Author note: Sorry for the wait. The true is that I lost my apetite for this story. Many times I opened word to want write and suddenly I got bored. Miracously the feeling dissapeared when I closed the word. If I wouldn't have been a person who likes to finish what starts probably I would have ended deleting the story. But It's not fair for my friend who proof read the story - she dedicated time for this - and is not fair for the readers as well. I hope my apetite would return pretty soon.

I want to mention something I forgot mentioning - all my characters are humans. So no supranatural here and something of the sort.

Chapter 5

Back to Life

The last time she was aware of her surroundings, Rin was trapped in her car, blood dripping from her wounded head. Her brown eyes saw unfamiliar faces worried for her. That day she felt her body heavy, like someone pressed an unimaginable weight upon her, slowly crushing her down.

That day she was too tired to fight.

The darkness she let herself succumb to was still there, but her ears caught the sound of voices. She wasn't alone; she opened her mouth to ask for help but no sound came from it.

She felt a light pressure on her hand, then the voice asked her to move her fingers again. From each fiber of her body she gathered her strength, lightly moving her immobile hand. She wanted to let the voice know she's still there, trapped inside the darkness, waiting for help.

The light move of her fingers was her cry for help.

Does it work? Does he hear me? she asked herself. As an answer to her inner questions, she felt her hand being touched. No, no touched; that person's mouth sprinkled light kisses upon her hand.

Hope rose in her heart. She wasn't alone. Someone beyond that darkness was waiting for her.

It wasn't an illusion created by his wishful heart; his beloved one moved her weak fingers, gently squeezing his hand.

"Rin, sweetheart, can you hear me?" he wanted her to respond to his voice again. "If you hear me, please squeeze my hand again." He wanted to make sure her fingers movements wasn't his imagination.

And then it happened again, Rin gently squeezed his hand.

"Thanks God you can hear me! Thank you for returning back to me!" Sesshomaru brought her hand to his lips, placing soft kisses upon it. His free hand pressed the emergency button. He had to let them know that his beloved Rin won against Death and now was ready to return.

"What happened?" Kikyo asked the moment she stepped inside. She came into a hurry when she heard from the chief nurse that something happened to Rin.

"She squeezed my hand! My Rin moved her fingers…" He was like a drunken man repeating those words to no end.

How many times she has heard those words before? Every so often coma patients move their fingers or even blink. As a doctor, she was used with them, forced each time to crush someone's hopes; just like now she is about to crush Sesshomaru's.

"It's common among coma patients; it's an involuntary reflex. Sesshomaru, this doesn't mean she will wake up." Kikyo hoped to be wrong, she prayed for Rin to be an exception, to open her eyes for good, but her current medical condition made her skeptical.

Baffled, Sesshomaru couldn't understand why this woman has a grudge on him. Why she keeps saying his Rin won't awake?

"She moved her fingers, I saw her!"

"And many others even blinked. I'm sorry but this won't bring her back."

Kill her, chop her to many, many pieces and give her to the dogs were Sesshomaru's ill thoughts about Rin's doctor. From day one she wanted to crush him and never gave up since.

"Rin responded to my voice and squeezed my hand! She squeezed my hand three times! So shut up and do your job as a doctor! If not, I'll find another neurosurgeon for Rin. I have no need for worthless doctors such as yourself."

Kikyo gave up; if she doesn't examine Rin again, Sesshomaru's nagging voice won't stop. She took the flashlight out of her pocket and checked if Rin reacts to light.

"What's happening?" Sesshomaru asked when he saw Kikyo's puzzled look.

"She reacts to light…" Kikyo has been a doctor for many years, during her career she attended to many cases, but in none of them the patients gave any signs of healing. Two weeks ago Rin was declared clinically dead, her brain unable to sustain life anymore, and yet her eyes react to light stimulus.

Is this a miracle? She asked herself, unable to find a scientific explanation.

"See? I've told you! She reacted to my voice and squeezed my hand. My beloved Rin will be okay."

"I need more tests to see how she evolved in the last two weeks."

