Here is chapter 13! Hope you enjoy it and I want to thank Shadow Miko for pointing out to me that I had missed replacing chapter 3 from the old chapter to the re-written one So thank you for that.
Now this chapter turned into a LONG one so I hope you will like it, please enjoy!
Chapter 13.
Kagome sighed as she looked at the hospital, she had been home in her own time for five days now and she had after the first visit here gone on a crash course to learn what she needed to be a temporary nurse, even though she had told Dr. Onikuro that she couldn't be there every day, her excuse had been that she wanted to help out at the family shrine. The man had assured her that she could take time away whenever she needed it. Though she was only a red striped volunteer and according to Dr. Onikuro she didn't have to do anything that required real medical training she was still nervous. She still remembered the angry and jealous glares she had gotten from the nurses in the break room the doctors had supported Onikuro's decision and Kagome had agreed because the good doctor had pointed out that it might take her mind of things about her ex-boyfriend. That comment had made Kagome to agree but it was just a small excuse since she knew that this was the hospital that she had seen in her vision. The answer to her quest to give Bankotsu and the others their lives back was in this hospital. However, she still had a small hesitant voice whispering in her head, asking her if she really should help them. They had showed her how to fight and had saved her from a certain death by Naraku's hands but she also knew that they were not innocent victims either. They had killed when they had been alive before and had killed even more after Naraku resurrected them. Kagome shook her head to chase out her thoughts. Something told her that she shouldn't think like that. After all, they had showed her that they were indeed loyal.
Kagome sighed again, walked into the hospital, and noticed that the two nurses that had been fighting in the break room the other day, was standing in front of the nurse station talking to Maya. She saw that they were glaring at her and Kagome just glared back at them and then walked by them with her head held high. She walked along the hallways, got to the changing room, walked in, closed the door, and made sure to lock it behind her. She was not in the mood to deal with those two nurses. It was obvious to her that they wanted to start a fight, Kagome changed into her red striped uniform and put her hair up in a high ponytail, and then she closed and locked her locker and walked to the door and unlocked it. When she opened the door, she saw that Dr. Onikuro stood outside waiting for her and smiled at her.
"Hello, Kagome. I hope you are ready to start your first day?" The man asked gently and when Kagome nodded her head, he smiled even more and started to walk towards one of the elevators that was near the hospitals lobby. Onikuro pressed the button and they both waited for the elevator to arrive. Kagome noticed that the two nurses had left and only Maya remained behind the desk and that she was looking towards Kagome. when Kagome met her eyes the slightly older woman stood up and walked up from behind the desk and to her and the doctor and took Kagome's hand gently and put a piece of paper in her hand before hurrying back to sit behind the desk again. Kagome raised her brow at that and held the paper in her hand and then heard the elevator signalizing it's arrival and both she and Onikuro walked in and the man scanned a keycard and then pressed a password on the panel and the elevator closed it's doors.
"So what did Maya give you, Kagome?" Dr. Onikuro asked as he looked at Kagome and Kagome slowly looked down at the paper and saw that it was a small note and as she read it she let out an annoyed sigh.
"It seems the other two nurses wants to embarrass me somehow because I took this job from them…" Kagome said as she handed the note to Dr. Onikuro and the man took the note and read it himself and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"It seems they think they can get away with anything. I will handle it. I am glad though that Maya seems to want to get to know you better now. She is not a bad person, she is from an upper class family so she has been taught to look down on others. I hope you will give her a second chance." He said and Kagome smiled at that.
"Don't worry, even if I don't feel all that comfortable with her yet I can see she really regrets how she acted when I got here the first time." Kagome said as the elevator reach it designated floor with a soft 'ping' and both she and the doctor stepped out and she followed him to a small office and walked inside.
"Okay, Kagome. Here is your key card for this floor and the code for the elevator. Make sure to memorize it." Dr. Onikuro said and Kagome nodded slowly as she looked at the small paper that had four numbers on it and she made sure that she memorized in before she teared the paper apart and threw it in the trash bin that was in the office and she then looked up at the doctor.
"Okay so who are these mystery patients that I will be looking after?" Kagome asked and couldn't help but be a little bit curious about it and the doctor chuckled a little and smiled at her.
