InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Welcome To My Life ❯ CT Scan ( Chapter 4 )
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By: Hanyou_swimmer 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 01.20.2007 | Pages: 5 | Words: 4.4K | Visits: 971 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 01.20.2007 | Pages: 5 | Words: 4.4K | Visits: 971 | Status: Work In Progress
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Sesshomaru walked through the doors of Takahoushi Youkai Hospital expecting to see a war zone. The hospital had been without a director for nearly two weeks and his half brother was a resident here. Surprisingly though, the hospital appeared to be functioning normally.
He had been invited in to interview for the hospital director’s position by the legal department. They were in charge of doing a candidate search and had chosen him. It was his dream job so of course, he accepted.
So now he sat, in the waiting room of the hospital waiting for his brothers old wench to come and usher him to the interview.
Around five minutes after he had sat down she appeared to take him upstairs. He was surprised, although he didn’t allow it to show. He had purposefully came ten minutes early.
“So, how have you been Sesshomaru?” Kikyo asked as they walked to the stairwell.
“This Sesshomaru has been well.” He stated plainly and clearly.
The two walked in silence the rest of the way. She opened the door for him when they reached their destination and walked in.
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Inuyasha was racing through the hospital. He had just gotten a page that Shippo was getting worse. He reached the room and opened the door without further hesitation. When he walked in he found Shippo in Kagome’s arms, her crying desperately. She looked up at him.
“Please, please do something, anything. He can’t smell anything now. His eyesight is worse and he can barely hear. Please, please!” She was sitting there rocking him back and forth. The kit was even worse. He was crying hysterically, and holding on to his mother with everything he even in him.
“Mommy? Please don’t let go of me, please.”
“Shippo, I’ll never let go of you, never.”
It took Inuyasha all of one minute before he called upstairs and ordered a CAT scan. He had been putting it off because Kagome didn’t have insurance, but Shippo kept getting worse and it was now clear that there was no way around it.
“Yes, this is Dr. Tashio, I have a patient down here that needs a CAT scan now.”
“Ok Dr. Tashio we’ll get him an appointment.”
“Well, when can you fit him in?”
“How about tomorrow at noon?”
“There’s nothing sooner?”
“No I’m sorry we don’t.”
“Yeah, yeah ok I’ll bring him then, the patients name is Shippo Higurashi.”
Inuyasha hung up the phone and looked over to Kagome and Shippo. He walked over to Kagome.
“Kagome, I need to examine Shippo, can I take him for just a minute?” He asked.
She looked up at him wide-eyed and opened her arms just a bit. “Shippo Inuyasha’s going to take you for just a minute, I’ll be right here, ok?”
Shippo didn’t answer her.
She started crying harder, but allowed Inuyasha to take Shippo from her arms.
He carried Shippo over to the examination table and sat him down. He took a small light and examined Shippo’s naval cavity. Finding nothing he once again examined Shippo’s ears. Inuyasha then pointed a light in his eyes, and found no movement or reaction to the light.
He shook his head, what was wrong with this kid?
“Ok, look Kagome.” He waited for her to look up at him before continuing. “I’ve got him scheduled for a CAT scan tomorrow at noon. I was trying to avoid it because its so expensive but I don’t see anyway around it anymore.”
Kagome nodded. “I was hoping that it come to this, you know? I was hoping he’d miraculously get better.”
Inuyasha looked at her. He paused for a moment and then nodded. “I know, but sometimes things don’t work out the way you want them to. I’m going to do everything in my power to save him, and I don’t give up easily, you know that right?” He asked it all seriousness.
Kagome looked at him and burst out laughing. She was laughing and crying at the same time. Soon enough it was all tears.
Inuyasha had no idea what to do with a crying woman. Especially a crying Kagome.
She looked up at him and asked, “what am I gonna do? I need him, he’s all I have. I can’t lose him, I just can’t.”
Inuyasha grabbed her shoulders and pulled her up, he looked her in the eyes and said, “he isn’t going to die, I’m going to find out what’s wrong with him and save him and you are going to home and be mom of the year or some shit like that, ok?”
She looked up at him and nodded. “You’re really a softie at heart aren’t you?”
“Feh, I am not.”
“Sure, you say that but you’ve barely left Shippo’s side since he got here. You go on rounds, and do your job but when your not on call your still here in the hospital in this room, helping Shippo. I bet you haven’t been home for more than a few minutes in the two weeks he’s been in here. And of course, you say it’s nothing.”
Inuyasha looked away from Kagome. “It is nothing, ok wench?” He said harshly.
Kagome turned away, “I’m not even going to dignify that with a reaction.”
“Really? I think that was a reaction wench.”
“Urg, will you please stop calling me wench!” She screamed.
“Ok, bitch.”
Just as Kagome was about to respond, Shippo cried, “Mommy!”
Kagome practically ran to him. “What is it sweetie?”
