Here is chapter 18! I really can't update in a more even way it seems. :P well I always apologize for that to you all so I think you are all getting used to me updating slowly. this chapter really took a long time to write. I have had major writers block and at the same time I have gotten to work even more shifts at my part time job. that was really a bad combination. I hope you all like this chapter and if you find some misspelled words or something that don't seem to fit it, please don't hesitate to tell me, I want this story to be as good I can make it. Now enjoy~
Chapter 18.
Kagome woke up the next morning to a knock to the door and she slowly sat up and looked around in confusion until she remembered that she was at her uncle Toya's place and she smile and told whoever it was at the door to come in. it was her mother who walked in with a small paper bag and Kagome looked at her mother a little confused and Sakura smiled.
"I went home and picked up some of you clothes. You probably don't want to wear the same clothes as yesterday right?" Sakura asked her daughter and once Kagome gave a bright smile and a nod she put the paper bag on the bed.
"Well, why don't you take a shower and then dress in these and then meet us all in the dining room. Kyoshi is already here but he is early so you don't have to hurry." Sakura said and Kagome smiled again.
"Okay, I'll be done in about thirty minutes I think." Kagome said and her mother nodded at that and then left the room, closing the door softly behind her. Once the door was closed Kagome got out of bed and walked to a door on the opposite side of the bed and opened it and just as she suspected, it was a very lavish bathroom and Kagome saw that it had a shower with massage function and then she saw the large jacuzzi styled bath tub and moaned in delight. She would definitely be using the tub later before she went back home to the shrine. But for now, a shower was what she was gonna get so Kagome stripped out of her panties and then stepped inside the shower and started the water and made sure to get the temperature like she wanted it and then started the task in washing her hair and body so that she could get dressed and ready for a new day at the hospital.
Downstairs in the dining room everyone was sitting quietly just drinking some tea or coffee, they all wanted to wait for Kagome before they started to eat breakfast. Kyoshi sat at the table aswell, drinking some tea and talking with Souta who was asking all kinds of questions. Kyoshi answered the ones he could but he told the young teenager that he wouldn't speak of the past. Souta had pouted a little at that but gotten over it but after a while Kyoshi looked towards Kagome's mother and the uncle, Toya, if he remembered correctly was his name.
"So I guess you contacted those parents. To the ones that caused trouble yesterday?" Kyoshi asked and Sakura looked at the young man that Kagome had helped in a way and nodded.
"Yes, I called Hojo's mother first. His mother was very angry at him and told me she and her husband would make it very clear to their son that he was to leave Kagome alone from now on. I also made sure to tell them that I would be applying for a restraining order against him and the girls. It might be a little extreme but I told Hojo's mother that Kagome had told the boy many times that she wasen't interested and he never listened and now he actually resorted to violence. I don't want that around Kagome. Of course she got a little bit upset but said she understood my reasoning. Toya has already contacted his lawyers and this is something that is being taken care of as we speak. The girls parents seemed a little bit more resistant but I informed them that if Ayumi, Eri and Yuka really had been Kagome's friend then they wouldn't have tried to force her to date a guy she had no interest in. I also got to know that Ayumi and Eri had apparently felt really bad and decided that they wouldn't bother Kagome from now on. Of course they were sad that I was applying for a restraining order against them all but from what I understand those two are the only one of the four of them that are sorry. Yuka and Hojo seem to think they haven't done anything wrong. Anyway, I made it clear to all their parents that I didn't want them near Kagome so long as they act like they do." Sakura said camly and Kyoshi nodded in agreement to that. Right after that the door to the dining room opened and a maid led Kagome inside and Kagome greeted them all with a small smile and then sat down between her mother and Souta. After that breakfast was served and everyone talked about happier things, not wanting to let Kagome know of what had been said. At least not for now.
