Chapter 10: Good News, Bad News.
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"This should really start up the family fun. How about
it?"
-Jake and Megumi-
"Nii-chan we need to talk…I'm worried."
-Reiji-
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History class went by uneventful. Surprisingly, was all Emi thought after what happened between her and Kentarou at lunch. She was so confused with the way he was acting. It was as if a new person had taken over his body just leaving the shell that made it look like it was him.
In fact he was so quiet and reserved that she kind of forgot that he was there. When she looked over at him he wasn't paying attention to the teacher nor was he looking at her like she feared. He was staring off into space, deep in thought.
Good, she thought, though she wondered what he was thinking about and when she realized that was what she was thinking she shook her head. 'No I can't be thinking about him,' she thought as she closed her locker.
Her thoughts drifted to the class that she just came from. Remi had blatantly ignored her in class. She just sat and steamed in her desk, not talking to anyone.
Kisuke who was in the class as well kept himself away from Remi and kept his eyes on the board which was rare for him because he would always try to talk to Remi. She knew it was because of the break up between Kentarou and Remi but she really didn't want to get involved with their problems so she ignored them like usual.
As she walked towards the exit doors she heard someone call for her. Turning around Emi saw Asato and Chisa walking down the hall holding hands. Emi had a smile on her face as she stopped and waited for them.
"Hey we heard what happened during lunch. Are you okay?" asked Asato as he went right up to her and took her face in his hand to study it.
"I'm fine you doofus and we both know that I can take care of myself."
"Yeah, yeah but did either of them touch you? I swear I'll kick Ken's ass if he touched you."
Emi thought about the way he held her in his arms and touched her cheeks. She knew a blush would form if she kept thinking about it so she shook her head.
"No he didn't touch me. Remi just saw us standing in front of each other and decided that I plotted against her relationship with Kentarou. She just made a scene when there shouldn't have been."
"Well then. That girl really needs to get her head fixed. Why does she think such a stupid thing like that?" asked Asato.
"You've got me…now what's going on with you two?" asked Emi her smirk back on her face. Chisa blushed then and looked at Asato.
"Well we're going out on a date tonight. See how we like each other," said Asato grabbing her hand and linking his fingers with hers.
"That's cute," said Emi.
"Yeah I already like her, but you know I have to treat her too. So do you need a ride home?" asked Asato.
"No I think Dai-nii is coming to pick us up which I should go see to cause he doesn't like to wait for me," said Emi.
"Okay well why don't we walk out together since we're heading that way?" asked Chisa as she hooked her arm with Emi and started walking. Emi smiled, happy to see her cousin so happy and also that Chisa was actually a sweet person and looking to be an awesome friend.
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Inuyasha was sitting in his office. He was eyeing the clock on the far end of his wall with sheer concentration. He had booked an appointment with their family physician for four in the afternoon and he so desperately wanted to be there with Kagome. What ever she was going through he wanted to be there every step of the way so that he can do what ever he could to help her recover.
Irritated he loosened his tie and got up from his chair to pace. He had a very important meeting in fifteen minutes and in fifteen minutes his wife would be going into the doctor's office. Missing that meeting would mean not only Jinsei up his ass but also putting back production on their latest product.
"Damn it I need to be there," said Inuyasha as he stopped his pacing and headed to the door to his office.
"Riku?" asked Inuyasha as he looked at his secretary.
"Yes sir?" asked Riku as she looked at her boss of over sixteen years.
"I need you to rearrange my schedule for today. I need to be somewhere really important right now and my wife needs me. Tell Jinsei to either attend the meeting without me or postpone it to a later date. I don't care how he does it I need to go to my wife," said Inuyasha.
"Uh…sure let me just call him," said Riku.
"I don't have time damn it I need to get to the hospital," said Inuyasha as he grabbed his jacket and went to the elevator. "And I don't want any calls forwarded to me; if Jinsei causes a scene tell him I'll deal with it later."
