Wake Me Up When September Ends
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"Sesshomaru's been in a pretty bad car accident," Inuyasha said seriously.
"Oh no! Miroku! The car accident we saw on the way here! Sesshomaru was in it!" I moaned.
"It's ok Kagome," Miroku said gently, wrapping an arm around my shoulder, "He'll be fine.
I only nodded and followed the rest of the group out of the dorm. I held a sobbing Rin in my arms and walked behind everyone else. Souta was up with Miroku and Sango. Inuyasha and Kikyo were in the led, Kikyo holding a sleeping Kyo. Akemi was with me, holding my hand tightly, trying to comfort me somehow. Tears silently poured down my cheeks as I prayed silently for Sesshomaru, too shocked to sob like Rin was. I tried to comfort the young girl in the best way I could. I climbed into Miroku's car. Sango was in the front with Miroku. Akemi was sitting next to me, Souta on the other side, and Rin in my lap. The car started off for the hospital, following behind Inuyasha's and Kikyo's; and I had only one thought going through my head.
"Onegai! Let Sesshomaru be ok! Onegai!"
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Wake Me Up When September Ends
Lost, But Not Yet Gone
---K POV---
As soon as the car stopped, I bolted out of the car, Rin still in my arms. I pushed open the doors of the hospital with my shoulder and skidded to a halt in front of the information desk. I stood for a moment, catching my breath, before I looked at the women and started to speak.
"Can I please have the room number of Mr. Sesshomaru Tama?" I asked.
"Relation?" she asked.
"I'm his girlfriend," I lied, "And this is his daughter."
"Seventh floor, room 718."
"Arigatou!" I said and ran off.
"Is Daddy going to be Ok?" Rin asked, trembling.
"Your daddy is going to be just fine Rin," I said, 'I hope.'
I stepped into the elevator soon followed by another woman. As it were she was also going to the seventh floor.
"Ohayo Rin!" she said.
"Kagura-chan!" Rin cried, hugging her, "Are you here to see my daddy too?"
"I am," Kagura said.
"Have you meet Kagome-nee-chan?" Rin asked.
"No, I don't believe I have," Kagura smiled and looked at me, "I'm Kagura, Sesshomaru-sama's secretary."
I let the breath I was holding go and smiled at the woman, "Kagome Higurashi."
"The Kagome Higurashi?" she asked.
"I guess," I said, "Is there something special about me?"
"Well Sesshomaru-sama talks about you a lot," Kagura said, "He says you've been gone for ten years."
"Hai…I have…" I whispered, "I just got back today."
"What a great welcome back present," Kagura said sarcastically, "You come home and your best friend gets in a car accident."
"True," I played along.
"Wouldn't that be bad?" Rin asked, "Rin thinks it's a bad present."
I laughed, "Rin sweetie, we were just joking around."
"Oh…"
The elevator stopped and the door opened. I smiled at Kagura and let her go out first. I picked Rin back up and followed Kagura out of the elevator. We walked in silence to Sesshomaru's room and stopped outside of it. She smiled at me and motioned for me to go in first. I thanked her and walked in with Rin. Rin jumped out of my arms and went straight to Sesshomaru's pale, unconscious form. She snuggled up against his body and cried into his hospital gown. I pulled up a chair and sat down beside his bed, taking his hand.
"Oh Sesshou-kun," I whispered, "You promised you'd protect me…you promised me Sesshou…Onegai…don't leave me…"
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---S POV---
Everything was dark. I tried to open my eyes, but found I couldn't. Was I blind? I just laid in the darkness, not know where I was. A light filled the darkness and I squinted. I felt a hand over my eyes, as if they healed them. Slowly, I opened my eyes. I didn't know where I was. There was a beautiful girl standing in front of me smiling. I knew that face. It was familiar somehow, but I couldn't place it. As fast as she was there, she was gone. I sighed and the most angelic voice filled my ears.
"Oh Sesshou-kun…you promised you'd protect me…you promised me Sesshou…Onegai…don't leave me…"
"Who are you?" I whispered into the darkness.
"You know perfectly well who she is."
"Who said that?!" I asked, spinning around.
There, standing in front of me was…me. I stared at myself quizzically. How is that even possible? I rubbed my eyes and just looked at him.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I am you, of course," he said, smiling, "Or rather the emotions that you have forgotten."
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"To get you out of this coma!" he said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Coma…?" I looked towards the ground.
"You don't remember?" he asked.
