InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Life Twists And Turns. ❯ Hospitalized ( Chapter 19 )
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Life Twists And Turns.
A/N: I do NOT own Inuyasha but all original characters do belong to me. Eniola belongs to angel-up-above-heaven.
Chapter # 17
Hospitalised.
~*~*~*~Previously~*~*~*~
That’s when I see it.
Josh has a gun . . .
. . .Pressed to Kagome’s temple.
~*~*~*~Now~*~*~*~
~*~*~*~Kagome’s POV~*~*~*~
I can feel the cold metal of the barrel of the gun against my temple. I can see Inuyasha’s horrified and terrified face. I’ve never seen him so scared, maybe he doesn’t hate me after all. Miroku’s calmed down a lot and is looking at me with the same horrified and scared look Inuyasha is. Apparently he cares for me deeply too. I can see the people from the club standing a couple feet behind them. Someone’s dialling on their cell. I seem to be the only one who notices.
“I told Kagome.” Josh hisses in my ear, I’m sure Inuyasha can here it. “I wasn’t letting you go. I don’t care if you refused me, I will have you. Wither you like it or not.” Inuyasha takes a step forwards, Josh pushes agsint me, causing my broken arm to move more. I cry out from the pain, tears forming in my eyes as he presses the barrel of the gun harder into my temple. “Take another stop and I’ll shoot. I swear I’ll shoot.”
Inuyasha freezes in place and is growling lowly.
“Why don’t you just put the gun down?” he says slowly and quietly, his hands up in front of him, palms out as a show that he doesn’t want to fight . . .though by the look in his eyes he’ll start fighting right after Josh lets me go. “Just drop the gun, let go of Kagome, and we can settle this elsewhere.” When the hell did he get so mature?
“Oh no. I am not going anywhere with you, you half breed. Not happening. Kagome’s mine. And If I can’t have her no one can.” Where the hell are the cops?! They never show up when you need them most!
“Josh . . .please.” I whimper, he just pressed the gun harder to my head.
“You . . .shut up.” he growled. “You’ve caused enough trouble as it is!”
“Me!? You’re the one with the gun!” I said before I could stop myself. He clicked the safety off of the gun. That’s when I realize he’s serious . . .and I could have very well just signed my own death warrant.
Just then I hear the sirens. So the cops are coming. It’s about fucking time.
“I’ll just have to end this soon Kaggy dearest.” he sneers as he says this, his voice laced with sarcasum as at least 5 police cars pull into the drive way of the club. Sango’s car not to far behind.
I see her pull in, and get out. Gasping as she sees me. I know I’m probably really pale. Ai I don’t really feel all to good. I’m pretty damn sure that I’ve lost wayyy too much blood. And by t he pool I see a few feet away from us I guess I don’t have much longer before I either pass out or die of blood loss.
“Put the gun down Mr. Cero.” one of the policemen say, Josh turns and backs up with me still in front of him. He’s backing away from Inuyasha and Miroku. Making sure he’s facing them at all times.
The police have already drawn their guns and their standing behind their open car doors. Their guns are trained on us. One cop moves forward. Josh presses the barrel to my head hard enough to make me whimper and turn my head.
“Take another step and I shoot. I swear to god I’ll shot!” he repeats, his eyes wild. It’s obvious that he’s drunk.
“There’s no need for that Mr. Cero. Why don’t you just put the gun down, and we can talk this over.”
“No, no talking.” Josh growls. “This bitch left me for a half breed.”
“We can talk this out. Just put the gun down.” the cop repeats, I mentally roll my eyes. This obviously isn’t working.
“No!” He shifts the gun so it’s pressed to my neck, and I roll me eyes knowing he can’t see me.
“Call an ambulance.” I hear the came cop say, he obviously noticed the large pool of blood and the thick trail of blood that followed us.
“Do you really want to shoot Ms. Higurashi?” the cop asks, his hands up in a silent show of submission. He’s put his gun back in it’s holster. “Where do you think shooting her is going to get you Mr. Cero . . .besides jail?”