An hour later Kyoshi and Kagome left in Kyoshi's car and drove towards the hospital. Kagome looked out of the window. She was a little worried. She had a feeling that Inu Yasha would show up soon. She was afraid of what he would do or say. Even if they had decided that they were better of as only friends her half demon friend still had the nasty habit to act like she belonged to him and his even nastier habit was, when he was angry, to say things like he used to. Like the night she had been kidnapped. He had at that time become angry and yelled that Kikyo was so much better and didn't nag about wanting to go home all the time. Kagome really hoped that her feeling about Inu Yasha showing up was wrong. She didn't know how he would react and she didn't know how she would handle it either. Kagome was brought out of her musings by Kyoshi saying something and she looked at him.
"Sorry, I wasen't listening. Can you say that again?" Kagome asked and gave him a small smile as an apology. Kyoshi looked at her from the corner of his eye for a moment and then concentrated on the road.
"I was just asking why you seem so distressed." Kyoshi spoke calmly and Kagome tensed a little and let out a small sigh.
"I just have a bad feeling that is all. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you." Kagome said and Kyoshi nodded slowly. He would ask Jakotsu to talk to the girl. It seemed that Jakotsu was the one that was closest to her and that wasen't all that surprising. Jakotsu, even in this life had no interest in women. So that surely made Kagome feel safer with him.
Ten minutes later they arrived at the hospital and the climbed out of the car and walked towards the hospital. Once inside Kagome went to change her clothing and Kyoshi waited at the elevator. He had planned on see if he could talk more with that sexy receptionist, Maya but he didn't see her so he would just have to wait for Kagome to return so they could go up to his brothers and cousins. Soon Kagome arrived and they went up the elevator. Kagome looked at him and giggled quietly. Kyoshi looked at her with a little bit of confusion and Kagome smiled at him.
"Maya is supposed to come in to work in the afternoon, today. You will have to wait." She said and Kyoshi couldn't help but blush at that and then gave Kagome a bashful grin.
"Am I really that obvious?" Kyoshi asked and Kagome laughed softly as they walked out of the elevator at their floor.
"Yeah, you are. You didn't really leave this floor before all of this right?" She asked and Kyoshi nodded slowly, yes.
"Yeah. I didn't want to. It was just a pain since I had to really do some convincing for Dr. Onikuro to let me stay even though I was well enough to leave and go back home." Kyoshi said calmly and Kagome nodded at that and then they walked in to the room where Ginji and Renji where.
"God morning, Ginji, Renji. How are things?" Kagome asked and looked at the two males that sat in their beds eating breakfast. Kyoshi just gave them a wave in greeting. Renji looked at them and smiled while Ginji just let out a gruff 'morning' while he ate.
"We are fine, Ginji and I are going to go and get some rehabilitating after breakfast. It is certainly needed since we have been asleep for so long. We need to train our muscles. We all noticed how weak we felt yesterday. It isn't completely bad since the nurses and Dr. Onikuro seems to have given us a little bit of training while we were unconscious but it still need some work." Renji said calmly and Kagome nodded and then said that she was going to go and check on the others and left the room. Leaving Kyoshi with his brothers to talk. Once Kagome had left Kyoshi saw how Renji and Ginji was staring at him and he raised his brow in question. Renji was the one that spoke.
"Kagome seemed a little bit distracted? Did something happen this morning?" He asked while Ginji just stared at Kyoshi and Kyoshi sighed and sat down at one of the chairs near the beds.
"Hn, yeah. Kagome seemed distracted in the car on our way here. She said she had a bad feeling about today. I didn't ask any further but since she has been away from her friends in the past for a long time now, maybe she feels like Inu Yasha is going to show up?" Kyoshi said and Renji and Ginji tensed at that. They both, aswell as the others, knew that Kagome didn't want to see him or the others yet. She still didn't feel ready for it. They looked at Kyoshi and he met their stares.
"I plan on asking Jakotsu to talk to her about it. I will also call her mother and tell her to go back home to the shrine to see if he shows up. That is all that we can do. If he shows up there isn't much we can do to stop him. Kagome's mother probably can however. After all, a mother is the scariest when she protects her kids. I don't even think Inu Yasha would go against her." Kyoshi said and his brothers slowly nodded in agreement to that.
