Summary: Kagome moved from Japan to America when she was in seventh grade. She stopped talking in eighth grade, and no one knows why. Now, in eleventh grade, Kagome will undergo a series of events that will dramatically change her...Kagome's POV.
Rated M. Why? Because my mind has many bad things in it and I don't know what I might use...
Dates Written:
June 2nd, 2006
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The Games We Play
Entry Twenty-Three: Beep
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"She's improving. That's a relief." The doctor noted. He gently grasped a limp wrist and looked at his watch. After a few moments, he began to count beats.
The tag on the limp wrist read Higurashi, Kagome. Everyone who visited her room knew what happened. If you didn't know what happened, you had no business coming in. The doctor gently placed Kagome's wrist across her stomach and looked at her. The girl seemed to display all her life's emotions on her face.
He wish that he had known her. From the people she knew- demons and humans -he was able to gather that she was strong. She seemed like the kind of woman that you would be proud to know.
He was also told that she had miko powers. He himself was just a plain human, nothing special other than a degree for knowing everything about the body. Weren't miko powers supposed to help people?
It seems that it didn't help her at all...
The doctor turned on his heel and walked towards the chart on the back of the door. He closed the door and began to scribble down information. Doctor's writing was never very legible. It didn't matter, because he was the only one who really read it anymore. As he wrote down the information, he looked at the last few days readings.
Her pulse hadn't changed. It was very slow.
Her blood loss was enormous, and they had to do a blood transplant. She was hit in places that made you bleed most. The throat was a lethal place to be hit, and it would bleed a lot. Same with the stomach. The head was just minor cuts, but they bled as if they were something major.
Her temperature was high. Then again, her body had a lot of blood it needed to make on its own. That was enough to raise anyone's temperature.
Tomorrow they would run the tests to see how her head was doing. Perhaps, if they could move her around enough, they would get to the x-rays. That was a big if, though. It took a lot of people to move an unconsious person without harming them further.
The doctor sighed and walked down the hall. A young, petite woman came up to him, heels clicking against the tile. "Doctor, these people called and wanted to know how she was doing. I told them you could call, because it's been a few days since she came in. I looked in the records."
The doctor accepted the slips of paper and looked at the names. He knew that he would have to call them, that was given. They were clearly concerned with her condition. When he asked of her caretakers, none of them were able to explain. He hadn't heard from anyone but her grandfather as of yet.
What happened to her parents? He didn't hear of them being in the car with her, either. It seems as though it was just her and this demon.
Speaking of which, there was a demon waiting to speak to him just outside the doors. He would call the young girl's friends later. Right now he had more important matters to see to.
That was just part of his job.
- - -
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beeeep. Beeeep. Beeeep. Beeeeep.
The woman groaned and slapped the alarm clock to be quiet. She didn't remember setting it. Come to think of it, she didn't remember anything.
She shot up in bed and looked around. Yes, this was her room. This was her house. She could hear her late husband's father snoring just down the hall. She stood up and walked over to the room. Knocking gently, she opened the door. Sure enough, there was 'grandpa', as she called him.
"Oh my... Kyoko?" The old man asked. The woman nodded her head and blinked. He seemed confused. Why was that?
"Where is Kagome? I want to see her off before she goes to school." The mother said calmly. The old man got up rather quickly then came up to her. He hugged her tightly and began to tremble with unknown tears.
"Kyoko! Do you not remember? You had... You weren't on this world for more than a year!" He said. The mother's eyes widened as she looked down at her hands.
"Is that why I remember nothing, grandpa?" She questioned. He nodded.
"Where is Kagome? I want to see my baby." She said worriedly. She noticed the old man stiffen and look away.
"Kagome is here, isn't she? It was a school night last night... Where is she? What has happened with my baby?" She began to panic, tears filling her eyes.
