Chapter 9 - Saved

I heard voices all around me. I opened my eye, the other swollen shut. My visions was a little blurry but it was okay. I looked in the direction of where the voices were coming from. It was a doctor, Sesshomaru stood next to him.

He kissed my forehead. "Thank god you're okay. I should've never let you go."

"Please refrain from touching my patient Mr. Taisho. She is still sore."

He nodded.

"Hello Ms. Higarashi, I'm doctor Shichinintai but you can call me Suikotsu."

"Ms. Higarashi is my mother, call me Kagome."

"Well alright Kagome. You're pretty banged up. They had found you in a fire house. When you came in you had lacerations on your arms. A puncture wound on you right calve, and a black eye. Would you mind tell me what happened to."

I swallowed the lump in throat. I looked at Sesshomaru then back at the doctor. "My husband...he did this to me."

"You're husband?" He liked at the both of us. "Excuse I think I need to make some calls."

I watched as the doctor walked out, closing the door behind him. Sesshomaru laced his fingers with mine. His eyes were bloodshot.

"Sesshomaru... have you.. been crying?"

"This is all my fault, I shouldn't have let you go. I'm such an idiot. Kagome I am so sorry. Please forgive me Kagome.. please."

He placed his head on my chest and silently sobbed. Regardless of how sore I was. I patted him on the head, soothing him while he cried.

"It isn't your fault Sesshomaru. I had a choice to make and I made it."

"But.. but look at you kagome. Look what he's done to you."

I gave him a reassuring smile. "You should see how he looks."

He laughed. "You always make jokes at the most inappropriate times."

The doctor came back in interrupting our conversation

He'd brought another person with him.

"Hello Ms. Higarashi, I'm detective yono, but feel free to call me Hojo." He sat at the food of my hospital bed.

"Nice to meet you." I'd said.

"Dr. Shichinintai tells me that your husband did this to you. Would please explain why." He pulled out his notepad and paper.

"Well... where do I start."

I told him everything, from start to finish. About Bankotsu, Rin, Miroku. Everything. He just looked at me in disbelief.

"I am sorry for everything your husband has put you through. But I need to go back the station. I have a murder to catch." He whipped out his phone while leaving the room.

I looked over at the doctor, he look rather pale. "Suikotsu, are you alright?"

He cleared his throat. "I ohm, I just never pegged Kouga for that kind of guy you know. He was always nice to everyone here." He became teary-eyed.

"Well, you never know what happens behind closed doors."

"Excuse me." He darted out the room wiping his eyes.

I sat up. "The doctors told me I could take you home today."

"Thank god. I hate hospitals." I slid out of bed. "My clothes?"

"The had to throw your old ones out. Don't worry I've brought you something to wear." He handed me a duffle bag. I peeked inside.

"Sesshomaru... would you mind.. turning around"

He blushed turning his back to me. I slid on the sunflower patterned dress , and the brown flats. I grabbed the rubber sitting on the bedside table, bringing my hair into a pony tail. I looked into the mirror. My eye didn't look so bad. Barely bruises just really swollen.

"The said the swelling on your eye will go down in a couple of hours, it had time to heal.

"Time? I've only been out for a couple hours... right ?"

"Don't worry it hasn't been a year or anything like that." He chuckled. "Only 3 days."

I sighed in relief. "Oh thank god."

"Then doctor gave me this to give to you."

I took the little case from him. I opened it, it held an eyepatch. I'm assuming it was to hid my eye. I snapped it on.

I giggled "Now I look like a pirate."

He pecked me on the lips. "A very sexy pirate."

He held the door open for me, he held my hand on the way to the parking lot. I got in buckling up.

"New car?"

He smiled. "Yes, well the last one seems to be missing."

He sped off. "I have a surprise for you."

"Surprise? Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise remember? "

He stopped in front of a hair salon. "Getting a hair cut Sesshomaru?"

He just laughed. "Come."

We walked into the salon. He walked over to a hairdresser and said something to her.

"Just sit in the chair and don't open your eyes till I say so okay?"

"What's in it for me?"

He winked at me. "That's a surprise to."

I sat in the chair taking off the eyepatch, I heard her gasp. I ignored it. I let her work her magic on my hair, letting her do.. whatever it was that she was supposed to do.

"Open." He whispered in my ear.

I opened my eye and looked in the mirror. I couldn't believe it. I was getting all choked up over some so small. My hair was back to normal. My beautiful raven locks, the were back. I don't even remember the last time I saw my hair like this. I put my patch back on, Kim ping into his arms.

"Thank you so much." He wiped my tears away with his thumbs.

"Anything for you."

He paid the woman. We'd gotten back into the car.

"Are we going back to the lake house?"

"No. I have somewhere else in mind. There are some people who'd like to see you."

"People huh." I stared out the car window wondering who these people could be.