"They are from an upper class family as you probably could guess. They were in a terrible car accident about three years ago. Their mini bus got hit by another car in the back and was pushed out into the oncoming traffic and got hit by one of city buses. The one who was driving the mini bus didn't survive and died on the scene. The young men who were brothers or cousins got here and got the treatment they needed but they all was in a coma. The only one of them who has come out of it did so just a month after the accident occurred. His name is Kyoshi Kotsu. He is still staying in this hospital even though we have told him he could go home with his parents but he refuses. He says that he won't leave the hospital until the others wakes up as well so his parents asked us to let him stay. You will probably meet them as well during the day." Dr. Onikuro said calmly as they left the office and walked towards the rooms and he walked directly to one of the room where the name plate outside that read. "Kyoshi Kotsu" and he looked at Kagome with a smile.
"Now let's introduce you to Kyoshi first." He said as he opened the door and walked in with Kagome behind him and when Kagome saw the young man in the bed reading some manga she got a little scared. The young man in the bed looked like he was about twenty in age and he looked an awful lot like the description Kouga had once given her and her friends about the member of the Band of Seven he had killed, Kyokotsu. The young man in the bed looked up from his manga and looked at the doctor then at Kagome and he then scowled a little, his hair was colored blue and was made into a spiky hairstyle.
"I sure hope this new one you brought is better than the last two, Dr. Onikuro." Kyoshi growled out and when the doctor smiled brightly at him the young man relaxed.
"Yes, she is much better don't worry. This is yours and your brother's and cousins new nurse. Though she is just a volunteer be nice to her Kyoshi." Onikuro said before he gave and encouraging pat on Kagome's back before he left.
"Good luck, Kagome. I have to go and do my rounds and appointments but I will come and check up on you when it's lunch time." The doctor said as he left the room and walked towards the elevator. Kagome looked after him and once she knew he was gone she looked at the man one the bed with slightly weary eyes. 'This has to be the reincarnation of Kyokotsu. The one Kouga killed three years ago. But, does that mean the rest of them is here aswell?' Kagome thought but she then snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Kyoshi clear his voice and she looked at him and saw him watching her.
"So you are not gonna act like some sex crazed whore like the other nurses that has been here then?" Kyoshi said calmly and Kagome scowled at him
"No I won't! I am not some easy tramp, Kyokotsu!" Kagome hissed out and she immediately paled when she realised that she had just said his old name and by the shocked and tensed expression in Kyoshi's face she knew that he somehow remembered his second life in the feudal era.
To say Kyoshi was shocked was an understatement. How could this young woman know about his feudal era name?! He glared at Kagome, who swallowed nervously.
"How do you know that name? Who are you?" Kyoshi asked calmly and Kagome took a slow but deep breath and walked towards the bed and sat down at the chair beside it.
"My name is Kagome and it is a long story. I can travel through time and I am part of Inu Yasha's group. Though you died back there before we could run into you, but since you are here. Does this mean that the others are here aswell? Does this mean that all of you have been living in this time until the accident?" Kagome asked slowly and Kyoshi looked at her for a moment and nodded slowly. 'So this is the weird miko that that boy Kohaku had talked about after I was revived… I didn't believe that she could travel through some dry well to another time but it seems I was wrong' Kyoshi thought
"Yeah, Bankotsu, Jakotsu, Suikotsu, Ginji and Renji are still in a coma though, which means that they are still alive in the feudal era. Bankotsu, Jakotsu and Suikotsu is the only one of us that got to keep our old names. Mukotsu was named Makoto in this time and he was our uncle. He died on the day of the accident. Is he still alive back there?" Kyoshi asked and he saw how Kagome shuddered when he mentioned Mukotsu and he knew right away what his uncle had tried in the feudal era and slowly pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance. Makoto had been much the same, he didn't rape anyone but he liked to sleep around with young womans and was not above to introduce them to drugs either. A part of him really hated to think what that blasted idiot had done to this girl.
"Um I'm sorry but Mukotsu died not long after you had been killed. I know that I shouldn't say this but… I am glad I don't have to see him again." Kagome said as she slowly hugged herself as she tried to push away the memories of what Mukotsu almost had done to her since it would make her relive what Naraku actually had done to her. Kyoshi looked at Kagome and tensed.
"Did he… was he able to harm you?" He asked her, his voice filled with uncertainty but when she shook his head he sighed in relief.
