Strength 2
"Thank you so much for coming all this way Ms. Minamino" the doctor from before spoke, relief evident in his tone
"It's not a problem" a soft and tender voice answered, "What you told me over the phone seemed too serious to be left alone."
"Yes, and I'm very grateful for your decision, Now let us go inside so you can meet our young guest." The hospital door slid open and two people entered the room. A young and beautiful woman with long black hair and kind brown eyes stood next to the doctor that had been with me as I had woken from my death like sleep. "Hello again" The doctor greeted, "I'm sorry I left you alone for so long"
"Its fine" I mumbled trying to ignore the stinging of my eyes. Looking at the woman I recognized her as a younger version of Kurama's mother, Shiori, "Who is that?" I asked curiously
"My name is Shiori Minamino" the brown eyed woman introduced herself, "It's nice to meet you-" she paused unsure of what to call me
"D-Daichi" I supplied Shiori with my name, "Daichi Yanto"
"Well Daichi, I have been informed of your situation."
"Situation?" I tilted my head slightly to the side
"The fact that you… Don't have your parents anymore"
"Oh…"
"So Daichi I have a proposition for you, an offer for when you get out of the hospital" Shiori walked closer to my bed and gently grasped my small hands in hers, "Would you like to come to my house and live with me and my son?"
"What?" my jaw dropped slightly in disbelief. Why was she offering me a place in her home? It doesn't make sense! She should have Kurama at home and I'd just be another mouth to feed… And besides she had no idea who I was I was just an orphaned child here.
"Would you like to stay at my house with me and my son?" Shiori repeated herself, "I have a son about your age and I couldn't bear to think of a young boy like you being all by himself. I'm not saying you have to stay with me forever, if you'd like to find a different foster parent I won't be offended."
'That's a lie' I silently thought, 'I can see it in your face, you would most definitely be offended but you wouldn't say anything. Besides, the voice said I have a purpose now that I need to protect people and if I'm close to Kurama by the time the plot comes around I could help… even if just a little bit.' "No" I looked down at my hand that Shiori held, "I'd like… To go live with you" glancing at Shiori I gave a shy smile
"Well that's settled then" My Doctor placed a hand on Shiori's shoulder, "We'll call you when Daichi is ready to be picked up. It'll be a few more days so feel free to visit until he can fully be released."
"Thank you" Shiori smiled to the doctor not yet letting me go, "And thank you Daichi… I know that I can never replace your birth mother, and I won't try to. But know you'll be able to come to me when you need someone." Shiori turned around and found a chair on the far side of the room. Discovering what she was looking for Shiori pulled the chair over to my bed and took a seat, "Daichi I want to tell you a little about myself, and maybe we can share stories?"
"I'd- I'd like that" hesitantly I placed my hand on Shiori's and gave the mother a kind smile, "So you'll go first?"
"Yes. Now let's see, I have a young boy around your age. His name is Suichi and he's my darling boy. He had beautiful rose colored hair and forest green eyes. He is a little indifferent and independent but he grows on you when you get to know him…"
Four days passed and it was finally time for me to leave the hospital. Most of my injuries were healed minus a few scrapes and bruises. During my stay that Kazamoto Hospital Shiori had to fill out paperwork so I could stay with her. Luckily for me it's all done now so I was free to go when my new caretaker arrived. Right now it was seven in the morning; Shiori told me that she would be coming around eight so should could drop her son off at school before picking me up.
There was a knock on my door and my Doctor whose name turned out to be Oishi entered my room, "Daichi I brought you some breakfast" Dr. Oishi set a tray of bland hospital food on my bedside table. The food here was practically tasteless and left a sour aftertaste in the back of my mouth.
"Thank you Dr. Oishi" I nodded my head in thanks and began to eat. Despite the fact that the food tasted horrible it was better than nothing and I couldn't wait till I finally left this sterilized prison. I was getting sick of the color white and I couldn't wait to finally meet Kurama, though in the back of my head I had a feeling that he wasn't going to be like how he was in the anime. I had seen no scars on Shiori's arms so that incident must not have happened yet.
"Take your time eating" Dr. Oishi said, "You're healed up nicely but you don't want to get a stomach ache"
"Nope" I said popping the 'p' "So Shiori's coming to pick me up at eight?"
"That's what she said."
"But what about clothes?" I asked looking down at the hospital gown and shorts I was wearing
"Ms. Minamino said she would bring some of her sons clothing for you."
"Oh, okay"
"When you're finished eating just leave your tray and someone will come pick it up."
