Author's Note: Welcome to another chapter. I am so sorry that I did not update this chapter soon and make you guys wait for it. Hope you guys would understand. Now here it is.
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CHAPTER 12
"What happened to my sister?" Souta burst through the door of Kagome's ward. "What really happened?"
"She…" Sango trailed off in tears and leaned into Miroku's shoulder. How lucky am I? Miroku thought. In return, Miroku held her tightly instead of touching her buttocks.
"I'm sorry." Sango sniffed as she tried to compose herself, and also breaking the embrace Miroku gave. She is afraid Miroku might come up with "something".
"Your sis had lost quite a lot of blood and so she needs to take a lot of rest for a period of time. The doctor did not know when she would recover so we have to wait patiently." Sango continued. "We just have to pray and the rest is all up to Kagome."
"Who did this?" Souta asked. "Who? I am going to teach him a lesson."
"No. Inuyasha had did that earlier and…" Sango did not want to continue. She did not want to make Inuyasha feel more depressed.
"Never mind. We just have to pray for your sister's health. I am sure she will recover soon, so Inuyasha please cheer up." Sango said, trying to sound happy but Inuyasha, was looking gloomy.
"Come on, Inuyasha. We have to be happy so Kagome would recover much faster. Please do cheer up." Sango said, trying to convince Inuyasha. "Please." Sango looked at Inuyasha but his gloomy expression remained on his face. Sango sighed.
"When will my sis wake up? Souta muttered. "Sis always cares about my health and now…"
"Do not worry about Kagome. She will be fine. She is not a weak person. She can go through this." Sango comforted Kagome's younger brother. "If she does not wake up, what would I do?" His eyes welled up. "What would I do without my sis? I really missed her scolding. I do not want her to leave me alone here, on Earth. I do not want that to happen." Souta started crying.
"Me too! Without Kagome who shall I trust?" Inuyasha shouted at Souta. "You know how bad I feel. It's not only you. I also have to wait for her to wake up. She is the one who told me to have the trust." After that, Inuyasha wanted to cry, but he did not want to show to his friends, and turned away as a tear dropped from his eye.
"I'm sorry." Souta said in between sobs. "I'm sorry for my selfishness."
"Inuyasha, how can you shout at a boy younger than you?" Miroku said. "You owe him an apology. He is also Kagome's brother. If she knew that you shouted to her brother, Kagome would be even angrier and not wake up."
"Really?" Souta asked.
"All right. I apologise, that is. I'm sorry for doing that to you. I just cannot control my feelings." Inuyasha said in an apologetic way. "So how is that, Miroku?" Miroku nodded his head.
"The apology is accepted." Souta said, sniffing. "I cannot stay here any longer. I need to return to my dormitory. Excuse me." Souta left the ward, crying and sniffing. Poor fellow. It must be hard on him that his parents had passed away and now his sister is lying unconsciously on the bed, not knowing when she will wake up, Sango thought.
"Inuyasha, do you want to have supper with me? You did not have your lunch and dinner just now." Miroku asked.
"No, thanks. You go ahead." Inuyasha said sadly. "I'm staying here with Kagome."
"Inuyasha, do not force yourself too much. Kagome will not want to see you in this state. Go and accompany me to have supper. You did not have your lunch and dinner just now. The nurses and doctors in here will take care of Kagome." Miroku put his hand on Inuyasha's shoulders as he felt his stomach growled in hunger.
"No. I am going to take care of her. It's my fault that she became like that." Inuyasha said.
"Come with me, Inuyasha. Do not be so stubborn. We cannot undo what had happened. We did not blame you. Kagome would also not blame you for what you did. So Inuyasha, come with me. It's late and you are ill-treating your stomach." Miroku convinced. "Here is safe. You can come back here and visit Kagome after school tomorrow."
"Miroku, if you are hungry, you may leave and grab a bite nearby. You do not have to wait for me." Inuyasha replied, his gaze fixed on the sleeping Kagome.