“Mommy is that you? I can’t see you or smell you or hear you, please Mommy I need you where are you?”
Kagome looked at him for all of a minute before she picked him up and rocked him. He cried into her chest has she cooed and rubbed his back, doing everything in her power to calm him down.
Inuyasha walked back over to the phone and called radiology back. “Yes, this is Dr. Tashio again, is there anyway that we could get my patient in for CT tonight?”
“Doctor, as I told you earlier we’re booked right now and there is no way I can help you.”
“Yes, I understand that, but I have a patient down here that really needs that CT scan.”
“Sir, I realize that, but we really don’t have anyway to help you right now.”
“Ok, I’ll be there in ten minutes.”
He hung up before the guy could answer.
“Now, Kagome get Shippo ready to get the CT I’ll be right back.”
Inuyasha stepped out into the hallway and walked down to the nurse’s station. Keade was sitting there. “Hey hag, I’m gonna try Shippo down for a CT keep an eye on things will ya?”
“Why of course Inuyasha.”
With that Inuyasha walked away. On his way back to Shippo’s room he noticed someone he hadn’t since in almost a year.
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Sesshomaru suppressed a groan. His half-brother had just sighted him. It was to be expected, after all, they were under the same roof for the first time since Inuyasha’s mother died. He had personally never liked Izayoi. She had been there for his father when Sesshomaru’s mother divorced him. In Sesshomaru’s opinion his parents would have been able to move past their differences and get back together had it not been for her.
He turned to Kikyo. “Woman, how did the interview go?”
Kikyo looked startled that he had spoken to her. “It went very well Sesshomaru-sama. You did very well, I expect they’ll be calling you soon. Between you and me your only real competition is another Harvard grad, maybe you know him, Naraku Onigumo.”
Sesshomaru nearly groaned once again. Naraku had been number two in the class, while Sesshomaru had been number one. It had been the end of their relationship. They dated a few times but then the dean started pressing on them the importance of being number one in the class Naraku had taken it very seriously. It eventually led to their breakup. Naraku had wanted to bet Sesshomaru and it pissed him off that Sesshomaru did better than him without really caring or even trying very hard.
“Yes, this Sesshomaru knows him.” He said simply.
Just as he had gotten the words out of his mouth. Inuyasha appeared at his side.
“Hey bastard what the hell are you doing here?”
Sesshomaru held his hand out before Inuyasha could slam him into the wall. “Halt little brother. I am here for an interview and before you ask when it is necessary for you to know you will be told. Now go back to your job.”
“No, I won’t. Now tell me, why the hell are you here.” Inuyasha growled. “What kind of an interview?”
“The kind where someone asks questions and I answer them, really are you that dense?” Sesshomaru asked coldly.
“I know that you asshole, I meant is it a television interview or what.”
“It was a job interview, if you must know.” Sesshomaru replied, getting tired of Inuyasha’s questions.
“Oh hell no, you’re got to kidding me!” Inuyasha yelled, now turning his sights to Kikyo. “You can’t be serious, how could you do this to me Kikyo? You know how I feel about him, how could you try to bring him in as an attending? I’m supposed to be getting that position next year! How could you do this?” Inuyasha screamed as he walked closer and closer to her, and she walked backwards until she hit a wall.
“Inuyasha, we aren’t bringing him in as an attending.” Kikyo replied hesitantly.
Inuyasha looked over to his older brother smirking, “so what, you weren’t good enough fluffy?”
“No you insolent whelp, this Sesshomaru did not interview for the position of an attending physician.”
Inuyasha looked at Kikyo, confused.
“We interviewed him for the job of Hospital Director.”
“And?” Inuyasha asked her.
“And what?”
“And, did he get the job?”
“We’re not sure yet, we still have one more candidate to interview, but..” She paused.
“But what Kikyo?” He asked, pained.
“But it looks like,” Kikyo started.
“It looks like he’ll get it right?” Inuyasha finished for her. At her nod, he walked away.
“Inuyasha!” Kikyo yelled after him, as she started to run towards him, Sesshomaru reached out and stopped her.
“Let him go.” Was all he said.
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After taking a minute to calm down he went back into Shippo’s room, with the wheelchair that he grabbed from the hall.
“What took so long?” Kagome asked.
“Feh,” was his only response.
He simply walked over to Shippo’s bed and lifted him up and placed him in the chair, rather harshly.
Kagome simply stood there for a moment, before realizing Inuyasha and Shippo were gone. She raced after them, thinking to herself ‘not again.’
This time she caught up to him before the elevator came.
“Inuyasha, you are so evil, you could have at least waited for me.” She yelled.
He didn’t respond.
She huffed and folded her arms.
The three of them waited in an uncomfortable silence as the elevator moved slowly. Finally they reached the second floor and got off the elevator.
Inuyasha pushed the wheelchair out and turned left. Kagome followed as Inuyasha pushed Shippo into a room.