A miracle, this is what it was. During last two weeks Rin's brain healed by itself. As a famous neurosurgeon, Kikyo couldn't find a scientific explanation.

"Do you see the small blood clot?" she asked the resident by her side. "It can be easily removed through a craniotomy. If everything goes well, Rin might awake very soon."

"But how was it possible for her to recover?"

"Neither I, as a doctor can find a logical explanation. However, we must deal now with the current damage. She might suffer of mental incapacity; her brain was deprived by oxygen too long."

"But maybe she won't... Miracles can happen after all."

"Prep the patient for surgery. It's time to find out how lucky she really is."

The dark which surrendered her moments ago slowly started to dissipate. She still felt her body tired but the crushing weight was long gone.

Her ears could catch the same soft voice that saved her from the dark. Upon her skin she felt a warm touch. Her eye-lids fluttered open, her hazy brown eyes registrating the image.

Two pairs of worried eyes were watching her. The dark haired-woman with one arm clutched to a silver-haired man smiled brightly at her, while tears were falling over her cheeks.

"Rin, you woke up!" said the woman before crying loudly, burying her face in that man's chest.

But what distracted Rin's attention were the light touches over her cheeks and arm. She turned her gaze into that direction and saw the man she suspected to be her savior. His soft lips planted light kisses upon her fingers, while his other hand gently caressed her cheek.

He looked at her with love, relief that she's okay.

She didn't know him.

"Who are you?" silence surrounded the entire room. "Who are you?" her voice above a whisper.

"I am your husband, Sesshomaru. We're married for four years…" His beloved one returned back to life, but he was a stranger to her. The thought of her not remembering pained him.

"Husband? I don't know you."

Their eyes looked in the same time at another person. Rin followed their gaze and saw another black-haired woman wearing a white coat.

"Apparently Rin suffers of retrograde amnesia. Her memory might come back in the following days or she might not recover them at all."

"But she doesn't remember me. She doesn't know what I am to her."

"Sesshomaru, she may not remember now, but she might remember later. Honestly, we should be thankful that losing a part of her memories is the only damage of hypoxia. The effects could have been much worse than this. We should run some more tests before letting her go home. We want to make sure she will be perfectly healthy for leaving the hospital.

A week passed since Rin woke up from her slumber. The tests went well, she had no more brain lesions. Except for her amnesia, Rin was perfectly healthy. A few more days and she will return home.

Just for a couple of hours Sesshomaru left Rin's side to go home and prepare their house for her arrival. He was anxious now, just like he was the first time she came to see his apartment.

"Takahashi-san, I still think it isn't right for me to be in your house." Being alone with a gorgeous man in his apartment definitely isn't a good thing. She may not have experience with men, but even she could tell he tries to seduce her.

Coming to his apartment was a very bad idea.

"Harada-san, I told you before you're here only to see my apartment and decide how it should be decorated." He turned the key into the lock and opened the door to his den. Before entering, she took a big gulp of air, calming herself.

Wow. It was a huge apartment. Should she call it apartment or penthouse? Her apartment deserved to be called like that but not this one. The hallway was bigger than her whole place. And the living room was ten times bigger than that.

"It's a huge apartment. You really live up to your name. Isn't this place too big for just one person?" she had nothing against rich people but she couldn't understand why they needed such huge houses. It was a waste of space.

"I bought it five years ago when I returned from USA. I needed a place to live. Also I couldn't stay in a cheap place because of my name. When you're in a high position in society you must keep the appearances."

"Yeah, I understand, but this doesn't change the fact it's too big for one person." If she would have this kind of house, she promised herself it would be filled with many children, probably hers, and very noisy at the least.

His house was empty and quiet.

"Harada-san, please take a seat while I offer you something to drink. Do you like rose tea?"

She nodded. She was waiting on his leather black couch, when at her feet she felt something soft touching her. Her gaze went down and saw a ball of fur.

"Where did you came from?" she picked up the kitty and nuzzled its rosy nose. "I never thought this cold man likes cats. Oh, you're so adorable!"

