InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Buried Alive ❯ You, Me and That Thing in Between ( Chapter 9 )
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Chapter Nine You, Me, and That Thing in Between
It took me all of five minutes to find the emergency brakes, but before I hit the button I had a few things to consider. I knew I was only five minutes outside of Chicago and if I got off now I'd have to find a new way to get to New York. Plus I world need a phone in order to call Dr. Sential. So I decided to wait till I arrived in Buffalo before getting off. The map on the console told me I still had another six hours before that happened. At a rate of roughly 90 miles per hour I was making very good time. I watched out the window wondering why there weren't any other travel cars in use.
I ran her fingers through my silver hair admiring the color. I wished I had a mirror to look at myself. I knew I wouldn't recognize myself, and that thought worried me. I couldn't remember how long Sango said the transformation lasted and I hoped it would be gone before I had to meet up with Dr. Sential. The last thing I wanted him to know was that I had enjoyed my momentary stay with Sango and InuYasha. My ride was long and boring me to a point of insanity and I hadn't even been gone that long. I didn't have a way of telling time but I knew that it was still a long way from Buffalo. Now that I was away from the city it was pitch black outside of my car.
The dome light was still on and I spent the next few minutes trying to figure out how to set it to dim, or even shut it off. I finally identified a small knob as the adjustment for the brightness. I turned it as low as it would go then laid back to rest my eyes. I had a feeling that as soon as I arrived it'd be a while before I'd have another chance to close my eyes. If I wasn't mistaken Dr. Sential would have several questions for me. I laid there drifting between nightmares and oblivion, never quite falling asleep as my mind played through thousands of explosion scenes where everyone I loved died.
I allowed my mind to torture me because I knew it was the only way I was going to be able to convince myself to return to the freezer if Dr. Sential couldn't help me. Even through the haze of my dreamlike state I noticed immediately when the car started to slow considerably. I bolted upright in my seat and searched out my window to see what was going on. There was no way I'd slept for 6 hours. Outside the window things were lit up again with nearby city lights. I was passing through a station that must mean I had to stop. I checked the control panel; it was asking if I wanted to bypass the rest area. I hit the green button and my car sped back up.
Relaxing considerably I laid back in my seat not even worried about where I was. I could only guess I was in Indiana, it seemed as if it could be possible. Though I knew I wasn't going to be traveling through the capital. This was a straight shot to my destination, which is probably why it wasn't as long of a trip as if I were driving it on a typical crowded highway.
I closed my eyes again and thought about the bomb inside of me. From previous experiences with bombs I knew it had to be in a very secure spot, and that limited the options. It would seem logical to hide it between two bones at a joint, but not one that was loose, like an elbow, that would be out of the question. I really wished I could remember the mechanics of it all, that way I could begin finding a way to reverse the damage.
I bypassed two more rest areas before stopping at one somewhere in Pennsylvania. I made a point of searching the area for anything suspicious before getting out and finding the nearest bathroom. While I was at it she checked a map to see how close I was. On paper it looked like a long way to go, but I knew it wouldn't be much further.
(AN: Okay I'm sorry about the above information, I was rambling trying to get to the next scene and so far it hasn't worked, so I'm testing a new theory. Since this has been the bane of my writer's block I figure there is one way to fix it. So, two claps for skipping right to the next scene! *clap* *clap* Alright then! Moving on! Okay so I'm starting up right as Koga arrives in his uber cool helicopter to pick Kagome up! Please continue enjoying this, hopefully there will be no further interruptions.)
My body recognized him right as he stepped out of the helicopter. My mouth went dry, my cheeks grew hot, my heart sped up, my hands began sweating, and my insides felt like liquid heat. My brain was slow to catch up, or maybe even in denial. I didn't know for sure. I watched him walk towards me, his body tense his face grim. My body anticipated his arrival in front of me but my head was telling me this was all wrong.
