Sango screamed as she felt the breath from her lungs leave her and she gasped for air as she felt the world turn upside-down. She was thankfully wearing her seatbelt, but watched in horror as Kikyo unlatched hers, making Kagome hit her head on the car's top because Kikyo missed and hit her seatbelt instead. She was instantly knocked unconscious as the car hit the ground and her body tossed in the front as the car flipped over but landed upside-down again.

The car seemed to slowly blacken as Sango lost conscious herself, watching another car crash into the 16-wheeler and explode. She slightly felt movement as Kikyo looked at her bewildered and tugged on her shirt, also blacking out as her shock over took her and she slumped against Kagome's feet.

Chapter 4

Her vision blurred as Kagome felt a tingling in the back of her head, now a wet mangle of bloody hair. Black dots threatened to overtake her vision as she watched Sango and Kikyo blackout and fall against their seat belts.

Pain tugged at the edge of her conscious and she slowly turned her head and noticed she couldn't move her legs. She sighed when she noticed that Kikyo was making them go numb because she was laying on them, but her left arm was sitting in an awkward position. Kagome tried to move it and fire shot up her arm, it was sprained. Her brain wasn't processing the situation and she stared at it blankly.

Time went by slowly as she stared out the broken window upside-down, her body shaking involuntarily in the hot car. As if someone put a black curtain over her head, she suddenly found herself surrounded in darkness, her mind floating aimlessly.

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Voices.

Voices!

She was sure there was someone saying something to her. She tried to focus, her eyes felt dilated and unfocused as she tried to open them and see what was in front of her.

A silver carpet was covering her. Golden eyes. An angel for sure.

She calmed in the arms of the angel and let herself drift into oblivion, glad God gave her a chance to be held by an angel.

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Her mind drifted in and out of consciousness. She knew she was dead, she had to be if she saw an angel. But her mind refused to let her see past the blinding white that came from beyond the slits of her eyes.

Maybe this is what Heaven is like…

The white faded to black as she dreamt not one dream.

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Growling.

She was for sure now. She could hear it I the back of her mind and her eyes opened to slits as she tried to figure out what was happening. She quickly figured she wasn't in heaven when she saw a shadow pass next to her and touch her hand.

Her hand? Wait, the shadow hadn't touched her hand. Her whole arm was in a white casing and someone was stroking it. They kept repeating something. If only she could figure it out before she drifted off again.

"-Wake up…"

She caught it! She heard 'Wake up…' She felt a prick at the edge of the pain Was she… No… The blackness was coming, like a tidal wave spreading from her arm to her head, making thinking impossible. Her eyes fluttered as she drifted out into the sea of nothingness and she smiled when she caught a glimpse of her angel.

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It was washing away now. The Tide. That horrible nothingness that tried to claim her for death, but she fought it. She didn't want to die. Not like this, not even for her angel. Her head was killing her and underneath a cover of blackness, she moved her imaginary hand to the back of her head and felt hair.

Wait. Hair? Yes. So she wasn't dreaming, she was actually moving her hand! Now if only she could see.

And away went the shadow of eyelids. Kagome looked to her left to see that the blinding white she had been seeing was just a huge lamp. Blinking, she let her eyes adjust to the bright lights around her and stared at the ceiling, hoping that the bed to her left didn't have who she thought it did.

Sango.

Tears welled up in her eyes and slid down her tinted cheeks as she looked at her friend, sleeping peacefully with a burn mark down the side of her right arm and leg. She let out a stifled cry as she looked beyond her beloved friend to Kikyo, who had her right arm in a cast and bandaging around her right hip, where her seat belt had inconveniently jabbed it self into her side.

Suddenly, Kagome felt a slight wind and she looked around strangely, knowing the only vent was on the side where Kikyo was at.

"Kagome…" She heard a voice say, and she turned to see her angel look down at her and smile.

O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O

Sesshomaru lifted his book from the desk near Kagome's bed and looked at her stir in her sleep. Her body was perfect compared to Sango, who would have a permanent burn on her right side. Thankfully, Kagome hadn't gotten burned because she was curled up in the bottom of the front seat floor.

