InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Crashing into his life. ❯ truths revealed ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter Two: Truths revealed

 

 

 

The next morning was a haste for Kagura.

 

Since she had decided on staying at the hospital for the latest turn, she had overslept. Now she barely had time to run some errands she had in mind, before picking up kanna from her grandparents to leave her at daycare, then go to the grocers and then back to the hospital.

 

She took a quick shower,and did a fine job of washing her hair, noting the short time it had taken her to do this. She got dressed quickly; anything would do just now, later she would have time to change before heading back to the hospital.

 

Grabbing her purse and keys, she hurried out the door. Lately, every time she left her apartament seemed to be in a hurry. `Mental note: spend a bit more time at home'

 

As she entered the neighborhood, she looked for her grandparent's house. Sure this was a beautifull neighborhood. The houses were painted all whith the colors of the sunset, varying from red, through various shades of pinks and oranges and some lavenders as well. All this houses had pretty mowed lawn, whith lawn gnomes, ornaments and plants. The only problem was, being this an exclusive neighborhood whith strict vigillance through all it's entrances, the houses had no numbers. The only way do know was by the platewhith the surename above the doors.

 

She parked her car, a cherry red, customized, oldsmobile she had gotten for her birthday 12 years ago, in front of one of the few lavender houses in the place.

 

 

She knew that if she only honked, it would take hours for Kanna to come out, since grandma was keen on having her around, so she got out of the car, and as she was heading into the house, the door burst open and avery cheerfull Kanna came running to greet her.

 

“Gura-chan! You are just on time! Granny made chocolate fudge muffins and cherry pancakes for breakfast! And choco-milk and juice, and last night i stayed up `till really late watching T.V, and ate caramel popcorn that granny made!” The little gir said all this in one breath, all while running and jumping around Kagura as if she had not seen her for months.

 

That was the only problem she had when leaving Kanna at her Grandmother's. The allready hyper girl was given lots of candy, and sweets, and meals containing high levels of sugar... but well, what granny didnt give her children candy?

 

 

Kanna took her hand and pulled her inside the house.

 

“Granny!! Gura-chan's here for breakfast!” yelled the child as she let go of Kagura's hand in favor of the already served dishes in the tabhle. There was a huge pile of pancakes and a tray full of muffins, not to count the jugs filled whith chocolate milk and orange juice, the jelly, butter, nutella, peanut butter and caramel spread around the place.

 

“Kagura, m'child, i'm glad you came. It's beren long since the last time you stayed with us for breakfast” —Kagura smiled, and was about to tell her she was in a hurry when Kaede spoke again— “ My, but look at ye, ye've gone all skinny in less than a month, whith all the work ye do ye should be having `bout 5 meals a day!”

 

And that shut her mouth. There was no way of telling her wrong. Whenever Kaede got an idea or an issue on mind she wouldn't give it a rest, so Kagura gave up and let herself be pulled by Kaede to the table.

 

She sat down next to Kanna and waited for everyone else to be seated as well. Kaede chuckled at her show of manners as she served a healthy meal. It consisted on three of the said muffins, four pancakes, a glass of chocolate milk, a glass of juice and a healthy amount of nutella and peanut butter on top of her food. Kagura would normally consider this an unhealthy meal, full of calories and lacking nutrients, but.. oh hell, she was thin and healthy enough to eat as she pleased.

 

Breakfast went on cheerfullybetween the three ladies of the house. Grampa was watching in awe as th three women devoured all that was on their plates and managed to speak so much at the same time. It had always been a wonder to him how women could do multi task, but prefered to eat his meal, rather than to think about that.

 

“So, Kanna tells me you were watching movies till late last night... and that you were eating sweet popcorn?” asked Kagura, narrowing her eyes at the old woman sitting in front of her.

 

“well, the child deserved a treat. She is a child after all” she defended herself.

 

Kagura gave up and couldn't help but smile, after all, the old woman was like a child herself.

 

“Kanna, why dont you go upstairs and pick up your things? I have a few things I would like to discuss whith your sister.”

 

The girl nodded her head vigorously and disappeared up the staircase.

 

Kaede led Kagura out the back doors to the back yard of the house. It had a huge pond full of ducklins, mother ducks and geese.

 

“What did you want to doscuss, gran?” asked Kagura staring at her feet. She knew there was nothing she could hide from Kaede.

“What is bothering you, my child?” asked a concerned Kaede.

 

“W...why would there be something bothering me..I...i'm p...perfectly fine, there's nothing wrong, its...Why do you ask?”

 

“Well, first of all, you are nervous, and babbling like you never done before.. or at least haven't done in a long time” the old woman took a few steps forward as she stared at the lake. “He is back, aint he? Ye've seen him again and thats what's got you like this, am i wrong?” she asked, turning to look bak at Kagura.

 

“Who is back?I...i dunno what you're talking about...”

 

“Ye cant lie to an old wise woman, at least not ye, my child, your eyes betray you... Care to tell me what happened?”