After Kagome left the room she went straight to where the other three was sharing a room. Dr. Onikuro had changed their room arrangement now that they all had woken up. For that Kagome was grateful, that way she could speak with them all in one day without risking neglecting her work assignments. Kagome knocked softly on the door to the other three's room and then she heard Jakotsu's cheerful voice to her to enter and she opened the door and walked inside only to hear Bankotsu call out to Jakotsu to stop her and she looked at the still long haired male and couldn't help but blush at what she saw. Suikotsu and Jakotsu was already dressed and had eaten their breakfast. Bankotsu however only had a pair of pajama pants on and he had barely touched his breakfast. His chest was in full view and Kagome let out a soft gasp and turned around, blushing fiercely. Usually they all were dressed by the time breakfast was brought to them or at least had their pajama fully on them. She couldn't understand however why she reacted like this but right now she was to emberrassed to sort her feelings through. She heard Jakotsu snicker and she sighed. So Jakotsu had planned this. She should've known.
"Jakotsu, what the hell, why did you tell her she could come in?!" Bankotsu said as he hurried, well hurried aswell as he could, he still had to take it easy to get himself dressed. Jakotsu let out a laugh and Suikotsu just grinned. He had known what Jakotsu been thinking and from how Kagome reacted Jakotsu had gotten what he wanted.
"What? I just wanted to prove to Kagome that she would be fine and that she wouldn't have to be afraid to fall in love with a man. Her reaction proves that she isn't afraid of guys in general. She is just afraid of the memory of what that bastard Naraku did." Jakotsu said while giving everyone the best innocent look he could managing though it didn't convince anyone and at his words Kagome turned around to look at him, her eyes wide in shock, slight anger and relief since she knew Jakotsu was right. She hadn't been scared when she had seen Bankotsu shirt less. Just embarrassed. Kagome completely forgot about Bankotsu and hurried over to Jakotsu and hugged him tightly as she let out a soft sob of relief, while she whispered. 'Thank god' over and over and Jakotsu just hugged her calmly. Suikotsu just shook his head and sat down on his bed while Bankotsu had a very small blush but grumbled about annoying brothers while he put on a t-shirt and changed his pajama pant to a pair of jeans.
(Back in the feudal era).
Inu Yasha had woken up before the sun even started to rise and now when the sun was rising he sat in Kaede's hut waiting impatiently for the others to wake up. He had tried to sneak away a few moments before but Kirara and Shippo had been ready and stopped him. Shippo had stated that even if he went now Kagome would be still asleep and she wouldn't like it if he woke her. Inu Yasha thought back on Kikyo and wondered where she was. He knew that Kikyo hated Kagome but he was sure that it was only the jealousy she felt. He just hoped he could make her see that she had no reason to feel that way about Kagome. Yes he loved Kagome, but it was more in a sister kind of way. The one he loved and wanted to be with was Kikyo. He had said so to Kikyo but she didn't trust him. Not that he could blame her for that either. He had been going back and forth between them until Kagome and he decided to just be friends. It was nearly two hours later when Kaede and the others started to wake up and he glared at them in annoyance but the look Kaede gave him made him look away. After Kaede had made them some breakfast and everyone had eaten Inu Yasha stood up and glared at everyone, daring them to stop him.
"I am going to the well. I won't wait any more." Inu Yasha said and at that Sango and Miroku rose from their seated spots aswell and nodded in agreement.
"Yes, we know Inu Yasha. But we will come with you. Naraku might be lurking near the well." Miroku spoke calmly and once they got a nod from Kaede that showed that she wouldn't stop them they all left the hut, Kirara and Shippo following them. Shippo looked towards where the well was and sent a silent prayer that Kagome was ready for this because he knew that there was no way to stop Inu Yasha from destroying the barrier and get through the well now.
(With Kikyo).
