If I Could Say What I Want To Say

Chapter 2 – The Dangers of Being Hospitalized

Disclaimer : I don't own Inuyasha.

A/N: By the way that means author's note…anyways just thought I'd explain. Each chapter will be from a different view point. First from Kagome then Inuyasha then Sango then Miroku then maybe it might be Naraku or it might be Kagome and then the circle will start again. K? Just thought I should explain that now.

Lying down on the hospital bed Inuyasha sighed and closed his eyes. Naraku had gotten away again. How did he always manage to escape? At the new wave of pain he grimaced. Considering the thing was only a flesh would it sure hurt. Relaxing as the pain left a familiar memory flickered through Inuyasha's mind. It was night out and he and Kikyo were sitting in the police car talking. She had looked so beautiful that night, he had no clue how someone as beautiful as her had become a cop. He remembered her signature rose scent had drifted around the car intoxicating his senses. Suddenly the radio began to speak telling them to head to the old Kamagoshita Warehouse.

The memory jumped forward in time and now both he and Kikyo were hiding behind enormous crate boxes as the gunshots rained down on them. Somehow Naraku had known they were coming and had set up an ambush. Biting his lip he stopped firing to reload. As soon as he had he briefly left the cover of the crate to fire six shot in rapid succession. Jumping back to his cover as the bullets targeted themselves towards where he had been only seconds before. Hearing Kikyo cry out in pain only a crate in front and to the left of where he was hiding. Next time he fired he looked over to were his partner was now clutching her arm and had her back up against the crate panting heavily. She had dropped her gun that wasn't good. "Kikyo," he called out. "Are you alright?"

"No damn it. The bastards got me!" She called back trying to hide the pain she was feeling with swears.

Taking a deep breath, Inuyasha rested his back up against the crate and prepared to run to where she was hiding. He needed to help her; she was s itting duck for them without her weapon….suddenly a movement up above on the stairway caught his eye and he saw in horror a man with a gun. Looking to where the gun was pointed Inuyasha saw that he had a clear shot at Kikyo. In slow motion he saw the man fire and realized there was nothing he could do to stop the bullet. "KIKYO!!!!!" he yelled and left his cover to dash to her side. She was no longer sitting back against the crate she now lay sprawled across the floor her hair spread out beside her the same colour of the pool of blood that was slowly forming around her. "KIKYO!" he screamed again, falling to his knees beside her. Shaking her shoulders he called her name again and again somehow hoping to bring her back. Slowly her eyes fluttered open. "Inuyasha?" she had said her voice softer than a whisper.

"Kikyo, where did they get you?" Inuyasha said frantically.

"Dead on," she replied shakily. "Dead on. I'm not going to live Inuyasha."

"Don't say that!" he said and frantically pulled her vest off only to see the blood staining the white shirt she had always worn. As he paused she clasped his hand with her own. "It's no use Inuyasha, I know a fatal wound when I see it. They got me; I'm not going to live. You know it too. You have to go, leave me here."

"Never," he yelled his eyes blurring with tears. "I'm not going to leave you like this. If we get you to a hospital there could still be a hope you'd make it through."

"Please you must, I want you to live. Take the back exit, you can make it," she said her voice growing weaker.

"No! I can't," he said his voice breaking.

"Please," she said again and gave a shuddering grasp. "Please," she repeated her voice shaking. "Please survive this for me. I need to know that somebody will live on to kill Naraku. He's a monster that can't be allowed to live." Then her grip on his hand weakened and she gave him a faint smile as she whispered. "Goodbye Inuyasha."

"No! NO!!!! Kikyo! KIKYOOOOOOO!"

"Inuyasha," a voice said shaking his good shoulder gently. "Inuyasha wake up it's only a bad dream."

Opening his eyes he saw Kagome's face hovering worriedly over him. "Kagome?" he asked groggily and sat up.

"Yes it's me? Are you alright? You were calling out in your sleep and I thought that I should wake you because you were tossing and I didn't want you to injure your arm."

"Um yeah….thanks," he said and looked away he hadn't noticed yesterday but Kagome looked a fair bit like Kikyo. What with her long black hair and her eyes were the same shape and colour.

Sitting down in the chair next to his bed Kagome asked, "are you feeling better?"

"I'm doing fine," he replied. Voices erupted outside his door and Inuyasha instantly winced. There was no mistaking the voice of Sesshomaru and from the sounds of it he didn't sound to happy. With a bang of the door in strode the chief of police, his superior, and he had been right Sesshomaru did not sound happy.

"So you're finally up are you," Sesshomaru said icily walking over to the bed. "I don't suppose you know just how much trouble you've caused?"

"No….but I know you're going to tell me so I won't bother guessing." Inuyasha said growling.

