The Library

By Anonymous Malink

Disclaimer, I do no own any Inuyasha like subjects in copyrighted form.

Part Ten – Hospital'ity'

Sengoku Memorial Facility, both a retirement home, law firm, and hospital, is the closest restoration house in the area. The building itself was huge, twelve stories and ten houses long. It slightly resembled a corporate office. It was the epitome of 'god damn, what the hell is that doing in the middle of a small town.' But enough of the building, it's not that important.

The ambulance pulled up about ten minutes later, and a team of medics swarmed out from the building and ambulance, ushering Inuyasha and Kabuto's bodies into the building. Kagome was on of the last to exit the ambulance, following close behind. The emergency elevators took Inuyasha and Kabuto up while Kagome waited in the waiting room for Sesshoumaru and the others to arrive. She figured it would be best.

Her heart was pounding. The minutes dragged on until a half an hour had passed, and still no sign of the others. She was scared for the lives of all of them, Kabuto, Koga, Sesshoumaru… Inuyasha most of all. Why she was so scared for him was surprising to her but not a moment passed where her mind concentrated anywhere else. It was Inuyasha who crossed her mind the most…

She heard a ping outside.

It was now when the second ambulance arrived, sporting Sesshoumaru and Koga. Rin had offered to drive Izayoi home, seeing as though the wedding had to be postponed. When Sesshoumaru appeared however he was wearing a trench coat, hiding the fact his arm was gone. He didn't want to redirect any of the attention to him unless one of two circumstances occurred, Inuyasha was better, or the apparent rush of adrenaline wore out, thus bringing out the pain of the fact his arm was gone.

Koga was limping in, getting the attention of a few medical doctors who rushed him up the stairs. To a facility toward the top of the building.

Kagome rushed over to Sesshoumaru, finally seeing him there was a bit of relief.

"Sesshoumaru, thank god," she sighed out.

Sesshoumaru nodded and moved toward the elevators when the receptionist cried out, "Sir, you need to fill out some forms fir-"

"Don't care," Sesshoumaru informed her as he motioned for Kagome to follow him into the open elevator.

"He's on level eight," Kagome informed him. Sesshoumaru closed the doors then pressed the eight button on the elevator.

The elevator began its motion to the top. Kagome looked up at Sesshoumaru and saw the same poise he always held, however something was different. His eyes. They were a bit swollen. Was this because… of Inuyasha? Or his Father?

The elevator doors opened steadily. Sesshoumaru stepped out followed by Kagome. The emergency level was completely quiet save for a few people rushing from room to room. Sesshoumaru began looking in every room until they reached Inuyasha's. They waited at the doorway watching him, his body connected to a lot of tubes and a measurement tank of some kind representing an iron lung.

There were no doctors in the room but when Sesshoumaru stepped forward a man pulled him back with a "Hey, don't go in there!"

They turned around to see a relatively small doctor with a frumpish face looking at them.

"Only family, are you two family?"

"Yes," Sesshoumaru said, "I'm Inuyasha's brother."

"And you," he turned to Kagome. Kagome opened her mouth to speak but Sesshoumaru silenced her with a tap on the back, startling her.

"She's his girlfriend, slash fiancée, they're very close."

Kagome's eyes widened and she blushed appropriately. Did Sesshoumaru just say that?

"Is that so," the frump man said, "Fine, the doctor should be here momentarily." He walked away briskly while Sesshoumaru nearly had to pull Kagome into the small room.

She lost all thoughts of embarrassment however when she saw Inuyasha. His leg had been elevated and wrapped loosely with gauze. His eyes were twitching a bit, as was his right arm. He was also extremely pale. It was like seeing a shell of Inuyasha.

The doctor walked in and let out a surprised snort. He resembled the man from before only was taller and his hair was longer.

"You two family?"

"Yes, what's wrong with him," Sesshoumaru blurted out rudely.

Kagome leaned her back against the wall and blinked in order to restrain herself from crying. She didn't want to hear what was wrong with Inuyasha, she just wanted the cure… but she would have to sit through the explanation anyway.