After Kikyo left Inu Yasha and his pack she told her soul collectors to bring her to one of the pure bodys of water that was unattended by any humans or demons. After all, neither of those places would welcome her. She used the stolen souls of dead women to stay alive and she also held a piece of someone else's soul out of jealousy. It took her the whole night and nearly the whole next day of traveling by flying to reach one of the pure springs and once her soul collectors put her down near the edge of the water she erected a barrier around the spring and then looked at her now dark grey soul collectors and frowned. She didn't know what was wrong with them but she could feel that it was very bad. The creatures seemed more… hostile towards her now. No they didn't attack her or refuse to follow her commands but it was something in their eyes that put her at unease. Kikyo then looked down at the water and started to undress. She needed to cleanse herself in the water before she could do the same with her soul collectors. Maybe while she was doing that she could go into a mediate state and see what was causing the changes in her creatures. Once she was naked she walked into the water and once she was in the center of the spring she let herself float on her back and closed her eyes and started to concentrate on the task at hand. The soul collectors all looked at their mistress and knew that if she continued on the path she was taking that their purpose would change from their original purpose to collect souls for her to something else. Not that they all cared all that much. They weren't in this world to be friends with their mistresses or masters.
Kikyo soon entered a deep meditate state and she let her powers help her cleanse herself. The undead miko never even noticed that a blue barrier appeared around her, making the soul collectors unable to get close to her. She didn't even notice the presence of the woman that appeared up in the air inside the blue barrier with her. The woman looked down at the undead one and narrowed her eyes. She wouldn't waste her time trying to talk to this abomination. She would just say what she needed then leave. Whatever fate had in store after that was not for her to interfere in after all. With that thought the woman slowly leaned down towards Kikyo without alerting Kikyo of her closeness. And as soon as the unknown woman touched Kikyo's forhead with her hand they both glowed brightly.
Kikyo shoot out in a sitting position, breathing heavily and looked around. She wasen't in the spring anymore. Now she was sitting in a beautiful meadow with flowers blooming everywhere. Kikyo frowned and looked down and noticed she was wearing a very thin, white yukata. She slowly stood up and looked around when a voice made the turn on her heels, only to come face to face with a woman she never thought she would ever see in person. Kikyo gasped and took a step back but then noticed that she couldn't move after that and she looked at the woman.
"Midoriko…" Kikyo whispered out in both fear and awe. The woman had long black hair and wore armor over her miko garb. She looked at Kikyo with cold eyes before she spoke.
"I am not here to help you nor give you a chance to talk yourself out of the trouble you are in. you need to return what does not belong to you. Return Kagome's soul to her. Because of you she has suffered greatly at the hand of Naraku. You have suspicions about her heritage and you are correct. Kagome is my direct decendant. The proof lies in the fact that the jewel was inside her body. The fact that your own soul got absorbed by it when you died gave you that knowledge. But you had no proof and now you plan on killing a young woman who has done nothing for you to make you hate her the way you do. It is you own jealousy that drives you to want to hurt her. Release her soul and let her finish the fate that was hers to finish." Midoriko spoke coldly and Kikyo couldn't help but feel anger and even more jealousy at what she just heard.
"So what?! I will have to go back into the jewel?! Or to the afterlife?! Why?! I had the right to live a life and it was taken from me! Why should she be allowed to find happiness with the man I loved?!" Kikyo screamed out.
Midoriko looked at the former miko in front of her and shook her head in disappointment.
"She is not destined to be with your half demon. They don't love each other that way. If you can't even see that then you were not the one for him. I will tell you one more time. Release Kagome's soul or face the consequences of your actions in the worst possible way. You did have a life but you neglected your training and you paid the price for that when Naraku deceived you. Kagome has nothing to do with that." Midoriko spoke and before Kikyo could answer a bright light enveloped the legendary miko and Kikyo was forced to cover her eyes when everything around her became completely white.
