Another semi-slow chapter, being the reason I posted it along with four.

Chapter Five
Sleeping, Leaving...Murder?

Kagome hummed in her sleep and snuggled farther into the warmth, pulling the blankets around her body

Kagome hummed in her sleep and snuggled farther into the warmth, pulling the blankets around her body. Sighing, she blinked her already closed eyes and opened them slowly, staring right into the silver mane of a certain half-demon. Letting out a shriek, she sat up and pulled the comforter with her, pulling it off Inuyasha.

The sudden air of cold wasn't the thing that woke him up- it was the shrill scream that had sounded through his sensitive ears perched on his head. "Oi, wench! What the hell is your problem?" he demanded, sitting up.

Kagome blushed and rolled off the queen bed, placing her hands on her hips. "You! In the same bed with me!" she stuttered, staring him down- he was only in boxers. "Shirtless!"

"You aren't shirtless, I am," Inuyasha said calmly, rolling over himself. "Now hurry and get ready. We've got to get to the hospital."

Kagome gaped at him, and then saw the black bra on the floor. "You took off my bra?" she hissed, reaching down and snapping it up. "And you slept with me half naked?"

Inuyasha growled in frustration and pulled clothes from the floor- he was currently standing there in nothing but boxers. "Listen here, wench," he said. "You are in my house, and one thing I will say- that couch? Not sanitary. At all. It's been through a lot." Standing up with a smirk at her revolted expression, he looked at her. "So it was in the bed or on the floor, which neither of us would have appreciated. You would have bitched at me for just dropping you somewhere." Then his smirk grew. "And that bra thing? You did that in your sleep. Watching you was very-"

"Do NOT finish that sentence!" Kagome yelled over his voice, clutching the fabric and leaving the room. "You are the most perverted person I've never met."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and pulled on the clothes he had grabbed. "You obviously haven't spent time with Miroku. 'Sides, I'm not perverted. I didn't see anything nor did I try to."

Kagome scoffed. "Yeah, right."

"Trust me," Inuyasha said, following her from the room. "I didn't. I've got bigger ones at my disposal, and they aren't on you. Who's taking a shower first?"

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Morning had been a huffy business. Kagome had showered, pulled on more of Inuyasha's clothes, and waited for him without a word. Even when he was eating breakfast, she stood by the door looking the other way in a silence she supposed was uncomfortable, whereas Inuyasha seemed quite unfazed.

"Ready?" he said, draining the last of his milk from his cereal bowl. When he didn't get an answer, he nodded. "Good. We're taking the car." Looking at her- she pointedly looked away- he just grinned and grabbed his keys, heading out the front door.

Glaring after him, Kagome followed, finding him gone when she stepped out the front door. Crossing her arms and figuring it as some sort of joke, she waited- he'd come back eventually, and she was not giving him the pleasure of her talking to him.

Just as she was about to walk, Inuyasha backed out of the garage. "Damn, bitch. Slow much?" he called, rolling down the window. "Hurry your ass up." Kagome turned towards his voice and balked- she had expected some beat-up piece of junk. Instead, he was sitting behind the wheel of a new-looking 1969 red Chevrolet Camaro; she had been expecting some sort of mustang. Fixing up Camaro's tended to be expensive, and he had his all decked out.

Hiding her surprise, she went over to the passenger side and got in, looking at the new interior; everything was redone. The way the engine revved, he had a new one under the hood. This had cost money, a lot of it- the parts were all new, updated, but fit with the car. The engine itself must have set him back. "Me and Miroku did it ourselves," Inuyasha said proudly. "Well, most of it." Backing out in a fluid motion, he grinned when Kagome gripped her chair; she expected to be killed.

It was then an idea sparked, making him grin. Pressing on the accelerator, he heard her gasp as they neared a yellow-turning-red light- with a large pick-up speeding from the other way with no intention of slowing down. "Inuyasha!" Kagome screeched, "Stop!"

The sudden brake made them both fall forward in a small case of whiplash; Kagome watched the truck go by with a pale face. A second later, they would have been dead. Kagome sat gasping for a moment, glaring when she heard Inuyasha chuckle. "I knew I could get you to talk to me."

"You insane, mental, stupid, perverted, idiotic, smart-ass motherfucker," Kagome hissed, her words streaming from between her teeth. "I hate you."

Inuyasha shrugged and continued when the light turned green. "Had to do something, I hate silence." He grinned, and then proceeded to show excellent driving skills for the rest of the drive. She resented him for it.

