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Chapter 1: Revelation

Ow... this really hurts. Kagome thought as she fought to open her eyes. Someone was speaking beside her.

"Can you please keep it down? Some people are trying to sleep you know..." She began to say as she sat up. Beside her, she sees a doctor writing onto a clipboard. Beside the doctor sitting on a chair is her friend, Sango, who is sleeping with her arms folded on the bed.

Hold on... what was Sango doing? Why is there a doctor beside her bed? Kagome thought confusedly.

"Sango? What are you doing here?" Kagome asked, poking her friend's arm with her finger.

Rather, she tried to. But her finger passed right through Sango's arm. Frightened, she retracted her finger and stared at her hands. They looked pretty normal to her.

"Ms. Taijiya? Do you want to go home and get some sleep? Your friend's condition has stabilized, but she shows no signs of waking soon... I'm afraid there's no way to tell when your friend will awaken from her coma." The doctor said.

"Doctor, what are you talking about? I'm right here you know... I can hear you. I'm feeling fine…" Kagome grumbled, crossing her arms across her chest.

"I'm sorry doctor, I want to spend some more time with my best friend." Sango replied, tired. The doctor nodded, his hand hesitating for a second before setting on her shoulder. She nodded at his reassurance gratefully, and he left the room with a meaningful glance at the saddened woman. I hope her friend recovers soon… He thought before leaving to check on his other patients.

"Kagome..." Sango said softly, completely ignoring the Kagome who's waving her arms in front of her face. To Kagome's horror, Sango's hand reached towards her stomach... and went right through it.

"AH!!! GROSS!!! You're my best friend and all Sango, but can you please GET YOUR HAND OUT OF MY ABDOMEN?" Kagome shrieked as she leaped off the bed, landing gracefully on the floor of the hospital room.

"Who did this to you..." Sango said softly, her hand placed on Kagome's cheek.

Wait... Is that her lying on the bed like a corpse on life support? Kagome peered curiously over Sango's shoulder and gasped in horror.

"But but but... I'm feeling fine... I'm right here..." Kagome stuttered in surprise.

"Inuyasha isn't worth it Kagome... Did you commit suicide to take away the pain?" Sango continued talking to the comatose Kagome.

"Sangooooo... Stop talking to that corpse! I'm right here! And I DIDN'T commit suicide... At least I don't think so..." Kagome waved frantically for her friend's attention. After a few minutes of such waving, she gave up, as it was obvious that Sango was oblivious to her presence in the room.

Sighing in defeat, Kagome opted to walk around the hospital. Obviously she wasn't dead, but it seems as if she's in a coma. Well, her body is in a coma. But for some odd reason, it seems as though her spirit got separated from her body. Which can't be good, she deduced, after a few minutes of walking aimlessly and thinking.

Suddenly she felt a tingling feeling that made her feel slightly nauseous. She gasped in horror as she realized that she just walked through a living being.

"Ew... that feels really weird..." Kagome gasped as she waited for the tingling sensation to disappear. She looked back at the offending person who just rudely stepped right through her.

All she saw was a head of long silver hair in a white tuxedo turn the corner. Curious, she decided to follow said person. He walked down hallways, turned around corners until Kagome lost her way. At last, he stopped outside a door and opened it. A loud feminine cry was heard. The man closed the door after him, leaving Kagome outside in the hallway.

"Hey! That was mean!" She huffed as she attempted to turn the doorknob. But her hand went right through.

Oh right... I'm a spirit... She thought sadly. She touched the doorknob again and leaned towards the door. She lost her footing as she leaned in too much, and to her surprise she fell through the door.

She landed unceremoniously onto the ground inside the room, bombarded by the sounds that the door kept out.

"Sesshoumaru-samaaaaa! Rin hasn't seen you in ages! How was Sesshoumaru-sama? Did Sesshoumaru-sama get Rin a present? Can Rin eat ice cream? Where is Jaken-sama? I wanna feed him daisies!" The little girl on the hospital bed yelled. The man in the tuxedo winced, but otherwise that was the only indication that he heard.

Kagome felt sorry for the man. The volume of the child's happy cries was deafening even though she was at least ten feet away, it must be worse at the foot of the child's bed.

The man the girl called Sesshoumaru-sama affectionately placed his hand on her head, ruffling her hair. Kagome observed that the room was pink all over, with a TV on the wall opposite the bed. The window was on the left, with a vase of daisies on the window sill. A large teddy bear sat on the sofa in front of the window.

"Sesshoumaru-sama! Rin has bed head!" Rin yelled excitedly. Sesshoumaru nodded in recognition.

"Rin, eat." Sesshoumaru said, holding onto a spoonful of hospital food. The girl shook her head adamantly and started to say something when her gaze landed at the young woman who was looking around her room curiously. She paused.

Kagome stopped observing the surroundings as she took in the silence. She looked at the little girl on the bed as she felt eyes on her. To her surprise, the little girl was staring directly at her, mouth agape.

"Sesshoumaru-sama! Look! A pretty lady is visiting Rin!" The little girl exclaimed happily. "Come over here, pretty lady!"

Sesshoumaru didn't take his his eyes off Rin as Kagome approached the bed. Rin waved excitedly to the new arrival.

"Please leave." He said.

"You can see me?" Kagome asked in surprise.

Sesshoumaru turned to face Kagome. "Please leave." He repeated.

Kagome was aghast. "Y..y..you can SEE ME! Y...y..you can HEAR ME?" She asked stupidly.

"Of course, it's not like you're dead or anything." He replies, feeling slightly offended that she would ask such a senseless question.

She gulped.

"Well you see... I'm kind of in a coma..."

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A/N: Thank you everyone for the reviews! Hope you enjoyed this (short) installment :)!