Here ya go. Another one's coming too. Sorry, been busy-soccer, rock climbing, honor society, State convention of student gov. :sigh: my busy life.

:; Wake to your arms

Guardian Angel

: Fall asleep with no harm

Sesshomaru had searched for ages. He had looked everywhere he had any thought she could be. He had searched every café, library, poetry readings: everything. He was driving down the same road where the accident was. There was probably glass still at the sight-glass… he was distressed about Kagome and if his tire was flat: there was no way he could get to her. He slowed down before stopping. It was late and no one was out. He stopped in a nearby parking lot of a store. He looked around. The whole road must have been brutally backed up. His brother and his friends were lucky they missed it. They had come before the accident. It was horrible that the accident was on such a main road, everyone from their group had to use it to get home as well as half the population of the city.

Sesshomaru paused. He repeated that sentence. Everyone from their group had to use it to go home. The accident would be backed up for miles. Knowing Kagome, she wouldn't want to worry her family. She was probably too lost to even remember about her cell and call home. She must have token a short cut. He slowly went down the empty road, searching for an alley clear and big enough to fit her bike and send her to her home. He found a large enough alley for his car to fit in and headed down it. It was big enough to fit his car without scraping the sides of his car. He drove slow to find any trace of her. There was paper and garbage from the cans outside. They looked to have been blown about. He continued on. The alley was beginning to turn as he reached the end. He stopped at the end and looked both ways. There was nothing coming on the barren road. He turned right into a park, he didn't care that he wasn't supposed to be here. There was some dark aura circling the park…and…he had this pang in his chest he couldn't blow away. He was driving slowly. His Brights were on.

A trail of one wheel caught in his lights. He parked and exited. The wheels were the size of a motorcycle. He bent down to examine the trail. They were fresh. If this was Kagome's trail-which he was pretty sure they were-then she had gone through her less then an hour earlier. He went into his car and began down the course. Picking up his cell phone, he began to call Inuyasha.

"Hello?" The anxious voice on the other side said.

"I think I found her."

"Really? Where? Where are you? Is she okay?" An onslaught of questions filled out.

"I'm at the park at 17 and 20. I haven't found Kagome yet but there was a trail that looked like her bike. Call the others. I'm going to find her. Without another say, Sesshomaru hung up on his younger brother and focused as he drove down the path. He followed the trail. The pang in his stomach was really getting to him. He had never felt like this before. It was like he could sense something was coming. He had no idea what it was, but it appeared it was not good. He noticed a swerve in the tracks and looked ahead to spot a burning mass of metal. Walking as close as he dared, he recognized the charred slab as Kagome's bike. The feeling in his gut was hurting ten times worse now. He looked around to figure out what was happening. There was a spot where fire had fallen on and random metal was spewed about. In bedded deep within the flesh of the bike, there was one silver dagger. Its handle had a dark dragon whirling around it.

Sesshomaru had seen that design before…but where? His eyes widened with recognition. The Shadow Stalkers-they were the rulers of the area. What had she gotten herself into? Sesshomaru looked around once more. There was a spot where the ground was imprinted. He assumed that was where Kagome landed. He spotted a red drop. It was blood. Looking at the direction it let, he got into his car and followed it.

Sesshomaru entered the scene just as Kagome fell unconscious at the feet of the target twins. 5 other gang members were around her and 3 were mangled and unconscious on the ground. He rocketed out of his car and sped toward them. He punched the first one causing a domino effect to knock over the second one. The one he punched was unconscious. The other one was struggling to stand as the rest of the gang surrounded him.

The target twins had stepped back to observe. He could take the gang fools down easy, but the target twins were another story. He had to take one or the other out. But which was the easier? They both relied on each other and needed each other. He dodged a fist and unconsciously began to fight. He felt blood speckle on to his face as he punched another one unconscious. The target twins were staring at him as he stared back. He tumbled back as he felt a fist hit his stomach. He stumbled to catch his breath. When it was obtained, he knocked the owner of it unconscious. He focused at the worse again. They would attack him eventually; when they found his weakness. But what if he created a false weakness? Maybe he could pretend that the punch really did a number on him; a shortness of movement from shortness of breath.

He took another hit to the stomach, this time wincing on purpose and faking the true extent. When the first brother told the second one what to do, Sesshomaru would see and counter attack. He started moving slower, his movements became sluggish as he acted fatigue. He knocked out another gang member. One gang member left. He saw the elder of the brothers' nod at his younger brother as they began to whisper. In a flash the younger one came at him. Sesshomaru was right in his prediction as he efficiently blocked a hit to the stomach. He almost laughed at the expressions of the remaining conscious members. With a swift strike to the head, the target twin was knocked unconscious. He watched the shock play out on the face of the other target twin and gang member.

He felt a sharp hit at his back and was momentarily distracted as the target twin was collected in his brother's arms and then run away. Sesshomaru was ready chase after when he remembered Kagome. Looking in her direction he hurried to her. He scooped her in his arms tenderly. He placed her in the front seat of his car gently, before speeding of to the hospital. With a swift motion, he pulled out his cell and hit speed dial.

"Sesshomaru, have you found her ye-" 'Inuyasha was cut off as Sesshomaru interrupted.

"She's unconscious. Shadow stalkers are after her. She was token down by the target twins. I'm taking her to the hospital. Call everyone else and tell her." Sesshomaru hung up and gazed at Kagome. A light fell on to her face as Sesshomaru became angry. Whoever did this was going to die, die a horrible fuckin' death. He would make sure of it.

: meow mix

Sesshomaru charged in through the automatic door. He was immediately spotted by a female nurse.