"Ready to leave Daichi?" Shiori smiled as she handed me a set of clothes that I could change into.
"Yes, just give me a second" hopping off the stiff hospital bed I had been practically bound to in my stay I could feel my small legs wobble from the sudden weight placed on them, but I stood tall. Or as tall as I could and awkwardly walked over to the bathroom to change and freshen up before I left to see my new home.
Exiting the bathroom I tugged on the shorts I was given. Judging from the outfit given to me I had to think it was either summer time or a hot day in spring. Shiori gave me a pair of blue shorts that just reached past my fingertips, along with the shorts she gave me a pale yellow t-shirt to wear.
"Ready to leave" I gave Shiori a nervous smile. While I was in the bathroom I had saw that I looked the same as I did in my world, just at this moment in time I looked how I did when I was nine years old which is what I guessed my physical age to be now.
"Don't be nervous" Shiori gave me her hand and lead me to the hospital front desk wear she signed me out and then called for a taxi to take us to her home. "Suichi won't be home till 3:45 so until then we'll go shopping and get you settled down."
"Okay" I said as I sat beside the black haired woman in the taxi as she gave the driver our destination, which I believed to be Shiori's home. The drive took around twenty minutes till I saw the house I'd be living in until I either moved out when I was of age or where I'd live until I died young. Which option held more truth I had no clue.
"Thank you driver" Shiori smiled as she paid the taxi driver and climbed out of the car, me following right behind her.
"This is your home?" I asked staring at the two story house in front of me.
"Yup, it's now your house too. Don't you ever forget that."
"I won't" Shiori opened the front door letting me in to be greeted with a comfy looking living room. Shiori ruffled my hair and told me to make myself comfortable.
"We'll leave in a half hour. I need to make a list of things you'll need."
"You don't have to" I said quickly, "I could borrow some of Suichi's things"
"You could… But you're going to stay here for a long time and it would be better to have you feel more at home with your own things that you don't need to share"
"I guess you're right…"
"Now don't get upset about me spending money on you. I have a job and my late husband left all his savings to me."
"Okay…" I mumbled sitting on the soft couch, "I just feel kind of bad"
"Don't" Shiori brought a pad of paper and pen out of the kitchen and sat down next to me on the couch. "So Daichi, what are something's you'd like to get? I already wrote down basic clothes but I'm not sure what else you'd like to have."
"I-I'd like… Books and note pads"
"Come now that can't be it. Is there any toys you'd like to get?"
"No" I shook my head and looked up at Shiori through my straight black bangs, "So… what can I do before we leave?"
Getting off the couch Shiori took her hand in mine and led me upstairs to a relatively small hallway with four doors. "The first door on your right is going to be your room. Across the hall is Suichi's room, mine is next to yours and the bathroom is the second door on your left."
"Can I see my room?" Taking my appendage out of Shiori's grasp I walked towards my new bedroom and slowly opened the door. The room was plain; simple as that. There were crème colored walls with no pictures hanging on them, white curtains shielding light from entering the room and a hanging overhead light in the center of the celling. Up against the wall was a twin sized bed that had a futon pull out and next to it was a pine wood nightstand that held a small lamped which would be great for when reading in bed. Up against the opposite wall that stood across from the bed was a decent sized dresser that stood close to my 4'4" height. Other than that there wasn't anything else in the room, but that was too be expected since this was to be used as a guest room. I'll just have to make sure that we buy my a desk for when I start going to school so I can do homework in the vicinity of my new sleeping space. Turning back to look in the doorway I stared for a moment as Shiori stood there a warm smile on her face, "Thank you Shiori" I sent the woman a grin and spoke in a joking manor, "I love it all, but it seriously needs some color. You know something other than white or crème. "
Shiori laughed, "You're right, so when we go shopping we can get you new curtains and bedding to bring some personal touches to the room"
"I'd like that"
Puppet: Hey sorry about the boring chapter, it was really just to get the ball rolling and hopefully I can get more chapters written. As a heads up I'm gonna follow the main plot of the manga/anime and (Like all my other stories) add my oc and change things around.
Another thing about the story, this is meant to be a yaoi, a yusuke x oc story but I won't throw keiko straight out of the window. I actually don't mind her as a character so she'll pop up and get her time. Somethings might be switched with keiko and Daichi but I don't want this story to be clichéd and like every other yyh fanfic so some things you might expect to see won't happen (Maybe)
Anyways I hope you liked the chapter (Despite the boringness) and that you'll want to read more.
Please leave a comment and tell me what you think of Strength so far.