Father Knows Best

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Never have and never will. *Sigh*

Last Time: Then things took a turn for the worst. Kagome had went to pick up Sota and Rin from the dance. Before she had gotten there it began to pour down rain and there wasn't a close parking space. She had to walk and was soaked. When they returned home she had taken a hot bath to knock the chill from her body.

Inutaisho had seen all of this and he really hoped that Kagome didn't get terribly sick.

"Achoo!"

Kagome had spent most of the time since she had gotten up for the next day sneezing. She thought that is was just some dust bothering her but her mother insisted that she take her temperature. She didn't have a fever so her mother left it at that.

As the day progressed Kagome started to not feel so well and it started with the sneezing. Then close to dinner she recieved a migraine. A bad one. It was bad enough that her mother advised her to lay down and that she would bring her some dinner up.

When she had brought up her dinner Mrs. Higurashi checked again for a fever and none was to be found. Kagome ate very little of her dinner and after her mother took what had been left away, she fell asleep.

It was a deep sleep and she didn't hear when Rin came into the room and prepared for bed. She didn't feel Sesshomaru jump up onto the bed and snuggle into her.

Sesshomaru hadn't been asleep beside her for long when she started coughing. At first it was light and didn't bother him then it progressed to a harder cough, waking him up. She began shifting restlessly and almost knocked him off of the bed.

"What is wrong with our mate?" his beast asked.

"I don't know. I believe she may be sick." he said.

"Well check if she has a fever." it said.

"Alright." he said.

Sesshomaru moved to her forehead and she moved again, knocking him right off the bed. But that didn't deter him, he jumped back onto the bed and pressed his nose to her forehead. Sure enough she was burning up.

"She is burning with fever." he said.

"She is too hot. She will die if she doesn't see a healer." his beast said.

Sesshomaru didn't waste time in hopping off the bed and squeezing out the gap by the door. He tracked his way to Mrs. Higurashis' room and found it shut. He did the only thing he could do, he began to whine and scratch at her door until she opened it.

When she finally opened the door she was surprised to see him there.

"Sesshomaru what are you doing out here? Did you get locked out of Kagomes' room?" she asked.

He shook his head at her question and tugged at the hem of her gown, pulling her towards Kagomes' room.

"Is there something you want me to do?" she asked.

He nodded and continued to tug. She followed him and they stopped right outside of Kagomes' room.

"Ok, here." she said, pushing the door open.

Sesshomaru pulled on her hem one more time then turned to hop on her bed. He whined to get her to come near. When she had he went to Kagome and put his nose on her forehead.

"What is it? Is there something wrong with Kagome?" she asked.

He nodded and placed his nose on her forehead again. Mrs. Higurashi mimicked him with her hand and felt that Kagome had a really high fever.

"Oh dear, she is terribly sick. She has to go to the doctor. I'll be right back." she said.

Mrs. Higurashi left the room and went to her fathers' room. She woke him a told him that she was taking Kagome to the hospital and that she needed him to watch the children. Then she went to her room and dressed. Minutes later she returned to Kagomes' room and woke her.

"Kagome dear, I am taking you to the hospital. You have a very high fever, so please get dressed." she said.

"Ok mom." Kagome said, raspily.

Sesshomaru whined and drew Mrs. Higurashis' attention to him. She smiled, she knew what he wanted.

"You can go. I can't garuntee that the doctors will let you stay with her." she said.

Sesshomaru followed her downstairs and they waited for Kagome. She appeared after awhile and they left to go to the hospital. When they arrived Mrs. Higurashi told him to stay in the car and if she could bring him in she would come and get him.

So Sesshomaru sat in the car and waited.

"Why can't we be with our mate?" his beast asked.

"I don't know. I want to make sure she is ok." he said.

"I know. I want to be with her. I want to see that she is cared for." it said.

"Hmm, she has to be ok. I don't know what to do." he said.

"She will be ok, she has to be. We can't lose her, I love her." it said.

"What?!" he asked.

"l love her." it repeated.

Sesshomaru was silent as he contemplated what his beast shared with him. His beast loved Kagome, but did he. Did he love her? He didn't know. He wasn't sure what it was he felt for her. It was a great feeling but he wasn't sure if it was love. He didn't know what love felt like, so he wasn't sure.

His beast on the other hand knew that Sesshomaru loved Kagome. Sesshomaru just had to discover it for himself, but he really hoped that he didn't take much longer to realize it. He was really eager to be himself again. Soon Mrs. Higurashi returned without Kagome.

"Where is our mate?" it asked.

"I don't know." he answered.

"Sesshomaru it took a lot of convincing but they said you can stay with her. But you have to be good." she said.

Sesshomaru was so happy and his beast purred with contentment. Mrs. Higurashi carried him into Kagomes' room. What he saw disturbed him. It wasn't like his healer, these healers had lines attached to Kagomes' hands and her nose. There was also an annoying machine that beeped.

He whined at Mrs. Higurashi and she began to explain what everything was and that Kagome had Pneumonia. She would have to be in there for a couple of days and that she would be well enough to return home.

"Atleast she will be taken care of." he said to himself.

"Sesshomaru, I will be back later. I need to go home and check on everyone else. Be good until I return and I will be back with all of them in tow. Watch over her." she said.

He nodded and she left. He couldn't get on the bed so he took up the chair next to the bed and watched her sleep. He hoped that she wouldn't be sick much longer, he really wanted to have her back at home. The hospital was a good place but he really did much prefer to be at her home.

Authors Note: Another update. I think the end of this chapter is a little rough but I wasn't sure how to end this one. I will try to get ch 14 up asap. Please Review.