Alright, seriously anyone wanna help me with this story? I don't think I can finish this, I need help! -sigh- alright now thats over with. Here's the next chapter.

It had been a few days since Kikyou's surgery. Sadly she had the remained the same, no one knew what to do for her. Most of the time Kikyou sat alone, just sitting in a corner. People would come and talk to her. But she continued to be the same.

"Morning, Kikyou how are you feeling today?" Sango asked.

She did not respond at first. Kikyou sat up in her hospital bed, staring into space. As if she could see something others couldn't. After a few minutes she acknowledged Sango being in the room. She looked up at her sister.

"Better... how...are you?"

Her speech remained slow, but she was getting better. And then there were times, when she wouldn't speak at all. She could hear the words, but her brain wouldn't process them. Kikyou was once bright, and sharp. Now she looked like a hollow shell, feeling and looking empty.

"I'm alright." she lied.

Kikyou looked up again at her sister. She could see that she was lying, Sango had not been fine. She spent a lot of time worrying about Kikyou.

"Liar,... you... don't...look."

And then Kikyou stopped, losing focus of the sentence. Quickly forgetting what she wanted to say. Sango tried her best to hold back tears. She had never seen her sister like this, she didn't want to see her this way. She wanted Kikyou back to how she used to be.

Kikyou now turned her attention to the window. Staring outside, with a look of longing.

"I, hate it here."

Soon doctors called Sango out into the hallway. She joined them, wondering what they had to say.

"Here is the medication we want Kikyou to have. I believe she will come out of this state on her own. But for now the medicine will help."

She took the bottle of pills from them. She was never one for pills, or anything like that. Yet if it would help Kikyou then she would be fine with it. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha showed up soon. Sango needed to talk to them.

"Guys, I think we should take Kikyou back home."

That was true enough, they spent a lot of time in Russia. It didn't turn out to be a very good vacation at all. Perhaps returning to Tokyo wasn't such a bad idea. It may even help Kikyou return back to normal.

"So, we'll separate for now. Inuyasha and I will find out anything we can about who shot Kikyou. Sango this is not goodbye."

She hugged him, of course this wouldn't be goodbye. Well at least not forever anyway. She was sure that they would all meet again.

"Yeah, you know how to reach us."

"I'll go say goodbye to Kikyou."

Inuyasha didn't want to say goodbye. Especially when Kikyou was like this, and needed him the most. But he knew they would meet again. He walked into the room, only to find Kikyou looking at a crossword puzzle. But that was all that she was doing. She wasn't answering anything, just looking at it.

"Hey Kikyou."

She did not look up at him. She knew he was in the room, but continued to look at the puzzle. Almost as if the words would jump of the page.

"Hi."

"Sesshomaru and I we're leaving now, you and Sango are going back to Tokyo."

This time she looked up at him. Maybe it was just his wishful thinking, but she didn't look so empty. Like maybe she was regaining herself a little. Or maybe he could have just been imagining it.

'Is, this...goodbye for...good?" she questioned.

"No, no of course not. Kikyou I'll see you again."

She nodded letting him know that she understood. He hugged her, she did not return the hug. It wasn't because she didn't want too. She really wanted to embrace him, but something was holding her back. Kikyou wasn't sure what that something was.

"Promise you'll try and get better."

"Yes, alright."

"See you soon Kikyou."

Later on that day Kikyou and Sango were back on the plane. Just a few minutes ago they separated from Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. It wouldn't be to wise for them to be seen together. Because once back in Tokyo they would have to arrest them. But that wasn't the goal anymore.

Sango and Kikyou had no desire to arrest them. That was why they had to distance themselves from them. But they would need to keep in touch. Sango was in the process of formulating a plan, to get the guy who did this to her sister. She of course would need Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's help.

The other main goal was to make Kikyou better. None of them really wanted to see her like this. Vulnerable, empty, and a shell of her former self. If there was a chance Kikyou, wanted to return to work. She wouldn't be able to, not now while she remained this way.

"Home, sweet home." Sango mentioned when they got home.

Kikyou looked around the apartment, but didn't say anything. Instead she turned her attention to a photo album. She opened it and began looking threw the pages. Many pictures of Sango and her as kids, their parents, and friends.

She blinked curiously at the photos. They looked so happy in the pictures. Seeing how happy they looked, made her smile a little. Sango noticed this, because this was the first time she smiled. Or showed any emotion at all. There was hope after all, Kikyou was still in there somewhere.

"What is, it?" Kikyou wondered.

"Nothing, you just smiled thats all."

Sango could no longer stay up, and ended up going to sleep. Kikyou walked around the apartment, yes it was all familiar. But she couldn't feel anything, she wanted too feel something. She opened her medicine and took two of the blue pills.

If it would help her she was willing to do it. Kikyou grabbed a pen and slowly scribbled a note to her sister. There was some place she wanted to go. She needed to go there now, it felt like the right thing to do. Before leaving she took one look at her sleeping sister.

"Don't worry, I'll be back... soon."

Hours later Sango awoke only to find the house empty. She started to panic a little, she really didn't want Kikyou wandering off. Anything could happen to her right now. She was especially confused about things, she didn't want Kikyou hurt. But soon noticed the letter sitting on the table.

: Sango don't worry. I'll return soon, there is something I want to do. I feel that it will help me.

If I don't come home tonight, please don't worry. I'll be safe, and I will come back better.

Love Kikyou.