I'm so sorry for the llllllooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnggggggggggg update. Well for me it was a long time xD
anyways thats all i wanted to say :)
All Alone.
Chapter 6- Memory Loss
Disclaimer: I. Don't. Own. Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi does.
"How are you today Kagome?" Sakura asked.
"Fine. Thank you." Kagome replied as she sat up in bed.
"Guess what? You get to leave the hospital the day after tomorrow" Sakura informed.
"Really?" Kagome has been hospitalized for the past three months. Her legs and body were quite weak after the accident so she had to rest longer than she really had to. Sango visited everyday. But Kagome can't really remember much about the accident.
"Yup. So keep doing your best!" Sakura smiled. "I'll be right back."
"'Kay."
As soon as Sakura walked out, Sango came in.
"Ohaiyo!" Sango waved.
"Ohaiyo-gosaimasu" Kagome smiled.
"How are you feeling?" Sakura asked.
"Fine, thank you. How are you and your mom doing?"
"Good. Good. Hey, I heard you're getting out soon!" Sango exclaimed.
"Yup Sakura just told me."
Sakura then ran into the room.
"Excuse me Kagome, but I have to borrow Sango for a little bit, okay?" Sakura grabbed Sango's arm.
"Um…okay…"
"Thanks." Sakura pulled Sango out the door and started running.
"What's going on?" Sango yelled to Sakura as she tried to keep up with her.
"Inuyasha, he, he, he's," Sakura cried, "awake!"
"What?" Sango yelled. "No…" She couldn't believe after 3 months of sleep…
"Yes!" Sakura pushed open Inuyasha's door and pulled aside the curtains around his bed.
"Inuyasha!" Sango yelled.
"Hey." Inuyasha's voice was hoarse after 3 months of sleep.
"You do know who I am right?" Sango asked standing at the foot of Inuyasha's bed.
"Of course." Inuyasha smiled faintly.
"I'm glad." Sango cried. "So you remember anything before or after the incident?"
"Um…it's a little fuzzy, but I think as time passes I will remember more."
"Um… Sango," Sakura tapped her shoulder.
"Yes?"
"Can I talk to you? Outside?"
"Okay," Sango followed Sakura outside. "What's wrong?"
"Do you know why we never told Kagome about Inuyasha being hospitalized and that he was in a coma?" Sakura asked.
"Yea, Mom said that we didn't want Kagome to overstress or something like that. But Kagome hated Inuyasha's guts so I don't know why we still had to keep it a secret." Sango laughed.
"Sango, this is no laughing matter. That's only part of r. You seem when we were taking tests on Kagome and found out that part of her brain has blocked out all male people she knows, we don't know why, but we don't think it's permanent." Sakura explained. "Think of it as amnesia but only for the male persons she knew…"
"Wait, are you saying that Kagome can't remember Inuyasha?"
Sakura nodded. "But like I said, we don't think it's permanent. It could take only a few more days until her memory comes back or it can take up to years…"
"So what does this mean?" Sango asked.
"It's best not to talk about Kagome unless Inuyasha is the one that brings the subject up. When he does, I will take care of it. 'Kay?" Sakura said.
"…Kay…" Sango nodded sadly.
"Let's go back in"
Sakura led Sango by the shoulder back into the room.
"Hey, Sango," Inuyasha said softly, "What happened to Kagome?"
Sango stopped in her tracks and looked at Sakura.
Sakura nodded at her and said to Inuyasha, "Hey there Inuyasha, my name is Kouyama Sakura, pleased to meet you." Sakura stuck out her hand. Inuyasha shook it lightly. "Ms. Higurashi is healthy and well but I just heard from her other that they will be moving."
"That's a lie. Her parents are divorced." Inuyasha said.
But Sakura, who was quite aware Kagome's story answered calmly, "They are indeed, but Ms. Higurashi will be taking care of her now because of the incident."
"Sango, is this true?" Inuyasha looked at Sango.
Sango didn't know what to do so she just nodded.
"Okay, time to give Inuyasha his rest." Sakura pushed Sango light towards the door and then pulled back the curtains around Inuyasha's bed.
"I'm sorry Sango but lying is the only way that we prevent Inuyasha from going to see Kagome. Because Kagome won't remember him and it will be a big mess. Kagome herself doesn't even know she has that sickness…"
"I know…I know…"
"Let's go back to Kagome." Sakura said.
When they walked back to Kagome's room, she was sitting up in bed reading a book.
"Hey Kagome, sorry that took so long." Sakura apologized.
"No, not at all." Kagome put the book down.
