InuKagPar4Life – haha sorry about the cliffy…but you know something exciting…oh and I finally watched the Inuyasha movie four…it was really good…short…but really good…wow…first time I see Kagome getting thrown around and beat up without calling for Inuyasha's help haha…she's finally getting more brave and not whiney…thanks again.
Avelyn Lauren – hmm…I forgot about his Testaiga…oops…o well…lets just say yea he has it…because would he really leave it behind when Kagome's in trouble?...but it doesn't mean he'll use it…so you'll just have to find out.
Dark Inu Fan – I could never let Kagome get raped…or else she'd probably die pretty fast…and that can't happen, besides she's got to save herself for the one and only haha…yea Mrs. Higurashi would definitely let her go through the well because what else can Kagome do now? In my story the well can still be travelled…but only for Kagome and Inuyasha…I'm making her mom very sweet unlike the other mothers…because well out of all the manga…she's too nice…as for the gunshots…you'll just have to read if they survived or not.
michik0 – haha…too bad…I just couldn't help but do a cliffy…it makes people like YOU interested into the story and want to continue reading…muahahaha…Kagome can't get mad all the time…sometimes she'll be a weakling lmao…well about the protection question…hmm…you'll just have to read on.
xxsugarsodaxx – wow I'm surprised you went all excited with THAT action….trust me that's nothing…there'll be more of that...like sword fighting and such…but it won't be in a while...glad you liked the cliffy…haha you're the only one that liked it…everyone else was mad…o well…I suppose you'll like this one.
Nowhere To Go
Chapter 7 – Saved…or not?
Last Time:
"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed with her eyes wide when she saw Chiyo behind Inuyasha holding out a gun that happened to be hidden in his back pocket until now. Before Inuyasha could react, three ear piercing gunshots could be heard. Inuyasha yelled in pain from the gunshots to the back, and then slowly fell towards Kagome his head leaning over her shoulder, pushing both of them against the brick wall. The only thing holding up Inuyasha now was Kagome holding onto his arms, and his clawed hands holding onto her shoulders for support. Chiyo smirked at the injured man and slowly aimed the gun at Kagome…
Kagome winced at the sight of blood coming from Inuyasha's back, his eyes currently closed from the impact of the bullet. She looked up at person that was responsible for his injuries and saw Chiyo holding out a pistol aiming straight for her head.
Chiyo smiled at the look he saw on the young girls face. "Sleep well…" with that said his thumb pushed down on the hammer, giving it a 'click' sound, and his index finger ready to click the trigger.
Inuyasha's ears suddenly perked up at the sound the thing Chiyo was holding made. He heard that sound before he was suddenly wounded, and knew that Kagome was in danger. He reacted just as quickly as Chiyo clicked the trigger; a loud gun shot was heard.
"This is Sergeant Ryo, what is the problem?" The night shift cop was speaking into his transmitter.
"Four gunshots were heard down the alley at Fifth and Avenue." The sound of a lady responded through the transmitter.
"Copy that. Request for back-up and ambulance A.S.A.P."
"Copy that. Back-up will be there in 10 minutes."
Kagome slowly opened her eyes. Last thing she heard was a gunshot that was meant for her, but she felt no pain, besides the pain from her throbbing neck. She looked ahead and couldn't see anything but a dark red blur. She moved her head slightly and heard sirens in the distance, and then footsteps running from the splashing of dirty water drift away in the dark. She heard doors slamming and officers screaming out, "Freeze! Drop your weapon!" She felt vibration surrounding her and then coughing.
'Cough…cough' "Kagome…you're alright…" A man with a hoarse voice spoke.
Kagome looked up and she found herself staring into bright hazel eyes, with blood dripping out of its mouth. Realization hit her like a rock.
"Inuyasha! W-what happened!" She screamed. She looked around and realized why the bullet didn't hit her. Kagome saw Inuyasha wrap his arms around her, covering her entire body with his and his Haori sleeves covering her face. The bullet didn't hit her, because the bullet went straight through Inuyasha's heart. Blood stained her clothes and face from Inuyasha's gaping hole through the chest. She slowly pressed her hands onto his chest to examine the wound and he winced in pain.
"INUYASHA…WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR!" She screamed tears stinging her eyes.
He gave a weak smile and spoke, "…glad to know…you're okay…" His eyes rolled back and he fell on her, with blood increasing each second.