"Kagome got in a car accident. A nice demon boy was driving, and he protected her as well as he could. He comes by every day and takes care of us. After what happened with Kagome, I wasn't able to run the shrine without falling apart." Grandpa had told her. Kyoko nodded and looked towards the door.
"When he gets here, I would like to meet him. I want to see how he knew my daughter. In fact, if any of her friends come here, I would like to meet them." She said. The old man nodded his head then touched her shoulder tenderly.
"Do you know what caused you to go insane?" She nodded. "Kagome began to speak before the accident. After Souta heard of it, he said he was moving back. He's going to take his old room..." He said.
Kyoko smiled and nodded her head. "At least, if I can't have one of my children, the other will come back to me." She said. She walked out of the room, smiling. Her baby was going to come home. She would give only the best of intentions to Kagome. How horrified Kagome must have felt when she was going through the accident.
- - -
"I spoke to the doctor."
"And?"
"She's still alive... So, that means we have a chance of getting her to tell us where it is. It seems that she did a wonderful job of hiding it." In the dark, all that became visible was a white smile. Fangs showed as the man reached forward to get a pocket knife from his desk. Deep red eyes dripped with malice.
"After you get what you're after and I'm no longer working for you... May I then have her as I please?" Impatient, glowing green eyes waited for the answer.
"She really got a hold of you."
"You haven't seen her like I have... I've seen her naked. She's amazing."
"Amazing to fuck or amazing to look at?"
"You can't see her naked without wanting to fuck her."
"Understandable. She does have the body to make it believeable... So, when I get what I want, you are free to do whatever you please with her. However, if you speak of me at all, I will make sure that you do not live another day." He hissed. The man with green eyes nodded and smiled broadly.
"The doctor will be looking at her head today, will he not?" Green-eyes asked.
"Yes. That is correct. Now, Andrew... Go see what the little puppy is having problems with. It seems that he's upset with us, but I can't imagine why." The red-eyed demon said evilly. Andrew nodded his head and began to leave.
"Naraku... Just curious... What will you do with it once you have it?"
"The world will be in my power. I'll have the one thing needed to make everyone fear me." Naraku said evilly. Andrew smiled then left the room to speak with his friend.
- - -
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
"Shut up!"
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
"Stop. I'm getting up, I promise." The figure rolled over and covered her head with a pillow.
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
"Fine, you got me." The woman slowly pulled herself up. She sat at the edge of her bed and stared at the persistant alarm clock. Today was Wednesday. It didn't feel like a Wednesday. It felt like the end of the world. She continued to stare at her alarm clock as it blared, rather than turn it off.
Kagome is listening to the same sound right now... That's if she's even alive still... The woman thought sadly. She slowly pulled herself up from the bed's welcome embrace and slapped the button. Instantly, the alarm clock stopped making sounds. She walked to her closet and pulled on clothes carelessly. She was almost careless enough to walk to school naked.
Almost.
She walked over to the mirror and look a good look at her reflection. A week ago she would have tied her hair up in a ponytail and put on a big smile. She would have been so happy to go to school, because it meant another day with her best friend.
Now school was just a place of memory. She didn't really do anything in school because there was no point. Get a job? She couldn't imagine living that long if her friend was in the hospital bed. She had been there for four days and the doctor had yet to call them about it. Well, at least she hadn't received a call. Perhaps someone else had and she just didn't know it.
Sango reached for the makeup that she hadn't touched before Sunday. She grasped the dark eyeliner and began to trace her eyes. People often wondered about her new goth look. She would only give them a sadistic laugh and shake her head. Her best friend had just gotten hurt. Her boyfriend wasn't enough to keep her feeling great like her friend did.
After knowing about what happened to Kagome, Sango became strong. She knew that if Kagome could go through four times of rape and survive, that Sango had a much better chance to survive. Kagome's condition had taken a drastic downfall. Sango's had as well. Her depression that she had long suffered from was now becoming stronger. She hadn't felt much of it when Kagome was alive.
