DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GA.
CHAPTER 7: Intruder alert! Intruder alert!
*PUNCH*
"Natsume-nii! Natsume-nii! Stop it!" Youichi yelled as he stopped the flame caster from punching the walls again. All plants in the waiting room were all burned. "This is all my fault."
"Hurting yourself won't solve anything!" He held a struggling Natsume. "Do you even think that Mikan-nee would be happy with what you're doing right now?! Get a hold of yourself!"
BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!
"Guess I deserved that." Natsume muttered as wiped some blood from the side of his lips.
"Mark my words, Hyuuga. If something happens to her or the twins, you won't experience another day in your life." Hotaru spat, a dark aura obviously surrounding her. A little while later, King Izumi and Queen Yuka came rushing in. All parties are anxiously waiting for the doctor to come out.
"Sensei! How is my daughter? Her babies? " A worried-sick queen asked the very moment the doctor stepped out of the room.
"The patient seems to be experiencing a lot of stress. The tests also show that she used her alice. It was a threatened miscarriage, your highness. But all of them are fine now. Mikan-hime was lucky enough that she was brought to this hospital immediately. If there had been delays, she may have lost the twins."
Everyone let out a sigh of relief when they heard that the three of them are safe. "She would have to go through a week of complete bed rest. I will give her prescribed medications on my next rounds. I would also advise to remove anything that involves traveling in the princess' schedule. Traveling can be really tiresome on the body of a pregnant woman. If possible, she should just perform her regal duties in your palace. At least there, we are rest assured she is in an environment where she could relax."
"Oh, and one more thing. She should be extra careful. Her pregnancy from here onwards will be a lot more sensitive due to this incident." She finished.
"Hai, sensei. Thank you for hard work."
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"A white ceiling… where am I? This is not my room." Mikan thought as she slowly opened her eyes. She tried to recall what happened. And when realization hit her, "My babies!" She shouted. "Are my babies okay?" She asked in panic.
"Calm down, sweetie. They are both fine. You all are." Yuka replied. "Thank God, you're all safe. Your father and Youichi went to the pharmacy to buy your medicines. Hotaru went to buy some food. Is there anything that you want?"
"I want to go home." She mumbled. Although she already saw Natsume on the other side of the room through her peripheral vision, she kept eye contact with her mother. Just be seeing the Natsume makes her feel automatically upset.
"The doctor said you should have a week of complete bed rest." Yuka began stroking the hair of her princess. "I can just rest at home." Mikan argued. "Please, mom. I don't like it here."
Yuka nodded. "Okay. We will ask the doctor when she comes for her rounds if that can be an option. Just don't stress yourself too much. It's really bad for you right now."
"Yo! Nee-chan! Wow. You sure have the talent of driving people nuts." Youichi started off. "Look at dad! He even wore different shoes on each foot!"
The King embarrassedly look away. True enough, his shoes weren't the right pair. "It's good to see you doing well." He managed to say. "We hate to leave, but hospital rules say that only two people are allowed to accompany the patient in their private rooms."
"I'll stay." Natsume butted in. "Me too." Hotaru declared while placing food and fruits on a table. That being said, all other family members left. Natsume gave Hotaru the give-us-a-few-minutes type of look. Sighing, Hotaru complied.
"Hey, I –"
"Go away."
Natsume sighed. Of course he knew this wouldn't be easy. "You don't have to talk to me. Just hear me out. Listen, I'm sorry. It's my fault you're in this state. I should have controlled my anger. I was just worried about you. If something happened to the three of you, I wouldn't know what to do. I don't think I could forgive myself for it."
"You done talking?" Mikan asked coldly. "If you are, you may take your leave. Hotaru can stay with me for the night."
"Mikan, please. Don't be like this. I'm sorry. " Natsume was practically begging. "What do you want me to do to make it up to you? I'll do anything. Just don't tell me to go away. Let's go home together, okay?"
"Don't be like this?" Mikan asked. She's starting to lose her temper. "Be like what? Oh yeah, a burden. That's what you think I am. Plus, my babies are stupid. You don't have to worry about that. I won't be coming home for a while. So do whatever you want."
