Chapter 10

"Please tell me what is wrong with my daughter doctor" Mrs. Higurashi begged.

"If you don't tell us then I'll have to beat it out of you" Inuyasha waved his fist in warning.

"No reason to fight" The doctor backed up in fear.

"Inuyasha! Sit down and stay sat" Mrs. Higurashi ordered and Inuyasha did what he was told.

"Your daughter has a virus that we've never discovered yet. She's suffering from the fever temperature and her eyes are too weak to use. Her brain is practically shutting every muscle down until she can't move and it's possible to go into a coma. If we don't act fast she might die" the doctor exclaimed.

"DIE!" Inuyasha couldn't imagine Kagome die.

"Die...what needs to be done?" tears began to fall from Kagome's mother.

"Well we have this new procedure that hasn't been tested often. There's a risk she could react to the procedure in a negative way. All I have to say is let us examine her and study this sickness before we do anything. For all we know we could be using the wrong drug and she'll die from that no alone with the sickness" the doctor flipped through the clipboard's papers and read a possibility.

"How long do you think she can hold out?" tears hit the floor and Kagome's mother was shaking all over.

"She is very strong for her age and I would have to say about a week. As long as we keep this disease or whatever this is tamed, she shouldn't increase of dying. So far we are using steroids to keep it tamed and preventing it for get worse. The examination should only take about a day or two" The doctor exclaimed and then he waited for more questions.

"I see...just find a cure for this sickness. Please" Mrs. Higurashi turned away to keep Inuyasha company.

To her surprise, a tear fell from Inuyasha's eye. A man with the pride he has, is very rare to see a single tear fall from his eyes. She couldn't blame him anymore and could only think about how upset he was. Kagome was hanging from a string and her life was on the line. The sickness she developed was from a normal rain storm and it was hard to blame the rain. It never gotten someone so sick before but you never know what could happen in the Feudal era. Don't forget she found shelter in some same trunk of a tree. God knows how many sick demons, people, and animals carried to that area. They could have just combined and made a new sickness. One of the reasons Inuyasha developed this single tear for Kagome was because she showed him a whole new reason to move on and make friends. She showed him he could never be lonely as long as his friends were by his side and he can move on in life. He lost his father in a fire when he was just born, mother died when he was still so very young, and he lost Kikyo because of Naraku's trickery. He couldn't bare to lose someone who he cared for so much. She had won his heart secretly, he was afraid to admit it, and was afraid to lose the feeling of new love again.

Now it seemed that Kagome was his world and now it was tumbling down before him. The world didn't seem to matter anymore and he didn't care if he died right there and then. Every thing seemed to be in slow motion when he had heard the doctor tell Kagome's mother she could die from this sickness. When he had heard that, his heart began to speed up and he was shutting the world out of his life. There was no answer and Kagome was sure to die. Well that's what Inuyasha thinks at that moment. But once he heard about this procedure, didn't really give detail because they weren't sure to use it or not but it gave a bright side to the sad feeling in Inuyasha's heart and mind. Mrs. Higurashi sat next to Inuyasha and lend her head on his shoulder. At that moment Inuyasha woke from the pretend world he was imagining. Imagining his life without Kagome, without her smile, love, care, touch, smell, appearance, and of course the word sit. In a weird way sit had brought them together. That single word made him angry but gave him a reason to stay by her side. Sometimes he deserved and he admits it but sometimes it's unnecessary.

Shippou was getting close to Sesshoumaru, Jaken, and his tag along. Well more like part of the Sesshy gang. Shippou was flying for a while and didn't realize how far Sesshoumaru had traveled over the past hour. Shippou was now over head. A big pink ball floating in the air; the sun beating on it and the clouds passing by making shade from time to time. Sesshoumaru was of course in the lead, Jaken by his side, and Rin riding on Ah-Un. The youkai sensed Shippou's presence and he looked up to see the pink ball hovering over head. The youkai couldn't possibly know what his brother wanted from him and he wasn't going to give out anymore information of Naraku. Remember Sesshy wants to kill Naraku by himself to settle a score and have Inuyasha out of the way. Shippou transformed to his cute state as a kitsune and landed roughly on the ground. Jaken turned around to see Shippou standing there, his eyes full of determination of some sort and watery eyes. Rin jumped off of Ah-Un and walked over to the kitsune.

"What do you want with us you fox demon?" Jaken asked rudely like usual.

"Kagome is terribly sick and Inuyasha wants to know what state she was in when you found her?" Shippou answered with a question that they knew.

"She was fine and then she fell ill but I took good care of her. She was all better this morning" Rin answered.

"Do you know how she got sick?" The kitsune asked the little girl in the orange and white kimono.

"She said she took shelter in a tree's trunk when the rain was falling. She could have fallen ill from the tree" Rin replied.

"I have to tell Inuyasha! Thank you!" With that Shippou transformed again and flew off.

"My Lord do you think Inuyasha's wench got sick on purpose? Do you think Naraku did this?" Jaken assumed.

"I don't know and I don't care. Let's move on without anymore interruptions" Sesshoumaru said with a deep tone. "Hmm..some new miasma entered Kagome's blood stream and it reeks of Naraku's stench. I should say new stench and Inuyasha doesn't even know. Why are you tormenting Inuyasha when I'm the one you should be really worrying about. Naraku what are you up to?" Sesshoumaru was deep in thought.

"Is there something troubling you Lord Sesshoumaru?" Jaken asked as he saw Sesshoumaru's face began to express anger.