“You can sit here,” Inuyasha said, breaking the silence.
Kagome watched as a man walked up to Inuyasha.
“I said we’re booked, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow.” The man said.
Inuyasha snorted. “You don’t have anyone in there right now.” Inuyasha replied, and began to push Shippo into the room.
The man ran after Inuyasha and in front of the door. “You aren’t going in there.”
“Look, Hobo, I am going to get a CT scan of this patient and you aren’t going to stop me, now move.”
“It’s Hojo and I’m not going anywhere.” Inuyasha picked up Shippo, who had fallen into a blissful sleep, and walked over to the door and pushed Hojo aside.
“Now I’m giving him a CT and you can or cannot supervise as I use your precious machine.”
Hojo nodded dutifully and backed down. He kept his head down as he walked back over to the chair in the control room, only to find a beautiful woman sitting in it.
“I’m sorry, but your sitting in my chair.” He said quietly.
Kagome blushed, “oh I’m sorry, Inuyasha just told me I could sit here, I’ll move.” She quickly got up.
Hojo looked at her and blushed. “Wait here, just a minute.” He walked outside and when he came back a few minutes later he had another chair in his hand. He sat it down in front of her.
He then turned back to find Inuyasha standing there. “Thanks Hogo, I needed a chair.” He then proceeded to take the chair and pull it up to the monitor. “Hey, Hofo we gonna get started or not?”
Hojo shook his, “I’m sorry.”
Kagome looked at him pitifully and replied, “It’s ok, I know how he is.”
Hojo nodded and then turned back around and started the equipment.
Inuyasha paid no attention to Kagome as he watched the screen.
Hojo reached over and grabbed the microphone. He spoke into it, “we’re going to go ahead and start now.”
Inuyasha snorted.
They watched the screen and Inuyasha carefully analyzed each of the findings.
After ten minutes, Kagome was beginning to get bored and hungry. Just as she was getting ready to tell Inuyasha that she was going to run to the cafeteria, Inuyasha yelled, “damn it!”
“What, what is it?” Inuyasha didn’t answer he just kept looking at the screen. “Inuyasha, what’s wrong with my son? Please, tell me.” Inuyasha didn’t even acknowledge her.
She looked to Hojo, “will someone please tell me what’s going on?”
Hojo looked up at her, “I don’t know myself, the CT doesn’t show anything.”
“It doesn’t show anything?” She asked in disbelief.
“Not a thing, as far as the CT goes, this kid is healthy as can be,” Hojo said happily, unaware of the obvious tension in the room.
“No, no there has to be something!” Kagome yelled, staring at the screen.
Hojo looked at her and tried to hug her. “This is great!”
Kagome stepped out of his reach and shook Inuyasha. “What do we do now?”
Inuyasha stared at her, he had honestly forgotten she was there. “I don’t know, this shows nothing, nothing at all. I have no idea what to do now. I guess we can try an MRI but I’ll have to get hospital approval for that.”
“Ok, well get approval.” Kagome said forcefully.
“I will.”
“Ok, well lets get Shippo and get out of here, ok?” Kagome asked after a few moments.
“Yeah,” Inuyasha replied.
He went over and opened the door and proceeded to pick Shippo up from the bed. He forwent the wheelchair and opted to carry him instead.
Kagome followed silently.
Hojo watched the exchange with interest thinking, ‘maybe I should ask her out?’
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Inuyasha carried Shippo to the elevator, Kagome following. He pressed the button for up and waited in silence.
“Inuyasha?” Kagome asked quietly.
“Feh,” he answered to show her she had his attention.
“What do we do if the MRI comes up clean?”
“Then we find some other test and if that comes up clean, we find another one. We keep going until we find out what’s wrong and how to fix it.”
“Ok.”
The elevator opened, and was full. Inuyasha squeezed himself and Shippo on and grabbed Kagome’s hand and pulled her on as well. The ride to the fourth floor was very cramped.
When the elevator opened Kagome thought she was going to suffocate.
They walked back to Shippo’s room in silence.
When they got there Inuyasha set Shippo down on the bed and walked over the desk and started writing the findings of the CT scan down.
When he was finished he looked over to find Kagome at Shippo’s side, brushing the hair off his face and placing a kiss on his forehead as he slept. He allowed himself a moment of weakness and simply watched her. She was so tender with Shippo, like any mother to her child. He wondered how her mother must have raised her, that she would be willing to take a youkai child into her home and heart. Most humans were raised to stay away from youkai. Humans and Youkai existed in a strained relationship. Each thinking themselves better than the other. That’s why hanyou were hated so much. Yet here was this human woman caring for a youkai child as though he were her own. It made him wonder if she could ever love him.
Kagome looked over to him and smiled. It was a soft, tired smile. That of a mother who had been up with a sick child and finally gotten him to sleep. He allowed a small smile in return.
