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I wake to your eyes…

Awaken Truth

What Beautiful eyes….

Sesshomaru opened his eyes wearily. His head was resting on Kagome's bed, though a cot was placed near. His hand gripped hers. He gazed up at her still unconscious body. The pallor of her skinny was frightening, but she was alive: and that was what mattered. Why was she injured? She didn't deserve it. How was she connected to Naraku? She shouldn't be. Sesshomaru felt his heart begin to race at the thought of Naraku trying to injure Kagome again. NO! Sesshomaru wouldn't let him. Kagome was his! His to protect! She would forever be safe now! Always! Sesshomaru gazed down once more. Kagome was still asleep. He looked at the clock; it was 9:00 AM. Visiting hours just started, Kagome's family and friends would be here soon. The door opened. Well speak of the devil…

"How is she?" Inuyasha's ruff, loud voice, was lowered and worried.

"Fine, asleep, but fine." Sesshomaru answered with a sigh. He really wanted her to wake up now. "Aren't you supposed to be in school?" Sesshomaru asked, realizing it was Friday.

"Aren't you?" Inuyasha said with a smirk. He was answered with a glare. "yeah, well I'm going soon. I was just checking to make sure she was okay." Inuyasha said with a sigh. "I'll tell the teacher you couldn't make it to school today, later"

Sesshomaru stared as Inuyasha left the room. Sesshomaru was smart, and he was able to obtain the freedom of being able to miss school and be able to make up the extra work. Kagome was also brilliant, but she had been unconscious for a long time, and he was sort of wondering when he would to see her dark lovely eyes once more. He heard the door creak and turned his head to view the visitor, or visitors. It was the doctor and Mrs. Higurashi.

Mrs. Higurashi took a seat in the chair near her daughter.

"I have some bad news." The doctor said, sad to have to repeat the phrase once again to another family. His sadness was multiplied when he saw the forming tears in Mrs. Higurashi's eyes.

"She's going to die, isn't she?" Mrs. Higurashi asked frightened.

:Inuyasha

Inuyasha walked into school. Judging by the looks of the people around him, something big happened. Sango and Miroku were at his side. The red back pack that he had slung over his shoulder dropped as he spotted a dagger piercing his metal locker. The dagger connected a white envelope to his locker. Ripping the dagger out of its hold, he noticed the emblem on the end of it.

"Isn't that the emblem of the target twins, from Naraku's gang?" Sango asked confused at the sharp blade in school no less.

"Yes, it is. But didn't Sesshomaru take both of them out when he got Kagome?" Miroku asked Inuyasha.

"Yeah…He did. They probably are recovering. Check out this note! We have to show Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha said, his eyes suddenly seeing red. Damn that Naraku.

"Dear Inuyasha,

How unfortunate that I did not finish that little girl Kagome, off. She is a sad thing, beautiful, but an ersatz of Kikyou. Next time, not only will Kagome die, but so will your little gang, including Sesshomaru, that is, unless, Kagome is already dead. The injuries might not have killed her right away, but where she was injured may keep her in a fate worse than death. Next full moon, in 4 days, gets ready for your death. The park where Kagome died. Until then.

Eternally yours,

Naraku & Kikyou"

: Kagome

"She's going to die, isn't she?" Mrs. Higurashi asked frightened.

"No, but she is close." Doctor Unagi took the x-rays and posted them on a light screen. He took a pen and began pointing to the pictures. "As you can see, the highlighted area is where the danger lies. Her frontal lobe is injured. The front part of the brain involves in planning, organizing, problem solving, selective attention, personality and a variety of "higher cognitive functions" including behavior and emotions. Its damage here is different then anything we have ever seen. She has a 25 of living and a 10 chance of waking up, and of that 10, she has 5 of not recovering all of the emotions she had for certain people and might not even remember your face.

Her temporal lobe was also injured. There are two temporal lobes, one on each side of the brain located at about the level of the ears. These lobes allow a person to tell one smell from another and one sound from another. They also help in sorting new information and are believed to be responsible for short-term memory. She has injured her right lobe which is mainly involved in visual memory (i.e., memory for pictures and faces). We'll find out her situation at the most, in two days. If she does wake up, she might not be who she used to, and she might not know you. If she does wake up, she'll need to wear a helmet for a couple of days, because if she has another concussion so soon, she'll…die." The doctor said sadly. He quietly excused himself for more patients.

Mrs. Higurashi turned to her daughter, her hand was clasped in her own and tears began to fall on them both. Sesshomaru's eyes were wide in shock. Kagome-the Kagome he loved, the one he wanted to spend the rest of his life with-she could be dead. Sesshomaru couldn't handle it, she was everything he ever wanted and dreamed, plus more. He wouldn't let her die. He turned to the sobbing woman next to him and embraced her. She began to sob into his shirt. He ignored the soggy material now clinging to him (no not the woman).

"Kagome will live. She is strong. Death can not capture her, for she is like the earth and is always living" Her mother nodded and sat back in her chair. Sesshomaru was right, she was strong.

"You know Sesshomaru," Mrs. Higurashi said as she wiped her tears with some tissues nearby. "Do you know why Kagome was always behind some sort of mask, some sort of façade?" He was answered with a head shake negatively. "We are a rich family. My ex-husband worked in a business corporation. He barely had time for the family. But he did have time for someone else." Sesshomaru listened intently at the melancholy voice of Mrs. Higurashi's tale. "He was secretly committing adultery. His secretary was a beautiful young thing, and I, unfortunately haven't kept my past looks after two children. For one reason or another, he began to buy her things and see her. We had no evidence but I felt it was coming from the coldness of his touch and the lingering emotions fading still. When the day came that he told me about the affair, Kagome and little Souta were asleep. Souta was 4 and Kagome was 8. Kagome was secretly awake though, in the stairs holding the stuffed animal, a dog named Fluffy.

