InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Neither Forgive Nor Forget ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2

At almost one in the morning, Sesshomaru drove his car up the driveway and parked in the garage. It was late, too late for him to be coming home; Kagome would have chewed him out had she been there- but he only works to take his mind off the loneliness he felt not having someone to come home to anymore. Sesshomaru walked through the door of his home and placed his keys where they belonged. Walking up his stairs to his bedroom, he placed his hand on the back of his neck and twisted it from one side to the other. The hard soles of his shoes and the cracks of his neck echoed throughout the halls. Sesshomaru inwardly sighed at how quite his home became after the incident. Kagome would sometimes have the radio playing as she cooked, or the television playing in the background as she did some work at home- the house enveloped her in a silence and she did not like it. He missed the greetings he would get when he came home early- she would run to him and jump into his arms. Anyone who would see that only brushed it off as them still being newlyweds, but even after a year, she still met him with excitement.

He quietly walked into his room and started to take off his clothes and threw them on the floor haphazardly, he didn't care Jaken will pick them up and get them ready for the cleaners in the morning. Removing the hair tie from his head, he slowly walked over to the linen closet, and pulled out two fresh towels and walked into his bathroom to take a nice hot shower. As the water ran through his hair and his naked form, he imagined all the worries, all the tension drained away and down the drain along with the water - if only for a while.

Stepping out of the shower, he dried his hair and his body before slipping into a pair of sleeping pants. He sat on his side of the bed and thought about his visit with Kagome earlier in the day. He started smiling. Hearing her voice again was the best thing that happened to him since her accident. It seems that the Kamis were listening to his prayers after all.

Reaching over to his side table to turn off his lamp his wedding photo caught his attention. Out of all the pictures taken that day it was his favorite. He let a chuckle slip as he remembered what happened. Kagome was in a long white and lace dress that made her look stunning and her long wavy hair placed in a bun. The photographer asked for a kiss and when reaching his hand up to cup her face, he undid the bun making her hair fall perfectly down her shoulders. Before they knew it, a small gust of wind picked up and blew her hair off her shoulders. The picture came out really well; well enough in fact, many people deemed it as their favorite picture also.

Reaching back over to turn off his lamp he smiled once more before getting under the covers. Just as his eyes became too heavy to bear, Sesshomaru looked out the window to his left. The crescent moon gave off a vibrant glow that night that made him wonder if Kagome was in her hospital room, looking at the same moon, or thinking of him. As sleep overcame the daiyoukai, a smile reached his lips the third time that day.

~*~*~*~*~

Kagome sat in a quiet hospital room, her mind wandering all over the place. From the moment she woke up, to only a few hours ago, she met many people, people she supposedly knew. In her comatose state, she heard the voices of the people that came to visit her, and try as she might her mind refused to cooperate with her. It refused to allow her to dig within her memory and put a name to a face.

Kagome's gaze wandered throughout the hospital room once again. To her right there were vases full of flowers and balloons and stuffed animals saying “Get Well Soon”. To her left there was a chair where her mate sat and a big window. The curtains were wide open so she could see the moon and a few stars out; the moon was in its crescent form tonight. It was thin like the one on top of the demon she supposedly mated. Her mind roamed thinking about the day's events.

Since she woke, Kagome's head became flooded with thoughts and emotions. They mostly landed on him and his beautiful face. How she could not remember him she did not understand. Who would forget a face, or voice, or body, or kindness like his? Soon she felt her eyes grow heavy from the morphine they gave her for some of the pain she was feeling. Resting her head on her pillow, she prayed to the heavens above that they will give her back her memories.

As her eyes drifted closed, Kagome slipped into the darkness she knew all too well, but it gave her a little comfort to know she will awake in a few hours.

~*~*~Dream~*~*~

Kagome was shrouded in darkness, one so thick she could feel it. She tried to move her limbs but they would not budge. She tied to scream to the top of her lungs, but not a noise trickled out of her throat. She sat in a panic, a deep sinister voice echoing around her, chilling her to the bone. Kagome never felt more terrified in her life. The hard soles of his shoes became louder and louder as he approached her. “My Kagome, my sweet little Kagome. I hate seeing you like this, hurting you like this, but you gave me no choice. They say my dear, `Forgive and forget', but I much rather do neither. How does one forget breaking someone's heart like you did? And, for that matter, how do you forgive the person that caused you that pain…”

“I'm so sorry!” Kagome interrupted, hot tears stinging her face. “I didn't mean to hurt you! I thought I was doing the right thing by not try to string you along anymore! I- ”

The man grabbed her roughly by the cheeks with one hand. The pressure he was placing on her caused her to cut the inside of her cheeks with her teeth. She could not see it but he smiled at her pain, a smile that intensified after he slapped her across her face. Her tears flowed rapidly down her face. He was basking in her misery, knowing she was in pain made him almost as giddy as a school boy. He kneeled down before her and removed her blindfold, and her eyes slowly adjusted to what little light that was around them; when they did, she witnessed the sheer evil that possessed this man. There, a mere five feet away, sat Sesshomaru. He was severely beaten, and seemingly unconscious. Sutras placed around him so his healing powers wouldn't take effect. You could hear the strain in his breathing, possibly from damaged lungs. Despite him being a powerful Daiyoukai, he wouldn't survive much longer. “Kukuku, look my pet, at how the mighty hath fallen.” The man stalked passed Sesshomaru and grabbed a crowbar, returned and started to beat him. Sesshomaru screamed in pure anguish as he received more another blow from his tormentor. “Oh? What's the matter, hum? The big bad mutt can't take a hit?” The beating continued until Kagome screamed for him to stop.

“Please, please stop this!” Kagome slumped over where she sat and bawled.

There was a loud clanking noise where the crowbar hit the ground. “Well, my sweet, I am not without mercy, since you said `please' and everything. Tell you what, I'll give you the choice Erik gave Christine and Raoul, you can either: stop this madness right now and run away with me and I set him free or you can leave this place and send your lover to his early grave.” Removing the gun from his pants, the man cocked back the hammer and aimed the gun at the nearly dying man on the floor in front of him. “Choose wisely baby. I can assure you this story will not have a happy ending either way.”

“Kagome,” Sesshomaru's cracking voice strained. “Kagome, run away from here, I'll be fine.”

“No! I can't- I won't leave you!” Kagome screamed back.

“Awww, how precious. You hear that dog? She's not willing to leave your side. But I'm fine with that. This means I can kill you now!” As soon as those words left his lips, the gun went off. Kagome closed her eyes and screamed.

~*~*~Dream~*~*~

Kagome screamed and thrashed against the hospital bed. Nurses rushed in to subdue her, giving her a sedative to calm her down.

Sorry it isn't much. But I did try and make it longer I swear, but alas my muse arrived and abandoned me in one day. T~T