InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It is you I have loved ❯ Conversations in a Hospital Room (Part 2) ( Chapter 7 )

 

“What?”

 

 

“I said, thank-you, you know, for saving me.”

 

 

“Keh.”

 

 

“But, uhm, how did we get to a hospital? Why'd you bring me back? And how did you know I was in trouble?” Kagome's voice was still weak and Inuyasha could see how taxing the simple act of talking was for her. Inuyasha's stomach had lurched at the last question `crap! I wasn't expecting her to ask that so soon'

 

 

“You weren't breathing right and you looked funny so I figured I should take you back here. When we reached your house, your mother had you rushed here.”

 

 

“Oh. How long have I been out?” Inuyasha sighed internally when Kagome did not return to the issue of his knowing that she was in trouble.

 

 

“Three days.”

 

 

“What!? Why?”

 

 

“That man told us once before you had woken up that your body was so exhausted that it just `shut down'. I'm guessing he means why you were sleeping. He said that maybe your body was also beginning to weaken and could not fight the infection in your foot that was further weakening you.” Kagome though hard. `My foot…oh yah. The gash from the pond. I thought it was healing though.' As if hearing Kagome's thoughts, Inuyasha continued,

 

 

“He said that although it was healing, it had not been properly cleaned and that it hadn't

been taken care of right either. Kagome blushed slightly at that. `Great. Now I can't even clean my own wounds correctly. The group will never let me care for them if they find out.'

 

 

“So…so my family has been waiting here?”

 

 

“Souta goes to school then visits and your grandfather has been visiting for a few hours a day. But your mother only left just recently because your grandfather made her go and get some sleep. She's been watching over you all the time. As soon as she left the room to go home though, you woke up.” Inuyasha's tone was so nice. It was peaceful and kind.

 

 

“Oh. And Hojo…why is he here?” Kagome almost missed the slight growl of irritation Inuyasha made at the mention of her classmate.

 

 

“He'd been here to see someone else when he saw your brother rushing to your room after you'd first been brought here. Then Souta brought him to see you and that annoying idiot has been coming to visit you after school ever since. It's getting on my nerves. He keeps saying it's because of your poor diet and that you need to take better care of yourself.” `Just like Hojo to say something like that' Kagome thought to herself. “Then he said when you're better that you should go to some place he called the `gym' with him to keep up your strength.” Kagome blushed slightly at that. She knew Hojo liked her but going to the gym with him was just too friendly for Kagome. She giggled; it was a nervous habit she needed to stop. Mistaking Kagome's embarrassment for actual interest in the idea, Inuyasha's head snapped up and he all but roared,

 

 

“NO! I don't want you going anywhere with him! I don't want you going to the…the…”

 

 

“Gym, Inuyasha.” Kagome helped him. `So much for the kind tone…' “Inuyasha, a gym is a place where people in this era go to, work out, or I guess you would say train.” For the first time since she'd awoken, Inuyasha was looking her in the eyes. They bugged and he looked odd. It was like there was some pleading in his eyes hidden behind the obvious anger. And at the mention of training together with Hojo, Inuyasha went crazy.

 

 

“TRAIN!? I DO NOT want you training with him!” Kagome wondered why he was so upset. ` is he…could he be…jealous? No. Kagome, he can't be jealous. He probably just doesn't want to not have you around to look for shards'

 

 

“Don't worry Inuyasha, I won't waste time training when there are still jewel shards out there to be found.” Inuyasha heard the obvious bite in her words and he was slightly taken aback.

 

 

“No Kagome, I…” What would he say? That he didn't want her spending any time with another man. That he didn't want another man to see how amazing she looked when she trained, the way her body glistened with sweat, how the exertion made her chest rise and fall in a seductive rhythm, the way her hair would be totally messed up but still look glorious. He didn't want another man seeing all the things that made Inuyasha's mind travel to less honorable places as he imagined that she was sweating, panting beneath him, her hair mussed from tilting her head back in ecstasy. “It's just…”

 

 

“Whatever, Inuyasha. I don't have the energy to argue. Can you just answer my question. You forgot to before. How did you know I was in danger?” `Ugh! She's persistent. Shit…what do I say? `yah Kagome I was just watching you take a bath like I usually do…' what do I do!?'

