Trust or Distrust

Chapter 4

The Higurashi family and InuYasha sat or stood impatiently in the waiting room of Takashina Hospital. InuYasha had been forced to leave the sword back at the Higurashi shrine; the silver haired hanyou looked over at the family. Mrs. Higurashi was sitting in a chair with tears in her eyes, fear filled her. Kagome's younger brother Sota was sitting with his head in his lap his entire body shaking and the old man. Kagomes grandfather meanwhile was pacing back and forth on the tiled floor. "Dammit, why the hell are we just sitting here doing nothing" InuYasha said with a sudden outburst catching everyone's attention.

"InuYasha, please don't cause a scene" Mrs. Higurashi said with a shaky voice.

InuYasha looked at her "don't make a scene, Kagome's in this strange place in some room and we can't do a single thing about it. You expect me to stay calm!" he yelled "dammit" InuYasha unable to stand it stormed over and kicked open the door. Some nurses tried to stop him but he refused and ended up dragging them until they were forced to let go. InuYasha was stopped though when he reached the ER; before he could try and make his way through the door an image of Kagome ran through his mind.

Kagome was sitting on the edge of the sacred well in the feudal era with a depressed face. A wind blew; blowing her long black locks in her face as she turned her head to look at InuYasha. She moved her mouth but InuYasha didn't hear a word "Kagome" InuYasha said and ran over to her but when he touched her his hand went right through her. Kagome looked down at her feet.

Kaede stared in shock at her elder sister "is it true, that InuYasha wished ye back to life?" she asked when Kikyo finished her explanation as she tended to the wounds as best she could with Kaede and villagers assistance. They brought in herbs and other requested items, all anxious to hear what had happened to Kikyo.

"Yes," Kikyo said as she wrapped Miroku's head in bandages that Kaede had passed her. "Instead of wishing to become human InuYasha wished for me to return to life." Kikyo smiled "I never thought that InuYasha would make such a wish" she said looking at her hands.

"Are you mad?" Sango asked. "That InuYasha brought you back to life. The way you put it; it makes you sound disappointed" Sango explained when Kikyo gave her a confused expression.

The raven haired priestess shook her head "no, I am glad that InuYasha revived me" she said.

Kaede smiled, her sister really wasn't as cold as ice like she had been in previous meetings, this was her older sister. The old priestess couldn't help but wonder why InuYasha would make out of all the wishes of becoming a full demon as he had declared so many times before that her sister return to the living world as an actual human.

Sango noticed Kikyo looking at her distrusting "are you mad that I was revived?" she asked with a smile on her face as Kaede worked on helping Sango. The medicine that Kagome had left at the hut was working wonders on helping to tend to the wounds that the herbs that she had wouldn't.

Sango looked away and said nothing her face turning red with a bit of embarrassment and fury, Miroku spoke up "I'm certainly not, Lady Kikyo was of great help in the battle against Naraku and she seemed to be of great help to us with our wounds. Sango; I'm certainly glad that InuYasha made this wish." He leaned back against the wall and smiled at Kikyo thanking her for her assistance now reassuring her that he was fine and that Sango needed to be helped more then he did.

She doesn't trust me, but the others seem to do…for the most part Kikyo thought looking at Shippo not that I blame them, after what I have done to them in the past I would hate myself as well. However…Kikyo was knocked out of her thoughts when she heard the mat door be lifted. A villager entered requesting Kikyo "I am afraid that I'm busy" Kikyo said.

"Go ahead Kikyo, I can take care of the rest" Kaede said not looking at her sister merely continuing to tend to Sango who flinched every once in awhile when Kaede came across a wounded or sore area of her body. Kikyo nodded her head and reluctantly left. "Tell me Sango, why do 'ye not trust my sister?"

"Why should I? After everything that's happened because of her in the past, and on top of that all the times that she's tried to hurt or kill Kagome. Do you really think I can forgive her for that?" Sango said to Kaede.

"I understand how 'ye feel Sango and it is hard for such feelings to pass but I believe that my sister has changed for the better" Kaede said looking over at the matted door where Kikyo had disappeared. Kikyo Kaede thought. "It will be hard for 'ye all to move for quite some time now, best not to travel or move very much" Kaede said after whipping away some sweat that had formed on her forehead after tending to Sango's wounds. "If not for Kagomes medicine then most likely things would have been much worse" Kaede said.

Sango said nothing but nodded and leaned back "thank-you Lady Kaede" she said trying to ignore the pain that was spreading throughout her body as she spoke. I wonder how InuYasha and Kagome are she thought before closing her eyes.