InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Do You Remember ❯ Without A Goodye ( Chapter 2 )

Without A Goodbye

He woke up the following morning feeling terrible. He back was screaming and both his feet were asleep, not to mention that he had had to be for the past couple of hours. He had tried numerous times to go relieve himself but the minute his hand let go of hers she would toss and turn and start to mumble. He sighed and shook his head at his misfortune.

`This is what you get for caring' he thought. `Man I really gotta pee…for the love of god wake up, please' he pleaded silently. He closed his eyes and hung his head when he realized how futile it was to try and persuade someone who is unconscious to instantly feel better and wake up so he could use the bathroom. He was trying so hard not to think about peeing, or waterfalls, or any kind of liquid that he didn't even notice the hand in his had loosened and was slowly letting go. He closed his eyes and groaned as a picture of running water accidentally popped into his head.

"Hi"

He jumped back in his chair when he opened his eyes only to see a pair of brown eyes staring back at him.

"Who are you?" she asked innocently. "I don't know you. At least I don't think I do. Where the hell am I?" she asked "Am I in a mental hospital? I'm not crazy am I?" She looked at him, awaiting an answer.

Sesshomaru grinned at her bluntness and replied. "You're in the hospital." She looked around the room. `The hospital? How did I get here? This doesn't make any sense. Let's see, white walls, white sheets, machines, and crap clothes. Yup, definitely a hospital' She thought as she did a once over of the room that she was in. She turned to her mysterious companion and asked "why?"

"Don't you remember? You crashed into my father's car last night and got that bump in your head." She reached up and gently started to feel around, only to come in contact with a rather large bandage covering a rather large bump and she hissed in pain. She retracted her hand quickly, mentally yelling at herself for being stupid. She heard a snort from the man next to hear and his eyes shown with slight amusement.

"And just what are you laughing about?" She asked leaning back into her bed hoping that it would ease her pain just a little.

Sesshomaru was inwardly happy that she was well enough to have fire in her.

"You. I was laughing at you." He replied with a smirk. She simply huffed and looked away. He stood up suddenly and started to turn when he heard her call.

"Hey, your not leaving are you?" she asked.

He didn't respond and just kept walking towards a door on the other side of the room. He opened a door and pointed to the toilet.

"No, I'm not leaving, I simply have to use the restroom, and I think with the spirit you just showed me, you have live without me for the minute or so it will take me to pee." And he went in and shut the door.

Rin sat there and blushed a little at herself, she suddenly felt a little afraid of being alone and was silently willing him to be done sooner, but stopped herself when she realized exactly she was doing. `Since when did I depend on a stranger?' She asked herself. She heard water running and figured he was washing his hands. It was then she realized that she couldn't place him. `I must be having a total brain fart or something' she diagnosed as she saw him come from the bathroom at stretch before taking the seat by her side once again and lounge back.

"You never answered my question before." She stated. He looked at her in confusion.

"Huh?" he asked before realizing what she meant. "Oh, the who I am question yeah? Well I told you last night, my name is Sesshomaru. I'm not surprised you don't remember. You hit us pretty hard." He said. He watched her face as she tried to remember.

Rin was searching her brain for answered, and she just couldn't remember. "Really? You think I wouldn't have forgotten being responsible for a car accident..." she trailed off. She looked at his eyes as he shrugged.

"Well, I am sure it will come back, I mean it's certainly not an important memory so no biggie if you can't remember flying down the road at…" He was cut off

"No! No, that's not it. I don't remember…anything." She closed her eyes and up her knees to lay her forehead on them. "I don't even know my name." she mumbled. it was too much. The idea that she had no past and no identity scared the living hell out of her. So she did her best to hide.

He could only stare back. He had no idea that her injury was that bad.

"Rin," he said after a long period of silence. "Your name is Rin." She raised her head and smiled a little. He could see a tear falling and fought the need to wipe it off for her. `What the hell is going on with me? I don't even know her' and Rin, not really seeing the inner conflict in him, turned to look out the window. `So I am a someone, at least I know that much'

There was a knock on the door and the female doctor from the night before came in with her eyes glued to the clipboard she was carrying. She glanced up and then did a double take before smiling softly at the girl in the bed and walked up to look her over.

