Chapter Four: Child

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During my first night back I found that I could not sleep.

Though Sango was snoring softly next to me, all's I could do was toss and turn. The soft crying of the other residents could also be heard and it was giving me awake-nightmares.

Then, during checks, (Which occurred every 15 minuets), I had to pretend to sleep in fear of being shot with a tranquilizer. I hate those so much.

I remembered them distinctly.

Kikyo and myself had been talking softly and the nurses had heard us because there were no doors on any of the rooms. We both had stood up but only in vain because they had grabbed both our arms and shoved a needle into it.

What did they really expect?

To have us not fight back at all?

Shifting my weight from one arm to the other, I let myself stare at the ceiling and listen to the whispers of the nurses as they walked back and forth between rooms. I could tell that one nurse was a male and one was a female because of the major differences in their whispers.

Well the female spoke softly and incoherent for my ears, the male spoke loud enough that I think people from three floors up would be able to hear them. Sighing, I memorized the sounds of their voices along with the ceiling. Then, for a moment, it was silent.

The whisperings stopped, the sobbing stopped, and I think for a moment my heart stopped. The clock I was staring at stopped ticking too. Then, like a rude awakening, the loudest scream I have ever heard came from somewhere to my left.

Sango's eyes opened wide and we rushed out of our beds to look out the door. It seemed that everyone else did the same thing. Inuyasha was in the doorway in-front of ours, (I found that our rooms where fairly close that evening well we all watched the TV.)

Miroku was standing next to him. He was Inuyasha's roommate. Maybe that's why Sango seemed to dislike Inuyasha too. Because Inuyasha was associated with Miroku.

This was merely a passing thought to, and I tuned my head and saw that two rooms down, four or five nurses and a doctor where trying to detain a small girl. She was screaming and flapping her arms wildly.

"MOMMY! MOMMY!" She screamed, violently thrashing against their arms and preventing them from getting a good hold on her.

I watched as this girl was dropped violently and as she got up with more speed possible.

It seemed that she had gotten away, but an attendant tripped her when she had gotten to her feet. I don't know why, but this for some reason just didn't set right with me. At all.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" I screamed, almost as loud as the girl was screaming. I saw that Sango jumped slightly and that all the attendants and even the little girl was staring at me. With an anger that I didn't know could be fueled, I marched out of my room and to the little girl.

They watched me dumbly as I picked her up and held her to my chest. She clung to me tightly. This child was far to light for my likings and seemed to be malnutrition.

"This child had a fucking nightmare!" I hissed, "And you all come and try and pack her full of drugs! What the hell do you think you are doing!"

With my slightly free hand I pointed at the needle the man was holding. Glaring with my coldest glare I kept going, "A dose like THAT could kill a child of this size and weight! Did you think of that one before trying to stab it into her body?"

The child clung to me tighter and whimpered. The nurse that I had pointed to, a male one with a kind but very shocked look, was looking down at the needle. I saw him gulp. I had proved him wrong. The other nurses also looked surprised.

I suddenly felt a body next to me.

Looking over I saw Inuyasha stand next to me. His eyes were on fire as well. "You dumbasses." He touched my arm slightly, "Do want to kill a child who doesn't even belong here just for having a nightmare that she could not prevent?"

His voice was seething, completely different that what I had remembered. It was now harsh and mean. I was also glad I wasn't at the receiving end of the glare he was giving them. I think it could melt ice.

"Just what's going on here?" A cooler voice asked from the doors to the other wing in which people never seem to come out. It was Doctor K. He seemed to be tired looking and was wearing robes with yellow striped pants. He had a sleeping cap on that oddly enough had little duckies on it.

Walking forward he seemed to be staring, not really glaring, at everyone. Then, he set his gaze on me.

"Miss Higurashi, Mr. Tetsusaiga, may I ask what you are doing?"

I glared at the nurses. "This child," I started but Inuyasha whispered in my ear her name, "Rin, seemed to have a nightmare. She woke up screaming and to shut her up those nurses before you tried to give her a deadly dose of traqualizers."

I felt Inuyasha beam at me. I looked at him with pleading eyes then looked down at the girl. My arms where starting to really kill me. Though the girl was very light, I had barley eaten anything in a long while and wasn't strong enough to hold her. Gently, Inuyasha and I pried her fingers from my neck and her took her in his arms like a concerned father.

Though she was in his arms, she still clung to my right hand tightly, beautiful blue eyes begging me not to let go. I knew already I would risk the naughty room for this child.

Staring at the nurses and grabbing the needle, Doctor K frowned. Looking up at me and Inuyasha, he frowned just a little deeper.

"You two, come with me." He told up, and turned around. Rin's fingers tightened around mine almost painfully. "I refuse to leave this child in their care." I spat.

He looked back for a second, then gave a surprising smile.

"So be it." He said softly. Inuyasha and I looked at each other, and with one fleeting glance at Sango, who had a face of both worry and absolute humor, we followed Doctor K through the door with the windows that you cant see out but people can always look in.

We went under the little sign too out of reach that read, 'Tsukiru Ward' and into unfamiliar territory.