 

 

“I was…I mean when you were…Uh...” But thankfully Inuyasha was saved from having to answer Kagome's question when a frightened looking Hojo came bounding in.

 

 

“What's wrong?! I heard screaming? Is everything alright?” Kagome groaned and Inuyasha would have growled but this irritation of a boy had saved him from having to explain exactly why he was watching her while she was bathing. Even if he'd tried to convince himself that it was only for her protection, he doubted if she would be so understanding.

 

 

“Uh, no Hojo. Everything's fine. We were just having a discussion.” Kagome's teeth were clenched together in frustration.

 

 

“Oh…ok. I'm just glad to see you have some energy back.”

 

 

“Kagome!” Souta ran to his sister to give her a tight hug.

 

 

 

“Gentle there Souta.” Kagome's Grandfather had now entered the room. Groaning, Inuyasha left the swiftly filling room, silently grateful he could avoid her question for a little longer.

 

 

Back in the Feudal Era:

 

 

“But why?”

 

 

“I don't know Shippo!” Tensions were flaring on the third day of Inuyasha and Kagome's mysterious departure. Everyone had been worried when they could not find two of their group members, though Sesshomaru had been able to follow their trail back to the well. Those in Kagome's original group knew well that the fact that their scents ended there meant that they were in Kagome's time. This did not settle the now unnaturally anxious Sesshomaru or the lonely kit. Shippo just couldn't understand why Kagome would leave without saying goodbye.

 

 

“Maybe Inuyasha finally made a move and they went back to Kagome's time to be a little more…comfortable.” WHACK! THUMP! Miroku's suggestive smile had been wiped off his face when he hit the ground, rubbing his rapidly swelling forehead. Sango was still standing above Miroku, fuming, when another voice cut in.

 

 

“You will keep that sort of comment to yourself, monk.” Sesshomaru was not sure what made him say it. Maybe he felt a person was far too common if they remarked on such matters. Maybe he just disliked hearing the monk speak, having spent too much time with him already. Or maybe it makes you angry because you wish it to not be true… a voice mocked. No. That wasn't true. He could care less about what his stupid half-brother and that worthless miko did. Or did he care? Sesshomaru had spent those three days thinking. Why did he feel concerned? He knew that Kagome would be somewhat protected while she was with the hanyou, but why did the fact that she was with him, bother him more? He was doing it again. Letting another human gain access to his long ago locked away emotions. He'd thought his heart thoroughly iced-over. But this girl, no…woman he thought, was just so captivating. He couldn't help but want to know everything he could about her. He wanted to spend time with her. He wanted to finish what he'd almost done with her that day she'd apologized. But what was he going to do? How had he ended up in front of her, looking at her like that, wanting her like that…? He was shot from his thoughts when a strangled, shrill voice pierced the air.

 

 

“INUYASHA! YOU!” Sango was running, full force, towards the startled Hanyou. Inuyasha had barely stepped out of the well when he had to dodge the angry taijiya.

 

 

“What the hell!?”

 

 

“Where is Kagome, Inuyasha?” Everything stopped. Everyone was staring, dumbfounded, at the demon lord of the west. “Do not stare at this Sesshomaru like that. At least try and fake proper breeding. Now, answer the question.”

 

 

“Uh…she's, she's back home.” Regaining her anger Sango spat,

 

 

“Yah, we know that! Why is she there? Why didn't anyone say they were leaving!? What's going on!?”

 

 

“She's uh, she's ill.” They all just stared at him. “She had an accident. She needed to be taken back home so I took her.”

 

 

“WHAT!? What happened?! Why did no one tell us?” Sango was still furious and now sounded very worried.