“I ain’t going to jail.” he growls. “I’mma gonna shoot her, then me. Obviously.” I almost gag at the smell of all the alcohol on his breath. What did he do? Down half a bottle of whisky?
“This can all be worked out civilized Mr. Cero. Just put the gun down.” the ambulance sirens can be heard coming closer faster.
Suddenly Josh is yanked back from behind, Inuyasha’s standing there, the back of Josh’s neck in his hand.
“Put. The. Gun. Down.” Inuyasha growls, I’m pretty sure his eyes are red.
“NO!” Josh screams, he shoots the gun at me. I hear Inuyasha scream my name. I feel the bullet make contact, but where I’m not sure. I hear another gun shot go off . . .Josh has shot himself in the head.
The last thing I see is Inuyasha kneeling over me, crying, before everything goes black.
~*~*~*~Inuyasha’s POV~*~*~*~
The crowd screamed as the first gun shot went off. I thought the cops shot it when they saw an opening at Josh . . .but no. Josh has shot the gun in his hand. And it hit Kagome in the chest.
“KAGOME!” I scream absently dropping Josh and rushing towards her as she falls back. I hear another gun shot but my eyes never leave her.
“He’s shot her! Get the ambulance over here now!” the damn ambulance is just pulling in. It stops beside us. “Josh is dead. Suicide.” The cop mutters, duh! Isn’t that what he said he was going to do!?
“Kagome.” I whisper as I look down at her, I’m aware that I’m crying but I don’t care. I don’t really have an image to uphold now. Blood is gargling out of her mouth as she tried to breath, but it’s futile. Her eyes close and her breathing stops.
“No! Kagome!” I can still hear a faint heart beat coming from her. But it’s failing. I plug her nose, tilt her head bad slightly and press my lips to hers. Their unbelievably cold. I breath into her. Her chest rises and falls as I breath for her. The paramedics are here now, but I refuse to leave her side. So I ride with them as they take her to the hospital.
The longest ride of my life.
The girls are crying, Miroku’s trying to fight back tears. Souta’s been crying since before he got her. Sesshomaru looks sadder then I though he knew how to be and Kouga is also fighting back tears. My father is the same. Unshed tears in his eyes.
Me? I don’t give a shit what they all think, I’m crying like someone just took down the dam that held the water of a waterfall back.
Sango is leaning on Miroku, crying into his shoulder. Under normal circumstances I’m sure Miroku would be enjoying the contact from his no-PDA- girlfriend. (*A/N: TO Midnightsilver I hope that answers your question.*)
Ayame is also crying on Kouga, Rin on Sesshomaru. Eniola is trying to comfort the wailing Souta, while trying to comfort herself as well by saying that everything was going to be alright.
We’ve been in this waiting room for about 3 hours. Kagome’s in surgery. If those doctors fuck anything up I’m gonna-
“Inuyasha.” my father’s voice broke off my thoughts. He’s pointing to the door leading to the operation rooms.
A man in a white lab coat is standing there, a blue mask like thing hanging around his neck. He walks up to us.
“Would you be the friend and family of Kagome Higurashi?”
“Yes.” Eniola answered when she saw me open my mouth to tell the damn doctor to spit it the fuck out.
“Well,” I didn’t like that tone. “Kagome has just gotten out of surgery, she’s more or less fine.”
“More or less?” I growl out. I’m pretty damn sure the white of my eyes are red again. “What the fuck if that supposed to mean!?”
“She’s alive is what I mean, the bullet missed her heart entirely, but it did nick one of her lungs. We have her on a respirator in the intensive care wing. She will need to stay here for a couple of months. She’s lost an awful lot of blood. Maybe a little too much. Form both the wound in her chest and her broken arm. Speaking of that arm the bone was broken in three places, and her arm had to be stitched up. She mush have fallen pretty hard to do that.”
“Someone pushed her.” Miroku says. “And she landed on her arm wrong of the pavement.”
“That would do it.” the doctor said nodding. “She’s in a coma right now though . . .I think the proximity of the blow and the force of the after shock is the cause of this. But you can see her.” he yelped when we all stand at once. “Only 3 at a time though. 3 at a time.”
