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Chapter 3: Soccer PracticeKagome and InuYasha had been studying for only 30 minutes when Arnold came back with someone else. It was Sango. Sango came every evening to the Higurashi house to do homework with Kagome.
"Hey Kagome… InuYasha."
"Hi Sango. I really don't think that you need help with algebra so if you don't mind I need to continue with InuYasha." Kagome said this trying to keep the impatient tone out of her voice.
"I know I just want some where to do my homework since I usually did it with you. May I sit at this table?" Kagome nodded and Sango sat down.
"Actually Sango you can help with Inu-chan, cant you? He needs all the help he can get." Kagome and Sango started to laugh while InuYasha seemed to be in another world. Kagome looked at what he was staring at. "InuYasha do you want to go over there when we're done. I'll grab mine and Sango will get hers and we can ride." Sango, who was completely lost wanted to know what Kagome was talking about so she peered over to the area that they two where staring at and saw something that would make her want to come to the Higurashi house even more often.
Right behind the park was a skate park! It was huge! Sango had always gone to the Higurashi house and yet she never saw that there. It was the best skate park that she had ever seen. It had an outdoor area and an indoor area. Sango and InuYasha were in heaven.
"Kagome… you never told me about this skate park."
"I know! Its awesome isn't it. I wanted to surprise you for your B-day and bring you here but now since you now I'll just find something else to do. It just got built a week ago." Kagome was so happy now that Sango knew. She had been dieing to tell her but didn't want to at the same time. Sango and InuYasha were still in a gaze at the park when Kagome said, "Alright back to work." She looked back at the two who were still observing the park and knew that this was going to be a problem. "You guys do know that if you don't finish working that you can't go, right?" They quickly turned around in their chair and got to work. Kagome laughed, "That's more like it."
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InuYasha, Sango, and Kagome got done pretty early mostly because Sango and InuYasha rushed. When they were done with all there work it was 7:30 and the sun would go down by 8:45 so they rushed to get their skateboards. InuYasha how ever came back with a skateboard and roller blades.
"Anyone know how to roller blade?" asked InuYasha sounded excited about skating in the park.
"NO, and I don't want to learn now!" Kagome was afraid of roller blades ever since she was a little kid. She once was on them and broke her arm. From then on she promised herself never to ride them again.
"Yea, but I don't find them much fun." Sango was strapping her kneepads in place and was now working on her helmet.
"Aw come on Kagome try to learn. Its really fun." InuYasha made a gesture to the skates.
"NO! NEVER!" Kagome grabbed her skateboard and went up to the half pipe and did an Ollie.
Inu : WOW! She is amazing. I have to admit that she is probably better than me! That's saying a lot. :
"Good one Kagome!" Sango rushed and grabbed her board and went to the half pipe also. She went up and did a grind at the top.
Inu : They are both amazing! I think that I might want to roller blade so they don't think that I suck at skateboarding. :
"InuYasha stop standing over there and grab your skateboard." Kagome went up to him and picked up her skateboard.
"So are you going to try and roller blade now?" InuYasha smirked.
"No. I told you before I will never roller blade."
"You sound like the adventurous type of person. Come on you know that you want to." InuYasha picked up the skates and put them in her hands. "You are teaching me algebra and now I will teach you to skate." Kagome took the skates and sat on the floor putting them on. She looked up at him and he was smiling. "I'm glad that you trust me." Once she was done he offered her his hand and she took it.
Kags : His hand is so warm and comforting. I could hold it all day. :
InuYasha helped her to her feet. She started to wobble and fell but he kept on helping her up until she could stand on her own. Kagome listened to every word InuYasha said and did every thing that he told her to do. "Ok Kagome are you ready to learn how to roller blade?"
"Yea." InuYasha took an extra pair of skates from his backpack and put them on. Then he stood up and put his hands on Kagome's waist.
"Kagome turn around and face the direction that you are going to go. I will guide you with me hands. Just act like your walking and move your legs that way. The only difference between walking and roller blading is that you are kind of like walking on wheels rather than on a solid surface." They started to blade and Kagome put her hands over his, which were still on her hips. They went around in circles and headed to the bunny slopes.
"InuYasha, I don't think that I'm ready for the bunny slopes." Kagome nervously tightened her grip on his hands as they kept going.
"Sure you are Kagome. Come on I'm with what could happen." He smiled at her and she looked up at him.
"KAGOME WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" Sango shouted from the half pipe. Kagome fell into the kidney pool and tumbled all the way down. InuYasha tumbled behind her and fell next to her.
"Kagome are you ok?" InuYasha asked looking at her. He noticed that she had not moved since they landed. He slowly got up and crawled over to her. "Kagome! Get up so we can skate." There was still no answer and he started to get nervous. Sango had just arrived and ran to her friend.