It was then he noticed how tired she really was. “Kagome when was the last time you slept?”
He asked suddenly.
She looked surprised. “I guess it’s been,” she paused, “wow, two days, I hadn’t realized.”
He nodded, “when do you have to be at work?”
She looked at the clock on the wall, showing eight p.m. “I don’t have to work at the grocery store tonight, but I have to be at the restaurant tomorrow morning at ten”
“Well, then why don’t you get some sleep?”
“I guess I should.” She walked over to the chair next to Shippo’s bed and sat down.
“What are you doin’ wench?”
“I thought I told you not to call me wench Inuyasha,” she said perturbed.
“Ok then, what are you doin’ bitch?”
She groaned, “I’m trying to get some sleep if you would shut up.”
“Well why are you sleepin’ there?”
“Because I can’t go home, what if Shippo needs me?”
“Well I know that, why don’t you go sleep in the staff lounge, I’ll keep an eye on the runt.”
“Really?”
“Yes, really, I’m not on call tonight so I’ll pull over the chair and sleep in here and if anything happens I’ll come get you.”
“Oh thank you Inuyasha, thank you so much. But, why would you do something like this? I mean you already spend so much time with me and Shippo, why are you giving up your night off?”
“Feh, it ain’t no big deal ok? It ain’t like I have anything else to do. Here I’ll show you where the lounge is.” He walked out of the room and walked to the lounge. He took off his lab coat to reveal his baby blue scrubs, they were tight and fitted to his body. The pants were drawstring with elastic in the back and the perfect length for his five foot seven body and the matching shirt reached just past the top of his pants, it was untucked as usual and v-necked. He handed Kagome his lab coat and said, “here put this on so you don’t look so out of place.” She nodded and took the bleached white tailored coat. She noticed it was very nice, and probably expensive. It wasn’t too thick, just right, with five buttons. It reached his knees, but considering she was five inches shorter than him, it nearly reached her ankles.
She put the coat on and walked into the room. The room was plain white with lockers on three of the four walls. There was a couch in the middle of the room, facing the wall with the door and two loveseats, each facing a different wall with lockers on it. Kagome walked over to the left loveseat and laid down. It was surprisingly comfortable.
She was asleep in minutes.
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Inuyasha had been up most of the night working on Shippo’s case. He reviewed all twelve of the blood and urine tests he had taken, reviewed the x-rays, and the CT scan. There was nothing. So he had reviewed them again. Nothing. So he kept reviewing them, well into the night. He looked up at the clock after his fifth review of the case to see it was nearly two in the morning.
Shippo was beginning to wake up. He had been asleep since Kagome left.
“Mommy?” He asked scared.
“No kid, it’s me.” He said gruffly.
“Inuyasha?”
“Yeah.”
“Mommy? Inuyasha?” He cried out.
Inuyasha nearly kicked himself. How could he have forgotten that Shippo can’t hear anything?
He walked over to the bed and put his hand over Shippo’s forehead to find he had a fever.
“Whoever’s there, my head hurts a lot, please get my Mommy or Inuyasha, please!”
Inuyasha was a little startled, why was Shippo calling for him? He was just the gruff idiotic doctor.
He reached down and took Shippo’s hand. He squeezed it a little and Shippo squeezed back. He took back his hand and grabbed the thermometer and stuck it in Shippo’s ear. It was way to high. That’s when it hit him, although he needed an MRI to prove it. He walked out of the room and to the nurses station. He ordered Keade, the last night nurse to get Shippo some youkai children’s Tylenol and went to the elevator. He had to go find an attending to ok the MRI but he knew what was wrong with Shippo and who’s ass he’d have to kiss to fix it.
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It wasn’t hard to find an attending, Dr. Kobayashi was on the third floor doing rounds. When Inuyasha approached he knew it couldn’t be good, wasn’t he off tonight anyway?
“Kobayashi I need a favor. I have a patient that needs an MRI.”
“Aww Dr. Tashio, still no need for pleasantries ne?”
“Look are you gonna help me or not? I can always go find someone else ya know!”
“Then please, go find someone else.” Inuyasha turned to walk away.
“Inuyasha, clear it with the insurance company then do whatever you want.”
“Well that’s the thing, the patient doesn’t have insurance.” He said as he turned back around.
“And you want me to sign the papers so that the hospital won’t charge for it right?”
Inuyasha gave him a blank look. “Look Dr. Kobayashi I’ll pay for it if that’s the problem, but the kid needs the MRI, I think he may have a brain tumor.”
The older doctor looked at him, “really? You’ll pay the bills for this kid to have the brain surgery too?”
Inuyasha nodded hesitantly. “Then do what you have to.”
Inuyasha started to walk away but turned and yelled after Dr. Kobayashi, “wait how did you know it was a kid.”
The doctor turned and yelled back, “you know how the gossip mill is around here.”
Inuyasha groaned.