She couldn't hold him up anymore and they both slowly fell to the floor, both pressed against the brick wall. Inuyasha's head fell onto Kagome's shoulder under the crook of her neck; both of his arms went limp but were still held on by Kagome's death grip from the current event. Tears were now spilling from her eyes when a cop ran up to her for questioning but suddenly stopped at the sight of an injured man with blood covering both bodies.
One of the cops spoke, "GET THE AMBULANCE IN HERE! TWO INJURED, NOW!"
Kagome watched as an Ambulance pulled into the alley, with four emergency lifesavers pulling out two stretches, soon her vision started to blur and her head fell back against the wall.
'Ring…ring…ring…ring…ring…beep…Hello this is the Higurashi residence, we are not available right now, please leave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as possible…beep.'
"Hi Mrs. Higurashi, this is Li, Kagome's doctor…I'm afraid your daughter and a friend of hers had been involved in a…shooting…please come to the hospital once you hear this message…you're daughter is in a very serious situation, and well…for her friend…I need to talk to you in person." 'Click.'
Later that night, Grandpa, Sota and Mrs. Higurashi came home from their busy day. Mrs. Higurashi saw the blinking light from the phone, indicating that there was a message. She replayed the tape message and her beaming expression quickly changed to a worried mother. She left the house just as quickly as she entered, leaving a confused boy and old man to their mother/daughter's action.
Kagome's mother ran towards the hospital for what seemed to be too often in less than week. When she ran up to the sliding doors, she saw Li's serious face looking into her eyes.
"Li, how is my daughter?"
Li just motioned for her to follow him into the next room, under the Emergency sign. Her face becoming more worried when they entered, knowing this was the last place she saw her dead husband stay in.
Instead of entering a hospital room, she found herself standing in an observation room. Li pointed towards the two-way mirror, and she followed her gaze towards what Li was seeing. She moved closer to the mirror to see two people she fully recognized…Kagome and Inuyasha.
"W-what happened to them?" She stuttered, still observing them. Kagome seemed to be alright, but Inuyasha's wounds looked serious.
"Well…before I go on…I want you to know that the criminals are caught and are currently under trial. It depends on the condition of the two victims, and after the observation…the criminals will most likely have a minimum punishment from what we found." He stated very confusingly at the last few words.
"And what did you find that would make you believe the criminals will have a minimum punishment! My daughter looks distressed and her 'friend' looks like he's on his deathbed!" She spoke harshly.
"Calm down Mrs. Higurashi…"
"Just call me Shiori…" She spoke quietly slightly blushing. 'What am I thinking? This is not the time.'
"…Shiori…the criminals shot Kagome's friend three times in the back, and one severe shot through his heart that would have killed any 'human' instantly…but he's still alive. That's what I want to talk to you about the most, but I shall explain to you Kagome's situation first since you may not even know this boy…" Li was about to continue but Shiori interrupted.
"His name is Inuyasha, he's been Kagome's companion for some time already." She stated.
"Thank you for the information…but as I was saying before about your daughter's condition…Kagome has jumped to a level three in her depression, and if it progresses it can be critical." He pointed to Kagome's form beside Inuyasha's hospital bed, so that Shiori could take a better look at them both.
Inuyasha was lying unconscious on the hospital bed with wires coming from different directions off of his body. His hand was currently clutched tight by small slender hands that belonged to Kagome. Her sleepy form was sitting on a visitors chair with her head lying down on the edge of his bed beside both her and Inuyasha's clutched hands. From what Shiori could see…Kagome's neck was bandaged up with patches to stop the bleeding. Inuyasha was wrapped up in patches as well, but with more heavy wrapping up his chest and around his back with his Haori coat hanging off of Kagome's chair. Both were fast asleep from the day's events.
" I don't know what this boy, Inuyasha, means to her, but when she regained consciousness in the hospital all she kept on screaming was 'Inuyasha…Inuyasha' and since the man on the bed didn't have identification with him we assumed that there was someone else injured that we have yet to see. But thanks to you we now know it's him. Because of Kagome's outrage at an injured friend, her blood pressure rose quick quickly. When we tried to contain her with a drug, she became more stressed and if that continued she would have a stroke. She's a very strong and distress girl, and started to fight against our doctors and nurses, we had no choice but to put her in the same room as Inuyasha, because that was the only thing that calmed her down. Now, any of the slightest things that could upset her, would change her blood pressure rapidly." He spoke careful with his choice of words, not wanting to distress the beautiful lady in front of him.
