Hey, guys! I have to say, I am a little disappointed at the lack of reviews for the first part of this story, considering how many of you love Katie and Hikaru being together... but I still love you all! Read on and enjoy the next part of the story!

PART 2 – THE HOSPITAL

"…poisoning…"

"…fainted…"

"…coughing… difficulty…"

"…definitely…"

"…carbon monoxide…"

Hikaru frowned as he heard all of the different voices talking around him. None of them really seemed to be in focus, each one of them distant and professional-sounding. He attempted to wake up – to at least open his eyes and see where he was – but instead found himself coughing uncontrollably, causing his chest to ache as he tried desperately to get oxygen into his lungs.

"He's struggling to breathe!"

He felt himself being turned onto his side so that he could breathe easier, but even when he stopped coughing he found it difficult to breathe. He tried to take deeper breaths, but nothing was working.

"Why isn't he wearing the mask?!"

"He was coughing!"

"Get that mask back on him pronto! He needs the oxygen!"

The mask was snapped onto his face, and he suddenly found it slightly easier to breathe.

"He seems stable now."

"Good. How long until we reach the hospital?"

"Not too long, hopefully."

Hikaru opened his eyes, squinting them shut at the blinding pain. Wherever he was wasn't too bright, luckily. From the vibrations he felt, he was in a vehicle. He could hear sirens.

An… ambulance…?

"Wha…" he tried to say, but it came out as a croak. "What happened?" he managed to choke out.

A young paramedic, seemingly female, looked down at Hikaru. "You were involved in a house fire—"

"Yes, yes, I remember that," he said dismissively. "I mean after that…"

"You fell unconscious, sir. You were coughing and struggling to breathe, so we gave you an oxygen mask, and whilst you were using it you collapsed."

He stared at the paramedic for a few seconds before squeezing his eyes shut as he was met with a headache. "Where's my wife?" he ground out.

"In the next ambulance with your children. You were the priority, so we left before they could join you."

He bit his lip. So this is serious… "What… what's wrong with me?"

"Smoke inhalation issues. In addition to that, we believe that you have carbon monoxide poisoning."

He paled. "P-poisoning…?" He began to cough violently. He was quickly turned onto his side so that he could breathe easier. He groaned as he was hit with another headache.

I hope we get to the hospital soon.

Katie sighed as she ran her hand through Asuza's hair, watching her sleep.

At that moment, Katie was in the Children's Emergency Ward with all four of her children. All four of them had been given check-ups after they had rivved, and it seemed that Asuza was the only one that had really been at risk. The other three had inhaled minimal smoke.

In fact, even Asuza had inhaled minimal smoke, thanks to Hikaru.

Hikaru…

The last she'd heard of him, he had been taken in for a scan on his lungs, to make sure that his lungs were alright. She, personally, hoped that there was nothing wrong with his lungs – she had never liked complications. She'd had complications with the twins, which had led to the C-section she'd had instead of the natural birth. The complications had caused so much worry…

She was startled out of her thoughts when Asuza coughed and shifted in her sleep. She ran her hand through her curly auburn locks to calm her down, smiling when her daughter settled down and fell asleep again. She leaned down and kissed her forehead. "I love you, princess."

There was a knock on the door. "Mrs Hitachiin?"

Katie looked over at the door to see a young doctor standing there, a clipboard in his hand as he stood fairly awkwardly. It seemed as if he was fairly awkward around people in general – a feeling that Katie fully understood.

"Yes?" She stood. "Is this about Hikaru? How is he?"

The doctor looked slightly nervous as she bombarded him with questions, but he quickly straightened up. "Yes, this is about your husband, Mr Hitachiin. We've completed the x-ray, and fortunately we haven't found any serious damage to his lungs. However, we will still have to monitor him for the rest of his stay in hospital and we will be repeating the scan, in case any delayed lung injury occurs. We have also tested his carboxyhaemoglobin and methemoglobin levels, and we've found that her has inhaled some carbon monoxide from the fire – quite a bit, in fact." He began to look through the clipboard. "I believe you know of the nearby Ootori Private Hospital?"

She nodded. "Are you going to transfer him?" she asked.

"Yes. Unfortunately, we don't have the resources for Hyperbaric Oxygenation here, and that is the nearest hospital with the resources needed. There is just one complication, however…"

"We can pay for the treatment," Katie answered quickly. "Just get him transferrend."

The young doctor nodded. "If you insist." He turned on his heel and began to walk out.

"Hey!"

He turned back.

"You don't have to be scared of me, you know. I don't mind." She smirked. "It's my husband who has the temper."

A small smile graced the young doctor's face as he nodded and left the room.

