"Come on Kags, lets get inside. Your freezing!" He said. She nodded. Shaking her head.
"Don't expect me to act like nothing happened mister. I think you may have short-term memory loss." She said seriously. She put her hand to his forehead, making him flinch from the cold, then put her hand to her own forehead.
"Hmm... Temperatures normal. Feeling nausious? Dizzy? Hard to breath? Anything?" She asked rapidly. He laughed.
"None of that Kagome, I'm fine." He said, stressing the sentence again. She sighed, but let him lead her back to the house.
When they were a few blocks away they heard the siren and saw the blue and red lights flashing. Kagomes eyes widened, and made a dash for her house.
"Kagome! Wait up!" Light yelled, running after her.
Kagome didn't hear him, but ran even faster when she saw the house. There was a police officer there, asking Keade question and an abulance was there. She got a bad feeling in the pit of her stomache.
"Keade! What's going on?" Kagome yelled. Keade turned to her, fresh tears in her eyes.
"I called the hospital because he wasn't breathing, but they won't let me see if he's alright." She finished just as Light caught up.
"Wait, he? Keade who wasn't breathing?" Kagome asked. Did her father have a heart-attack in his sleep? Is he alright?
Keade shook her head, sobbing into Kagome's jacket. When Kagome saw she wasn't going to get an answer, she shoved her mother off of her and ran into the house.
"Kagome!" Keade yelled.
Kagome ran into the living room, seeing nobody there, she went up to the gest room where Soichiro, Kouga and Light were sleeping. She saw her father sitting up in his bed.
"Dad! Dad! Are you okay? What happened?" Kagome said, running towards him and hugged him. Just then she saw the five ambulance men looking over somebody. Her heart stopped when she saw that tell-tale brown hair put into a pony tail. She shoved past them to get a better look.
"Kouga?!" She half yelled/ half screamed. She leaned backwards and fell, crawling towards him.
"Ma'am, please step back." One of the men said, shoving her roughly.
"Kouga?!" She screamed. She ran to his face, looking for any signs of life.
"Come on Kagome." Her father said softly, trying to get her out the door. She shrugged out of his grasp, running back to Kouga.
"Kouga!" She yelled, hoping he would wake up. Her heart was slowly shattering when she realised he was gone. He didn't answer. She ran towards him and hugged him tightly.
"Let go of him you bastards!" Kagome yelled to the doctors. There were tears in her eyes as she clutched her fiancé in her arms. In a way, she looked like a cat protecting its baby, with a wild and fearsome look in its eye.
"Kagome, please." Her father pleaded.
"Ma'am, step aside." The doctors said none too kindly. She shook her head furociously. She felt a sharp pain in her neck, and all went black. She looked down at the love of her life's face, one last time. She saw the cold and pale lips and skin, his cheeks a pasty white.
"Kouga..." She mumbled, before fallingto the ground.
Her dreams were memories.
"Just stay the heck away from me you heartless boy!" She yelled at him. It was the first time they fought, and her heart turned to ice.
"Fine! See if I care when the guy you like dumps you because you wouldn't let him get in your pants!" He yelled back. They were 15, and had just came back from a high-school dance.
–
"So... You really think I'm smart?" She said, face red. He shrugged.
"Of course. I mean, you'd have to be dumb if you thought that loser actually liked you." He said. She frowned. His eyes widened. Then he laughed.
"Shut up!" She yelled.
"You thought he liked you! You thought he liked you!" he sang. She slugged him, making him whine.
–
"I guess your the closest I'll ever get to a friend." She said defeatedly.
"Yep. So get used to me cause we're P.I.C's for life." He said. She looked at him confused. He raised an eyebrow.
"Partners in crime?" He asked. She nodded, understanding.
–
"Get away form me you creep!" Kagome yelled.
"No! My love! Don't do this dear Juliet!" Miroku yelled, playing his part well. Kouga sweeped onto the stage.
"Unhand her Paris." Kouga said. She gulped. She didn't think he'd actually show up for the play. And- wait a minute. Why isn't Hojo playing Romeo?
(After the play)
"Hojo?" Kids yelled in sync. After Kouga said he tied up Hojo to play his part people have been looking for him to two hours already.
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"So." She said, blushing.
"So." He said cooly. His heart doing summer-saults in his stomache. Ever since he admitted he like her a week ago, he'd been waiting for her reply.
"I guess you better get used to me as your non-friend now." She said. He looked at her, shocked. She laughed.
"Because now you have to get used to me being your P. I. C. Girlfriend." She said happily. He smiled, tackling her into the pool.
"Kagome." A voice said softly. Her eyes fluttered open. She gasped, seeing blue eyes in front of her. It was Kouga.
"Kouga!" She yelled. He frowned.
"No. It's me, Souta." He said, his voice mixing in between the sentence into Souta's. She had forgotten he got the same blue eyes from their aunt as she had. As she looked at him, it was indeed Souta.
"Oh Souta! I had the most aweful dream..." She said, hugging him tightly. He stiffened, and she withdrew. She searched his eyes, but he was avoiding her gaze.
"It...Wasn't. A dream..." He said painfully. His face was becoming blurry. She blinked, and felt something wet slide down her cheeks. She sat up off the hospital couch, in a daze. She moved her legs so he could sit down, and he hugged her tightly. She sobbed in his chest, clutching him as if he was a life line.
"I can't believe he's gone..." Souta whispered, his own tears falling. Kagome replied with a loud sob that ripped through his soul. He couldn't believe something like this happened to his sister. His pure, kind-hearted sister. Keade and Sayu came back from the cafeteria and eached hugged her for as long as she needed. Light was there too, but somehow he felt as if she needed only the people sitting next to her. So, he sat in a chair opposite the couch, calling his dad and letting him know Kagome woke up since he was at work.
"Light." Kagome said softly. He flinched when he saw her hollow gaze. He got up next to her and hugged her, making her create fresh, new tears. His gaze softened. How could this one in a million thing happen to somebody so... Innocent? It seemed wrong. Completely and utterly wrong.
"Why did it have to be him?" She whispered.
"Why him? Why couldn't it have been me? Did I do something wrong? Something that wanted me to suffer like this? Why him? Why him of all people dammit!" She demanded, fresh sobs and tears followed. She hugged Light tightly.
Shortly after, she fell back asleep, completely exhausted. They drove home with her asleep in the car. Kouga's Funeral was to be within two weeks, but they didn't think Kagome would be able to handle it if they told her now.