Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Everyday Life? ❯ Race Against the Clock ( Chapter 5 )
Everyday Life?
Chapter Five: Race Against the Clock
-Kurama's Territory-
After reaching the Makai, the group had rushed to Kurama's old territory. Kurama led them through the maze-like forest surrounding his den. Soon, Hiei was setting Robin down on a soft bed and stepping back to allow Kurama to see her wound.
Kurama didn't like what he saw at his first scanning. She was unconscious, lying limp on the bed. Her breathing was shallow, and a fever burned at her forehead. Judging from the position of the wound, the demon had taken advantage of the darkness to hide in the shadows and had simply allowed her to step onto the point of his sword. When Hiei had stepped back, he had probably pushed the blade the rest of the way through.
He had seen how she was impaled to almost the hilt of the blade when the alley had been alighted. And if she had immediately been pierced so far, Hiei would have run into the blade too when he ran into her, which he said he had done. Thank Inari that hadn't happened, but this was bad enough.
The sword had gone straight through her midriff, probably running into something. Her previously pale green shirt was stained dark crimson, and the white sheets on his bed were staining bright red. Not only was she losing youki too fast, but was bleeding too much as well.
He cursed and stepped away from the bed. He quickly told the other's of his initial findings and hurried off to his back room to fetch some healing seeds. He hoped he had what he needed…
About five minutes later, he had collected what he needed and hurried back to the room. Judy was crying in a chair in the corner of the room, and Hiei was sitting on the bed next to Robin, holding her hand. Apparently, she had awoken during his absence, because her unnerving eyes rested on his face as he returned. They were a pain-darkened shade of gray, and although she tried to hide it by lowering her lashes, were dim and hazy.
He approached the bed and placed the seeds on the table next to the bed. Judy looked up from her seat on the chair and a fresh bout of tears racked her when her best friend's pained gaze landed on her.
Seeing Kurama was preparing to work on her, Hiei moved behind Robin and grasped her other hand. Robin's eyes fluttered closed as she waited for Kurama's treatment, apparently deciding to take a catnap. Hiei looked at her then at his fox, who was busy growing a few plants.
"Hiei?" Kurama asked.
"Yes?"
"This will hurt her," he warned, "just a warning if you're going to hold her hand the whole time."
"Afraid I'll break his hand?" Robin's weak voice asked playfully as her eyes opened again.
"Like you could in this state…" Hiei retorted gently.
"Hn," she replied before looking at the fox. "Don't dawdle on my part." She closed her eyes and removed her hand from Hiei's, "You're lover's hand is safe. Just do it."
Hiei reached for her hand again and squeezed it before getting up and leading Judy to another room. Didn't think it would do her good to watch.
Thanks Hiei.
Good luck fox…
Kurama blushed a little as he used a leaf dagger to cut half of Robin's shirt away, baring her midriff. He carefully cleansed the area with herb-treated water he knew stung. He gently prodded the wound with a finger, wincing when he heard her sharp intake of breath.
Muttering an apology, he carefully yet quickly separated the edges of the wound to get a better view of internal damage. He carefully eased a finger inside the wound with another apology, wincing once again when she cried out.
He prodded around some more, thanking Inari when she lost consciousness so he wasn't hurting her. He didn't like what he felt, something was torn and needed expert medical care. Blood still flowed freely from her, so he eased a seed inside her that grew to temporarily limit the blood loss. He wrapped her waist in bandages soaked in an herbal poultice, then again in linen bandages.
Finishing his little surgery, he sliced through her remaining shirt, thanking ningens for the grand invention of bras before pulling a soft shirt from his closet over her. To keep her asleep-that plant in her would cause excruciating pain should she awake- he slipped yet another seed into her mouth and made her swallow. It was a natural sleeping aid and would keep her out for, hopefully, another 12 hours. He quickly changed the bloody sheets and covered her with fresh ones, before leaving to report the results of this further investigation to his friends.
Hiei and Judy looked up at him expectantly as he walked into the room. "I've stabilized her as much as I can, but I don't want to move her. Something in there is torn, I couldn't tell if it was an artery or a vein, but it's bad."
Judy sniffled, "Is she going to…?"
Kurama shook his head, "It's too soon to tell. I put a plant inside her to limit the blood loss, but I have to keep her unconscious while it's in there or else she'll be in terrible pain."
"It's all my fault!!" Judy wailed, "If I hadn't made her come out…" She looked towards the room where Robin was resting guiltily.
"It was just a coincidence, that's all." Hiei shook his head, "What are we going to do?"
"We have to get Yukina here," Kurama said, "I hate to leave her alone in this condition, but we have to get her."
"Why can't one of us stay here?" Judy asked.
"I would stay, but I'm the only one who can navigate this forest. Plus, even if one of you stayed, you couldn't do anything if she woke up."
"So," Hiei said, "We're fighting against the clock?"
"Yes," Kurama said, "Hopefully, we'll have 12 hours until the drug will wear off."
"Well, what are we doing standing around? Let's go!!" Judy yelled, jumping up.
"Right."
Kurama led his friends out of the forest, praying they would make it in time.
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