Whatever It Takes
By:TycoonGirl
Disclaimer: I no own
Chapter Three: Shocked
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Kagome woke after a few hours sleep. She and the others had cleaned up the mess in the hall and they had taken rooms in the large villa. Kagome rolled from her warm bed and went to her bathroom to shower. She stepped out and dressed in her uniform and swore when she saw that she had not done her homework assignment. She kicked the desk and hurriedly sat down to write out her assignments.
She ran down the stairs and hopped into her car. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru got in her car as well. She stared at the quizically for a moment, then shrugged it off and drove to school. Kagome parked and got out of the car. She walked away from the two brothers, headed for her locker. She gathered her things and went to her first class. Math. She slid into her seat and class began.
Her gaze was blank and quite creepy as she stared down and her B- paper. She grabbed the paper and shoved it into her binder, then pulled out a calender. It was the last day of the month. Her hands started to shake as she slipped her calender away. Kagome sliently rose and moved to the front of the class. "Professor Akira, may I please be excused? I'm not feeling to well, I think I'd like to go to the nurse." she said in a calm voice. Her teacher nodded to her and handed her a paper pass.
Kagome walked through the white halls lined with blue lockers and black carpet. She arrived at the nurse's office. "Hello Kagome. How are you?" Nurse Ayame asked pleasantly as usual. "I'm not feeling too well." she said. "Ah, okay. You don't need to explain to me. Besides, you always come here the last day of each month begging to go home. Good thing today's Friday. You can go. I hope you feel better." Ayame called.
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She arrived home and parked her car. The team of doctors were still there. Damn. Getting past them would be a hassle especially with her change happening so quickly. Kagome was utterly pale. She looked like a frail ghost and she was clearly ill, which was something that only happened at the end of each month. Kagome entered her home and went into the kitchen. Doctor Kaede looked up.
"I was wondering when you would be home. You shouldn't have gone to school at all today. Sit down, I have something that will ease the pain on your body." she said in a sage-like voice, turning to a big silver pot and stirring it with a ladle then filling a coffee mug with the herbal drink. She set it before Kagome.
The drink was a pale blue color, like the sky. It had yellow and green specks floating in it along with something white. It smelled like mint. Kagome picked up the mug after sitting and drank it all. She bowed her head. "Thank you Doctor."
Dr. Kaede nodded. "It's no problem. I make this at the end of every month for the ones whom have suffered the painful transition from a roban into your robotica stage." she said, taking the mug and putting it in the sink. Kagome's body was aching and burning. She felt the pain from everything that her body had gone through that month and she grunted. "What?" she managed to gasp.
"Oh, I forgot that you have had no one to guide you through this ordeal. I shall explain. A roban is what the scientists that know about you and others like you have named your race or those whom have been through metalization. Metalization is when you make the change from human into robot. However at the end of each month you go through something called robotica. That is when you turn back into a human. During this time, as I'm sure you know from experiance, you feel all the pain that you have sustained that month, both physically, mentally and emotionally. The more pain you endure, the longer it takes for your stage to be over. Judging by your early reaction to this day, your stage will not be pleasant. You should really stop hurting yourself like that. I believe that your stage will be over by monday night...how long are your stages of pain usually?" Dr. Kaede asked, gazing at the shaking girl whom was already feeling the burn of change.
Kagome coughed and pushed her hair back. "I...I think..two days...usually...ho..weever...there was...one...that...last...ed...ten...day...s..." she hacked. Kaede frowned. "Come with me, you should be in a room by yourself. Do you have one?" "Yes..."
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Her body shook as she laid on the matress. That was all that was in the white room. Tears poured from her eyes and she coughed frequantly. Kagome had changed into baggy red plaid sleep pants and a black t-shirt. Her glasses were gone and her hair was up. Kagome sat up and grimaced at the pain. Her head was throbbing, and her toe was as well. Her arm was on fire and she was having problems breathing. Her cheeks were bright red and her emotions were going everywhere.