"Yes sir!" said Riku. She felt like she was in the military when Inuyasha went into one of his moods and found pleasure in completing the tasks that he threw at her. She smiled as she got to work, watching her boss stand in front of the elevator door repeatedly pressing the down button.
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"Kagome Takahashi, we're ready for you." Kagome looked up from her seat and saw a nurse standing in front of her.
"Oh sure, he's right on time," said Kagome with a smile as she glanced at the clock that showed it was exactly four.
"Yeah he likes to be prompt now if you'll follow me," said the nurse. The nerves were starting to escape the little boxed she willed them to stay in. She couldn't have her kids there with her because she didn't want to worry them and Inuyasha couldn't make it because there was no way he could leave work this early. So she had to do this alone. It was better off this way. If there was something terribly wrong with her she could take time to think it through before telling the family.
"Just take a seat here and I'll go see to him," said the nurse as she stepped out of the room.
"Yeah…" She sat down and held her hands on her lap. She was hoping that it would just be over and done with quickly. She didn't want any thinking time but that was exactly what she got. As she was thinking the door flew open unceremoniously. Kagome's eyes fell onto the person who was standing at the door.
Her eyes filled with tears as she ran into Inuyasha's arms. The sobs that she didn't think would surface all but broke out of her. She held onto him tightly as he tried to soothe her. "I'm sorry I took so long. Did they come in yet?" asked Inuyasha as he kissed her on the crown.
"No," she sniffled. "Sorry I didn't mean to cry like this it's just that I'm scared and I thought I'd have to do it alone."
"I would never let that happen. I'm just sorry that I took so long," said Inuyasha. He brought her mouth up to his in a reassuring embrace.
The door squeaked open and the couple turned to see the older man standing in front of them. He was tall and finely built with a thick mass of greying hair. This man had watched Inuyasha and Sesshomaru grow up from kids. He had been their family's physician since he was a baby.
"It's nice to see you again Inuyasha, it's been quite some time since I saw you last. I think it was when your youngest broke his arm what six years ago?" asked the doctor.
"Yeah our family is pretty healthy, Dr. Ryusaki." Inuyasha grinned at his doctor. He remembered when he was a child and his father brought him in this hospital that first time. He was six years old and he got into a fight with some kids because they made fun of his ears. He got ganged up on and beaten up quite a bit. His father had to bring him in for stitches. He grinned at the memory as did Dr. Ryusaki because he was such a head strong boy that he argued that he didn't need anything.
"Yes I agree with you there, now how may I be helping you today, Kagome dear?" asked Dr. Ryusaki as he turned to her. He was enchanted by Kagome's spirit when he watched over her while she was pregnant with their daughter. She was so head strong just like her husband. He thought of her as a daughter just like he thought of Inuyasha as a son.
"Well I need a check up. There is something wrong with my throat. I've been coughing a lot lately and it's getting irritating to my throat. And I…" she looked to Inuyasha unsure if he should hear but when she felt his hand squeeze hers, "I've been coughing up a bit of blood just in the past few days."
"Well that does sound serious, how about I get you prepped and we'll take an x-ray and a couple tests?" asked Dr. Ryusaki.
"Yes sure just point me where you'd like me to go."
So Dr. Ryusaki led Kagome out of the room to get her into x-ray. Inuyasha stood in the room still shocked by what she said. His wife was coughing up blood and that was major. Tears pricked his eyes as he watched the love of his life walk away with the doctor; hoping that she would be okay.
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The sun was still shinning as Emi sat in the hammock. She was doing her reading assignment for English. She was so deeply into the story that she didn't notice the two people walking to her.
Daisuke smiled as he saw his sister curled up in the hammock with Cleo sleeping under her. He could see that her eyes were glossed over meaning that she was in the story rather than reading about it.
Michael's eyes were clouded as he watched her. She looked so mesmerized and lost in another world. It was a feeling he knew too well and was surprised to see that she was the same. He didn't even know that he was still walking as he watched her.