A/N: Yay! Chapter 4! Here you go, twelve pages on works. That has to be the longest chapter I’ve ever written. Well chapter 5 will be up on Wednesday, see you then!
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Sesshomaru walked through the doors of Takahoushi Youkai Hospital expecting to see a war zone. The hospital had been without a director for nearly two weeks and his half brother was a resident here. Surprisingly though, the hospital appeared to be functioning normally.
He had been invited in to interview for the hospital director’s position by the legal department. They were in charge of doing a candidate search and had chosen him. It was his dream job so of course, he accepted.
So now he sat, in the waiting room of the hospital waiting for his brothers old wench to come and usher him to the interview.
Around five minutes after he had sat down she appeared to take him upstairs. He was surprised, although he didn’t allow it to show. He had purposefully came ten minutes early.
“So, how have you been Sesshomaru?” Kikyo asked as they walked to the stairwell.
“This Sesshomaru has been well.” He stated plainly and clearly.
The two walked in silence the rest of the way. She opened the door for him when they reached their destination and walked in.
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Inuyasha was racing through the hospital. He had just gotten a page that Shippo was getting worse. He reached the room and opened the door without further hesitation. When he walked in he found Shippo in Kagome’s arms, her crying desperately. She looked up at him.
“Please, please do something, anything. He can’t smell anything now. His eyesight is worse and he can barely hear. Please, please!” She was sitting there rocking him back and forth. The kit was even worse. He was crying hysterically, and holding on to his mother with everything he even in him.
“Mommy? Please don’t let go of me, please.”
“Shippo, I’ll never let go of you, never.”
It took Inuyasha all of one minute before he called upstairs and ordered a CAT scan. He had been putting it off because Kagome didn’t have insurance, but Shippo kept getting worse and it was now clear that there was no way around it.
“Yes, this is Dr. Tashio, I have a patient down here that needs a CAT scan now.”
“Ok Dr. Tashio we’ll get him an appointment.”
“Well, when can you fit him in?”
“How about tomorrow at noon?”
“There’s nothing sooner?”
“No I’m sorry we don’t.”
“Yeah, yeah ok I’ll bring him then, the patients name is Shippo Higurashi.”
Inuyasha hung up the phone and looked over to Kagome and Shippo. He walked over to Kagome.
“Kagome, I need to examine Shippo, can I take him for just a minute?” He asked.
She looked up at him wide-eyed and opened her arms just a bit. “Shippo Inuyasha’s going to take you for just a minute, I’ll be right here, ok?”
Shippo didn’t answer her.
She started crying harder, but allowed Inuyasha to take Shippo from her arms.
He carried Shippo over to the examination table and sat him down. He took a small light and examined Shippo’s naval cavity. Finding nothing he once again examined Shippo’s ears. Inuyasha then pointed a light in his eyes, and found no movement or reaction to the light.
He shook his head, what was wrong with this kid?
“Ok, look Kagome.” He waited for her to look up at him before continuing. “I’ve got him scheduled for a CAT scan tomorrow at noon. I was trying to avoid it because its so expensive but I don’t see anyway around it anymore.”
Kagome nodded. “I was hoping that it come to this, you know? I was hoping he’d miraculously get better.”
Inuyasha looked at her. He paused for a moment and then nodded. “I know, but sometimes things don’t work out the way you want them to. I’m going to do everything in my power to save him, and I don’t give up easily, you know that right?” He asked it all seriousness.
Kagome looked at him and burst out laughing. She was laughing and crying at the same time. Soon enough it was all tears.
Inuyasha had no idea what to do with a crying woman. Especially a crying Kagome.
She looked up at him and asked, “what am I gonna do? I need him, he’s all I have. I can’t lose him, I just can’t.”
Inuyasha grabbed her shoulders and pulled her up, he looked her in the eyes and said, “he isn’t going to die, I’m going to find out what’s wrong with him and save him and you are going to home and be mom of the year or some shit like that, ok?”
She looked up at him and nodded. “You’re really a softie at heart aren’t you?”
“Feh, I am not.”
“Sure, you say that but you’ve barely left Shippo’s side since he got here. You go on rounds, and do your job but when your not on call your still here in the hospital in this room, helping Shippo. I bet you haven’t been home for more than a few minutes in the two weeks he’s been in here. And of course, you say it’s nothing.”
Inuyasha looked away from Kagome. “It is nothing, ok wench?” He said harshly.
Kagome turned away, “I’m not even going to dignify that with a reaction.”
“Really? I think that was a reaction wench.”
“Urg, will you please stop calling me wench!” She screamed.
“Ok, bitch.”
Just as Kagome was about to respond, Shippo cried, “Mommy!”
Kagome practically ran to him. “What is it sweetie?”
“Mommy is that you? I can’t see you or smell you or hear you, please Mommy I need you where are you?”