"I am glad for that. My uncle was not a rapist in this life but he preferred younger woman and enjoyed to introduce them to drugs and some other things like hardcore S/M. a part of me is sad that he is dead but I think he somehow knew that he was gonna die that day when the accident happened because he yelled to us in the van to hold on and not die on him, while he himself did nothing to brace himself for the impact." Kyoshi said and Kagome looked at him surprised.
"You are not what I pictured you to be when Kouga told me about his fight with you after he came to our group and told us he killed you." Kagome said slowly and Kyoshi chuckled a little.
"Yeah, I was a dumb fool back then. Now though I am studying to become a gym teacher and a coach. I have always been good a sports in this life and I enjoy is very much. Renji is just fresh out of college and will be an awesome lawyer once he wakes up from the coma and Ginji will be starting in college as soon as he has retaken his entrance exam. I think he talked about becoming a mechanic. Jakotsu is studying fashion and Bankotsu was still in high school, when the accident happened, so I am not sure about him. Suikotsu however is kinda a loner. He is an author, though I won't tell you his pen name." Kyoshi said and Kagome couldn't help but smile about what he said.
"I am glad that you all have real lives this time. I was able to finish high school just barely but I will not look into any college until my quest in the past is done." Kagome said and Kyoshi smiled a little.
"So, since you are here. Does that mean that my brothers and cousins is free from Naraku?" Kyoshi asked and Kagome's smile faded slightly.
"No, they helped me after Naraku hurt me because they wanted me to restore their life" Kagome started as she then launched in to tell Kyoshi what happened though she made sure to leave out the rape and only told him that Naraku injured her very badly.
Kyoshi listened closely to what Kagome was telling him and he suspected that it was more to the story about what Naraku had done to her but he decided it was not his place to know it. Everyone had secrets after all. Once Kagome was done he took a deep breath.
"Well, about going back to that about restoring their lives. You can't. It is as simple as that. The only way for them to be able to live is to die in the feudal era so that they can live their lives here where they belong." Kyoshi said and Kagome bit her lip in worry.
"How I am supposed to convince them of this? I can't just go back there and tell them they need to die to be able to live. They won't listen to me if I tell them that…" Kagome said slowly as she looked at Kyoshi with an unsure look in her eyes and Kyoshi nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, you should probably get some proof first. How about you go back to the office and get the polaroid camera that is in there? Take a few pictures of me and then one each of the others. You can just ask Dr. Onikuro if you can take the camera home. Just tell him you want to take some pictures or something." Kyoshi said with a thoughtful look on his face and Kagome stared at him a little confused.
"Why does this place have a polaroid camera? I thought every hospital used digital now a days…" Kagome looked at Kyoshi who just grinned at her.
"Nah, digital pictures can get compromised so the hospitals went back to use the polaroid instead. I am sure that you will be allowed to borrow it as long as you ask first. Now go and get the damn thing and start taking pictures. I want my family back together fast. Our parents are starting to lose hope and last time they were here they seemed depressed. It worries me." Kyoshi said and Kagome tensed slightly and nodded and stood up from the chair and hurried out of the room to go back to the office.
After she had taken some pictures of Kyoshi she moved to go and take some of the others aswell but stopped when she saw Kyoshi rose from the bed and walked after her and she looked at him.
"I will walk with you." Kyoshi said as he walked past Kagome and out of the room and Kagome followed him with the camera in her hands. Kyoshi led her to the room on the left of his and walked in and Kagome followed after she read the name plate on the wall and she gasped a little as she saw the young guy in the bed with tubes and other things surrounding him.
"Jakotsu…" Kagome said softly as he walked to the bed. Sure Jakotsu didn't have the weird make up on his face but there was no way she would mistake him from anyone else. He still had a feminine face yet he practically screamed out strenght. Kyoshi looked down at his friend and then looked at Kagome.
"Jakotsu, Suikotsu and Bankotsu are brothers in this life those three are the only ones that was given their old names. And they are mine, Renji's and Ginji's cousins. Renji and Ginji are my brothers in this time. But we have always been close to each other. Even closer now than in the past. Kagome please make them come back to where they belong." Kyoshi spoke softly and Kagome looked at him and smiled and then took a picture of Jakotsu and took it as soon as the camera spit out the picture and waved it a little. As soon as it was safe for her to hide the picture she put in in her inner pocket with the pictures of Kyoshi.
"I will do my best, Kyoshi. I just hope that they will believe in me and let me show them the camera before they freak out and yell at me." Kagome said softly and both she and Kyoshi walked out of the room to take the rest of the pictures.
