Chapter 5:

Flowers on Fifth

By: pillowsama


Thoughts and feelings sent to Sesshoumaru


Are you her?

Are you the person who give him his life back?

Tell me if you find him.

Kagome watched silently through the window through the glass. She watched the leaves of the tree drift slowly down.

It was almost like a dream, of which she'd just been abruptly waken. Only a couple of hours ago she'd met Miroku on the street and here she was in the hospital, by herself in the hallway. Her friend left to call Sango to the scene, and Jaken sat in the room with Sesshoumaru. They both feared the worst could happen to Sesshoumaru.

'After all...it was I who caused his death...' She wept bitterly.

If she didn't go on the street and forgot about the whole wedding thing and pass the event up to another person maybe Sesshoumaru would be walking up the aisle right now on the path to a happy matrimony. She shifted the coat in her left hand to her right and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. Her eyes red, ready to burst one more into tears- she walked back into the room.

The door clicked as it closed and she found herself quietly creeping up to the unconscious body. She stared hard at the the features that graced his face. For three years she had not even heard his name mentioned and sleeping, there he was-today, in her mist. The strong jaw that she found so attractive was still there, but the gentle intensity he once emitted was gone.

This was not the man that use to tease her and make her quake.

Still she had the intense urge to kiss him. To make the story of sleeping beauty come true. Sesshoumaru was beautiful, and he wasn't dead. Just laying in a dream and only needed his true love to wake him from his slumber so that he could live happily in the arms of his lover. Kagome smoothed the blanket that covered him. The constantly beeping of the machine kept her hopes up that he would grow and be strong.

Kikyo was the woman who stole Naraku from her the first time. Here she was again to take back Sesshoumaru.

Time heals all wounds, that's why she was able to do the wedding she'd forgotten who Kikyo was until today when all the memories sank back into her as the car slammed into Sesshoumaru. She walked out of the room and into the hallway, and continued to wait for Miroku to return.

"Kagome."

Miroku stood next to her and quietly waited for her to talk to him. "Sango's coming. She'll take you home if you want."

"Yes, it would be better for me not to be here when he wakes isn't it?"

Kagome slipped her hand into Miroku's wishing that this was over. He pulled away and put his arm around her, the both of them staring out of the window. "If you ever think this was your fault, it isn't. There's nothing I can say to make you feel better, But I know how you feel."

Miroku knew how she felt yes, she knew this. It was hard for him to get up and call Sango since they haven't talked in years. He even remembered the number, he said. "I've wanted to call it may times...But was always scared..." Openly, for her he did call and Sango came. Miroku was truly a gentlemen.

"I want Sango to take you home Miroku, tell her I told you too. She'll listen to me."

She watched as he hesitate silently before her. "Don't worry okay? Sango won't bite." Turning back to the room, she nodded for Miroku to leave and she'd be there in a minute to leave.

Jaken still slept soundly on the couch, though she never could tell about the little man. He was always so secretive around her, never wanting to really meet and get to know her. Tucked on his side facing the couch he snored his day away.

When she turned from the sight she found Sesshoumaru awake staring silently at her. Tense was her muscle in her jaw when she realized she never should have returned. But she couldn't help herself. He examined her dreamily on his back floating on the cloud-like bed. 'Almost like an angel...'


Almost always she knew what was going on.

It was from Sesshoumaru that she learned everything that needed to be learned. The man who taught her that, 'No was an answer, but no is not always the most precise one.' Rin smiled when she thought of the sparkle in his eyes when he told her his own quote.

In a situation you could always take control of this that was fine to think, but now... When her own mentor and brother lay slightly broken in the hospital. "I know not what to do."

The clicking of her watch was the loudest sound in the room. The nurse had just called her about Sesshoumaru's condition. She was surprised though that Sesshoumaru had listed Rin as his emergency contact. 'I'm not even old enough to drive.' It pushed her pride up knowing that her brother trusted her the most. Rin opened her mouth wanting to shout for the rest of the family. But closed it instead.

"Kikyo?" She talked into her cell phone. "Take me the emergency room. No I'm not sick. Sesshoumaru is...okay...See you there."

She offed the phone, grabbed her coat and ran down the stairs and waited on the porch. The clouds seemed darker than they did a minute ago. A sure signal of rain.

Doctor had told her that Sesshoumaru showed some signed of amnesia and memory loss, but assured her that that would clear up in a few weeks and everything should be back to normal. 'Would he remember me?' Rin wondered. Sesshoumaru never spoke anymore now, and never seemed quite as happy; it made her sad thinking of all he had to go through.

