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Chapter 11: Segments of Life
"How long have I been here Sango?" Kagome asked dazedly, looking at the glass ceiling of the mall. Sango sipped at her soft drink before answering.
"I dunno… maybe two months… maybe two an' a half?" she said as she took a bite out of her lunch. Kagome smiled, taking her glasses off and rubbing the soft fabric of her shirt to clean them. She placed them back on her nose, a red dot on each side of it from her specs.
"Oh," she said while thinking 'three and a half more months.'
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"Kagome," her mother began, "you're content with your life right?"
Kagome looked up from her water colors, placing a well oiled smile on her lips. She hated when her mother brought up the subject of her happiness. She couldn't tell her mother the truth. The truth was hurtful and mean; something people couldn't look into and see the reason it was twisted and deformed.
"Yes," she said happily. She didn't want to hurt the only person that would always be with her. The person she owed her very life to. She couldn't, no, would not hurt the person that she let punish her.
"I thought so. I mean, you're a very gifted child; a spoiled child with everything a kid could ever want," her mother bragged, content that she could give her child all the materialistic things that parents wished they could.
"Yup," she responded, knowing that after this it was just a matter of agreeing. She went back to watercolor.
"But do I spend enough time with you?" she asked. Higurashi almost jolted, but knew better than to let anyone see her surprise.
"Mom, you're a busy person. I couldn't expect you to drop your work whenever I wanted you to," she replied wisely. She had thought of this before, had thought of what to say when she would ask.
Her mother looked at her, then went back to reading. She mumbled every once in a while about how lucky she was or how beautiful and wonderful she was. All things Kagome knew to be blind assumptions. She had stopped believing the lies people told her to make her feel good. They were just that, lies.
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He watched the day go by out the window. Monday was always a pain in the ass. It gave everybody a headache to be here. He didn't understand why anyone went to work on days like this.
He was thinking, thinking about a particular girl. She was starting to fade from his memory. He hadn't seen her all day. Was he really that absentminded? Maybe she was sick? What if something bad had happened to her? And he was just sitting in class, drawing on his desk. He would have to talk to Miroku after class. He usually knew what was going on in her life.
The bell rung soon after he finished up his thoughts. He smiled now that his class was over; he wanted to talk to Kagome badly.
He ran after Miroku, pulling him back so they could talk.
"Have you seen Higurashi today, or heard of her even?" he asked hastily.
"No, but I'm gonna call her at lunch, why?" he asked, curious as to why his friend was being so forceful on the matter.
"No reason, just wanna know what's going on with her. After all, I can't have you get to her before me," he chuckled as they headed off to third period.
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Miroku dialed the number quickly. He sat on the steps like he did everyday since he met with Higurashi. InuYasha sat close behind him. His doggy ears perked to listen to what would be said in the conversation. The phone began to ring; Miroku could feel his friend's breath on his back. He nudged him as he said, "Yasha, calm down."
InuYasha pulled back for a moment before returning to his former position.
Someone picked up, though the female voice didn't resemble Kagome's.
"Hello?" a woman sniffled.
"Is this Higurashi's number?" Miroku asked curiously. He could hear the woman start to tear on the other side of the line.
"Yes," she cried a small voice in the background comforting her. The voice left as soon as the woman became stable enough to talk.
"I-is-" Miroku was at a loss for words. He was confused as to what the situation was, and it made his mind reel to hear distress in the voice of this woman. He couldn't comprehend why, but it did. He had an ominous feeling about where this conversation was heading. InuYasha took the phone from him and began to talk.
"Is Kagome there?" he asked bluntly. The woman sobbed harder at the name and the small voice started talking again.
"She can't come to the phone right now, sh-she… she's… hospital!" the woman, most likely her mother, chocked out.
"Hospital! What hospital?!" he snapped. Miroku looked wide eyed at InuYasha. Miroku could feel a lump jam itself in his collar bone and thought he couldn't breath for a moment. He thought that InuYasha had stopped breathing for a moment as well. InuYasha looked away, wanting to concentrate on what the woman was saying. He didn't want Miroku to see his expression either. He couldn't stand the thought of him thinking he had gone soft over some woman, even if it was the truth.
"Central Hospital downtown," she said. InuYasha hung up as he said, "We'll be right there."
"What's going on?!" Miroku yelled as InuYasha began to run to the parking lot.