Natsume sighed. "Those words. I didn't mean any of it. Mikan please, calm down. Stress is not good for you."
"Oh wow! Just wow! And now you worry about me being stressed?! Who do you think was the cause of it anyway?! Do you even -" Mikan stopped midway due to a consistent beeping sound. "What happened here?" Hotaru asked as she entered the room.
Dr. Minoru and a nurse came rushing in. "A baby's heart rate is dropping." The doctor said. Everyone was in a state of shock. "Blood pressure rising." The nurse declared. "Mikan-hime, I'm going to inject something to make you calm down. This is going to hurt a bit."
"All things stable, Sensei." The nurse stated.
"Your highness, please, I'm begging you. Avoid getting stressed. All those negative feelings you experience, the twins experience them do. Whatever or whoever is the cause of your stress, get rid of it." Dr. Minori said before leaving the room.
"You heard her." Mikan spoke coldly. "Leave."
"But I - "
Hotaru gave him a pat on the shoulder then shook her head. She escorted the flame caster out of the room. "Just leave her for tonight."
"I'm not going anywhere." Natsume insisted. Hotaru pointed her Baka Bazooka at him. "You've seen what happened in there. She needs to cool her head. If you keep this up, the twins will swim out of Mikan's stomach in an instant."
"Okay. Okay." Natsume sighed in defeat. "But I'll come here first thing in the morning. And let me know all updates."
"Every update would cost 1,000 rabbits."
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It was around 6 in the morning when another doctor came in Mikan's room. "She has already been injected with medicine around 20 minutes ago. What's that for?" A suspicious Hotaru asked while coming out of the toilet. The doctor was about to inject something on Mikan.
That person froze upon hearing Hotaru's words. "No name on the lab coat. No pens on coat pocket. Can't look at me straight in the eye. He's not even bringing Mikan's medical chart."
"You… you aren't a real doctor, am I right?" She asked again. The impostor doctor dashed out of Mikan's room. Hotaru pressed the emergency button and ran after him.
NATSUME'S POV
I was on my way to Polka's room when someone suddenly bumped into me. Tch. Stupid bastard. This is a hospital. Not some sort of racetrack.
INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!
What the heck is going on here? "Don't let him get away!" I heard Imai yell. She tried shooting him with one of her net guns but she missed. Got no freaking idea with what's happening but the next thing I know, I was running after the damn guy who bumped into me.
"I'll find him. Go back to Polka's room! Make sure no one else comes in!"
I yelled as loud as I could. Who on earth could that guy be? Why is Imai chasing him? Well, whoever it is, he must have done something serious. Imai would never waste her energy running after some useless guy.
"Where is that bastard?" I hissed under my breath. Other guards are also roaming around the place. Tsk. AAO. They sure don't know when to stop.
"Hey! Come back here!" Finally spotted him around the parking lot. I threw a fire ball at him and luckily, it hit the hem of the white coat he's wearing. While he was busy removing the coat, I held him in the neck and pinned him to the wall.
"Damn you! Why isn't my alice working?!"
Polka's alice stone sure is a lot of help especially at times like this. "Who sent you and why are you here?!" The damn guy tried to pick up a fight. I slammed him on the wall.
"Answer me. Or else I'll kill you!" I threatened him as I formed another fire ball in my palm.
"P-please, your highness. Spare my life! I was sent by Sir Reo! I was instructed to inject this drug to the princess!"
I slammed him against the wall again. How dare he try to hurt my family. "Why are you trying to kill my wife?! If you plan on taking revenge, do it on me! My wife is pregnant, you bastard! You're getting more innocent lives involved!"
"I wasn't trying to kill her!" He yelled. What? Then what are they after? "The d-drug. It's for the baby! Reo was trying to get the baby killed! The serum was meant for the baby to be aborted!" He confessed.
That's it! I was trying to control myself since we are at a hospital. But all hell just broke lose upon hearing those words.
