Chapter 2

Harry and Blake sat silently in the car.

"Um...are you all right back there?" Blake asked the child. Harry nodded.

Blake thought back to the way Yang had interacted with the little boy in the back of her car, and then began to think of Yang as a mother. She smiled. If he could get past the endless shopping sprees, she'd definitely be a good caretaker.

She looked back to see Harry looked very anxious. 'Cute...He must miss Yang already.' Blake reasoned to herself. She decided to see if this was the case.

"Are you okay Harry?" Blake asked, causing him to stiffen in surprise at being addressed.

"Um...I-I'm fine..." Harry replied quietly, still uneasy about being in the car with Blake. The faunas smiled.

"Don't worry, Yang's not gonna leave you."

"Okay..." Harry replied softly.

Blake made a mental note to talk to Yang about the possibility of her adopting the child in the back of her car.

Meanwhile, on her motorcycle, Yang was deep in thought about everything that happened in two short hours.

'I still can't believe they pulled that crap on such a sweet little guy!' Yang thought bitterly as she drove close to Blake's vehicle. 'If I wasn't in such a rush to get the little guy out of there, I'd put those bastards in the hospital for three years at the very least! What am I gonna do with the little guy, anyway?' She thought to herself. 'I could...put him up for adoption...Or...maybe Ruby will take him in, she loves kids...' Yang sighed. 'Great, I've gotten attached and don't wanna let him go.'

She paused in her thoughts for a few moments to stop for a red light. Then a thought crossed her mind.'Well...I did take care of Ruby a lot when we were younger, so it's not like I don't have experience on taking care of children...plus I really doubt Harry would be as bad as Ruby was.' She thought as the light turned green and then she grinned. 'It's settled, then. The kid's gonna stick with me.' Yang promised herself. She was going to give him a good home, and she was going to ensure he grew up safely and healthily. Nothing was going to stop her. 'Yep, time to put my parenting practice to the test!' Yang thought humorously as she drove close enough to Blake's car to see where she placed Harry. She looked inside to see Harry looking nervous.

Yang frowned. Then, Harry looked out the window and saw that she was riding close to the car. The blonde smiled warmly and gave the little boy a wave. Harry blinked...then gave a small smile and waved back.

Yang's grin almost split her face in half under her helmet as she gave him a thumbs up. A few minutes after that cute moment, they finally made it to the hospital parking lot. Blake was able to get a parking spot close to the main entrance of the hospital.

Yang parked her motorcycle in a space slightly far away from Blake's car, then dismounted and took off her helmed. She brushed some hair out of her eyes, then made her way towards the hospital with purposeful strides. Blake had already taken Harry in, and she was hoping to see him before he was taken in.

She dashed towards the front door as fast as she could. 'Gotta go fast!' Yang thought to herself as she was closer to the door. In mere seconds, she made it to the door and went inside after opening it, to see something she was not happy to see.

"Come on, just let us in!" Blake argued with the person at the front desk.

"No way am I letting a filthy faunas-"

SLAM!

The man jumped when Yang slammed her hand against the desk, and shrunk back fearfully under her withering glare.

"Listen, bastard. Let us in, or I'll break your bones into dust. Got it?"

The man squeaked in fear and pointed to the left, to where they would need to go to get Harry healed Yang gave him a cruel grin as she, along with Blake and Harry, walked past him. "Why thank you kind sir. I do hope you have a nice day." Yang said with sarcasm. When they were gone, the guy fainted from terror.

And so, after getting Harry checked in, the trio entered a waiting room. Blake looked down at the little boy in her arms and saw he was looking over at Yang. The faunas smiled, and handed the child over to her partner. "Here. He wants you."

Yang smiled as she enthusiastically took him. "Thanks Blake." Yang said with a wide grin as she put Harry on her lap. Almost immediately, he snuggled into her and sighed in content from just being in contact with her. Yang was quick to hug him close. "Hi Harry, Did ya miss me?" Yang asked him.

Harry gave her an adorable, wide-eyed smile that she swore almost gave her a heart attack.

