Hey guys! Thank you everyone that has been following along with this story and reviewing! The response was way more than I expected. I have a clear storyline for this in my head, and if anyone is interested I'm more than happy to write it! As always, thanks so much for reading!

Note: I've been posting the past two chapters in my one shots, but I decided to make it its own story! I'll post chapter 3 in the one shots, moving on will post it in Missing( s/13336246/1/Missing)

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Missing Pt. III

He could hear her footsteps rushing towards him, his name falling off her lips in a rush. Even as she began to approach, Inuyasha refused to turn her way, choosing instead to hold Kagome prisoner with his stare. He could see it in her face, the uncertainty, the guilt, like she had done something terribly wrong and had just been caught; as Kikyo got closer to his bed, Kagome waivered, turning her gaze down. He felt rage building up, threatening to boil over as he continued to stare at her, looking fucking ashamed. Ashamed! Like she had done something wrong! She fidgeted, shifting her weight from one foot to the other.

Kikyo called out to his name once more, her voice a mix of relieved and sad, trying her best to break him from his daze. "You're finally-"

A sharp growl cut her off mid-sentence, an animalistic warning, making Kikyo jump back. Inuyasha sharply turned his head, eyes narrowed in anger with a scowl on his face, looking almost feral. "Leave." He snarled, fanged bared. The dog demons attempts to scare off the intruder might have worked on someone with a weaker will, but Kikyo was no stranger to the primal side of the hanyou. Instead of running for the hills, she simply frowned, not moving forward, but neither heeding his request. "Fucking go!" He practically barked out, tone severe, harsh.

"What lies have you been filling his head with?" Kikyo demanded, arms crossed over her chest to cut a more imposing figure, a true feat for a woman who measure no more than 5'4. Her accusation seemed to rattle Kagome, who had chosen to keep unusually quiet, her face contorting with anger. "I didn't do anything like that!" She snapped. Even though Inuyasha was on her side, becauseof coursehe was going to back her up, when she felt wronged her voice could be somewhat shrill; his ears flattened as she continued her assault. "He's got amnesia. He doesn't remember us breaking up."

"Were notbroken up!" He interjected, teeth clenched, trying to make her understand.. Kagome raised her brows, giving Kikyo a rather smug look. "See?" She asked, throwing her hands up in exasperation. "Maybe if you were here, you'd know what was going on with him."

"He's been unconscious for a month." She justified. Inuyasha flicked his gaze towards her, keeping watch between the women standing on either side of him. "I had to work! As soon as I got the call that he woke up I got on the next flight to the city. Not that I have to explain myself to you." Kikyo added in for good measure. "Why are you even here? I thought you were banned." Inuyasha couldn't help but notice that she looked self-satisfied with her last remark.

"Banned?" He echoed, totally confused because how the hell would Kagomeget banned from anywhere?FinallyKagome looked his way, like she just remembered he was in the fucking room; she blushed. Any other time he would've found it cute, this embarrassment and possibly funny story, but now he was feeling nothing short of rage. "Banned?"He spoke slower, angrier, making the machines to beep furiously. Great. Another damn spike in his blood pressure.

Another 24 hours in this God forsaken hell. A nurse promptly ran in, her hand readied on a walkie; clearly she had heard tales of his previous outbursts and was ready to call for backup immediately. "What's happening here?" She asked. Inuyasha was quick to answer that nothing was wrong, but Kikyo felt it was her place to interject. "She's not supposed to be here." She said, like it explained the entire situation. "She was banned from this hospital room last month. She's upsetting him."

Inuyasha had never felt pure rage before. He'd been mad, furious- sure. Dangerously angry? Yeah, he'd been accused of that. But rage? The kind so potent and powerful that he could take his supernatural strength and snap a neck in half? No, he hadn't felt that before, but fuckhe was feeling it now. He had never thought it would be directed at his high school ex-girlfriend, but stranger things had happened.

Like everyone fucking telling him he dumped Kagome.

"She'snot upsetting me." He ground out, trying to keep his cool. The nurse looked unimpressed, tilting her head to get a better look at Kagome. "Ma'am, is it true you were banned?" Kagome looked down at the floor and nodded. "I was given permission to come today. But I don't want to cause a problem."

"Special permission?" The nurse questioned, eyeing Kagome suspiciously. She nodded again, eyes still downcast. She considered Inuyasha, looking ready to rip the wires and IVs out of his arms as she questioned the woman on the side of him. She walked to the monitors, checking his vitals before she took her leave. The room felt stiff and awkward, the task seeming to take an eternity. When she was finished, she recorded the information on his chart. "Whatever your problems are, I suggest you work them out outside of the room. He needs peace and quiet, not a catfight." Thinking it was best for the patient to give a warning and space, she decided to momentarily back off. "If there's anymore trouble you're both out." She added as she walked out the door.

"I-I should go." Kagome stammered. Inuyasha whipped around to look up at her, pressing her lips together nervously. When did she start fidgeting so damn much? "No." He said sternly, but she only smiled at him in response. "I'm really glad you're okay, Inuyasha." She leaned down and wrapped her arms around him, giving him a gentle hug. He brought his hands up to her back, feeling more like a zombie than a person as she embraced her. She was leaving? Leaving?

Inuyasha breathed in, closing his eyes as he indulged in the spice of her natural scent and the cherry blossom body was she used. She inhaled and he felt her chest tremble.

This was a goodbye hug.

Panic struck him, that was the only was to describe what he did next. Locking his arms around her back, he pulled Kagome towards his chest. She yelped as her cheek was smushed, causing her lips to pucker. "Inuyasha!" She bucked, trying to get free of his hold. "Let me go!" The hanyou shook his head. "No." He answered, sounding more like a child throwing a tantrum than a full grown man. "Not until you promise you won't leave." He heard her sigh in frustration. "Inuyasha!" She protested, wiggling hopelessly against him.

"Inuyasha, let her go." Kikyo's tone left no room for guessing. She wasn't at all impressed by this show of affection. Nostrils flaring, his fiancé pressed against him in a body lock, he finally felt assured enough to address Kikyo the way his demon was demanding him to. "I don't know what the fuck you're doing here, but I want you to go." He argued. "She," he started, moving his right arm to motion to the woman held hostage, "isn't going anywhere. She's my fucking fiancé. I don't know what bullshit your trying to sell, but you need to fucking go." Kagome struggled beneath his grasp.

To her credit, Kikyo did her best to hide her pain. She processed his words, trying to swallow her feelings. "You- You're with me now." She tried, confidence breaking at the sight of her boyfriend gripping onto another woman for dear life. He shook his head, somehow making it look threatening, dangerous. When he spoke, it was low, wild. "Go." Kikyo looked up to the ceiling, trying to blink back her tears. "I'll go, for today. I- I wont hold this against you… you're sick." Her voice dropped. Finally, she took a deep breath and turned away. Stopping in the doorframe, she spoke, refusing to look back lest she lose her nerve. "I'll be back tomorrow."

It wasn't until Inuyasha was sure that she had left that he focused his attention on Kagome; she had stopped trying to fight against him, his demon strength no match for her. "Inuyasha?" She tried. "This- this is really uncomfortable. Let me go?" It came out as a question, pleading.

"I meant what I said." Inuyasha swept his thumb over her back, trying to soothe her, trying to soothe himself. "I'll let you go if you promise you won't go. We need-" Inuyasha stuttered. "We need to talk."

Kagome sighed beneath him, clearly defeated. "Fine," she said. "Let's talk."