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Chapter 9: Leaving the hospital

Kagome giggled at the informality Inuyasha used to address their friends, but she soon regretted it as pain shot through her. She winced. The pain wasn't quite as much as the night before, but that didn't mean it was healed fully, or even nearly. Inuyasha noticed her wince.

"Kagome, you shouldn't laugh for a while, or talk that much. Save your energy until you feel better." Inuyasha said. Kagome gave him a withered smile.

"I know Inuyasha. I'm fine, don't worry about me." Kagome said. There was a knock on the door and in came the nurse. She was holding a clipboard.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Higurashi." The nurse said. Kagome and Inuyasha both blushed lightly, but the nurse didn't notice. "I see you are awake. How are you feeling?"

"I'm better, thanks." Kagome replied. After a few more questions the nurse came to one which Kagome wasn't sure how to answer.

"May I have your parent's number so I can contact them?" The nurse asked. Of course Kagome was a little speechless. If she told them they were dead they might want to take her away, or have her explain everything to them. She also didn't want her aunt and uncle finding out about this, because they'd probably come down asking if 'the baby' was okay. (A/N: Now remember Kagome told them she was pregnant, but she lied to them. Her and Inuyasha haven't even confessed their love yet, how the heck would she be pregnant?) Kagome couldn't let that happen, because then the doctors would do test to see if she really was with child and they of course end up finding out she wasn't and as for her aunt and uncle... well they'd know the whole thing was some kind of lie and want to know the truth.

"There's no need to call them. They're away for a while and... and Inuyasha already called and told them."

"I did?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome glared at him, causing him to shut up and play along. "Yeah, I did."

"Oh, alright. Will they be coming for a visit any time soon?" questioned the nurse. Kagome was the one to reply.

"Actually they can't. They are away on very important business and I told them not to come and risk their jobs, because I'd be fine." Kagome really, really hated lying. She never lied! But this was the easiest way to get out of this whole thing and get back to the feudal era problem free.

There was another knock on the door and a man dressed in black stepped in. The guy nodded to the nurse and she left with out another word. Kagome and Inuyasha looked at the man.

"Higurashi, is it?" asked the man. Kagome nodded. "I am detective Mosa. I have a few questions for you two."

"We can't really answer any questions right now we are busy. I am also still week and need time to heal." Kagome said. There was a tinge of irritation in her voice. She was mad the man had come and started asking questions before she had time to recover. His tone also got on her nerves.

"Ma'm you look fine to me. This is important. You had bruises, scratches, and broken bones." The man explained. "Inuyasha, right? Can you please give me a moment to speak with your wife?"

"I'm not leaving." Inuyasha said.

"You'll have to leave, sir." Detective Mosa exclaimed.

"Inuyasha don't worry about me." Kagome smiled. She leaned up to Inuyasha's ear. "Stay near the door so you can hear, okay?" Kagome whispered so light only Inuyasha's sensitive ears could pick it up. He nodded and left, closing the door behind him and putting his ear against the door. It was slightly muffled from the hat, but he just shrugged it off.

"As I was saying Miss, you had bruises, scratches, and broken bones. This is a sign of abuse. I believe it is domestic abuse." (A/N: For those of you who don't know domestic abuse is abuse within the family, so basically the detective thinks Inuyasha is abusing Kagome.) Kagome's eyes went wide.

"What!" She asked in anger at the man for even suggesting such a thing.

"When Inuyasha was first questioned by the doctors he was hesitant to answer, that posed as a sign of quilt and nervousness."

"Are you kidding me? All Inuyasha ever does is protect me! He would never lay a finger on me!" Kagome yelled.

"Than how do you explain all your wounds?"

"I... I don't know. I blacked out and woke up in the hospital. That's all I know." Kagome said. She had no idea how to explain what really happened and she wasn't going to tell him all about demons and stuff.

"Are you sure you don't know? If it is Inuyasha, we can take him down to headquarters, have a court case, and this will all be over with. You'll be free of the abuse forever."

"But he didn't do anything! Me and Inuyasha aren't even married. He's just a good friend! There's is no way there could e domestic violence." Kagome had to say it. She held it locked away and wanted so badly to prove the detective wrong.

Mosa was a little surprised at this confession. He didn't know what to do know. His theory had been proved wrong and he had nothign else to go by.

"Well did you catch a description of the person who did this to you?"