Once it was in the middle of the day and Kagome and Kyoshi were done with the pictures and them was all safely tucked in her inner pocket she had gone to get Kyoshi's and her own lunches and had just stepped into the elevator when she noticed the two nurses from earlier storm towards the exit of the hospital with angry tears in their eyes and Onikuro walking behind them. Kagome stoped the elevator doors from closing and looked out to figure out what was happening and she couldn't help but stare with wide eyes in shock as she heard one of the nurses start to yell at Onikuro.
"HOW DARE YOU FIRE US?! WE HAVE WORKED HERE FOR 5 YEARS AND NOW YOU ARE FIRING US FOR SOME SLIP OF A GIRL?! SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE KOTSU'S LIKE WE CAN!" The nurse who yelled had long blond hair and was very beautiful if you went for the kind of woman who seem to think that the more skin she showed the more attractive she was. Kagome had only seen the two in their uniforms but now she realised why Kyoshi had asked her what he did. No wonder he was on guard when they first had been left alone. This blond woman seemed to think that no one could deny her anything. Kagome slowly shook her head in amusement. She then focused back as the other nurse yelled as well, this woman had short black hair and dressed a little bit more appropriate though that mouth was not much to like, according to Kagome.
"YEAH! SHE DEOSN'T HAVE THE EDUCATION TO BE ALLOWED TO TAKE OUR JOBS FROM US! WHAT IS SO DAMN SPECIAL ABOUT HER?!" the woman yelled and as soon as the two women remained quiet Onikuro glared at them.
"First of all, I am firing you two because your work ethics are poor. You seem to think you can do whatever you want without repercussions and Kyoshi told me what you had suggested to him about a week ago and I would have fired you even if Miss Higurashi hadn't showed up for her meeting with me. I gave her your job because unlike you two she wouldn't try to seduce our patients! I knew her father and I know for a fact that she would never do anything like you two have been accused of. I have already contacted the medical institute and filed complaints about you two and your licence to be nurses has been revoked until further investigation and when they find other patients you have seduced your licence will be permanently taken from you. So I suggest you both try to find new careers! Second of all you are fired because you was planning on trying to hurt Miss Higurashi in some way. What kind of human being who has been studying to become someone to help others heal would want to hurt someone, who has done nothing to them?!" Onikuro spat out with disgust and the two women flinched in shock and when they saw that they had been found out the lowered their heads and then turned on their heels and rushed out of the hospital towards the parking lot.
Once the two women had left Onikuro took a deep breath and looked around in the waiting room and sighed in relief that they didn't have any patients in there for the moment. Once he turned he looked at the young nurse Maya who was looking at him in shock and he couldn't say that he blamed her. He usually never raised his voice but this time he hadn't been able to control it. When Kyoshi had told him what the nurses had suggested he had tried to find replacement for them and he knew that he deep down had used his late friend's daughter's kind nature to make her take the job. Now he just hoped that this experience could help Kagome to be slightly more relaxed around other males. He had suspected that this ex-boyfriend of hers had probably forced her or something. Though since Kagome had clearly said that was not the case he couldn't do much. Though that didn't mean he hadn't noticed that she didn't like being close to males. He was could see that she could be near them as long as they didn't get to close to her personal space. He sighed and turned only to see Kagome staring at him by the elevator with a tray full of food and smiled and walked towards her.
"I take it you saw that little spectacle?" He asked and once Kagome nodded he sighed while he smiled at her.
"Sorry about that. Why don't I go up with you? I wanted to go and make a check up on Kyoshi and the others. At that Kagome smiled and backed slowly into the elevator again and Onikuro followed and once the doors closed Kagome made sure she had the balance on the tray secured and punched in her code and then took a firm hold of the tray as the elevator started to move. The ride in the elevator was silent but not in a bad way and when the doors opened Onikuro let Kagome get of first and they both walked to Kyoshi's room and walked in since Kagome had left the door open and she walked to the small table and sat down in the couch and handed Kyoshi his food as he was already seated in an armchair and he immediately started to eat his food. Onikuro walked to them and sat on the other side of the couch and looked at his young patient and then looked at Kagome who sat in her spot and ate slowly while seemed to be in her own thought.
After a few minutes Onikuro cleared his throat and got the attention from both Kyoshi and Kagome and the looked at him.
