InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Simple and Clean ❯ Hospital Jitters ( Chapter 10 )

Hello again my nice viewers who will, after they read this chappy which I labored over for hours while I was supposed to be doing my homework, kindly review!

 

Chapter 10

 

Hospital Jitters

 

Dedicated to the one, the only, Rozefire

 

 

Recap of events:

 

Inuyasha was happy that at least the flow of blood was stopped, for a while at least, but he knew he would breath a lot easier when the paramedics got there… she had lost a lot of blood.

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Kagome was holding back tears. She wanted to be strong, for Sango. She didn't want Inuyasha or Sango to see her cry, but she was so scared! What if Sango died? What if she had to get her leg amputated off? Crazy ideas whizzed through her mind like a blender on high speed.

She turned to look at Inuyasha, hoping that he could give her some condolence, but he was stark white and rigid, and his face was screwed up so much would have been comical if they weren't in such a dire situation. He looked a lot like Kagome felt. Without thinking, Kagome reached out her arm and rested it on Inuyasha's leg. He looked up, startled.

“She's gonna be okay.” Kagome said convincingly. She said it more to assure herself than to assure Inuyasha, but it seemed to help a little bit. Inuyasha seemed to relax and Kagome felt the muscles in his leg ease a bit. A tingling sensation shot up her arm as this happened, and she realized exactly where her hand had been resting.

She withdrew it quickly as if she had touched a hot poker. As she did so she met Inuyasha's eyes with her own. There was a small snowflake resting on one side of his nose, and Kagome reached out her hand tentatively to brush it away. Loud sirens split the air, causing the two to jump apart like to kids caught in the act of stealing a candy bar, ruining the moment.

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Kagome and Inuyasha watched as an unconscious Sango was lifted onto a stretcher and carried into the waiting ambulance. In movies, whenever the main character was taken away in the ambulance, his friends were always there, in the actual car. Obviously Sango's friends didn't get the same courtesy.

As they tried to climb into the vehicle after Sango, security officers stopped them. A particularly stout one that looked as though he had a few too many doughnuts held up a hand, stopping them. “Sorry kids, you can't get in, only security officers and medics.” Inuyasha didn't share the same perspective, but he held his peace, or at least Kagome held it. She tugged him away from the ambulance calling rude obscenities to the officers.

“Inuyasha,” Kagome hissed, “You're going to get us arrested.” Inuyasha answered by stringing together a particularly long phrase of crude words and phrases. Scowling, he gave in to Kagome's persistent dragging, but not without complaint.

“The bastards….” He said, wrinkling up his nose in disgust, “I hate policeman…” Kagome wondered if this was the only run-in that her dog-eared friend had gotten into with the police. Kagome feverishly hoped that someone else was there to hold him back.

“Come on, quit stalling!” Inuyasha interrupted her stream of thoughts. He was the person pulling them along now. Kagome wondered where they were going until they reached the parking lot. Sango and Kagome had ridden to the rink on their bikes, but apparently Inuyasha had driven.

Kagome wondered if it was even legal for Inuyasha to drive. After all, he was only fifteen, just like her. She followed Inuyasha to a dingy red Toyota Corolla that was rusting in various spots. So much for a hot ride…Kagome thought regretfully. Inuyasha patted the car lovingly. He hopped into the driver's seat and motioned for her to get in the other side.

“Inuyasha…” She said uncertainly, “I don't know, maybe I shouldn't…” She trailed off as Inuyasha locked eyes with her. “Relax Kagome, just hop in.” He told her in that calm cool way. She was convinced even before he had started talking; the look in his deep, amber eyes was enough by itself.

She smiled awkwardly as she plopped down beside him in the front seat. This can't be that bad, what could happen? She thought trying to force down the images of her mangled body… ehehe…deep breaths, Kagome, deep breaths… Inuyasha glanced over at her, and then stuck the keys in the ignition. The car revved and Kagome's stomach did a large flip flop. Where's my common sense in time's like these? She thought furiously as Inuyasha pulled haphazardly out of the parking lot.

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By the time they arrived at the hospital, Kagome was hyperventilating. Inuyasha was as good a driver as he was a skater and she seriously doubted if he had ever driven a car before. His sharp turns and sudden stops did nothing to calm Kagome's nervous stomach. As soon as they jerked to a stop Kagome flung herself out of the car and towards the curb where she collapsed.

As Kagome was praising solid ground, Inuyasha looked around, a picture of disgust pasted on his face. It was as if a horrible smell had passed under his nose. Kagome was in no state to notice the look because she was currently trying to get her own senses back under control.

“Hiya Kagome!” a small, high pitched voice squealed behind her. She gave a small, surprised jump as Shippo crawled into her lap. She looked at him quizzically and then around, to find Sango's mother, Ari, Standing over them looking worried.

“You heard about Sango then?” Kagome asked her, shifting Shippo into a more comfortable position on her lap.

“Yes,” Ari said, nodding her dark head. She had an uncanny resemblance to Sango, and Kagome could have sworn she didn't look that much older than Sango herself. “The hospital called us on Sango's cell.” Kagome smiled a little at that. Sango always had her cellphone handy wherever she went. She almost lived and breathed off the thing.

“Whazzamatter with Sango?” Shippo asked curiously, and then noticing Inuyasha's disgruntled look commented, “What crawled up your butt and died?” Ari slapped Shippo softly on the back of the head, but even she had to laugh at the look on Inuyasha's face. “ELF…” Inuyasha grumbled using his newfound term. Smiling to himself he pivoted on one foot, he made his way to the entrance of the hospital.

