InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Promises ❯ Tears ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters. Rumiko Takashi does. Go her!

Hi! As I said, Inuyasha didn't die. He was injured though (duh!). This begins like a week later, but later, it turns into six months after. Enjoy!

Chapter 1:

"Excuse me, Mrs. Tetsusaiga (A/N: I couldn't think of anything else!), I don't know how, but fortunately, your son, Inuyasha has survived the crash. However he doesn't remember anything. I would suggest you don't tell him anything too drastic right now, because he's still very fragile and can only handle everything a bit at a time."

Outside the drab hospital room, Inuyasha could hear his doctor talking. He also heard relieved and broken-hearted sobs after the deep voice. He almost felt sorry for that somehow familiar lady. He was covered with bloody bandages, but he didn't feel any pain. The only pain he felt at that moment was the empty ache in his heart.

He stared out the open window into the vast sky. Who was he? What was he doing here? He shifted his sights to his hand. There was the only thing he was sure about. The Shikon No Tama. How he knew it's name he didn't remember, but he knew he had to hang on to it. Something twitched at the back of his mind. There was something special about this jewel. The hospital lights reflected off it and spread a lavender glow across the whole room.

"This jewel, the Shikon No Tama, my….. princess, gave it to me. My very own princess. And I'm her prince. I promise, my princess, I will see you again."

He looked once again out the window. Different dark colors flowed around the stars. One star caught his eye. A bright one, with a pink and blue glow. It was almost an exact replica of the Shikon No Tama! As he stared at the star, he drifted slowly of to sleep. `I'll find you, princess.'

Across town, Kagome had also seen the same star. Her eyes were glassy, and still wet from crying all the time. She was sitting in her room, cut off from the rest of the world. The usually neat bedroom was now cluttered with tear-filled tissues, and dirty clothes. Her bed had stains on it, and the sheets were wrapped protectively around her, the rest of the bed bare and cold. Kagome herself was a mess. Her hair was now tangled and her eyes were a light red from lack of sleep and too much crying. Ever since Inuyasha had been hit, all she only had done was lie on her bed. She would only eat bits of bread and drink water brought to her by her depressed and already sick mother. `I'm sorry, Inuyasha. It was all my fault.' She yearned to see him again, but the only thing closest to him, was the star of the Shikon No Tama, that came out every night. So, she cried, slept, and dreamed in the morning, and stared at the moon and stars at night. She never wanted to leave her precious little refuge.

Tears and drifted down her lifeless cheeks as she thought of how selfish she was. If only she hadn't made him promise. He would still be alive, and they would probably be playing every single day.

Finally she got up and walked towards her mother's room. The fuzziness of the blue carpet seemed foreign to her feet, which had only felt her wrinkled silky covers for the last week. The whole house was dark. She stumbled hundreds of times as she bumped into furniture in the murky house. Soon, her eyes grew accustomed to the dark, and she was surprised at how messy her house was. She knew why. Both of them were affected drastically by her father and Inuyasha. Finally she reached the bedroom. She saw her mother's small lump of a body curled up on her mattress.

"Mother?"

She slowly approached her mom. Mrs. Higurashi was breathing heavily and sweating, as if she was in a lot of pain. Her eyes were tightly squeezed close. Kagome reached out and felt her mother's burning forehead.

"Mommy! You're really sick! You need a doctor!" Kagome exclaimed as she felt tears welling up in her eyes again.

She heard her mom's hoarse voice saying, "Don't worry, Kagome, I'm all right. It's just a little fever."

"No, you're not all right!"

There was a cough followed by an eerie silence.

"Mom!! Hold on! I'll call the police!"

There was no reply.

"Mommy!!!"

Kagome quickly dialed 911 and yelled into the receiver, "Help! My mom's really sick! She won't say anything!"

She started sobbing and feeling as though her heart would break. `Mom, hang on. You're going to be okay as soon as the police come. I hope.'

Five minutes later, sirens sounded near the Higurashi household. Flashlights shone randomly around the house and men's voices could be heard asking for Kagome. They finally found her crouching next to her mother, sobbing. One man picked her up and brought her outside while the others took her mother out on a stretcher. Kagome couldn't stop crying no matter how hard she tried, and as soon as she was outside, she collapsed on the cold cement floor. A kind cop gave her some warm milk and she looked up into the sky, her face shining with tears. The sky was now covered with clouds, and it began raining. The patter of the drops calmed her heart, but she was still filled with sorrow. Even her star had abandoned her, everyone had abandoned her. She started crying again, and the rain mixed with her tears on her face.

The cops brought her to the police station, where she sat and cried for hours. She didn't want to be there. She wanted to be with her mother. She was the only one who could give her mother comfort, because she had been through what her mother had, but the police didn't understand that.

Mother, father, Inuyasha. They were all gone. Everyone she knew and loved was gone within a few months. Why did this all happen to her? Why was she the unlucky one? `When will my prince come and save me?'

Six months later:

Kagome, the 5 year old child who had experienced more than most full grown people, stood in front of the beautiful coffin with wonderful flowers in her hand and gorgeous black silks draped over her. But it didn't matter how extravagant everything was, because inside, she was as drab as can be. Who was inside the redwood coffin? Elaine Higurashi (A/N: I made that up.), Kagome's mother. About six weeks after her first time in the hospital, she died. They say she died because of cancer, but Kagome didn't know what that meant. But she did know they were wrong. Her mother didn't die just because of a disease. Maybe it had something to do with it, but that wasn't the main reason. Her mother died because of despair.

Ever since Kagome's dad died, Ms. Higurashi was always so melancholy. She hardly had any happiness to keep her alive, but every day, as she saw her innocent child's smile, her spirit was lifted. As soon as she saw Kagome, she knew that she was a decent mother and Kagome loved her. The only reason she was always alive, was because she knew she was needed. But as soon as Kagome herself began to become sad, Ms. Higurashi also felt the happiness slip away from her, and she fell sick. Without her child there at the hospital, she died altogether.

And again, Kagome began to sob. Everyone there was not surprised; they knew the pain she had been through. Practically everyone felt immense pity for her, but no one could do anything. After this, she would be sent to an orphanage far away from all her friends.

She suddenly ripped past everyone and started towards the Goshinboku tree. They all knew where she was going, and they didn't stop her. She ran uncoordinatedly, not being able to see with all her tears blinding her. But she knew her way. Her dress ripped in more places then one, but she didn't care. She tripped near the tree and crawled over there, until she couldn't move anymore and lay down, her sobs echoing throughout the whole park. `I don't want this life! Why does this always happen to me?! Why?! Why?!' She cried herself to sleep with one last word.

"Why….."

*sob* Kagome sure cries a lot. Oh well. In the next chapter, Kagome is 16, and Inuyasha is 17. They meet in Sengoku High. Kagome lives in the orphanage. This was a little longer than the last one, but not by much. I hope you liked it.

Again, REVIEW!!!