“Sango, Ayame and Eniola could go first.” Miroku says, pushing Sango forwards as Ayame and Eniola rush forwards.
“Room 36D.” the doctor says, and they nodded, running forwards.
I wait patiently as everyone else files in and out of her room. Me being last.
“Someone will have to stay overnight with her.” the doctor had come back once to say. Everyone imminently told me to stay here. I didn’t complain too much . . .I honestly thought that Eniola should stay . . .Kagome is her daughter in all. But she didn’t seem to mind. She actually thought she wouldn’t make it through the night with her baby girl laying in a hospital bed strapped to so many machines.
So, here I am . . .sitting beside Kagome in the chair that Rin had just previously left. Staring at her. A small clear mask that pushed oxygen into her lungs is on her face. It clears up a little and when she exhales it fogs up. That and the beeping of the heart monitor give me some kind of reassurance. At least I know she’s alive and not dead. If she had of died I swear I would have followed her right after. Nothing anyone said or did would have stopped me. And some small part of me knows that this was my fault . . .if I hadn’t of been there then she wouldn’t have come along. If she hadn’t fo come along Josh wouldn’t have gone into a drunken rage. If I hadn’t been there and she hadn’t been there and Josh hadn’t have lost him mind she would still be awake. Still talking to me, laughing with me, smiling at me . . .and I wouldn’t feel so damn guilty. But an even bigger part of my mind --the part which had taken on Kagome’s voice shortly after she left . . .which I think might have been my conscious or my common sense-- says that it couldn’t have been my fault unless I was holding the gun, which I wasn’t. So that part of my mind declared over and over and over that it wasn’t my fault, that I did the best that I could to protect my mate. And that was to try to calm Josh down . . .which obviously didn’t work . . .and the cops only made it worse. Stupid damn cops! They didn’t even take a shot at Josh when I had pulled him back god damn it! What kind of police system was that!? That one fucking cop even put his gun back! Why would you do that? This guys was threatening to shoot Kagome then himself and the first thing that damn cop did was put his gun away!? Fucking son of a bitch, I swear if he wasn’t a cop I’d either sure him or kill him. My inner demon was strongly leaning towards the latter. But of course that would only land me in jail and I wouldn’t be able to be of much help to Kagome then would I? Plus then she might really hate me. Really, really, really hate me. I couldn’t have that, that would defiantly put me far enough over the edge that I’d probably kill myself too . . .just like Josh . . .though I’d probably want to make it slow and painful . . .like bleeding out, no, my demon blood would seal off the wound before that happened. Shooting myself in the heart could work . . .but if I missed it would hurt more in recovery then the actually shooting. Then that thought brings me to what Kagome’s gonna feel when she wakes up. She’s gonna have to take it easy. Which also means she’ll have to say in bed a lot. Which also mean I’m gonna have to do everything for her . . .not that I’m complaining . . .I wouldn’t mind. At least then I could pretend we were a couple again. God what I wouldn’t give for her to be my girl again . . . I’d give my left arm for that to happen. I’m pretty sure I’d even give my left nut . . .but I don’t think she’d like --nor want-- that very much . . .
I pick up her slightly cold left hand in both of mine, one on the bottom our finger entwined and the other tracing sot circles around her knuckles. Then I notice how plain her ring finger looks on that hand. I started imagining what it would look like with a wedding ring on it . . .a wedding ring from me? Hmm . . .my heart is screaming yes . . .yes buy her a engagement ring, yes purpose to her, yes tell her how much I love her. But my head is staying differently. It’s telling me that we’re treading on thin ice . . .and one wrong move could have us going under . . .again.
I sigh as I start rubbing her hand with mine, trying to warm it up. I lay my head down on her stomach, and my thoughts drift to what it would be like to do this and hear a faint heartbeat from there. Shaking my head a little I finally make up my mind . . .first thing tomorrow I’m going to get her a engagement ring, I already know her finger size. She used to wear gold and silver rings one every other finger but her ring finger. She’s a size three.
I grin to myself as sleep overwhelms me . . .her scent allowing me to sleep slightly.
