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Keep holding on

By: Shizuko-chan13

Chapter 1

Riiiing

"911, what's your emergency?" The operator asked.

"H-Hello?" A scared voice replied.

"Hello m'am, what's your emergency?"

"T-there's been a-an accident, I'm stuck in the limo and oh my God, I think my son is on top of me," the victim replied.

"M'am, do you know where you are?"

"I'm not sure, uh, I-I can't remember,"she said starting to panic.

"It's all right m'am, just stay calm, I'll just trace you via GPS. Help will be there soon."

"A-all right. Just please hurry up, my son is quiet and he's not waking up." She was starting to cry.

"M'am, can you move your hands? If you can, try to find a pulse either at his neck or his wrist. Can you do that for me?"

"I'll try." Some movement could be heard and after a short while, "I think I feel a pulse but I'm not sure, it's very faint. Is my son going to be all right?" She was starting to panic again.

"M'am, stay calm. Help will be there soon, can you hear the sirens?"

"Uh, yes. I can hear them, thank God." The victim sounded a little relieved.

"M'am, you said you were in a limo, can you see the driver?"

"No, my son is on top of me, I can't see anything else."

"Then try to call out his name to find out if he's okay."

"All right. Totosai? Totosai can you hear me?" She waited for a few seconds and then she heard him moan in pain.

"I think I heard him. Are they here yet? I can hear the sirens getting louder."

"They're almost there m'am, so just hold on and stay calm, okay? Help is on the way"

This is CNN Breaking News

"Good evening, this is CNN Breaking News. Earlier this afternoon there was a car accident involving a black Escalade and a black limousine. What we know so far is that the black Escalade drove through a red light at high speed and rammed into the limo, which was crossing the intersection. The driver of the Escalade and the three passengers of the limousine were taken to a hospital, it is not clear which one yet. We do not have the name of the driver that caused the crash but we know for a fact that the passengers in the limousine were Inuyasha Takahashi, his mother, Izayoi Takahashi and their driver, Totosai Hamada. From what we could gather, Inuyasha is in critical condition, while his mother and his driver only had minor injuries. We do not have information on the condition of the other driver but from what we could gather from witnesses is that he did not appear to be in critical condition.

Inuyasha Takahashi is the lead guitarist and lead vocalist of the band Demonic. This is all for now, we will keep you updated on Inuyasha Takahashi's condition."

All these lights are catching up to me
I just can't put insomnia to sleep
I close my eyes but all that I can see
Is someone who I'm never gonna be
I hope that you can bring me back
I gotta to make it right

And if I fall and crash and burn
At least we both know that I tried
And as I crawl those lessons learned
Yeah they remind me I survived
Yeah, yeah, yeah

And I've been hurt and I've been scarred
At least I know that I'm alive
And if I fall and crash and burn
At least we both know that I tried

All of the things I tried say
All of the words just got in the way
I'm waiting here, I need your help
Don't leave me down here all by myself

Riiiing…Riiiing

The silver haired inu-hanyou sitting in a wheelchair stopped singing and playing his guitar, he put it aside and picked up the phone.

"What!" He screamed at the person calling.

"Inuyasha! Is this how you greet your mother?"

"Oh, Mom! Sorry, I'm in a bad mood right now," he replied a sounding a little less annoyed than before.

"I bet you are. I heard you fired another physical therapist." She stated. "What happened this time?"

"I hate him, he's a terrible therapist, I can't really feel anything yet and he seemed to like to touch me a little too much and not in a good way either. The idiot didn't think I would realize what he was doing? I mean I fucking paid him to do his job not to feel me up. Besides I think he might be gay and it was just creeping me out."

His mother chuckled. "Oh well, nothing we can do I guess. Now, tell Kikyo that I'll choose your next physical therapist. You've fired three already and it's been only a month and a half since the accident. I'm beginning to think she doesn't know what she's doing or she's doing it on purpose."

"Mom, Kikyo wouldn't do that," he argued.

"Sweetie, you've only been dating her for what, 6 months now? How would you know? Let me take care of things from now on, that way we'll get you walking sooner rather than later."

Inuyasha sighed, he didn't like to argue with his mother. "Fine, Mom. But this better be a good one, I want to fucking walk already!"