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At the hospital, Kagome got out of the car as quickly as possible. Never again would she get in that car. Ever. She preferred not to die as road kill, especially under the wheels of an eighteen wheeler. Turning roughly on her heel, she went towards the hospital; she knew that Inuyasha was in her wake. At the desk, she checked in and continued her way towards their rooms, not bothering to turn towards Inuyasha. He kidnapped her, flirted with her, took off her bra (or as good as), slept with her, and attempted to kill her, and she had known him less than twenty-four hours.

"Miroku is in there," she said, pointing into a room as they turned down the hall. "He might not be able to string coherent words together, but I'm sure he's in a happy place right now." Leaving Inuyasha to snort at what she just said, she headed towards the staff room. This morning, work. This afternoon, class. She wouldn't have to see Inuyasha anymore, except when he came to visit. What a relief.

Inuyasha watched her go and entered the room, crossing his arms and raising a brow at the sight. A half-delirious Miroku was reaching out an unknown hand to the nurse that was checking his report, ready to risk a smack to the face for a touch. "Even when you don't even know left from right you are perverted," Inuyasha said loudly, making Miroku's hand to snatch back and the nurse to turn around.

"Excuse me?" the nurse said sweetly, faking a smile.

"Never mind, I achieved my goal," the Hanyou replied, taking a seat by the bed and looking at Miroku's guilty face; like a child that was caught taking a cookie before dinner.

"It isn't visiting hours, you know," the nurse continued, watching Inuyasha sit. "If you weren't so cute, I'd report you."

Staring at her, the half-demon just wanted her to leave. She was annoying. "I've got permission," he said shortly. "From Kaede and Kagome."

"Oh." The other nurse sounded somewhat disappointed as she made her leave. "Well, as a warning- he's a bit funny. His medicine is still in effect, so." She shrugged and left, replacing the clipboard in the holder by the door.

"Yeah." As the door clicked closed, Inuyasha turned to his friend who was staring at him.

"Dude."

"What?"

"You have gray hair."

"So?"

Miroku just blinked in response, waiting a moment before opening his mouth again. "So crazy."

Rolling his eyes, Inuyasha crossed his arms again. "I guess there's no point in asking you about last night."

Miroku giggled and shook his head. "Nope."

"You sound like your drunk," Inuyasha said, sighing. Fantastic. "I'll come back tomorrow."

The door opened and Inuyasha's head turned, watching as Kaede came in. "Aye, that would be best," she said, coming and standing by Miroku's bed. "He'll think properly then, and depending on his condition, he could be out in about five days."

"Alright," Inuyasha muttered, standing up. "And Sango?" He spoke quietly, for he knew the name of Miroku's dearest would probably make him do something- and in his state, he didn't want to know what.

"Asleep," Kaede said. "You should talk to her once you come back tomorrow as well." Pausing, she turned her old eyes to the man that was blinking drowsily and staring at the news that was featured on TV. "Inuyasha, come into the hall. We must talk."

He followed her into the white hall and shut the door behind him, looking at the old women with annoyance. "What?"

"You must stay away from Kagome."

"Keh."

"I'm serious, Inuyasha." Her tone made him look away. "You have almost gotten her killed, and not to mention the payments this hospital has to make for that damage. She is a nice girl. She doesn't need to get caught up in your lifestyle." She frowned. "If you cause damage to a hospital just by standing there, what do you think you can do by hanging around a girl like herself?"

"Keh. I hang around Sango and Kikyou all the time," was the reply as he leaned against the wall, twitching his ears.

"And now Sango is in intensive care and Kikyou is one of the easiest girls in this part of the city." Kaede turned and walked down towards the other wards, not bothering to look back. "Keep in mind what I said, Inuyasha. She doesn't need exposure to your life. She's innocent, just like you were."

"I was never innocent," he called after her. "Not with who my father was. And don't fret yourself, old woman. I don't plan on seeing that nurse anymore." Not bothering to wait for a reply- if there even was on- he turned and walked towards the exit, brushing by Kagome as she came from the staffroom without as much as a look in her direction.

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"She should be. I'm just glad that the blood clot they thought she developed turned out to be a false alarm…" Miroku sighed and opened the door, waiting for Inuyasha to come help him. He felt helpless; with his arm, he couldn't use crutches, so that meant a wheelchair. It was easily said that he hated being so dependent.

"Yeah. If they had better equipment…" Inuyasha didn't finish his sentence; instead, he just shoved his keys into his pockets and got out, grabbing the wheelchair from the back, going to Miroku's side and unfolding it. Instead of picking him up, he just steadied his friend while Miroku used his good leg to help him get in; both refused to do it any other way. And despite his arm, Miroku wheeled himself around best as possible; the only time he didn't was in the hospital because Kaede might see. Turning the wheel, Miroku headed towards the doors with Inuyasha standing next to him so he could take the handles as they got into the building.

