Nik: hey speakin' to Camille, yes. Inuyasha died in a fight with Sesshoumaru as I thought I made clear. And yes Kagome is in an insane asylum, driven insane by the loss of Inuyasha. Try to think critically while you read would you? I don't wright for people who don't like to think when they are doing something that involves the problem-solving side of the brain.
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Kagome sat up abruptly from her cot in the room.. She had been plagued by this vision of Inuyasha dead, then of his soul living happily ever after in his afterlife with Kikyou. She curled up as she sat and cried softly into her hands.. Hojos flowers had withered without water and the chocolates sat half uneaten in the center of the room, next to the limp flowers. She stood up in the white nightgown she slept in and knelled down next to the near dead flowers.. Picking them up she breathed deeply into their petals.. For just a moment she felt like she was back in the feudal era where that smell was everywhere.. The sweet smell of completely clean nature, devoid of the many pollutions of the city. She reached for one of the chocolates, trying to forget her disturbing dream, and halted hesitatingly.. She could only faintly remember meeting Hojo.. him talking to her and her unresponsive as a vegetable in her deep thought.
"Oh Hojo.." She mouthed the words but no sound formed from her thought.. Yet another thing that resulted from Inuyasha death other than her depression. She stopped speaking months ago. her mother even gave up on her ever speaking again, even though she knew what was wrong. Her entire family did. But they didn't tell anyone. and who would believe them? Oh yes, her daughter fell in love with a demon and he was killed and now she's gone into withdrawal. Yes that makes a lot of sense. She had pretty much given up on Kagome of ever recovering. Though it was true that Kagome seemed to be coming closer to a breakthrough in her therapy, she had begun to believe that Kagome would never recover. Kagome took up the wilted flowers and placed them at her bedside as she got back into her cot.. Her eyes only half open as her coarse voice uttered just two words as she slipped out of consciousness..
"I'm sorry."
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Kagome stood up as her psychiatrist left the room, holding the door open for her as she was escorted silently back to her room. The shrink said she was doing better but she thought that if she were ever to get out of this place she would probably hate the color white forever. It was so disgusting.. white-washed walls, white beds, white clothes.. Everything was devoid of any other color.. She went back into her cell as the door was locked behind her and Kagome picked up Hojos flowers again, sitting on the cot and just staring into them. Hojo did know just what to do to cheer her up.. He had been doing everything he could to help her ever since he first brought a medicine for her fake illnesses while making excuses for missing school while spending time in the feudal era.. Oh god.. The feudal era.. What happened to Sango and Miroku? To Kaede and Shippo? Had they forgotten her? Accepted that she wouldn't be coming back? And what about the jewel shards? Inuyasha was gone but they were still supposed to be her responsibility.. Kagome was brought from her revelations by a knock on the glass. she looked up as Hojo walked into the room, smiling friendly. She wanted to just jump up and hug him.. To thank him for all that he had done.. But she couldn't seem to move.. Lost in her own thoughts as she was brought out of them she felt like an alien in her body, unable to make her muscles work.. But her jaw could.
"Hojo.." A grin of hope erupted in Hojos face as she spoke, even if it was so faint one could hardly hear it.
"Kagome! You spoke!" Kagome looked back down at the flowers as Hojo hurried next to her. he automatically reverted to his shy self as he had always been around Kagome. As if everything were completely back to normal again and they were just in school, him trying to weasel out another date with her..
"Hojo.. I'm sorry." Hojo without thinking, stopped her abruptly.
"We have to tell everyone! Its a breakthrough! You'll be able to come back to school, and see your friends and -" Kagome covered his mouth gently.
"Don't - tell anyone. I'm not ready to go home yet. but ... Can you help me with something?" Kagome knew it was asking too much, but she had to go back to the feudal era, had to see what happened with her friends after she ran home and lost herself..
"Anything kagome.." He pulled her hand off his mouth, turning to face her. "But what is it that you cant tell your family? Your mother has near given up..." Kagome sat back down on the cot.