"I know dear, that's why I'm butting into your business. Your doctor told me that you should be rehabilitating faster than you are now since you're a hanyou. Anyway, I better go make some calls, your doctor gave me the number of an agency, they're supposed to have the best physical therapists in the city. I'll let you know when I've hired one, okay?"

"All right Mom. I'll talk to you later."

"Bye, dear." With that she hung up.

Inuyasha sighed, there was nothing to do. It was late afternoon and he was home alone. His girlfriend was out with her friends again and he just fired his physical therapist less than 30 minutes ago. 'Life sucks,' he thought to himself, and it sucked even more that he couldn't walk, although he wasn't permanently paralyzed. But he would never regret the decision to cover his mother with his body and take most of the blow from the crash. She was only human and she would have probably died if she was the one who got his injuries. Luckily she only broke her right leg. And Totosai had the least injuries, airbags really are a lifesaver. Besides, the car crashed at the back part of the limo, right where Inuyasha and his mother were sitting.

Thinking about the accident made him frustrated, the guy who caused the crash got away and the police can't find him. He was taken to the hospital but he gave a fake name and the car he drove was stolen. They only knew what he looked like, but that didn't get them far either. No one has recognized him from the sketch the police had made. To Inuyasha his face did seem familiar but he couldn't remember where or when he had seen him.

Sighing he picked up his guitar and continued playing some old songs. Just because he couldn't actually work or do anything else that required him standing up for that matter, didn't mean that he would sit around and do nothing. The least he could do was come up with a few songs, if not for his band, then for himself.

Mrs. Takahashi called the agency and set up appointments with three of their best physical therapists for the next day at her mansion.

The first two had very good recommendations from the agency, patients and other specialists but considering their personalities Mrs. Takahashi knew for sure they would not last long working for her son.

She was really hoping the last PT would be perfect for working for her son, otherwise she'd have to keep looking and the longer it took to find one, the longer it would take for Inuyasha to recover. Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door of her study.

"Come in," she responded.

A maid opened the door and stepped aside to let a raven haired woman in her mid-twenties go in. "Good afternoon Mrs. Takahashi, I'm Kagome Higurashi." She said while sticking out her hand.

Mrs. Takahashi stood up and shook her hand. "It's nice to meet you Miss Higurashi. Why don't you take a seat?"

Kagome took a seat in one of the chairs in front of the desk. She took out a file out of her messenger bag and handed it to Mrs. Takahashi.

"Here is my résumé, Mrs. Takahashi. I'm not sure if the agency sent my résumé already but I brought it just in case."

"That's all right, dear. They sent me everything I need to know. So why don't you tell me something about yourself?"

"All right, well I just turned 26 last month. I have a Bachelor and Master's degree in physical therapy, I did my internship with this same rehab center and I've been working for them ever since I graduated. My father was almost completely paralyzed because of an accident about ten years ago and he has needed physical therapy ever since. That's why I still live at home, my mother and I are both his therapists, but mostly my mom since I have to work."

"Oh my, is he doing better now?"

"Yes, he can walk but not without his cane. He's still kind of stiff and it hurts a little to walk, the doctors told us he would probably need physical therapy all his life but we don't mind, the important thing is that he's walking again."

"Well I'm glad to hear he's doing good. So how many patients have you had? You seem really young and you're one of the center's best PT's."

"I have had many patients, but most of them were category C or D, only a one of them was category B which was my father. I guess he was in some way my first patient even though I didn't have a degree yet. But he was my inspiration for becoming a PT and he helped me develop my skills as well, he's very patient and very understanding and it's from him that I learned that understanding a patient is one of the keys for getting good results."

"Have some of your patients had bad tempers or were depressed?" Mrs. Takahashi asked.

Kagome chuckled a little. "Pretty much all of them were depressed and had really bad tempers, I would be concerned if they weren't. I've loved music since I can remember so I try to make them listen to music when I do therapy with my patients, music always helps me relax and in my experience it helps my patients to relax as well. Besides, that way I get to bond with the patients as well. I don't do it all the time though, only when it's necessary or at the patient's request. And we listen to all kinds of music, although I try to stick to songs that will relax the patients but I try to use music that fits the patient's personality as well. So basically I try to adjust my work to each patient while still doing things my own way."

Mrs. Takahashi smiled before asking, "Well, since you like music so much, do you know the band Demonic?"

