InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Reminiscence, Prevention, and Protection ❯ Recuperating and Acceptance ( Chapter 10 )

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 10: Recuperating and Acceptance

 

It was hard to accept the fact that she was hit, but Kagome learned to deal with as it was into the second week of treatment and was off the breathing machine. She got cards and flowers from everyone she knew and soon her room was filled with them. Inuyasha and everyone else came to visit everyday after school as they say they would and would talk about the day's events. Today would be different, though.

Mom and Dad were both in her room as they were always at this time, talking. At around 3:30, her friends would stop by and they left her room so they could talk. Everyone gathered a chair around her bed and chatted away.

 

“You know, I've been thinking about what happened that day. Apparently, they all say it was a “hit and run” case, meaning that whoever did it, wanted me dead.” Kagome said, still a little unsure of her theory.

“That's true. Anyone would have stopped and had to make sure you weren't seriously hurt, but the bastard just kept going from what we were told. I knew I shouldn't have let you walk home that day alone. I'm so stupid!” Inuyasha said as he put head in both his hands, sounding depressed.

“Look, it's not your fault. I was the one who insisted on walking home alone! So don't blame yourself, okay? None of us knew this was going to happen.” She said comfortingly as she put a hand on his shoulder. He looked up at her. She then put her hand to his face, smiling and responded with one his one, meaning that he now understood that it indeed, wasn't his fault and that it was an unpredictable event.

Ayame stood up and started pacing back and forth with a hand on her forehead.

“What's wrong, Ayame? Is something bothering you?” Miroku asked her.

“It's pretty strange, if you ask me. It's just that after hearing some of the facts, I can't help but ponder that someone or a few people wanted Kagome dead.” Sango nodded in agreement.

“You know what, that makes sense! Kagome, what do you remember before getting hit?” She asked her injured friend. Everyone looked at Kagome.

She started to think,

“Well, I knew it was windy that day, and as I was walking home, it felt that someone pushed me into the street, and I took it as being a big gust.”

Everyone responded with a shocked expression. Miroku then stood up, turning to Kagome.

“You say you felt that someone pushed you?”

“Now, let's see. Who would hate you enough to want you dead?” Ayame thought hard, probably knowing who it was.

“It would be more than likely Kikyo. She's the only one who hates your guts bad enough to want you dead.” Sango spoke up, pointing out the fact.

“That's true Sango. But I still don't know why would she do it?” Ayame asked a little confused.

“I know that one! She probably thinks with me out of the picture, that Inuyasha would be hers. I should have known the bitch would pull a stunt as low as this!” Kagome said out of nowhere, looking at Inuyasha.

“She still thinks she can still get you to fall for her, even when I was gone and out of school.”

Sango and Ayame just felt their blood boil.

“She has gone way over the edge now! Killing you is way too freaking serious. Now it's starting to make sense!”

“You said it, Sango! You mess with one of us; you mess with all of us!” Ayame declared, everyone nodded and agreed.

“Well, at least we know Kikyo was definitely involved, but if that's the case, then who was with her?” Miroku asked in curiosity. The room was silent for a few moments. “Well, whoever it was, I'm going to beat the hell out of them!” Stated an angry Inuyasha. Everyone looked at him and shouted, “HELL YEAH!”

 

Kagome sighed and just rested in the hospital bed, thinking, `Figures Kikyo would be involved in this, but was she the one who pushed me? If so, then who drove the car that hit me? When I see her again, she's going to get the living crap beaten out of her, mostly by me! This is just too much to think about, especially when I can't do anything at the moment.' She just felt so helpless, laying there with a lot of wires and tubes going in and out of her. `With my hip broken and shoulder out of place, this is going to be one heck of a month, just waiting for the time to pass by. But there's nothing I can do about it. I want things the way they used to be, but because of this, this will impact my future, probably.' As soon as she looked up, she saw her father walk into the room. Everyone turned to him.

“I'm sorry to interrupt, but we need to talk to Kagome, alone, along with…” He turned to look at Inuyasha. He gulped and understood that he was about to be chewed out by the father.

“Well we'll see you guys later then.” Ayame waved and walked out, followed by Miroku, but before Sango walked she mouthed a `good luck', knowing what was about to happen. Kagome then mouthed a `thank you' before Sango walked out. Then her mother walked in afterwards and shut the door behind her, locking it.