Kagome looked at him for all of a minute before she picked him up and rocked him. He cried into her chest has she cooed and rubbed his back, doing everything in her power to calm him down.
Inuyasha walked back over to the phone and called radiology back. “Yes, this is Dr. Tashio again, is there anyway that we could get my patient in for CT tonight?”
“Doctor, as I told you earlier we’re booked right now and there is no way I can help you.”
“Yes, I understand that, but I have a patient down here that really needs that CT scan.”
“Sir, I realize that, but we really don’t have anyway to help you right now.”
“Ok, I’ll be there in ten minutes.”
He hung up before the guy could answer.
“Now, Kagome get Shippo ready to get the CT I’ll be right back.”
Inuyasha stepped out into the hallway and walked down to the nurse’s station. Keade was sitting there. “Hey hag, I’m gonna try Shippo down for a CT keep an eye on things will ya?”
“Why of course Inuyasha.”
With that Inuyasha walked away. On his way back to Shippo’s room he noticed someone he hadn’t since in almost a year.
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Sesshomaru suppressed a groan. His half-brother had just sighted him. It was to be expected, after all, they were under the same roof for the first time since Inuyasha’s mother died. He had personally never liked Izayoi. She had been there for his father when Sesshomaru’s mother divorced him. In Sesshomaru’s opinion his parents would have been able to move past their differences and get back together had it not been for her.
He turned to Kikyo. “Woman, how did the interview go?”
Kikyo looked startled that he had spoken to her. “It went very well Sesshomaru-sama. You did very well, I expect they’ll be calling you soon. Between you and me your only real competition is another Harvard grad, maybe you know him, Naraku Onigumo.”
Sesshomaru nearly groaned once again. Naraku had been number two in the class, while Sesshomaru had been number one. It had been the end of their relationship. They dated a few times but then the dean started pressing on them the importance of being number one in the class Naraku had taken it very seriously. It eventually led to their breakup. Naraku had wanted to bet Sesshomaru and it pissed him off that Sesshomaru did better than him without really caring or even trying very hard.
“Yes, this Sesshomaru knows him.” He said simply.
Just as he had gotten the words out of his mouth. Inuyasha appeared at his side.
“Hey bastard what the hell are you doing here?”
Sesshomaru held his hand out before Inuyasha could slam him into the wall. “Halt little brother. I am here for an interview and before you ask when it is necessary for you to know you will be told. Now go back to your job.”
“No, I won’t. Now tell me, why the hell are you here.” Inuyasha growled. “What kind of an interview?”
“The kind where someone asks questions and I answer them, really are you that dense?” Sesshomaru asked coldly.
“I know that you asshole, I meant is it a television interview or what.”
“It was a job interview, if you must know.” Sesshomaru replied, getting tired of Inuyasha’s questions.
“Oh hell no, you’re got to kidding me!” Inuyasha yelled, now turning his sights to Kikyo. “You can’t be serious, how could you do this to me Kikyo? You know how I feel about him, how could you try to bring him in as an attending? I’m supposed to be getting that position next year! How could you do this?” Inuyasha screamed as he walked closer and closer to her, and she walked backwards until she hit a wall.
“Inuyasha, we aren’t bringing him in as an attending.” Kikyo replied hesitantly.
Inuyasha looked over to his older brother smirking, “so what, you weren’t good enough fluffy?”
“No you insolent whelp, this Sesshomaru did not interview for the position of an attending physician.”
Inuyasha looked at Kikyo, confused.
“We interviewed him for the job of Hospital Director.”
“And?” Inuyasha asked her.
“And what?”
“And, did he get the job?”
“We’re not sure yet, we still have one more candidate to interview, but..” She paused.
“But what Kikyo?” He asked, pained.
“But it looks like,” Kikyo started.
“It looks like he’ll get it right?” Inuyasha finished for her. At her nod, he walked away.
“Inuyasha!” Kikyo yelled after him, as she started to run towards him, Sesshomaru reached out and stopped her.
“Let him go.” Was all he said.
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After taking a minute to calm down he went back into Shippo’s room, with the wheelchair that he grabbed from the hall.
“What took so long?” Kagome asked.
“Feh,” was his only response.
He simply walked over to Shippo’s bed and lifted him up and placed him in the chair, rather harshly.
Kagome simply stood there for a moment, before realizing Inuyasha and Shippo were gone. She raced after them, thinking to herself ‘not again.’
This time she caught up to him before the elevator came.
“Inuyasha, you are so evil, you could have at least waited for me.” She yelled.
He didn’t respond.
She huffed and folded her arms.
The three of them waited in an uncomfortable silence as the elevator moved slowly. Finally they reached the second floor and got off the elevator.
Inuyasha pushed the wheelchair out and turned left. Kagome followed as Inuyasha pushed Shippo into a room.
“You can sit here,” Inuyasha said, breaking the silence.
Kagome watched as a man walked up to Inuyasha.
“I said we’re booked, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow.” The man said.