"Yes, Yang...Th-Thanks for not leaving me..." The little boy rested his head on her stomach and wrapped his little arms around her waist.

She gave him a small smile. "I'm glad to hear that you like me, and you don't need to thank me, I love being around you and I would never leave you." Yang told him before she kissed his forehead. In response, Harry tears up from her kind words.

"R-Really?" Harry timidly asked her, hoping that she'll say yes.

"Really. You're stuck with me kid." Yang told him, ruffling his hair.

The blonde woman used her index finger to catch the falling tears, and Harry stopped crying. If she didn't want him to, he wouldn't do it.

Without another word, Yang adjusted her hold on him so his little head was resting on her chest, then began to gently rub the back of his head, to show that she cared for him.

He hummed in pleasure from the soothing action. A few minutes later, they were called up by the receptionist after a guy who had a lobster clamped on his nose ("You better hang in there!" Yang told him, making him look at her flatly.) "Harry Potter?" the receptionist called out. Yang took him up to the receptionist.

"Hey there." Yang said casually. "So, here's the deal...The kid here? Yeah, he needs help. Like, right away."

"I see." The receptionist said. "What happened?" Yang frowned. She was no good with explanations...But...

After fifteen minutes, Yang had managed to explain everything to the receptionist.

"And that's everything that happened to him." Yang finished explaining to the now grim looking receptionist.

"That's horrible!" She said as she reached over to the intercom button. "We need to get him fixed pronto!" She told them as she pressed the button and the intercoms screeched to livf, scaring Harry a little. "Could Doctor Perry come to the reception room, we have a patient that needs help. Thank you." She said into the intercom then retracted her hand from the intercom system.

And so, the group waited for about three more minutes before the doctor finally arrived.

"Hello there. You must be the patients that need help?"

"Yep, that's us." Yang said, gesturing to Harry. "Can you help the little guy out?"

The Doctor looks at Harry and his eyes widen at Harry's state. "By the power of God! What happened to him?! "The Doctor asked them in surprise, Yang gave him a abridged version of what happened, which made him look grim at what happened. "Please follow me." The Doctor said as he walked down the corridor that he came from before.

Yang made a move to follow him but notices that Blake wasn't with them and looks back to where she was sitting.

"Uh, Blake? You coming?" Blake looked up from the faunas health tips magazine she was reading.

"I don't think Harry trusts me yet. It's probably better if I stay here."

Yang looked at her in conflict for a moment before smiling and nodding at her. "Alright, I'll try not to be too long. Just continue reading until I get back." Yang told her as she went down the corridor to follow the doctor. Blake smiled and went back to reading.

After walking for a few seconds, they entered the physical examination room and Dr. Perry stepped to a table and looked at them. "Could you please set him on the table for me?" Dr. Perry asked her.

"Sure." Yang said as she calmly placed Harry down on the table. The little boy looked extremely disappointed, and she kissed his forehead once more. "No worries, kid. I'm not going anywhere." The blonde turned to the doctor. "Uh, doc, it's okay for me to be here during the whole...doctoring thing, right?"

The doctor looked at her and was about to say that if they had to operate then she would have to stay behind, but the hopeful look on her face stopped him. After breathing in, the Doctor smiled at her. "Yes, you can stay for the whole..."doctoring thing." Dr. Perry told her, quoting what she said. "But there might be a slight chance that we might have to operate if we find that some of his organs or skeletal structure is damaged, are you sure you want to be there for that?" He asked her.

Yang hesitated, then looked over at Harry. "...Yeah I am." She said calmly. "The kid's gonna need me to keep him calm."

"I see." The doctor said with a nod. "Well, make yourself comfortable, then, because this may take a while."

She nodded in understanding and moved a chair over so she could be as close as she could to Harry. After she was seated, Dr. Perry started to look over Harry. Not even five minutes into the examination, Perry couldn't help but scowl at what he was finding in the examination. 'What kind of monsters would be willing to do this to a child?!' Perry thought to himself.

