Chapter 6: The Hospital and Secrets
Kagome was sleeping in the clean hospital bed, a nurse changed her into the provided clothing the hospital had. Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Souta sat around in guest chairs watching Kagome or looking around curiously. They had all just arrived, having not been allowed to go on the ambulance with their friend and sister. Souta looked at Kagome sadly and shook his head three times. 'Poor sister.' He thought pained. Souta reached up to Sango's uniform sleeve and tugged on it three times. "I'm going to walk around." Souta whispered. Sango nodded slowly and watched as the boy exited, after opening and shutting the door three times he opened it again and left.
Soon the doctor entered and all three stood up worriedly. The doctor smiled at them sympathetically and motioned for them to sit back down.
"Will she be okay, doctor?" asked Miroku.
The doctor looked at Kagome and then at the rest in the room. "She will be alright; she just needs plenty of rest to recover. She went through the worse stress I've ever seen in my life, to the point that she showed a very serious case of hematidrosis." The doctor said sadly.
"Hematidrosis?" Sango questioned.
The doctor explained. "Hematidrosis is very uncommon; it is associated with a high level of psychological stress. Sever anxiety cause chemicals to be released in her body that began to break down the capillaries in the sweat glands of her skin. As a result, there was bleeding in her sweat glands causing her to sweat blood. It takes very sever anxiety and maybe even terror to cause this."
"Will she recover?" asked Inuyasha.
"Yes, but the condition causes that skin to be extremely sensitive and it is likely that when she wakes she will feel extreme pain because of it. Now…I think someone should go find Kagome's mother, I believe you said she works here?" the doctor said looking at Miroku. Miroku nodded.
"Yes, she is in…building 5A…" Miroku said softly. The doctor's eyebrows rose sharply.
"Oh…Well I think someone should go then."
"Inuyasha and I will go." Sango said firmly. Inuyasha glared at her sharply.
"No way in hell, I'm staying here!" Inuyasha growled.
"Don't you want to meet Kagome's mom? Besides…Kagome isn't going anywhere and Miroku is family which means the doctor might want to ask him about Kagome's medical history. Come on." Sango stood up and didn't allow Inuyasha to argue because she immediately dragged him out of the room.
After a minute's silence the doctor looked over at Miroku seriously who stared at Kagome's sleeping form with a stern look. "What caused this, young man?"
"She has mysophobia…She had a mental breakdown because she slid in some dirt." Miroku said.
The doctor's face hardened. "Not even mysophobia alone could cause this…What had her so terrified?"
Miroku didn't seem to react to the doctor's demanding tone. "That…is none of your business…" The doctor wielded around angrily.
"I'm her doctor of course it's my business!" the doctor yelled. "What did you do to this girl to scare her so!"
Miroku turned slowly to stare at the doctor with and emotionless face. "That…is confidential." Miroku then glared at the doctor. "If you pursue this issue I will be sure that you never find a job again in Tokyo, you understand me?" The doctor gulped and stomped out of the room.
Inuyasha stared around as he and Sango walked through an outside corridor and towards a strange building that looked rather plain but had an ominous feel to it. Inuyasha saw the sign in front of the building. "5A: Mental Hospital" Inuyasha frowned. 'Kagome's mother works in an asylum?" Inuyasha and Sango walked through the white building's corridors, Inuyasha wondering if Sango even knew where she was going.
They arrived at a room number and Sango checked the clipboard hanging on a hook on the door. "Good, it's guest time…" Sango knocked on the door and the speaker next to the door beeped on and a voice came over it.
"I thought I had an hour with my husband!" The voice said irritated and Sango smiled and pushed the button under the speaker.
"I'm not security Dr. Higurashi, it's me, Sango." Sango said into the speaker. She released the button and suddenly the door opened. Kagome's mother, Dr. Higurashi stood in front of the two teens in her white lab coat and a clip board in hand.
"Sango dear, who is this?" asked Dr. Higurashi curiously looking at Inuyasha.
"This is a friend. You need to come with us, something's happened with Kagome…" Sango said sadly. Dr. Higurashi gasped and stepped out of the room completely and into the hallway to stand in front of Sango. Inuyasha looked over Dr. Higurashi's shoulder to see a man inside the white padded room wearing a straight jacket. Inuyasha frowned slightly and glanced at the name above the door. "Higurashi, Toru" Inuyasha's eye widened and he looked into the room again at the man. 'Kagome's father?' Inuyasha thought in wonder.