Kikyo bolted up in a standing position and was breathing deeply as what she had seen came to her again. She knew that it hadn't been a dream. She had truly met Midoriko. Kikyo slowly walked out of the spring and then dried herself of before she redressed. She was furious but she knew that going against the mother of all mikos would be dangerous. It seemed that even after so long Midoriko still could reach out to the living if she wanted to. That was bad for Kikyo. That meant that Midoriko knew what Kikyo thought of doing. Kikyo let out a weary sigh and sat down and that was when she noticed that her soul collectors now was completely black in color. That scared her and she couldn't help but think back on Midoriko's warning. She slowly closed her eyes. For the first time in a long time she was unsure as to what to do. Should she continue her plan and kill Kagome and take the rest of her soul away from her or should she give back the small piece that she herself had to Kagome? Kikyo slowly pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration. She didn't know what to do. She needed to speak to Inu Yasha again. If he could tell her one more time that he wanted to be with her then maybe she would have her answer on what to do with the soul aswell. Kikyo rose from her seat and looked at her now very scary looking soul collectors and took a deep breath.
"Please, take me to Inu Yasha" Kikyo spoke quietly and she gave a relieved sigh when the creatures did what she asked and gently picked her up and started toward the village of Edo.
(With Inu Yasha and the Inutaichi).
Inu Yasha and the others was just about to arrive at the clearing where the well was but Shippo's yell stopped them.
"Wait! If we go any further we will walk right into the barrier." Shippo said and they all stopped and looked more closely and just like the little fox demon said. There was a barrier surrounding the clearing, though if Shippo hadn't said anything they wouldn't have noticed since the barrier was nearly invisible. Inu Yasha narrowed his eyes and pulled out his sword and let the blade turn red. Unknown by them all Kagura was watching everything high up in the air with some of Naraku's Saimyosho. Naraku himself, was watching them all through Kanna's mirror in his hidden castle. Kagura had been ordered to, that as soon as the barrier was gone to fly down and grab the living miko and bring her to him. Kagura saw how Inu Yasha raised his sword and sent a silent prayer to any Kami listening to make sure that the young miko and the Band of Seven was already gone by now. Her thoughts was interupted when Inu Yasha sent his attack towards the barrier and she took a deep breath when she saw it crumble and then vanish. She then relaxed when she saw that the well clearing was empty. She could see the remains of the mercenaries but the little miko wasen't there and from what Kagura could pick up from the smell that was released it seemed they all had been gone for at least a week. She then noticed that the Saimyosho seemed to fly away and she knew it was time for her to retreat aswell. After all, she couldn't finish her orders when her target wasen't there. Soon she was gone and she was certain that she hadn't been seen by the group down on the ground.
Inu Yasha hurried into the clearing, his friends close behind him but they all stopped cold when they saw the piles of bones, armor and weapons that was lying all around the clearing and Inu Yasha walked closer to the pile that he knew was the remains of Bankotsu. His remains was the closest to the well and that didn't sit well with him.
"How the hell did they all die? I do not believe they would just give up their new chance at being alive." Inu Yasha said and Sango and Miroku could only nod in agreement and that was when Inu Yasha noticed how Shippo looked uneasy and he narrowed his eyes at the child.
"You know something, Shippo, now spill it." Inu Yasha said and at that Shippo flinched and he slowly backed away a few steps and looked down at his paws. He didn't know if he should tell them but he knew Inu Yasha would find out either way. But he was certain that his half demon friend wouldn't listen to everything he said if he tried to tell him.
"I… I promised Kagome not to tell. Y-you have to ask her." Shippo said but before Inu Yasha could start yelling he looked up and met the half demons stare with a determined glare. He wouldn't make things even more complicated for Kagome. It would already complicated from this point on. Inu Yasha stared a little shocked at Shippo but then took a deep breath to calm himself. He knew that if the runt had promised Kagome not to say anything then he would keep it.
"Keh, fine I will find out soon anyway. And with that Inu Yasha leaped up into the air and fell down into the well and vanished with the blue light. Shippo looked at Sango and Miroku and took a deep breath.
"We should bury the remains. But don't touch the armor or weapons. Kagome said not to." Shippo said and Sango and Miroku looked at him in confusion for a few moments but then nodded to show that they would listen.
(With Kagome's mother in the future).
Sakura slowly put down the phone and stood up and noticed that the others were looking at her and she smiled calmly.
