagome yawned and rolled over. She was to warm and comfortable to get up. And she hadn't slept like this in a long time.
"Get up."
"Noooo." Kagome whined pulling the covers over her head.
"Kagome, get up." Sesshoumaru voice told her something was wrong. Kagome set up and looked him in the eye. "Kagome, the hospital just called."
Kagome rushed into the hospital as fast as she could with Sesshoumaru, dragging a half-asleep Souta, ran behind her.
"My mother." Kagome gasped, stopping in front of the nurse.
The nurse looked grim as she pointed to a doctor. Kagome slowly approached him.
"Excuse me. I got a call…my mother, Higurashi."
The doctor cut her off by saying, "Miss Higurashi."
"-Akina." Sesshoumaru cut in.
"Mrs. Akina, your mother took a turn for the worse, she…She died about three hours ago, peacefully, and without any pain. She looked so peaceful…we were about to call you before that because she woke up. A girl came in, who Mrs. Higurashi knew, called her Sango I believe, and started telling her about how you were doing. Your mother was happy."
Kagome felt the tears roll down her face and she turned and buried her face into Sesshoumaru's chest. He in return, could only put his arms around her, and looked to Souta. The boy was pale and shaking.
"I'm sorry." The Doctor finished.
Kagome stood besides Sesshoumaru as the Minister said a few words about her mother. But she didn't hear them. The pain was blocking everything out. And Sesshoumaru was being more than patient with her.
"Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust." The minister finished.
Slowly, Kagome watched as her mother was lowered into the cold dirt.
"Come on Kagome. You're going to get sick if you stay out here any longer." Sesshoumaru whispered in her ear.
Finally, he just began to pull her to a waiting car where Souta already sat.
Sesshoumaru gently placed Kagome in the car, buckling her up, then getting in himself.
"Are you okay?" Sesshoumaru asked Souta.
"I just lost my mother." Souta replied.
"I know how it feels Souta. I lost my mother when I was younger than you are now. I was hurt and confused, wondering what I had done wrong that my mother would be taken away." Sesshoumaru told him.
"Why couldn't it have been me?" Souta asked. "Mother was a good person. She did so much for us! She didn't deserve to die! It should have been me!"
"Why, so she could be feeling the way you do now? We will never know why people are taken from us that we love. But the important thing is, she is in a better place. She doesn't hurt anymore."
Then the car was silent until they reached the mansion.
"I think…I just want to sleep." Souta said as they got out.
Sesshoumaru nodded and unbuckled Kagome and lifted her into his arms. "I think she needs the same."
And they all went to their separate rooms.
Sesshoumaru laid Kagome on the bed and removed the high heeled shoes from her feet before tucking her into the warm bed and kneeling beside her.
"Don't leave me." Sesshoumaru whispered to her. "I know you are hurting, but please, don't leave me."
Whether she heard or not, he didn't know.
(just so you know, Naraku isn't the bad person he is in most stories…Let's just say I have fun contorting him into a nice person he could never be…)
"So, how's the little woman?"
"Shut up. She just lost her mother. What do you think?" Sesshoumaru snapped at the man sitting across from him.
All mischief left the red eyes as the man leaned forward. "Perhaps, one day soon, Kagura could take her out to the mall. I'm sure Sango would love to go with them."
"We will see Naraku. Right now, Kagome has withdrawn into herself." Sesshoumaru sighed. "I wish she would come out of it soon though. It's been three days. Souta seems to be handling it…or putting more holes in the wall."
"The boy put holes in the wall?" Naraku said slowly.
"Yeah, and three broken knuckles to prove it."
"Have you thought of talking to Kagome? Trying to draw her out. Maybe talking about her mother would help with the pain. Sometimes, people tend to believe it is their fault a loved one is dead. Kagura felt that way when Kanna died."
"How is Kagura?"
"Still pregnant and threatening to castrate me. So good I suppose." Naraku answered leaning back in the chair he was sitting in, waving his hand about.
Sesshoumaru couldn't help but smirk. "She could do us a major good."
"Hey now!"
Sesshoumaru knelt beside the bed and smoothed some hair back from Kagome's face. She starred blankly at the ceiling, unaware of anything around her.
"You know," Sesshoumaru began. "I remember the first time I met your mother. She thought I was a girl, of course, she had only seen the back of me. She was so embarrassed to find out that I was the senior taking you to prom with me just a few days away."
A small smile tugged at the corner of Kagome's lips and her eyes focused in on him.