"Well, it seems you have woken up," she commented as she took the girls pulse. "You gave us quite a scare last night, you want to tell me what happened to put you in here?" she asked.

Rin looked at the doctor then at Sesshomaru. He too was staring at the doctor and then looked her way waiting to see what she had to say. "Well," she began "I really don't know." She looked down at her hands, hoping her life's story was written on her palm or something, but when she saw nothing but lines she huffed at tried to concentrate. She felt a hand gently squeeze her arm and looked up to meet the eyes of her doctor.

"It's ok dear, you don't have to cover for anyone, you can't get hurt anymore." She said reassuringly, but it only confused Rin more. `Who would need to hurt me?' she asked herself mentally. She was at a loss of what to say.

"She doesn't remember." Sesshomaru quietly said. The doctor looked at him, seemingly puzzled. "I think she has some type of memory loss or something, she can't remember anything or anyone." He stressed those to words to hopefully give to doctor a hint that she doesn't remember who she was of what had happened to her. She seemed to get it because she grabbed her clipboard again and started scribbling furiously. "I am going to do further testing, but I'm afraid I can't really do much without an approval of some kind from a guardian. Do you know your name; maybe I could call a relative or something." Rin shook her head,

"I know my first name, but I don't think that would do much help. And I didn't even remember that. He told me." She said motioning to the boy lounging in the chair. The doctor nodded her head.

"Alright, that's not really good; there is no one here to claim you and there is no one we know to call, we haven't been able to identify your parents my blood testing at all, there are millions of possibilities, it takes a long time for the computer. Do you even know your age?" she asked. "I can't give you authorization to leave unless you're an adult."

Rin looked at herself. "No, I'm sorry." She looked as Sesshomaru. "Hey, how old are you?" she asked him.

He looked at the doctor and her. "I'll be 18 in a month." He said. Rin looked at him, then at the doctor, "I'll be about his age then" She said. The doctor just looked at her then shook her head.

"Alright then" the doctor finally said. She excused herself to get an exam room prepped so she could do all the tests.

When the doctor left Rin once again slumped in her bed. "What am I going to do now?" she asked out loud, to no one in particular. She was lost in her thoughts about her future when he silently responded. "Well, I don't particularly know, but I have to call my parents and let them know I am awake and have them come pick me up." He got up and went to the phone on the other side of the bed before dialing the number. After a few unsuccessful tries he grumbled, he slammed the phone down and heard a giggle. He turned to her to see a slight smile.

"You have to dial 9 before the number to get out." She said matter of factly.

"And just how do you know that?" he asked. He was obviously very unhappy that she found this so very amusing.

"It said so on the card right here." She said and held up the piece of paper that was by the phone. He snatched the card away and redialed the phone, after a few rings he hard his father answer the phone.

"What!" He heard on the other end. Obviously his father had just woken up and was not too pleased about it.

"Well hello to you too father, are you having a good morning? I just thought you would like to know that I am ready for you to pick me up now. Rin has woken up. So can you come and get me?" He heard his father grumble and the muffled conversation between him and his mother before his father responded.

"Yeah I will be there in awhile, let me get some coffee in me first. Hey, how is that girl anyway?" He asked when his wife grew concerned

"Oh Rin? She is absolutely fabulous. I mean her head seems to be a little concussed and she can't even remember hew own age, but other than that she is great. You wanna talk to her?" Sesshomaru said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Your such a wise ass, it is gonna come back to bite you very soon." His father warned. He again heard muffled conversation and waited for his father to continue "Your mother tells says that your turning into me. God help us all, alright I will be there soon as I can." And he hung up the phone.

Sesshomaru stood there for a minute just staring at the receiver. "Oh you're so not getting away with that. That is just wrong." He said quietly before setting the phone down.