I didn't know which instinct to follow, so I just stood as still as possible. The wind picked up blowing his hair around his face and my insides squirmed. I frowned at the clash in feelings between my head and body. It was more than just a little confusing. And it only got worse. As he stood before me with no realization of the war my body was waging on itself. He raised his hand and ran it through my hair, and that was when I remembered that I still had silvery white hair. Blushing in shame I backed away from him.
“How did this happen?” he asked still eyeing my hair, confusion in his eyes.
I couldn't bring myself to tell him the truth so instead I hurriedly tried to explain it away into nothing. “It was supposed to have gone away by now, it was only supposed to last for a few hours I don't know what's wrong with me!” l didn't get to finish my explanation. Instead I found myself pulled into a warm and happy hug.
“You haven't changed a bit.” He whispered happily in my ear. This was a shock to me and was not what I was expecting. He noticed my rigidness and pulled back to look into my eyes. “Kagome is everything okay?”
I looked up at him a bit unsure of myself “l…umm …” I frowned unsure of how I was going to explain my memory loss situation. “I've lost parts of my memory.” There that wasn't so hard.
“You don't remember me?” He frowned and I couldn't tell if he was thinking or upset. “Then how did you know to come find me?”
“An old friend made a point of seeking me out and reminding me of my ticking dilemma.” I shrugged as I rubbed the small knot that still remained on the back of my head; I was still feeling a bit awkward at the relative closeness of him.
“I see, so you don't remember me at all, what all do you remember?” He stepped back realizing my discomfort.
My gut churned at the loss of his body heat even though my head felt more relaxed. For some reason I felt it necessary to console him. “A part of me remembers you, but I have no tangible memories of you.”
“So we just have to find a way to remind you, something to spark a memory. It should only take one tiny thing in order for your memories to return." He paused to think for a moment.
I was feeling a bit troubled, granted I knew I could trust Dr. Sential but I didn't like being out in the open like we were.”Can we figure this out somewhere safer?” I insisted looking around me cautiously.
"Of course, we can figure this out on the way to my office." He reached down as if by habit and took my hand and a small shock ran through my body. A memory flashed through my head but my brain was too foggy to figure out what it was, or maybe it was fighting this. I didn't understand it, but I wasn't exactly trying my hardest to remember who Dr. Sential was to me.
He helped me into the helicopter and then got in taking a seat next to me. Our knees brushed and another memory sparked in my brain, which was still trying its hardest to ignore my memories. I was having an internal argument with my brain but it wasn't cooperating like it should have been. I didn't understand it so I dropped it. I gave up trying and it stopped being a pain.
The ride was silent Dr. Sential seemed to be lost in thought, perhaps thinking of a memory we shared that would be easy for me to recall. I hoped he came up with something because I was tired of the strain my heart was putting me through. It begged me to take his hand, to rest my head on his shoulder, to run my fingers through his beautiful hair but it wouldn't tell me why. I thought if it would just give me a straight up reason then I might consider it.
He turned to me suddenly and I leaned back not giving my body the satisfaction it wanted. He looked confused and unsure for a moment. “Would you mind if I…uh…” Instead of asking right out he brought his hand up slowly to show that he wasn't going to hurt me he brushed the hair back from my face and tucked it behind my ear. Unconsciously I leaned into his hand and he took that as a further invitation to do whatever he had planned next.
I was momentarily shocked when his lips met mine and the shock was only in my head. My body instantly relaxed into his arms and—against my brains will—my lips parted slightly. He deepened the kiss both hands now buried in my hair; it was intense and passionate like he had wanted this one thing for all of his life. When he broke the kiss he gently nipped at my bottom lip. “Do you remember now onna?”
Up until that moment I hadn't, but that small name he'd called me, his pet name for me, struck a nerve. My brain burst with memories and I smiled broadly. I knew everything about the man in front of me; I knew what it was my body was complaining about now and I quickly did what it wanted. I threw my arms around him in a giant hug. “Koga, I remember.”
He laughed deep in his chest holding me tightly and a small part in the back of my mind was tinged with guilt that I couldn't place. I laughed with him my happiness out-weighing my guilt. He pulled out of the hug to claim my lips again. I could now remember everything; my mind no longer had dark shadowed corners. I pulled back and looked up at Koga. “We need to get to work.”