"Inuyasha lost a lot of blood in whatever he was doing, approximately thirty percent his total amount, thus entering a very high state of hypovolemia. His current state is requiring rest, which is good because we are awaiting the specialist. However, if the state worsens, he could lose more blood in an act known as involuntary internal convulsions, and could lead to a case of hypovolemic shock."

"Is it very serious," Kagome whispered.

"Well in some cases-"

Sesshoumaru interrupted with, "All we want to know, is could it be fatal?"

"Yes, considering the circumstances of his, other, problem."

All time stood still…

"Other," Sesshoumaru asked.

"Well, yes, I'm afraid to say," the doctor said. "We have no specialists on the matter but it appears Inuyasha is suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage, although more likely an aneurysm."

"What!"

Kagome, was at this point at Inuyasha's bedside on the verge of tears. "Inuyasha, no, Inuyasha wake up!"

"Stop shaking him girl!" In the door stood a man who in man ways resembled Naraku. Sesshoumaru went o Kagome to pull her away.

"Come on Kagome, this is the specialist." Kagome held her breath as the specialist went to the doctor, speaking aloud the predicament.

"How long has been unconscious."

"It's undetermined, reported has been over an hour."

"How bad is the blood loss?"

"Three tenths sir."

The specialist gave Inuyasha a once over, opening his jaw slightly. He felt at Inuyasha's scalp a bit, and then ran finger around his eyes. He put a fist and gently tapped his skull once more and sighed. He turned to the doctor.

"I'll need x-rays for more accurate results, but I'm positive he's had an inaccurate aneurysm around the cerebral arterial circle, and I'm almost certain that he's at grade four on the Hunt scale."

"What's the percentage he'll live," the doctor asked.

The specialist glanced at Sesshoumaru, and then steadied his eyes toward Kagome. She was now crying, helplessly at that. She wasn't paying any mind to the specialist; her eyes were glued to the young man on the bed. She was the sickliest person he had ever seen not in a patients robe and bed. She must care deeply for the man, and thus he couldn't reveal the percentage in the open.

"Come, let's retrieve the x-rays." The specialist followed by the doctor, left the room. Sesshoumaru smiled at Kagome and inched out the door, leaving them alone. "His eyes show it all."

The doctor and the specialist stood looking at the positioned x-rays on the wall. "The aneurysm bulges out from a vein such as the circle of willis. There it can do multiple things: blood contamination, detoxification, usually for the worse though. I'd still have to say it's a grade 4 though."

"What's a grade four?" In the doorway was Sesshoumaru. He was leaning on his left side, hiding the draining adrenaline just barely.

The specialist lowered his head to where his neck was tucked in a bit. He winced. "A grade four indicates moderate to severe hemiparesis; possibly early decerebrate rigidity and vegetative disturbances. He's showing early signs of hemiparesis; which we think is temporary, considering the size of the aneurysm and may only lead to a short term paraparesis. We have yet to see an rigidity, however it is a latter sign."

"Vegetative disturbances?"

"Involuntary external actions. Ever heard of the term human vegetable. That except with the spasms. It's not pretty."

"Is it fatal, is the real question here…"

Kagome bent at Inuyasha's bedside, hiding despair pretty well. Her eyes were puffy and her nose was 'sniffling' terribly. "Inuyasha," she whispered to him. "Inuyasha come on, please." Her arm inched up and she took his right hand in hers. "Inuyasha… Inuyasha… please wake up. Please wake up… wake up!"

She massaged his hand tenderly, making sure not to harm him in any way more. She blamed herself for some reason. For some reason… she felt like if she wasn't there he wouldn't be like this, but in reality, he would've been worse.

She felt the flaking of his skin and his body shudder. She let go of his hand reluctantly and instead, broke down right there. It was no longer within her to hold it in. Could you blame her though, for such a travesty, and tragedy? Would you be able to hold it within you? Her eyes swelled more as she leaned over him, looking at him pretentiously.

