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Facing Your Inner Demons
Ch 7: Bringing Her Back
They landed back in Koenma's office, Hiei still holding Kelly. She flinched slightly when he touched the ground, but the pain wasn't that bad. Hiei made sure not to jostle her and to land lightly.
Botan immediately ran over when she saw the state of the girl Hiei carried.
"Oh my goodness… this is horrible…Koenma! We have to do something!" she cried.
Koenma quickly pushed a button on his desk which caused a speaker to pop up. He moved his head forward so that he could speak into it. "Send in a stretcher and doctors immediately."
About fifteen seconds later two ogres in long white coats ran into the room carrying a stretcher between them. Hiei gently put Kelly down on the stretcher, careful not to hurt her in the process.
Kelly opened her eyes again and Hiei saw fear in them.
"I don' wanna be tested on again," she said in frantic English. "I don' wanna be an experiment anymore. Don' let them, please!"
Kurama came over and knelt beside her. Kelly was able to look at him for the first time. She was surprised to see how long and how red his hair was. She was even more surprised to find that she liked it that way. It was perfect for his beautiful face and bright emerald eyes. He was unnaturally beautiful, not like any other male she had seen at home. She had thought that Hiei was good-looking, but he had more of a baby face look. Had Kelly been more focused, she would have basked in thought of being in the presence of two very good-looking guys.
"You don't need to be afraid, Kelly," Kurama told her in a gentle voice. He spoke in English in an attempt to make her feel more at ease. "These people are going to help you. They are doctors who are going to take care of you and make you better. They won't experiment on you, nor would these doctors want to. They only want to help you."
Kelly looked at him for a moment, deciding whether or not to trust him. She didn't see any lie within his eyes and so she nodded. She was still afraid, but she trusted the green-eyed man that knelt beside her.
She turned to look at Hiei who still stood close by. He looked down at her, his face still an emotionless mask. Despite his cold demeanor, he nodded at Kelly, silently approving of her decision.
Kelly faced the man kneeling down beside her and said," Can I ask your name as well?"
"Kurama," he responded.
She nodded once more and shut her eyes again. The doctors took this as a signal to take her away into a room down the hall.
"Koenma, you should know…" Yusuke began. Koenma turned his attention to the detective. "She… well to put it bluntly she ain't human anymore. That girl is a hanyou."
Koenma sighed. "Yes, I was afraid of that. My reports state that in the past Inoji had tried to create a hanyou. Before you Yusuke, there hadn't really been hanyous. If one was born, they were generally killed and so Inoji wanted to see if he could create a hanyou that would be stronger than all humans and demons. Kelly… was his first success."
"So then, we are lucky that she was even alive," Kurama stated.
Koenma nodded then turned to Botan. "Botan, I want you to go to the ER and assist in any way you can. I also have a feeling that the girl will need a friendly face. I have to keep the boys here so that I can get a full report."
"Right," Botan said. She then hurried out of the room and down the hall.
Kelly felt the ferry girl's presence next to her as she lay on a soft bed instead of the stretcher she had been transported in on. Kelly opened her eyes and took in the bubble gum eyes, blue hair, and pink kimono and she suddenly felt an urge to eat some cotton candy. Kelly couldn't help but smile at the woman next to her.
Botan was surprised by the smile but she eagerly returned it with one of her own. "My name is Botan. I'm a friend. I'm going to stay with you, okay?" Botan said to Kelly.
Kelly looked at Botan and tears appeared in her eyes. "Okay, Botan. Thank you," Kelly whispered.
Botan nodded and took Kelly's left hand in her own. A doctor came and gave a mask to Botan, whispering that it was time for Kelly to sleep. Botan nodded and put the mask over Kelly's face. She stoked Kelly's sweaty bangs away from her forehead.
"Sleep now, but stay with me. I'll stay with you in return. Please don't leave us, okay?" Botan gently whispered.
Kelly tried to respond, but she was already groggy from the gas being pumped into the mask on her face. Soon, Kelly saw nothing but the back of her eyelids as she drifted off into a deep sleep.