“Yes we do.” He agreed a grim look tainting his perfect smile. He fingered some of my hair. “And you have some explaining to do; I've been worried sick about you.”
My smile was gone now too. “Yes, we can work and talk, I'll catch you up on everything.”
--O.O--
InuYasha watched in anticipation as Kagome's car pulled into the station. He'd thought of a few ways to convince her not to do this. He hoped he could make this strictly professional. He couldn't afford to let his emotions drive him, not right now. The car pulled to a stop the tinted windows glinting in the light. He couldn't see inside the window but he was sure she could see him.
He was momentarily surprised when the seal released on the door, he was sure he'd have to fight her in order for her to get out, but then he found out why. The compartment was empty. He pounded his fist on the hood of the car, then left to find Sango and tell her the bad news.
Once he'd told her she frowned for a moment. “Well, it's not like we don't know where she's headed.”
InuYasha nodded wondering why he hadn't thought of that himself. “It's going to take time to refuel the chopper, let's grab a bite to eat and think about what to do once we get there.”
“InuYasha this isn't going to be the same as breaking her out of Naraku's compound, she wants to be with him.” Sango reminded him of the one thing he was trying not to think about.
“If I can just get her to talk to me then I know I can convince her to come back with us.” InuYasha tried to convince Sango but she was still skeptical.
“Why don't we just do this the easy way.” Sango suggested.
“If that means leaving her here then hell no.” Was InuYasha's gruff reply.
“No, what I mean is we go in the front door ask to speak with Dr. Sential and Kagome and work this out like adults. After all she has a say in where she's at, it's her life.” Sango explained sounding more and more cut off from her feelings with each passing word.
“Sango don't give up just yet, I know we can convince her okay?” He laid a hand on her shoulder getting her attention. “Please don't pretend like you don't care.”
“I care InuYasha; I just don't have any hope.” She gave a sad smile. “It's easier that way.”
He nodded in slight agreement, he hadn't yet had his heart broken in quite the same way and so had no past experience. He was sure of his persuasive abilities and knew he'd have Kagome back at his base soon enough. “I won't let you down Sango.” His words finished the conversation and they both stayed quiet lost in their separate thoughts.
--O.O--
I was indulging in a chocolate confection that Koga had given me to shut me up for a few minutes so he could think. I was trying to explain to him how I'd ended up with InuYasha and Sango but he didn't seem to be absorbing the information. He seemed a bit distracted and I was unsure as to why. I'd tied my hair into a high bun and put on a hat that I stole from a display in the office we were now sitting in.
“Tell me about the first thing you remember after waking up.” Koga was still trying to get detailed information that I didn't exactly recall, my memory had been taxed over the past few days and all I really wanted was to get into the lab and start testing myself for possible cures to my dilemma.
“I thought I was in a police observation room, I woke up and everything was bright white, that's the first thing I saw. Someone was there asking me questions and I was covering my ass with lies, but that didn't matter, they knew everything there was to know about me.” I licked my thumb and index finger the chocolate now gone.
“Did they tell you what they wanted from you?” Koga started to pace around the room clearly frustrated at my lack of concentration.
“Naraku wanted to use me for something, I'm assuming now that he knew about the bomb and wanted to set me off.” I grumbled recalling his sneering face in my mind. “He was trying too hard to be nice to me, I didn't believe his act for one second.”
“He didn't hurt you did he?” Koga looked at me seriously and I wanted to roll my eyes.
It was a typical boyfriend question. “No, he was making promises I knew he wouldn't keep, and so I took my first chance at escape which happened to be in the form of InuYasha.”
He grimaced. “This is where I get confused. How did InuYasha know where to find you? And how did he know that you were valuable.”