 

“Uhh.. . you're right... I can't lie to you” She took a deep breath before continuing. “Last night i saw him again... He came in injured, a car accident... He has a daughter of thirteen... I wish I knew what happened, why he left...”

 

“Kagura, m'child... take things slowly, dont rush into conclusions, there probably is more to it than what you think.”

 

“I know.. I know...”

 

In that moment Kanna choze to come jumping down the stairs. “Gura-chan! Granny! I finished packing.” She turned her head to look at Kagura before asking “Where are we going sis?”

 

“We are going to the grocers, then i'll leave you at the daycare berore heading to the hospital” explained Kagura while kneeling to pick up her sister's things.

 

“Yaay” exclaimed the girl as she grabed Kagura's hand and pulled her whith all her might toward the door.

 

Kagura was barely able to kiss Kaede good-bye before she was dragged out the house by the hyper active child.

 

She seated Kanna in the back seat along whith her bag and toys before getting into the car herself. Once in Kanna began ranting about all she had done while at her grandmothers. Kagura barely listened, her mind was ocuppied by memories of a silver haired man that right now lay in one of the hospital beds recovering from the accident.

 

Her mind flew back to all those times she had seen her before. When he was in high school he was probably the most intelligent guy around. He had a girl fan club who followed him everywhere drooling over him while he just ignored them... but there was this particular girl, she was a fresmen who couldn't be older than fourteen at the time. She was really quiet, whith a silent ambition to her. Always staring at him as if she were planing. Those who knew would advise against going near her, but since when hgad Sesshomaru taken someone's advice?...

 

Her thoughts were interupted by the blue and red flashing sign of the grocers. Not that this was the best place to buy things, but she always mannaged to find snacks that were of Kanna's liking.

 

She parked the car near the entrance. She climbed out of the car and helped Kanna get out as well. She lifted her sister and sat her on top of the trolley.

 

“What were you and gran talking about when i left? I noticed it made you not look happy anymore” stated the young girl sweetly.

 

“It was nothing, baby... something about my past that you are too young to understand...”

 

“It's th same reason why you wont tell me about our father...Was he a bad man sissie?” asked the oblivious of what Kagura was feeling at the moment.

 

“He was... He was a strange person, but he never mistreated you...”

 

Kagura trailed off remembering all those years she had to live whith Naraku... How her mother suffered everytime he came home drunk and smelling like he'd been whith numerous women. And everytime her mother tried to leave for good taking her along he would get mad and beat them unconscious. She would always remember that... he left her a scar once when he was drunker than ever as he smashed a glass flower base against her back. She was only fourteen when that happened but that memory haunted her as if it had happened the day before.

 

“But he hurt you, sisn't he sissie? He hurt you a lot...” Kanna didn't have to wait for an answer. Even though she was only five, and at five most children were innocent and oblivious to adult problems, Kanna had suffered a lot in her short life. She saw her father get killed in front of her.... that night they took her to a hospital to have a full check done to her, but while she was there she saw dead people being examined. She was taken to various homes where she was mistreated befor Kagura got the legal rights over her and addopted her. All this things had given the young child a way into the world, she could read someone just from looking, and could easily reach into your soul if you let her.

 

The rest of the shopping was done in silence.

 

 

 

 

 

After having taken Kanna to daycare, taken the groceries home, a shower and a change of clothes Kagura headed once more to the Hospital to check on her late night patients.

 

While at the grocers she had spotted some flowers made of icing that had reminded her of Rin, and even though she knew she shouldnt get close to her given to who was her father, she couldn't help it, the child was too adorable to ignore, and even if she only had a day of knowing her, Rin had made her way into Kagura's heart. So she had bought the flowers for the girl.

 

As she made her way through the hospital, she spotted a young man. He couldn't be oldre than 25, but his ressemblance to Sesshomaru was uncanny. From a distance you could see the same long silver hair and thin complexion. The golden eyes and the expensive clothing, but as she approached she noticed how different they really were. While sesshomaru had pale white skin, this person was slightly taned, had thicker eyebrows and seemed to be slightly shorter.

 

When she got at hearing distance she heard the man asking for his brother, irritation visible in his features and in his tone of voice. Kagura choze to pass by whithout being noticed, so she intently looked at the floor while passing by.

 

“Sir, we can not tell you anything, you'll have to wait untill Doctor Kaze is here, she is the one in charge!”

 

At the mention of her name, Kagura lifted her head to look straight at the two people discussing in the front desk. She went to the front desk before asking: “What is going on here, this is a hospital, you should be quiet! And why did I hear my name?”

 

“Well doctor, this young man here” answered the old nurse moving her head toward inuyasha “thought he could come here and do as he would, going into the hospital and---“ The nurse intended to keep going, but Inuyasha wouldn't jst let the woman speak nonsense.

 

“Hey, wait a minute, I didn't come barging into this place, i intended to see how my brother and niece are, but you wont tell me a thing!”.

 

“No... not again?!” Kagura sighed as she rubbed her hand across her face “Mr...”