"InuYasha don't sit there, call 911 and get help." InuYasha was speechless and hesitated a moment.
Inu : Is this all my fault? It can't be. I need to go get help. She looks so beautiful lying there. NO… not at a time like this… I have to go get help. :
"INUYASHA! TODAY PLEASE!" InuYasha reached into his pocket and got his cell phone. He quickly dialed 911. Sango got up and ran into the house to get Arnold or Uncle J.
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(Kagome pov) (A/n: every paragraph is a new time period. An hour passes in between paragraphs.)
I have to wake up they're calling me. I can't open my eyes. What wrong? My body doesn't want to move, I can't move a single finger. HELP! INUYAHSA! SANGO! I don't want to die. I will not die I refuse to. Someone help.
Wait I feel something pinching my arm. What the fuck! That hurt! I need to wake up. I can hear sirens. This is just a dream Kagome, just a dream.
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It's been two days since the accident and InuYasha is in soccer practice.
"Alright team listen up I need you to get in pairs and warm up while I take attendance." Coach Surakachi went to his bag and got a clipboard out. InuYasha paired up with Miroku as always and they warmed up. InuYasha had not told anyone what had happened and planed to tell Miroku later.
Inu : I wonder if she woke up yet. The doctor said that she had a heart attack and wasn't going to wake for a few days. I hope that she is all right. She didn't want to roller blade, why did I force her? But she was doing so well for a little while until the accident. I hope that she is going to be awake when I visit her today. :
"INUYASHA PAY ATTENTION!" Miroku kicked the ball and it was coming for InuYasha's head. Thinking quickly he hit the ball with the top of his head and it bounced over Miroku's.
"Alright team gather 'round. I have to tell you the line up." The team gathered around the coach as he started to call the names for line up. InuYasha and Miroku arrived late because they were packing up the balls. They came just in time to here the position that they would be playing. "InuYasha: center, Miroku: center midfield, Koga: goalie, Hojo: left wing, and Ginta: right defense. That is our line up team, now everyone get in your positions and practice." Coach Surakachi took a clipboard and observed everyone. "InuYasha you aren't paying attention! You are supposed to be my star player! Kick the dang ball and stop staring at it!"
InuYasha stood there in the middle of the field and didn't move. He watched all of the players run around him and shout. He could not feel anything at that moment but guilt, guilt that came from the accident. At that moment he did not want to do anything but get to Kagome and make sure that she was all right.
Inu : Why am I feeling this way. I don't know her all that well. I just feel guilty about what happened. She is so innocent and I forced her to do something that she did not want to do. I need to go make sure that she is all right so that I can move on with my life. :
"Hey InuYasha! I'm here! I made it. Did I miss anything? What position do you play?" A voice came from the stands.
"KAGOME!" InuYasha turned to the stands looking for her.
"No silly, Kikyo. You know your girlfriend." Kikyo came up to him and went to kiss him, he back away and looked at her in disgust.
"Your not my girlfriend Kikyo. I told you that I tell the person if they are going with me. You are not!" He walked up to Kikyo and said; "unless you don't want to go to the dance with me I suggest that you leave me alone."
"InuYasha I will- HEY! INUYASHA!" InuYasha was walking away, more like running.
"YASHA WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING?" the coach got up and yelled at Inu as he continued to run.
"InuYasha where are you going man? We haven't finished practice." Miroku yelled as InuYasha continued to run. He did not know how long it was going to take him to get to the hospital but he was going to run till he could no more. With his demonic powers it should not take him very long.
"InuYasha I guess that you finally realized who is the better player. Thanks for the position." Koga also shouted at him as he ran.
Inu : I don't care what all of these fuckers think. I'm coming for you Kagome. Don't worry I'll save you and everything can go back to normal. :
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"Doctor won't Kagome wake up soon. She has been asleep for days." Sota was on his uncle's lap and did not go to school that day.
Sota : I want Kagome to wake up so I can bug her again. Please Kagome, please. I am sorry if I ever hurt you. Come back home so everything could become normal again. I miss you:
Sota began to cry on his uncle's shoulder and looked at the doctor again. "Doctor answer me now!"
"Sota your sister has to fight to wake up. She will wake up I promise but it will take a while. She has to get her rest and will wake up when she is ready." He looked into Sota's tired eyes and smiled.
"Don't smile! This is no time for smiling!" He went up to the doctor and started to swing at him. Uncle J went up to Sota and picked him up in his arms.
"Everything will be ok. Kagome is a strong girl. She can fight her own battles." Uncle J was careful not to smile so that he did not upset Sota again. Sota slowly got off of his uncle's lap and climbed into Kagome's bed with her. He laid next to her and fell to sleep.