“You know if I wasn't being rescued at the time and then forced into the most nauseating and mind numbing ride back to earth I might have taken the time to ask about his interest in me, but I figured that may be rude.” I felt momentary regret at my spiteful answer. “Besides I didn't see InuYasha again after we got out of the compound till we were on the ship and at that point I was not in the most talkative of moods.” I remembered the pain in my head and the churning in my stomach and hoped I'd never have to travel that way again for the rest of my life.
“It doesn't make any sense, there were only a limited number of people who knew about you. All of them are dead except me and the previous head of the NSA and he's been senile for years.” He stopped his pacing at the sound of commotion coming from beyond the entrance to his office. “What's going on?” He asked himself aloud.
I waited for a moment listening intently and I heard a familiar `Feh' and groaned. He just wouldn't give up would he? “InuYasha has found me.” I didn't want this to happen, why he couldn't just get it through his thick skull that I had other, more important matters to attend to I didn't know, but I was going to hurt him very soon. After all there was only one reason he could be following me and he could get his stupid tests at a later date, if I survived that long.
“Who?” Koga looked at me puzzled as if we hadn't just spent the last half an hour talking about InuYasha.
I raised a critical eyebrow seriously not wanting to explain this again. Koga was having a dense moment. “He's the one who brought me home.”
Realization hit his face and then he frowned. “Go into the lab, I'll get rid of him.” I did as I was told and waited just behind a metal door inside the lab.
I got there just in time. “Where is she?” InuYasha burst into the room and looked around frantically.
“Who the hell do you think you are coming in here and making demands like you own the place?” Koga growled keeping InuYasha's attention away from the metal door.
InuYasha advanced on him seething. “I want you to tell me where you're keeping her.”
“She came here of her own free will, and she is staying with me, I suggest you walk out that door and don't look back.” I frowned unsure about how this conversation was going to end. I didn't know what InuYasha was capable of doing but I was sure he would tear Koga apart given the chance.
“Like hell I will, tell me where she is before I tear this place apart.” InuYasha yelled confirming my thoughts.
“I'd like to see you try.” I was mentally smacking Koga for his stupidity, apparently he now thought he was invincible. What was it with men these days?
I peeked around the edge of the door and saw InuYasha pin him up against a wall growling ferociously. “Tell me where she is.” This time when he spoke his voice was low and threatening making me shiver where I stood.
I knew I had to do something or things were going to get messy, I would deal with InuYasha and then get back to my medical dilemma. “InuYasha cut it out!” I rushed to him and pulled him away from Koga.
His shock was momentary. “You're coming back with me, now.” He took my arm and pulled me against him.
I was starting to get annoyed, I glared up at InuYasha but didn't get a word in before Koga was shouting again. “Like hell she is, she is staying right here.” Koga grabbed my other arm and pulled me away from InuYasha. “In case you were too dense to notice Kagome is with me and has chosen to be here and not with you, let her go and get out. I don't have time to put up with this every minute you stand in this room is one minute less of Kagome's life, so if you don't mind.” He yanked on my arm earning a glare from me and a growl from InuYasha. I knew one way to rectify this situation and it was going to end with no violence and no arguing.
But of course, before I could even open my mouth to speak someone else, namely InuYasha, was speaking over me. “What the hell are you talking about?” InuYasha continued to growl still not releasing his hold on me. I was sure my arms would be bruised; I didn't know which one to kill first.
“It's none of your concern. Let her go and get out.” Koga reached out to free my arm, still not letting go of my other arm, I stopped him before he got the chance.
He looked at me momentarily shocked but I ignored him. “You don't know…” I stared up at InuYasha seeking the truth in his eyes.
He looked down at me clearly upset and confused himself. “What do you mean?” He loosened his grip a bit and I pulled away from both of them.
Koga pulled me to him, getting my attention as he whispered in my ear. “Kagome we don't have time for this, you're running out of time.”
InuYasha growled his amber eyes flashing red. “You are seriously going to piss me off.” I pulled away from Koga seeing the brief confusion in his expression but not paying attention, I had a few things that needed to be sorted out before I completely allowed Koga to make every decision for me.