He had pulled her out of the car and Miroku got Sango while Inuyasha got Kikyo. They were all shocked and the car that had exploded had burned Sango so badly that even unconscious she cried out when Miroku touched her there.

No one had survived the other car accident, but the police had said nothing. So when he had gone to get the couple that he had seen crash into the truck, he almost flinched at the site of their bloodied and burnt carcasses. Strangely, their masses reminding him of the bloody killer he once was. The truck driver didn't seem to care about the accident, as long as he got some money out of it. Though he was the cause of it, he seemed to think he could scrounge up some money for the damage to his truck.

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Putting the book down, Sesshomaru walked over to Kikyo as Inuyasha stirred in his chair beside her. Looking at the sleeping Miroku, he pulled a pillow from his chair and put it behind Inuyasha's head, he wasn't going to allow a dumb headache from bad sleep make his brother act stupid when he woke up.

Then he smelt tears as a muffled cry came from Kagome's direction. He looked at her puzzled as she looked at him with awe, a strange longing apparent in her eyes.

"Kagome…" He said in a restrained whisper, sadness clear in his eyes, though his face stoic.

She blinked and the look disappeared, confusion written clearly on her beaten face. She looked at the room with a strange distant look, as if what she was seeing was 'coming back to her' and she returned her gaze to meet his.

"A-Are they going to be... alright?" She choked out, her voicing cutting sharp into the silence with just a whisper. Tears silently fell down her pale cheeks and she launched into a coughing fit, making him look at her with despair written all over his face.

He believed, no, he knew it was all his fault. Had he been driving their car instead of his or watching them more carefully instead of thinking about frivolous women in the club they were going to, he could have saved them from the car accident. How, he didn't truly know, perhaps he might have overturned the 16-wheeler, or maybe he would have crashed their car into the truck instead, throwing Miroku out in the process, knowing he and Inuyasha could easily escape from the car after the accident without so much as a scratch. But he held that guilt, held onto it tight, because the next time he knew he was going to make sure there wasn't another lapse of judgment, meaning he would never allow there to be a 'next time'.

"They're going to be fine." Sesshomaru said quietly, awaking Inuyasha, who looked at Kagome with guilt all over his face. Sesshomaru quickly recovered from his lapse of etiquette and regained his composure and looked in the direction of his half-brother.

"I-I'm sorry. About everything," The half-breed muttered, looking away from Kagome's tear-ridden face. He had heard about her ex-boyfriend from the doctor when Miroku had to explain the scars and bruises on her body and was feeling sorry about the whole thing.

She looked at him loathingly, "Don't think you can say sorry and I'll magically be okay, I'm not dead, just hurt, you had nothing to do with it, so just shut-up and don't waste time with dim-witted apologies that aren't meant to be given."

"Pfft, Fine then. Whatever, geez."

A smirk appeared on Sesshomaru's face and he returned to his book, only to have to put it down again when Kagome asked about what had happened. He looked at her with a slight frown but it quickly faded as he reminisced about the accident. When he got to the part where he pulled them all from the car before it blew up, he heard a sob come from Kagome's throat and he looked in her direction. She had her comforter bunched in her hand and her eyes brimmed with tears.

Sighing, Sesshomaru did the most uncharacteristic thing he had ever done, he went over and sat next to her, asking if she was going to be alright. She looked at him with sad eyes and shook her head, she would be in a while.

"Sesshomaru, I have to tell you something…" Kagome whispered as he got up from the bed. He looked back at her and sat at the chair beside her, listening. "Naraku will still be looking for me, I think I'm going to leave after your father comes to see the company. I can't risk everyone's lives like this anymore. You don't know how dangerous his gang is when they try to find someone they hate, let alone someone's family. I-I hope everyone will understand…"

Sesshomaru looked at her and raised an eyebrow, trying to discern if she was serious. He thought she was so he sighed and sat back in his chair thinking. After a long Sesshomaru-like pause, he clasped his hands together and put them on the table he had been reading on. Staring at her, he noticed she was trembling, maybe from the cold, maybe from the anticipation of his answer that would most likely reflect everyone else's opinions.

"No." He answered simply, returning back to his book without looking at the now annoyed Kagome.