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InuYasha had been running for 10 minutes when he saw the sign that said hospital 15 miles.
Inu : If I run at a stead pace of 30 mile per hour I should be able to get there in a matter of minutes and still not be tired. :
InuYasha ran and ran until he reached the building. He saw the bright red sign that said Hospital and approached the building quickly. He slowed down as he went inside but still ran. He went to the front desk and asked them for a pass so that he could visit Kagome. They gave him the pass and he took off again. He only stopped when he reached the door to her room. Slowly he opened the door and peered in the room.
Walking in he closed the door behind him. Sota was asleep on Kagome's bed and Kagome was still lying in the same position as this morning. Uncle J was not there he had stepped out to talk with the doctor.
InuYasha sat down on the couch closest to Kagome's bed and looked around. He was happy that he did all that he could to be there at that moment. He looked down at his hand and twisted them 'round and 'round. He heard the door slowly open and looked up to see Uncle J standing before him.
"Hi J." InuYasha said this in a weak tone. He had been talking like this all day and couldn't help it anymore.
"InuYasha, I did not expect to see you until practice was over. What brought you here so early." Uncle J sat down and looked at his watch then at Kagome.
"I had a feeling sir, a feeling that I should come and see her. I don't know what it is. I believe that it is guilt. It has built up on my over the days." Uncle J just sat there listening to every word InuYasha said and did not interrupt once. "I know that it has been only two days but it feels like 3 years. I want everything to return to normal. I want to become normal again. It's all my fault."
"Well she will be happy to hear that you were here for her." Uncle J smiled slightly.
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"Boy it's 11 pm. Don't you think that you should be getting home to your folks." Uncle J got up and stretched a little before taking a seat again. "I'll be here all night."
"I think that you are right sir. I will be on my way then." InuYasha slowly got up and walked over to Kagome.
Inu : I'll be back for you Kagome. I promise that I will visit you tomorrow. :
"Night sir." InuYasha walked up to Uncle J and took his out stretched hand and shook it. Then he walked out the door. Just then her heard a voice behind him and turned around to see who it was. "Nice to see you Sango. Kagome is still asleep but I have a feeling that she is going to wake up soon."
"Thank you InuYasha." InuYasha opened the door for her so that she could walk in and then closed it once she was in.
He decided that he would take a cab home rather than bother his folks while they were asleep.
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"Hi Sango." Uncle J went up to her and gave her a hug.
"Hi uncle J. How is Kagome doing." Sango went up to Kagome and looked at her and Sota. Uncle J joined her and pushed back Kagome's hair with one finger.
"She is fighting it with all of her might." There was a long silence after that. The silence lasted for hours. Sango had fallen to sleep on the armchair and Uncle J was in deep thought.
Uncle J : This is the way her mother died. I worry about Kagome all the time since it runs in the family. Her grandmother also passed away in this position. I hope Kagome is strong enough to fight this all the way. She needs to come back home. :
Uncle J walked over to Sango and woke her up. Sango I'm going to take you home now if you don't mind." He stretched out his hand and she took it. He pulled her off the chair and told her to gather her belongings. "Sango, would you mind if Sota went to your house to play with Shippo and sleep over.
"Not at all sir." Uncle J walked over to the bed and picked up Sota in his arms and walked out to the car with Sango following close behind.
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InuYasha had jus gotten home and paid the cab driver. He walked in the house and got into his pajamas and went to bed. As soon as he climbed in he fell to sleep.
He was running to the hospital and in the door never slowing down once. He reached a door that said Ms. Higurashi on it and walked in. He saw Sota, Uncle J, Arnold, Sango, Shippo, Miroku, Koga, Rin, Shessy, and Ayame all around her bed. In the bed was Kagome. Except she had shorter hair and it was in a ponytail. She was just lying there not moving and the people around her were all crying.
"KAGOME!" InuYasha went to the bed and started to cry himself. He did not know why he was crying but something told him to look in a nearby mirror in the room and he did. He did not look like InuYasha. He was a man with dark black hair that was cut short. His skin color was darker than normal and his nails were human. He was not in his human form. He couldn't be, his hair was too short.
The man slowly walked back to Kagome still crying and he shouted again. "KAGOME!" He laid down on her bed and cried. Then he felt a lump under his head and under her sheets. Slowly he pulled back the covers and took out what was below the sheets. It was a gun and he took it under his coat and got up slowly.
Just then Shippo walked up to him and said, "That is not Kagome." Then he walked back with the others and continued to sob. The man that was supposedly InuYasha run for the door and out the hospital. He was not as fast as he would have liked to be but he was fast enough. He ran until he could no more and grabbed the gun out of his coat.
He looked around and made sure that no one was looking and then he shot. The sound was so irritating that the nearby birds flew away and the windows of nearby stores cracked.