"Um, Kagome, I was thinking, since you have been here so long in this hospital, how about back at home we move your apartment down a level or even up one if you like. I will even stay with you. Free of charge. How about that? Sango suggested.
"Um…sure!" Kagome smiled.
"Great! Okay, be right back, I have to make a phone call."
Sango went outside and called her mom on her cell phone. Since Ms. Taijya already knew about Kagome's situation. All the details were soon sorted out.
Two days later…
"How are you today Inuyasha?" Sakura asked.
She had to check Inuyasha's blood pressure.
"Fine. Better than yesterday." Inuyasha's voice was still a bit weak but it was getting stronger.
"I have spoken with the doctor; you woke up much sooner than we thought you would, so you can go home in about a 3 weeks." Sakura said.
"Okay." Inuyasha said.
"Okay, looks like your blood pressure is going up towards normal. I'll be back after your lunch to check again." Sakura then left the room.
She was headed towards Kagome's room which was on the opposite side of the hospital from where Inuyasha's room was.
Knock!
Knock!
"All set?" Sakura poked her head through the door.
"Yup." Kagome said as she was zipping up a small suitcase.
"Now we just have to wait until my mom comes." Sango said. She was in there helping Kagome carry her bags.
"I'm going to miss both of you!" Sakura cried. She hugged them both. "Take care of each other and be safe."
Ring!
Ring!
"Moshi moshi?" Sango picked up her cell phone. "Hai. We'll be right down." Sango turned towards Kagome and said, "Kagome let's get going."
"Okay." Kagome picked up one of her bags. "Sayonara Sakura." She hugged her with her free hand.
"Take care," Sakura pat Kagome's back.
"You too." Kagome said.
"Watch over Kagome." Sakura hugged Sango.
"I will." Sango smiled.
"Bye!" Sakura waved to the two as they were getting in the car and then drove off.
"We moved most of your furniture and mine into the new apartment. Luckily no one was staying there, anyways, only a few of your clothes and belongings need to be brought down. The apartment is one level lower." Sango said to Kagome in the car.
"Thank you very much Sango and Ms. Taijya." Kagome thanked.
"Not at all," Sango and her mom said.
When they arrived at the apartment building, Sango and Kagome pushed the 2nd floor button on the elevator and headed up.
Sango had the key and opened up the door. There were still some boxes left but mostly everything else was already in place.
Kagome could see some of her stuff mixed in with some of Sango's stuff.
Sango led Kagome to one of the bed rooms.
"This is my room." Sango said. She pushed open the door and it looked pretty much like her old room except there was a tall book shelf on one side of the room.
"Wow." Kagome was speechless. "So many books…"
"Yup, Mom and I went out and bought some books we thought were interesting. Most are manga, since you like them so much." Sango smiled.
Then a thought occurred to Kagome. "Where's my room?" she asked.
"Come." Sango took Kagome's hand and led her to the next room. Sango opened the door and it revealed Kagome's room. It was full of her stuff. It also looked like her old room but there was also one thing that stood out.
A wall covered in pictures of Kagome and Sango, from the time they were tiny toddlers to present day teenagers. The pictures were like in a collage format.
"Oh. Wow…" Kagome grinned and was speechless again. "That is so cool!"
"Took some time to do it but it was worth it." Sango smiled. "There is a still lot of room left to add pictures." She pointed to the top and bottom of the wall.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Kagome hugged Sango.
"I was going to make it in my room but I thought you would like it better." Sango said.
Kagome laughed. Then her stomach grumbled. "Uh…" Kagome looked at Sango.
Sango laughed. "Hungry I see? Let's go see what we can cook up." Sango went to the kitchen.
Sango took out a cup of instant ramen, "How about ramen? Sorry all we have right now is instant stuff."
"It's okay," Kagome said as she opened up the refrigerator and pulled out two sodas.
When she closed the door of the fridge, Kagome eyesight went black and then in her mind saw an outline of an unknown person. The person was taller than her and the person had something in its arms.
But she couldn't make out the face. (Imagine the person as being all black and like those ipod people.) Then her eyesight returned to normal.
"Kagome are you alright?" Sango asked. Kagome was kneeling with her hands on the side of her head.
"Yea, I'm alright." Kagome replied as her hands returned to her side.
"Maybe you should get some rest," Sango said. "You just got back."
"Okay." Kagome got up and walked to her room. She laid down on her bed and drifted off to sleep.
Hospital
"Hey Inuyasha, I'm here to check your blood pressure again." It was after lunch and it has been 2 and a half weeks since Kagome left the hospital. But according to Inuyasha she left a long ago.
"Oh and I just spoke with the doctor. Remember I said you had about 3 weeks left, now its only 3 days!" Sakura exclaimed with a smile.