“Hi.” she whispered quietly.
“Hey.” I replied rather groggily. I’m pretty sure it was 2 I the morning before I finally when to sleep. “Ah shit.” I muttered, realize that I’m practically sleeping on her daughter. I blush dark red and look down. “S-Sorry.” I stammer, standing and letting her sit where I previously was. She smiles warmly at me.
“It’s quiet alright, you don’t have to leave yet.”
“I . . .uh . . .actually have thing I need to do.” I say quietly, turning to my father. “Hey dad . . .could I talk to you for a minute? Privately?”
“Uh . . .sure son. Come on.” he steps out into the hall and I follow him. Closing the door gently behind me as I see Eniola holing Kagome hand like I had been and whispering softly to her. “What did you want to talk about?” he asks slightly shakily.
“I wanted to ask you something.”
“About?”
“Kagome.R 21;
“Ah,” he waves a hand absently. “Continue.”
“What would you say if I told you I was thinking of asking her to marry me?” I asked, then I waited for him to blow up. I’m 19, why the hell would he let me ask her to marry me at 19!?
“I’d say . . .” he started out calmly, too calmly. He used that tone I heard so many times . . .right before I got yelled at and grounded. “Go for it.” he says with a grin
I look up and blink at him, my mouth open wide. “What?”
“Go for it. It’s obvious that you love her a lot. I won’t stop you. Eniola was actually asking me last night when we went to leave when she should expect a wedding . . .after Kagome gets better of course.”
“She was?”
“Yeah. And when to expect grandchildren when the cute ears.” I blush at both the grandchildren and the ear comment.
“So . . .you wouldn’t mind if I married her? Even at this age?”
“Inuyasha.” he laughs. Something I rarely ever here him do. “I wouldn’t stop you from marrying the women you love if my life depended on it . . .because one I know you’d do it anyway.” we both laugh at this. “And that would only make you unhappy, and make you hate me somewhat.”
“Dad. I could never hate you.”
“Not now you couldn’t.” he pointed at me and grinned. “But when I kick your ass out of the house you will.”
“What!?” I snap, my eyes wide.
“I’m just joking. You don’t even live with me anymore remember.”
“Oh . . .right . . .” I laugh nervously and cough a little. “Well . . .uh yeah.”
“Is that the stuff you had to do?”
“Yeah. I’m heading out to get the ring now. When she’s awake and fully healed I’m gonna ask her.”
“Good for you!” he almost knocks me over when he puts me in a head lock and gives me a nuggy.
“Dad!” I cry, trying not to laugh. “Ears!”
“Oh.” he tweaks one affectionately. “Sorry.” he says somewhat sheepishly. The minute he lets go I’m doing the same to him. And that’s the scene Eniola walked out to see.
“I thought I heard some noise.” she said smiling. We both look up, identical innocent looks on our faces.
“He started it!” we say at the same time, and she laughs, walking back in. I release my father and grin.
“I’ll see you later?” I ask, tiling my head to the side in what I know is a curious gesture . . .both he and my mother used to do that.
“Yeah. See you later.” He nods, walking in after Eniola and I hear her giggle when he says something. It kinda creeps me out that my father is flirting with his future daughter-in-law’s mother . . .I shudder a little but I’m happy for him. With a demonic life as long as his he has to find a way to make himself happy. I’m just glad he’s not doing it whoring around. I’d be scared for life if I hear that from my father’s room.
Walking out of the hospital I walk down the street and too the nearest jewellery store. Hopefully the owner of the shop won’t tell anyone I’m buying someone a engagement ring . . .the tabloids would just eat that up and spit it out in a way that would make me look bad.
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A/N: I do NOT own Inuyasha but all original characters do belong to me. Eniola belongs to angel-up-above-heaven.
Chapter # 17
Hospitalised.
~*~*~*~Previously~*~*~*~
That’s when I see it.
Josh has a gun . . .
. . .Pressed to Kagome’s temple.