"this may sound strange, but I need you to help me get out of here and to the shrine at my house..."
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Kagome sat up abruptly from her cot in the room.. She had been plagued by this vision of Inuyasha dead, then of his soul living happily ever after in his afterlife with Kikyou. She curled up as she sat and cried softly into her hands.. Hojos flowers had withered without water and the chocolates sat half uneaten in the center of the room, next to the limp flowers. She stood up in the white nightgown she slept in and knelled down next to the near dead flowers.. Picking them up she breathed deeply into their petals.. For just a moment she felt like she was back in the feudal era where that smell was everywhere.. The sweet smell of completely clean nature, devoid of the many pollutions of the city. She reached for one of the chocolates, trying to forget her disturbing dream, and halted hesitatingly.. She could only faintly remember meeting Hojo.. him talking to her and her unresponsive as a vegetable in her deep thought.
"Oh Hojo.." She mouthed the words but no sound formed from her thought.. Yet another thing that resulted from Inuyasha death other than her depression. She stopped speaking months ago. her mother even gave up on her ever speaking again, even though she knew what was wrong. Her entire family did. But they didn't tell anyone. and who would believe them? Oh yes, her daughter fell in love with a demon and he was killed and now she's gone into withdrawal. Yes that makes a lot of sense. She had pretty much given up on Kagome of ever recovering. Though it was true that Kagome seemed to be coming closer to a breakthrough in her therapy, she had begun to believe that Kagome would never recover. Kagome took up the wilted flowers and placed them at her bedside as she got back into her cot.. Her eyes only half open as her coarse voice uttered just two words as she slipped out of consciousness..
"I'm sorry."
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Kagome stood up as her psychiatrist left the room, holding the door open for her as she was escorted silently back to her room. The shrink said she was doing better but she thought that if she were ever to get out of this place she would probably hate the color white forever. It was so disgusting.. white-washed walls, white beds, white clothes.. Everything was devoid of any other color.. She went back into her cell as the door was locked behind her and Kagome picked up Hojos flowers again, sitting on the cot and just staring into them. Hojo did know just what to do to cheer her up.. He had been doing everything he could to help her ever since he first brought a medicine for her fake illnesses while making excuses for missing school while spending time in the feudal era.. Oh god.. The feudal era.. What happened to Sango and Miroku? To Kaede and Shippo? Had they forgotten her? Accepted that she wouldn't be coming back? And what about the jewel shards? Inuyasha was gone but they were still supposed to be her responsibility.. Kagome was brought from her revelations by a knock on the glass. she looked up as Hojo walked into the room, smiling friendly. She wanted to just jump up and hug him.. To thank him for all that he had done.. But she couldn't seem to move.. Lost in her own thoughts as she was brought out of them she felt like an alien in her body, unable to make her muscles work.. But her jaw could.
"Hojo.." A grin of hope erupted in Hojos face as she spoke, even if it was so faint one could hardly hear it.
"Kagome! You spoke!" Kagome looked back down at the flowers as Hojo hurried next to her. he automatically reverted to his shy self as he had always been around Kagome. As if everything were completely back to normal again and they were just in school, him trying to weasel out another date with her..
"Hojo.. I'm sorry." Hojo without thinking, stopped her abruptly.
"We have to tell everyone! Its a breakthrough! You'll be able to come back to school, and see your friends and -" Kagome covered his mouth gently.
"Don't - tell anyone. I'm not ready to go home yet. but ... Can you help me with something?" Kagome knew it was asking too much, but she had to go back to the feudal era, had to see what happened with her friends after she ran home and lost herself..
"Anything kagome.." He pulled her hand off his mouth, turning to face her. "But what is it that you cant tell your family? Your mother has near given up..." Kagome sat back down on the cot.
"this may sound strange, but I need you to help me get out of here and to the shrine at my house..."