"What on earth happened?" The nurse asked eyes wide. Sesshomaru glanced at her name tag: Nurse Toki.

"She was in a fight. Where is a doctor?" Sesshomaru asked. The nurse motioned him to follow as she pulled up a rolling bed for Kagome. Sesshomaru placed her on it and the nurse began to lead him away. They came to a room with a red light over the door way. He began to step in as he watched the door swing open to spot a couple of doctors inside. He followed Kagome only to be pushed back by the nurse.

"Oh, no you don't! No disturbing for a while. Wait in the main lobby, just right over there." Sesshomaru followed her finger to the way he had come. "I'll come get you when you are allowed to come to her room." Sesshomaru seemed to consider the choice before finding it acceptable. He walked slowly to the room. Sitting down in the uncomfortable chair, he looked around to find something to do while waiting. A man with curly brown hair began to walk towards him. He was wearing a blue ER suit as Sesshomaru wondered where he saw him from. His mind flashed to the accident he saw earlier. He was one of the people from the ambulance.

"Wow, you've saved two people in one day. What are you a guardian angel?" The man said as he sat next to Sesshomaru.

"I'm no guardian angel." Sesshomaru said turning a glare to the man.

"Oh, but it appears you are. That girl you brought in looks half dead. What the hell happened to her to make her that way?" Sesshomaru raised his eye brows at the blunt man. The man didn't seem to interpret the glare Sesshomaru was sending because he was still there. "My name is Yuki." Honest. Yes that name did fit him.

"Sesshomaru."

: If ever a time to be concerned-when your head is stuck in a toilet…in a depot store…

Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku ran into the room. Mrs. Higurashi followed soon after. Kouga was on his way over, but had not yet made it.

"How is she?" Sango asked, practically pouncing on Sesshomaru.

"I do not know. They have kept her inside for over an hour." Sango looked ready to strangle Sesshomaru.

"What the hell happened?" Inuyasha asked worried at the amount of time she had been gone.

"It was the Shadow stalkers. There was an accident on the way home. I witnessed it. I assumed Kagome took a short cut through the allies. I followed one into a park. I found her bike flaming. The target twins jammed the controls and connected gas with the gears. It was on fire. My guess is she was walking when they caught her. They messed her up bad."

"Why would she be a target of the shadow stalkers?" Sango asked confused.

"Kikyou is going out with the leader." Inuyasha said. "The same one at the club." Inuyasha said looking at Sesshomaru.

"Kikyou must have sent them after Kagome." Miroku added.

"What are you talking about?" Mrs. Higurashi looked on with confusion.

They were interrupted when a doctor came in.

"Hello. My name is Doctor Unagi. I assume you are here for Kagome Higurashi?" the doctor continued with nods. "I have some good and bad news. Which one first?"

"Bad news." Kouga said as he took of his jacket and moved toward the group holding a dozen red roses in his hand.

"The bad news is Kagome is in a coma."

"Will she be okay?" Mrs. Higurashi asked. Tears already forming in her eyes.

"Yes. She is recovering wonderfully. We suspect the coma will only last for a few days a week at the most."

"What is the good news?" Miroku asked inquisitively.

"What happened to her is a paper cut compared to the usual work of the SS. She is lucky she had you as a savior," the doctor said turning to face Sesshomaru.

"Where is she now?" Sesshomaru asked, recovering from the shocking silence.

"Room 219. You can all go in, but only one can stay nights with her. We assumed she would be having a sleeping visitor, so a bed has already been placed near her bed. You only have a half hour to visit."

The group hurried down to the room to make the time. They timidly stepped inside.

In the light from the parking lights outside, held an angel of broken beauty. Her hair was black and flowing from her person on the soft fluttering pillow. The white hospital gown pulled off from her shoulder: revealing a jagged gash. Her face lay bruised and her right eye was swollen blue. Wounds that littered her body were covered by white hospital gauze.

Sango fell to her knees at Kagome's bed. Afraid to grasp her hand within her own. Sobs broke free from her mouth: mangled and hoarse. Miroku gently lifted Sango and picked her up bridal style.

"I'll take her home: she really can't handle this." Miroku said gently. He carried through the door as Kouga held it open. Kouga slowly walked towards the bed. Poor Kagome, he thought, she did not deserve this. He placed the roses on the stand by her bed. He looked at his watch. It was so early this morning. He had to go home. His brothers and mother would be worried for him. He sighed before staring at Kagome once more. He would visit tomorrow. Now, he knew that Sesshomaru or Inuyasha would be there for her.

Inuyasha fell back into the chair positioned near her bed. On the other side of the bed Kagome was in, was another bed that was wheeled in. It was his fault. Kagome was fine until he messed with Kikyou. Kikyou was his girl friend at the time. If they weren't going out: Kagome wouldn't have punched her. The heart monitor and gadgets around him were beeping.

Sesshomaru felt a turning in his stomach as he looked at Kagome. She looked so…lifeless…so dead…and nothing like the energetic Kagome he knew, he missed. His brother was slumped in the chair obviously distressed. He blamed himself, Sesshomaru thought to himself.

"You couldn't have done anything. There was nothing you could do and it isn't your fault. One way or another Kagome would have done something to get herself introduced to them." Inuyasha took comfort in the words as he stood. "Now go home, Inuyasha. She will be here tomorrow." Inuyasha looked at Sesshomaru skeptically but left without argument.

"I'll go home to." Mrs. Higurashi said as she began to leave. Sesshomaru opened his mouth to leave but a hand was held up to silence him. "I have another child and family waiting to know about Kagome. You stay here." In a flash, it was just Sesshomaru and Kagome…Kagome and Sesshomaru…Sesshomaru liked the idea.

:meow mix

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