"Iie…" I said, "All I remember is that my name is Sesshomaru and I have a hanyou half-brother, Inuyasha. Everything else…is blank…"
"You need to remember Sesshomaru!" he said, grabbing my shoulders, "You have to!"
"Why?" I asked.
"You need to protect her!" he cried, "Her and your daughter! They need you! You promised her! You can't go back on your promise!"
"Gomen ne…" I said sadly, "But I don't know what you're talking about…"
"Your promise to Kagome!" he said harshly, shaking me, "She's finally come back! She needs you! You have to wake up for her."
"I don't…" I trailed off. He was gone.
I stared around the darkness. There was no trace of him anywhere. Sighing, I sat back down on the ground. I hated this feeling of helplessness. I was Sesshomaru, Taiyoukai of the western lands, the most feared youkai in all of Japan. So why now was I sitting on the ground, in the dark, with no memory of how I got here or who anyone was besides my brother. I had a daughter…was this Kagome person my wife? Why did I promise to protect her? An image flashed before my eyes. A young girl around twelve huddled in a corner, sobbing, bruises and gashes all over her body. I reached out to the girl but it faded away into nothingness.
"Why can't I remember?!" I asked, frustrated.
"Will Rin's outa-san be OK?"
"I'm sure he will sweetie. Don't worry. He'll wake up…he has too…"
"I can hear their voices," I whispered, "But I don't know who they belong too!"
Frustrated, I closed my eyes and when I went to open them again, it was difficult. As if a weight was placed over my eyes. Soon, a bright light filled my semi-opened eyes and I groaned, snapping my eyes shut again. I heard gasps all around me.
"He's awake!" I heard Inuyasha say.
"Oh Thank kami!" there it was again, that voice.
"Daddy?" came the little girl's voice.
Slowly, I opened my eyes and blinked a few times to adjust my eyes to the brightness. Inuyasha was standing at the end of my bed, his arms wrapped tightly around a woman with dark brown hair and bright blue eyes and a little boy on his shoulders. Sitting in chairs beside the wall was a woman with black hair and green eyes, her hand clasped tightly in a man's hand. He had bright blue eyes and black hair that was pulled into a pony tail. Sitting next to me, was a girl with midnight black hair and the most beautiful honey brown eyes. The girl I had seen earlier. In her lap was a young girl with extremely dark brown hair, with half pulled into a side pony-tail and wide, innocent brown eyes.
"Inuyasha?" I said hoarsely.
"Sess!" Inuyasha said, letting go of the woman he was holding, "You're ok?"
"Fine…" I looked around the room again, "But who are all these people?"
My eyes went straight to the woman sitting with the child. I saw how hurt she was by my words in her eyes, but I couldn't help it. I didn't know who she was. Inuyasha paused for a moment and sat down in another chair next to me.
"You don't remember any of them?" he asked softly.
Turning towards him, I shook my head. I heard a soft sob from the other side of the bed and a gasp as well. I turned to look at them. The young child, she was crying softly into the woman's chest, I guessed them to be mother and daughter. The woman was starring at me, wide-eyed and her mouth slightly open. I didn't get it, was she important to me? The child kept calling me her father, was she my wife? I tightened my fists and looked up at the ceiling.
"Gomen nesai…" I said, "But I can't remember…the only thing I remember is Inuyasha…"
"Excuse me…" the woman said.
She picked the child up in her arms and ran out of the room. The girl that was sitting near the wall had a look of worry in her eyes and she followed the woman and the child out. Soon, a nurse came into the room. She smiled at the group and then at me.
"Inuyasha Tama?" she said.
"Yes, that's me," Inuyasha said.
"Your brother suffers from a mild case of amnesia," she said, "He only remembers a few things, but he should have his memory back within the next couple of weeks."
"Poor Kag…" the man near the wall whispered, "This is going to be tough on her…"
"Yeah," Inuyasha agreed, "We're going to have to do our best to help her."
"Who is she?" I asked, "The child kept calling me her father, and the woman seemed to be the mother of the child, is she my wife?"
Everyone in the room looked at each other and tried not to laugh.
"Iie, Sess," Inuyasha said, "Rin is your adopted daughter. Kagome is the girl you promised to protect since you first met her. Her father started abusing her when she was twelve and she moved when she was thirteen. She just came back today, after ten years. You grew to love her, but she was too young to understand."
"Oh…" I looked away, "Then why can't I remember her…and only her face?"
"I don't know Sesshomaru," Inuyasha said.