"Do not be so stubborn, Inuyasha. Why not you listen to me? You have to trust me." Miroku persuaded. Inuyasha looked at Miroku after hearing the word, trust. "If Kagome found out you took care of her and never got any sleep and food to eat, she would be more upset."
"Are you sure it is safe for her in here?"
"Absolutely. If not, what are nurses and doctors for?"
"Curing people's illness?"
"Yeah well and taking care of their health and safety."
"Are you certainly sure?"
"Of course. Come let's go." Miroku pulled Inuyasha. "If we do not leave right this minute, I will collapse."
"Really?"
"Yeah, and you are responsible for that."
"All right. Let's go." Inuyasha took one look at Kagome before closing the door.
Next day, before school starts"So the poor fellow is hospitalised?"
"Yeah. There was so much blood flowing out of her body when I saw her yesterday. After saying the word "Stop", she began vomiting blood out of her mouth."
"And collapse after saying some unnecessary sentences," someone added.
"I wonder why she interferes other people's privacy."
Kikyou stepped into the classroom and heard the conversation about what happened the day before. The one who interferes other people's privacy should be you people. Kikyou met their gazes but ignored them. "Oh, it's Kikyou." Kikyou heard one of them whispered.
"Good morning, the mighty and greatest Kikyou," they said in unison. That's what should you unpopular people should do, Kikyou thought. And not gossip. Kikyou went to her seat and sat down. She was putting her books under the table when Miroku and Sango entered the classroom from the back door.
"You mean after I left, he did not ate his lunch and dinner!" Sango shouted. Her voice was so loud that everyone was looking at her.
"Lower the volume of your voice. There is nothing to fuss about." Miroku said as everyone went back to do their own things except for Kikyou who was eavesdropping their conversation. She was curious about what happened yesterday at the hospital. Kikyou stood up and approached them.
"You see, here comes Kikyou." Miroku whispered.
"Good morning, Lady Kikyou," they said.
"Good morning," Kikyou said. "Just now, whom are you referring the 'he' to?"
"Well…" the two of them was left speechless; they did not know whether to tell the truth or not. The two of them took what Kikyou considered to be an extremely unnecessary long pause.
"Well?"
"Well, that's our…" Sango was trying to say when Miroku covered her mouth.
"Well, we are referring to Sango's 2-years-old brother. I was supposed to baby-sit her brother and feed him on time but I failed to do so. I was tired and fall asleep during the feeding time," Miroku lied. (A/N: Sango does not have a 2-year-old brother in this story. Miroku just make it up.) "If you would excuse us." Miroku dragged Sango to a safe distance from Kikyou.
"You know we cannot say that to her. Sesshoumaru will 'disfigure' us."
"Yeah, yeah. I understand."
"You know what I'm saying, that's good. Let's return to our seats before the first period starts."
After school, at the lockers' room"Why Inuyasha did not attend classes for the whole day?" Sango asked.
"He wanted to take care of Kagome so he skipped today's classes. To me, I think Inuyasha thinks the hospital is not reliable enough although he said if he leaves her alone in the ward, something bad might happen to her." Miroku sighed.
"Poor Inuyasha. Did you convince him?"
"If I did that until he was convinced, I would be out of breath." Miroku said. So that's the reason why Inuyasha did not attend today's lessons, Kikyou thought. She had decided to follow them to find out more about Kagome and what illness she is having. Now, the process of taking away the poor girl's life is replaying itself over and over again on her mind.
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End of Chapter
I was having a hard time thinking about how to let Kikyou kill Kagome that was why I did not immediately go straight to how she kills Kagome in this chapter. I hope you guys would fill me in on your opinions about how should I let Kikyou kill Kagome in your reviews. Do not hesitate. I will not continue the next chapter unless someone tells me in their reviews, if not my brain would explode because of this matter.