~*~*~*~Now~*~*~*~
~*~*~*~Kagome’s POV~*~*~*~
I can feel the cold metal of the barrel of the gun against my temple. I can see Inuyasha’s horrified and terrified face. I’ve never seen him so scared, maybe he doesn’t hate me after all. Miroku’s calmed down a lot and is looking at me with the same horrified and scared look Inuyasha is. Apparently he cares for me deeply too. I can see the people from the club standing a couple feet behind them. Someone’s dialling on their cell. I seem to be the only one who notices.
“I told Kagome.” Josh hisses in my ear, I’m sure Inuyasha can here it. “I wasn’t letting you go. I don’t care if you refused me, I will have you. Wither you like it or not.” Inuyasha takes a step forwards, Josh pushes agsint me, causing my broken arm to move more. I cry out from the pain, tears forming in my eyes as he presses the barrel of the gun harder into my temple. “Take another stop and I’ll shoot. I swear I’ll shoot.”
Inuyasha freezes in place and is growling lowly.
“Why don’t you just put the gun down?” he says slowly and quietly, his hands up in front of him, palms out as a show that he doesn’t want to fight . . .though by the look in his eyes he’ll start fighting right after Josh lets me go. “Just drop the gun, let go of Kagome, and we can settle this elsewhere.” When the hell did he get so mature?
“Oh no. I am not going anywhere with you, you half breed. Not happening. Kagome’s mine. And If I can’t have her no one can.” Where the hell are the cops?! They never show up when you need them most!
“Josh . . .please.” I whimper, he just pressed the gun harder to my head.
“You . . .shut up.” he growled. “You’ve caused enough trouble as it is!”
“Me!? You’re the one with the gun!” I said before I could stop myself. He clicked the safety off of the gun. That’s when I realize he’s serious . . .and I could have very well just signed my own death warrant.
Just then I hear the sirens. So the cops are coming. It’s about fucking time.
“I’ll just have to end this soon Kaggy dearest.” he sneers as he says this, his voice laced with sarcasum as at least 5 police cars pull into the drive way of the club. Sango’s car not to far behind.
I see her pull in, and get out. Gasping as she sees me. I know I’m probably really pale. Ai I don’t really feel all to good. I’m pretty damn sure that I’ve lost wayyy too much blood. And by t he pool I see a few feet away from us I guess I don’t have much longer before I either pass out or die of blood loss.
“Put the gun down Mr. Cero.” one of the policemen say, Josh turns and backs up with me still in front of him. He’s backing away from Inuyasha and Miroku. Making sure he’s facing them at all times.
The police have already drawn their guns and their standing behind their open car doors. Their guns are trained on us. One cop moves forward. Josh presses the barrel to my head hard enough to make me whimper and turn my head.
“Take another step and I shoot. I swear to god I’ll shot!” he repeats, his eyes wild. It’s obvious that he’s drunk.
“There’s no need for that Mr. Cero. Why don’t you just put the gun down, and we can talk this over.”
“No, no talking.” Josh growls. “This bitch left me for a half breed.”
“We can talk this out. Just put the gun down.” the cop repeats, I mentally roll my eyes. This obviously isn’t working.
“No!” He shifts the gun so it’s pressed to my neck, and I roll me eyes knowing he can’t see me.
“Call an ambulance.” I hear the came cop say, he obviously noticed the large pool of blood and the thick trail of blood that followed us.
“Do you really want to shoot Ms. Higurashi?” the cop asks, his hands up in a silent show of submission. He’s put his gun back in it’s holster. “Where do you think shooting her is going to get you Mr. Cero . . .besides jail?”
“I ain’t going to jail.” he growls. “I’mma gonna shoot her, then me. Obviously.” I almost gag at the smell of all the alcohol on his breath. What did he do? Down half a bottle of whisky?
“This can all be worked out civilized Mr. Cero. Just put the gun down.” the ambulance sirens can be heard coming closer faster.
Suddenly Josh is yanked back from behind, Inuyasha’s standing there, the back of Josh’s neck in his hand.
“Put. The. Gun. Down.” Inuyasha growls, I’m pretty sure his eyes are red.