When Emi saw the shadows covering her, she looked up, eyes still clouded. Her hazel eyes met with laughing amber eyes. "Hey there sweetheart," said Daisuke as he fell into the hammock beside her. He hooked his arms around her shoulder. Her eyes cleared as she bookmarked her book and looked at her brother.
"What's up?" She snuggled into his arm. Upon noticing Michael she smiled at him. He smiled faintly.
"Oh nothing I just wanted to come see what was up. Taro called me…" said Daisuke his smile turning sombre as he looked down at his sister.
"Oh well, what did he say?" asked Emi.
"He told me what happened today," said Daisuke. "Did she touch you?"
"No," Emi let out a sigh. "She didn't touch me she didn't do anything except for think that I told her boyfriend that she was cheating on her."
"Well she'd brain dead if she thought it was you, any demon would be able to pick up her scent and smell another on her," said Daisuke.
"What are you talking about?" asked Michael who wasn't told about anything until hearing of it right now.
"Remi tried to pick another fight with me," said Emi.
"What? Why the hell does she keep doing that to you?" asked Michael with a controlled anger that surprised both Takahashi's.
"You've got me but I really don't want to think about her. She's really not important to me right now….so if you'll excuse me I would like to get back to my reading," said Emi as she flipped open her book.
"You're still a brat," said Daisuke with a laugh as he ruffled his sister's hair.
"Yeah and you love—" Emi was interrupted when her younger brother came running outside.
"Nii-chan!!" All three looked at Reiji as he came hurdling outside. Cleo who was still sleeping sprang up and yipped as she ran to him. He stepped past her and ran straight to his brother. "Nii-chan I need to talk to you about something it's important!' said Reiji out of breath. He had been up in his room since he got home contemplating on what he should do and his final decision was to talk to his brother.
"What's wrong kid? You look like you seen a ghost." Daisuke got up from the hammock and steadied his brother who was out of breath.
"I really need to talk to you its really important. I'm worried," said Reiji. The look in his eyes scared Daisuke. He went down to eye level.
"Hey what's wrong?"
"Can we go in my room please?" asked Reiji.
"Yeah sure," said Daisuke as he held his brother's shoulder. They walked away leaving two very confused people.
"So do you mind if I take a seat?" asked Michael still standing there feeling just a bit awkward.
"Oh yeah sure. So do you have any idea what just happened?" asked Emi.
"No idea," said Michael as he took a seat beside her and looked up into the sky. Finding some solace from his confusing feelings from five minutes ago.
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"So what's going on Rei? You're never like this." Reiji looked at his older brother with tears in his eyes. Daisuke was shocked by it. Reiji was the less emotional of the twins. Kaito would usually break out in tears as a kid so to see Reiji crying was just shocking. "Hey come here kid tell me what happened," said Daisuke as he opening his arms for his little brother.
"It's Mama. I think she's sick," he said. His tears fell down his face as he held onto his older brother. He needed to let it all out and this was the only way he could think to do it. Daisuke was taken back by the news. He had his suspicions but he didn't think it was true.
"What are you talking about?" asked Daisuke as he looked at his trembling brother.
"Last night I heard Mama and Dad talking. She was saying things like she was scared and that it was starting to hurt her more now. And then Dad said that he was going to book an appointment for her today. I think it's really serious and Mama said that she knew you knew something was wrong too."
"What? She knows why I came?" asked Daisuke. His whole world just shook. He only came here under suspicion because a month before he came he was talking to Kagome and she started to cough convulsedly. He could hear the wheezing and what seemed like puking. At first he thought she was just sick with a cold but then it went into a hacking cough and he got scared. He decided that he had to go home and be with his mom if she needed help.
"So you did know? What's wrong with mama? I don't want to loose Mama, Nii-chan."
"Rei we're not going to loose her. She'll be fine and if Dad knows then he'll make sure she gets better."