"I already told you I blacked out. There was no one." Kagome said.

"Well then I have no farther questions for now." The detective left and Inuyasha entered.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.

"Yeah?"

"What are we going to do about the doctors. They'll know I'm not family and won't let me here."

"Don't worry Inuyasha. I'll make sure to tell them that you have to be here. Don't worry I'll figure something out.

Two weeks later

Kagome was still at the hospital. Her wounds were healing slower than she had originally expected. The detective never told the doctors Inuyasha and Kagome weren't married, so they didn't do anything to get Inuyasha away. Of course some grew a little suspicious about how Inuyasha and Kagome never even so much as spoke intimately to one another. They talked a lot, like friends would.

Meanwhile

"I would have surely thought Inuyasha and Kagome would have been back by now." Miroku said as he finished up the hut. They had been working on it a lot. "I wonder what's taking them."

"Miroku, you don't suppose they could be hurt of something do you?" asked Sango.

"I don't think Inuyasha would let anything happen to Kagome or him. They'll be fine. They probably just got a lead on the sacred jewel or something." Miroku comforted.

"I miss them." Shippo said sadly.

"Don't worry, I'm sure they'll be back in no time and be better than ever." Miroku said.

"I hope your right." Shippo said as he sulked.

Meanwhile

(With Inuyasha and Kagome)

Inuyasha sat staring out the hospital window. The day was beautiful and he yearned to be out there. He rarely left Kagome's side. Right now she was sitting in her bed watching some show that was on. Inuyasha wasn't really that interested in television. At first he was confused about the whole thing, but Kagome went into a long speech about it, that cleared it up for him.

He wanted to go out there and fight some demons. He only got a chance to leave at night when Kagome was sleeping and all the visitors were gone. That was when he knew Kagome would be safe if he left for about twenty minutes for a run. Kagome had of course suggested he go back to his own time and wait for him, but Inuyasha always refused.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome called. She turned off the television with a remote. He looked over at her lying down in the hospital bed.

"Yeah?" Inuyasha asked.

"Please go back to the feudal era. I can't stand to see you like this... like your locked up. You really don't have to worry about me. I'll be out of here in no time. You'll see." Kagome smiled. Inuyasha stood up and went over to her side. He knelt down and leaned against the bed, giving Kagome a quick kiss on the forehead. She blushed.

Kagome was surprised at his sudden affection. He pulled away with a half smile, which also surprised her. She tried not to show it in her glance.

"I'm not going anywhere, even if your in here for the rest of your life." Inuyasha said. His tone wasn't exactly soft, if was stern and a little assertive, as if he dared her to say otherwise.

"Okay Inuyasha, but when you get fat and lazy don't blame me." Kagome said with a smirk. Inuyasha brought his eye brows together.

"Feh! I don't get fat like humans. Lazy, not fat!"

"Are you saying demons don't gain wait?" Kagome asked. "I've seen plenty of fat demons."

"Not dog demons like me." Inuyasha pulled back and leaned against the wall.

"Inuyasha lean down." Kagome said suddenly. Inuyasha looked at her curiously. She had a questioning look on her face. He did as told and brought his head down to her and waited for what she was going to do. She brought her hand up and lifted Inuyasha's hat. Inuyasha sighed in relief. The air hitting his sweaty ears felt great. They twitched a little.

Over the past two weeks Inuyasha had rarely gotten a chance to take off the hat, with all doctors coming in and out that is. Kagome smiled at his relief and rubbed his ear. Instead of pulling away Inuyasha leaned into it, which was another one of Inuyasha's shockers for the day.

Soon Inuyasha was emitting an affectionate growl, that sounded somewhat like a purr. Kagome grinned. This was the first time Inuyasha ever did this and he probably didn't even realize it. He was to caught up in the feeling of fresh air against his ears.

A moment later there was a knock at the door and before anyone could do anything the doctor entered. Kagome did the first thing she could think of. She grabbed Inuyasha's hair, stuffed it into her chest and held her hands over his ears. Inuyasha of course struggled to get lose.

The doctor looked at the sight and blushed.

"Is this a bad time? I think I'll come back later." The doctor left. Kagome pondered his words and then looked down noticing exactly what she had done. She let go immediately with a face as red as Inuyasha's haori, and Inuyasha's face was the same red.

"What the hell do you think you're doing Kagome!" Inuyasha asked, of course his blush didn't cease.