“NO!” Josh screams, he shoots the gun at me. I hear Inuyasha scream my name. I feel the bullet make contact, but where I’m not sure. I hear another gun shot go off . . .Josh has shot himself in the head.
The last thing I see is Inuyasha kneeling over me, crying, before everything goes black.
~*~*~*~Inuyasha’s POV~*~*~*~
The crowd screamed as the first gun shot went off. I thought the cops shot it when they saw an opening at Josh . . .but no. Josh has shot the gun in his hand. And it hit Kagome in the chest.
“KAGOME!” I scream absently dropping Josh and rushing towards her as she falls back. I hear another gun shot but my eyes never leave her.
“He’s shot her! Get the ambulance over here now!” the damn ambulance is just pulling in. It stops beside us. “Josh is dead. Suicide.” The cop mutters, duh! Isn’t that what he said he was going to do!?
“Kagome.” I whisper as I look down at her, I’m aware that I’m crying but I don’t care. I don’t really have an image to uphold now. Blood is gargling out of her mouth as she tried to breath, but it’s futile. Her eyes close and her breathing stops.
“No! Kagome!” I can still hear a faint heart beat coming from her. But it’s failing. I plug her nose, tilt her head bad slightly and press my lips to hers. Their unbelievably cold. I breath into her. Her chest rises and falls as I breath for her. The paramedics are here now, but I refuse to leave her side. So I ride with them as they take her to the hospital.
The longest ride of my life.
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Sango, Miroku, Rin, Kouga, Sesshomaru, Ayame, Eniola, Souta and I are in the waiting room. My dad is even here. He’s sitting beside me looking sadder then I’ve ever seen him . . .except when my mom died.The girls are crying, Miroku’s trying to fight back tears. Souta’s been crying since before he got her. Sesshomaru looks sadder then I though he knew how to be and Kouga is also fighting back tears. My father is the same. Unshed tears in his eyes.
Me? I don’t give a shit what they all think, I’m crying like someone just took down the dam that held the water of a waterfall back.
Sango is leaning on Miroku, crying into his shoulder. Under normal circumstances I’m sure Miroku would be enjoying the contact from his no-PDA- girlfriend. (*A/N: TO Midnightsilver I hope that answers your question.*)
Ayame is also crying on Kouga, Rin on Sesshomaru. Eniola is trying to comfort the wailing Souta, while trying to comfort herself as well by saying that everything was going to be alright.
We’ve been in this waiting room for about 3 hours. Kagome’s in surgery. If those doctors fuck anything up I’m gonna-
“Inuyasha.” my father’s voice broke off my thoughts. He’s pointing to the door leading to the operation rooms.
A man in a white lab coat is standing there, a blue mask like thing hanging around his neck. He walks up to us.
“Would you be the friend and family of Kagome Higurashi?”
“Yes.” Eniola answered when she saw me open my mouth to tell the damn doctor to spit it the fuck out.
“Well,” I didn’t like that tone. “Kagome has just gotten out of surgery, she’s more or less fine.”
“More or less?” I growl out. I’m pretty damn sure the white of my eyes are red again. “What the fuck if that supposed to mean!?”
“She’s alive is what I mean, the bullet missed her heart entirely, but it did nick one of her lungs. We have her on a respirator in the intensive care wing. She will need to stay here for a couple of months. She’s lost an awful lot of blood. Maybe a little too much. Form both the wound in her chest and her broken arm. Speaking of that arm the bone was broken in three places, and her arm had to be stitched up. She mush have fallen pretty hard to do that.”
“Someone pushed her.” Miroku says. “And she landed on her arm wrong of the pavement.”
“That would do it.” the doctor said nodding. “She’s in a coma right now though . . .I think the proximity of the blow and the force of the after shock is the cause of this. But you can see her.” he yelped when we all stand at once. “Only 3 at a time though. 3 at a time.”
“Sango, Ayame and Eniola could go first.” Miroku says, pushing Sango forwards as Ayame and Eniola rush forwards.
“Room 36D.” the doctor says, and they nodded, running forwards.
I wait patiently as everyone else files in and out of her room. Me being last.