"So, Kyoshi, Kagome, do you think you will be able to get along?" He asked and Kagome and Kyoshi both looked at each other and then nodded their heads in agreement.
"Yeah, I can live with her being here as our nurse. She is kind and don't have any ulterior motives." Kyoshi said and Kagome giggled softly and looked at Onikuro.
"Yeah, it will be alright. Though I was thinking of asking for a favor." Kagome said and as soon as she had the doctor's attention she took a deep breath and continued.
"I wanted to ask if I could borrow the polaroid camera that is in the office on this floor. Kyoshi asked if I couldn't take some pictures with it round Tokyo and in some of the parks. We both thought it could be a fun idea." Kagome said slowly and Onikuro looked at her for a moment and then looked at Kyoshi, who only nodded a little to tell him he thought so to.
"Well I don't see any problem with that. But I take it you won't be back tomorrow correct? You said that you had to do something for a few days. Do you want to take it with you today?" Onikuro asked and Kagome nodded her head and smiled.
"Yeah, I will only be gone for about two days though. I just need to go and check on something personal then I will be back." Kagome said with a bright smile and Onikuro smiled a little and nodded.
"Okay Kagome. You can take the camera with you home when you clock out for the day. I will talk to the head nurse to give her a heads up so she knows that she will be working on this floor aswell for two days. She has already agreed to help you out since you told from the start that you wouldn't be able to be here all the time." Onikuro said and then he stood up. Kagome stood up as well and bowed slightly to the doctor.
"Thank you Dr. Onikuro." She said softly as she straightened herself and looked at Onikuro who only nodded and then left the room.
Kagome and Kyoshi waited a few minutes until they were certain that Onikuro had gone down with the elevator and Kagome sat down on the couch again and sighed.
"Okay, now that problem with the camera is done. However I still don't know how to tell Bankotsu and the others… I can't just walk right up to them and tell them 'Hey guys! I know how you can be alive again and the only way to do that is for you to die again because your reincarnated bodies are in the future waiting to get your souls back' there is just no way they will take me seriously. Even if I do have the photos we took earlier." Kagome said as she looked at Kyoshi.
"Can't you write them a letter or something so they can read that aswell?" Kagome then asked Kyoshi who only chuckled and shook his head in negative.
"Sorry, but your word and the photos will have to be enough. I couldn't read or write back in the feudal era so they wouldn't believe you if you gave them a letter from me. You will have to convince them with what you have. And you will have the camera with you. I'm sure they will trust you." Kyoshi spoke calmly and Kagome sighed again.
"I hope you are right." Kagome said softly and then she started to collect the dishes from their lunch so that she could take them with her when she left for the day.
Late in the afternoon Kagome and Kyoshi sat in his room playing a card game when a knock was heard and they both turned towards the door and saw the head nurse walk in with Kyoshi's dinner and Kagome slowly stood up.
"I guess this means my first day as a voluntary nurse is over." Kagome stated and when the head nurse smiled gently at her and nodded Kagome smiled brightly and looked back at Kyoshi.
"I will see you in a couple of days." Kagome said and Kyoshi nodded and then looked down at the food when the head nurse put down the tray and Kagome left the room and went to the office and grabbed the camera and put in it's case and then walked towards the elevator, grabbing the trey of dirty dishes from lunch and pushed the button to open the doors and then walked in and punched in the code to get the elevator to go down and once there she headed to the kitchen and left the dishes and then walked to the changing room and changed as fast as she could. She put the camera case in her backpack.
After the bus ride back into the city Kagome walked towards the shrine and her home and as she started to come closer she could see her three old friends from school and Hojo and she mentally cursed as she walked towards them and the stairs that led up to her home. She hadn't talked to them since they graduated from school and she had since then realised that her childhood friends was very demanding and now that she was more mature she didn't appreciate it. Especially how they continued, even now to try to get her to date Hojo
"Kagome!" her three friends, Eri, Yuka and Ayumi yelled when they noticed her and they hurried towards her and Kagome sighed as she noticed how Hojo was looking at her.
"Hi you guys. What are you doing here?" Kagome asked casually and Eri smiled at her.
"Well, we heard from Souta that you where home visiting and we thought that we could hang out." She said and Yuka and Ayumi nodded in agreement.
"That is when Hojo said he wanted to see you aswell." Yuka said while she smiled and Kagome looked at them in annoyance.