"How do you know that? She's there right now what if it's bad….what if she's dying?" His sobs started to wrack his body as he thought that he might loose his mom.
"Rei stop being stupid everything will be alright. Mom is stronger than that." He hoped his words were true because if his mother was dying than he wouldn't be able to keep in the tears. He would break down because he was closest with his mother. Growing up for the first four years with her strengthen their bond. Letting out a sigh he let his younger brother cry out his worries something he wished he could do himself.
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Emi and Michael were chatting merrily, her book long forgotten. They were talking about their childhood. Michael about when he first met Daisuke and they talked about all the stupid things kids talked about. Emi talked about her childhood growing up with the guys becoming one of them in the process.
"Yeah it was so weird, I came out in this frilly pink dress because my mom thought it would look cute and all the guys just gawked at me. Riya, Mei and Ami said it was pretty but I thought it was vulgar," she said with a shudder.
"Aw it probably was cute," said Michael trying to picture a little Emi all rough and tumble in a dress.
"The guys all started laughing at me. Taro was the only nice one who told me it looked really pretty," said Emi with a smile.
"Well you are supposed to dress up for your birthday," said Michael. "I wanna see these pictures now. Maybe I should go ask your mom later."
"Why would you want to see pictures of that? It's nothing special."
"Yeah but I never got to see you or the twins when we were kids and it'll bring back memories of when Jake and Dai came to visit us those fifteen years ago. "
"Well if you really want to I can show you," said Emi getting up from the hammock. Her book was still sitting beside Michael as he looked at her. She was wearing shorts and a tank top and her hair was braided off to one side. He didn't really notice if before because he was busy goofing around but now with her standing in front of him he could see how pretty she looked.
Emi could tell that he was staring at her with more than a look and it unnerved her just a little. So she held out her hand to get him up too, just as he was about to take it Jake came rushing through the door with Megumi right behind him.
"HEY!" he yelled out to them. Emi winced at his loudness and turned towards him, dropping her hand in the process.
"What's wrong Jake?" she asked as she looked at him. He was like another brother to her since they grew up really close.
"Nothing's wrong I have some big news! The first one is that Mei and I are going out now!" he said and in doing so pulled the young girl into him arms. She smiled fondly at the guy who she loved for almost all her life.
"What when did this happen? How did he get past his denseness?" asked Emi turning to Megumi. She laughed at that and thought about the day before how he asked her. She let out a dreamy sigh.
"It was really sweet. Uncle Banky's new movie is still in production and Jake called me up and asked me if I wanted to come watch the filming. Since I had nothing better to do I went. It was really cool all these big actors and celebs were there and I even met Yuuji Yamato. He's so dreamy!" said Megumi thinking about the actor who was flirting with her.
"Stay on subject Mei I wouldn't want to go stalk down that guy and beat him to a pulp," said Jake.
"Oh sorry, but anyways, after they wrapped up for the day Jake and I took a walk. It got chilly and so he wrapped his arms around me and gave me his jacket. Then we started talking about things like the future and what not. By the time we got back to his car it was dark out and the moon was shinning and we stood outside his car talking. I was on the hood of the car sitting with him standing in front of me…" She got lost in the memory of it and just envisioned it in her mind.
He was looking at her differently, his beautiful blue eyes clouding over with something she'd always wished he'd have in them when he looked at her. His messy hair was blowing all over the place with the wind. She remembered bringing her hand up and pushing his hair back. When she did that he pulled her hand to his mouth and kissed it lightly sending a shiver throughout her body.
"Mei…" he murmured as he took a step closer, now standing between her legs. His body coming closer to her he brought his hand up to her neck and pulled her down slowly. She didn't stop anything because it was everything she always wanted. Her heart was beating a mile a minute and she couldn't believe that he didn't hear but chose to ignore it as he came closer to her. Then his lips were on hers. His body pressed against her and the car as her arms reached to him pulling him closer to her and tighter against her.