 

Now both parents were in the room, making him feel really uneasy. He and Kagome looked at each other, both with worried expressions. Then she looked over to where her father stood. `I think I know where this going and this isn't going to be pretty. If I know Dad, he's going to chew Inuyasha out. Now Mom is in here and I don't know how this'll turn out.' Inuyasha sat in a chair bedside her bed and waited for the conversation to start. Mom sat by the window in the room while Dad paced around the room gathering his thoughts. He stopped, sighed and turned to Inuyasha and Kagome.

“The reason why I made you stay was talk to both of you about a small problem that we found very shocking.” `Uh-oh, here it comes!' Inuyasha thought very nervously. Then Mom stood up and walked to the opposite side of the bed.

“When we found out what happened to you that day the doctor told us something that we never thought would happen to you at this young age.” She didn't sound upset, more liked concerned.

“We heard that you are sexually active.”

“And I know you were the one who did it!” Dad said pointing to Inuyasha, who was thinking how this was going to end.

“Uh, Dad,-“

“You think that we weren't going to find out?! Dead wrong!”

“Dad?”

You are going to pay dearly! You're lucky you are not in hell right now!”

“Dad?” Kagome was now getting a little pissed that she couldn't get a word in. `Great, he's practically scarring the hell out of Inuyasha. I don't want to do this....'

“DAD!” She yelled, getting everybody's attention in the room. `I did not need that. I'm still weak and it did hurt.' Panting, she said,

“Dad, will you please get a grip on yourself and give us a chance to actually explain things instead of assuming? Look it's not what you think what happened.”

“We're listening.” Dad responded, tapping his foot. Mom also waited to hear them.

There was an uneasy silence for a while. She held Inuyasha's hand, for both strength and support before she spoke again.

“We both thought about this, long and hard and to tell the truth we were both nervous. He didn't pressure me or force me to do anything. He was actually more concerned on how I felt than anything else.”

“It's true. I never did anything to go against her will. I didn't want to hurt her and I knew that she was really nervous but she was open about how she was feeling at the time.” Inuyasha stood up, still holding her hand and looking back from her parents and back to her. She smiled and gave a deep sigh.

“So, it was not by force, but out of pure love?” Mom questioned.

“Exactly. I would never hurt her.” He responded.

Dad on the other hand, was none to please. He was much calmer though, but still a little on the edge.

“I can understand that, but you STILL did it! There was no excuse for what you did! I know how a boy's mind works and I could tell that you just couldn't wait to touch her all over!”

“DAD!!” She sat up, beyond shock. This is not how she wanted the conversation to go. Mom just put her head in her hand, shaking it. Inuyasha just jumped back at the unexpected response from the frustrated father.

“How could say such a thing, Dad? Most boys would just assume that a girl would want it and force themselves on them, and not think. Just remember what you told me that day you slapped me? “I trust your decision and judgment.”?”

Mom stood up and walked over to her husband.

“She's got a point there. You said that you were going to respect her wishes and let her date who she wants, even if he is a demon.”

“Half-demon, actually.” Inuyasha said, correcting them.

“Okay, half-demon. It still amazes me that you would stop and think about what she wanted instead of assuming. Like she said, most boys don't think. I'm glad that this is has taken a turn for the better and pray to the Gods above that you didn't get pregnant, otherwise there would be problems.” Mom explained to them, emphasizing the last few words.

“Thanks Mom. I'm relieved too. I think we both are.” Kagome looked up to Inuyasha, who gave a relieved sigh and still gripping her right hand. He wanted to kiss her so badly, but with her parents there, he would just have to wait until she was released from the hospital, which was still a good 3 weeks away.

 

She looked over to her dad, who looked like he was thinking about something very deep. He was indeed thinking about the past events and past memories, and staring at his daughter and the silver-hair boy was sitting beside her, holding and rubbing her hand to soothe her. `She does seem happy with him. I have never seen her happier. I guess I have been blind to see that she is no longer a tiny girl, but a woman; a woman who needs more in her life than just a protective father and a concerned mother. I can tell that she needs him and he needs her to keep them both going, just by the look in their eyes. She's growing up and there's nothing that can stop that. I guess I should count my blessings that everything turned out well. Neither I nor her mom can stop them from being apart and nothing ever will. But even though that he respects her enough to ask about things that she's not sure of, I will still keep a close eye, being the over-protective father I am. Now I know that they love each other, very much. But why they slept together still has me going nuts! But the good thing is that she's happy, even though she's injured badly and having him by her side seems to cheer her up even more…”

His thoughts were interrupted when Inuyasha stood up and walked over to him. He stood a few feet away from him and spoke in a very calm, yet nervous tone.