"So you're leaving. Damn, now who am I going to talk to?" She laying back into the bed and sighed heavily. Trying to hide the hurt in her face, and apparently she was doing a good job because he didn't even notice as he sauntered by towards the door and grabbed the handle before turning towards her.

"I am going for some coffee, would you like some?" He saw her nod with great enthusiasm before stopping suddenly and groaning. "Be careful, dumb girl. How do you take it?" he asked. He saw her head droop and realized that she must not know. "Don't worry then, most girls take it all the same, I will be right back."

He took off down the hall towards the waiting room where he saw a coffee stand earlier the night before. He quickly grabbed a black and made a gray for her then left. He was about to enter the room when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned to see the doctor who was motioning for him to follow her towards a pair of abandoned chairs nearby.

"I have a few questions I would like to ask you." She said

He sat the cups down on a table next to him before turning to her. "And I will answer them, I guess." He responded, waiting for her to continue.

"Ok, so you say that she has no memory correct?" she asked.

"Yeah, the first thing she asked me was who I was. I mean I figured it was just because of the whole accident thing or something but then she started to look a little freaked out. When she told me she couldn't remember how own name I just guessed. I am not exactly the doctor here." He said. The doctor nodded and wrote some things down.

"Alright. Well, I filled out the form saying that you're the one who sought her care because of the accident. It basically says that you didn't cause the accident and if anyone like the police or doctors or anyone needs information then they can call you." She said and handed him a form. And although he was sure the doctor wouldn't lie, he still gave the document a look over before he signed it.

"Ok, great. Thank you. Now I have the big question. Is there any possible way your family would take your friend in?" She looked at him with pleading eyes praying that he would say yes." I know this is a big thing but she is turning 18 in a month and I figured that since she seems to be comfortable around you that it would be better than putting her in an orphanage where she doesn't know anyone."

He thought about what the doctor had said and thought it made sense in retrospect, but he wondered if he should even consider it or just blow the woman off.

"You do realize what you saying don't you. I mean I am no more a stranger than any other person she would meet at an orphanage." He wanted her to know that she was basically asking him to ask his family to house a totally stranger. From the look on her face though, it seemed that she thought it was a good idea.

"Yeah, I guess your right. Well, I really don't want to have to put her in a home. Hhmmm, maybe they will let me care for her. Yes that is what I will do." And she left him there without a second thought.

He couldn't really figure out what had just happened. Did saying no flat out make him a bad person? `of course not. I have stayed here all night, in the most uncomfortable position imaginable. What more can I do for someone I don't know?'

He used his back to push open the door and saw Rin sitting in a wheel chair with 2 other nurses standing next to her. She looked a little, well she looked very annoyed.

"I told you people, I am not crippled! I don't need a wheelchair!"

"Well normally I would go for that, but when you tried to walk before you got dizzy and fell, remember?" The orderly closest to her commented.

She crossed her arms and glared at each of them before noticing Sesshomaru in the room and her face brightened somewhat.

He set the coffee on the table and took a sip of his, glad that it has cooled down while he was talking with the doctor.

"Oh coffee, great! Can you please hand me mine?" Rin asked holding out her hands.

"Oh no, the other nurse said as he grabbed the cup from Sesshomaru's hand. "Patients are not allowed to have any intake when they are going to have x-rays. It's against the rules." He shook his finger before setting the cup back down in its original place. Sesshomaru stood up and went to hold the door; The nurse wheeled her out with the other close behind, neither giving him a second glance. When they were gone he went right back to his coffee, slowly sipping until there was none left. When he threw away the cup he decided to walk out and wait for his father.

* AT SESSHOMARUS HOUSE*

`Ah,' he thought. `I am finally home.' He trudged into his room, slammed the door and fell face first onto his bed. He was there for a grand total of 5 minutes before god just decided to be mean and knocked on his door.

"For the love of god I am tired, go away!" He shouted through the pillows his face was buried under.