Sesshoumaru totally ignored Jaken and just kept on walking forward.

"Lord Sesshoumaru has been acting strangely ever since he let that girl Kagome tag along. Has he developed some kind feelings towards her like he does with young Rin?" Jaken thought. "What am I saying! That could never be!" Jaken said aloud.

"Jaken what are you mumbling about?" Sesshoumaru looked down to see the toad youkai hitting himself.

"Nothing my lord!" Jaken quickly acted afraid that his lord would force it out of him and then his life would defiantly be shortened.

Back to the Hospital:

An hour passed and the doctor came back to give more information on Kagome's condition. Once the doctor entered the waiting room, Inuyasha jumped up and made Mrs. Higurashi wake up from her slumber. The doctor signed and Mrs. Higurashi rushed out the door. Inuyasha didn't know what was going on so he just followed Kagome's mother. Her mother new what the doctor was saying and that was she could finally see her daughter. Before they disappeared from sight, the doctor informed them that Kagome was in room one hundred and eight. The room was the next floor up so they had to take an elevator. This is Inuyasha's first time being in an elevator and probably the last. Next time he might take the stairs. The doors closed and Mrs. Higurashi pressed the number two in order to get to the second level. Inuyasha held onto the bars around the inside of the elevator while it was going up. Mrs. Higurashi smiled slightly and then the elevator stopped and then the doors opened up again. They walked out of it and then the doors closed behind them. People roamed around the area; doctors, nurses, sick people, waiting people, and themselves. Room one hundred and eight was just down the hall and two picked up speed in order to get to the room where Kagome was.

Finally they reached the room and then they were let in by a nurse. Mrs. Higurashi entered first and practically ran to Kagome's bed side. She sat in a chair next to her and grabbed her daughter's hand. She placed a kiss on the back of her hand and held Kagome's hand on her cheek. Tears began to fall again from the girl's mother and Kagome still laid there asleep, silent, and pail. Inuyasha stepped in and it frightened him to see her this way. She laid in high bed, dressed in funny clothing, tubes in her nose, other tubes coming from a bag into her arm. Strange machinery surrounded the area but not in the way at least. A constant beeping sound that bothered the hanyou's sensitive hearing from one of the machinery. Finally Kagome flickered her eyes open to see a hanyou and her mother by her bed side. She still could barely see but knew who it was. Everything appeared blurry before her and everything felt like a dream at the moment. Another thing she could recognize her mother by was her perfume. She was still all sweaty and she felt like she was freezing, her face was still pail, and she could barely see. The pain was killing her and she wished it could all go away. A painful headache formed and her head was pounding. Her heart still was still beating fast but not as fast as it was going before. Her breathing was a little heavy but not so much like before. the steroids were working but not to the full potential.

"Mom...Inu...yasha..." Kagome mumbled.

"Shhh...shhh...you shouldn't be talking when you should be concentrating on getting better. You're going to get better. I promise" Mrs. Higurashi kissed her daughter's hand once again.

"Yeah you better get as much rest as possible if you want to get better" Inuyasha agreed.

"Inuyasha and me are right so you do what you are told okay?" Mrs. Higurashi implied.

"Thanks" With that Kagome shut her eyes and they left the room to let her rest.

"I hope these damn doctors know what they're doing" Inuyasha said.

"Yeah me too Inuyasha. Me too" Mrs. Higurashi sat down at a chair by her daughter's room and so did Inuyasha.

"Damn! I have to see if Shippou knows anything. Well get some answers from my brother. I'll come back as soon as I can" Inuyasha explained and then took the stairs to the last floor.

"Hurry Inuyasha, find out what happened and made my daughter so sick like this" Mrs. Higurashi mumbled and then laid her head against the wall behind her.

Inuyasha jumped from building to building, traveling to high speed in order to get to the Higurashi Shrine. In minutes he reached the shrine and before he went back to the feudal era, he informed Sota and the grandfather that Kagome was in the hospital. After that he scurried over to the well and jumped in. Shippou arrived at the well and transformed back to being a kitsune. A cute kitsune! A light appeared inside the well and blinded the kitsune for a only a few seconds. There Inuyasha rose and leaped out of the Bone Eaters Well. Shippou smiled and then frowned again once he saw that Kagome wasn't with him.

"Is Kagome okay?" Shippou asked.

"No, she's really sick and they might not have a cure. We took her to a place called a hospital and they are treating her there. The way the put her in this strange bed

is weird. She's hooked up with wires and things" Inuyasha implied.

"Do you know if there is a possibility they might have a cure?" Shippou asked.

"I don't know okay! She's sick and she might die! Just stop asking!" Inuyasha yelled.

"You don't have to be so mean and I found out some valuable information on Kagome's mysterious sickness" Shippou said and then Inuyasha's ears twitched.

"Rin said she got sick when they found her and Kagome had told them she had taken shelter in a tree trunk when it was raining. Rin also said there could have been sick humans, demons, or animals that visited inside the trunk of the tree to take shelter there. Their sicknesses could've combined to make a new sickness that Kagome could have caught" Shippou explained.

"Err...I don't like this at all. I'm going back to share this information. Stay at Kaede's village and find a family that will take you in for awhile. I'm sure you'll be safe. If anything happens, fight with all your might. I'm counting on you Shippou!" Inuyasha ordered and then jumped into the well once again.

"Thanks Inuyasha. I swear I saw a tear forming in your eye when you told me Kagome might die. I wonder what this means" Shippou thought aloud.

To be continued...