Inuyasha snorted. “You don’t have anyone in there right now.” Inuyasha replied, and began to push Shippo into the room.
The man ran after Inuyasha and in front of the door. “You aren’t going in there.”
“Look, Hobo, I am going to get a CT scan of this patient and you aren’t going to stop me, now move.”
“It’s Hojo and I’m not going anywhere.” Inuyasha picked up Shippo, who had fallen into a blissful sleep, and walked over to the door and pushed Hojo aside.
“Now I’m giving him a CT and you can or cannot supervise as I use your precious machine.”
Hojo nodded dutifully and backed down. He kept his head down as he walked back over to the chair in the control room, only to find a beautiful woman sitting in it.
“I’m sorry, but your sitting in my chair.” He said quietly.
Kagome blushed, “oh I’m sorry, Inuyasha just told me I could sit here, I’ll move.” She quickly got up.
Hojo looked at her and blushed. “Wait here, just a minute.” He walked outside and when he came back a few minutes later he had another chair in his hand. He sat it down in front of her.
He then turned back to find Inuyasha standing there. “Thanks Hogo, I needed a chair.” He then proceeded to take the chair and pull it up to the monitor. “Hey, Hofo we gonna get started or not?”
Hojo shook his, “I’m sorry.”
Kagome looked at him pitifully and replied, “It’s ok, I know how he is.”
Hojo nodded and then turned back around and started the equipment.
Inuyasha paid no attention to Kagome as he watched the screen.
Hojo reached over and grabbed the microphone. He spoke into it, “we’re going to go ahead and start now.”
Inuyasha snorted.
They watched the screen and Inuyasha carefully analyzed each of the findings.
After ten minutes, Kagome was beginning to get bored and hungry. Just as she was getting ready to tell Inuyasha that she was going to run to the cafeteria, Inuyasha yelled, “damn it!”
“What, what is it?” Inuyasha didn’t answer he just kept looking at the screen. “Inuyasha, what’s wrong with my son? Please, tell me.” Inuyasha didn’t even acknowledge her.
She looked to Hojo, “will someone please tell me what’s going on?”
Hojo looked up at her, “I don’t know myself, the CT doesn’t show anything.”
“It doesn’t show anything?” She asked in disbelief.
“Not a thing, as far as the CT goes, this kid is healthy as can be,” Hojo said happily, unaware of the obvious tension in the room.
“No, no there has to be something!” Kagome yelled, staring at the screen.
Hojo looked at her and tried to hug her. “This is great!”
Kagome stepped out of his reach and shook Inuyasha. “What do we do now?”
Inuyasha stared at her, he had honestly forgotten she was there. “I don’t know, this shows nothing, nothing at all. I have no idea what to do now. I guess we can try an MRI but I’ll have to get hospital approval for that.”
“Ok, well get approval.” Kagome said forcefully.
“I will.”
“Ok, well lets get Shippo and get out of here, ok?” Kagome asked after a few moments.
“Yeah,” Inuyasha replied.
He went over and opened the door and proceeded to pick Shippo up from the bed. He forwent the wheelchair and opted to carry him instead.
Kagome followed silently.
Hojo watched the exchange with interest thinking, ‘maybe I should ask her out?’
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Inuyasha carried Shippo to the elevator, Kagome following. He pressed the button for up and waited in silence.
“Inuyasha?” Kagome asked quietly.
“Feh,” he answered to show her she had his attention.
“What do we do if the MRI comes up clean?”
“Then we find some other test and if that comes up clean, we find another one. We keep going until we find out what’s wrong and how to fix it.”
“Ok.”
The elevator opened, and was full. Inuyasha squeezed himself and Shippo on and grabbed Kagome’s hand and pulled her on as well. The ride to the fourth floor was very cramped.
When the elevator opened Kagome thought she was going to suffocate.
They walked back to Shippo’s room in silence.
When they got there Inuyasha set Shippo down on the bed and walked over the desk and started writing the findings of the CT scan down.
When he was finished he looked over to find Kagome at Shippo’s side, brushing the hair off his face and placing a kiss on his forehead as he slept. He allowed himself a moment of weakness and simply watched her. She was so tender with Shippo, like any mother to her child. He wondered how her mother must have raised her, that she would be willing to take a youkai child into her home and heart. Most humans were raised to stay away from youkai. Humans and Youkai existed in a strained relationship. Each thinking themselves better than the other. That’s why hanyou were hated so much. Yet here was this human woman caring for a youkai child as though he were her own. It made him wonder if she could ever love him.
Kagome looked over to him and smiled. It was a soft, tired smile. That of a mother who had been up with a sick child and finally gotten him to sleep. He allowed a small smile in return.
It was then he noticed how tired she really was. “Kagome when was the last time you slept?”
He asked suddenly.
She looked surprised. “I guess it’s been,” she paused, “wow, two days, I hadn’t realized.”