That's how Kagome's strength came into play.
Sango finished with the dark outline of her eyes and began to place black lipstick on. Miorku hated it, she knew. He said that it looked strange after they would kiss. It would look like some kind of attempt to be Derek at the end of the Zoolander film. The way they had shared lipstick always haunted Miroku.
Sango let out a laugh that sounded nothing like the old her. She put on mascara and a few other things. Then she left, leaving her hair down. It added to the creepy look that she was pulling off really well. As she began to walk to school, her cell phone rang. Naturally, she would have been angry. who had the balls to call her on her cell phone? She told EVERYONE that she didn't have a lot of minutes.
But the phone number of Kagome's hospital came up and she instantly began to soften her expression. As she opened her cell phone, she allowed her genuine smile to come back once again.
"Hello?"
"Is this Sango Taija?"
"Yes... I'm assuming you're Kagome's doctor." Sango's voice began to fill with hope.
"Yes... I am afraid that I don't have good news." The doctor trailed off. Sango's feet began to slow down as her heart sank. Was her friend gone?
"Please tell me she isn't dead."
"No, that I am glad to be able to tell you. Her condition is stable. There is little change in things like pulse, temperature, and blood pressure. We did get to look at her head today, and we will run an x-ray on her in a few days. About the time of the x-ray, I should have the results from the CAT Scan." He said. Sango smiled once more and let out a sigh of relief. She walked out towards her locker, feeling a large wave of happiness overtake her.
"Okay, thank you doctor. Now, even though I would love to ask more questions about how she's doing, I have to go to school." Then Sango oh-so-rudely hung up.
Her friend wasn't doing better, but she was alive. That was all she wanted right now. She just wanted more proof that Kagome was a tropoper. She wanted more proof that Kagome had strength left in her for fighting.
It almost seemed unfair. Kagome had been fighting all her life; Sango read the diary entries yesterday. She had been fghting for different things all her life. Now she was fighting just to remain in people's minds. She was fighting to stay the very essence of herself.
Sango walked into her her classroom and took a deep breath. Perhaps, just perhaps, life would begin to improve. She didn't want the imporvements for herelf anymore. Now she wanted nothing more than for Kagome to pull through and become the strong, independant woman sango had always known her to be.
- - -
"I told you to call it off. I told you to not go through with it!" Inuyasha roared. Andrew sat calmly, examining sharp fingernails like they were something interesting.
"And why would I care? Your interests aren't my interests. When you and I got together about getting back at Kagome for whatever your reason was, I told you that you were only going to get me information. I am taking orders of someone else. See, Inuyasha, there is a hierarchy to things."
"Shut up."
"I am working for a half demon. You are working for a whole demon. If you can get someone to work for you, then they will not have any authority over your decisions."
"Shut up."
"So, even though you wished for me to stop, I would and will not. My boss wished for it to keep going." Andrew explained. Inuyasha's eyes finally turned blood red. he had it. he wasn't able to take all this stuff that Andrew was telling him. Kagome had been hurt and he was supposed to be understanding of it?
He was mad at kagome, he wouldn't deny that. But right now all he wanted was Kagome's safety. Kagome had forgiven him and been willing to be his friend, even though he had been such an ass to her. There was no way he would have been able to harm her without feeling guilty. He was going to do some justice for her.
"You once spoke of wanted to see her naked? That was why you started getting flustered, right? Mating season came and you were attracted to Kagome. That caused you to get mad at her for no reason. Well, her body is worth it naked. Perhaps, if you're nice enough, I'll let you rape her once..." Andrew murmured.
"You... You're the one who raped her and hurt her to begin with. You shouldn't have." He said in demon tongue.
"Why? What would you have done?" Andrew responded in the same language.
"Do you realize what kind of temper you have messed with. Dog demons, even half dog demons, are particularily protective over close friends." He chuckled in demon. He raised his hand and brought his claws down hard upon Andrew's cheek.