"Sorry Inuyasha, but if the doctor would have seen your ears we'd have all kinds of problems. It was a reflex... I think." Kagome said. She placed the hat over his head again, so as not to cause another incident like that one.

"Feh." Inuyasha turned around crossing his arms over his chest. He was trying to get his face back to its normal complexion. There was another knock at the door and this time Ms. Kameka, the surgeon, entered. She was smiling. She walked over to Kagome and Inuyasha holding a clip board.

"Hello, how are you two doing?"

"Fine," Kagome said. Inuyasha said nothing only waved his hand over his shoulder, as to shoo the question. The surgeon smiled.

"That's good to here, because today is the day you can head back Kagome." Ms. Kameka stated. Kagome smiled and Inuyasha whirled around to here what was going on better.

"Really?" Kagome questioned.

"You have made good progress. I think you should be walking again in about a week, but for now we have a wheel chair for you to take with you. It's really just a precaution. (A/N: I'm not really sure how long you would need to stay in bed, or in a wheel chair with broken ribs, sorry)."

"Okay, than when can I leave?" Kagome asked.

"Whenever your ready."

"I'm ready now." Kagome said hastily. "Okay then I'll need the number to someone who can pick you two up."

"I can take her myself." Inuyasha said. Ms. Kameka nodded.

"Alright, than all we need is a wheel chair and you can be on your way. Oh and Kagome you'll need to put back on your normal clothing. It's been washed and it over there on the chair in the corner." She left to get Kagome the wheel chair.

"You do know you can't carry me home on your back? You'll have to roll my wheel chair." Kagome exclaimed.

"What's a wheel chair?"

"Well it's a chair with big wheels on the sides so you can wheel someone around on when they can't walk." Kagome explained and Inuyasha nodded.

"So why can't I just carry you?"

"Because it can mess up the bones in my ribs before they have a chance to fully heal." Inuyasha didn't question farther her just picked Kagome up bridal style and walked her over to the bathroom, he set her down on the closed toilet and handed her, her clothing.

"Here get dressed." Inuyasha said as he left the bathroom and shut the door behind him. After some struggling not to hurt herself. She slowly dressed. It was really hard to do, because every time she moved her upper half it hurt. When she was finished she called Inuyasha. He opened the door and picked her up, placing her back onto the bed.

A moment later Ms. Kameka came in with the wheel chair. Inuyasha gave it in odd look for a moment and then brought his glance to Ms. Kameka. She was smiling.

"Okay, we need to get Kagome into this." She said. Inuyasha nodded as she brought the wheel chair over on the side of Kagome's bed. Kagome shuffled a little to get closer to the side. The pain wasn't half as bad now and the movement causing little pain. Inuyasha picked her up easily, which surprised Ms. Kameka. She had no idea how strong Inuyasha actually was. He put Kagome down on the wheel chair. "Good, now I'll walk you guys to the exit and you two can take it from there." She placed her hands on the handles, on the back of the wheel chair and began rolling Kagome out, followed by Inuyasha. Inuyasha watched the way she rolled the wheel chair, so he knew how to do it later on.

They made it to the exit and Inuyasha took the handles after Ms. Kameka let go.

"Goodbye you two. Come back if you have any difficulties." Ms. Kameka said as she waved. Inuyasha and Kagome strolled away through the parking lot, until they came to the side walk.

Inuyasha rolled Kagome down the side walk heading toward the shrine.

"So are we going to stop there? To see your aunt and uncle?" Inuyasha asked.

"No, I'd rather not... Inuyasha I left my bag in the woods. When we got attacked I forgot to grab it."

"So get another one." Inuyasha stopped himself there, remembering a similar conversation they had the first time he became a human in front of Kagome. He also remembered how it ended. Kagome left her jewel shards in the bag. "Kagome..." Inuyasha sighed. "Please don't say the bag had the jewel shards in it."

"Oh.. no they're here." Kagome pulled out the jewel shard piece from her neck. It was on a necklace, like always. Inuyasha felt a sense of relief. "So does that mean we should stop at the store and get some more supplies at the store?"

"I guess." Inuyasha turned and went to the store.

Later

Inuyasha and Kagome came out of the store. The bags were hanging from the sides of the wheel chair.

The two were only about a black from the shrine when they came upon the three people Kagome really didn't want to see. Kagome's friends. Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi.

Yes I'm stopping it here. Cliffy huh?