After the first day, Kaede's offer of coming anytime before or after visiting hours had stopped; so now, here they were at 4:30. After checking in with the front desk, they headed towards Sango's new room- she had been moved the day before in with another patient, kept for just another night for one more check-up in the morning.

"Hey, Sango," Miroku said upon opening the door, only to be greeted with an empty bed and annoyed looking roommate.

"They are letting her out," the girl said with a snotty voice. "She's getting changed."

"Good." Inuyasha took a seat, brushing long hair from his eyes.

After his first visit, he had come in everyday- he was getting sick of the smell. He had gotten what had happened from Miroku's account and reported to Sesshomaru; they both knew now that Naraku was indeed behind the attacks that had continued on people and that they were connected to Inuyasha or Kagome in some way- they had kept that from her. But even when the story was set straight, he had visited just to visit; things got boring, and he really didn't like the company of anyone else. And sadly, Sango still didn't know about her brother. Kaede said not to tell her until she was home, because it might make things easier. He had disagreed, but he didn't argue; Sango would just be mad that no one had told her.

He had also managed to avoid Kagome, seeing her only a couple times in the hallways. Both ignored each other, but he had almost fumbled a couple times and almost said something rude, just to annoy her; other times, he thought he saw Kagome almost greet him before she remembered herself, hurrying quickly down the hall. Kaede must have warned her about him. Good.

"Hey guys," Sango said, coming from the bathroom. She didn't go fast, and she was still somewhat unsteady on the crutches that she hated. "Lets go, I'm really starting to hate white." And her roommate, but she wasn't going to mention that. "Uh. Bye Ayaka…" The girl in the opposite bed just raised a hand and stared at the TV, not looking as Kaede came in.

"I see you are ready," the woman said, going over to Ayaka's bed. "You are free to leave- I've already signed you out. Be careful, child, don't over excerpt yourself."

"I won't, Kaede, thank you," Sango said, shaking her head. "Goodbye." Inuyasha got up and pushed Miroku from the room, leaving Sango to hobble after them. In the hall, Kagome was coming up the ward and smiled when she saw the trio.

"Sango! I'm glad I caught you." The two had become good friends during Sango's stay- Kagome had been assigned to her, and they had many laughs mimicking and glaring at Ayaka as the girl complained. "I'm glad you are better, but I can't say I'm going to be happy taking care of her without someone in the room."

Sango laughed as Kagome came over, nodding. "Yeah. She might stab you with the stilettos that her rich boyfriend gave her."

"Her rich boyfriend needs to pay for her to get a better doctor," Kagome said darkly, hugging the girl with one arm. "So I'll see you this weekend?" Sango nodded and hugged back, resting one crutch against the wall.

"Yeah. You'll have to drive, though." She rolled her eyes and stamped a crutch on the ground, steadying herself again.

"Ha, no problem." Kagome looked at the two boys, who were just standing there. "Hey, Miroku, Inuyasha."

"Kagome, as beautiful as ever," Miroku said in a flowery voice, nodding to her from the wheelchair.

"Keh. Can we go now?" Inuyasha said, inconspicuously giving Miroku a flick to the head.

"Yeah. I need to check on Ayaka…Bye guys." Kagome flashed them a smile before disappearing into the room, shutting the door behind her.

"D'you have to be so rude?" Sango asked, turning from the closed door to the Hanyou. When she just got a shrug, she rolled her eyes and sighed. "Asshole." Turning herself, she started hobbling to the door with Inuyasha behind, irking her by pushing slowly and right behind her broken leg

"You guys better heal fast-" Inuyasha said darkly, opening the back door. They had taken Miroku's car to make things easier- the Camaro was a bit cramped for "stupid cripples." Inuyasha shut the door as soon as Miroku sat, making them make faces at him. It wasn't their fault they were crippled.

"Inuyasha!" He turned when he heard his name, watching as Kagome came from the hospital. Sighing, he walked to meet her in the middle of the parking lot. "Sango forgot her-" Her words were drowned by screeching of wheels, making them both stare and freeze, like deer caught in headlights.

Coming towards them was a black mustang, a gun pointed square at Kagome's chest, another straight at Miroku's car. As if coming from a coma, Inuyasha yanked Kagome to the ground as the guns fired, sending the cracking booms across the parking lot.

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