Glaring Koga clenched his free fist fully intending on using it. I wasn't going to be interrupted again. “Stop it! Right this instant!” I moved away from both of them giving them both hard glares so they understood that I was pissed. They both stopped their battle of dominance to stare at me in shock. “Now pay attention, I'm sick of all this fighting.” I turned to InuYasha and for the first time realized Sango was standing there behind him. She was watching her feet ignoring the conversation completely. I didn't like the emptiness in her expression that I could barely see behind her bangs. “InuYasha,” I paused to get her attention. “Sango,” She looked to me confused “I have a bomb inside of me.” I raised a hand as InuYasha opened his mouth to yell stopping him before he even took a breath. I take note of Sango's horrified expression and close my eyes against the painful thoughts she must be having. “It was supposed to be used to kill the Cancer X, but Koga couldn't send me to my death, so he drugged me and put me into a cryo freezer so I could be preserved till he could find a way to stop the bomb.” Kagome smiles weakly. “Before he was able to start finding a way to disable the bomb he had to alter his own DNA so that he would stop aging. And he did, but before he could find a cure for my dilemma someone—who I can only assume was Naraku—stole me. This was about a month ago.” I gave the two a moment to fully understand but they both seemed shocked into silence. “So now you know and you really should leave. We have no time to put up with any more delays.”
InuYasha took my hand after a long silent moment. “Let me help.” He looked at me determined to convince me of his helpfulness.
I didn't know what to say, thankfully Koga found his tongue again and was able to fill the silence for me. “I've been working on this for 60 years, what do you think you could possibly do to help?” Koga glared at InuYasha.
InuYasha looked away from me for a moment to glare at Koga. “Do you not know who I am? I have resources that would prove helpful.” InuYasha still hadn't released my hand and I couldn't say I minded too much, which wasn't helpful to my poor heart that was now in a crisis as my brain sided with InuYasha and my heart sided with Koga.
“I know who you look like, but then so does she.” I frowned at this statement remembering that my hair still hadn't returned to its normal color, I pushed the hat from my head to muffle InuYasha's confusion. I used my free hand to pull a few strands to my face for inspection. I really wanted to know what was wrong with me. Sango's hair had gone back to normal, her eyes back to their pretty green.
“I want to help you Kagome.” Sango finally spoke receiving everyone's attention.
I turned to my best friend, my hand that InuYasha held dropped to my side. “Sango the further you are from me right now the safer you are, I don't want you to get hurt.”
She smiled sadly at me a tear falling down her cheek. “Kagome, I just got you back, I'm not leaving even at the risk of my own life.” She knew what she wanted and she wasn't going to let me stop her.
“That's so stupid Sango!” I tried to frown at my friend, to think of some way to discourage her from wanting to be around me, but I didn't have any idea as to who she was anymore. I didn't know what would convince her to stay away from me.
“Kagome I've lived my life long enough, I'm ready to risk it for you.” Her smile lightened. “I don't want to get old without my best friend.” She reached out and pulled me into a tight hug.
“Alright, but if time runs out I'm going back into a cryo tank and you are going to go back to your life, Koga and I have already discussed this and it's what I want.” I agreed feeling a rush of relief as my best friend squeezed me tight.
“Kagome I promise you it won't come to that.” Koga assured me.
“How much time do we have?” InuYasha asked ignoring Koga as best he could.
I pulled back from Sango wiping a small tear from my cheek. “23 days.” I kept my eyes on my feet knowing what Koga's reaction would be.
“You've been awake for 7 days already?” Koga yelled, just as I expected, what I didn't expect was him to grab me and pull me up to face him. The concern in his eyes was torture, I sagged a bit knowing what would happen to him if I had to be frozen again. It nearly killed him the first time.
“I was going to explain, I just haven't had time, I'm sorry, I would have been here sooner but it's not so easy, I wasn't sure how to get here.” I explained regretting waiting so long and getting comfortable with InuYasha.
“I'm sorry,” He pulled me into a hug. “I didn't mean to yell, we'll just have to work twice as hard and twice as fast.” Koga's face became grim in determination; he was ready to get started. He released me and looked up at InuYasha.
