Chapter Four: Dead?
Kagome starred at the woman with pure horror. "W-what? How co- I though they were just~" She couldn't even form sentences. Tears formed at the ridges of her eyes, blurring her vision.
"I really am sorry miss," said the woman at the desk. "We have a grieving station over there if you wish to u~"
"Kagome?"
Both Kagome and the woman looked up to see a tall slim young lady coming towards them. She had long dark brown hair tied up in a ponytail and her bangs parted in the centre of her forehead making her look mature and defined. She had brown eyes with dark pink eye shadow. Kagome recognized the girl as a friend of her's from school. She was in a higher grade though.
"S-Sango? I-I didn't kn-now you worked here…" Kagome couldn't help but sob and sniffle as she tried to stifle her tears.
"Ya, I volunteer here and take care of some of the younger kids. Kagome! Why are you crying?" Sango asked as she came close enough to notice the young girl's watery red eyes. Kagome cried even harder at that and hugged Sango tightly as she cried on her shoulder.
"She's just been told her family's all dead," said the woman behind the counter in a bored type of voice. She seemed to have gotten back into her book and her concentration was on that instead of the two girls. Kagome's cries could be heard all throughout the room.
"What? That's impossible. I just saw Sota ten minutes ago." Sango bent down over the desk and looked at the book. "Sinachi! That says Jimersho not Higurashi! And they're not dead either, they've gone to the optometrist not the autopsy! Maybe you should be heading down there too." The woman looked down at her list and then glared back up at Sango.
"One little mistake. No need to insult me miss or I'll just go tell your boss to cut your pay down a smidgen or two."
"Good luck doing that. Like I said I volunteer." She turned away from the one called Sinachi and went back to the girl still sobbing on her shoulder.
"Kagome, it's alright! Your family isn't dead. Nobody's dead." Kagome stopped crying and lifted her head.
"They aren't dead?" Sango shook her head. Kagome gave a big watery smile and held a hand to her chest.
"Oh thank goodness! I'm not ready to be left alone in the world. If my family ever really died… I don't think I would have been able to cope!" Kagome began rambling on. "I mean who would I go to for comfort? Who would I live with? Live with? Oh no! What time is it?" Sango who had been silently listening to her friend's troubles was a little surprised at the abrupt non-related question.
"Uh it's one thirty. Why? Have you got somewhere else to be?"
"1:30! That means I only have half an hour! Oh Sango you won't believe this. When the doctor called me to tell me about what had happened to my family, he said I couldn't be left alone for so long at my age. Their making me stay with… INUYASHA!"
"INUYASHA!" Sesshomaru yelled. "Would you hurry it up? We're going to be late! It would be rude to have only me show up to get her when you're the one she knows. I'm sure she can't wait to see you!"
The two had spent the morning cleaning the house. Well at least they tried cleaning. They went at it for about an hour before they gave up and called for reinforcements, also known as Rin and her friends.
Rin was Sesshomaru's girlfriend. They had been dating for about two years and planned to someday soon get married and have children together. Rin had had a hard past. Her parents were killed by a demon when she was but a young child and the people of the small town she lived in had beaten her and shown her nothing but disrespect. She had moved to Tokyo when she was a teenager in high school and lived with a friend of her mother. She had taken a liking to Sesshomaru the first time she had set eyes on him. She was more intrigued by his attitude and personality, than his looks alone. Sesshomaru had soon begun to like her as a friend as well. And then one thing led to another.
Rin and her friends had cleaned the house spotless. They had even 'feminized' the guest room a little bit so that Kagome would feel more comfortable adapting to a male dominated home… as Rin put it. When Inuyasha looked at the refurnished room, he found it a bit too sweet for his liking. The girls had replaced the regular bed linens with pink ones and had put all sorts of frilly garments around. Everything was either covered with a scented candle, which they chose not to light since no one would be home to watch them, or a doily. Inuyasha didn't know Kagome all too well, but he was knew her well enough to know that she wasn't that much of a girly girl. The room could probably cause someone to get a cavity.
The place had never looked or smelled cleaner. Not even when the boys had first moved in.
Rin left once she was finished stating that she had some unfinished work she had to work on at her dorm.
"Inuyasha! Come on! I'm not leaving with out you now are you going to come freely or do I have to force you?" Sesshomaru wasn't the type to show any sign of impatience but he was never late for anything, he wasn't about to start now.
"I'm not going!" came the reply from another room in the apartment. "I'm still against this whole twisted idea of yours! You can't make me go!"
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?"
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"Inuyasha? Why do you have to go live with him?" Sango inquired. "My parents and I would be happy to take you in, that is if you would like."
Kagome sighed. "I didn't choose to go stay with Inuyasha and his brother, the dumb government decided for me! They're coming to get me at two, so I don't have a lot of time. I wanted to see how my family's doing before I die."
"Die!? What are you talking about Kagome?" Sango looked shocked at Kagome's statement. Kagome on the other hand looked reasonably calm.
"You don't really think I'll be able to survive living with Inuyasha do you? I mean the guy hates me and I hate him. He's lucky his brother will be there. Otherwise I'd probably end up strangling him." Sango chucked at her friend's predicament. The two walked on until they reached an untitled room.