"Miroku! You brought your car to school right?" InuYasha asked quickly.
"Y-ya? Why?" he asked.
"We're going to the hospital, Higurashi's in there."
"InuYasha! Wait! Don't walk so fast!"
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They arrived to the hospital quickly, and Miroku swore that he saw InuYasha run several red lights.
As they walked up the paved sidewalk, Miroku gazed at his friend. He couldn't help but note how similar his solemn face was to Sesshomaru's. The only difference he could find in the still life of a face was the eyes. The eyes had always held different stares. InuYasha's stare was always shallow. Fresh with the new breath of life. Something teens held without realizing.
But Sesshomaru's were always cold, deep with the world's feeling of odium.
Miroku heaved a sigh, he was glad that his friend was worried about the girl in the hospital, but it made him a little jealous to say the least.
He forgot when, but somewhere along the line of his plan, he'd failed. He had given up what dignity he had left in him for her.
They stepped into the building, the smell of medicine and bandages evident even to Miroku's human nostrils. InuYasha crinkled his nose at all the smells.
InuYasha powerfully walked to the front desk, asking, "What room is Higurashi in!?"
The secretary looked up at him, her stare dull. 'Long day I bet,' Miroku thought.
"Let me check, what relation do you have to her?" she asked in a gray voice.
"Boyfriend! Now tell me were she is!" he blurted out, his fangs baring. Miroku watched silently. His eyes turning gray like the woman's voice. He'd fallen for her too. He felt a smile tug at his lips. He felt a sting poke at his heart.
The woman gave them instructions and they walked off. InuYasha lead the way, always mumbling about something or other. Miroku lagged behind and stayed silent. His thoughts were slowing him down.
He looked up and sighed. He failed his friend. The emotions of a girl were delicate, but that didn't mean that a man's aren't just as fragile. He had really given in to her, the way she walked, the way she talked, just… everything. How she was so straightforward.
"What are you thinking about?!" InuYasha roared. Miroku did a double take and looked at him.
"N-nothing, I'm just worried about Higurashi," he said in a small voice.
They continued forward, and InuYasha had to admit that his whole mind was concentrating on Kagome. She had become a wall… or a curtain in his mind. She was draped over all his thoughts, blocking him from thinking right.
He had snapped at the secretary and told her something that was a complete lie. And then what would her mother think?
Like the dumb mouse in a home, he'd fallen for the trap that the mother laid out. If her mother was anything like Kagome herself, she would surely have his head on a silver platter.
They had reached their destination in a few minutes, looking around the lobby to see a few people gathered.
A woman with pitch black hair and puffy brown eyes, sat next to a grave looking Sango Taji. Sango was petting her hair as she stared off with empty eyes, tears burning her checks.
Sango looked their way, her brow furrowing. InuYasha had been so hasty before to get here, but know that he was here, he didn't know what to do or say.
He swallowed hard, licking his lips so they wouldn't stick together when he started talking.
"Do you know what happened to her?" he asked finally. Silence greeted his words until Sango whispered something in the woman's ear before walking over to InuYasha and Miroku. She walked past them and they followed.
Once they were a ways from the woman, Sango turned, the grieving expression still present.
"That's Kagome's mom in there. Something happened to Kagome while she was alone at home. I came over to her house and found her bleeding on the carpet. My guess is that she bumped her head on the corner of the table hard. The doctors are looking at her right now, so we'll know what happened soon," and with the information given she passed the two once more and made her way back to Ms. Higurashi.
They stood there for a moment before following Taji. By the time they had arrived, a doctor was talking to Ms. Higurashi.
"It seems she's developed Unstable Angina Pectoris due to coronary artery spasm. Has she been under emotional or physical stress lately?" asked the man in white.
"No, not that I know of," responded Ms. Higurashi.
"Well, she's awake now; you can each go see her one at a time. Please try to keep her calm. If she gets too excited she may begin to have an attack."
Ms. Higurashi walked up first to the door, opening it quietly. The others waited outside, they couldn't hear anything. It was still out there, and it was making InuYasha uncomfortable. It was quiet and the air was so thick with anticipation. If Kagome was alright, would she change?
InuYasha's ears twitched when he heard the door open. Ms. Higurashi came out, sat down and watched as Sango went in. She came out faster than Kagome's mother had.
InuYasha went next, though what he saw when he got on the other side left him in a state of awe.
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