"To make it up to you, she fixed you this huge meal." Kagome whispered.
"Yeah…You know it isn't your fault Kagome."
"I know…but I feel like it is." She whispered, tear brimming her eyes. "I can't help but feel that she was so disappointed in me. Even if she was happy that you and I finally got together. I think she expected better of me."
"Maybe she did, then again, maybe she didn't. We don't know Kagome. Your mother had a problem and she didn't tell you or Souta about it. When she collapsed, it was one of those things you don't expect. Just because you were telling her how we were married doesn't mean she collapsed for that reason.
"You are worrying me Kagome. Souta just lost his mother, don't make him lose his sister. Don't make me lose my wife. I love you too much for that: you haven't been out of bed, and you haven't eaten."
"I'm sorry." Kagome whispered touching the side of his face. "I didn't mean to worry you."
"It's alright."
Kagome's stomach growled. They began to laugh.
After a hot meal, and Sesshoumaru forcing her to down at least three cups of orange juice, she shakily made her way to the bathroom.
In her haze, she hadn't been able to really get a good look at the place, and what she saw now had her impressed.
A large tub, looking like a natural hot spring, took up most of the space. The bathroom itself had to be as large as her old house!
Scented soaps were all set up on a table beside the door, beside that, the towels and wash clothes, then, bathrobes. A changing screen set in the far corner.
Making her way to that, Kagome quickly removed her clothes before running back to the soaps and grabbing a few things and jumping into the warm water.
"Oh! This is heaven!" Kagome sighed.
She leisurely bathed and washed her hair and then relaxed.
Soon enough, a knock sounded at the door.
"Have your drowned or what?" Sesshoumaru called.
"I'm enjoying my bath!" Kagome called back. "Is that a crime?"
"Someone is here to see you."
"Who?"
Kagome left an unconscious Miroku on the floor while she led Sango and InuYasha into the garden in the back.
"I'm glad things have worked out between the two of you." Sango said smiling. "I was starting to worry."
"That reminds me." Kagome said and then pinched Sango in the arm.
"Ouch! What was that for?" Sango cried, rubbing her arm.
"For letting Sesshoumaru wire you up while you got me to spill me whole life story!"
"It wasn't wiring. It was more like a tape recorder." Sango grumbled.
"Where is my brother anyways?" InuYasha asked. "Is he getting to old to move or something?"
Sango stomped his foot resulting in a yelp.
"What?" He asked.
"He's in his study. He said he would join us shortly but he had a few calls to make." Kagome answered.
"All he does is work. He never takes time to play." Miroku said from beside Kagome.
Kagome screamed and jumped. "When did you get here?"
"I'm hurt that you didn't notice my presence. And here I was trying to woe the lovely lady. With your husband always working, I could always liven things up." Miroku said putting a hand over his heart.
Miroku hit the ground, with Sesshoumaru's foot being the cause.
"Leave me wife alone." He growled.
Kagome could have sworn she saw his eyes go red for a minute but brushed it off.
"Well, look who decided to join us. Mr. Busy himself!" InuYasha said sarcastically.
Sesshoumaru just sneered in his direction.
"No witty come back? My, are you loosing your touch?"
"No, I merely to not wish to waste my time arguing with a lower species."
"What?"
"Stop it! We are here to visit with Kagome, not start fights." Sango yelled. "And if you have a problem with that InuYasha, I brought my scissors with me!"
InuYasha immediately stood straighter and said, "I'm sorry Kagome but I remembered that I had a previous engagement. Perhaps another time." And with that, he was gone.
"Do I even want to know?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"Nope." Sango answered.
"That was a lovely visit." Kagome commented as she sat down on the bed, removing her shoes.
"Sounded like girl talk to me. And I won't even try to start a conversation with that lecher." Sesshoumaru muttered.
"You had fun." Kagome said cheerfully.
"No I didn't. I zoned out about half way through."
"Then you didn't hear Sango explain about the scissors did you?"
"Tell me."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No times a million!" Kagome said then stuck out her tongue.
"Put that back in your mouth unless you plan on using it." Sesshoumaru growled.
Kagome turned bright red and dived under the covers, avoiding Sesshoumaru's heated gaze.
"Do you really think you can hide from me that easily?" He snorted throwing the covers back.
Kagome squealed and ran.
"The chase is on." Sesshoumaru growled, his eyes bleeding red. And did he enjoy a good chase.
