Disclaimer - I do not own Inuyasha. (Trying just bold for a change lol...)
A/N: Chapter 27 equals a definite YAY! I hope nobody hates me for leaving it at such a cliffy, I had to... nothing else was coming to me hehe. At least a few days later I'm posting the next chappy! Thanks for reading, me loveth you.
Kagome awoke action all around her. She could hear voices but she didn't understand what they were saying. On her right she saw a bloody Kouga and on her left she found her father. She coughed and coughed.
"She's coughing up blood! Internal bleeding?" She heard a frantic intern, at least they seemed to be an intern, ask.
"Calm down." A strong and firm male voice spoke.
"What's going on?" She heard a very familiar voice ask. Suddenly Kagome saw a worried head over her. She squinted at him. It was Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's brother.
"Se..." Kagome began but she couldn't get anything out and another fit of coughing overcame her.
"Shh, it's okay Kagome." He said to assure her she was okay. He saw millions of questions in her eyes and answered them.
"Inuyasha's fine, he's only broken an arm. He's the one that called me. Uh, Sango she's uh good I think. They've moved her so I know she's stable."
"Sir, you have to leave." A nurse told him.
"Wait a second," He said but she ignored him.
"Leave, now sir." She said but he let it go.
"Umm let's see.. Oh right, Alexis as fine. A bit of head trauma but that's it. Miroku... is okay. Kouga," He looked over beside her.
"We're loosing him!" Someone said in a hushed, serious tone. Kagome's eyes widened and she could barely breathe.
"Get the hell out of here." Her doctor told Sesshomaru.
"Fine," He said with his hands up. "I'm gone." Kagome looked around the room and suddenly pain waved throughout her body. She whimpered quietly because it was such a shock. She tried to remember what had happened.
"Okay," Said a medium-loud voice. "Time of death, 5:37 PM." Kagome looked around frantically but it hurt to move.
'Kouga!' She thought and then blacked out.
"Where...?" Kagome questioned out loud as she sat in a field of rolling hills and green grass.
"Come on Kagome!" A little girl motioned for her to follow.
"O... Okay." Kagome got up and began to run after her.
"Where are we going?" Kagome asked with a smile beginning to grow on her lips. The little girl turned around and smiled sweetly at her.
"Nowhere silly! We're just running." She followed the now familiar little girl.
"Who...? Who are you?" Kagome asked her. She turned around.
"I'm you." She said quietly.
"Wha... wait what?" Kagome asked breathlessly.
"Nah just kidding," The girl fell over in a fit of giggling. Kagome's eyes widened.
"Okaay." She said and began to walk away, this was too weird.
"Wait!" The girl said with worry. Kagome turned around slowly.
"Okay, but why?" She asked. The girl shrugged.
"I wanna play some more." She told her simply. Kagome smiled at her.
"Okay," And she bent down to the girl's level. "But first you have to tell me your name."
"I'm Sora..." She twirled like a little girl and began to spin around. Kagome gasped and realized why she looked so familiar.
"Mom?" She questioned.
"No, Sora." She corrected her. Kagome laughed in spite of herself. "Come on now, let's play." She grabbed Kagome's hand and they began to spin around going faster and faster with each turn. When they finally fell down the sun was setting and a calm yet crisp wind had begun to cool their sweating foreheads.
"So Kagome," Her mother began and she smiled. "Don't you ever have fun?" She asked and Kagome thought about it for a minute.
"Sure I do, I have lots of fun." Her young mother looked out at the sun and frowned.
"No you don't. I could tell when we were spinning. Half the time you were upset and didn't really want to do it... But it was still fun!" She giggled and kicked the grass. "All I'm saying is you have to let loose sometimes. Forget your problems and enjoy the day you only have so many..."
"For someone so little you sure know a lot." Kagome laughed. Sora looked thoughtful.
"Yeah but you know that too." Sora told her. "This is just a dream..." She whispered secretly with a hand at her small, cute lips.
"Huh?" Kagome asked. It felt so real. "That can't be."