Outside the door that was locked for everyone's protection stood Sesshomaru and Inuyasha, listening to her groans of pain and discomfort. Sesshomaru looked away, tears filling his eyes. "Damn it, she's worse than Rin..." he said. Inuyasha patted his brother on his arm. "I know. After all, Kagome is the oldest one of the roban race...she's suffered far longer than anyone else and far more...I think it would be best if we brought Rin here to meet Kagome. They might take comfort in knowing each other."
Sesshomaru sniffed. "You might be right." he said.
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On Wednesday morning Kagome's groans finally stopped. She sat up and went to the door and knocked on it. Within a few moments it was opened by Dr. Myoga. He smiled. "Feeling better I see. Your robotica lasted longer than we all thought. Come on, you must be starving." the kindly old man said.
Kagome followed sleepily after him. During her stage she had not been able to sleep or eat or any of the other nessary things. First Kagome showered and did her business, then she dressed in loose jeans and a plum tank top. She pulled her hair back and slid on her glasses. Then Kagome went into the kitchen. Dr. Sango, Dr. Miroku, and Dr. Koga had gone to their lab to work on something, the Taisho brothers were at school and that left Kagome with Dr. Kaede and Dr. Myoga...joy.
She ate a lot of food then crawled up the stairs and fell onto her bed, to sleep.
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Sesshomaru and Inuyasha sat with their popular friends after school which included Yura, Kikyo, Kagura and Kanna. "Urgh, can you believe it, that brainy dweeb didn't come to school again. Damn, and I had a really good plan to get back at her for being so rude to me at school. She bumped into me so rudely then refused to apologize to me. Can you believe the nerve of some people?" Kagura demanded going on and on about someone that had offended her.
Inuyasha leaned forward. "Hey, why don't you do the old water bucket trick where you throw ice water on her in front of some guy she has the hots for?" he asked wickedly, oblivious to the fact that he was sealing Kagome's impending doom. Kagura let out a cackle. "Seroiusly, I don't think this nerd has even thought about any guy ever. She's so lame, but that's a good idea Inuyasha. I think I'll use that on the bitch tommorrow at school." she smiled.
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Kagome sat at the kitchen table quickly flying through her homework. When she was finished she wandered back to the attic. Kagome was about to jump up when she heard a shout from the kitchen. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE?" Kagome's mother shouted. Kagome winced and ran to her mother's side. "Mother, this is Doctor Kaede and Doctor Myoga. They are science professors and have been helping me get into the school I want to. Please do not be upset." She spoke quietly.
Sakuya, Kagome's mother, narrowed her glimmering sapphire blue eyes in disgust. She turned away from Kaede and Myoga whom were standing next to each other to face her daughter. She slapped Kagome across the face, leaving a brillant red mark. Kagome's hair fell over her face. "What are the rules about you becoming a scientist? You must go through my contacts, not some random doctor. Go to the library, I'm tired of your presence. I want these people out of here by the time I return from dinner with my male friend. Understood?" she demanded. "Yes Ma'am." Kagome said quietly. Kagome's mother left in a cloud of heavy purfume, slamming the door.
Kaede scurried over to Kagome. "Is your cheek alright?" she asked. Kagome brushed the hair from her face. "Yes, of course. It won't hurt until the end of this month. I apologize for my mother's behavoiur. She never wanted children. My father was always a much better parent. Anyhow, as much as I would like you all to continue staying here, I am afraid that I must abide by my mother's rules and you all will have to leave. If there is any thing you need me to do call me on my cell phone number at any time." Kagome said, writing her number down in neat curly print and handing the blue post-it to Kaede.
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The next morning Kagome woke to her barcode burning. She let out a loud groan and rolled off her bed. It was like someone had stuck a burning iron fire-place poker on her neck. Kagome swore and jumped into an ice-cold shower. The cold water beat down on her pale skin and dark black barcode. The water helped a bit, but not much. Kagome sighed and finally decided to ignore it. When she went to turn off the water she was shocked with a jolt of electicity magnified by the water all in the stall and on her body.
Kagome pulled on her uniform and grabbed her home work. She slid her clean glasses on and went to the car and got in. She drove to school. Another day of boredom.