“Someone will have to stay overnight with her.” the doctor had come back once to say. Everyone imminently told me to stay here. I didn’t complain too much . . .I honestly thought that Eniola should stay . . .Kagome is her daughter in all. But she didn’t seem to mind. She actually thought she wouldn’t make it through the night with her baby girl laying in a hospital bed strapped to so many machines.
So, here I am . . .sitting beside Kagome in the chair that Rin had just previously left. Staring at her. A small clear mask that pushed oxygen into her lungs is on her face. It clears up a little and when she exhales it fogs up. That and the beeping of the heart monitor give me some kind of reassurance. At least I know she’s alive and not dead. If she had of died I swear I would have followed her right after. Nothing anyone said or did would have stopped me. And some small part of me knows that this was my fault . . .if I hadn’t of been there then she wouldn’t have come along. If she hadn’t fo come along Josh wouldn’t have gone into a drunken rage. If I hadn’t been there and she hadn’t been there and Josh hadn’t have lost him mind she would still be awake. Still talking to me, laughing with me, smiling at me . . .and I wouldn’t feel so damn guilty. But an even bigger part of my mind --the part which had taken on Kagome’s voice shortly after she left . . .which I think might have been my conscious or my common sense-- says that it couldn’t have been my fault unless I was holding the gun, which I wasn’t. So that part of my mind declared over and over and over that it wasn’t my fault, that I did the best that I could to protect my mate. And that was to try to calm Josh down . . .which obviously didn’t work . . .and the cops only made it worse. Stupid damn cops! They didn’t even take a shot at Josh when I had pulled him back god damn it! What kind of police system was that!? That one fucking cop even put his gun back! Why would you do that? This guys was threatening to shoot Kagome then himself and the first thing that damn cop did was put his gun away!? Fucking son of a bitch, I swear if he wasn’t a cop I’d either sure him or kill him. My inner demon was strongly leaning towards the latter. But of course that would only land me in jail and I wouldn’t be able to be of much help to Kagome then would I? Plus then she might really hate me. Really, really, really hate me. I couldn’t have that, that would defiantly put me far enough over the edge that I’d probably kill myself too . . .just like Josh . . .though I’d probably want to make it slow and painful . . .like bleeding out, no, my demon blood would seal off the wound before that happened. Shooting myself in the heart could work . . .but if I missed it would hurt more in recovery then the actually shooting. Then that thought brings me to what Kagome’s gonna feel when she wakes up. She’s gonna have to take it easy. Which also means she’ll have to say in bed a lot. Which also mean I’m gonna have to do everything for her . . .not that I’m complaining . . .I wouldn’t mind. At least then I could pretend we were a couple again. God what I wouldn’t give for her to be my girl again . . . I’d give my left arm for that to happen. I’m pretty sure I’d even give my left nut . . .but I don’t think she’d like --nor want-- that very much . . .
I pick up her slightly cold left hand in both of mine, one on the bottom our finger entwined and the other tracing sot circles around her knuckles. Then I notice how plain her ring finger looks on that hand. I started imagining what it would look like with a wedding ring on it . . .a wedding ring from me? Hmm . . .my heart is screaming yes . . .yes buy her a engagement ring, yes purpose to her, yes tell her how much I love her. But my head is staying differently. It’s telling me that we’re treading on thin ice . . .and one wrong move could have us going under . . .again.
I sigh as I start rubbing her hand with mine, trying to warm it up. I lay my head down on her stomach, and my thoughts drift to what it would be like to do this and hear a faint heartbeat from there. Shaking my head a little I finally make up my mind . . .first thing tomorrow I’m going to get her a engagement ring, I already know her finger size. She used to wear gold and silver rings one every other finger but her ring finger. She’s a size three.
I grin to myself as sleep overwhelms me . . .her scent allowing me to sleep slightly.
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I woke up to someone shaking me gently. I open my eyes slowly and see the blurry image of Eniola and my father standing there.“Hi.” she whispered quietly.