The woman, Kagome, she seemed so hurt when I said I didn't remember anything. Maybe it was because she hadn't seen me in ten years. If I promised to protect her then we must've been very good friends, and Inuyasha said I love her. She has to be something important then. For now, my focus was going to be on remembering who she was. Her face kept haunting me and the vision of that girl, huddled in a corner that had to have been her. I would remember her, even if it's the last thing I do.
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---K POV---
I slid against the wall outside of Sesshomaru's hospital room, clutching Rin to my chest. He couldn't remember. He didn't remember. A dry sob escaped my lips and Sango came out of the hospital room and sat down next to me. She put an arm around my shoulder and I just stared at the opposite wall. Rin wasn't crying loudly anymore, but she was still crying. She knew what it meant to not remember.
"He doesn't remember me Sango," I whispered.
"He doesn't remember any of us," Sango said, stroking my hair.
"Sango," I said, "I love him…what if he never remembers? What if I never get to tell him?"
I broke down then. I knew that I had to be strong for Rin, but I just couldn't. It was too much to handle. Sango squeezed my shoulder and I cried into her shoulder. The thought of never being held in his arms or hearing him repeat those three simple words to me every night, I couldn't bare it. I needed Sesshomaru. I needed him to make me feel loved, to make me feel that I'm not alone. The door opened and I looked up. Sesshomaru was leaning heavily on the doorway, Inuyasha standing beside him.
"He insisted on coming out to see you," Inuyasha muttered.
"Sesshomaru!" I gasped, "You should not be up and about! Back into bed with you!"
I handed Rin to Sango and walked over to Sesshomaru, letting him support himself on me. I walked back into his hospital room and sat him down on the bed. His eyes were staring up at me, but it was that cold, hard stare I had seen so many times before. I bit the inside of my cheek to stop the tears from flowing. I couldn't cry in front of him, even though I did so many times before.
"Inuyasha," he spoke softly, "Can you and everyone else please leave, I would like some time alone with Kagome-san."
His words made my heart freeze over once and a thousand times more. He really didn't remember me. San, he had called me Kagome-san. That's what you call someone when you first meet them. I guessed that Sesshomaru remembered everything up to before he met me and everyone else. I watched as everyone left the room and shut the door. Sesshomaru was lying on his back, starring up at the ceiling. I was looking everywhere but at him.
"I'm going to do everything in my power to remember you," he said.
"Nani?" I asked, looking at him.
"By the way Inuyasha was talking about you and what I saw and heard in my comatose state," Sesshomaru said, "You were very important to me."
"How important?" I asked.
"I don't remember," Sesshomaru hissed, closing his eyes.
"It's ok," I cooed, taking his hand, "Don't over-work yourself trying to remember everything. It'll come back in time."
"The nurse said a few weeks," Sesshomaru said.
"Then don't try to rush it," I told him, "Just let it go on it's own. If you try to make yourself remember, some of it might not come back."
"How do you know all this?" he asked me.
"It's what the nurses told me when I lost my memory," I said, "My father went too far during one of his beatings and hit me hard enough to give me amnesia. It was a minor case, but still. When I had regained my memory after a week or so, all my friends came to see me and I had to lie. I had been at a marching festival with my band that same weekend and I told them I had been attacked by someone."
"Do you lie often?" he asked.
"Hai," I whispered, "I lie a lot. It's to keep my father out of trouble."
"He hurts you and you don't want to get him into trouble," Sesshomaru was really confused.
I laughed, "I already explained this to you once, but I guess I have to explain again. I love my father. Even if he hurts me. He wasn't always like this. It was just up until my mama died, that's when Akemi was born. When he isn't drunk, he's always been there for me. He's the only adult I have left in my life to guide me…"
"Oh," Sesshomaru looked down and stifled a yawn.
"You're tired," I whispered, "Go to sleep. Don't worry about anything. Your memory will come back to you in time."
"Arigatou Kagome-san," he whispered.
"Your welcome," I said, "I'll be back tomorrow morning, I promise. Ja ne!"
I gave him a large smile and squeezed his hand and walked out of the hospital room and outside to where everyone was waiting. No one questioned me on what Sesshomaru wanted to talk to me about and I was glad. There were some things that had to be between me and the man I grew to love. I settled down in Miroku's car with Rin on my lap. She had insisted on staying with me since her outa-san was in the hospital. The drive back was silent and I couldn't wait to get home so I could talk with Sango about what has been going on in her life for the past ten years.
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A/N- Here's the next chapter you guys! I could only write a little bit everyday cause I had loads of stuff to do. So…review review review!! And I'll get the next chapter posted as soon as I can! Ja ne!