When my ex told me about his decisions and how he was moving out and sending the divorce papers I knew it was time to let him go. Minoru told us his stuff would be picked up and went out into the pouring. Kagome was young but somehow understood what was happening. When I turned to go back to bed, Kagome ran down the stairs and out in the rain. Minoru was getting in the taxi and turned to find Kagome running down the stairs. Somewhere near the bottom she fell on a rock that sliced her calf, hence the scar. But she, ever stubborn got up and got to Minoru. She was drenched as she handed him Fluffy.

I was rushing down to get her but I heard her shout, "You promised me you'd never leave and you lied, you promised you'd make it to my gymnastics but never went, you said you loved me, and you lied again. I don't want any of the stupid promises you gave me or the stupid things you gave me. I didn't care about the toys of cool things you brought me; you could've given me anything, the sun, the moon, and the stars. I just wanted you, and that was the one thing you couldn't give me." Then she turned and began limping towards me. What hurt the most was the fact that he didn't try to stop her. He just left." Sesshomaru looked at the broken woman crying in front of him.

"We kept in touch and he bought her many wonderful things, but she just sent them back. The day after our divorce he got married to his secretary. It was a large wedding, much larger and much more expensive than mine, but it was beautiful.

Two years after the marriage when Kagome was 11, Minoru was murdered. The will had suddenly been altered to have everything go to his new wife. She was a gold digger and also a murder. She was imprisoned for life after the police caught her mistakes and prints. The will the lawyer had that the wife didn't know about wasn't altered, so all of the money went to us.

Kagome began to dress up in a façade and wanted to wait for the right time to unveil, unfortunately the incident with Inuyasha didn't work but thanks to you, I'm sure she will be fine. I think you both have broken through each other's facades." With a quick glance at the clock, Mrs. Higurashi got up to leave. "Is there anything you need Sesshomaru?"

"Could I possibly get another shirt and some food?" Sesshomaru said glancing at his soiled shirt.

Mrs. Higurashi laughed before nodding. "No problem at all, if there is anything else, just call my house and I'll bring it."

She was almost at the door, when she turned to Sesshomaru and looked directly at him before leaving him with some food for thought. "They say if you talk to a flower seed, it will grow faster. Maybe if you talk to a flower lost in winter, she'll find spring once again." Then she left.

Sesshomaru sat there for a while, how long? He didn't know he leaned over Kagome and stared at her sleeping visage, how he yearned for her brilliant eyes once more. Would talking to her really bring her back? He doubted his voice could call her but he would try, he leaned over. He stared at the angel's face in front of him. "Kagome…" He tasted her name out loud. He leaned lower, to put words in her mouth.

"Yo, Sess!" Sesshomaru's eye twitched. He was a cm from Kagome's lips. He immediately brought his head back up.

"What, Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru replied as he survived the persons in front of him. Sango and Miroku had also come and it appeared that they ran into something bad, judging by the pallor of their faces.

"We've got trouble. Here, read this note" Sesshomaru said as he passed a white envelope. Sesshomaru growled as he crushed the note in his hand. "He will not take Kagome."

"But what about the other part, I mean, how is Kagome doing?" Sango said as she hid behind Miroku, scared at the growling display. Sesshomaru instantly softened.

"She is getting better physically." Sesshomaru said, although sadness was detected in his voice. "But mentally, she has little chance of true recovery."

"What's that mean, Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha said, getting mad at his round about ways.

"It means she has a 25 of living and a 10 chance of waking up, and of that 10, she has 5 of not recovering all of the emotions she had for certain people and might not even remember your face. She might not even have the same personality." Sesshomaru said nonchalantly.

"How the fuck are you so calm? Dammit! She might not be Kagome any more and you're acting like it's the weather!" Inuyasha screamed as he grabbed Sesshomaru's collar. Sesshomaru snapped.

"How the fuck do you know how I feel? I've been here all fucking day, and I wont leave her! She's going to recover! I know it!" Sesshomaru screamed as he ripped free of Inuyasha gripped. Inuyasha recovered from his stupor and replied back.

"How the fuck do you know that?" He snarled.

"Because I need her! I love her, Inuyasha! This wont ever happen again and she will be live!" Sesshomaru said as he slumped down next to her. Sango, who had been watching behind Miroku moved between the two brothers. She placed a hand on both of their shoulders.

"Here in this room, although Kagome can not see of hear it, she can sense the love from the people her. We all love her and she has never been on to let down her friends. She loves us too much to leave, and I know that she is strong enough to overcome anything that Naraku can throw at her." Sango said. The room grew quite as all the occupants silently agreed with her. The silence was broken by Miroku.

" But right now, we have to worry about what's going to happen in 4 days. We need to be prepared and we need to take Naraku down." He was answered by a nod as the group began to discuss the upcoming events.

: Sigh

Sorry. It's been a while. Like usual, I get a sort of brain block. I have the plot, I just need to fill in the details. Anyway, sometimes, I kind of need a random review to help me. So if I don't update in a while send a little reminder too me, and I'll probably get back on it. Behind the Mask lies Beauty will be update soon, too.

Hin-chan