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Kagura, Kanna, Yura, Kikyo, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were all sitting in the class room where Kagura had decided to strike. They all sat by the door so they could get a good view of the victim being drenched in ice water. Sesshomaru had his arm around Yura's arms and Inuyasha and Kikyo were sucking face.
Kagome arrived at her class and pushed the door open. Suddenly a bucket of ice water came crashing down on her, knocking her glasses off, which had happened to break and cut her cheek. Her books were knocked into the large pool of water. Kagome felt her barcode burn even more intensely than that morning and she let out a whimper as the electric currents surrounded her. The entire class was in disbelif, watching the small lighting rolling over Kagome. Her eyes filled with tears and she turned and ran from the room.
The pain of everything crashed down on Kagome and she ran from the school as fast as her legs could carry her, which was pretty fast. She'd been embarressed in front of the entire class, not to mention that she had suddenly turned into the main conductor for some pretty intense electricty. Kagome found herself in some dark cave and sat against the wall, her feet in the stream that ran past, also electrifying that. She slumped back, completely lost into the world of unconsiousness.
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Authours Note: I have been in school, so don't blame me. Blame the government.
Souta: is resentful of Kagome because she seems seemingly perfect and flawless...like a robot. So he makes nasty robot remarks, but he doesn't know how close he is to the actual truth of the matter. He is a stoner and frequently gets in trouble and is prone to host very loud band practises at all hours of the night.
Dr. Higurashi (Kagome and Souta's father): Madman whom supposedly used his own daughter as a guniea pig for his 'metalization' experiments, but was actually brutally murdered and turned into an ice cube. He was working for the government on the perfect robot soldiers but the formula killed the lab animals he was allowed to use. (To let you know, this part about their father will improve over the next few chapters, I promise you won't hate him as much as you do now in the ending of the story.)
Kagome: The quiet girl. Smart, and seemingly shy. No friends. Secretly yerns to know what happened to her, but tells people she doesn't. She likes to hide her true self and has a habit of being very nosy which leads to most of her discoveries. (Also, this discription will improve over the next few chappies, I just don't want to give too much of the plot line away in this!)
Mrs. Higurashi (Mother of Kagome and Souta): A powerful CEO who is never in her children's lives and dosen't like for them to call her unless it is an emergency. (THIS IS KILLING ME! I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE OTHER STUFF!) She is quite nasty, has a temper, never wanted children, dosen't want Kagome or Souta near her.
Sesshomaru Taisho: The rich heir to his father's fortune. He has a mysterious reason for funding the doctors whom are intrested in 'metalization', that only he and Inuyasha know. Very handsome, a tad rude, and is the most popular guy in school along with his girlfriend, Yura. (Don't worry, the bitch isn't going to be around for long I'm going to...I should not have said that. Shutting up.) Compassionate to others and very strong.
Inuyasha Taisho: The misunderstood rich pretty boy. Mysterious reason...see Sesshomaru's blurp...powerful fighter, extremely popular along with his girlfriend, Kikyo. (She's not sticking around either...I hate Kikyo...well, it depends on what the pairings are going to be, if you know what I mean.) Rude and can be quite mean at times. Wants the best for everyone, just doesn't ask nicely.
Dr. Sango Mirashu: Married to collegue, Dr. Miroku Mirashu. Specializes in weapons for the U.S. government.
Dr. Miroku Mirashu: Married to collegue, Dr. Sango Mirashu. Specializes in myth and history research for the CIA or what ever.
Dr. Koga Wolfstein: Specializes in robotics. Has a crush on Kagome and wants her to be his 'woman'.
Dr. Kaede Guiskiko: Specializes in human treatments and herbs. Makes a herbal remedy to robotica that helps numb the pain.
Dr. Myoga Fishosan: Specializes in emotional treatments and brain surgeon. (Yah, I thought having Inuyasha as the brain surgeon was just too damn ironic.)
Naraku: The bad guy. Killed Dr. Higurashi and took over his life to continue the research and tested on countless humans, including Kagome, whom then myseteriously dissappeared.
Rin: A mystery so far...
Yah. So, that is my chapter. Sorry for the cliffy!
TycoonGirl