“Hey.” I replied rather groggily. I’m pretty sure it was 2 I the morning before I finally when to sleep. “Ah shit.” I muttered, realize that I’m practically sleeping on her daughter. I blush dark red and look down. “S-Sorry.” I stammer, standing and letting her sit where I previously was. She smiles warmly at me.
“It’s quiet alright, you don’t have to leave yet.”
“I . . .uh . . .actually have thing I need to do.” I say quietly, turning to my father. “Hey dad . . .could I talk to you for a minute? Privately?”
“Uh . . .sure son. Come on.” he steps out into the hall and I follow him. Closing the door gently behind me as I see Eniola holing Kagome hand like I had been and whispering softly to her. “What did you want to talk about?” he asks slightly shakily.
“I wanted to ask you something.”
“About?”
“Kagome.R 21;
“Ah,” he waves a hand absently. “Continue.”
“What would you say if I told you I was thinking of asking her to marry me?” I asked, then I waited for him to blow up. I’m 19, why the hell would he let me ask her to marry me at 19!?
“I’d say . . .” he started out calmly, too calmly. He used that tone I heard so many times . . .right before I got yelled at and grounded. “Go for it.” he says with a grin
I look up and blink at him, my mouth open wide. “What?”
“Go for it. It’s obvious that you love her a lot. I won’t stop you. Eniola was actually asking me last night when we went to leave when she should expect a wedding . . .after Kagome gets better of course.”
“She was?”
“Yeah. And when to expect grandchildren when the cute ears.” I blush at both the grandchildren and the ear comment.
“So . . .you wouldn’t mind if I married her? Even at this age?”
“Inuyasha.” he laughs. Something I rarely ever here him do. “I wouldn’t stop you from marrying the women you love if my life depended on it . . .because one I know you’d do it anyway.” we both laugh at this. “And that would only make you unhappy, and make you hate me somewhat.”
“Dad. I could never hate you.”
“Not now you couldn’t.” he pointed at me and grinned. “But when I kick your ass out of the house you will.”
“What!?” I snap, my eyes wide.
“I’m just joking. You don’t even live with me anymore remember.”
“Oh . . .right . . .” I laugh nervously and cough a little. “Well . . .uh yeah.”
“Is that the stuff you had to do?”
“Yeah. I’m heading out to get the ring now. When she’s awake and fully healed I’m gonna ask her.”
“Good for you!” he almost knocks me over when he puts me in a head lock and gives me a nuggy.
“Dad!” I cry, trying not to laugh. “Ears!”
“Oh.” he tweaks one affectionately. “Sorry.” he says somewhat sheepishly. The minute he lets go I’m doing the same to him. And that’s the scene Eniola walked out to see.
“I thought I heard some noise.” she said smiling. We both look up, identical innocent looks on our faces.
“He started it!” we say at the same time, and she laughs, walking back in. I release my father and grin.
“I’ll see you later?” I ask, tiling my head to the side in what I know is a curious gesture . . .both he and my mother used to do that.
“Yeah. See you later.” He nods, walking in after Eniola and I hear her giggle when he says something. It kinda creeps me out that my father is flirting with his future daughter-in-law’s mother . . .I shudder a little but I’m happy for him. With a demonic life as long as his he has to find a way to make himself happy. I’m just glad he’s not doing it whoring around. I’d be scared for life if I hear that from my father’s room.
Walking out of the hospital I walk down the street and too the nearest jewellery store. Hopefully the owner of the shop won’t tell anyone I’m buying someone a engagement ring . . .the tabloids would just eat that up and spit it out in a way that would make me look bad.
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Alright. 7 chapters 5 days, can you say I rock? I can!
I ROCK!
Lol, anyways, please review and I just realized I’m probably gonna postpone all my other stories to get this one finished. Then I’ll move onto another one, that’s probably why Im updating this one so fast. Lol.
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Once I get this story and the rest of my stories finished I am going to put up a new one, one that I have had hand written from a few year back . . .it might not be as good as you all think my writing is now but it’s still pretty good. I’ll revise it and shit you know. Once I finish All my other stories it will be up. It’s called: Sister Jewels. I’ve had it written for a while, but it’s not completely finished. So yeah. I think this story is going to be ending soon also.
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