 

 

“There was no time.” Inuyasha began to relay the events of the night Kagome nearly drowned, of course leaving out the part that he was watching her bather. In his story, he had just been patrolling the area. They were all too worried about Kagome to interrupt Inuyasha to ask why Kagome had been bathing that late or why he'd been patrolling so close to her. When he'd finished his story the group just stared at him.

 

 

“There's something else too. The people who are treating her noticed all her bruises and scars. They think she's been abused. And since she's only just woken up, she'll be kept for a whole `nother week.”

 

 

“Another week!?” Shippo was pouting, looking lost. Inuyasha didn't have any mind to even be mean to the kit. He was too worried about Kagome and tired from spending all his time by her bedside when she was still out.

 

 

“Listen, she needs her rest. She needs to heal. Just, don't whine about it. Ok?” Sango was very confused. Inuyasha had sounded so concerned. His voice had been strangled when he'd spoken of Kagome's need for rest and to heal. But, she was too worried about Kagome to put too much thought into the matter.

 

 

The next week was tense. Although the group was thoroughly worried for Kagome, they'd gotten a very promising lead on a jewel shard stuck in a frog demons tongue. Inuyasha had protested the most. He'd wanted to stay by the well and visit Kagome's time, but the group promised that they would be back when Kagome's week of rest was up so he could go see her and give the group a report on Kagome's health. And, true to their word, Inuyasha made it back around noon on the seventh day.

 

 

In Kagome's time:

 

 

“So are you really going?”

 

 

“Well, I kind of have to. I mean, I gave my word that I would go with him, even if I was drugged up, and it would only make me look bad if I didn't. As much as I'd like to take it back, I can't.”

 

 

“Well, I mean, it is Hojo.”

 

 

“That's exactly what I'm afraid of. I hope he understands that this is just a friendly

thing.”

 

 

“Oh come on Kagome do you know how many girls would kill to be in your position?” Kagome laughed a quiet, bitter laugh at that.

 

 

 

“They can have him.”

 

Flashback:

 

 

 

Kagome had been in the hospital three days on top of the three days she spent in a coma. She was being administered some heavy drugs to treat her infected foot and also to keep her from having the restless, anxious sleep that her nightmares were causing. On top of that, the only energy she would have in between treatment was spent with a shrink who tried in every way possible to get Kagome to say she was being abused. This wouldn't have been so taxing if she really hadn't been hiding something. While her mother never hurt her, she couldn't let something slip about traveling to another time. That would definitely earn her an extended stay somewhere she did not want to be.

 

 

This particular day, she had been given a heavier dose of sleeping medicine but was also given an unimaginably strong pain medicine. The doctor had needed to open some areas on Kagome's skin to properly set some of her injured bones. So not only was her skin burning from being sliced but her bones themselves felt as if they were covered in bruises. The problem was, when these two medicines mixed in Kagome's system she was, well, less than herself. It made her giddy, and oh-so-agreeable. And of course the ever determined Hojo had picked this particular day to come to visit Kagome.

 

 

“Ah, Kagome, are you feeling well?” Kagome saw his face and heard his voice. She recognized him but only to the point that she knew she had met him before. Her muddled mind stirred no memories of his feelings for her. She giggled.

 

 

“Very happy. Psst,” She wiggled her pointer finger at him, motioning for him to come closer, “I got an extra pudding with lunch.” She giggled “but don't, don't tell anyone.” Kagome put her finger to her lips and made a shushing sound. Hojo was a little too busy thinking about what he came here to do to really notice that Kagome was acting strange.

 

 

“So, Kagome, homecoming is a few weeks and it's being held in the ballroom in that old planetarium.” He paused to get the nerve to ask his question but Kagome cut in.

 

 

“Does it feel fuzzy in here to you?” At first Kagome looked serious but soon her face lit up. She was laughing. “Do you know that we're alone? The doctor said I can't be alone with anyone. Your-breaking-the-ruuuules!” Kagome sing-songed as Hojo looked questioningly at her.