"Of course you wouldn't" Sesshomaru replied. "Not only did you violate nearly 20 laws while you chased after Naraku, including speeding running seven stop signs, running 10 lights but you also of all the cars you could have chosen to borrow you just had to use the one that belonged to the daughter of the most respectable Japanese official ever to visit North America. She's the practically royalty back in Japan, and you've now endangered her life. We will be lucky if they just sue our department, I have no need to tell you that if they do, I will fire you. I will loose my job if Mr. Higurashi doesn't sign the documents he was sent here to negotiate!!!"

"Excuse me?" Inuyasha exclaimed dumbly pointing at Kagome. "You're saying that she's royalty?"

"Excuse me Officer McDonnagal," Kagome said very politely and softly, acting every bit like the aristocrat she was – damn it why couldn't she have acted like that in the car he might have noticed that she was a dignitary and not just some rich snob.

The police chief looked over and for what appear to be the first time noticed that there was someone else in the room. "Yes Ms. Higurashi?"

"Ummm," she said pausing because he made her nervous, forcing her tongue to obey her she continued. "I do not intend to press charges. And I will speak with my father, you have my word that this incident will not affect the treaty. As for firing Officer Hanyou, I would prefer that he keep his job, I would not wish him to be fired over this. That is all I have to say."

Inuyasha stared at her. Was this calm aloof woman, the same one that had yelled at him accusing him of high-jacking her car? When he had been driving she had acted just like all the other people his age. Yet she wasn't like everyone else, she was the daughter of an extremely important business man! But what really stunned him was that she was standing up for him. After Sesshomaru had told him she was a dignitary and had started listing off his indiscretions he had been almost positive that that he would be fired. After all Sesshomaru had told him every week that if he caused any problems he would loose his career. "Thank you," he said looking at Kagome.

"You're welcome," she said and gave him a quick wink which Sesshomaru missed. Inuyasha was speechless; Kikyo had used to do the exact same thing whenever she had saved his job! Just then a man in a dark blue suit rushed in to embrace Kagome.

"Kagome! You're alright thank god!" her father said. "You have no clue how worried I've been.

"I'm fine dad," Kagome said soothingly and patted her dad's head affectionately. "I'm alright."

Letting go of his daughter, Kagome's father soon became Mr. Higurashi the level-headed business man. Turning to the chief of police he demanded, "who was responsible for the endangerment of my daughter?"

"I was sir," Inuyasha said forcing himself to sit up. He may have been shot in the arm but he certainly wasn't going to lay there. "And for that I sincerely apologize."

Turning to look at the young police officer, Kagome's father exclaimed, "YOU! But how you're hardly older than Kagome!"

"This is Officer Hanyou, sir my half…..brother," Sesshomaru said and Inuyasha noted with a slight smirk how he had struggled to say the word brother. "Our father was one of the finest police officers and trained us both from an early age so neither of us had no problem excelling through the ranks."

"Well his age is the obvious reasons for his actions, in my eyes at least." Mr. Higurashi said looking meaningfully at the head of police. Turning back to Inuyasha he said, "and just what were you thinking chasing blindly after that man for. Why did you not stop to think?"

Looking down at the ground Inuyasha, bit back his retort and said forcing his voice to remain calm. "I apologize Sir for my actions. You see the man I was chasing his name was Naraku and he killed my old partner Kikyo, sir. I admit that I was enraged and I may have lost my wits sir. I've been hunting him now for a long time."

Looking closely at the young police officer, Mr. Higurashi paused, if that was the case then he didn't blame the young man for his actions. Loosing a partner at such a young age must have been hard. "Very well," he said at last. "I can understand your situation and I apologize for the things I said. If I were you I would have been enraged as well." Nodding his head to the chief of police. "Chief McDonnagal, I will take my leave now. Kagome?"

Watching Kagome out of the corner of his eye he saw her smooth her skirt before she nodded her head and replied, "I'll be out in a second father." Looking over at Officer McDonnagal she went on, "If I might have some time alone with officer Hanyou I would appreciate it greatly."

Taking the hint Sesshomaru left the room with a nod of his head and her father followed suit.

"Thanks," Inuyasha said after he was sure it was just them. . "You saved my ass back there. I thought I was going to be fired!"

"It was nothing. So Kikyo was you're old partner?" Kagome asked sitting once again looking intently at him. It was sort of unnerving how she gave the appearance of having every fibre of her being paying attention so he nodded. Blushing faintly and looking out the window Kagome went on. "You know, when you came back after chasing Naraku at the docks and earl passed out, you thought I was Kikyo." Kagome replied.

Had he really done that! "Oh, I'm sorry I must have mistaken you for her……you do look a fair bit like her," he mumbled.

Kagome opened her mouth to speak but at that second the door flew open and in walked Miroku a close friend and a fellow police officer. Inuyasha was instantly on his guard because Miroku was wearing one of the biggest grins Inuyasha had ever seen plastered on him face.

