Unlikely Love
Truth Be Told

He could see the crystallized tears begin to gather in her eyes, ready to fall for the second time that night. Even though this girl sent him off the high end, he couldn't help but feel a little yearning to help her in her time of need. He never told anyone, but crying women were his weakness.

"Are you sure?" Inuyasha said, swallowing the lump in his throat. He didn't want to deal with Kagome crying on him. The doctor nodded, glancing down at his clip board once more. Inuyasha sighed as he leaned back, not believing it all.

"God, poor Sejii…" He groaned, putting a hand over his eyes. The doctor stiffened and glanced down at the papers then to Inuyasha.

"What did you say Mr. Seoki?" The doctor asked, his eyes a little wider than before. Inuyasha peered through his fingers, eyeing the man.

"Sejii…Higurashi…" Inuyasha repeated slowly, adding in the old man's surname. The doctor rustled through the papers quickly, almost hastily finding the proper page.

"Oh god, I'm so sorry for this mix-up!" He exclaimed loudly, placing a hand to his forehead in surprise. "I wasn't talking about that man at all! I was referring to Bruok Haitaki! I'm not his doctor at all!" The girl who was about to begin the waterworks straightened up, her eyes wide.

"Then where the hell is the old man?" Inuyasha growled slowly as he lowered his hand, angry at the irritating doctor who didn't know how to ask for names.

"I'm sorry, but there are a lot of people here, I can't tell you anythi—"

Inuyasha was already standing up, holding the doctor by the scruff of the neck, glowering down at him. He was at least a few good inches taller than the older man, but none the less the height still frightened anyone.

"Old man—Sejii Higurashi—came in maybe an hour or so ago, had a stroke." He said slowly, hoping to get the information through the man's brain. "Now tell me, where is he?" The doctor gulped and began to stammer, trying to find the right words that wouldn't anger the boy any further.

"He—the—but—" He began, not finding anything that was coming to him that would form a proper sentence. Inuyasha tightened his grip on the shirt, getting the doctor to widen his eyes. "Room C17."

"Thank you." Inuyasha said putting back down the man and giving him an eerie smile. "You coming dear?" Kagome looked up at him and followed his lead, giving the doctor an apologetic glance. As soon as they were out of earshot of the man, Kagome began her usual ramble.

"Not only have you assaulted a doctor, you could be sued! Who are you going to attack next? The Mayor? The fire chief?" She said, raising her voice slightly. "You're going to be in jail for the rest of your life, or just dead poor. You know that don't you?"

Inuyasha just ignored her.

"I mean god! You'll probably get house arrest and won't be able to come in contact with any human for the sake of them!" Kagome continued as they turned a corner, the white walls almost blinding the couple as they walked along the halls.

Inuyasha still continued to ignore her, though her constant ramble was really getting to him.

"You're worse than Kouga! I mean I know he's not that bad of a guy, but he's spending 25 years in jail for sexually harassing the waitress in the restaurant off of 23rd—even though he found out that she liked him after he was sentenced of course. And they have a long distance relationship—"

He stopped her before she could go any further, her voice echoing in his head like a bad itch. He pushed her against the wall and pointed a finger in her face, irritation spelt across his face.

"You are pushing my nerves now." He growled, a vein throbbing on his forehead. "I felt sorry for you, so I brought you here—being a Good Samaritan, but now you're just pissing me off. You don't care about me, I don't care about you—hell I don't even care about the old man!"

Kagome just stared at him, her own eyes watering as he continued.

"I don't know why you feel the need to have to continue to lecture me about how I live my life and what I do with it. You live your life as the 'perfect' little school girl, and I live my life like it's a rollercoaster ride! I do crazy stuff, that would most likely get me sued, but I don't care!" At this point his face was close to red, and Kagome was just staring at him with watery eyes. "I'm not your friend, acquaintance, or anything for that matter, except for neighbor. I'd like to keep it that way."

Kagome lower lip quivered and Inuyasha backed off, looking away.

"All right." Kagome whispered as she looked down at her feet. But by the time she had looked up, all she saw was his retreating back. She didn't long for his presence, but then again the hospital did seem a little less depressing with him by her side. She straightened up as much as she could, turning towards the door without a second thought about anything else but her grandfather. She continued at a slow but steady pace towards C17, which was only a few doors from where Inuyasha had left her flat-out.