'Inuyasha,' she thought, 'Please… I, I think I might…'

Memories flooded through her, that of many moments together. Meeting in the Library, talking in the library, the rain outside the library, waiting at the library, sharing secrets and playing games… at the library.

The Library.

"Inuyasha, remember the library?" She faintly smiled as she said this. "I'll tell you- tell you about it." She sniffed a few times, reminiscing. "Yeah, the Library. All the fun we had there. I remember once, it was raining hard, and… and you and I were locked out of the library…"

Kagome felt Inuyasha's hand press against her forehead. He then sighed, measuring it up against his own. "You definitely have a fever, you should really go –"

"Home? Not without you in one piece within a car, or somewhere secure." It was her turn to be concerned. She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the wall. No sooner had she done this than she heard a zipper, and then felt her body being pushed forward.

Inuyasha put his sweatshirt around her shoulders, and then allowed her to slowly ease back against the wall.

"T-thank you," she said, her voice chilled with surprise.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and leaned back himself. "Well, don't tell anyone I did this and we will still be in good terms tomorrow."

She smiled at him, and then noticed something. He was shivering. Being Inuyasha, he couldn't be cold, and yet being Inuyasha while around her, he seemed to be fully capable of it. She had seen him walk in, freezing rain with just a t-shirt on, so she knew it had to be either really cold, or he was comfortable around her.

She lowered the hood and shifted closer to Inuyasha, moving his arm around her and then hugging her arm's around his chest. "We don't have school tomorrow," she said, leaning her head on his shoulder.

Her sudden movement shocked him. "W-what are you d-doing?"

"I noticed you were cold, we can't have that." Inuyasha's face was certainly not cold anymore, but with Kagome around him, his body seemed to warm up quite fast.

"Yeah, that was fun," she said, sniffling some more. Her eyes began to water but she was able to wipe away the tears with ease. "And remember when we first bumped into each other, what a stroke of luck… for me at least." Her smile faded a bit.

"Inuyasha you have to be ok… you just have to… we've been through so much…"

More scenes flashed through her head. It started with the meeting, then in the rain, followed by the grocery expedition, and the saxophone incident he and her brother had explained to her. She was so fascinated with it all; she barely realized what was happening. She was becoming closer and closer to him. Her face was inches away from his, and then she was submerged in a dreamlike state… some kind of… dream.

He was supposed to go home with Sesshoumaru, but he told him off and said he still had one more thing to do, one more place to go. Sesshoumaru sighed, and let him on his way.

Kikyo was the daughter of Naraku Nakamura, the Dean of the Eleventh Grade. She stayed after school longer than even him some days.

He and Kikyo had been 'going out' for what seemed like two years, since the middle of sixth grade. It was only customary since today he had not seen her at all, for him to say goodbye. And it was a good thing he did too.

He was walking down the Eleventh Grade hall when all of a sudden he heard a man yell. Naraku burst out of his office to see Inuyasha standing there. "Inuyasha, boy!" he yelled to him, running up to him and grabbing his shoulders. "Please, go get help boy, call… someone." At this point Naraku fainted on the floor.

"What the…?" Inuyasha was panicky and curious and he ran over to Naraku's door to see what the problem was… and he wish he hadn't for the rest of his life.

Kikyo was in the middle of a circular group of desks, sitting in a pool of her own blood. Her blouse was soaked in blood and so were pieces of her skirt. Inuyasha stood in the doorway for a moment, shaking, before he jumped over the desks and dropped to his knees beside her.

"Kikyo?"

"Inu-"

"No, don't speak. Save your energy."

She was unusually calm for someone in her position. Dieing.

"Promise…"

"Kikyo..."

"Promise you won't… forget me."

Inuyasha held back the tears welling in his eyes. "I won't need to, you'll be alive and well in no time." He searched Naraku's desk and immediately called an ambulance. "You see, you'll be fine."

"Be-… happy-Inuyasha." Inuyasha could do nothing to keep his tears from falling like a waterfall now. His emotions reeked of sorrow, as the one person he thought he could spend the rest of his life with was slowly slipping away.

