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Your Pain Is My Pain

Inuyasha's ears twitched as he heard the scream. His eyes widened in shock. Kagome...

He quickly ran with an incredible speed towards the noise, only speed that a hanyou could possess. He didn't know if the scream was Kagome's or not, but he knew it had to be something involving her.

He pushed through the rush hour of all the students and even punched one guy, to get through. Finally he made it, to see people crowded around in a circle.

Inuyasha growled. "Everybody! Out of my way, my dad has the power to make you all homeless!!!" He yelled, elbowing people.

Somebody shrieked and a path was instantly cleared. Teachers were starting to gather around the circle as well.

Inuyasha finally made it up front, only to have the smell of fresh blood reach his nose.

He looked down and Sango was crouched on the ground.

Inuyasha kneeled beside her and gasped himself. "Sango, what the hell happened?!"

Sango shook her head. "I dont know, I came out of class and found her like this, I was shocked, so I screamed."

Inuyasha nodded. "Sango, go to the office and tell them to call EMS. I'll take care of her for the moment."

Sango nodded and got up. "No problem." She said, walking away from him.

Inuyasha turned back to Kagome's still form. Her leg was dripping out blood, and her arms were too. There was a small trickle of blood coming from her mouth. Inuyasha timidly smoothed her hair back on her completely pale face.

"Kagome, who did this to you?" He asked himself, as people watched him pick up the bleeding girl bridal-style and hold her close to him. He turned to the crowd standing around him.

"Does anybody have a piece of cloth they can tear off?" He asked.

Somebody threw him an entire sweatshirt. He quickly clawed it up and proceeded to tie the scraps of cloth on her wounds.

Kagome winced, but then she didn't show any more actions after ward. She lay there, breathing lazily.

Inuyasha smiled down at her. "Kagome, you're gonna be okay. We'll get you fixed up, and then we'll find the bastards that did this to you." He said, smoothing more hair back on her face.

Sango came pushing through the crowd again and had principal Kaede with her.

"Inuyasha, they've called EMS, and they're on the way. How is she doing?"

Inuyasha frowned. "Not too good."

Kaede frowned too. "Hmm, poor depressed child. This should help her pain until the ambulance arrives." She said, reaching in her sleeve and taking out a small tube that looked like a tube of lipstick.

Inuyasha and Sango watched with wonder as Kaede stepped forward and popped the cap off of the small tube.

She rolled it up and the tube uncovered, looked a depressing gray.

"Hey, you sure she knows what she's doing?" Inuyasha whispered to Sango.

Sango nodded. "Kaede is a healing miko. If there's anyone who can help Kagome's pain right now, it's her."

Inuyasha nodded as the old woman rubbed the tube of medicine on the wound in Kagome's legs.

Kagome's eyes shot open. "AHH!!" She shrieked, before falling unconscious again.

Inuyasha growled. "Hey, you old hag, I thought that was supposed to help her, not hurt her!"

Kaede frowned. "It has to get worse before it gets better."

Inuyasha watched as the girl in his arms squirmed in pain and as she tired herself out while doing it.

"Make way, people! The paramedics are here!" Miroku shouted, as he pushed through the crowd, making a path for the medical team.

Inuyasha hesitantly placed Kagome on the stretcher, but her hands stayed attached to his shirt. Inuyasha swallowed.

Sango patted him on the shoulder. "It's okay. She'll be alright."

Inuyasha nodded, and took her small hand from his shirt, and laid her arm straight at her sides.

Kaede turned to Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and now Shippo.

"All of ye, are excused to go to the hospital today. Get going."

They all had gracious expressions, before they followed the paramedics out of the school.

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Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo all sat in the waiting room. They've been here for two hours now, and they've heard nothing about Kagome's condition. Inuyasha was pissed at the wait. Kagome could be on the verge of dying from loosing so much blood.

Inuyasha growled, causing everyone to look up at him. "Im tired of waiting! I wanna know about her condition!"

Miroku sighed. "Patience is a virtue, Inuyasha. We all want to know, but we still have to wait."

Shippo put his lollipop down. "I cant even eat this, now."

Sango fell off her chair at the statement.

Miroku shook his head. Inuyasha growled. Again. Just then, more paramedics came in with someone on a stretcher.

Sango gasped. "Look! It's Kouga!"

Everyone turned and indeed, it was Kouga on the stretcher. His arms were burned from his shoulder down to his hand.

"Whew, how did that happen?" Shippo said.

Miroku glanced at the wounds again. "Those are purification wounds. Kouga was purified."

"Who could've purified-

Inuyasha cut Sango off. "It was Kagome."

Everyone turned to look at him as Kouga was wheeled down the hall.

Miroku raised a brow. "How do you know?"

"I saw her do it. Kouga had been knocked into the lockers. She's a miko."

Sango sat back down. "Who would've thought that a goth would be a miko?"

They all shrugged, and then a doctor came in.

The doctor coughed and they all looked up at him.

"Im Doctor Shin. Are you the friend's of Higurashi, Kagome?"

They all nodded.

"She has just gotten out of surgery, because we had to stitch the wound in her leg. She's resting in one of the room's right now."

They all sighed with relief. But, Doctor Shin still looked stricken.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. "What is it that you're not telling us?"

Doctor Shin coughs, and straightens his white coat.
" She is low on blood, from bleeding so much, so she'll pretty weak when she wakes up. And the knife managed to hit a bone and leave a pretty depressing crack in it."

They all nodded. "So, will she be alright?" Inuyasha asked.

Doctor Shin nodded. "She should be after plenty of rest, and at least four weeks of rehabilitation."

Sango nodded. "Wow. When can we go see her?"

"In a couple of hours."