"This is the room you family's in," said Sango. "The hospital likes to try and place relatives together to make their stays more comfortable. Now, I have to go back to work. Be sure to not speak to loudly in there. There are a few other people other than your family resting. I'll see ya later Kagome. Good luck living with Inuyasha. Bye." With that she walked away leaving Kagome standing in front of the door. She took a deep breath before turning the handle and walking in.
She was immediately grabbed around her legs, in a hug she was quite accustomed to. It was her little brother.
"Kagome! What are you doing here? How'd ya get here? I missed you!"
Kagome smiled at Sota and bent down to give him a proper hug and a kiss. Sota had a blue cast around his right arm and a bandage that ran all the way around his head, obviously in light of the crash. He also wore a standard hospital gown
"I've missed you too Sota. I came to visit you, mom and Gramps. I took a cab here," said Kagome answering all of the bombarded questions. She looked up at the room. It looked to be in better condition than the waiting room, to her relief. She didn't particularly want her family staying in a room that could cause them to get further medical disabilities. It was white and had a teal coloured floor. There were six beds, three on each side. The curtains had been drawn around the three on the left side of the room, but the ones on the right were wide open. Her mother sat in one of the beds on the right while her grandfather lay asleep in another.
Kagome picked up Sota and walked over to her mother's bed. She placed her brother down beside her mother and sat down on the edge of the bed. Her mother looked dreadfully pale, probably considering all the blood she had lost. She had an IV attached to her arm and tubes up her nose and down her throat. She wore a dressing gown much like Sota's. Mrs. Higurashi smiled weakly at her daughter.
"Hi mom, how you doing?" Kagome asked softly.
Her mother whispered out a response. Kagome figured the tubes in her throat were probably the cause of her lowness of voice. "Hello sweetie. I'm doing all right now that I have most of my blood back. How about you? You were left all alone last night. I couldn't help but worry something might have happened to you. I hope you've planned somewhere to stay while we're stuck here…"
Mrs. Higurashi knew of Kagome's troubles with Inuyasha. About how he teased her and humiliated her countless times. She knew that they didn't get along at all. Kagome supposed it'd be best if her mother didn't know where she was staying. She didn't want her to worry in her condition.
"I'm good. I was fine alone last night. I practically fell asleep as soon as I got inside. Of course I've made other arrangements. I know I'm too young to be left alone. I'm staying with a… a friend of mine. Y-you don't know her. She's new, just moved here." Anyone who knew Kagome knew that when she lied, she usually digressed off topic and in most cases blew her cover. It seemed though that Mrs. Higurashi was too weak to notice and just nodded her head. Kagome felt inwardly relieved that her mother didn't press any further. She glanced over to her sleeping grandfather.
"So how's Grampa doing?"
"Oh he's doing ok," her mother whispered. "He woke up early this morning and doctors took a good look at him. He isn't going to leave us anytime soon don't worry honey. He's just taking a bit of nap. He fought a hard battle trying to stay alive. Bet the doctor who phoned you never told you he had actually been in a coma. Poor dear, he needs his rest. How long are you staying here?"
Kagome looked up at the clock above the door. It was almost two o'clock. She cursed to herself quietly so that her mother and brother wouldn't hear.
"Uh… actually mom, I kinda have to get going now. My uh friend is picking me up…"
Her mother sat up more and smiled widely, which really confused Kagome. Then again, her mother was a very confusing woman.
"If your friend is coming to pick you up," began Mrs. Higurashi. "Then I can meet her!"
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Man, I thought at least one of you guys would have realized they weren't dead lol. I don't just go 'opps sorry they died' lol. Well at least some of you caught onto how quick they "died" and probably got a little suspicious… lol
I guess that last chapter wasn't really very long, neither was this one. I probably felt it was long because it took me so long to finish it, what with all the distractions and events going on around me. I'll to try to make them longer, I'm not promising anything, but I'll try.
I'm so happy! When I posted that last chapter, reviews just kept coming in lol, ahem almost everyone told me about their shock about the 'deaths' I put in lol.
Thank you guys soooo much for reviewing! Please review this chapter! I don't know if it's any good or not but I did notice I put a lot of dialog in it… I'm not sure if that turned out good or bad so… REVIEWAND TELL ME! Lol
THANK YOU… Evil Chibi Kitten, BladeSaturn, Pinayzngrl, Sierra, Scorpio Angel 3000, D-E-V-L-41, silentslayer, cyds456 (and friends), Kagome-chan549, eMeLyNoOoPeE, inuyash's Grl1992, ???, tashy911, and chirstine. I'm REALLY sorry if I missed anyone!
Tashy911: Bit of a shocker for you eh Tash? Considering I believe you wanted them dead lol!
D-E-V-L-41: Lol my daddy's gone on some work thing till Sunday… that means there's no one to kick me off ^-^! Ok maybe my mom can but… lol
Scorpio Angel 3000: You seem to like saying 'actually' lol. Ya like I said, I'll try to make em longer. For some people ideas just come large, but I just get stuck with short ideas lol. Well that and I'm splitting up things so that my other chapters won't be abnormally short. Thanks for your support.
Sierra: Awww thanks a whole lot! That does make me feel better! I'm glad you find my story interesting!
Well once again thanks soooo much! Inuyasha's coming on in like 20 minutes so I can't say much more… I live in Canada and they've only aired up to episode 34 so I haven't seen probably as much as those who live elsewhere or download/order the episodes so I don't wanna miss it!
Ttyl all later! Buh bye! ^_~