"Eh, maybe it's the medication they gave you..." She said with a small smile. "But I don't know. Anyway, everything I say or do is just you telling yourself what you have to be reminded I guess. So Kagome, have fun once in a while." She told her. Kagome leaned back on her hands.
"Okay," She looked over at her with a tiny grin. "I will. And every time I'm feeling down I'll think about you Sora and I'll smile... Because I had a really good time with you today." Sora leaned on Kagome and they both lied down in the grass, tiny blades poking through their hair. They just sat there looking at the orange and pink sky with millions of tiny clouds along with some large and fluffy ones, the setting sun tinting the sky gold.
"Ooh, that one looks like a face!" Sora said pointing towards a cloud. Kagome screwed her eyes up as if that would help.
"No, it really doesn't." Kagome said plainly.
"Yes it does!" Sora pouted and kept pointing at the cloud. "Look, that's the eyes..." Kagome saw it. "That's the nooose!" Kagome saw it. "That's the mouth, it's kinda crooked. Like it's smiling or something." Kagome saw it. "Oh and look, he has a ponytail type thing in his hair." Kagome saw it and it looked like Kouga. Tears welled in her eyes. "What's wrong?" Sora asked quietly.
"Kouga's dead!" She said sadly. "Oh it's all my fault." She cried into Sora's tiny arms. Sora rubbed her back and soothed her with kind words.
"It's okay, shhh." Kagome continued to cry.
"Why did my father follow us?" She asked. "Why, why, why, why, WHY?" She asked getting quiet then loud once more. She punched a hand into the ground. "My God I hate that awful man..." She moaned sadly. "Sora... what am I going to do?" She asked and Sora stared at her not speaking. Then she sighed and hugged her once more.
"Kagome it's okay... it's really gonna be okay." She told her. Kagome wiped her face leaving wet streaks and new tears falling down her cheeks.
"No, no I don't think it is." Kagome sighed and they were silent. The wind picked up and Kagome closed her eyes trying to relax. Thoughts were running through her head and she chose that moment to let everything go, to forget who or where she was. Of course there was that little section of her brain that said she was Kagome and she was in the most realistic dream she'd ever had. But she let it all go. Sora began to sing quietly and Kagome could feel wind brushing against her cheek.
"Hushhh," It whispered and she lied down and fell asleep. When she woke she was in a hospital room. Wires going this way and that and tubes up her mouth and nose. So it was a dream.
"She's awake!" She heard Alexis whisper excitedly. Suddenly Alexis was above her and tears welled in her eyes. "Oh Kagome you scared us." She said and Kagome tried to say something but couldn't because of that damn tube. Kagome began to cry as soon as Inuyasha was also above her. Inuyasha and Alexis shared glances and both held one of her hands.
"Miroku's in the ICU." Inuyasha began. "He's in the room next to you." He told her with a nod and Kagome tried to look over but couldn't. "Uh, Sango's also in ICU. She's recovering well though." Inuyasha grinned. "You three are quite the fighters." Kagome's eyes fell. He hadn't mentioned Kouga. Then someone came through the door and she looked up expecting her father. The moment she saw the person's face she was the happiest person alive.
"Hey Kags, how ya doing?" Kouga asked her with a toothy grin. She smiled at them widely, the tube no longer any of her concern. Tears flowed down her face and they were all very confused.
"I thought you died!" She tried to mouth and say. By the third time they all understood her.
"Oh Kagome, I'm sorry." He looked at her and touched her cheek. "Hm, nope. I'm still here. I didn't even get hurt that bad which is beyond surprising cause he rammed right into me." Kagome cried some more but finally got control of herself. She was so happy! They all looked at one another cautiously before they continued with news.
"Kagome," Inuyasha kneeled down so he could be eye level with her. "You're dad... died."
A/N: Haha... got you all fooled... thought Kouga died, probably made some of ya cry! God I'm sick lol... So, anyone mad her dad died and didn't get to suffer by going to jail? Sowwy, next chapter will probably be up by tomorrow. The only reason I didn't continue with this was because me mumsy yelled at me to hit the hay lol... well PLEASE REVIEW, niiiiigt! (I'll me mistakes tomorrow as well, cause I know I probably missed some...)