 

“Inuyasha, Taiyoukai Inuyasha”

 

“Well Mr, Taiyoukai, am I correct in my assumption that you are looking for Taiyoukai Sesshomaru and Taiyoukar Rin?” asked Kagura, whithout looking up from the files of said patients she'd just retrieved.

 

“Yes!, well, how are they and what exactly happened?” asked a concerned Inuyasha.

 

“Well you see, Mr. Taiyoukai, Rin was almost run over by a truck and Sesshomaru had a car accident on his way here. Would you like to speak to him first?, if so, please let me check his vital signs and progress before you go in.” Finished Kagura as she entered his brother's room.

Inuyasha silently watched as the woman entered the room. Kagura Kaze, he was sure he had seen her before somewhere but was not sure where. He decided to leave it at that for the moment.

 

 

 

 

The room was silent as Kagura came in. She saw sesshomary looking out the window and was captivated by the sight of him. His long silver hair was fanned underneath him in a most unlike-him way, and his expression was as deadpan as always. As if sensing her gaze on him, he turned his head too look at her. At once she dropped her gaze to the chart she had n her hands pretending to be reading the statistics.

 

“I spoke to Rin this morning. She seems to have taken a great liking to you, even though i dont know why.” His expression remained the same as he said this.

 

Raising her head to lookat him she answered “Well, she is a very nice young lady, very sociable, I might add”

 

“Strange, since she is fearfull of people in hospitals, nurses, doctors... I wonder what she has seen in you that she sees in no other hospital staff.”

 

She chose not to answerthat and instead moved to the window to roll up the curtains. Sesshomaru watched silently every one of her moves. She had changed, he decided. She was no longer the tomboy he knew from high school. Her movements and way of speaking were more feminine, more sophisticated. This changes made his mouth water for her, but he had to be carefull, she still didn't know the rest of her changes, or how would she react after knowing what had happened to his life for the past thirteen years.

 

“Kagura, after i get out of this place, I wish we could meet, maybe have lunch or something. We still have things to talk about, some discussions that werer left unatended long ago.”

 

“There is nothing we have to speak about, besides, I dont have time. I have to watch my sister, as well as keeping up whith hospital hours.” She answewd.

 

`lame, i wouldn't believe that excuse myself!'

 

“Well, i see no problem. Rin will be thrilled seing she likes children quite a lot.”

 

Seeing she had no possible way out of this, Kagura decided to change the subject. “Your brother came to see you, he is waiting outside. I'll send him in” she said as she headed to the door.

 

Seing how she was evading the subject, Seshomaru decided his request wouldn't be unanswered. “Fine. I'll speak to you laater about the meeting.”

 

Kagura didn't answer as she left the room.

 

Once outside she noticed Inuyasha was no longer alone, but a young woman was sitting whith him. She had long black wavy hair that reached about her mid-back, and dep blue eyes that were accentuated by her long lashes. A slight flush covered her cheeks.

 

As Inuyasha and the girl approached her, she could se the girl's timid nature as she was slightly letting inuyasha pull her.

 

“Doctor, my girlfriend here just arived, she wishes to see how Rin is doing, and i wondered if you could take her?... Oh by the way, Kagome, this is doctor Kagura Kaze..”

 

“Nice to meet you” said Kagome very politely.

 

“The pleasure is all mine. Ok, no problem, then. Shall we?” asked kagura nodding toward the elevator.

 

“all right.” As both women left, Inuyasha proceeded to go into his brother's room.

 

 

 

“Who is she and why do I have the feeling I know her?”

 

“ Hello to you too little brother. And yes I am fine, thank you for asking. As for your other question I have no idea what you are talking about.”

 

This irritated inuyasha even more than having to come and see his brother. “Don't play dumb on me Sesshomaru. I know I have seen her before so tell me where!”

 

“All right, but calm down, this is a Hospital, a place to rest and recover andmost of the time they kick out ignorants like you who disturb other patient's recovery.”

 

“Keh...”

 

“Well, as i suppose you already know, her name is Kagura kaze, she is a resident doctor of this hospital and has been treating me and my daughter ever since we came in last night.”

 

“Sesshomaru!! I know the basic stuff!, what I mean is that I know her from before and I wanna know where and you sure do know the answer!”

 

“Fine,” said Sesshomaru, same deadpan tone he always had. “She went to the same High school I did, attended to all the same classes I went to and she was at our house various times doing group wprk whith me... She was the girl I was going to ask to Prom whith me... all before father came and messed things up.”

 

“What do you mean father messed things up? You? Asking someone out? That's new” Sesshomaru eyed him firmly before continuing.

 

“As I said before I was going to ask her out but father considered her family worthless because of the bad behaviour of her father, so he set me up whith Kikyo... that should have been an accident...”

 

“Why should have been and wasn't?”

 

“Because that's where Rin came from, and I will never be consider Rin an accident, maybe her, but never Rin.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

A/N: I have already found a beta for this fic, thanks to all of you who offered.

 

To my reviewers:

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Sorry for any inconveniences caused by my story, I hope i wasn't too much of a problem.

 

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