 

 

“Well then, I'll be brief. You need your rest anyway. I was wondering if maybe you would like to accompany me to the homecoming dance, as…as my date.” A giggling Kagome answered in a tone of mock propriety,

 

 

“Why, yes dear Hojo. To acc-accomp…to go with you would be an honor.” She tried to bow from her sitting position but only succeeding into falling forward and doubling over in giggles.

 

 

“Really? You'll go with me?” Kagome faked a serious expression as she teased,

 

 

“Why Hojo, I'm offended. I would never lie.”

 

 

“Great! This will be so much fun Kagome. Oh, my look at the time. I'll be late for dinner if I don't leave soon. I'm so glad we are going together to the dance. Get well soon. I'll talk to you later with details about it, ok?” Without waiting for her to answer, Hojo swiftly left the room, shutting the door softly behind him.

End flashback.

 

 

`Ugh! Of all the rotten luck! He just had to ask me on that day.' Kagome had spent a long time trying to justify faking an illness to get out of it, but she just couldn't. She knew that this meant a lot to Hojo and if she turned him down now or let him down by “being sick” she would never be able to forgive herself. In all honesty, Kagome figured it wasn't going to be as bad as she was making it out to be. She just had to find a way to get away from what would undoubtedly be a furious hanyou.

 

 

Kagome had been released from the hospital earlier that day feeling quite a bit better than she had before she'd gone in. She may still be a little sore but her foot was no longer throbbing and she had regained quite a bit of strength. Merely walking was no longer an arduous task. `I'm going to try and enjoy the little time I have left before I have to return to the land-with-no-comfort.' Kagome popped a cd one of her friends had lent her into her cd player. It was a mix of American hip-hop and rap music. Although she couldn't really understand what they were saying, Kagome loved the beat and couldn't help but dance around a little. Her new energy was looking for an outlet.

 

 

Inuyasha had been nervous all week. Even though he knew she was being treated in her time, he just didn't feel quite right about her safety is she was not with him. He knew he'd irritated the entire group by acting angry all week but he couldn't let them see how he really wanted to act; anxious and worried. It didn't matter now though. He was finally at the well and was going to see Kagome in only a matter of minutes.

 

 

As he jumped through the well and the world did the familiar topsy-turvy turn, Inuyasha could not keep his from wanting to go as fast as possible to see how Kagome was doing. He shot from the well and up towards Kagome's window. Although he was anxious, Inuyasha knew it unwise to startle Kagome. So when he had perched himself outside her window, he slowed his movements and pulled his hand back to knock lightly on her window. But something stopped him. He heard…music…? `Is that music? I've never heard anything like it. But it has a beat like music…' then, he saw her. Kagome had stood from her seated position on her bed and began to bob up and down in time with the drum beats. Inuyasha watched in confusion as he watched her strange movements. She was circling her hips, her heels lifting slightly from the ground to allow her hips to move more freely. Every so often she would drop to the ground and then pull her back into an arch while she lifted her butt tantalizingly slowly back into the air. Mostly though, her movements were her pelvis moving forward and back. Inuyasha had never seen any kind of dancing like this. At first, he felt like laughing but the more he watched, the more intrigued and, mystifyingly, aroused he got. Why were her odd movements turning him on so much? He saw how her chest heaved with effort and as his gaze locked on her hips he could only imagine what it would feel like to have her moved like this with his front pressed into her backside, or, even better, with him inside her. A quickly stifled scream brought Inuyasha back to reality.

 

 

“INUYASHA! Don't do that!” Crap! She'd spotted him. She would surely notice his budding erection and his inevitable inability to form coherent sentences at the moment.

 

 

 

A/N: Sorry about the wait on this chapter. Life is becoming more and more hectic with each passing day. I am two weeks away from starting my freshman year in college and still have soooo much to do before then. When I get too stressed, I find working on my story calms me as I lose myself in my own story. This chapter kind of jumps around. I like to have my chapters focused in just one or two scenes but these little scenes all needed a home so chapter 7 was the home I found for them :p I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you write to tell me what you thought about it…