"No? What the hell? You really think I'm some sort of prisoner or something? I can do what I want, if you have maybe a reason or something, then maybe I will-"

"Miko, I will not repeat myself. Therefore you will cease with your jabbering and listen to me. I do not have to answer to you or explain the reason for my bidding, but you will do as I say."

"Y-You, You can't tell me what to do! If you don't have a reason-"

"Please refrain from speaking at such a level. Everyone's asleep so, to put it kindly, be quiet."

"Fine! But if you don't have a reason I will leave with or without your approval!" Kagome whispered through clenched teeth.

"Why should I bother? You should already know why." Sesshomaru stated simply.

She looked at him with contempt and stared into his golden irises, trying to figure out just what he meant. I know everyone here would probably sacrifice their lives for me, but I can't let them do that…I can't, Kagome thought as she glared at the Youkai.

Surprisingly, he broke their gazes to return to his book, allowing Kagome to reminisce in peace and whatever other emotion he didn't want to know about.

Hours passed and Sango regained consciousness. Unaware of the silence between Kagome and Sesshomaru, she looked over to them and remarked on the fact that a bomb could go off and they wouldn't know, so absorbed they seemed in their own thoughts.

"Hey Sango, nice to see you too." Kagome replied sarcastically, shifting her gaze to her sleepy friend.

"Um... So what am I doing in here- Oh..." Sango said as she recalled the accident.

Her eyes widened a fraction and a deep sense of sadness came over her as she realized her state. She cried out when she looked down at her burns and silently cried as she realized what had happened. Miroku held her and they talked quietly for a while.

O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O

"Damn it! Where is she!" Naraku yelled as he backhanded his messenger.

"I DON'T KNOW!" She screamed frantically. "I CAN'T FIND HER- AHH!"

She slumped against the couch after he knocked her with his beer bottle. She wiped her mouth and wiped the blood on her dirty skirt. She was going to kill her sister. 'How could she leave him? She deserved to be here and be punished, not me!' She thought as she dodged his second clumsy hit.

He stumbled into a wall and knocked the stand that held the phone. It tumbled on the floor and he flopped to down to it, awkwardly holding it out to the woman on the couch.

"Find HER with THIS!" He said as he threw it at her head. He missed and cursed.

"I'll find her! Just Stop!" The woman said as she grabbed the phone and jumped when it rang.

"What did you do?" Naraku said rudely, pushing himself onto the couch beside her.

She unconsciously scooted farther away from him, and eventually got up. He waited impatiently for her to finish talking. Tapping his beer bottle on the edge of the arm of the chair after each swig of beer.

"…Yes… This is her sister… At the hospital?... Hmm… No…. I can come instead… Yes that would be great. No one has to know." She turned to her father and smiled triumphantly, "I found her."

O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O

Eyes cast down, Kagome watched the pair console each other and wished she could do something to ease their pain. She felt lucky enough that she had gotten away with just a sprained wrist and a couple of bruises, now looking at the burnt Sango and bruised up Kikyo.

She was about to ask Sesshomaru if they could return home so that she could leave the hospital and stop being a burden emotionally and pocket–wise when she noticed her sister staring at her through the blinds.

"No…" Kagome whispered as a shiver passed through her body. She could see that the nurse held a bright devious smile on her face and realized that the nurse had obviously called her sister to pick her up and send her 'home'. She whimpered and Sesshomaru caught the look of pure fear in her eyes and looked up towards the window to see a strange sight.

"Kagura...?" He said with curiosity apparent in his voice pertaining to the fear Kagome was showing from seeing his former employee and mistake.

The Wind sorceress finally opened the door to the room with a grand deceiving smile. Her eyes flickered towards her former boss but she quickly focused back to Kagome, her sister. Her perfectly blood red-manicured nails reached into her purse to grab a sleek cell phone and quickly called a number on speed dial. "Yes, she's here Naraku."

"No!" Kagome screamed, waking Kikyo, who watched the scene with curious eyes.

Kagura flashed a devilish grin as she put away the phone and easily evaded the wounded Miko. Her eyes flared with over confidence as she tried to shove Kagome to the ground. Thankfully, Sesshomaru had assessed that the situation was in need of his help and he quickly separated the two and guided Kagome to her bedside as he shoved Kagura to his former seat.