The door was open, and she could hear the faint beeping of the monitor. She breathed in slowly, making her way towards the doorway. As she turned inside the room, her eyes fell on the body of her grandfather. His chest was barely rising, but the steady beat of the heart monitor made her at ease. She approached slowly; the IV tubes sticking out from his frail body making her feel sick in her stomach. His eyes were closed, and his face held the pasty complexion of a man on his death bed.

"Jii-chan…" She whispered under her breath as she stared at her grandpa. She rushed over to his side and grabbed his hand, but lightly as to not hurt him. Her eyes began to examine his feeble body, and she felt her knees begin to shake.

"I'm so sorry Jii-chan; I should've been there for you." She whispered as a stray tear leaked down her cheek. "I should've called to tell you I had detention. I should've done something; I just want everything to be all right again." More tears began to follow the first, all tracing the same line down her cheeks.

"Now that mama and dad are gone, you're all I've got left. You can't leave me just yet. I need you, I don't think I can bear the hurt if you go and leave me like they did." She sniffed back the emotions that were willing to drive her to depression. "Jii-chan, you know that I love you. But I need you to stay alive for me; I need you to stay with me. I need you to walk me down the aisle when I get married; I need you to disapprove of my boyfriends. I need you to tell me those dumb stories about the shrine you used to own, all those fairy tales about youkai back in Sengoku Jidai. Please…don't leave me…"

She bent down so she was on her knees and rested her head on the hospital bed. Her eyes closed and she tried to think that everything was all right and he was going to be fine.

Everything is going to be fine.

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"Stupid woman, think she can be my mother." Inuyasha grumbled as he stood outside the hospital doors, venting from their earlier brawl. "I ought to teach that girl where her place is in society…but I don't think I could for the world. Been trying to for years."

"You know, it's not sane to talk to yourself." An old, weary voice chuckled from beside him. He looked over and saw an old woman, nearly hunched over with a cane.

"Didn't your mother tell you not to talk to strangers?" He snapped, before adding in a taunting tone. "But you've probably forgotten with how old you are. She probably died a century ago." The woman was quick to react and smacked him in the shin with her cane, looking at him with squinted eyes.

"Learn how to talk to your elder's boy." She ground out, looking about to beat him with the column of wood.

"Keh! I can do whatever I want you old hag." He said as he crossed his arms over his chest. That earned him another whack on his shin, only this time harder. He grabbed his wounded leg and held it, balancing on one foot. "That hurt!"

"I told you, respect your elder's." She stated plainly. "And respect women for that matter."

"What?"

"I saw you speaking with a young woman in the hallway earlier, and you weren't very respective to her in any way. You reduced her to tears." She said, looking up at him with an all-knowing smile.

"You were spying on me! What; are your soap opera's not enough?" He growled out at her, wanting to get away from all the sick old people. He could clearly tell what was wrong with her.

"You should apologize; I don't think you're making her feel any better than she already is."

"And why should I listen to an old hag like you?" He asked, scoffing at her words.

"Because," she whacked him once again with her deadly cane. "I'll hit you." She let out a rather witch-like cackle, alarming the pained boy.

"You don't know me, or her, so why don't you go mind your own business. There are plenty of people in this parking lot to bug, go find someone else." He turned away from the old woman, but yet she still spoke to him.

"Does it matter?"

"Yes. Now go away," he said stubbornly.

"If you won't listen to me, then you will listen to your guilt. Making a woman cry, you should be ashamed of yourself."

"I'm perfectly happy that I made her cry, I hope she goes home and mourns about it!" He snapped.

"You don't mean it, we all know. If you can live with that guilt, then get into your car and go home. If you can't, as I think, then you will go back in and apologize."

He supposed that those were her parting words, for he couldn't hear her ragged breathing anymore. He sighed, knowing very well that the old witch was right. He looked at the parking lot where his red pick up sat, and then thought of the tearing eyes of the young woman.

Fuck this, having a conscious sucks!

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A/U: I'm sorry for not updating, I got a few reviews complaining about me not updating. I will update when I have time. Exams are nearing and I'm not doing too hot in some of my classes. I need to pick up my pace and try and focus on work. And apart from this site, I do have a life. So I will try to update as frequently as I can, but my life doesn't revolve around writing my fanfics. Sorry.

On a lighter note, I know I should've made this longer, but I've got a wondrous idea for the next chapter, but it will only work if I put it the next chapter. And truth be told, I don't think that these chapters are going to go past 6 pages! I'm sorry, it's just the way it turned out to be!

Arriverdici,

Melody Unwinding