Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha and crew… Rumiko Takahashi has full responsibility over them.

A/n: Thank you for reviewing and I am happy that you are enjoying the story so far. I try to post my chapters as soon as possible. I have decided to give you guys from now on a small recap.

Recap:

"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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Chapter 4: Miracle

"KAGOME!" shouted J and InuYasha together.

InuYasha ran to her and hugged her. "I'm so glad that you are ok. I won't leave." He smiled at her and she smiled weakly at him. "I need my tutor back. I am failing algebra again." He laughed slightly.

"Kagome it's a miracle. I was so worried about you." Uncle J hugged her.

"I'm still very tired." Kagome was still very weak and had a far way to full recovery. "I want to go home and sleep in my own bed."

"Very funny Kagome. You have to stay here and recover. I am not taking you home until you get better." Uncle J shifted uncomfortably in his chair.

Uncle J : I want her to come home but she can't just yet. I know how much she misses her stuff already. :

"Can you bring me some of my favorite animals than." Kagome was already sounding better and she sat up a little. InuYasha sat in the armchair again and just stared at her, happy that she was ok.

"I think that I can manager bringing a few." Uncle J smiled lightly.

Uncle J : I am so happy that she is ok. She had me so scared for some time. Now all we have to do is wait for the recovery. :

"I am going to go get the doctor." InuYasha got up and started for the door when he was once more interrupted.

"InuYasha, I told you not to leave me." Kagome said weakly. She looked at him and tried to make eye contact but missed by an inch. "Uncle J can go, I want you here InuYasha."

Uncle J raised an eyebrow at InuYasha and left the room. "What's up Kagome?"

"I feel safer when you are with me." She smiled slightly and InuYasha felt uncomfortable.

Inu : What does she want from me? Why do I out of all people have to stay here? What made her so comfortable around me when I put her in this condition::

"Uh… Kagome." InuYasha looked at Kagome and she had her eyes closed once more.

"Yes InuYasha" Kagome whispered in a quite and even tone without opening her eyes.

"Why do you feel safe around me? Me out of all people." InuYasha was anxious for the answer that would come out of Kagome's mouth. There was a long silence and InuYasha could not handle it. "KAGOME I WANT…" He trailed off as he saw that Kagome was starting to sit up. InuYasha got up off his chair and helped Kagome up.

"I know how you feel. I heard your voice when I passed out." Kagome winced as she sat up a little more. InuYasha put his hand out to help her but she merely shook her head and continued with what she was saying, "You were trying to get me help as fast as possible. I know the feeling because when I was little, Souta and I were playing tag and he fell and broke his leg. I felt guilty and thought that it was my fault. I did all that I could to get help for him and it just didn't feel like enough." InuYasha listened and did not interrupt as she continued to speak, "I was worried about him all the time. I thought at one time that he was going to never walk again and started to treat him with extra respect."

InuYasha smiled at the thought of Kagome treating Souta with extra respect. He tried to put himself in the place of Kagome at the time and Kagome as Souta. He quietly laughed to himself being sure not to interrupt Kagome. "It is not your fault, InuYasha that I had a heart attack." InuYasha looked up at Kagome with a confused expression on his face.

"How did you know that you had a heart attack? You were not awake." InuYasha looked at Kagome who smiled as he said that.

"I told you that I heard what was going on while I was 'asleep'." The doorknob turned in Sango walked in and jumped on her friend.

"KAGOME! YOUR UNCLE CALL ME AND TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE AWAKE!" Kagome smiled and hugged her friend again. InuYasha sat still in his chair and just stared at the two girls.

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"Doctor, Kagome has finally woken up." Uncle J walked up to the doctor and looked at him.

"Really? She has made a very quick recovery. I will be right there to check up on her." With that the doctor walked away flipping through the pages of his clipboard.

Uncle J was walking back to the room when he heard someone running behind him. He turned around and was knocked over by Souta. "Hi Souta what are you doing here?"

"No time for talking Uncle J. I must see Kagome!" He ran away in the direction that Uncle J was headed and turned a corner.

"I guess that I will be going to then." Uncle J said half to himself. A woman then came up behind Uncle J who was starting to pick himself up off the ground and took his hand to help him up.

"Sir, do you know that boy?" The woman was a secretary from the 3rd level floor.

Uncle J started to straighten his clothes before answering, "Uh… yes I do. He is my nephew or like I like to call him my son." J gave the woman a curious look and continued to straighten his clothes.

Immediately after he answered she said, "Well then. I assume that you know all of the other running people too."