What with the marriage of Kikyo probably affected a bit too. "Thank God you're here."

Rin ran to the red car and hopped inside pointing the directions of her driver. "How is he?" Kikyo asked, her eyes trained her the road.

"He's fine."

The woman did sincerely care for her brother. It was at that moment that she would make sure the marriage between them would happen. Sesshoumaru needed someone to care for him. When his body would turn old, wrinkling, prunyy, and unattractive, he needed a companion of which to spent the rest of his days. Kikyo would do that, and if not her than who?

'Hopefully not Jaken...' She shuddered.


He watched her slip away.

Like a child she blushed and shifted her weight from one foot to the next, before bowing her head slightly and backing out of the room. The lingering scent of flowers radiating from her still in the room. It could possibly be from the roses on his bedside table-but he liked to believe that it was her, and not some inanimate object.

Sesshoumaru awoke from his slumbering state to a room shrouded in darkness, only to find himself face to face with the stranger. His eyes closed in frustration. 'Where am I?'

Memories eluded him, blank spots and explanations seemed to be lost in the back of his mind. He was in the hospital that much he knew from the notable dressing gown he was in and the shuffling of doctors outside of the room. Across the room sat a miniature man who slept soundly; he was sure he knew the man before. 'When he wakes up I'll ask him.'

The door opened and a elegant looking woman stepped inside.

She paced around his room complaining of the dreadful conditions. "Don't they know who you are! How could they send you here! Why if I had been here..."

"And you are?"

She stopped talking and her face passive. "Oh. I forgot. My name's Kikyo. And you're Sesshoumaru. You got in an accident and it seems you lost your memory." She edged closer to the foot of his bed to his side. "The doctor says it's only temporary. You'll be fine in no time."

He knew his name he knew what he did. But he didn't remember anyone else. His mind ached from the stress of trying to dig deeper to remember; but his brain throbbed when he didn't. A dreadful two way street. Definitely he wanted to get back to work right away. The room got even stuffier with the arrival with of another girl. She wore a light jacket and a plaid blue skirt. Her eyes lit with her concern when she realized the blue cast that was wrapped around his right arm.

"Sesshoumaru! Oh God Sesshoumaru! Are you alright?"

'This is Rin... I'm sure of it...'

Scenes flashed in his head when she ran to embrace him tenderly as if a single show of strength would shatter him. The one that stood out the most in his mind was the time Rin ran to him at the festival. She sobbed slightly before locking eyes with him, "Oh now what am I going to do? The wedding! I have to cancel it!"

"What are you talking about? If course it'll still happen. Right Sesshoumaru dear?" She snapped at Rin before looking loving at him.

"I'm getting married?"

The two women before him nodded their head silently, pleased that he was able to comprehend it so quickly without making such a big scene. He got up and away from the bed. The rain had just begun to sprinkle drops on the pavement. He grabbed the white roses, opened the window and placed them on the ledge. The rain showered on the petals that looked so parched and dry before.

"I suppose. Is there anything else I should know about?" He asked looking out the glass.

Rin and Kikyo exchanged glances wondering if there was anything that should have been mentioned to him. They said nothing. But Jaken seemed to know there was something, but he remained unsure if it was wise to mention it to anything. He feared it might upset the master, and destroy the happiness that might happen. The woman who had brought Sesshoumaru to the hospital and left without a word to him seemed to play an important factor to his master.

Since it was his master who muttered her name unconsciously in the ambulance.


(A/N: I'm really tired right now...and highschool's such a big burden on me... I noticed and realized that all the love stories and dramatic stuff I write...is...just that a story...and I've fallin' farther in luv with Kagome and Sesshoumaru...but It pisses me off that I can't edit so...much more that that... I am in need of an editor, or beta reader...anything! I need ideas, and help. So many stories I'd like to write...but no one to read them. So my decision is... I'm looking for one. and if you'd like to help me at all. please tell me. in a review or anything, e-mail, instant message... I don't care.)

To answer some questions: Sesshoumaru's okay...but Jaken's going to have something to do with Kagome...in case you haven't noticed...

on another note... I've got a new story out..and that I'll be updating soon...Shukumei Toushuu Maybe if your bored or so...you'd like to check it out? and leave a review...? lol. (I won't be updating for a while... or so...depends...)...

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