"What's wrong with Kagome?" asked Dr. Higurashi.
"She's had a mental breakdown at school and you need to come see her…unless this meeting with your husband can't wait…" Sango said softly.
"No, I must go to Kagome. I'll go find the guards with the key for this room; you two wait here and watch him." Dr. Higurashi ran off urgently and left the two teens to stare at the man he sat against the wall with his head down. Inuyasha frowned slightly and slowly entered the room, Sango just leaned against the wall with a frown, not really caring if Inuyasha went into the room.
Inuyasha walked across the padded floors with a frown on his face and came to a stop in front of the shaggy looking man, with long unruly black hair and pale skin. Inuyasha looked down at Toru Higurashi with a scowl. 'Is he awake?'
Toru looked up at Inuyasha slowly to reveal the sapphire blue eyes that Kagome had most definitely got from him. "Who are you?" asked Toru, his raspy voice sounding gruff to Inuyasha's ears.
Inuyasha's left ear twitched and he scoffed. "Inuyasha, who the hell are you?"
Toru chuckled mysteriously. "I am Kagome's father…you must be the half demon…"
"You know me, old man?" Inuyasha growled, he got a creeped out vibe from this man and it made his hair stand on end a little.
Toru smiled up at Inuyasha wickedly. "Of course, how could I not? You're all they talk about…" Toru said.
"They?" Inuyasha questioned.
"The men, the ones who send radio signals to my brain…" Toru said seriously. "They talk about how you are after my daughter…how you want to cure her…"
Inuyasha glared. "Alright! Who really told you all this? Was it Miroku?"
"You saved my baby girl from the dust, the maggots, it was a mistake for them to let her play baseball without more clothing…" Toru said, almost to himself more than Inuyasha.
Inuyasha glared. "Wait! How do YOU know about that? It just happened!"
"The lo techs know all…" Toru said under his breath.
Inuyasha stared down at Toru in shock and was suddenly grabbed by the arm.
"Didn't you hear me calling you Inuyasha! We got the key so we need to go back!" Sango said in frustration as she dragged the stunned hanyou out. Toru stared after Inuyasha with a wide grin and Inuyasha shuddered in fear. That man was scary…and the lo techs…where have I heard them before?
Dr. Higurashi, Sango, and Inuyasha returned to Kagome's room to attend to the girl. When they entered Inuyasha immediately noticed that Kagome was awake. She looked tired and had apparently got a face mask from the doctor.
"Mom! Inuyasha! Sango!" Kagome said happily. Miroku looked up at them with a smile.
"My poor baby! Are you alright! Sango told me what happened!" Dr. Higurashi approached Kagome who waved her off.
"I'm fine mama! Don't worry about me…C-Can I talk to Inuyasha for a minute?" Everyone else looked at Inuyasha confused and Kagome's mom suddenly grinned.
"Is this your boyfriend Kagome?" asked Dr. Higurashi. Kagome blushed furiously and avidly denied it but Dr. Higurashi still gave her a knowing look before she left. Once they were alone Inuyasha looked down at Kagome guiltily, he was about to apologize for not protecting her better but Kagome spoke up first.
"Im sorry!" Kagome yelped.
Inuyasha stared down at her confused. "What the hell are YOU sorry for kitten!" Inuyasha demanded with a frown.
"I ruined the game, I bet everyone is mad at me…" said Kagome, looking ashamed.
"Who cares about that stupid game Kagome! You are hurting and that damn school didn't think about the consequences of putting you in Gym!" Inuyasha growled. Kagome looked down at her hands in her lap sadly. "Feh! Don't worry kitten. Miroku talked to the principal and they are going to allow you to graduate without Gym credits, you still have to attend gym though, just sit and watch I guess, or only take part in the non-dirt events." Inuyasha said with a shrug. Kagome sighed in relief and looked up at Inuyasha. "Well…I need to head home now kitten, I hope you get better quickly so you can make it to school tomorrow but if not I'll come visit you…" Inuyasha stood and headed towards the door after Kagome nodded in understanding.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered halting Inuyasha in his tracks. "Thank you for saving me…" Kagome didn't see Inuyasha's smile as he walked out of the room.
A/N: Hey everyone! Oh! By the way, that condition Kagome had called hematidrosis, it is a real condition that many scientists believe is what caused Jesus to sweat blood when he was praying the night before his crucifiction! Just a cool fun fact! shrug Tell me what you think people! Man this was a long chapter…. REVIEW! Please!