“Um sir, I know that I have messed up but after what just transpired a bit ago, I would still like be around your daughter, if that's okay.” Inuyasha asked, looking down at the ground, rubbing the back of his head. Kagome just giggled at her boyfriend's shy and nervous attitude.

Dad cleared his throat and proceeded with his answer.

“Look son, I understand the need to be with Kagome, and it looks like you care for her, a lot. But I am still a bit uptight about that little `incident', but I can see now that nothing can tear you two apart. I won't prevent you from seeing her, but I must ask you two not to anything that can get you into trouble, I think we were lucky this time.”

Inuyasha looked up and gave a smile.

“No problem sir.” `Although you still scare the hell out of me most of the time, I will try to do anything not to get on your bad side.' He gulped down hard. Dad gave him a handshake, finally giving Inuyasha his consent.

Kagome just sighed and returned to her normal position on the bed. `Finally! Hopefully Dad will be better at controlling his temper around him now.' Mom walked over to her bedside with a peaceful grin on her face.

“Looks like things are changing around here.”

“You said it, Mom. Although I still suspect that Dad still wants to keep an eye on him and Inuyasha still fears for his life. But it's safe to say that I won't have to hide anything from you two now.” Her mom gave her a quick kiss on her forehead and both looked over to the two men. Mom gave a small quick laugh.

“Your father will always be your father, no matter how old you get and no matter what he does to embarrass you.” Kagome laughed in response. The two men walked back to the hospital bed, with Inuyasha sitting beside her, once again.

“It looks like you two finally resolved things.” Mom said, folding her arms, staring at Dad.

“Now let's try to keep the peace now, and that you won't explode anymore.” Kagome smiled at her father. “I'm not promising that I won't explode, but I will keep my temper under control now, as long as you two don't anything so rash again, not anytime soon.” Kagome and Inuyasha both nodded in agreement.

“We won't, Dad. We promise.” She looked over at her boyfriend, and both grinned.

“Well, now that this is over and done with, I will take leave now. But I will be back tomorrow.” He sat up and walked over to Mom and Dad and gave them a handshake and a head bow. When he walked back to Kagome's bedside, he couldn't take it anymore and leaned in to give her a much needed, loving, kiss on the lips. She sat up and closed her eyes as their lips met, not caring what her parents saw or thought at the moment. It wasn't a long one, but she needed one, feeling that Inuyasha wanted to do it for so long. They broke apart and whispered into her ear,

“I love you.” She closed her eyes and whispered back,

“I love you too, Inuyasha, Always.” He kissed her forehead and let their hands slip away from each other and walked out of the room. She turned to look over at her parents and saw Mom have a dreamy look on her face. Dad had his usual stern look on his face, indicating he was back to normal.

“You two aren't going to say anything, even after what you just saw?” She asked them, referring to Dad more then Mom.

“I think you have a right to kiss him, since he is your boyfriend and all.”

Dad just stood there, shaking his head in agreement, keeping his look.

“I don't mind you kissing, but why do it here of all times?” Mom elbowed him to knock it off.

“Dad, if you're going to accept him, you might as well accept us kissing in front of you, because we do it a lot.” She said, sounding pretty confident speaking to him now about the boyfriend issue.

“I might have accepted him, but that doesn't mean I'll accept everything you two do. Just don't over do it, Deal?” He might have the protective dad look on the outside but inside, he wanted his daughter to be happy and nothing else.

“Deal. And be nicer to him. You still scare him, I can tell.”

“Can't help it. I have that look to tell anyone to back off!” He said while laughing, indicating that he was looser and cool about it.

“Daddy!” She snickered back

 

“Like I said before sweetie, `your father will always be your father, no matter what.' Remember that.” Mom pointed out again while putting a hand on his shoulder.

Kagome just smiled nodded. She knew that He will always be there for her, no matter what life throws at her. She was just content that everything was alright in the world again and knowing that he and Inuyasha were on friendly terms now.