"I'm not quite sure what you mean by this conversation so if you don't mind I'd like to get back to my sick daughter." He started to walk away when the woman took his arm and pulled him back.

"Would this refresh your memory? There was that boy who just ran through here, a girl with black hair in a high ponytail, a boy that was wearing a red kimono and had very beautiful silver hair, and a adorable little boy with red-orange hair and a fluffy little tail." The woman winced at what she just said.

Woman : A tail? I remember seeing one but is it possible? Maybe it was a toy. Yeah he was probably playing dress up before he came here. :

"I apologize. Your right I do know all of those people." Uncle J sheepishly combed his finger through his auburn hair. He nervously looked back at the lady.

"Do you mind telling them not to run in the hospital?" The lady smiled a gentle smile as she commented. Uncle J just then noticed how beautiful she was. She had long back hair that looked like Kagome's from behind but in front was brushed to the sides to make a part in the middle of her hair. She was a little shorter then J and her complexion was smoother and silky.

"N-not at all M-m-miss." Uncle J stuttered as her gazed upon her beauty once more. He gathered up all the courage that he had left and added, "Do you mind if I ask you what you were doing tonight."

She laughed, "My name is Ayani. I am sorry if you got the wrong impress from me but I am married." Uncle J focused his gaze down to her left index finger and saw a beautiful diamond ring.

"I should have known that someone like you would be married. Tell your husband that he is one lucky guy." Uncle J turned around and started to walk towards the direction that Souta had headed.

"He already knows." Ayani shouted as he was walking around the corner.

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"KAGOME!" Souta jumped on the bed and hugged his sister. Then realizing what he had done he quickly let go of her and sat on a nearby chair.

"Hi to you too Souta-kun." Kagome laughed. She looked a lot better and was now sitting up all the way. InuYasha was sitting in the armchair and Sango on one of the couches. "What brought you here? Sango told me that you were sleeping over her house with Shippo."

"Use was as the key concept. I wanted to come see you." Souta saw the way that Kagome was looking at him and quickly added, "So I can ask you where you put my phone."

Everyone laughed. "Why did you fall to sleep next to Kagome and cry when she didn't wake up." InuYasha asked Sota with a grin on his face.

"Like I said I want my phone. It was all an act to get my phone back." Souta grinned as he stood up and walked over to InuYasha. "Why are you here so often?"

"Like that is any of your business twerp." InuYasha glared at Souta then turned his face.

"You like Kagome don't you?" InuYasha's head snapped back in an instant to face Souta again.

"Of course I like the wench, she's my tutor. I'm failing algebra without her. I have no choice but to like her you know."

"I'm sitting right here, InuYasha! You really have a nerve!" Kagome's face was red.

"I thought that I had more than one." InuYasha smirked at his lame come back and started to laugh when Kagome threw a pen at him.

"Kagome. I see that you have made a quick recovery." A man walked in the room and towards her bed.

"Doctor, I'm sorry he was getting on my nerves!" Kagome shouted and turned even redder when InuYasha smiled a clown smile at her.

His expression turned quickly to a scowl as he said, "You have nerves but I have a nerve! That's not right wench. Not right at all."

"Since when do you call me wench?" Kagome was at boiling point and felt like throwing more things at InuYasha.

"Since I felt like it!" InuYasha started to laugh manically along with Sota and Shippo.

"Well I feel like doing this!" Kagome picked up a tray with food on it and threw it at InuYasha. He quickly caught the tray and then caught the flying food on top of it.

"It's no good to play with your food, wench." Souta and Shippo were now on the floor crying from laughing so hard. Kagome's was about to yell at him again when the doctor grabbed her arm.

"It's not good to have you blood boiling so much. You might overdo it and have another heart attack. And you," the doctor looked at InuYasha with a concerned look, "don't do anything that you might regret to Miss. Higurashi. She is pretty tough." It was Kagome's turn to laugh.

"Feh."

"Yea, InuYasha. Don't do anything that you might regret." She laughed some more and Sango joined her. Souta, Shippo, and InuYasha just stared at them as if they had three heads.

Just then Uncle J walked in and looked at the boys then at the girls. "I guess the girls won." InuYasha stared at him then at the girls then back to him.

"Sadly." InuYasha stated once he realized that J was talking to him and not to the other two boys.

"Yup." Chanted Shippo and Souta at the same time.

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Two hours passed by and everyone had fallen asleep, that is everyone but InuYasha. He was aware of everything with his eyes closed. Sango had left with Shippo and Souta about an hour earlier and Uncle J was sleeping on the couch.