It was such a vulnerable kiss both of them laying everything out for the other to take and that was what they did. When they pulled back Jake was smiling at her as he held her waist possessively. "I've been waiting to do that to you since I came back."
"I've been waiting to do that all my life," said Mei as she rested her head on his shoulder and sighed…
"Uh Mei where'd you go?" asked Emi as she waved her hand in front of her. Megumi snapped out of her day dream and looked at them.
"Oh sorry guys got a little distracted…I was just thinking about how he did it."
"Did what?" asked Emi she was curious. Megumi hadn't ever had a boyfriend. She was gorgeous but she only ever wanted one guy and that was always Jake. So she wanted to know what happened.
"Well he kissed me and then we sat there for what seemed like forever before he kissed me again and then we went back to his house where I stayed over and then he dropped me to work in the morning," said Mei.
"Well congrats you two! I'm so happy for you," said Emi as she took Mei away from Jake and hugged her.
"You work fast don't you?" asked Michael with a grin.
"Well when I saw her again after three years I knew that she was the one I wanted to be with and that's all I need," said Jake with a fond smile as he looked at her. She turned around and their eyes met and she gave him a bright smile before turning back to the others.
"We also have some more news though," said Mei.
"What happened?" asked Emi.
"Well where are the other guys?" asked Jake.
"Dai-nii went inside with Rei and Kai and Daniel are in the game room playing," said Emi.
"Oh well let's go to the game room cause I don't want to explain it like five times," said Jake.
"Okay."
So the group went inside and to find the others. When they walked into the games room they saw that the three brothers and Daniel were all busy playing video games. Emi and Mei smiled warmly as they walked in.
Emi went behind Reiji and Kaito and ruffled their hair. Both of them groaned but didn't take their eyes off the screen. Emi smelt tears though and looked closer at the boys. She saw Reiji's eyes and they were kind of red. She furrowed her brows and studied her youngest brother. Daisuke who noticed her stopped playing and turned to Emi and shook his head.
She eyed him but knew to trust what he said so she stopped. "So what are you two doing here?" asked Daisuke as he turned to the two new guests.
"Well have things to say and propose." Daisuke raised his brow at Jake and he just grinned back. These two were like blood brothers and almost always knew what the other had to say. He saw the way Mei was standing her body slightly touching Jake's and knew that they finally hooked up.
"Well about damn time Jake. Mei I hope you know what you're getting into," said Daisuke with a grin as he took them both into a bear hug. Mei was after all his little sister in heart. He grew up with her since they were both little babies.
"How did you know?" asked Mei.
"Come on we've grown up together and Jake is like a brother. If I didn't notice I'd be insulted.
"Wait what are you talking about?" asked Daniel as he looked at the three.
"We're going out," said Megumi with a smile as she linked her fingers with Jake's.
"Well damn congrats you guys," said Daniel. Kaito made a gagging noise when he saw the couple going all mushy eyed. Reiji cracked a smile.
"Okay enough with the applause for Jake to finally see through his stupidity. Now what's the other thing?" asked Emi.
"Way to ruin the moment, Em." Emi grinned at Jake.
"That's what I'm here for, now spill!"
"Okay, okay. Well remember Friday night how we all went out?" when Jake got nods of approval he continued. "Well once everyone left Mei and I went for a walk and we got to talking. We came up with an idea…"
"Well?" asked Daisuke.
"What?" asked Kaito.
"What's the idea?" asked Emi.
"Well we thought it'd be fun to have one of our shows that we used to have as a kid," said Jake.
"What? You want to do that, aren't we a little old for that?" asked Emi.
"Oh come on. I wanna see Mei dance and us guys can have one of fights. You could sing again Em. I haven't heard you sing since we were kids. You had such a pretty voice," said Jake.
"Me sing…I don't sing anymore," said Emi with a sigh.
"You can sing?" asked Michael who was standing beside her.