"It was Kyoshi. He said Kagome felt like something was going to happen and he wants me to go back to the shrine to see if Inu Yasha might show up. I will be back in a few hours." She said and Souta immediately stood up aswell.
"Do you want me to come to? Inu Yasha has always been stubborn." Souta asked and Sakura gave her son a bright smile and nodded in thanks.
"Yes, if we are two then we might be a little bit more convincing." She said and she then started to move towards the door out to the hall to get her jacket and shoes but the voice of Toya.
"I will tell my driver to take the two of you back to the shrine. Please let me do this. After all, the truth will come out sooner or later. Souta, call me if you can't convince him to go back." Toya said and Souta slowly nodded his head, though uncertain he had gotten everything explained to him by his uncle Toya, his mother and grandfather once they had gotten to this mansion. He just hoped nothing would go wrong.
Soon Souta and Sakura sat in a luxurious car with a driver taking them back to the shrine. He looked out of the window and hoped that Kagome would soon heal from what had happened. But he knew that she most likely was not ready to see Inu Yasha yet. Sakura looked at her son and smiled a small smile. She was proud over how mature her son had become over the years. He wasen't the scared cry baby that he had used to be when Kagome first had fallen down the well. He was now brave and very clear about what he felt when someone did something wrong. Souta had even started training in kendo and judo and from how her son talked about what he wanted to become it seemed like he wanted to become a police or join the navy. Sakura was brought out of her musing by the car stopping in front of the stairs that led up to the shrine and they both climbed out of the car and Sakura then asked the driver to go and take a break and told him she would call him once they were ready to return to the mansion. The driver nodded in acknowledgement and then drove away to wait the phone call. Once the car was gone Sakura and her son started to climb up the stairs. Once they reached the top of the stairs they walked to the house and Sakura took out her house keys and unlocked the door and they walked inside to wait there in case Inu Yasha showed up.
(In the well clearing in Feudal Era).
Inu Yasha had vanished through the well and Miroku and Sango was now starting to collect the remains of the Band of seven into small bags that Shippo had gone to Kaede to get. Shippo looked towards the well for, what felt like the thousand time, when Sango called his name and the little fox looked at her. Sango knew that Shippo knew something bad had happened but he didn't know exactly what and for that she thanked every kami she could think of but know she needed to distract the child.
"Shippo, do you think you can get us some incense from Kaede? I think we can rebury the remains at the edge of the clearing. I don't think it would be wise of us to travel to where their first resting place where. Naraku's plan has obviously failed in what he wanted to happen once Inu Yasha destroyed the barrier so he might plan something new. She shouldn't stray to far from the well in case I tries something." Sango said calmly and Shippo only nodded and ran towards the village. He was very worried about Kagome and Inu Yasha was now in the future aswell. He just hoped the brash idiot wouldn't make things worse.
(Inu Yasha in the future).
Inu Yasha landed at the bottom of the well in the future and he looked up and his eyes met the familiar ceiling of the well house and he then looked at the halberd that was inside the well and growled slightly. When he first had seen it he nearly lost his temper but he had forced himself to calm down. Right now he needed to find Kagome. Not worry about why Bankotsu's weapon was in the future aswell. He jumped out of the well and landed near the stairs and hurried out of the small well house and took a couple of deep sniffs only to realise that the only recent scent he could smell was that of Kagome's mother and her younger brother. Kagome's and her old grandfather's scents were stale and old. Inu Yasha narrowed his eyes and then hurried towards the house where he knew from both smell and noise that Sakura and Souta was.
Once Inu Yasha raced inside the house he hurried to the kitchen and saw Sakura and Souta sitting there drinking some tea and he looked at them in worry but also in determination.
"Where is Kagome? Shippo told me she has returned here." Inu Yasha said quietly though both Sakura and Souta noticed that the half demon was tense and probably ready to lose his temper.
"Kagome is fine Inu Yasha. But she will not see you right now. She needs time to heal and her family will not let you ruin that." Sakura said camly and she saw how Inu Yasha narrowed his eyes in anger and slight shame and the not so hidden barb against him.