Yang noticed the increasingly more and more angry expression on the doctor's face, and fidgeted uncomfortably in her seat. Finally, she could take no more.

"Uh...Doc? Mind explaining why you look so ticked?"

Dr. Perry looked over to her and breathed in and out to calm himself. "Sure, I just got done and I actually wanted to talk to you about what I say." The doctor explained to her. "Could I talk to you outside?" He asked her.

Yang stood, and kissed Harry's forehead again. "I'll be right back, little guy. I just need to talk to the doctor real quick." Harry looked down, then nodded. Yang ruffled his hair, then followed the doctor out the door. "So, what's going on, doc?" The doctor sighed.

"The child...shouldn't be alive with the injuries he's sustained. I've seen extreme damage to his bones, skull included, he's lost a lot of blood, he's malnourished, he has cuts, bruises and puncture wounds all over his body...He should be crippled at the very least..."

"And that's from what I could see externally, we haven't even began to do an x-ray on him yet to fully see what internal trauma was inflicted on him." The Doctor explained to her. Yang, for the most part was silent in disbelief from what he told her. She clenched her fists and growled with anger. 'How dare they...HOW DARE THEY!'Yang mentally yelled as her aura flared up and her eyes turned red.

"Now, now, calm yourself." The doctor nervously tried to prevent Yang from exploding on the spot. "No matter how much damage was done to him, we will do everything we can to bring him back to full health."

She looked at him for a moment and calmed herself down, then started to tear up. "Please do everything you can for him doctor!" Yang begged him. The doctor nodded his head and took out a handkerchief from his pocket.

"We will, believe me we will do whatever it takes to help him." Perry told her as he offered her the handkerchief, which she gladly took. "Thank you." She said as she wiped her eyes and tried to calm herself so Harry wouldn't be worried when he saw her. The doctor smiled, then opened the door for her. "Alright then, lets continue." They both walked back in to see Harry looking down.

Yang wanted nothing more than to just run over, scoop the tiny boy into her arms and hold him tightly. She chuckled mirthlessly under her breath. The kid was making her soft...

Harry looked over, and smiled happily when he saw Yang was back in the room. "Hi, Yang."

"Hi little guy, I hope we didn't leave ya for too long." Yang said as she walked over and gave him a hug.

"You didn't, Yang." Harry replied softly as he snuggled into the hug.

Dr. Perry smiled at how close they were, until he coughed into his hand to get their attention. "I'm going to get the x-ray room prepared. It might be a few minutes, so I'll come get you two when it's ready, okay?"

"All right, doc. You do that." The doctor left, and Harry looked up at his saviour.

"What's an x-ray?" He asked curiously. Yang smirked.

"They're machines that see through your skin, basically. He's gonna be looking for injuries inside your body, sweetie." Yang internally grimaced. 'Did I really just say sweetie? I'm becoming a big softie...'

Harry looked nervously at her. "W-will it hurt?" Harry asked in a whisper. Yang shook out her previous thoughts and chuckled. "Don't worry, it won't hurt you one bit and it'll be over before you know it." Yang explained so he wouldn't panic.

Harry still looked unsure but nodded his head regardless. "Okay Yang." He told her, taking her word for it.

"And besides, I'll be right with you when you're done." She told him. Then she hugged him again and gave him a kiss on his head.

Harry let out a soft giggle at the display of affection, and snuggled closer into the blonde woman's embrace.

After a minute, she broke the hug, much to his disappointment, and placed her hand on his head. "After all this is said and done, we can go home together." Yang told him with a grin, making Harry look up at her in confusion.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked her, not getting what she said.

Yang smirked. "Weeeell..." She said. "I was thinking, if you want, that you could come stick with me at my place after we get you out of the hospital. I can take care of you, and you'll be way happier with me than at those evil people's house."

Harry simply looked at her with wide eyes, then started to tear up. Then he gave her a hug and started sobbing. Yang instinctively hugged him back and just let him cry on her. Yang smiled and thought to herself, 'I think I could get used to having this little guy around.'