He nodded, “when do you have to be at work?”
She looked at the clock on the wall, showing eight p.m. “I don’t have to work at the grocery store tonight, but I have to be at the restaurant tomorrow morning at ten”
“Well, then why don’t you get some sleep?”
“I guess I should.” She walked over to the chair next to Shippo’s bed and sat down.
“What are you doin’ wench?”
“I thought I told you not to call me wench Inuyasha,” she said perturbed.
“Ok then, what are you doin’ bitch?”
She groaned, “I’m trying to get some sleep if you would shut up.”
“Well why are you sleepin’ there?”
“Because I can’t go home, what if Shippo needs me?”
“Well I know that, why don’t you go sleep in the staff lounge, I’ll keep an eye on the runt.”
“Really?”
“Yes, really, I’m not on call tonight so I’ll pull over the chair and sleep in here and if anything happens I’ll come get you.”
“Oh thank you Inuyasha, thank you so much. But, why would you do something like this? I mean you already spend so much time with me and Shippo, why are you giving up your night off?”
“Feh, it ain’t no big deal ok? It ain’t like I have anything else to do. Here I’ll show you where the lounge is.” He walked out of the room and walked to the lounge. He took off his lab coat to reveal his baby blue scrubs, they were tight and fitted to his body. The pants were drawstring with elastic in the back and the perfect length for his five foot seven body and the matching shirt reached just past the top of his pants, it was untucked as usual and v-necked. He handed Kagome his lab coat and said, “here put this on so you don’t look so out of place.” She nodded and took the bleached white tailored coat. She noticed it was very nice, and probably expensive. It wasn’t too thick, just right, with five buttons. It reached his knees, but considering she was five inches shorter than him, it nearly reached her ankles.
She put the coat on and walked into the room. The room was plain white with lockers on three of the four walls. There was a couch in the middle of the room, facing the wall with the door and two loveseats, each facing a different wall with lockers on it. Kagome walked over to the left loveseat and laid down. It was surprisingly comfortable.
She was asleep in minutes.
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Inuyasha had been up most of the night working on Shippo’s case. He reviewed all twelve of the blood and urine tests he had taken, reviewed the x-rays, and the CT scan. There was nothing. So he had reviewed them again. Nothing. So he kept reviewing them, well into the night. He looked up at the clock after his fifth review of the case to see it was nearly two in the morning.
Shippo was beginning to wake up. He had been asleep since Kagome left.
“Mommy?” He asked scared.
“No kid, it’s me.” He said gruffly.
“Inuyasha?”
“Yeah.”
“Mommy? Inuyasha?” He cried out.
Inuyasha nearly kicked himself. How could he have forgotten that Shippo can’t hear anything?
He walked over to the bed and put his hand over Shippo’s forehead to find he had a fever.
“Whoever’s there, my head hurts a lot, please get my Mommy or Inuyasha, please!”
Inuyasha was a little startled, why was Shippo calling for him? He was just the gruff idiotic doctor.
He reached down and took Shippo’s hand. He squeezed it a little and Shippo squeezed back. He took back his hand and grabbed the thermometer and stuck it in Shippo’s ear. It was way to high. That’s when it hit him, although he needed an MRI to prove it. He walked out of the room and to the nurses station. He ordered Keade, the last night nurse to get Shippo some youkai children’s Tylenol and went to the elevator. He had to go find an attending to ok the MRI but he knew what was wrong with Shippo and who’s ass he’d have to kiss to fix it.
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It wasn’t hard to find an attending, Dr. Kobayashi was on the third floor doing rounds. When Inuyasha approached he knew it couldn’t be good, wasn’t he off tonight anyway?
“Kobayashi I need a favor. I have a patient that needs an MRI.”
“Aww Dr. Tashio, still no need for pleasantries ne?”
“Look are you gonna help me or not? I can always go find someone else ya know!”
“Then please, go find someone else.” Inuyasha turned to walk away.
“Inuyasha, clear it with the insurance company then do whatever you want.”
“Well that’s the thing, the patient doesn’t have insurance.” He said as he turned back around.
“And you want me to sign the papers so that the hospital won’t charge for it right?”
Inuyasha gave him a blank look. “Look Dr. Kobayashi I’ll pay for it if that’s the problem, but the kid needs the MRI, I think he may have a brain tumor.”
The older doctor looked at him, “really? You’ll pay the bills for this kid to have the brain surgery too?”
Inuyasha nodded hesitantly. “Then do what you have to.”
Inuyasha started to walk away but turned and yelled after Dr. Kobayashi, “wait how did you know it was a kid.”
The doctor turned and yelled back, “you know how the gossip mill is around here.”
Inuyasha groaned.
A/N: Yay! Chapter 4! Here you go, twelve pages on works. That has to be the longest chapter I’ve ever written. Well chapter 5 will be up on Wednesday, see you then!
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