"Young man! Do not yell at me like that and don't ever take the lords name in vein in this house again." His mother shouted through the door. He groaned before getting up and walking to the door, which he opened only slightly so it would let in as little light as possible. "Now, I haven't seen you for more than 10 minutes these past 2 days and we are going to have breakfast, ALL of us. So you get you oh so tired butt down those stairs and eat the food I set for you!" she said then turned to go back down the stairs. He just stared at her before rubbing his eyes and going to join his family for breakfast.

Everyone was already seated and waiting by the time he got there so he just took his seat and started eating without saying a word.

"Well, someone got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." Inuyasha said teasingly before shoving a huge bite of pancakes into his mouth.

"More like the wrong side of a chair, and no one asked you so do everyone a favor and be quiet." Sesshomaru said then glared at his younger brother. His father didn't say anything because he knew Inuyasha just loved to nag his other brother, who in his mind was right. And his mother didn't say anything either, just shot a disapproving look to both her sons, who immediately stopped joking around, and quickly finished eating and left the table.

As soon as they were out of their parents sight Sesshomaru smacked Inuyasha in the back of the head, who immediately retaliated by kicking him in the shin and laughing. After about 10 minutes of brotherly love they settled down in the entertainment room and started flipping threw the channels.

"Hey sesshy? How is that girl doing?" Inuyasha asked innocently.

"She is probably doing fine. Last I saw she was heading for the x-ray tests and shit." He said as he settled on MTV before tossing the remote and leaning back.

"So, you didn't tell her bye? You just left? That doesn't sound very nice. I mean, you just sort of left her." His younger brother commented before leaping off the couch and heading for him room. Sesshomaru sat there for a moment, contemplating what Inuyasha had suggested. `Was it rude to just leave like I did?' He decided not to worry anymore. The girl and her life were totally out of his hands how right. `right' he agreed with himself silently before leaving the room and heading up to go back to bed.

As he laid there he couldn't help but wonder how Rin was doing.

*HOSPITAL*

"Ok Rin, It looks like we were right. You are suffering from memory loss but luckily there is a chance you will get everything back." The doctor commented, trying to sound optimistic as she flipped through the results. `STD's negative, thank god.' She silently added looking over the blood tests. "Well, there is something I wanted to ask you, and I can understand where you might feel uncomfortable with this, but I really don't want to have to but you in an orphanage, but would you consider living with me for a while till you turn 18 and get on your feet?" she asked sounding hopeful. She had grown a little attached to the girl, her personality closely resembled her own and she didn't want to make the girl feel abandoned.

"Well, I don't want to be any trouble. I mean I don't want to get in you way." Rin said sounding unsure.

"Oh no! Not at all. I would love to have some company in my home, it's so quiet sometimes. I mean I am working a lot so I wouldn't be around except for a few hours in the morning at the late evenings. But I would love for you to stay with me." She could tell Rin was liking this idea but still felt a little uneasy. "I wont take no for an answer." She said with a smile, which was returned and Rin nodded happily.

"Well, I would love that. Thank you very much doctor."

"Oh Samantha please, I mean we are roommates now. So Samantha will do just fine." She said with a smile. "Why don't I take my lunch break early and I can drive you over to the apartment, I am sure you are hungry, and trust me the food here is enough to put you in a coma. And I am very sure that you would rather be in a place where they don't jab needles at you."

Rin rolled her eyes and laughed. She reached for the clothes that the hospital had given her so she could get out of the paper dress they had made her wear while doing all the tests.

After they had gotten her dressed and had everything signed they took off towards Samantha's apartment. "I am sure that it will be great, don't worry." The doctor said as they pulled into the complex. `Yeah, I hope so. I wonder what Sesshomaru is doing.'

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Man! I am totally sorry that took so long to get out. I moved to Hawaii this summer and lost my inspiration. But when I finally opened up this story I had to keep writing (for those who are reading it) Please accept my apology for the wait. I hope to have the next chapter out sometime this week. If anyone is still interested. Reviews would be great. Just so I can know if it is sucking or anything. Thanks everyone! Until next chapter.