Then, the most heart wrenching thing happened. Kikyo raised a hand to grasp onto Inuyasha's chest. A streak of fear ran across her face as she herself felt like crying. "Inuyasha…? Stay with…"

Her eyes rolled upwards as she let go of his shirt. He pulled his eyes together as he grabbed her gently under his arms and picked her up, carrying her fast yet slow over the desks and through the door, past the unconscious Naraku, and now running down the corridor, and through the school doors, awaiting the ambulance that was the about to drive down the corner, he heard the sirens. Almost to clearly… and clearer, and clearer, and

'What' she thought as she awoke, still above Inuyasha's face. 'Was that… his memories?'

She was surprised… and a bit awkwardly did she lean back a bit. She looked at him sullenly before taking a hand and smoothing his hair. 'Inuyasha… am I… are you…? I think I'm… I'm… I'm…

"Inuyasha," she said barely above a recognizable sound. "I-I-I think I… I might l-love you."

Inuyasha stirred, scaring Kagome senseless. "It must've been an involuntary action," Kagome assured herself. But still…

She hovered back over him. Her face was inches away from his, and she was closing the gap. "Inuyasha," she whispered. "I think I… I think I…" She was now not even an inch away. Her mouth parted slightly and their lips brushed ever so slightly. She pulled away just as slowly, her face incased in a deep scarlet.

"Please, Inuyasha, wake up… please…"

"Is it fatal, is the real question here…"

"In certain cases it may very well be fatal, in his condition, and the circumstances applied…" The specialist watched Sesshoumaru's surprised reaction, being a quick shudder and his eyes glazing, and drew a breath. He would have to tell the girl too. This would give him a foretelling of the reaction from the girl would be. "His percentage of living is only… fifteen percent."

The specialist slowly looked up to see the reaction on Sesshoumaru's face… Or lack thereof…

Sesshoumaru had fallen to the floor unconscious. The doctor rushed over and took off his jacket, revealing his lack of an arm. With that they noticed the severe damage and bleeding he had been taking in over the past half an hour. "Get a medic, get a squad, go you lazy ass!" The specialist kicked the doctor out of the room as he grabbed Sesshoumaru and gently dragged him to the back of a wall and a sitting position to heighten the wound.

"Well that was a bad reaction," the specialist declared.

"Sir!" Medics arrived soon after, followed by the doctor who pushed past the others. "The young boy, Inuyasha, his monitor reads he's flat lining!"

"Shit!" He rushed over to room where Inuyasha and Kagome were to find Inuyasha with Kagome by his side, watching the monitor extensively.

He looked around the room frantically. "Where in hell are the defibrillators!"

"I'll get some sir," the doctor said as he rushed out of the room.

"It'll take too long," the specialist complained as he ran to the bedside, trying to stop Inuyasha form convulsing too much. His eyes were open yet glazed, and he was not sweating at all. His skin was still flaky and pale, and yet the specialist knew exactly what to do…

"The defibrillators won't come fast enough," he said with conviction, pulling something out of his pocket. Kagome was crying uncontrollably now, smothering herself with her arms. "And fifteen percent is more than enough of a chance to take… for the future generation…"

The thing he pulled out of his pocket was some type of wire with suction at each end and a box with a panel and screen near the middle. On either end were the suctions so he attached two to his own head and four to Inuyasha's head and chest.

"Please work… for them."

The specialist took a deep breath before turning a knob on the small box, sending a jolt of electricity to the specialist, which then, faster than lightning, spurred through the machine and out the other side to Inuyasha. The jolt stopped Inuyasha's movements and Kagome's crying simultaneously as she looked up to see what happened.

A blinding flash later, the specialist was on the floor… and Inuyasha's monitor was blown to bits.

AN. It might be a bit confusing considering I wrote it one day, all packed into one. Really tired... sorry. Anyway, any reviews would be nice, and any questions about the terms I used can be researched at wikipedia, cause thats where i got the info from. or just ask me...

The whole last scene will be exlpained in the next part, hold tight!

Part Eleven - Unopened Doorways!