Hikaru coughed violently into the mask as his lungs tried to expel the soot settled there. "Are… you sure… the scan… was clean…?" he managed to splutter out between coughs. "It… doesn't feel… like it…"

The nurse nodded. "That's what the doctors said, so that's what I'll follow." She helped him to sit up so that he could breathe easier.

He pulled the mask off his face as he continued to cough, the extra oxygen not helping one bit. Eventually, he stopped coughing, and he took a deep breath before putting the mask back over his mouth. "I think they made a mistake," he muttered.

"Well, if you're coughing that seriously, then they must have," Katie pointed out as she walked into the room.

Hikaru smiled when he saw his wife, his amber eyes lighting up. "Hey, honey."

Katie walked over to the bed. "Hey, Hika." She kissed his forehead. "How are you feeling?"

He closed his eyes. "Terrible. I've got a splitting headache, I can't really breathe without the mask on, and whenever I cough I cough so bad it feels as if I'm actually going to cough my lungs out."

"Well, consider yourself lucky. They didn't put the tube down your throat."

"True." He sighed. "Stupid house fire…"

Katie nodded and sat on the edge of the bed. "The police are investigating it. They think it was an arson attack…"

"Arson attack…" He sighed. It was definitely possible, considering his family status. Although why anyone would want to attack the Graphic Designer son for the CEO of a major computer company and a major Fashion Designer was beyond him. He clenched his fist. His children had nearly died because of this…

Katie saw his clenched fist and gently put her hand on his. "Calm down, Hikaru." She kissed his cheek. "The kids are alive, and it's all thanks to you. You saved our children, Hikaru. Don't beat yourself up over this one thing like you used to do in high school. We're parents now."

He sighed before coughing, pulling his mask off his face again. "When… am I… getting transferred?" he managed to ask.

"Tonight. They want to get you into HBO tomorrow. Did they tell you about the transfer?"

He knew he should have asked what 'HBO' was, but he really couldn't gather the strength to do so. So he just nodded. "Yes, they told me…"

She nodded, kissed his forehead and caressed his cheek. "After HBO, they'll allow visitors."

"O-okay…" He suddenly felt nervous. Kaoru…

"Kaoru knows, Hikaru. I've called him." She kissed his softly on the nose. "He, Andrea and the kids have been very worried about you. I think he nearly had a heart attack when he heard about the fire, and he was even worse when I told him you had been admitted…"

"Why did you tell him?!"

"He's your brother, that's why."

Hikaru frowned. "But still…"

"Hika, you're acting like you're eighteen again. Just because we're together doesn't mean that we have to keep Kaoru out of the loop and treat him as a third wheel again. We need to tell him these things. He worries for you." She leaned close to his face. "He's family."

He averted his eyes. She'd got him there. He couldn't fight the fact that his brother was family… "Where's the doctor?"he asked, changing the subject. "I want to be transferred as soon as possible."

Katie sighed. "You are such a child," she muttered before getting up to find a doctor.

"Asuza?"

"Asuza…"

"Asuza!"

When Asuza woke the next morning, she hadn't expected it to be to the voices of her three younger siblings right in her ear. It didn't help that she, like her father, was an anti-morning person, and so she instinctively reached out and hit the nearest thing.

Which happened to be Minako's face,

"Ow!" the younger girl squeaked, glaring at her sister.

The twins giggled.

"Well, next time don't put your face near my fist," Asuza mumbled sleepily.

"How about you keep your fist away from my face?" Minako bit back sourly.

Asuza opened one eye to glare at her sister. "It's your fault for trying to wake me up, baka."

"Oh, shut up, orokana."

"You're such a—"

"Hey!" a familiar voice called from the door. "None of that, thank you!"

All four children broke into huge grins. "Auntie Andrea!"

Andrea smiled and walked into the room, picking the twins up as they ran up to her. "It sounds like you're all well, then."

Rin and Kazuto nodded. "Yup!"

She smiled and walked over to the bed with them. "And how about you two?" she asked the girls. "Back to your regular fighting selves?"

The girls just grinned.

Andrea chuckled. "You two amuse me so much…" She looked around. "Where's your mummy?"

The girls shrugged. "We don't know."

"Mrs Hitachiin is with her husband at the moment, sorting out his transfer to the nearest Ootori Private Hospital," a nurse informed them as she entered to room.

Rin grinned. "That's where you work, Auntie Andrea!"

Andrea nodded. "A transfer, huh?" She thought for a few seconds. "Can I have the release papers for the kids?"

The nurse nodded. "I'll just inform the doctor," she said as she turned and left the room.

Andrea turned to the kids, grinning. "How do you guys feel about a sleepover?"

Each of the four children looked at each other, silently asking each other the same question, before turning to their aunt with huge grins on their face.

"Yay!"

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