Chapter Fourteen : Kagura Through The Well

Kagome's Era...

Greg stood in horror as he saw with dawning horror that not only had Jorn done something so disgustingly gruesome to an innocent young woman... But someone who he new her mother was friends with his father since school was enough to make his blood boil! He remembered babysitting Kagome as a child! She and Jorn had even played together! But then they moved to the other side of the city and they had quit talking... Then when Jorn was excepted into Yamanaka High last year, he decided to move closer to where the school was and he ran into Hiyuke one day when he and Geana were out shopping... They'd all had such a wonderful time catching up and rendering the past... To think Jorn would choose to hurt her of all people... Unable to hold back his fury, Greg spun around and punched Jorn hard in the face...

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Greg yelled angrily, " Do you not remember how you two used to play together as children?!"

Jorn was dumbfounded... He recalled playing with a cute little girl with chocolate brown eyes and long silky black hair... But he couldn't recall her name... It couldn't have been Kagome, could it?!

"I'm sorry to have to do this Greg... " Hiyuke Higurashi said sadly, her anger deminnished, " But I want to press charges... I'm sorry... "

Heart broken at the cruelty and brutality his son had used to inflict such pain on Kagome, Greg bowed his head...

"No... I'm sorry... " Greg choked on a sob, " I'll see to it... I'll do whatever it takes to get him help as well... He's beyond disturbed... "

Greg glared at his son, ready to choke the life from him, when to everyone's surprise, Kagome spoke...

"That's why I couldn't let Koga and Inuyasha kill him... I remembered us being friends as kids... " Kagome said gasping in pain... " He was so sweet when we were kids... I was hoping that he was still that sweet little boy deep down... "

Jorn was beginning to choke on the tears that were threatening to come out...

'How could I have been so stupid?!' Jorn thought in despair, ' When everyone else picked on me, she was always the one who stood up for me... '

Jorn started towards the bed when inuyasha growled and grabbed him by his throat...

"Don't you ducking go near her!" inuyasha snarled angrily...

"Inuyasha... " Kagome said...

Inuyasha growled and threw Jorn to the ground at the foot of her bed... Seeing this might be his only chance, Jorn fell to his knees at her bedside and let all his emotions loose...

"I'm so sorry!" Jorn said as he cried in despair, " I remember now... How much I cared about you when we were little... It was a terrible mistake... Can... Can you ever find it in your heart to forgive me?"

"I want to... But every friendship takes time to build... What you did... It hurt me so badly and caused me so much pain, I could barely stand it... But if you get help and try to change and be the great friend you were when we were little, I think over time... " Kagome said smiling, "We can be the friends we were meant to be... "

Jorn felt light and happy, even as his father and his girlfriend Geana led him away in handcuffs... Shortly after Jorn was led away, they heard the sirens from the ambulance and got Kagome ready as three men in black denim uniforms came into the nurses office carrying a stretcher... They took Kagome's pulse, checked her heart rate, took her temperature and checked her for any signs of anemia due to her losing so much blood from her wounds... They carefully stood her up on her feet, which kind of annoyed her. She wasn't a child... And that's exactly what she intended to let them know...

"You know, you guys don't have to treat me like I'm gonna shatter any minute... I'm not a kid you know!" Kagome said aggravated, "it's just a few cuts... "

Kagome swayed away the paramedics and stoop up quickly on her own...

"See?!" Kagome gasped slightly at the pain, "I'm perfectly fi... Ah!"

Kagome suddenly cried out as every one of the cuts bust open, soaking every one of her bandages through...

"Get her to the ambulance!"One of the paramedics shouted frantically.

Before inuyasha could protest, they'd already ushered Kagome out on a stretcher, her friends and family close behind... Hiyuke and Grandpa Higurashi quickly got into the car and started to speed after the ambulance when Soata yelled after them...

"Hey! Wait for me!" Soata exclaimed.

"I'm sorry Soata, sweetie, but your sister is gravely injured, Yuka?" Hiyuke called.

Yuka rushed over to the car and looked in worriedly.

"Yes ma'am?!" Yuka asked in concern.

"Can you, Eri, and Yumi take Soata home and stay with him until grandpa and I get home?!" Hiyuke asked worriedly.

"Sure thing Mrs. Higurashi... Well be happy to keep him safe... Let us know the minute you hear anything... Please?" Yuka asked.

"Of course dear... " Hiyuke said kindly.

Koga growled when he saw the strange humans putting Kagome into a strange looking beast, and jumped at the beast snarling at the humans inside..

Inuyasha began growling and barking at Koga in the inu demon language, and since wolves were kind of canines too, Koga could understand him... Hearing that the humans were wanting to take her to the hospital place so Kagome would get better, Koga backed up and let them pass... Getting ready to follow them, Koga began running when he heard what sounded like a child crying... Following the sound back to the school, Koga spotted the little boy that was Kagome's brother, being led by the hand by the three human females he'd seen earlier... Souta was in such despair over seeing his sister so severely injured that he just sat down in the middle of the road and cried... Koga went over to the little boy and gently bumped the girls out of the way...

" Hey!" Yuka cried angrily, " I almost fell!"

Koga whined a bit and turned his big black head down to the little boy who began sniffling as he looked up at the giant wolf...

"Your Kagome's friend, right?!" Soata asked sadly.

Koga whined and laid his head down next to the boy...

"I'm Soata, Kagome's little brother... " Soata said as the tears began to fall again, "I'm scared for my sister... Mom and grandpa won't let me be with her... I promise not to get in the way!"

Koga stood up and barked a few times...

"What are you trying to say?" Yumi asked worriedly.

Koga gave a strange purr like growl, and using his huge fluffy tail, lifted one by one, Yuka Eri, Yumi, and Soata onto his massive back!

"What are you doing?! " Eri squealed.

"I think he's taking us to Kagome!" Soata said excitedly.

All of them squealed as Koga raised up to his full height and took off at a dead run towards the hospital... At the hospital, Kagome was immediately put into ICU where she would be given round the clock care until she wakes up... Unfortunately, it would be quite some time before that happens...

Meanwhile, back in the feudal era...

Kagura flew through the air, tired and worn out from her long journey... She did not remember how long it was that she'd traveled, but she new that it had been at least two weeks since she'd left home... She was flying through the air when a huge flaming bird dove at her from nowhere! Kagura screamed as the bird caught her kimono on fire... Growling angrily, Kagura gritted her teeth and scowled at the beast...

"You wanna fight?!" Kagura said angrily, "You got it!"

Kagura summoned her dance of blades which the bird swiftly dodged and swooped back around, knocking her off her feather... Kagura screamed as she fell... Down, down, down... To the village far below... The darkness of unconsciousness claimed her long before she hit the ground... Falling right into the bone eaters well...