As Thoth, Tsukito, and Zeus walked out of the infirmary, the remaining gods gathered around Yui's bed in silence. The only noise was Yui's breathing.
The silence was broken when Dionysus began shaking Yui gently, "Come on sweetheart, I know you are tired, but you can't fall asleep." The corners of his mouth began to slightly turn upwards, "If you fall asleep, we can't see those pretty eyes of yours."
Yui slowly opened up her eyes and turned her head to the fertility god. "Thanks Dionysus." Yui turned her head and looked at all the gods standing around her bed. She smiled at the sight and started to gently cry.
"What's wrong kitten?" asked Loki in a very worried tone.
"Are you in pain?" Asked Balder.
Yui shook her head and kept smiling even though tears were running down her face. "I'm so sorry you guys."
The gods were taken aback by this sudden apology.
"Why in the hell are you apologizing Weed?" snapped Takeru.
Yui turned her head towards the god of the sea, "I have learned a lot about all of you. Your personalities, your likes and dislikes. You have shared so much with me and I haven't done anything in return."
Hades leaned over Apollon to place his hand on top of her head. "Listen to me Kusanagi, you have given more to us than anyone has in the past few hundred years." Hades eyes softened as Yui sniffled at his kind words.
Yui looked at Apollon who had been silent by her side. He was holding her hand gently, rubbing his thumb across the back of her hand. His eyes were focused on her hand and seemed to be lost.
Yui squeezed his hand to get his attention. "Apollon…..." whispered Yui.
"Please don't leave us Fairy." Whimpered Apollon with a pleading look in his eyes.
Yui shook her head as she stared back up at the white ceiling. "I may not have a choice in that Apollon."
The room filled with light from the window that was behind Apollon and began to shine on her stomach as though the sun itself was comforting her.
Yui sighed before looked around at the gods again. "Listen everyone, If I don't make it…."
"Don't talk like that Yui." Demanded Thor in an unusually slightly commanding tone. Balder and Loki looked at each other and at Thor at his surprise outburst.
"Thor, everyone. Please, let me say something." Yui pleaded with her eyes.
Hades withdrew his hand from her forehead and nodded at Yui to speak.
Yui smiled thankfully at Hades before continuing. "There is a chance that I won't make it through this even if Thoth and Tsukito get back here in time. I want you to all know that I love all of you."
All the gods began tearing up at her admission. Even Thor eyes were starting to redden.
"I am proud of each and every one of you. If I were to pass, don't let it destroy everything that we worked so hard for. I hate being a bother to people. I hate making others worry about me. So please, promise me that you will continue learning about the human heart for my sake."
"We promise Yui." Whispered Takeru.
Yui looked at all of the other gods who were nodding in agreement.
When Yui met Loki's eyes, he had his arms crossed and looked angry. "I am not promising you anything."
"Loki!" screamed all of the gods at once.
"I am not promising you anything unless you promise us something." Challenged Loki.
Yui's eyes slightly widened. After a few seconds she nodded her head to hear Loki's condition.
"Promise us that you are going to fight for your life. We have all come to know your strength and stubbornness kitten, we know that if anyone can kick this in the ass it's you."
Yui smiled for the first time that day. "I promise that I won't give up."
All of the gods smiled at each other. They each then left her bedside in order to grab a chair, so they can once again comfort her with their presence. If this was going to be her last day alive, they aren't going to leave her for anything.
"Thoth, are you sure about this?" asked Zeus as Tsukito and Thoth got in position next to one another to be teleported back to Earth.
"Zeus, it's the only change that we got helping her." Stated Thoth.
"Don't worry, we will not fail this mission for Kusanagi Yui." Chimed in Tsukito.
Zeus sighed and furrowed his brows, "When you arrive, it will be one hour before Kusanagi Yui was brought to the garden. Under no circumstances can she see you. Do you understand?"
Thoth and Tsukito both nodded as Zeus slammed down the end of his scepter on the ground and the two gods disappeared to the human world.
The gods were laughing at some of Yui's stories of her family back on Earth. They wanted to know more about her since now it was their turn to help. She still felt awful and couldn't talk clearly, but she was managing.
"If I didn't know any better, I would say that you were drunk kitten." Snickered Loki as he received punches on his arms from Balder and Thor.
Yui giggled at that. She was so happy that everyone was there, and no one had started fighting. In the few months that they had been there, this was a first.
A strange feeling suddenly came over Yui as her eyes widened in fear and she suddenly stopped laughing. Alarmed, all of the gods stood up from their chairs to see what was wrong.
"Fairy!", "Kitten!", "What's wrong weed?", "Kusanagi!", "Yui!" The gods pleas began to drown out as her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she blacked out.
The gods started panicking, one minute she was laughing and talking (the best she could anyway) the next minute her body was flailing so violently that it caused her bed to tremor.
The gods were desperately trying to hold her down in fear that she was going to hurt herself. Even with their combined strength, they still struggled with holding her down.
None of them knew what was happening to Yui. They were yelling at her to try and get her to snap out of it but nothing was reaching her.
After a few panicked minutes, Yui's body slowly stopped twitching and she was beginning to open her eyes. She was panting, and she looked exhausted.
"Kusanagi! Can you hear me?" yelled Hades.
Yui lazily nodded her head. All of them could tell that she was having trouble staying awake. Whatever just happened it zapped a lot of energy out of her.
"You need to stay awake Fairy! Remember your promise!" sobbed Apollon.
"A…Ap…. oll…. ooon?" moaned Yui.
"Don't worry Fairy I'm here!" Apollon was leaning over her scanning her for any injuries from whatever just happened.
Takeru began to growl. "I swear by the gods if those two don't come back soon I'm going to kick their asses for the next one hundred years."
Loki playfully walked over to Takeru and placed an arm around his shoulder with a saddened smile on his face. "Mind if I join you in that?"
Author's Notes
I don't really have any sort of upload schedule in mind. Just whenever I have an idea that I want to add to the story. Let me know what you think! If you have any ideas for Thoth and Tsukito in the human world, let me know!