In Memory
Chapter Two: Awakening.
Disclaimer: Inuyasha is owned by Rumiko Takahashi.
A.N: I'm currently working on updating the story so it flows better and makes more sense, so enjoy the updated first and second chapter! The third chapter will be coming soon.
She awoke alone in an unfamiliar place. Why was she here? Sitting up slowly, she looked around her. Everything was a sickening sterile white and it smelled strongly of cleaning fluid. Where was this place? Why was it spinning?
Her head ached and she suddenly felt as if she were going to vomit. She began to feel pain, dull at first, but it began to spread, numbing her body to anything else. Looking at her hands, she discovered they were scarred and scabbed, and a few of her fingers were wrapped in bandages.
The room was quiet, oh how painfully quiet. So quiet it was almost deafening. She felt as if she were stuck, lost in some place and she'd never be able to get out.
'Momma' she called in her thoughts as her vision began to blur, 'Momma! Momma! Come find me Momma!' She hurt so badly. There was so much pain… 'Momma!'
A woman dressed in the same revolting white as the rest of the room was standing over her. Was she an angel? Was this place heaven?
"I'm glad to see you're awake Kagome." The angel said, smiling down at her. 'Kagome.' Me. It hit her like a simple realization. 'I'm Kagome.' The angel pulled a long needle from her coat pocket and gave her another sympathetic look.
"It's time for your painkillers. Sleep tight, honey." The angel lifted the needle and pressed it firmly into Kagome's arm. The pain was dull, and made her arm feel as if it were throbbing. 'Hospital. Not heaven' Was her last thought before slipping out of consciousness once more.
She awoke once more, later in the evening. The spinning had stopped, and she could see the starlight shining through her window. The hospital room looked scary with the tables and chairs tossing long shadows over the blank whiteness. Kagome shivered, pulling the blanket up to her chin and trying her best to ignore the pain in her right leg. Why was she here? The only thing she could remember was going to a movie with Inuyasha and her friends… The drive back… her seatbelt being broken and Inuyasha offering her his… then…
The accident.
It had happened so fast. One second they had been laughing, the next second the S.U.V veered off the road. She remembered the screaming tires and the shattering glass as they rolled over and over. What had happened to Inuyasha?
'Inuyasha.'
Just then, her mother walked in looking as if she had aged about 5 years since the last time Kagome had seen her.
"Oh, Kagome, thank god you are okay! You've been in a coma for three days… I was so worried about you!" She gushed, and Kagome's racing nerves were relaxed by her mother's familiar scent as she pressed herself against her. 'Now would be a good time to ask about Inuyasha.'
"Mamma…" She started, her voice cracked and not even sounding like her own. "Mama… What… happened… Inuyasha?"
Her mother continued to smile cheerfully, but did not answer the question. The nurse came in with another needle, and before Kagome knew it she was fast asleep once more.
A/N: Thank you for reading the 2nd chapter. Please review.