"Yeah but I don't sing anymore," said Emi.
"I think it's a good idea, then these two can show off their secret dance moves that they've hid from the family," said Daisuke as he shoved the twins' heads.
"You two dance too?" asked Mei.
"Yeah when did this happen?" asked Emi clearly shocked.
"Yeah we've been practicing with our school dance team. We're actually pretty good," said Kai with a grin.
"Oh this is awesome. How about we do a dance number together? It'd be so much fun!" said Megumi.
"Yeah!" said Kai.
"So where is going to happen?" asked Daniel becoming curious.
"And when?" asked Daisuke.
"Well I was hoping you guys could ask Izayoi-baa-chan, if that's not possible we could do it dad's place," said Jake.
"Oh baa-chan would love that. She hasn't been able to see everyone in so long," said Emi.
"Okay then it's settled, we'll do it in two weeks so the rest of us can think of something to do and figure out the place and time. I'm sure the family will get a kick out of it."
Daisuke turned to Michael and Daniel then. "So guys let's go figure out what we'll be doing for this," said Daisuke with a grin.
"Wait a second what do you mean we'll be doing for this? We're not in the family," said Daniel.
"Yeah Dai we're not participating." Michael tried to pry Daisuke's hands off but with the demon in Daisuke it proved useless.
"Oh come on guys you're just as much apart of this family and you're gonna perform with Jake and I, and if Hiro performs too. It'll be fun," said Daisuke with a laugh as he led them out of the room so that they could figure something out.
The rest of the room broke out in laughter.
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"Well we're all done Kagome dear, we won't have the test results for another couple hours…so if you want to wait you're more than welcome or else we can schedule another appointment for tomorrow," said Dr. Ryusaki.
"I think we'll come back tomorrow, I need to be home with the kids," said Kagome as she turned to her husband who was holding her hand. Inuyasha wanted to hold her in his arms so badly.
"Okay that's fine so how about you come back tomorrow same time and we'll tell you what's happened inside you?" asked Dr. Ryusaki.
"Thank you," said Kagome with a smile.
"It's what I do dear. Now take care of yourself. Inuyasha keep an eye on her," said Sr. Ryusaki.
"Don't worry sir I'll be doing just that." Inuyasha nodded and took his wife out of the hospital. When they were by the parking lot Inuyasha stopped and looked at Kagome. Kagome turned to him, "What's wrong Inu?" she asked.
"Why didn't you tell me?" asked Inuyasha.
"I didn't want you to worry, and if you broke down I would have had no hope," said Kagome with tears in her eyes.
"Oh Kagome, you've been through too much. I don't want you to go through any more pain," said Inuyasha as he took her into a tight hug. He kissed her head as she wrapped her arms around him.
"I'm sorry I worried you Inuyasha. I never meant to. I know Dr. Ryusaki will help. This'll be gone soon enough," said Kagome hoping her words were true and that she could be healthy again.
"You will be and if he can't fix it then I'll take you to the best doctors in the world. I'll do what ever I can for you. I'll die with out you gorgeous," he said as he looked down at her and kissed her lightly. There were tears in his eyes and just as they were about to fall Kagome wiped them away.
"Don't cry Inuyasha, everything will be okay." She smiled as she rested her head on his shoulder for a second longer.
"Okay…how about I take you home and then we'll spend the night together, go out on a date. We haven't done that in a while," said Inuyasha.
"What about work and my car?" asked Kagome with a smile.
"No problem I'll get someone to pick it up and Jinsei can deal with the company for a day," said Inuyasha.
"Okay it's a date then," said Kagome with a laugh as she hooked her arms around his waist and let him lead her to his car.
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A/N: Well here's the next chappie! We'll figure out what's wrong with Kagome next chapter I promise! And Mei and Jake are going out now isn't it cute?! Well tell me what you thought and sorry it's not as long as usual but I needed it like this to get the next chapter ready! I hope you enjoyed!