"What's going on Kagura?" His eyes seething from the anger that was building up in him.

"You know her?" Kagome said in an acid voice, her voice raising an octave higher than before.

Kagura smirked and crossed her legs, thanking that her brother-in-law had let her come and get her bitch of a sister, Kagome. It was far more interesting than she had thought it would be, and the look on her sister's face when she saw her was priceless, something she would remember when she left with her modeling agency for Paris.

"Kagura," Kagome's anger leaking out to each of the syllables, "What the hell have you done!?"

"I've just done what's best for you," Kagura said in a high-pitched voice, glad she could get her revenge on idiotic sister, "You were always so wanting of his attention, now you have it. Sis to sis, I've made your family more happy."

"You called him." Sesshomaru said in a menacing whisper, making the sorceress flinch and slightly regret her choice of coming alone.

"Yes." She said simply, failing to hide the slight tremor behind it.

"You-"

"Wait," She said before she could hear his threat. She knew him too well to know how this would go down. "There's nothing you can do. Either way he already knows where she is and is coming to get her, sending a cab for her to take home. If she decides to leave and run away, he will just kill them." She said in a conniving voice while gesturing toward Sango and the others.

"And what's he going to do if I kill you?" Sesshomaru whispered with a sinister look in his eyes.

She gasped as she realized he was whispering in her ear with her back pressed firmly against his chest. She tried to move forward and found out she couldn't, his hand was firmly across her stomach and the other scraping across her neck. She shivered and felt his fangs nick her neck, his eyes never leaving hers. Flinching, she tried to look away and struggled to look at the floor.

"Nothing, am I right?" He said in a seductive and chilling voice. "You want to stay alive, you will convince him Kagome was not here. At least until she leaves. I will not have you bring her back to that hell hole of a house."

"…But…how?"

"I don't care." Sesshomaru said as he pushed her through the door. He was ready to bribe the nurse if threatening didn't work, but then again, since when did his threatening not work? He smirked slightly, but then remembered that he needed to get Kagome out of her situation. He turned to her.

"What did you say to her?" Kagome asked curiously. She watched as her sister reached for her cell phone as she left the hallway, trembling so much that she could barely hit the buttons.

"I just told her to fix what she had done." He responded nonchalantly, but she could tell he was irritated.

"No." Kagome said. She got out of her bed and grabbed her clothes that were lying beside her. She hurried to the door, and was stopped by a wall. Or rather a chest.

"Get out of my way, Sesshomaru." She said with irritation.

"And where are you going?"

"Home…"

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1 Week later…

"Naraku, the nurse was wrong. That's why I haven't called in a couple days. I'll call you when I find her."

"Oh, really? Then who's sitting in front of me?..."

AHHHHH!! Hope you liked it!! Yah It's another cliffy, I'll explain... Wait! I'm not going to tell ya! You'll just have to wait!! Muahhhahahahaha..

Sesshomaru: Hitori-no-kensi-san you are an idiot.

Hitori: Sesshy-kun your so cute when you talk all big like that. I remember when you were just a little demon trying to impress your dad. You were soo cute in that little outfit of yours! With that little bow on the back that your-

Sesshomaru: You will cease your banter woman.

Hitori: -brother didn't want anymore. I can't believe you took it behind his back! I bet-

Sesshomaru: How many times must I say-

Hitori: -you still have it! See *Grabs a worn-out bow from a hidden pocket in Sesshomaru's outfit*

Sesshomaru: *whispering* You will hand that over.

Hitori: *Yelling* IM GONNA TELL INUYASHA! IM GONNA TELL INUYASHA!!

Sesshomaru: *Covers her mouth and walks with her in his arms* Now you can't.

Hitori: *Thinking* As if I would want to anymore in these arms.

Hehe lmoa

And sorry people!! My Sis uploaded the wrong file!! I changed it now!! Thanks reviewers!!

Hey, sorry it's taken me so long to put this chapter up, but more than 3 people have died in my family these last couple of months and it's been hard. Now I'm just getting over what's happening, so bare with me faithful fans.