Disclaimer: Me no own Inuyasha, but me own his last name!

A/N: more sadness and lots of Mirror/Shippo in this chapper, but nothing BAD between them!

Chapter 9

They lowered the Ferris wheel and Mirror climbed out, shaking. One of the paramedics who had already made it to the scene asked, "You know this guy?" She nodded, not able to say anything.

They lifted him onto a stretcher carefully, loading him slowly onto the ambulance, one of them, a female, helping Mirror forward and into the back with Rick. The lady got in behind her, closing the door. "Is-is he alive?" Mirror asked, knowing it was a stupid question.

"Yes, but barely, he has a badly injured spine, he'll probably be paralyzed from at least the waist down," the woman replied, looking at Mirror whose eyes had filled with shock. "Were you two going out?"

"What, oh no, he was my best friend, like a brother," Mirror replied, looking at Rick's face, sorrow and pain was etched into his features. Tears streamed down Mirrors cheeks, she was thankful he wasn't dead.

They had been at the hospital for hours, as soon as they'd arrived Rick had been rushed into emergency surgery and Mirror had called home, begging her parents to bring Shippo to her, she needed his presence, then she'd called Rick's parents and then all their friends. They still hadn't arrived and Rick still hadn't came out of surgery.

"Mirror," Shippo said, rushing into the waiting room she was in and looking at her. She rushed up to him and hugged him tightly, tears starting to flow again. "Shhh, it's okay," he whispered, kissing the top of her head, stroking her hair.

"They said if we'd have been any higher he would have died, that he'll be paralyzed at least from the waist down, that he'll never walk again." She sobbed into Shippo's shoulder, biting her lower lip. He swayed slowly, rocking her where they stood.

Minutes later, Rick's parents arrived and not too long after that, Rick was taken out of surgery. The doctors wouldn't let them see him, he was still unconscious and would possibly have to undergo more surgery, they told the group to go home.

--Later that night--

Shippo and Mirror had walked home, Shippo carrying her in the end. He walked quietly into her room and laid her down on her bed, kissing her forehead softly, she was already asleep. He walked out of the room, lingering in the doorway for a second before closing the door and heading downstairs.

He was curled up on the couch, half-asleep when he heard the scream from Mirror's room, he shot up, now fully awake and stood. Miroku was on his feet as well as Sango, they'd heard it too.

They rushed upstairs, Inuyasha and Kagome heading towards Mirror's room as well, Shippo reaching the door first. He opened it slowly and found Mirror sitting huddled on her bed, sobbing. He hurriedly crossed the room, sitting on the edge of her bed and pulling her into a loving embrace, "What's wrong?" he asked, tilting her chin up and kissing her softly.

"Dream, really bad dream," she whispered, still sobbing. He held her closer.

"What was it about?" he asked softly, she shook her head no and he sighed, "If you tell, you'll be able to fall asleep faster and it's less likely to return."

She shuddered slightly and nodded, "You were in Rick's place only, you jumped for a different reason and…and you died," she said, biting her lower lip. She fell against Shippo, who just held her tightly, whispering softly, telling her it was all ok, that it was only a horrid nightmare.

She soon fell asleep in his arms and Shippo started to lay her down but Inuyasha stopped him, "Stay with her tonight Shippo, she needs you," he said, smiling at the boy. Shippo nodded, laying down carefully with Mirror and pulling her to his chest, closing his eyes.

Mirror awoke to find herself wrapped in two very warm and loving arms, she smiled, looking up to see Shippo, awake and watching her. "Sleep well?" he asked, kissing her softly.

She nodded, "Thank you for staying with me."

"Your father told me to. I wanted to but thought he'd be mad, so it shocked me when he suggested it," Shippo chuckled, "but I'm glad he did."

Mirror nodded in agreement and sniffed the air, "Breakfast?" Shippo grinned, releasing her with a small nod. "Come on then," she got out of bed, walking out of her room and downstairs, Shippo close behind.

They walked into the kitchen to find, to their surprise, Inuyasha cooking and he looked back and smiled, "Hey you two, sleep ok?" he asked, chuckling softly.

They both nodded, looking at each other worriedly, wondering if they should eat any of Mirror's father's cooking.

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Well, that's all Ppl, should they eat Inuyasha's cooking? I'd usually say probably not but idk in this case.