InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Miracle of Love ❯ The Miracle ( Chapter 4 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Chapter 4

“Where are they taking her?” asked Inuyasha as the ambulance sped off with Kagome. He followed the Higurashi family to their car.

“She's being taken to the hospital,” Grampa replied. “They will be able to help her if anyone can.” With that, they all piled in the car and followed the ambulance. Sota tried to explain to Inuyasha what a hospital was and what to expect when they got there, but Inuyasha gave no sigh that he was listening as he stared blindly out the window.

“Hang on Kagome” thought Inuyasha. “Please hang on!”

When the family and Inuyasha reached the hospital, they were shown to a room with comfortable chairs. Inuyasha watched as strangely garbed people rushed past the open doorway. His ears twitched with the strange sounds of machines, low murmurs of people talking, and the cries of pain that filtered down the hallway. His nose burned at the medicinal smells that surrounded him. He was distantly aware of Kagome's grandfather telling someone that she fell out of a tree. Inuyasha puzzled over that for a moment. “Oh, I guess it would not be a good idea to tell them she was attacked by a demon in the Feudal Era,” he thought morosely. “Where is she? I can't even smell her here with all this stench. Kagome, I am so sorry. Please don't die. I…I…love you…”

After a short time, Mrs. Higurashi placed a bundle of clothes into Inuyasha's hands. “Here, I found you some clean clothing to change into, dear. You should go change. It will help you feel better.” She smiled sadly and led him down the hall to the rest room. Inuyasha followed her numbly, not saying a word.

Once inside, he shut the door and opened the bundle. It contained a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. He looked down at himself and realized that he was covered in dried blood. Kagome's blood. He started to cry as he disrobed and put on the strange clothes he had been given. “Damn! I need to stop this. I need to be stronger than this!” he scolded himself as he wiped the tears from his eyes. “I am starting to act like Shippo.” He gathered his soiled kimono and left the rest room. As he made his way back to the waiting room, a door opened in front of him. “Kagome!” he whispered as he caught her scent. Inuyasha looked through the door and saw Kagome. She was lying on a bed with tubes and wires coming out of her body. Several of the strangely dressed people were busy around her bedside. Inuyasha clenched his fists and turned away from the sight, frustrated that he was unable to help her in any way. He slowly made his way back to Kagome's family.

After what seemed like forever, one of the people Inuyasha had seen with Kagome came in and introduced himself as Dr. Hikido. He sat down with the family and Inuyasha. “She is stable now,” the doctor explained. “We gave her blood transfusions and repaired the internal damage that she suffered. We've done all we can. Now we will have to wait and see if she wakes up.”

“When will that be?” asked Kagome's mother.

“It is hard to say,” replied Dr. Hikido. “She is in a coma. She may come out of it today, tomorrow, next week, next month or even next year. That is even if she comes out of it at all. It will all depend on her and her will to survive.”

“Can we go to her now?” asked Inuyasha in a subdued voice. “Kagome may not wake up? No! That is not an option! She has to wake up. We need her to find the jewel shards….I need her…” he thought to himself.

“Of course. Please follow me. Keep in mind that even though she is in a coma, we believe that Kagome can still hear the voices of those she loves. It could be that you can lead her back to herself.” With that, Dr. Hikido ushered them into Kagome's room, bowed and left them alone with her.

Inuyasha stood back and observed as Kagome's family gathered at her bedside. Sota grasped her hand and started to cry. Grampa stood at the foot of the bed chanting prayers and uttering charms of health over her. Mrs. Higurashi sat stroking Kagome's face and hair, singing a soft lullaby. Through it all, Kagome's only movement was her even breaths, which sounded much clearer than before. Her skin had lost the deathly pallor that it had held for too long. She almost looked as if she were sleeping, except for the tubes that were attached to the machines.

Inuyasha slowly made his way to Kagome's side. Sota made room for him. He collapsed into a chair that was near, clasped her hand and lowered his head. How long he remained that way, he didn't know and he didn't care. People came and went around him, but he paid them no mind. He thought that Mrs. Higurashi spoke to him a couple of times, but he did not respond to her. The only thing he paid any attention to was Kagome and the warmth of her hand in his.

After an undeterminable amount of time, he felt a hand on his head. When he lifted his eyes, he saw the kind smile of Mrs. Higurashi as she stood beside him. “Inuyasha, I know that you care deeply for my daughter. It shows in how you haven't left her side for the past four days. You also haven't said a word to anyone in that time. I think you need to talk to Kagome and tell her how you feel. She deserves to know. I am going to go and get some sleep. Please consider what I have told you.” She placed a motherly kiss on his forehead and left.

“Has it really been four days?” thought Inuyasha. “It doesn't seem that long, and yet it feels like it has been forever since the fight with Naraku.” He looked at Kagome's face and thought back to the first time he saw her, thinking she was Kikyo. Inuyasha began to talk about how he kept trying to get rid of her, thinking that he would be better off being alone. He talked about his childhood and how he was unable to trust anyone. He told her about the time that he realized that his feelings toward her started to change; the first time he saw her cry for him.

“Kagome, I never realized just how alone I was until you came into my life. I fought against my feelings because I had learned as a child that to show emotion was to show weakness. But before I knew it, you broke the barrier I had placed around my heart. You made me learn how to trust and how to care about someone other than myself. I said all kinds of things that I didn't mean to try to get you to betray me or leave me like everyone else in my life has, but you always stuck with me no matter how rotten I was to you.” Inuyasha sighed, and looked down at the hand that he still held. Did he feel her hand move in his? No, it was only his imagination.

“Kagome, I am so very sorry for the pain that I put you through with Kikyo. I want you to know that I no longer have any feelings for her. The confusion that I felt was from the feelings I felt for you; I thought they were for Kikyo. I now know that they were never for her, that I never felt for her what I feel for you.” Inuyasha gave a bitter laugh. “After all, she is dead, not even flesh and blood. How could I have been so stupid as to think that I cared for her the way she is now?

Please forgive me, Kagome. I thought I needed to wait until we defeated Naraku before I could tell you how I feel, but when I almost lost you and even now that I know I may still loose you, I realized that I need to tell you just how much you mean to me.” He gripped her hand tighter. “I LOVE YOU, KAGOME! I love you more than life itself. I don't know what I would do if you left me now. I don't think I could continue to live if you died. Please don't leave me! Please come back to me, Kagome!” Inuyasha put his head down as the tears that he had been holding back finally burst forth. His whole body shook as great sobs tore through him. Slowly, as the great tide of emotion left him, Inuyasha became aware of someone stroking his head and a voice that he had missed so much repeating his name over and over again in a comforting croon. Hardly daring to believe, Inuyasha looked up and found himself lost in Kagome's eyes.

“Ka…Kagome…!” he gasped out. “You're awake!” With that, he gathered her into his arms and kissed her tenderly. She held him tightly and returned the kiss. When they parted, Kagome smiled at him and said “I love you too, Inuyasha. I will never leave you. You will never be alone again.”

This is the end of The Miracle of Love. I hope that you enjoyed this story and that it touched you in some way. Please review and let me know what you think. Thank-you.