InuYasha opened one eye and looked around the room. Everything was very quite and nothing was moving. He became bored and started shifting in his chair. Then closed his eyes again.

Inu : Maybe I should go home. I know that Kagome is fine but I still can't get up, she did ask me to stay here. Hum… maybe I should watch TV. :

He got up off his chair and walked up to Kagome's bed. He started to look for the remote around the bed when Kagome opened her eyes.

"InuYasha, what are you doing?" She looked at the position he was in and laughed. He was bent over her stomach reaching for the other side of the bed. His face became horrified as he got up and stared at her.

"I-I was looking for the remote." InuYasha stuttered. "What are you doing awake?"

"How could I not wake up with you hovering over me looking for the remote which is right there, by the way." She pointed to the table next to the bed and there laid the remote.

"I knew that," InuYasha stated as he walked over to it and flicking on the TV.

"Riiiight. And I know the Cookie Monster." InuYasha snapped his head in her direction with an eager look on his face.

"Can you get me an autograph? I want one, I want one now!" InuYasha was acting like a child and started to jump around the room screaming 'I want one'. Kagome started to laugh and clutched her stomach from laughing.

InuYasha all of a sudden stopped when a hand was on his shoulder and a voice said, "What do you want?"

"Uh," InuYasha turned around to see Uncle J rubbing his sleepy eyes with one hand and the other on Inu's shoulder. "I wanted a cup of… uh… tea. Yea I want a cup of tea." Kagome continued to laugh and InuYasha turned around and couldn't help but smile at her happiness.

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"Doctor can I go home yet?" Kagome had been in the hospital for 3 days after she had awoken. She was hyper and could not wait to get back to school and her friends.

"Actually you can go home tomorrow if you feel up to it."

"Defiantly!" Kagome was very excited and started to jump on the bed. InuYasha was in the corner of the room with one hand on the wall and the other stuffed in his pocket.

"So I can stop coming here finally!" InuYasha gasped from the corner.

"What you don't like coming to see me?" Kagome pouted from the bed as she sat down with her legs crossed.

"If I didn't like to come and see you I wouldn't be here right now." InuYasha looked at her and smiled at a thought that he had just had. "What would you saw if I asked you to go to the beach with me tomorrow?" He raised an eyebrow and looked her up and down.

Kagome blushed then noticed how he was looking at her. "Hentai!"

"Can't a guy wonder?" InuYasha smirked before walking to the window. He looked outside and saw a woman looking up at him. She seemed so familiar to him. It was as if he had seen her before. They looked at each other again before she just disappeared. "Kagome! Did you see that?"

"See what, InuYasha?" Kagome looked nervously at what InuYasha was looking at. There was nothing there. "Um… InuYasha there in nothing there."

"I know but there was before and she just disappeared. I think that it was my mother. I am almost sure of it." InuYasha started to look again but then turned around. "I must be seeing things again. She died years ago and I keep expecting to see her but then I just get disappointed."

"I am so sorry. I didn't know." Kagome walked up to him and gave him a hug. "If you ever need to talk just say the word. I am here for you."

"Thanks, Kagome." He took a big breath and walked over to the door. "Do you want to go shopping or help people today?"

"Um… how about shopping?" She smiled as he nodded and led her out of the room.

They walked around the halls and went down the elevator. They continued until they came to the gift shop.

"Here we are." InuYasha stated proudly. Kagome laughed as she browsed the shelves. InuYasha quietly walked over to the desk and picked out a balloon and flowers for Kagome.

"Is this for your girlfriend?" The woman asked as she cut the flowers.

"No it's for a friend." He smiled as she handed the flowers and balloon to him. "Thanks."

InuYasha turned around to see Kagome in the flower section looking at some roses. "Pretty aren't they?"

"Yea I wish I had some." InuYasha smiled as she turned around and saw a dozen roses in his hand. He gave them to her and also handed her the balloon.

"Oh InuYasha there beautiful!" She wrapped her arms around him and then looked into his eyes. "Thank you."

"Your welcome. Now get better soon so that you can go home and get on Souta's nerves. He misses that you know."

"I bet he does. Lets go upstairs and start packing my stuff for tomorrow." With that they left the gift store but before they stepped one foot out InuYasha heard a voice say, "I thought she wasn't your girlfriend."

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I am terribly sorry for the late update. I would have done it yesterday but the site was down and I was out of town. On Friday I left and I just came back today.

I decided to give you guys a break on cliffies. That last one was pretty brutal. Anyway all you have to do know is review, so click the little button on the left corner and tell me what you think. Chapter 5 should be up soon.

Chapter 5: Freedom