They all nodded. Miroku did a small bow. "Thank you." He said.

Doctor Shin smiled. "It's my job, no problem."

They all nodded as he left the room.

"So, tow hours, think you can hold out till then, Inuyasha?" Sango asked.

Inuyasha shrugged. "I know that she's alive and somewhat well, so Im better, I guess."

Miroku chuckled. "Two hours worth of surgery, wow."

Shippo picked up his lollipop again and licked it. "I can eat this now." He said.

Sango looked like she was ready to puke. "Ah Shippo! Gross! That was on the floor!" She said.

Shippo blinked. "You're point?"

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"Kagome, I promise I wont hurt you, ever."

Kagome felt herself running away from the voice.

"We'll be happy, I'll take care of you."

Kagome picked up the pace as she ran even more from his voice that was calling out to her.

"Bitch, you'll learn your lesson yet."

Kagome felt a sudden pressure on both of her arms.

"I'll show you how it really is."

Kagome squirmed as the tears fell, and so did her feelings of trust.

SLAP!!!

"I'll love you, always and forever, my Kagome."

Kagome felt herself falling into a pit of deep despair. There was no escaping it. No light, in this dark hole. Nothing to shine, and lead her the way...

Forever falling.

"Ah!" Kagome screamed as she launched up in her bed. Sweat was pouring down her forehead and her eyes were wide with fright. Just then she felt the pain of her arms and leg.

"Ahh!" She yelled, but not too loud, as she moved her leg. She slowly sat back on the bed, with her wounded leg stretched out in front of her.

She suddenly became aware of the IV in her arm. She sighed. Great, another hospital. She thought. It had been years since she'd last been in a hospital. 3 years to be exact. That had been when that happened.

Kagome sighed as she took in the way the depressing room looked.

She wanted to get out of here as soon as possible. Her gaze flickered back to the IV in her arm, and without a second doubt, she snatched it out of her arm and shoved into the sides of the bed.

She hissed in pain as the needle was forcefully ripped out. She moved to get out of the bed, when she felt a tug. She turned around to see another IV in her other arm.

Kagome scowled. "Damn." She said, as she ripped that one out as well.

She bit back a scream of pain once again, as she plunged the needle into the bed, and slowly attempted to get out of the bed.

She felt a jolt of pain as she put weight on her injured leg. She lifted up the hospital gown to see a large stitch there.

"What the hell? Stitches?" She whispered to herself, as she limped over to a bag on the far side of the room. She had to pinch herself to keep from screaming bloody murder from the pain she was feeling.

She finally plopped down in front of the bag, and as soon as she reached for her left arm fell limp.

Her eyes widened. "Shit. Nobody bothers to tell me that Im going to be temporarily paralyzed after something like this. How bad is this wound?" She asked herself.

She used her right arm to open the bag, and just as she thought, all her stuff was in there.

She grabbed her long leather boot out of the bag and shook it a couple of times. Then, finally, what she had been looking for, fell out.

She picked up the Swiss Army knife, and flicked the blade open. It really was a nice looking tool. The handle was black and had a rose vine design on the front and it was really shiny!

Kagome smiled, bitterly. Well, I guess I need more 'relief'. She thought, as she limped into the bathroom.

She plopped down on the tile floor, right in front of the toilet. She held her limp right arm over the toilet and popped out the blade from the switchblade she held in her right hand.

She lightly pressed the thin blade against her delicate skin, and along with a couple of drops of her own blood, tow tears fell as well.

Why do I do this? I dont wanna suffer anymore! I just wanna forget!

She thought, as the blood spilled into the toilet water, turning it a clear/pinkish color.

"Kagome?!" someone gasped.

Kagome whipped her head around to have her teary eyes land on Inuyasha's shocked face as he stood in the doorway.

He quickly walked all the way in, and plopped down in front of her.

Kagome turned to look away from him, but he gripped her chin and turned her to face him.

"Kagome, look at me."

Kagome kept her cloudy eyes away from Inuyasha's as two tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Kagome, please, look at me." Inuyasha pleaded, as he kept his hold on her chin.

Kagome uneasily turned her cloudy gaze on Inuyasha and looked into his worried amber eyes.

"W-what do you want? Why a-are you always butting in?" She asked, quietly.

Inuyasha never took his eyes away from hers. "Kagome, what the hell is wrong with you?" He whispered.

Kagome choked back a sob, as she shook her head. "I dont know anymore, I dont know why I do this, I dont know anything! I dont want to suffer anymore."

Inuyasha wrapped his arms around the broken girl, and held her close.

"What are you suffering from, Kagome?"

Kagome's hands automatically clenched his shirt, tight.

"I-I cant tell you." She whispered so softly that he barely heard it.

Inuyasha nodded. "Whenever you're ready, then. I'll be here to help you, I'll be here to protect you. You'll be alright."

Kagome released a heart-wrenching sob, as her shoulders racked with every single sob she released.

Inuyasha held her tighter. What is it, that's wrong with her? Why wont she let me in? Why cant I help her?

Inuyasha kissed her forehead. "Everything, will be fine. You wont suffer anymore, and neither will I."

Kagome's sobs quieted, then stopped completely after a while. "You're suffering, Inuyasha?" She whispered.

Inuyasha smiled. "Mhm. Because when you're in pain, so am I."

Hm, would that be a sweet or creepy ending? Who knows! Not even I, who wrote it! Review, this was a really good chapter. I think. Does that sound conceited? Hmp, who cares. Keep a lookout for the next chapter of '
Can You Help Me?' Entitled: So Long As You Need It...

Question Of The Day: How would you have handled Kagome if you were Inuyasha? Meaning, if you come in and she's cutting herself. Answer honestly!

With that said, Sayonara!