"Hey Inuyasha," Miroku said pulling up a chair and flopping down in it. "Tell me just how do you manage it? You nearly destroy the peace of human civilization and yet you still manage to keep your job." Sighing he lay back. "I mean come on, I think I got in more trouble over my last secretary quitting!"

"That's probably because that's the 12th one you've gone through in the past 7 months Miroku," Inuyasha retorted. "Not to mention, the chief wasn't to please about the article that was written about the "perverted police."

Sighing a big dramatic sigh once again the Miroku said, "I really was trying to be good that time. It's my hands! I swear they have a mind of their own. Don't you agree?"

"Not in the least, you enjoy feeling a women's backside a bit too much, to claim to have nothing to do with your obsessive compulsive disorder of groping any but in reach. It's your own fault you keep getting sued for sexual harassment." Inuyasha replied. (A/N: Well as much as I hate to see everyone's favourite get in trouble you have to admit that if Miroku was a part of today's society that well….there would be issues with sexual harassment ne?)

"Well apparently I'm on my last straw this time, you're gonna have to help me keep myself…." He trailed off as he spotted Kagome sitting rather uncomfortably in the chair by Inuyasha's bed. He gave a low whistle, which caused Kagome to scowl and then said, "Hello, I'm sorry I didn't see you there. I apologize for being so rude."

A faint scowl crossed Kagome's face and she replied, "I seem to be getting that a lot today, but I accept your apology. I'm Kagome Higurashi."

"And you can call me Miroku," he replied his eyes no leaving her.

"If you have any problems with him," Inuyasha said not quite liking the way Miroku was leering at Kagome. 'Let me know and I'll beat him up for you."

"I think I can manage myself," Kagome said with a harrumph and stood up and polite went on. "Now if you will excuse me I should catch up with my father. Goodbye Inuyasha, Miroku."

"Hey!" Inuyasha exclaimed standing up. What did she think she was doing just leaving like that! "Wait a second there Kagome, we still need to discuss about me paying for the windshield on your car. When should I have it done by?"

"That won't be necessary," she replied stopping so that she was face to face with him.

Inuyasha opened his mouth to reply but he found himself noticing how close Kagome was. He could smell her perfume from this distance, a sweet yet sexy smell. And her eyes how could he not have noticed how pretty they were? He had had no clue but with her standing not even two feet away and her face looking up at him because she only came up to his chest, it was very noticeable. Swallow Inuyasha managed to say, "no really you have to let me pay. It's wouldn't be right if I didn't."

"No it's fine, I'll pay for it myself," Kagome said and turned to walk out the door.

"Look," Inuyasha said grabbing a hold of her arm. "I don't need your pity, I may not be as rich as you but I'm not so poor that I can't pay."

"It's not a matter of how rich you are," Kagome retorted starting to get slightly angry. "It's the fact that its my car and I bought it with my money, which I earned, that makes me not want to let you pay for it."

"I don't care about if you bought the car with your money or not, you're going to let me pay for that windshield. It's my fault it's broken so I'll pay for it."

"Well it's my car, and I won't have anyone else pay for a single dent," Kagome replied testily.

"Wooooahh," Miroku said putting his hands up acting as the peace maker. "Why don't you just spilt the cost then everyone's happy."

"NO!" they both turned and yelled at him at the same time and then went back to bickering.

"Kagome, just let me pay for it. I owe you for saving my job. I want to pay you back somehow," Inuyasha yelled.

"Fine, if you want to say thank you than just say thank you, you don't need to fix my car," Kagome yelled back.

"I'm going to fix it whether you want me to or not!" Why was she making this so hard!!!

"I won't let you!"

"I'm going to!"

"No you're not!"

"YES!"

"NO!"

"YES!"

Suddenly Kagome screamed and Inuyasha opened his arms as she frantically tried to get away from the hand (whose we only known too well - ) that was groping her but.

"Ahhhh!" Kagome yelled. "You pervert! How dare you touch my but! How DARE YOU!"

"Miroku!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Sorry," Miroku said smiling and rubbing the back of his head.

"Sorry isn't good enough!" Kagome yelled furiously.

"Miroku, I'm gonna-"

But at that moment a person walked into the room all dressed in black with their face covered holding a gun in front of them preparing to shoot at Inuyasha.

To be continued….

Author's note: Oooh I know you all hate them but I love cliff hangers they always give me this tingly feeling all over. Oh well hope you enjoy I know still no Miroku Sango yet but that is about to start just wait. I need to do one more chapter concerning Inuyasha Kagome cuz if I were to have included it in this it would have been a ten page chapter compared to my regular three pages. Well I already got most of that written so you won't have to wait for too long. Well please review. THANX and luv ya'll