Inuyasha heard Kagome sigh as she heaved herself off the curb of the sidewalk, apparently over her nauseated fit. Hurried footsteps advanced on him as Kagome caught up with him. “Do you think that Sango's gonna be okay?” Kagome asked worriedly.

Inuyasha let out a little breath as he answered, almost as if he was explaining something for the hundredth time to a small child, “I dunno, why you don't go ask a doctor or something?” Inuyasha asked as he pushed open the metal doors of the hospital waiting room.

The room was stark white and smelled of sanitary cleaners and latex gloves. Kagome wrinkled her nose and almost immediately wished she were back outside. Glancing around her, she noticed that everything was eerily silent, as if in one of those silent movies; minus the over-acting and hand gestures. The people who weren't incapacitated were whispering softly or not talking at all. She shivered involuntarily.

Remembering their conversation, she turned back to Inuyasha, “I'll go ask a doctor if you come with me.” She said in a whisper, afraid to break the stillness of the waiting room. An expression flitted across his face, but as soon as it was there, it was gone again. Kagome looked at him quizzically.

“What?” He demanded, a little louder than he had meant to. The desk clerk looked at him sternly as if to tell him to shut up and let her work. “What?” He repeated, quieter now. Kagome shook her head, “That look you gave me just now…” She trailed off, hinting at him to fill in the blanks.

“I…I don't like doctors, okay?” Inuyasha mumbled, his cheeks turning slightly pink. Shaking her head, Kagome managed a weak smile, “Let's go find Sango, okay?”

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Sango opened her eyes to find herself in a hallway. Wait a second-a hallway??? A screen was the only thing that separated her from the other people scurrying by. Peering around the screen she started to read the sign on one of the metal doors opposite to her… Danger: High Radiation and then underneath it: X-Ray Room. Okaaay… she strained her neck and read the next door: Intensive Care Unit. I'm in a hospital, She thought to herself weakly, falling back heavily onto the cot. She was jolted back upright again as a pain shot through her upper thigh. Reality dawned on her as she remembered what had happened to her at the skating rink.

Slowly, as not to agitate her wound, she lifted the crisp, white sheet covering her legs. Her leg was bandaged heavily and there was no sign of blood. She sighed inwardly. She could handle bloody movies, yet she was squeamish when it came to cuts, scratches and anything nasty, including the discovery channel specials on surgery… She would never be the same after that.

“Feeling a little better?” A male voice asked from somewhere near her head. Pulling the blankets down quickly (because that hospital robe didn't cover much) and turned around as fast as she could without severely hurting herself. She glared up at a fairly young man in a doctor's robe, holding a clipboard.

“I'm Assistant Doctor Koga and I will be overseeing your surgery today!” He said cheerfully. Sango looked at him warily, “Surgery?” She asked. Koga patted her on the shoulder and said reassuringly, “You only have to get a few stitches, that's all!” Sango's eye twitched but she kept her composure long enough for Koga to excuse himself to go tend to another patient.

Great, she thought sarcastically, I get to have the assistant doctor, and I get to have stitches… fun fun! She felt so unloved. That dude was definitely an intern, which meant that he had to be in his early twenties. This meant one thing: She was being treated by someone fresh out of college, no hands-on experience whatsoever. Great, just great.

“Hiya Sango!” Shippo squealed as he bounced by her cot. Ari picked him up and held him so that Shippo didn't have to jump to see over the doctor's table/cot which was about twice his size. Sango smiled and reached over to pat his head, earning the routine scowl. “Hey, Shippo,” She said weakly, “Guess what? I get to have stitches!” Sango said, not trying to hard not to sound sarcastic.

Ari sighed, and her face relaxed a little more. “Good, good…how many?” Sango bobbed her head back and forth, “I have not clue, but I guess we'll find out sooner or later.” Just then a silver-haired boy with a snow hat placed precariously over his large ears and a girl with long, black hair stopped just short of the bed.

“Sango,” Kagome said urgently rushing over to the bed, “Are you okay? I'm so sorry, this was all my fault! I shouldn't have…” She babbled on and Sango looked past her to Inuyasha. He smiled a little at Kagome's rambling and did a small wave. Sango manage to wave back, rolling her eyes at Kagome.

“Ugh, what's that smell?” Inuyasha asked, sickened. Assistant Doctor Koga rounded the corner, carrying his clipboard and chewing the end of a pen, examining some papers carefully. When he looked up, he noticed Sango's visitors. “Great,” He said, mumbling a little because of the pen still lodged in his mouth, “Now that you have gotten here Mrs…” Koga looked up at Ari.

“Arakawa, Mrs. Arakawa.”

“Thank you,” Koga said, looking up from his papers a moment, “Now, can you sign here, here and here?”

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AAARRGGHH!!! It's that time of year again folks. The thing that everyone paranoid of “family togetherness time” dreads: the holidays. Therefore a lot of these next three or four weeks I will be incapacitated (which means no new chappies!!). Instead of writing for you, I will be gaining weight (I see the scale crumpling already…) off of those little white rolls of buttery-goodness (If I stuff my face, I an avoid talking to my relatives…), and give thanks and blessings for all of the lovely things that grace this world. Have I already mentioned that I am a major pessimist??? Urggh…

 

I will try as hard as I can to gain access to the computer, but will probably be dragged out of my safe haven by the hair by my evil relatives of doom so I can “tell them about school!” I apologize in advance if I hardly update through the month of December. Please don't take it personally!!