From the kitchen door, unknown to her, Sesshomaru was watching her. "Picking a stray cat was indeed a very good idea. I won some points." He mumbled to himself delighted by the show he displayed.

"It woke up?" Sesshomaru returned into the living room when the tea was ready. "Moments ago it was still sleeping."

"Your cat is adorable. I love cats. What's her name?"

Name? he had to name the cat? Damn, Kagome never told him that. She was waiting for his answer, and she was waiting –

"Kitty" he babbled the first name which came into his mind. Why did he have to lack imagination now?

"Such an adorable name, it fits her. Hello Kitty, I am Rin."

Oh, he really won some points; a few more and he would reach her heart.

"I never thought you're the type who likes cats or even raise one. I am pleasantly surprised." It was time for him to win more points, and for her to know he's a kind hearted guy when needed.

"Usually I don't have pets but when I saw Kitty wet from the rain, trembling from the cold I had to stop and take her into my care. She was so thin when I first found her; she gained weight since then."

Rin was deeply impressed by his story. "Oh poor Kitty, a mean person abandon you but fortunately a better one found you and loves you so much."

Loves it? He hated it at the beginning. The kitty likes to sharpen its nails into his carpet and his couches. He even forgot how many times he was forced to replace them. The cat likes to play a lot with the curtains - few times even vandalized them. Who would have thought such a small cat can cause such damage? He definitely didn't.

And the worst thing – it relives itself everywhere: in the middle of the living room, and even on the couch. His stomach turned upside down when he had to clean.

If it wasn't for the cat's purpose, then he would have thrown it off the sixth floor. Love requires sacrifices. Everything for Rin.

The cat may still play with his curtains or sharpen her nails on his furniture, but at least she learned, after many struggles from his part, to urinate in the litter box he specially arranged in the small bathroom.

"Yes, I love my cat very much. Its presence here gives a different feeling to this apartment. If you like Kitty so much then you're welcomed here anytime to play with her. I don't mind at all."

Sesshomaru chuckled at the memory; it was one of the most important. That Kitty indeed did its job. After that first visit, Rin returned again and again.

"Ah, I wonder what Kitty does right now?" few months later Sesshomaru was forced to gave it up. He and Rin found Kitty another owner, a close friend of Rin who also had another cat. "Maybe I should bring Kitty back home. I am sure Miroku and Sango won't mind."

Three days later Rin was discharged. However, bringing her home proved to be harder than Sesshomaru expected, and not because of Rin but because of his idiot brother and wife.

"We won't let her come with you. Kagome and I will take care of her."

"If I am not mistaken I'm her husband, not you."

"Really? Then why did you cheated on her? Oh, and wasn't you the one who asked for divorced?"

"It was a mistake and I repent for that. I won't do that ever again."

"I know what you plan to do. Actually, deep inside you're happy that she lost her memories. This way you can manipulate her and make her think you're a great husband; that you care for her. And if she will ever remember what transpired between you two, she might hesitate to leave you since you showed her another side of you."

He was right. At first Sesshomaru suffered that Rin doesn't remember him, but later he felt relieved. He will take advantage of this situation and make her fall in love with him. He did it once, he can do it again. And if one day her memories will return he will make sure to ask forgiveness and another chance.

He won't lose her.

"Rin is coming home with me." Sesshomaru's tone was cold, bossy. "You can't stop me to take my wife where she belongs to."

Author note: I want to mention that I do not have any medical experience, so I do not know if hypoxia can cause memory loss. However I do know that hypoxia can have severe consequeces over human body. Hypoxia is when the brain is deprieved by oxygen.

For example a new born baby at his birth suffered hypoxia (for 45 minutes his brain had no oxygen). The consequences were awful: the baby was blind, deaf, unable to feed (to suck at his mother breast) and unable to move. Basically the baby became a vegetable. The doctors couldn't do something for that baby.

If the time the brain has no oxygen is lower, then can exist chances for the baby to recuperate but only after years of therapy. Usually the baby is developping slower than a normal child.

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