“Yes, things are going to be rushed.” I nodded in agreement noticing InuYasha's bristled demeanor and Sango's hand on his shoulder as if her small fingers were holding him back. I didn't know what it meant but I decided to ignore it for the moment.
“So we're allowed to stay?” Sango asked as a distraction, regaining everyone's attention.
“So long as you stay out of the way, then yes, I am not letting Kagome go back into a cryo tank.” Koga turned from them and headed to the metal door I was hiding behind a few minutes before. “We need to get started.” InuYasha was strangely quiet especially with the way Koga was giving orders. I was apprehensive about this but I didn't let it distract me. I would analyze it later, if time permitted.
We followed Koga into the laboratory filled with big shiny machinery and giant glass structures. “I have one lab partner who is assisting me he will be here in an hour or so.” Koga explained. “Here are her charts and here is an x-ray of the bomb.” I didn't look at the x-ray I knew what it looked like but I waited as InuYasha and Sango did each frowning in thought.
“Where do we start?” InuYasha questioned scanning over some of my lab tests.
“What about surgery?” Sango suggested.
“That's not possible.” I informed her. “It's a nano chip in my spine, and it's impossible to remove without killing me.” Though if time ran out it'd be more preferable that I be dead rather than the whole world. I kept that thought to myself.
“Why the hell did you put a bomb in her spine?” InuYasha looked to Koga accusingly his anger flaring.
“Because it was the only stable place to put the bomb, anywhere else and the first time she accidentally trips and falls down she'd dead and the world is evaporated.” Koga explained as if it were obvious.
“Dear God Kagome, why in the world did you do it?” InuYasha looked down at me certainly upset with me. I found that I didn't like that look in his eyes, especially since it was directed at me.
I knew why and I had to come clean eventually. “Because all of this was my fault.” My shoulders dropped and I looked down at my feet.
“What do you mean?” Sango laid a hand on my shoulder trying to comfort me.
I sighed heavily not liking where this conversation was going, but I knew it had to be done. “I mean it was me. It was my program that created this parasite, my program that killed my brother and millions of other innocent people. It was my program that led to the destruction of the world as we knew it.” A tear spilled over my cheek, still grieving for the loss of my brother by my own hand.
“Shhh, it's okay, just stay calm.” Koga pulled me to his side and cradled me in his arm planting a soft kiss on the top of my head. I had already told him about my family and had a good cry over that also wetting the front of his shirt like I had InuYasha's.
“That's why you left, not because you were in love, but because you wanted to help with the disease?” Sango frowned trying to understand what she was hearing.
“Koga and I combined our two specialties and we created Zenith, or as everyone now calls it Cancer X.” I explained through wiping away my tears.
“Koga why didn't you take the suicide mission?” InuYasha glared at him clearly thinking that he was less of a man. He didn't expect me to stand up for Koga.
I pushed away from Koga to stand between him and InuYasha protectively. “Because his part of the parasite didn't malfunction, mine did. We called it Zenith after his genetic alteration, because it was what made it all work, they started calling it Cancer X after my hack program because my program took over.”
Koga didn't take my explanation, instead he gave his own answer. “InuYasha don't for one second think that I didn't do everything in my power to try and stop her. She had it done one day while I was at a press conference. I came back just as they were stitching her up.” Koga sighed heavily recalling that memory with restrained horror. I knew he was looking down at me with dismay so I refused to turn around.
InuYasha grabbed me by the shoulders. “What is wrong with you?” He shook me a bit so angry that he didn't realize he was hurting me. I took the pain more bothered by his distraught face.
“Get your hands off of her! You're hurting her!” Koga growled at him pushing him away from me.
Sango saw too that I wasn't denying the pain and stepped in as well. “InuYasha calm down!” Sango pulled him back from me and Koga.
I bowed my head in shame. “I know it was stupid.” I whispers refusing to allow more tears to come. “But at that time we didn't know that the parasite wasn't going to attack other species in order to save itself. Koga and I had argued about it and he was refusing to allow me to do it and so I took the first opportunity to go behind his back and have the procedure done anyway.”