- - -
Beep... Beep... Beep... Beep... Beep...
What is that horrid noise? Will someone make it stop? The frustration with the montiors was short-lived, sadly. Her mind slipped back into the world of oblivion. The world that was unlike anything she had known.
After all, she asked herself, what did she know?
What was her name?
How old was she?
Where were her parents?
If she had friends, where were they?
She attempted to wake up, but it was too painful. She couldn't hold onto reality. She wasn't able to keep a grasp on her mind. It felt as though she were attempting to nail jello to a tree.
It was just... impossible to do anything.
Why?
- - -
Beep! Beeep!
He didn't want to come home at all when he left. He wanted nothing more than to forget the life that he had left behind. He wanted nothing more than to just never have to face the life again. All the shit he had gotten into... It was all supposed to stay here, and he was supposed to be leave.
But he was coming back.
He had made a mistake, and now it looked as though he was paying for it. He could remember clearly when their father had died. He briefly held anger towards his little sister for getting his father angry enough to be a careless driver. Then he posted saying that his sister protected something that everyone wanted. He watched as the emails poured in from his internet advertisement.
He replied to the first one, telling them all they would need to know. Before he could reply to the second one, he realized the grave mistake of telling a demon or human about what his sister had. And, now, it seems that the demon or human had managed to get to her. He managed to take something dear from her multiple times just to weaken her.
And, now, they were likely to find it. Thankfully his sister was the only one who could see it. She was the only one who was aware of it.
Not anymore.
As Souta stepped out of the car, he saw his mother come running out. His eyes softened at the sight of their old mother. Kagome had said that their mother had gone insane after she quit talking and Souta ran away. Just a few hours ago, grandpa had called and said she woke up in the morning perfectly normal. And it appeared that way. Kyoko ran to her son and they embraced tightly.
"I'm so happy to see you again, Souta." She said. Her tone was no longer a tone of patronizing. She was now a loving mother like she had been before everything happened. That was a large relief to see. Souta let go of his mother and pulled his clothing-filled suitcases from the trunk of the car.
"How is Kagome doing? Do we know yet?" Souta questioned. Kyoko nodded her head and her expression fell.
"The doctor called. These past four days... Well, she hasn't changed. Her condition seems to be stable recently, and it's not a good condition to be stuck in. She hasn't woken up or improved since the crash." Kyoko said. Souta nodded and sighed.
"Grandfather said that you met Sesshoumaru, the demon who was driving when the car was hit." Souta said as he began to go inside with his things.
"Yes... He seems rather heartless." She said simply. "Even if he is helping us, he seems so... rude." Kyoko said, scoffing. Souta laughed.
"Relax, mom. He's just that way. Kagome is the only one who can muster any kind of emotion from him. He has a human daughter that he adopted. He's a kind man, I met him and spoke to him..." Souta paused and looked over at his slightly-relieved mother.
"He cares for Kagome, mom. He really does. Being a dog demon, he is more cautious about mates and everything. But, from what I gathered from him, he is interested in Kagome and will do nothing to harm her. He only wants the best for her... That's why he attempted to get inbetween her and the dashboard. He wanted to make sure that she would remain safe, and it actually helped." Souta paused and took a deep breath.
"When I spoke to him on Sunday, he said that a piece of metal from who-knows-where had pierced him. Since he's demon, he recovered easily. But that metal would have killed Kagome." Souta said. Kyoko nodded her head and then rested on the couch.
"Well, it is good to know that my baby wasn't in the car with a heartless and careless demon." Kyoko muttered.
It would be all the better if only she knew what was going on with Kagome.
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Where am I? Who are all these people? Why do they keep saying my name? Is this even my name? Who is this woman? Is she really my mother, like she claims? And this deep-voiced man, is he really my brother? How come I don't know anything. What happened? And... Who is the silver-haired emotionless man?
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