"Then why the hell has Kagome been helping those bastards from the Band of Seven?! Those damn bastards tried to kill her! They gave her to Naraku!" Inu Yasha screamed, his control of his temper now gone and Sakura gave him a glare that made him flinch.
"You have tried to kill her aswell and she forgave you. I don't think you have the right to judge. I am not sure exactly what is going on with her and those young men but they are actually helping her. She is slowly getting better and you will not ruin that. I will talk to her tonight and see if she wants to see you but if she says no, you will leave my daughter alone until she is ready. Do I make myself clear?!" Kagome's mother said in a firm voice making Inu Yasha flinch in slight fear and a small amount of guilt. He had after all tried to kill her the first time they had met but this was different. Bankotsu and the others enjoyed killing innocent people damnit and he looked at Kagome's mother.
"That's different, dammit. Bankotsu and those bastards are ruthless killers." Inu Yasha said though his voice was slightly subdued. For some reason he never could go against Sakura when she was acting like this. It could be because she was clearly the one in the Higurashi family that made the decisions. Sakura looked at Inu Yasha and sighed in annoyance.
"Just because they were killers in their lives in feudal era doesn't mean that they are like that here. Please Inu Yasha, let Kagome have some time. She has been through a lot and yes, Bankotsu and the others put her through with their actions but they are helping her heal right now and shouldn't that be more important than anything else right now?" Sakura asked and she watched how Inu Yasha's ears went flat against his head. After a few minutes of no one saying anything Inu Yasha looked at Souta and then Sakura.
"Do you really trust those bastards?" He asked and even though everything in him told him to not believe that Bankotsu and his brothers could be good guys he forced himself to at least see what Souta and Sakura had to say. Souta only nodded while Sakura gave him a warm smile.
"Yes Inu Yasha. They have even made it to a point that Kyoshi, who was named Kyokotsu in the past to escort Kagome to and from her temporarily job at the hospital where the others are staying right now. I am sure you remember the boy from Kagome's school, Hojo? He has become, in my and Kagome's family's opinion, a danger to her. He is too obsessed about her so they make sure she gets protected all the time. Please Inu Yasha, let me talk to Kagome first before you try to see her. Souta will stay with you here and I will call you guys tonight. Okay?" Sakura asked in a pleading tone, the one that Kagome often used on the half demon, making Inu Yasha let out a tierd sigh and only nodded in agreement. He would do what Kagome's mother wanted him to do, at least for now.
(With Kagome at the hospital).
Kagome sat right now and ate some late lunch with the Kotsu guys. Their rehability sessions has gone very well. In fact the doctors was quite shocked on how fast they were regaining their strenght. Kagome smiled as she stood and looked at them and then towards Kyoshi and let out a small grin.
"Kyoshi, do you think you can go down the reception and see when Dr. Onikuro is planning on coming here for today? I am sure Maya is there now." Kagome said and before anyone else could say or ask anything Kyoshi was already out the room, hurrying towards the elevator and the others looked at Kagome and then started to laugh. Jakotsu was the one who recovered first and he looked at Kagome and grinned.
"So Kyoshi has the hots for someone named Maya?" He asked and Kagome just smiled and nodded. She however stole a quick glance a Bankotsu, who was talking with Renkotsu about what they just had seen and she then looked away with a faint blush on her cheeks. However, Suikotsu and Jakotsu had seen it and they both looked at each other and nodded. It seemed that Kagome, though still scared around guys alone really wasen't scared of feeling attraction towards the opposite sex. Though it did seem that she obviously had a type. Bankotsu. They would have to see if they could have the two of them alone together without Kagome becoming uncomfortable. Jakotsu grinned at the thought that maybe what Kagome needed was to be alone with Bankotsu and then maybe she would heal from her fears faster. After all, Bankotsu would never force himself on a woman, not even back in the feudal era did he ever do that and with some luck maybe he could get help from Kagome to get Inu Yasha to become his aswell.