"KAGAOME!" InuYasha ran to the nearby mirror and looked at himself. He was the same as he was when he had fallen to sleep. He grabbed his belongs in a second and ran to the hospital with all of his might. It took him 3 minutes to get there and it was 30 miles away from his house. He approached the door like he did in his dream and was afraid to enter. On the door a sign had been posted that said 'Ms. Higurashi'. InuYasha knew that whatever was in there could not have been good so he slowly twisted the knob on the door and walked in.
On the bed was Kagome. She was still in the same position as she had been in all day. There was no one else in the room besides him and her. He took a seat on the armchair in the corner of the room and watched her closely. Then he saw that mirror from his dream and walked up to it. Very slowly he approached it and saw that he looked the same as he did in the house mirror. His nails were long and his hair was silver again. His ears were alert and he was aware of every little thing going to in the room. He went back to his chair and watched the clock in the corner of his eye and Kagome was right ahead of him.
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The car slowly approached Sango's house and pulled into the driveway. Sango got out of the car and grabbed her belongs while Uncle J picked up Sota and took him into the house.
"Hi Uncle J. Is Sota going to sleep over?" a little fox demon that Sango's family had adopted walked over to Uncle J.
"Yes he is Shippo. Is your ma and pa here?" Uncle J looked around with Sota still in his arms. Sota had been pretending to sleep on the way over here and was now too excited to see Shippo to maintain his pretending.
"Yes the are sir. They are in the living room." Shippo looked at the supposedly sleeping Sota and said, "Is he going to wake soon, Uncle?" Just then Sota jumped out of his Uncles arms and attacked Shippo. "Hi Sota!" Shippo shouted through laughs.
"Hi Shippo want to go play."
"Yea I do!" The boys ran off through the kitchen and up the stairs to Shippo's room. Sango followed Uncle J to the living room to say good night to her parents and then go to bed.
"Hi Mr. And Mrs. Surakachi. Nice to see you again." Uncle J walked over to them and sat down on a couch.
"It's nice to see you again too J. How is Kagome?" Ms. Surakachi leaned down and picked up her cup of tea and took a sip.
"Uncle J, do you mind if I say goodnight to my parents before you answer that." Uncle J nodded and Sango said goodnight to her parents and went up into her room.
"Well I am afraid that she is in the same position as her mother was 12 years ago. In my belief I think that Kagome is stronger than what her mother was. I think that she can fight more than what her mother did. She is younger than her mother was and so I think that she might be able to get through. Its hard you know, going through this again." He took a deep breath and sat there thinking.
"We know that it must be hard for you J. Do you want a cup of tea and why don't you take a nap you look extremely tired." Mr. Surakachi got up and grabbed a blanket from the closet.
"No thank you. I need to go back to Kagome." Uncle J got up and shook hands with both of them. "Thank you for letting Sota stay over."
"No problem J. Why don't you take this cove with you to the hospital for the night." Mr. Surakachi handed J the cover.
"Thank you so much. I must be on my way now. See you guys tomorrow when I pick up Sota." He walked to the door and opened it. "Night Sota! See you tomorrow!" Sota came down the stairs and hugged his uncle.
"See you tomorrow uncle."
"Come on Sota let's play with my xbox360." Sota ran upstairs and turned the corner. Uncle J went out to his car and drove to the hospital.
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InuYasha sat in the chair fast asleep when Uncle J walked in. J sat in the couch that was near Kagome and started to play with her hair. He smiled because he knew how much she loved it when he played with her hair like that. A tear formed in his eyes and he put down his head on her sheets.
InuYasha smelled the salt and woke up instantly. "J, I didn't hear you come in." InuYasha slowly picked up his head and looked around. "How long have I been asleep?"
"I don't know I just got here myself." Uncle J wiped his tears away and sat up. "What brought you back InuYasha."
"Nightmare. I feel so guilty I can't help it. I want to stay here all night." InuYasha got up and started for the door. "It's going to be a long night. I am going to get some tea."
"InuYasha, don't leave me." A weak voice came from behind InuYasha and he instantly turned around to see Kagome in her bed with her eyes cracked open. "Please stay."
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I hope that you guys liked it. I made it longer than usual to make up for chapter 2. Thank you for reading. Please review.
I am sorry but it will take me a while to post Chapter 4 because my mom has limited me to 2 hours a day. If you guys review a lot I will take a pencil and paper and write some of it outside of the computer. Thank you and I hope that you do not stop reading because of this. I will try and post Chapter 4 as soon as possible. Trust me that does not mean in a week it means less. Maybe by Saturday I will post it, since I will be so bored at home baby-sitting, anyway sorry for the delay on the next chapter. I am currently working on it so please review to cheer me up and make me work faster.
Chapter 4: Miracle