InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It All Comes Down To This ❯ Recovery ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2 - Recovery

 

Metallic beeping permeated the hazy grey fog of Inuyasha's mind. It tugged at his senses, slowly dragging him back to consciousness. Humming fluorescent lights swam into his vision as he groggily blinked. He was in a hospital room, with tubes and machines forming a jungle of metal around him. Damn. I hurt like hell. What the fuck happened?

 

Forcing his memory back, Inuyasha could dimly remember the pre-natal appointment with Sesshoumaru that morning. We met with Sesshoumaru; he said everything was ok. We were driving home in that damn machine. And then… then… what happened? Flashes of memory capered in the back of his mind, refusing to clarify the blank spaces in the past day. One thought slowly forced its way into his rioting mind. Kagome, clutching her dissented belly, gasping sharply, hurt etched on her face. Kagome screaming.

 

A voice Inuyasha vaguely recognized spoke up from deep inside his heart. Wife hurt. Child hurt. Mate hurt. Inuyasha pulled himself into a sitting position, ignoring the searing pain in his chest and abs. “Kagome hurt. Pup hurt.” He muttered, yanking out the tubes and wires taped to his arms and body. The machines' beeping and buzzing increased, but he continued to ignore it.

 

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By all appearances, Sesshoumaru was listening attentively to the nurse before him. His face was a perfect mask of calm, and the only hints of his weariness were the deep circles under his eyes. He permitted himself to lean against the wall instead of standing upright, but few others would notice. Inside, his mind was reeling. He hadn't slept in the ten days since the crash; switching between rooms the first three days. The third night, Kagome's frail human body had finally succumbed to her extensive injuries and she slipped into a coma. In the early hours of the morning her soul passed into the afterworld.

 

Sesshoumaru had then split his time between the badly wounded hanyou in ICU and the prematurely and forcibly born pup in neo-natal. The fifth night was the new moon and the demon lord had spent the entire night by his sibling's bed, watching the black-haired teen breath shallowly. His partially healed wounds all seemed to reopen with the slightest movement, and intense pain was clearly written into the unconscious face. Sesshoumaru had never been as glad to see a sunrise as he was that night, when his brother slowly transformed back into half-demon appearance.

 

By the tenth day, Inuyasha's stamina and hanyou resilience finally caught up with all his injuries. By all appearances, the boy would wake up later in the day. Cheered by the thought, Sesshoumaru had allowed himself a short respite in his vigils and had sought a cup of coffee, only to be cornered by the nurse, babbling about something. He was about to tell her off when a distant beeping reached his ears: the sound of someone flatlining. And it was coming from his brother's room.

 

Sesshoumaru left the nurse gaping in his wake and sped towards the hanyou's IC unit. But he was doing better! How could this happen? Even on his human night his heart never even paused. He ran into Inuyasha's room and saw the younger boy, not only alive, but sitting up in the bed and grumbling as he pulled on his cables and tubes. Thank Kami! Sesshoumaru straitened his features and reverted to his usual frosty tones. “Inuyasha! Stop pawing at those wires. You're going to confuse someone and make a general nuisance of yourself, again.”

 

“Kagome hurt. Pup hurt.” was all Inuyasha said as he struggled with the wires.

 

Sesshoumaru took pity on his own ears and unplugged the heart rate monitor, knowing that its shrill alarm would not cease until various sensors were placed back on the hanyou. The puppy ears on his head rose when the noise abruptly ceased, and with a whine, Inuyasha swung his legs over the side of the bed. Oh no you don't. “And you will get right back onto that bed. I will not having you pull out all those stitches I gave you.” Sesshoumaru gently pushed Inuyasha's shoulder back into the pillow with one hand and swung his legs back onto the bed with the other.

 

“Kagome hurt. Pup hurt.”

 

“No. The pup is just fine now. He healed faster than you even. And Kagome, she… there's nothing you can do for her right now.” Sesshoumaru's words finally seemed to penetrate the haze of hurt and worry that enveloped the hanyou's brain and the demon relaxed slightly.

 

“They're both all right?”

 

“They are both resting peacefully. And you will do the same.” The last was a wasted order, as Inuyasha's eyelids had already drooped and his head was sinking to one side.

 

“Mmm, `kay.”

 

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Chokolatte: Character death!!! Muahahaha!!!

Koinu: You're evil.

Chokolatte: I know, isn't it wonderful! *puts her hand over her own mouth and starts breathing deeply* Koinu, come to the Dark Side. We have chocolate.

Koinu: Chocolate? OK!

 

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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha *pouts* or any of the other characters. I want to thank Rumiko Takahashi and company for creating such awesome characters for me to write about as I drool with envy at her skillz. ;)