“If she had waited three more days none of this would be happening, we'd be old and happy without a care in the world.” Koga predicted wistfully. Everyone was silent the dramatic situation taking a toll on all of us.
“I'm so sorry.” I looked up at InuYasha my tears brimming in my eyes. I wanted nothing more than for all of this to go away but I knew there was no such thing as magic. InuYasha frowned hating this whole predicament. He knew I was foolish but at the time I had thought I was doing the right thing. There was nothing we could do to take it back.
“Why didn't you tell me?” Sango cut through my thoughts. “I would have come with you, you know I would have.” Sango pulled me into another hug and I wanted to collapse.
“I didn't have a choice, I got a call and then Koga showed up. You remember that day. Anyway the government had me under duress. I had to go, so I left that day, no questions asked. No phone call, no nothing.” I sniffed a little as I hugged my best friend fiercely.
“I'm so sorry I hated you. I thought you left me because you didn't have any use for me anymore.” Sango admitted.
I laughed, “Of course not silly, you're my best friend forever, I never meant to hurt you, there just wasn't any way for me to tell you what was going on.” I pulled out of our hug and looked her in the eyes. “I would never hurt you on purpose.”
She was clearly relieved and we shared a smile. “I've missed you so much.”
“I've missed you too.” We shared another hug and then I knew it was time to get back to figuring out what was wrong with me.
“You said the side effects weren't bothering you anymore?” Koga asked me referring to the fainting spells and stomach sickness I'd had right after the surgery.
“Not once,” I commented wondering if my body still hadn't completely thawed out enough for it to be having the reactions yet. “Maybe after another few days they'll return, I was frozen solid for a long time.”
“Let's hope not, if they come back that's just another thing we'll have to worry about.” Koga said. He left us to take a seat at a tall metal table. “I've got a few acid formulas I could use some help with, InuYasha.” I knew he hated admitting the need for help. “I was thinking maybe we could break down the metal compound that activates the nano bomb with some acid, but I can't think of a way to keep it from also burning her internal organs.” InuYasha joined Koga at the table reading the formula over his shoulder.
“Come with me, this is more our specialty anyway.” I dragged Sango over to a table and showed her the designs for the nano bomb. “This is the activation compound he's talking about. It's the only part visible inside of me, the rest is completely hidden between my L1 and L2. We had to have them anchored together in order to keep them from moving and pinching the bomb.” I showed her another x-ray with a closer view so she could see better what I was describing to her.
“Kagome how long did it take you to recover after this was put in?” Sango asked me the look on her face hinting that she thought this was an extensive surgery.
“It took me about six hours, Sango at that time they had just begun using nano bots to speed up the healing process, it was an experimental option that I was willing to test out. It really worked, is that not what we use now days for healing? It was a genius technology.” I was sure this was technology of the future and since I was in the future now I assumed it was being put to good use.
Sango didn't answer me instead she turned on her heel and stomped toward Koga. She turned him to face her and punched him square in the nose. “You idiot!” She screamed at him, I was holding her back now not sure if she was going to go for another hit.
“What the hell?” Koga looked at her as if she were crazy.
“She was healed with nano bots! How could you be so stupid!” I didn't understand and Koga suffered a moment of confusion then his face lit up with realization. He looked at me and that suffering pained expression he'd given me earlier passed over his face.
I looked at InuYasha and he clearly knew what was going on, I was the only one left in the dark. “What's going on? What do the nano bots have to do with anything?”
All eyes were on me and my heart sunk. “The nano bots, they had some serious side effects Kagome. The caused intense dizziness and vomiting, and often times the end result was sudden and unexpected death.” InuYasha's calm voice did not make this information any easier for me to accept.
“You mean I'm going to die?” Well, now that solved a few problems.
End Chapter
AN: I know you hate me but it's such a good update! So much new information for you all to absorb! I hope it's not too confusing! I really love this chapter and I hope you all love it too! More to come soon! Review please!