"I think so, I might have heard a few of their songs. Why?" Kagome asked curiously.

"Well I hope you like their songs because my son is Inuyasha Takahashi, Demonic's lead guitarist and lead vocalist. And you are hired as his new PT." Mrs. Takahashi said with a smile.

"Really? I got the job? Thank you so much, I promise I will do everything I can to help your son as much as I can." Kagome replied happily.

"Well, here you have all the information you need," Mrs. Takahashi said handing Kagome a file. "You might have heard in the news that my son and I were in a car crash almost two months ago. Inuyasha's girlfriend has hired three therapists in the last month and a half but my son ended up firing all of them. I don't know where she got those PT's but I decided to hire one for him so he can actually recover faster. He hasn't made much progress so that's why I'm looking for the best and I like you and your method. Besides, I'm sure he'll like working with music, it will probably relax him a lot since he's always frustrated. And may I give you some advice?" Kagome nodded.

"Don't take everything he says seriously, he's known to have a bad temper but he has always been like that, lately he's been really frustrated with the lack of progress he's making so please be very patient with him, he's a good person, he's just always had it rough and now it's worse. All because he wanted to save me, it's my fault really that he's in his state, if he didn't cover me with his body I would probably be dead right now, but at least he would not be paralyzed." Mrs. Takahashi started crying a little.

Kagome took a tissue she carried with her and handed it to her. "Well I'm sure he did it because he loves you very much. He's a hanyou, right?"

Mrs. Takahashi nodded.

"Well then you know that thanks to his demonic blood he didn't die and he'll be able to recover faster than any human, I'll make sure of that," she said determined.

"Thank you, dear. That was very nice of you," she replied referring to the tissue. "Well then, when can you start?"

"I usually take only one patient at a time, and I just finished working with one last week, so I can start anytime."

"All right, can you start in two days? I know it's on so short notice since you'd have to pack-"

"I don't understand. What do you mean with pack?" Kagome said interrupting Mrs. Takahashi.

"Didn't they inform you? We're looking for someone who can live with him during his whole rehabilitation. You will need to take him to the rehab center everyday and when you get home help him with whatever he needs but please understand that you're not a live in maid, he knows that as well. He has a maid come in every other day to clean the house. And you'll have to discuss when you have your day off with my son. I hope it's not of any inconvenience for you."

"Uh, I would have to discuss this with my mother, I've never worked while living with a patient before so I'll let you know tonight if I'll take the job."

"It's all right, dear. Here is my number, call me when you make your decision," Mrs. Takahashi said giving her a business card.

"Thank you, I'll call you tonight then."

With that she stood up, shook Mrs. Takahashi's hand and left.

Mrs. Takahashi sighed and sat back down. She really hoped Kagome would take the job, she was one of the best of the agency, she had enough experience, she had a great personality and seemed very confident so she most likely wouldn't let anyone walk all over her. Hopefully she could put Kikyo in her place and open Inuyasha's eyes so that he could see what kind of person his girlfriend really is.

Mrs. Takahashi stood up again, took her cane and walked out of her study to go to her room to rest. Her leg was fine now but it still hurt a little when she put pressure on it so she had to use a cane for a while, at least until she could walk without pain.

She got to her room, laid on her bed and started thinking about how everything changed after the accident. She and Totosai were better off than Inuyasha when they pulled them out of the wrecked car, after hours of surgery they didn't know if Inuyasha would be able to walk again, it was known that demons healed a lot faster than humans and rarely stayed paralyzed but since Inuyasha is a half demon they weren't so sure. After conducting some tests they discovered that he wasn't completely paralyzed but he would take a long time to heal and he would need physical therapy. The same day Inuyasha got home Kikyo invited herself to live with him to 'take care' of him, but she had yet to see her doing that. Mrs. Takahashi had never really liked her and Inuyasha knew that but she never confronted her son about it, it was his life after all. But he didn't see that Kikyo was using him, everyone could see that and she was taking advantage of him being paralyzed. Mrs. Takahashi decided it was time she did something to make him realize who Kikyo really is. That's why she hired Kagome, she was a unique person, she could tell the moment she walked into her study. All she could do now was hope Kagome could help her son walk again and in the process open up his eyes to all the lies Kikyo fed him.

With that last thought she closed her eyes to rest for a while and wait for Kagome's call.