Shiori nodded in understanding, she knew this was going to happen at some point considering her daughter's experience with close to death situations, but she knew that Inuyasha would always protect her and he would continue to protect her. "So what you're saying Li is that we should be more careful around her right?" She stated calmly.
Li was surprised at Shiori's calmness about her daughter, before she was frantic about the situation. "Yes. We all have to be more careful around Kagome now. I suggest you talk to everyone she knows and let them know to not stress her out."
"What about Inuyasha's condition?" She asked curiously.
"Inuyasha's case…is a very…interesting discovery." He slowly pointed towards Inuyasha's head.
Shiori's eyes slowly followed and realized that Inuyasha's dog-ears were exposed! Shiori gasped at the sight and was about to bring up an excuse to the doctor.
"I believe you know why he has…canine ears…but there are other strange things about him that I think you'd want to know…his blood is different from a normal human…there's something very animal in it you might say. When he arrived at the hospital, we started to take off his odd clothing to tend to his wounds, and when I took off the toque he was wearing…I saw the ears. I didn't want it to spread out because it may concern you and Kagome, so I told the other doctors and nurses to leave me to save him. I brought him to a private room while the nurses took Kagome to bandage up her non-threatening wounds and to analyze her condition. While I was looking at his wounds, I started the operation of taking out the bullets. Then the miracle happened…once I took the four bullets out of his body, his wounds slowly healed…not fully though but enough so that he would stop bleeding drastically. It's like nothing I have seen before, well in this era…500 years ago there were demons like this, but I'd never believe that there would be one among us. Did you know any of this Shiori?" He looked at her with beautiful blue pleading eyes, waiting for the truth.
"Li…are you sure no one else knows he's a demon?" She spoke with her eyes closed, praying that no one else would know that Inuyasha wasn't from this time.
Li nodded reassuringly.
"Well…yes…Inuyasha is partly demon. He's a hanyou, but our family accepts him for who he is and not what he is. My daughter was the first to meet him, and accepted him into our family…" She was about to continue but a restless hanyou slowly woke from unconsciousness.
"Shio…I think you should go and accompany Kagome and Inuyasha, while I sort out Inuyasha's file…" He said when he noticed as well of the hanyou's movement.
"You won't say anything about Inuyasha...will you?" She questioned.
"Of course not…I was about to go and change his file and tell the doctors that it was nothing serious…they will believe me of course, because they're all still apprentices." He spoke boldly.
Shiori nodded and walked towards the door to enter the emergency room, when Li spoke again.
"Oh…Shiori? Would you like to accompany me in an afternoon coffee/tea time tomorrow? Uhm…to continue our discussion about Inuyasha." 'phew…that was a smooth one there.'
Shiori stopped dead in her tracks and looked up at the doctor, she smiled and said, "I'd love too" Then she turned around and walked into the next room, but not before blushing a crimson red.
Inuyasha opened his eyes weakly and saw nothing but a white wall…he felt like he was on something very soft and cushiony. He looked around at himself, and saw that his Haori was missing and that he was wrapped in Kagome's patches she always brought from her time. He tried to move a bit to get a better look at where he was, but felt that he couldn't because wires were clung onto his body. He was about to rip the things off of him, but felt that he couldn't move his right hand…
"Mmmm…Inuyasha?" Kagome slowly opened her eyes wakening up from her slumber. She lifted her head up and saw Inuyasha's eyes staring back at her.
Inuyasha saw that Kagome's hand was clutched onto his own and blushed a bit. He started to speak but when he did, he winced at the pain coming from his chest.
"Inuyasha! Are you alright!" Kagome's mind suddenly flashed back to the scenes from the night before, and was worried about his conditions.
He regained his strength and started to speak groggily, "Kagome…where am I? Are you okay!" His mind (as usual) moved very slowly, even though he didn't know where he was, he almost forgot about what happened last night, when a murderous criminal was about to rape and kill Kagome.
Tears started forming in her eyes, she jumped off her chair and screamed, "OF COURSE I'M OKAY AND ITS ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU JUST HAD TO BE ALL STUPID AND JUMP IN FRONT OF ME TO BLOCK THAT BULLET!" Kagome was glad that he seemed to be fine, but she was upset that he got hurt because of her…again.
