Chapter 09

His last days passed by in a blur he did not really remember. He had forgotten how he was relieved when the ambulances arrived, how he snarled viciously at a nurse when he attempted to take her away from him, how he managed to convince the doctor to let him tag along into the operation room when they were going to stitch her wounds. From the second he found her, he had not let go of her, for anyone or anywhere.

Her first visitor was a man claimed to be her eldest brother. He had strolled leisurely into the room; his friendly smile never wavered from his face even when his eyes caught the sight of his mummified sister.

"Ah, my darling." He said softly as he kissed both of her cheeks, "What a reckless act. It never occurred to me that you'll make the national headline this way."

Sesshoumaru stared at him as if he was crazy.

"If she had not died from falling from seventh storey inside a SUV with an insane pervert while he did, I'd consider that her life just wasn't meant to end this way." He replied his unasked question. "Hello. You must be the man who found her."

He nodded.

"Well, thank you very much for your efforts. Mind telling me what actually happened? I think those news written are a bit…illogical." He seated himself on a chair beside her bed, holding to her hand gently.

So he did, telling him every detail when he met her. When he finished, his brows furrowed a bit.

"Hang on a second. You said you are Sesshoumaru? The same Sesshoumaru as her client at the massage house?"

"Yes."

"I see." He replied, but said nothing else. He continued to stare at her before finally stand up. "I'll be leaving, then. The visiting hour is almost over. I'll bring my brothers tomorrow."

The brothers he brought the next day were the man and the little boy he saw months ago.

The man pierced his angry gaze on him after he had greeted her the way the eldest brother did. "You! You are Sesshoumaru, her long lost client, aren't you? Where the hell have you been? She waited for you everyday, missing you like an idiot!" He yelled as he pointed an accusing finger to him. "Do you know that she had to cry herself to sleep every damn night, you bastard? Do you—"

"Cease those yells, Souta." The eldest of the siblings warned frostily. "You are in public hospital, not in your house."

"I don't give a damn about it!" he replied harshly. "I'd bet that the last person Nee-chan thought of to help her was you, yet when she remembered that you never came for her she decided to take that stupid move!" He then stomped out of the room, remembered to slam the door harder than necessary.

"I apologize on his behalf." The eldest said. "He's always hysterical when it comes to her."

Sesshoumaru nodded in understanding, while he attempted to comfort his crying youngest brother. A group of her colleagues visited then, and when Sango saw her friend, her eyes rolled heavenwards and she passed out, caught swiftly by the eldest.

"Poor Sango. Can someone please call Miroku? Ah, Ayame, I'll be glad if you can hold Shippo for a while so I can take Sango there…."

"We saw Souta when we came here just now, Bankotsu," she informed him as she took Shippo into her arms.

"Yes. He's a little bit upset, so leave him be." He replied calmly as he laid Sango on the couch.

A man with violet eyes arrived with Kouga fifteen minutes later.

"Yo, man. You look like shit." Kouga greeted bluntly, earning him a nasty glare from Sesshoumaru. "Ah, so this is the lady. Hey, Ayame. Hey to you too, ladies. Who's this handsome little boy?"

"My youngest brother, Shippo," Bankotsu replied with a wide smile. "I'm sorry, Miroku—your fiancée passed out over there—"

"Bankotsu-nii, we will leave now—the flowers and fruits are over there," one of the ladies said.

"Why, of course. Thank you very much. Do be careful on your way back." He replied gracefully.

Sango awoken two hours later cried for her injuries and screamed at him like Souta did until the visiting hour was over and they were forced leave. Kouga had taken over his job, much to his appreciation, and informed him that the company was doing well during his absence and left while debating with Bankotsu about gifting Shippo for him—of which he took seriously and snatched the little boy back.

He was deep in his thoughts after the room quieted down. So the man was not her husband, all the more not her boyfriend. He was her brother, her oldest younger brother…. He smacked his forehead for his stupidity. What an idiot he was, causing her in her current state!

Her heartbeat picked up and he looked at the machine in alarm. Soon enough, he felt the small hand he was holding in his moved and her eyes opened slightly.

"Kagome…."

A/N: Chapter 09 done. It's gonna be finished soon :) Find out this chapter's flaws at my blog. Please review to tell me what you think and enjoy~:D