"Sorry, I have just gotten of my part time work that I got while I am here and I am not in the mood to hang out. I just want to go home, eat something then go to bed since I will be going back to Kyoto tomorrow for a few days to help my aunt." Kagome lied. After her graduation from middle school she had entered high school and had graduated from there with high grades she had told her friends that she would be moving to Kyoto to live with her aunt. That way she had a valid excuse that her family could tell everyone while she was back in the feudal era. She saw how her childhood friends frowned at her, clearly displeased with her answer and she just stared at them until a throat cleared and she looked at Hojo. The boy had grown taller and become more handsome but in Kagome's eyes he had always seemed boring and right now she didn't want to be anywhere near him. The looks he gave her disgusted her.
"Well, Kagome. Why don't I take you out to dinner then? I would love the chance to catch up with you. It had been so long." Hojo smiled at her and as she opened her mouth to decline Yuka jumped in.
"Oh yes! That is a wonderful idea, Hojo. Kagome would certainly love that!" Yuka said with a bright smile and Eri and Ayumi nodded in agreement and Hojo smiled more confidently but when they all looked at Kagome they flinched a little.
Kagome glared at them as she felt her temper flare.
"How about you three actually let me answer instead of doing it for me?!" Kagome hissed out furiously and she then glared at Hojo who stepped back a little.
"I will not go out with you Hojo. I have tried to tell you for years that I am not interested but you don't listen!" Kagome grounded out through clenched teeth and then she turned her glare back towards her so called 'friends' and narrowed her eyes in anger.
"And you three! How dare you decide for me?! This is my life and I will not let you live yours through me! I am not the same naïve school girl you always made decisions for! Why don't you start to live your own life and stop meddling in mine?! Leave me the hell alone!" Kagome said angrily and then she walked past them all with her head held high and started to walk up the stairs. When she was half way up she heard Ayumi call her name and she looked over her shoulder and saw that Ayumi was angry but also sad.
"We were just trying to help you! You didn't have to act like such a mean bitch!" Ayumi yelled and Kagome glared down at her.
"No, you weren't trying to help me and you three know it. I told you some time ago that me and Inu Yasha is over and that I don't had any time to pursue a new relationship. You guys just don't want to listen to me. We are supposed to be friends but you are not acting like it and I will not let you try to run my life." With that said Kagome walked up the rest of the stairs and left her old friends at the bottom and walked towards the house. She could feel the anger and hurt from the ones below the stairs through their auras and she even felt when them all left and she let out a sigh of relief as she walked into the house and took of her shoes and walked through the hall and say her hello to her family before hurrying up the stairs to leave her backpack in her room then walk back down into the kitchen to sit down as her mother put down a plate of reheated food for her and she eagerly started to eat.
"So how was your first day, honey?" Sakura asked her daughter as she watched her eat. Kagome swallowed slowly and smiled at her mother.
"It was very interesting, mama. I found out how to help Bankotsu and the others. It turns out they had lives here in this time and that their bodies have been in a coma while their souls are in fake bodies in the past. One of their member is already awake but is still staying in the hospital because he refuse to leave. I have talked to him and I think the only way for them to get their lives back is for them to die in the feudal era so that their souls can come back to their bodies in this time. Kyoshi, the one who is already awake in the hospital said the same thing since it happened to him when he died once more in the feudal era." Kagome said and her mother nodded slowly. She didn't know if she felt like trusting the people Kagome was helping since they had tried to kill her before and they had been the ones to bring her to this Naraku that had raped her baby girl but she also understood that Kagome would have died if it wasen't for them deciding to try to help her.
"Okay, that sounds very complicated but if you are sure then I will trust you." Her mother said slowly and Kagome smiled slightly and then continued to eat her food and once she was done she rose from her seat and took the dishes to the sink and put them down and then hugged her mother.
"I am glad that they helped me, mama. I would have died otherwise." Kagome said quietly and her mother hugged her fiercely.
"I know I just hope they are nicer people in this life. I don't want you to feel like you helped them only to get yourself hurt." Sakura said calmly and Kagome smiled at her.
"I am sure they are better in this life. Kyoshi seemed to be at least." Kagome said as she then announced that she would go and take a shower then head to bed since she wanted to go back through the well early next morning and once she disappeared up the stairs her mother smiled and started to wash the dishes, her thoughts on how proud she was at how strong her daughter was.