Inuyasha gave an innocent smile and was glad that she seemed to be back to normal, he slowly grabbed her hand, "I guess I'm always stupid then…"
Both shared a silent moment, staring into each others eyes, one filled with happiness and the other with sadness and mixed emotions. Their hand holding the other, until the sound of an opening door broke the two apart, looking away with redness in both their cheeks. Once they thought the heat died down, they looked into the eyes of Mrs. Higurashi/Shiori. Little did they know that Shiori saw the two together like that before they realized it, but hid her shock expression very well…
"Kagome, Inuyasha, are you guys feeling any better?" She said still hiding a grin on her face.
"I'm feeling fine mom, just a bit tired…the doctors were giving me a hard time." Kagome said.
"Yes, Li told me already." Shiori responded.
"Li?" Kagome questioned.
"Li is Dr. Sheero, the one that took care of you last time you were here." She explained.
"Oh…you mean the good-looking one." Kagome sneered. Before she wanted her mother to have a man in her life again, but now something in her heart told her it was wrong. If her mother went out with another man, it would mean replacing her dead father. Now was not the time to have another man in the house, Kagome just wasn't ready yet.
Shiori blushed and turned to Inuyasha, ignoring her daughter. This made Kagome feel upset and uncared for a brief moment. 'Why is every little thing making me feel so terrible inside?' She thought.
"So Inuyasha…how are you feeling?" She asked quickly changing the last topic.
Inuyasha was very confused at the mother daughter conversation, but ignored it when Shiori spoke up to him, "well or course I feel good!" When he moved up from the bed to prove his point, he quickly fell back against his pillow, feeling the pain in the back and his chest.
'I guess Inuyasha's back to his macho-self again." Kagome thought sarcastically.
"Hmm…Inuyasha I think you should stay here one more night…Kagome…I think you should go home…you seem really tired."
Kagome looked at her mom and back to Inuyasha. He gave her an I'll-be-fine look. "Alright mom…" Kagome got up and went to get her coat. When she was in front of the exit she noticed that her mother wasn't following. "Aren't you coming mom?"
"Uhm…no…I have to talk to your doctor about something about Inuyasha, and I don't think you'd want to leave a hanyou by him in a hospital." She thought up a quick excuse.
Kagome suddenly realized that Inuyasha's dog ears weren't covered…last time she remembered he was wearing a toque. "Mom? Does the doctor know about Inuyasha?" She questioned worriedly.
"Yes Kagome, but don't worry, he's the only one that knows…and Inuyasha's identity will be well hidden." Shiori explained.
Kagome nodded in understanding and headed out the exit, "Sayonara."
After Kagome was out of sight, Shiori went to sit on the visitors chair beside Inuyasha's bed. Inuyasha looked at Kagome's mom and it seemed like what she said to Kagome before was all a lie.
"Okay Inuyasha I have important news to tell you…and…you're not going to like it."
Inuyasha nodded ready to listen (for once) and already knew that this was about Kagome. Shiori then explained briefly everything that Li told her, stressing the part about being even more cautious around Kagome's feelings.
After hearing about the seriousness about Kagome's condition, his eyes looked sad and turned to the exit that Kagome just went through. He suddenly felt guilty that it really was his fault that Kagome's condition got worse when she became upset that he was hurt, but how could he let Kagome get physically hurt herself? The pain of being shot four times was unbearable even for a hanyou, so how could he just step aside and let Kagome take it? In that situation it was either upset her for himself getting hurt or let her take the bullet. All of this thinking took a lot out of his brain, and he really needed a rest since he didn't fully heal, so he just asked, "Mrs. Higurashi…I understand now…but I think you should go home and accompany Kagome…I'll be fully healed by tomorrow so I can go back."
Shiori nodded and went towards the exit before she spoke again, "I'll be back here tomorrow morning so we can go back to the shrine…and Inuyasha? Don't touch anything that's around you." She smiled and left.
Inuyasha smiled back…keeping in mind that she was serious about not touching anything around him. He slowly closed his eyelids and let the sleep take over him thinking about only one person…Kagome.
Wow I can't believe how OOC (out of character) I made Inu here. Yea I stole the name Shiori out of the Inuyasha movie 4, but that was the first name that came to mind. From now on I'll be calling Mrs. Higurashi…Shiori, because it's just shorter. I'm still trying to figure out Naraku's latest incarnation's real name…so for now I'll just continue to call him Tsukaikishiba. This carnation is an illusionist and flies away on a paper crane…if you know his real name please review and let me know…I want to keep this fiction as accurate as possible to not confuse the readers…Thanks and REVIEW!