"Really!" Inuyasha sat up straight in bed. "Ow…" he rubbed his forehead.
"Easy. Easy." Sakura said. "Maybe you should stay a couple more days…"
"No, no, I'm fine." Inuyasha said. He really wanted to see how Kagome was doing.
Next day…
Kagome has been staying home since the day she came back. Even though she was well enough to leave the hospital she still needed her rest. So Sango stayed with her.
Kagome's class was informed that she and Inuyasha were both hospitalized and of course it was on the news. But no one was allowed to visit either of them because one: Inuyasha was in a coma and two: Kagome was not supposed to know that Inuyasha was hospitalized.
So Kikyo and her friends didn't get a chance to visit Inuyasha. But no one did know about Kagome's illness only the teachers and Sango were the only ones at school that did.
"Darn Higurashi. She probably infected my Inu-chan." Kikyo was blabbing about how Kagome got Inuyasha hospitalized.
On the news there weren't many details to how the incident happened so there were many rumors.
"Kagome! Wake up! You're going to be late!" Sango yelled.
"Huh? What?" Kagome sat up and rubbed her eyes.
"C'mon!" Sango threw Kagome's uniform and it hit her face.
"Okay, okay." Kagome yawned.
After Kagome got dressed and brushed her teeth, Sango pulled her out the door.
"Sango I didn't eat breakfast yet." Kagome said.
"Here." Sango thrust a sandwich in a Ziploc bag into Kagome's arms.
"Gee. Thanks." But Kagome ate it anyways.
They used the stairs instead of the elevator because Sango was so impatient.
When they arrived at school, Sango started towards the office building.
"Wait! Where are you going!" Kagome yelled.
"To the counseling office!" Sango yelled as she was dragging Kagome with one hand.
"What? Why? What are you not telling me!" Kagome shook free of Sango's hand.
"I'm sorry Kagome. Okay. Here's the thing. We changed your schedule so that you can meet new people. You can still see your old friends but the doctor said that's what is best for you right now. When the school year ends you can go back to your old apartment if you want and have the classes you want. But now, please understand. I'll be in all your classes too. 'Kay?"
"Okay…but I still don't under-"
"Thank you! Thank you!" Sango cried then pulled Kagome again towards the school.
The school day went by ok. Everyone was a stranger to her. None of her old friends were in any of her classes. Since only Kagome's class was the one that was informed about her being in the hospital, everyone thought they were new to the school.
But the real reason for the changing of classes and changing of apartments were so that Sakura's lie will fool Inuyasha.
Kagome and Inuyasha were neighbors and they did have the same classes.
"Yes." Sango stretched. "The school day is done!" They were walking home from school.
During school that day, after the teacher announced both Sango and Kagome's names, since they were 'new' students, some of the boys wanted to get to 'know' them better. But Kagome would just tell them off as Sango laughed each time.
"Me too." Kagome agreed.
"All ready to go?" Sakura asked. This time it was Inuyasha's turn to go home.
(Just to clear the timing up, the first day of school for Sango and Kagome is the same day Inuyasha goes home.)
"Yea." Inuyasha replied. Even though Kagome wasn't in a coma she suffered a more serious injury than Inuyasha. Inuyasha's mind is just fuzzy and is remembering stuff little by little.
"So when are you starting school?
"In a week, I still need some time to gather my memories." Inuyasha replied.
Ring!
Ring!
"Moshi, moshi? Ah, ok, I'll send him down. Thank you. Bye." Sakura picked up the phone that was in the room. "Inuyasha someone is here to pick you up."
"Geez that old geezer only decides to see me when I'm hurt or something." Inuyasha grumbled.
"Take care Inuyasha!" Sakura waved to him as Inuyasha walked down the hall to the elevator.
Kagome's and Sango's Apartment
"Kagome, if you don't mind me asking…" Sango and Kagome were in Kagome's room doing some math homework.
"The answer to number 12 is 25." Kagome answered.
"I wasn't going to ask about math. I wanted ask, why did you go find a job and didn't tell me about it?" Sango asked.
"Um, well you see, I wanted to get you and your mom something and I was running low on money so I wanted to earn a little extra working part time." Kagome replied as she got up and went to poor some dog food into Kiki's bowl. (You didn't think I forgot about the cute dog did you XD)
"Oh, Kagome." Sango smiled.
End of Chapter 6
If you are confused about the time thingy then feel free to ask cause while I was typing this I kind of got confused to that I had to reread it over a couple times…lol…
Oh and all the medical stuff is all made up. Like the thing about amnesia I said. I'm so lazy to actually research a real sickness. So yea…
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